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60 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsThe history and story behind the foods we eat.
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Each Others: Rita Valencia and Charlotte Sáenz
July 15, 2020 16:01 - 54 minutes - 74.2 MB“How do we build these understandings from a decolonial, antiracist and antipatriarchal basis? How do we build real solidarity bridges that do not replicate patronising structures of power? How can we learn and build with those who have resisted and re(x)isted, in order to open new imaginaries to heal mother earth, the other, and ourselves?”...
COVID-19 Series: Rob Wallace
May 01, 2020 17:00 - 45 minutes - 63 MBThe Secret Ingredient with KUT’s Rebecca McInroy, Raj Patel author of A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things, and food and agriculture correspondent for Mother Jones, Tom Philpott welcome back Rob Wallace an evolutionary biologist for his take on the link between global outbreaks of infectious disease and global agriculture. Rob Wallace is...
Politics and The Green New Deal: Ben Lilliston
February 07, 2020 00:08 - 39 minutes - 54.4 MB“The climate crisis is an emergency, it is a crisis and so we need to make major, major changes in our agriculture system.” Ben Lilliston is the Director of Climate Change and Rural strategies at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. He spoke with The Secret Ingredient team–Raj Patel, Tom Philpott, and Rebecca McInroy,...
The Green New Deal for Agriculture: Jim Goodman and Raj Patel
January 22, 2020 01:12 - 57 minutes - 79.6 MB“We need to change society so everybody can fit in and everyone can afford to live in a decarbonized society.” – Jim Goodman In this episode of The Secret Ingredient host Raj Patel plays double-duty — he is not just a host, but joins Jim Goodman as a guest. The two discuss what A Green...
The Green New Deal in Texas: Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez
December 10, 2019 01:36 - 46 minutes - 64.1 MBExplore the future of the Green New Deal and what it means for Texas with Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez. Tzintzún is challenging John Cornyn for the 2020 US Senate seat for the State of Texas. She is the Co-founder of the Workers Defense Project and Jolt, and she talked with The Secret Ingredient team–Raj Patel, Tom...
Social Movement: Naomi Klein
November 11, 2019 15:42 - 50 minutes - 69.1 MBThe Secret Ingredient with KUT’s Rebecca McInroy, Raj Patel, author of A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things, and food and agriculture correspondent for Mother Jones, Tom Philpott explore the future of the Green New Deal with Naomi Klein, author of “On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal.”
TSI Live: The Green New Deal
September 27, 2019 17:22 - 1 hour - 46.6 MBThe Secret Ingredient with KUT’s Rebecca McInroy, Raj Patel, author of A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things, and food and agriculture correspondent for Mother Jones, Tom Philpott to talk about what the Green New Deal is, what it could mean for the future of agriculture, and what it will take to revive...
Trailer: Season 3–The Green New Deal
September 25, 2019 22:55 - 1 minute - 1.98 MBSeason 3 of The Secret Ingredient will focus on The Green New Deal (GND). Listen this season as Raj Patel, Tom Philpott and Rebecca McInroy discuss the future of agriculture, climate change, economic inequality and what it will take to create The Green New Deal in an effort to save the planet!
Economic Man
April 26, 2019 17:56 - 34 minutes - 80.7 MBThe Secret Ingredient is “Economic Man.” Swedish economist Katrine Marçal, author of “Who Cooked Adam Smith’s Dinner?” guides the conversation on the role of gender in economics and food politics along with Raj Patel, Tom Philpott and Rebecca McInroy.
Prison Labor on Farms
March 05, 2019 01:24 - 38 minutes - 89.3 MBThe Secret Ingredient is “Prison Labor on Farms.” You might not expect where prison-produced food may show up! Listen back as agriculture farmer and former inmate Jahi Ellis guides the conversation on food production in prison along with Raj Patel, Tom Philpott and Rebecca McInroy.
Solidarity (Ep. 35)
November 02, 2018 16:55 - 1 hour - 87.3 MBThe Secret Ingredient is “Solidarity.” Listen back as Raj Patel, Tom Philpott and Rebeca McInroy talk with organizers Hodaliz Borrayes, Diana Sierra, and Andrea Schmid from The Pioneer Vally Workers Center, about their profound backgrounds and how they come together to educate, inform, and support immigrant workers.
Communes (Ep. 34)
August 01, 2018 22:18 - 52 minutes - 59.9 MBDr. Joshua Eisenman author of Red China’s Green Revolution: Technological Innovation, Institutional Change, and Economic Development Under the Commune is our guest on this edition of The Secret Ingredient with Raj Patel, Tom Philpott and Rebecca McInroy. Join us as we explore the hidden history of communes in China.
Mushrooms (Ep. 33)
July 20, 2018 19:33 - 42 minutes - 49.1 MB“We just assume our everyday normal consciousness is the one and the most accurate…there are unseen worlds, there are unseen forces, and you can look them in a religious sense, but you don’t have to.” –Michael Pollan On the latest Secret Ingredient Podcast Raj Patel and Tom Philpott talk with Michael Pollan about his new...
Eliminating Tipping in Austin?
July 11, 2018 17:31 - 1 hour - 86.7 MBHosts Rebecca McInroy and Tom Philpott of The Secret Ingredient Podcast talk with restaurateurs Adam Orman from L’Oca d’Oro, Jodi Mozeika from Black Star, and Jam from Thai Fresh about why they’ve eliminated tipping at their restaurants, how they make it work for their businesses, and why it’s an important move in terms of social...
Decolonization (Ep. 32)
June 27, 2018 18:05 - 48 minutes - 27.6 MB“We can’t even talk about decolonizing our medicine until we talk about decolonizing our food.” –Rupa Marya On this edition of The Secret Ingredient hosts Raj Patel, Tom Philpott and Rebecca McInroy talk with Dr. Rupa Marya. Marya teaches and practices medicine in San Francisco, she is also the lead singer with Rupa and The...
Special: Pesticides, Science, and Subterfuge
May 29, 2018 03:10 - 57 minutes - 66.1 MBIn the 1970s Monsanto unveiled a miracle herbicide–Glyphosate. The pitch: it was as safe as table salt for people, but could flatten even the peskiest weeds. Farmers and homeowners alike have used the product ever since. Now, it shows up in detectable levels in many foods, and almost every American has some in their bodies....
Update
January 24, 2018 20:29 - 1 minute - 1.69 MBThis is just a note to let you know what we’re up to with the podcast. We have a three-part piece on the herbicide glyphosate coming out soon, and then we’ll be back on track for the bi-monthly shows. Until then, check out The Secret Ingredient Podcast page at Facebook, and listen back to our...
Democracy (Ep. 31)
November 10, 2017 16:26 - 1 hour - 72.6 MB“Our enemy is apathy.” –Yanis Varoufakis In 2015 today’s guests were propelled onto the global stage by their efforts to take on the European banking establishment and restructure the Greek government’s financial system. For 5 months they worked to negotiate alternatives to further austerity measures; trying to extend loans while moving Greece toward a more solvent state. Their efforts to confront the Eurozone and proceed democratically to carry...
Cheap Food (Ep. 30)
October 17, 2017 21:49 - 1 hour - 69.4 MB“[Reparation Ecology] is an invitation to observe these big transformations as reparation. Moving away from capitalism moving toward something much better…it is a deeper way of engaging with the politics of possibility after capitalism.” -Raj Patel On this edition of The Secret Ingredient hosts Tom Philpott and Rebecca McInroy turn the tables on Raj Patel...
Tomatoes: Coalition of Immokalee Workers (Ep. 29)
September 30, 2017 13:38 - 58 minutes - 66.5 MB“The work we do is too important to the nation. We are the people who make it possible for every meal to exist. We feed the nation and we ask, have always asked, for the possibility to feed our own families in a dignified way without having to be in a vulnerable position all the...
Sidney Mintz (Extended Interview)
September 22, 2017 22:05 - 1 hour - 98.9 MB“Most of all I would like more coming to terms with what happened…I think what needs to be done is for all of my fellow citizens in this country to understand what happened and to be able to say, this is what was done and now we must think about how to make the playing...
Land Reform: Suzan Erem (Ep. 28)
August 07, 2017 21:27 - 48 minutes - 55.7 MB“We have to do something to take us off this treadmill of ratcheting up land prices.” -Suzan Erem, The Sustainable Iowa Land Trust On the latest edition of The Secret Ingredient Raj Patel, Tom Philpott, and Rebecca McInroy talk with Suzan Erem about the future of US farming. Erum is the president and co-founder of...
Strawberries: Julie Guthman (Ep 27.)
June 14, 2017 20:25 - 51 minutes - 58.7 MB“Strawberries is kind of the quintessence of industrial agriculture in California. It’s the fifth highest value crop in the state. It also got the most heavy pesticide regime, by far, of any other crop in the state. And it kind of captures so much of the dynamics of what’s going on in California.“-Julie Guthman In...
Seed Saving: Janet Maro (Ep. 26)
May 10, 2017 19:08 - 57 minutes - 66.3 MB“Life begins with the seed germinating…we depend on seed and most of the seed is the seed we will produce, have it, save and use in the next planting season. That’s what most of the farmers in Tanzania still do… It was inherited for generations and generations.” –Janet Maro The seed exchange system that Maro...
Nutritionism: Aya Kimura (Ep. 25)
April 10, 2017 21:26 - 41 minutes - 48.1 MBJames Baldwin said, “the purpose of art is to lay bare the questions that have been hidden by the answers.” When considering this sentiment in relationship to “nutritionism” one might look at Aya Kimura‘s book, Hidden Hunger: Gender and the Politics of Smarter Foods, as a work of “art” as she explores the questions that...
V&B Extra: Food and Trump’s Border Wall
March 28, 2017 18:50 - 1 hour - 109 MBThe Lorano Long Conference brought many great thinkers and activists to the campus of The University of Texas in February to talk about, “New Perspectives on the Contemporary Food System in Latin America.” The Secret Ingredient Podcast’s Raj Patel, Tom Philpott and Rebecca McInroy took that opportunity to talk with Dr. Alexis Racelis from the...
Nutrition: Joan Gussow (Ep. 24)
March 27, 2017 23:05 - 1 hour - 38.2 MB“Once in a while, I thin I’ve had an original thought, then I look and read around and realize Joan said it first.” -Michael Pollan We take for granted now that part of being healthy is eating a variety of whole foods, but not so long ago talking about food was taboo in the field...
Tips: Saru Jayaraman (Ep. 23)
January 11, 2017 02:14 - 46 minutes - 26.8 MB“Building unity across divide is possible. Building something even better than we had before, out of terrible tragedy, is possible. A movement for change is never more ripe than when we are, in some cases, at our lowest moment. Because it’s the moment in which we are going to demand absolute transformation, and I have...
Op-Ed Teaching Public Policy In A Trump Administration: James K. Galbraith
December 21, 2016 16:12 - 3 minutes - 3.72 MBFrom The New Deal until the present moment the architecture of The United States formed around some basic principles of public policy; principles that will no longer apply under a Trump administration. With all the questions that are on the table when it comes to this transition, Dr. James K. Galbraith asks: “Is the study...
Ethnic Food: Krishnendu Ray (Ep. 22)
December 19, 2016 22:25 - 57 minutes - 32.8 MBKrishnendu Ray is the chair of Nutrition and Food Studies at New York University, and author of The Ethnic Restaurateur. Raj Patel, Tom Philpott and Rebecca McInroy spoke to him Ray on the day after the 2016 presidential election about his book, and the current political landscape, where change and transformation is possible through food.
(Bush) Tea: Annalee Davis (Ep. 21)
November 29, 2016 20:08 - 59 minutes - 33.8 MB“The history of slavery in the Caribbean is traumatic. It’s a difficult legacy and I don’t think that it’s been well processed. So the serving of tea becomes this way to sort of address that. To consider, how can we move forward? What does it look like to think about healing in a space like...
Spin: Anna Lappé (Ep. 20)
November 08, 2016 16:30 - 48 minutes - 28 MB“There isn’t a single aspect of what we eat that is not touched by industry spin.” -Anna Lappé There are so many logistical barriers to healthy, fresh, ethically produced and farmed foods — from food deserts to our busy daily schedules — that managing to eat well is a challenge. But there is another layer...
TSI Extra – Hoover Alexander [Part Two]
November 03, 2016 18:36 - 27 minutes - 37.1 MBExplore the past, present and future of food in Austin with local legend Hoover Alexander alongside the hosts of The Secret Ingredient (Raj Patel, Tom Philpott and Rebecca McInroy). Hoover’s long career in cooking tracks incredible changes that have taken place in Austin— from The Night Hawk, to Good Eats, to Hoover’s—and his perspective can...
TSI Extra – Hoover Alexander [Part One]
November 03, 2016 18:35 - 55 minutes - 75.8 MBExplore the past, present and future of food in Austin with local legend Hoover Alexander alongside the hosts of The Secret Ingredient (Raj Patel, Tom Philpott and Rebecca McInroy). Hoover’s long career in cooking tracks incredible changes that have taken place in Austin— from The Night Hawk, to Good Eats, to Hoover’s—and his perspective can...
Sugar Op-Ed: James K. Galbraith
October 26, 2016 18:16 - 3 minutes - 3.59 MBThe story of sugar in the Western world is sordid and bitter, however this past gets quickly candy coated in our day-to-day lives as consumers. In this special op-ed from the eminent economist, writer and historian James K. Galbraith, we get a peak into the sickly underbelly of the sociopolitical and economic past of sugar.
School Food: Alexa Delwiche (Ep. 19)
October 10, 2016 21:19 - 47 minutes - 27.2 MB“As the food movement has gotten stronger and stronger, and people have been asking many more questions, not just about, where is my food coming from? But, how is it produced? Who’s being harmed along the way? Food service directors have been asking those same questions.” -Alexa Delwiche When you think about school food, certain...
TSI Live: Feeding Austin’s Hungry
September 13, 2016 19:48 - 1 hour - 70.3 MBIn this special edition of Views & Brews, KUT’s Rebecca McInroy joins the hosts of The Secret Ingredient, Raj Patel and Tom Philpott, as they talk with guests Edwin Marty, the Food Policy Manager for the City of Austin, and Erin Lentz, from the LBJ School of Public Affairs, to ask: Why are people starving in one of the...
Whiteness: Breeze Harper (Ep. 18)
September 06, 2016 16:45 - 1 hour - 70.6 MB“America was built on a white supremacist caste system which centers whiteness as the norm…”-Dr. A. Breeze Harper On this edition of the Secret Ingredient the secret ingredient is whiteness. Join Raj Patel, Tom Philpott, and Rebecca McInroy as they sit down with Dr. Amie Breeze Harper, author of Scars: A Black Lesbian Experience in...
TSI Weekend: Zika
August 12, 2016 20:28 - 4 minutes - 10.3 MB“If you divorce economy from ecology then you end up crumbling the mechanisms by which the forest has typically been able to keep the worst of the pathogens from emerging beyond merely hitting a village or two.” -Rob Wallace In this edition of The Secret Ingredient Weekend, Raj Patel, Tom Philpott and Rebecca McInroy summarize...
Cotton: Sven Beckert (Ep. 17)
August 10, 2016 20:50 - 1 hour - 80.9 MBCotton. Not quite a food item, but a plant nonetheless with a rather complicated history and an enduring relevance in our lives. Today, a typical day cannot pass without using this pillowy crop that rules our commodified lives. In this edition of the Secret Ingredient with Raj Patel, Tom Philpott, and Rebecca McInroy: Sven Beckert,...
TSI Weekend: Nationalism
July 02, 2016 17:26 - 4 minutes - 10.6 MB“It is the most artificial thing that humans have ever built,” says Appadurai of nationalism. “That seems the most natural.” In this edition of The Secret Ingredient Weekend, Raj Patel, Tom Philpott and Rebecca McInroy summarize our show with Dr. Arjun Appadurai about food and nationalism – food trucks, Maggi noodles, cook books and much...
Breast Milk: Kimberly Seals Allers (Ep. 16)
June 27, 2016 16:45 - 55 minutes - 31.5 MB“When it comes to breastfeeding the ideal of choice verses the illusion of choice are two very different things,” argues Kimberly Seals Allers when talking about her new book, “The Big Let Down: How Medicine, Big Business and Feminism Undermine Breastfeeding.” In this edition of The Secret Ingredient Allers makes the distinction between choices and...
Pathogens: Rob Wallace (Ep. 15)
June 11, 2016 00:37 - 47 minutes - 27.4 MBIn this episode of The Secret Ingredient we talk with Rob Wallace, author of “Big Farms Make Big Flu: Dispatches on Infectious Disease, Agribusiness, and the Nature of Science,” about pathogens, zika, bird flu, capitalism, and so much more.
Nationalism: Arjun Appadurai (Ep. 14)
May 10, 2016 15:40 - 1 hour - 146 MBPeople are interesting animals. We look to many things to help us understand our place and identity in this world. We have maps, passports, languages, families, clothes, books and (among so much more) we also have food. At first thought, we might not consider food as part of our identity. We might have toast for...
V&B – The Past, Present, and Future of The Greek Economy
May 05, 2016 20:00 - 1 hour - 98.5 MBIn this episode of Views & Brews, KUT’s Rebecca McInroy joins the hosts of KUT’s The Secret Ingredient podcast, Tom Philpott and Raj Patel, as they sit down with the eminent economist James K. Galbraith author of the forthcoming “Welcome to the Poisoned Chalice: The Destruction of Greece and the Future of Europe” to talk inequality, the Greek...
The Peasantry: Blain Snipstal (Ep. 13)
April 15, 2016 20:47 - 55 minutes - 63.2 MBRaj Patel, Tom Philpott and Rebecca McInroy talk with peasant farmer Blain Snipstal about the history of agriculture and racism in America, power, food sovereignty, La Via Campesina, land, and much more.
SXSW: Tech & The Future of Food
April 11, 2016 15:18 - 44 minutes - 61.5 MBIn this special SXSW edition of The Secret Ingredient, Tom Philpott, Rebecca McInroy and Raj Patel talk about technologies that will shape the future of food. Technologies, as it turns out, that might surprise you, mainly biodiversity, and gender equality. Listen back to this discussion, recorded live at the Convention Center in Austin, Texas for SXSW...
Quinoa: Tanya Kerssen (Ep. 12)
April 06, 2016 17:49 - 1 hour - 38 MB“While no one would argue that Bolivian farmers shouldn’t get a good price for their crop, these trends cannot be ignored—or left up to global market forces. Perhaps most tragic of all is that this boom (and booms are always followed by a bust) is leading the poorest, most vulnerable farmers to degrade their own...
V&B – The Secret Ingredient – The Future of Food
February 25, 2016 22:06 - 1 hour - 92.6 MBIn this special The Secret Ingredient edition of Views & Brews, KUT’s Rebecca McInroy joins Tom Philpott, food and agriculture writer for Mother Jones Magazine, and Raj Patel from the LBJ school of public affairs, and author of “Stuffed and Starved” and “The Value of Nothing”, to talk about everything from GMOs and Soylent Green, to...
Golden Rice: Glenn Davis Stone (Ep. 11)
February 13, 2016 16:20 - 35 minutes - 81.2 MBWhat is Golden Rice? If you know the answer to that question chances are you have a strong opinion on it. That is because a lot of the rhetoric swirling around Golden Rice is heated, but many times ill informed. Golden Rice is a technology that was developed in the 1990s to try to make...