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Podcasts

April 11, 2025

 

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Eats Wild Episode 3: Treasure hunting in the woods

Rose Harding takes us on a morel hunt in the Hoosier National Forest, and The Forager Chef, Alan Bergo, teaches us how to eat a pine tree.

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April 4, 2025

 

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Eats Wild Episode 2: Wild food is all around us

Discover the joys of urban foraging in the spring with Stephanie Solomon, in part two in our special nine-part series on wild edible plants in the midwest.

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March 28, 2025

 

Several young people sitting around a campstove with a skilled, next to a creek. A wooden bowl with pancakes is visible, and other ingredients.

Eats Wild Episode 1: Stalking the wild food experience

Monique Philpot finds joy and connection foraging for wild food and sharing her knowledge with others.

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March 21, 2025

 

Heather Craig in apron and surgical mask chopping green vegetables in a commercial kitchen with bins of yellow mushrooms, leafy greens and chopped red and yellow peppers on the countertop

Flexibility and improvisation make community meals delicious

Heather Craig crafts nourishing menus at the Community Kitchen.

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March 14, 2025

 

Headshot of Austin Frerick and the cover of his book, Barons

Seven mega-companies have an out-sized role in our food system

A conversation with Austin Frerick about his new book exposing the money, power and corruption of America’s food industry.

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March 7, 2025

 

A red panda outdoors looking at the camera while Barbara Henry offers it a piece of fruit.

How to feed a giraffe--and other lessons from a zoo nutritionist

Everybody eats, including animals at the zoo. Producer Toby Foster talks with the curator of nutrition at the Cincinnati Zoo.

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February 28, 2025

 

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What's the status of the people who grow our food?

Since immigrants grow and process our food, how will the Trump administration's immigration policies affect our food system?

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February 21, 2025

 

Five white men with beards in ball caps, plaid, and long sleeved t-shirt stand in front of large shiny metal equipment.

History and tradition sweeten the maple harvest at Groundhog Road Farms

The Miller Family had their first sugar camp in the 1880s. The tradition continues out at Groundhog Road Farms where family and friends gather every year to harvest and process maple syrup.

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February 14, 2025

 

Korie Griggs in a brightly lit kitchen pouring water from a kettle into a cup

Slow down and smell the coffee, with Korie Griggs

A conversation with Korie Griggs about working to support equitable access in the world of specialty coffee.

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February 7, 2025

 

Dr. Ivette Perfecto and her student, Iris Rivera Salinas standing next to a leafy plant

Biodiversity saves the coffeee crop

Ecologist Ivette Perfecto uncovers the complex relationships between insect species in a move towards sustainable pest control for farmers.

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January 31, 2025

 

A girl with a shovel, digging, adult male nearby and a small tree in a bag in foreground, a playground and large brick building in the background

Planting trees for community resilience

A conversation about a non-profit organization working to build a resilient and equitably green city for all.

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January 24, 2025

 

color photo of Christine Folch standing in front of a brick wall

You are what you eat…what about what you drink?

Christine Folch is a cultural anthropologist who studies food. Listen to learn what her book on yerba mate reveals about Latin America, empire, religion, labor and more.

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January 17, 2025

 

Head shot of Gloria Lucas with long brown hair, large glasses and pink shirt that reads: Eating Disorders are a social justice issue. White background, outdoors, some flowers visible in a shrub

Harm reduction for eating disorders

Treatment for eating disorders is often inaccessible and ineffective, especially in communities of color. The founder of Nalgona Positivity Pride has a program that aims to meet people where they are.

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January 10, 2025

 

Maria St. Clair and Chris Manansala standing in a comercial kitchen with shelving behind them

Filipino food makes a splash in Bloomington

The owners of a new pop-up talk about Filipino cuisine and their plans for the future.

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January 3, 2025

 

Funmi Ayeni headshot in recording studio with microphone with WFIU

Corn as medicine?

Indiana University scholar Funmi Ayeni shares her surprising research on a simple food used in households throughout Nigeria to treat malaria.

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December 27, 2024

 

Toby Foster with headphones, a mic and a recorder in hand next to Pete Giordano looking into a small metal oven with a pizza in it. Pete has a knife in his hand.

You don’t need a pizza oven to make a perfect pie…but it helps

A man obsessed with making pizza at home shares his secrets and a local home cook shares Clara Kinsey’s persimmon pudding recipe.

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December 20, 2024

 

Vanilla chocolate spiral cookies on a cooling rack

Get cozy with winter treats

A winter holiday special with chestnuts roasting, cookies baking and coffee outside.

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December 13, 2024

 

Fred Bennett and Virginia Githiri stand behind a stainless steel table in a commercial kitchen with a popcorn machine to the left. Both are wearing shirts with Popkorn logos and both are looking at the camera.

A professor with a passion for popcorn

A love for cooking isn’t the only reason to start a food business.

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December 6, 2024

 

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Food sovereignty can mean political sovereignty

Sociologist Diana Mincyte has been studying dairy farming in Lithuania and other post socialist Eastern European states. She says that what happens there can foretell what we will see in other parts of the world.

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November 29, 2024

 

Persimmons, orange and messy in a white enamel bowl and a plastic colander on a wooden table

Delights from the Forest

Enjoy recipes and stories on persimmon and pawpaw plus a visit with a chef exploring Indigenous cuisines.

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