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Podcasts

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

December 6, 2024

 

Diana Mincyte headshot

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.

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.

November 22, 2024

 

Tiffany-White LaGue and Kristina LaGue smiling at the camera, holding two toddlers with Christmas decor behind them

Thanksgiving recipes keep families connected

Learn about three unexpected holiday dishes that mean the world to the families who make them.

November 15, 2024

 

honeybees gathered on a wood surface in sunlight with shadows

The bees are not alone in their hive

Microbiologist Irene Garcia Newton shares her knowledge about the many organisms involved in keeping a colony of honeybees healthy.

November 8, 2024

 

baked pastry with sesame seeds and poppy seeds on top, opened up on a plate with a cheese filling inside

The night bakery–Derya Doğan shares delicious memories from home

Listen this week to stories of nighttime communal baking and the family lore behind a teapot.

November 1, 2024

 

Krishnendu Ray looking at the camera with a colorful painted background

Wherever there is a dialect there is a cuisine

A conversation with sociologist Krishnendu Ray about taste and terroir in India.

October 25, 2024

 

Sherri Dugger in knit cap, squatting down petting goats, smiling at camera with greenish blue barn in the background next to a portrait of Craig Watts, seated in a blue hoodie and cap, looking slightly over his shoulder

Something stinks in rural America

A conversation about the The Smell of Money–a documentary film about environmental justice in rural communities

October 18, 2024

 

head shot of Pablo Bose smiling at camera with green blurred background

Growing familiar foods helps refugees feel at home

A conversation with geographer Pablo Bose about New Farms for New Americans. A program that allows refugees to grow familiar foods from their homelands and share them with their new communities. 

October 11, 2024

 

many different bottles of vinegar and oil arranged on a bar, with shelves of bottles in the background

Local shop with a history serves home cooks and professionals, alike

Siblings Sam Eibling and George Huntington keep up with the latest trends, while maintaining that old-school personal touch in their independent store–filled with cooking equipment, tableware and specialty food items.

October 4, 2024

 

Greek cuisine today sparks memory and nostalgia

A conversation with chef and anthropologist, Nafsika Papacharalampous about changes in high-end dining in Greece, sparked by the financial crisis.

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