Thought About Food Podcast
42 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsThought About Food is a podcast on food and food studies. Each episode, we look at important issues around food, and we talk to academics, activists, or policymakers who work on these issues.
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Josh Milburn on Just Fodder: The Ethics of Feeding Animals Part 2
August 08, 2022 06:39 - 43 minutes - 59.7 MBThis is Part 2 of an interview with Josh Milburn about his new book Just Fodder: The Ethics of Feeding Animals. In this part of our conversation, we talk about our responsibilities toward and for wild animals that come under our care, such as in zoos or when we rescue wild predators. Show Notes: Follow us on Twitter at @FoodThoughtPod, and you can drop us a line at ThoughtAboutFood on Gmail. Rate our podcast and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts! It helps people find the sho...
Josh Milburn on Just Fodder: The Ethics of Feeding Animals Part 1
July 18, 2022 03:48 - 1 hour - 89.6 MBThis is Part 1 of an interview with Josh Milburn about his new book Just Fodder: The Ethics of Feeding Animals. In this part of our conversation, we talk about his inspiration for the book, and focus on ethical issues with what we feed the cats, dogs, and birds that live with us. Show Notes: Follow us on Twitter at @FoodThoughtPod, and you can drop us a line at ThoughtAboutFood on Gmail. Rate our podcast and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts! It helps people find the show. ...
Zane McNeill on Carceral and Anti-Carceral Veganism
March 23, 2022 04:51 - 1 hour - 97.6 MBWe spoke with Zane McNeill about his new book Vegan Entanglements: Dismantling Racial and Carceral Capitalism and what “carceral veganism” and “anti-carceral veganism” means and looks like. We also discuss his other new book, Y’all Means All: The Emerging Voices Queering Appalachia. Show Notes: Follow us on Twitter at @FoodThoughtPod, and you can drop us a line at ThoughtAboutFood on Gmail. Rate our podcast and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts! It helps people find the show...
Amy Hay on The Defoliation of America
March 02, 2022 05:41 - 1 hour - 119 MBWe spoke with Amy Hay about about her new book The Defoliation of America: Agent Orange Chemicals, Citizens, and Protests. In it, she examines protests over the use of the phenoxy herbicide for agriculture and other purposes by different groups of citizens (scientists, religious groups, Vietnam veterans, and environmental/health activists) in post-1945 America. Show Notes: Follow us on Twitter at @FoodThoughtPod, and you can drop us a line at ThoughtAboutFood on Gmail. Rate our podcast and...
Robert Skipper on Obesity
February 08, 2022 13:48 - 1 hour - 106 MBWe spoke with Robert Skipper about the social construction of obesity and some justice issues associated with that social construction, its roots in ancient philosophy, and obesity as a public health crisis. We also discuss the way he teaches philosophy of food to students, food as an aesthetic object, and more! It was a fascinating, wide-ranging conversation that I think you’ll really like. Show Notes: Follow us on Twitter at @FoodThoughtPod, and you can drop us a line at ThoughtAboutFood...
Julia Gibson on Philosophy and Farms
January 18, 2022 16:08 - 1 hour - 128 MBWe spoke with Julia Gibson about being a philosopher living on a multi-generational farm co-owned by their extended family since 1795. As you might imagine, a lot of issues come up in a situation like that! We talk about how decisions are made for the farm, their current attempts to get a conservation easement to protect the farm into the future as the surrounding countryside gets developed, issues of justice involved with owning a farm on land that was originally stolen from indigenous peop...
Tovar Cerulli on Being A Mindful Carnivore
January 10, 2022 20:44 - 1 hour - 107 MBWe spoke with Tovar Cerulli about his journey from someone who unreflexively ate what he grew up eating, to a vegan, to someone who tries to mindfully eat animal products and even hunts and fishes. We also discuss justifications versus reasons, the importance of knowing how things we use and depend on come to us, the importance of mindfulness, and how groups (like hunters and vegans) react to perceived marginalization. Also there's the first wild game recipe in the history of the podcast! Ch...
Danny Shahar on Why It’s OK to Eat Meat
January 04, 2022 05:37 - 1 hour - 88.2 MBWe spoke with Danny Shahar about the arguments in his new book, Why it's OK to Eat Meat. As a vegan myself, I thought his arguments were quite thought-provoking, and surprisingly sympathetic to the concerns of vegans and vegetarians given the title. We also talk about the coordination problem and individual action in activism, why people sometimes agree with multiple positions that contradict each other, how to improve your red beans and rice game, and more. Check it out! Show Notes: Follo...
Galina Kallio on Regenerative Agriculture
November 03, 2021 19:51 - 1 hour - 90.2 MBWe spoke with Galina Kallio about regenerative agriculture, relationships of humans to the soil, and alternative forms of organizing self-reliant food economies Show Notes: Follow us on Twitter at @FoodThoughtPod, and you can drop us a line at ThoughtAboutFood on Gmail. Rate our podcast and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts! It helps people find the show. Galina Kallio is a co-founder of the Untame Research Lab which we talked about in the interview. Check it out! It hasn't...
Clement Loo on Just Sustainability and Engaged Scholarship
October 04, 2021 19:53 - 57 minutes - 79 MBWe spoke with Clement Loo about food justice and food security, including food insecurity among college students, and how academics can be engaged with communities. We also talked about his podcast, Just Sustainability. Show Notes: Follow us on Twitter at @FoodThoughtPod, and you can drop us a line at ThoughtAboutFood on Gmail. Rate our podcast and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts! It helps people find the show. Clement Loo hosts one of my favorite podcasts, Just Sustainab...
Jennifer Molidor on Just Food Systems and Sustainable Agriculture
September 29, 2021 05:53 - 55 minutes - 76.1 MBThis episode we spoke with Jennifer Molidor about food justice and sustainable agriculture, and how that can be pursued in public policy, activism, and changing individual diets. We also talk about pursuing alternatives to academic careers. It's a lot of fun, and really interesting. Show Notes: Follow us on Twitter at @FoodThoughtPod, and you can drop us a line at ThoughtAboutFood on Gmail. Rate our podcast and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts! It helps people find the show...
Shanti Chu on Identity and Food
September 20, 2021 04:42 - 51 minutes - 70.7 MBThis episode we spoke with Shanti Chu about the ways our identity and what we eat interact. We also talk about the different ways philosophers can talk about philosophical issues inside and outside academia. Show Notes: Follow us on Twitter at @FoodThoughtPod, and you can drop us a line at ThoughtAboutFood on Gmail. Leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts! It helps people find the show. Shanti Chu is a philosopher living and working in Chicago. To see some of the cool things she'...
Tony Chackal on Supper Clubs
September 13, 2021 00:58 - 1 hour - 87.1 MBThis episode we spoke with Tony Chackal about "supper clubs" -- how you can start one, and the political, social, and cultural implications of the practice of providing food as a host or receiving food as a guest. Show Notes: Follow us on Twitter at @FoodThoughtPod, and you can drop us a line at ThoughtAboutFood on Gmail. Leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts! It helps people find the show. Tony Chackal is a philosopher and Visiting Assistant Professor in the Philosophy Departm...
Ilana Braverman on the Better Food Foundation
September 06, 2021 01:55 - 42 minutes - 58.5 MBThis episode we spoke with Ilana Braverman about the Better Food Foundation and how to affect people's choices around food. Show Notes: Follow us on Twitter at @FoodThoughtPod, and you can drop us a line at ThoughtAboutFood on Gmail. Leave us a review! It helps people find the show. Ilana Braverman is Director of Outreach for the Better Food Foundation, and leads the DefaultVeg campaign. You can listen to Ilana's Tedx talk here, Moving Beyond a Hamburger Default World. You can visit the ...
Keith McHenry on Food Not Bombs
August 30, 2021 04:52 - 1 hour - 116 MBThis episode we spoke with Keith McHenry about Food Not Bombs, Anarchism, and the radical potential of feeding people as a political act. Show Notes: Follow us on Twitter at @FoodThoughtPod, and you can drop us a line at ThoughtAboutFood on Gmail. Leave us a review! It helps people find the show. Keith McHenry is one of the founders of Food Not Bombs Keith has written a number of books, including Hungry For Peace: How you can help end poverty and war with Food Not Bombs and The Anarchist...
Christopher Carter on The Spirit of Soul Food
April 26, 2021 07:23 - 54 minutes - 74.4 MBThis episode we spoke with Christopher Carter about faith, black veganism, and soul food. Show Notes: Follow us on Twitter at @FoodThoughtPod, and you can drop us a line at ThoughtAboutFood on Gmail. Leave us a review! It helps people find the show. Christopher Carter is an Assistant Professor and Assistant Chair of the Theology and Religious Studies department at the University of San Diego and a Faith in Food Fellow at Farm Forward. Christopher's forthcoming book is The Spirit of Soul ...
Megan Birk on the History of Farms for the Poor
April 12, 2021 05:43 - 1 hour - 91.7 MBThis episode we spoke with Megan Birk about the history of "Poor Farms" in the US. Show Notes: Follow us on Twitter at @FoodThoughtPod, and you can drop us a line at ThoughtAboutFood on Gmail. Leave us a review! It helps people find the show. Megan Birk is an Associate Professor of History at UTRGV. Megan has written the book Fostering on the Farm: Child Placement in the Rural Midwest, and her new book is The Fundamental Institution: Poverty, Social Welfare, and Agriculture in Poor Farms...
Paul Thompson on The Future of Farming
March 29, 2021 01:31 - 1 hour - 99.6 MBThis episode we spoke with Paul Thompson about some of the possible futures for farming in the US. Show Notes: Follow us on Twitter at @FoodThoughtPod, and you can drop us a line at ThoughtAboutFood on Gmail. Leave us a review! It helps people find the show. Paul Thompson holds the W.K. Kellogg Chair in Agricultural, Food & Community Ethics at Michigan State University Paul has written a number of excellent books, including From Field to Fork, and his new book Sustainability: What Everyo...
12. Joey Aloi on Food and Coal in West Virginia
March 16, 2021 20:37 - 1 hour - 106 MBThis episode we spoke with Joey Aloi about his work with just transition and sustainable agriculture organizations in West Virgina, working to make Appalachia's food system more resilient, the history of that state and its relationship to food and energy, the aesthetics of experiencing natural beauty, and more! Even more than most episodes, I strongly recommend you check out the show notes for this episode. Show Notes: Follow us on Twitter at @FoodThoughtPod, and you can drop us a line at ...
Joey Aloi on Food and Coal in West Virginia
March 16, 2021 20:37 - 1 hour - 106 MBThis episode we spoke with Joey Aloi about his work with just transition and sustainable agriculture organizations in West Virgina, working to make Appalachia's food system more resilient, the history of that state and its relationship to food and energy, the aesthetics of experiencing natural beauty, and more! Even more than most episodes, I strongly recommend you check out the show notes for this episode. Show Notes: Follow us on Twitter at @FoodThoughtPod, and you can drop us a line at ...
11. Carolyn Korsmeyer on Taste
February 22, 2021 06:29 - 1 hour - 84.7 MBThis episode we spoke with Carolyn Korsmeyer about taste and the aesthetics of food, replicating ancient meals found in tombs, leaving sticky fingerprints on cookbooks, writing fiction novels as a philosopher, and a lot more in this wide-ranging conversation. Show Notes: Follow us on Twitter at @FoodThoughtPod, and you can drop us a line at ThoughtAboutFood on Gmail. Leave us a review! It helps people find the show. Carolyn Korsmeyer is an author of numerous books, and Research Professor...
Carolyn Korsmeyer on Taste
February 22, 2021 06:29 - 1 hour - 84.7 MBThis episode we spoke with Carolyn Korsmeyer about taste and the aesthetics of food, replicating ancient meals found in tombs, leaving sticky fingerprints on cookbooks, writing fiction novels as a philosopher, and a lot more in this wide-ranging conversation. Show Notes: Follow us on Twitter at @FoodThoughtPod, and you can drop us a line at ThoughtAboutFood on Gmail. Leave us a review! It helps people find the show. Carolyn Korsmeyer is an author of numerous books, and Research Professor...
10. Josh Milburn on High-tech Alternatives to Meat
February 10, 2021 06:57 - 1 hour - 99.2 MBThis episode we spoke with Josh Milburn about high-tech alternatives to meat, whether strict vegetarianism is immoral, if we morally should eat road kill or shellfish, and a lot of other topics besides, so check out the show notes! Show Notes: Follow us on Twitter at @FoodThoughtPod, and you can drop us a line at ThoughtAboutFood on Gmail. Consider leaving us a review wherever you found the show! Josh Milburn is a moral and political philosopher at the University of Sheffield. Josh also...
Josh Milburn on High-tech Alternatives to Meat
February 10, 2021 06:57 - 1 hour - 99.2 MBThis episode we spoke with Josh Milburn about high-tech alternatives to meat, whether strict vegetarianism is immoral, if we morally should eat road kill or shellfish, and a lot of other topics besides, so check out the show notes! Show Notes: Follow us on Twitter at @FoodThoughtPod, and you can drop us a line at ThoughtAboutFood on Gmail. Consider leaving us a review wherever you found the show! Josh Milburn is a moral and political philosopher at the University of Sheffield. Josh also...
Ben Almassi on Reparative Justice
December 07, 2020 07:02 - 1 hour - 110 MBThis episode we spoke with Ben Almassi about his new book, which looks at reparative justice for our relationship with non-humans, including other animals and entire ecosystems. We talked about a lot of topics and quite a lot of other interesting works and people for you to explore, so check out the show notes! Show Notes: Ben's book is called Reparative Environmental Justice in a World of Wounds, and is available for pre-order. Follow us on Twitter at @FoodThoughtPod, and you can drop us...
Episode 9 -- Ben Almassi on Reparative Justice
December 07, 2020 07:02 - 1 hour - 110 MBThis episode we spoke with Ben Almassi about his new book, which looks at reparative justice for our relationship with non-humans, including other animals and entire ecosystems. We talked about a lot of topics and quite a lot of other interesting works and people for you to explore, so check out the show notes! Show Notes: Ben's book is called Reparative Environmental Justice in a World of Wounds, and is available for pre-order. Follow us on Twitter at @FoodThoughtPod, and you can drop us...
Shane Epting on Philosophy of the City and Food Sovereignty
November 03, 2020 21:01 - 43 minutes - 59.3 MBThis episode we talk to Shane Epting about Food Sovereignty, Participatory Budgeting, Time Banks and other interesting proposals in Philosophy of the City. Show Notes: Follow us on Twitter at @FoodThoughtPod, and you can drop us a line at ThoughtAboutFood on Gmail. Consider leaving us a review wherever you found the show! Shane Epting is an Assistant Professor at Missouri University of Science and Technology. The article of Shane's we were primarily discussing was Participatory Budget...
Episode 8 -- Shane Epting on Philosophy of the City and Food Sovereignty
November 03, 2020 21:01 - 43 minutes - 59.3 MBThis episode we talk to Shane Epting about Food Sovereignty, Participatory Budgeting, Time Banks and other interesting proposals in Philosophy of the City. Show Notes: Follow us on Twitter at @FoodThoughtPod, and you can drop us a line at ThoughtAboutFood on Gmail. Consider leaving us a review wherever you found the show! Shane Epting is an Assistant Professor at Missouri University of Science and Technology. The article of Shane's we were primarily discussing was Participatory Budget...
Food Justice and Food Sovereignty with Our Kitchen Table
October 19, 2020 07:26 - 57 minutes - 78.8 MBThis episode we talk with Lisa Oliver King and Estelle Slootmaker from Our Kitchen Table about food justice, food sovereignty, and the great projects OKT does to implement those concepts in the world. Show Notes Follow us on Twitter at @FoodThoughtPod, and you can drop us a line at ThoughtAboutFood on Gmail. Consider leaving us a review wherever you found us! Lisa Oliver King and Estelle Slootmaker work for Our Kitchen Table, a grass-roots, nonprofit organization serving greater Grand ...
Episode 7 -- Food Justice and Food Sovereignty with Our Kitchen Table
October 19, 2020 07:26 - 57 minutes - 78.8 MBThis episode we talk with Lisa Oliver King and Estelle Slootmaker from Our Kitchen Table about food justice, food sovereignty, and the great projects OKT does to implement those concepts in the world. Show Notes Follow us on Twitter at @FoodThoughtPod, and you can drop us a line at ThoughtAboutFood on Gmail. Consider leaving us a review wherever you found us! Lisa Oliver King and Estelle Slootmaker work for Our Kitchen Table, a grass-roots, nonprofit organization serving greater Grand ...
Episode 6 -- Anne Portman on Food Sovereignty and Ecofeminism
October 05, 2020 05:23 - 48 minutes - 66 MBThis episode we talk to my friend Anne Portman. Anne is working in an ecofeminist framework, and we discuss what that term means as well as what insights ecofeminism has about food sovereignty, our relationships with animals we might eat, and what it means to think of ourselves as things that can be eaten. Show Notes Follow us on Twitter at @FoodThoughtPod, and you can drop us a line at ThoughtAboutFood on Gmail. Consider leaving us a review wherever you found us! Anne Portman was our ...
Anne Portman on Food Sovereignty and Ecofeminism
October 05, 2020 05:23 - 48 minutes - 66 MBThis episode we talk to my friend Anne Portman. Anne is working in an ecofeminist framework, and we discuss what that term means as well as what insights ecofeminism has about food sovereignty, our relationships with animals we might eat, and what it means to think of ourselves as things that can be eaten. Show Notes Follow us on Twitter at @FoodThoughtPod, and you can drop us a line at ThoughtAboutFood on Gmail. Consider leaving us a review wherever you found us! Anne Portman was our ...
Episode 5 -- Jenny Venable on Cajun Identity and Food
September 28, 2020 07:17 - 39 minutes - 54.3 MBThis episode I talk with Jenny Venable about Cajun cultural identity, and the role food plays in the stories we tell ourselves about who we are and who is and isn’t in our culture. Show Notes: Louisiana has been hit hard by Hurricane Laura, including Lake Charles where Jenny currently lives (you can read about it here: https://on.natgeo.com/3mGHufL and here: https://nyti.ms/2RQbc3J). Please consider donating to https://www.the15whitecoats.org/. Their usual work is providing resources fo...
Jenny Venable on Cajun Identity and Food
September 28, 2020 07:17 - 39 minutes - 54.3 MBThis episode I talk with Jenny Venable about Cajun cultural identity, and the role food plays in the stories we tell ourselves about who we are and who is and isn’t in our culture. Show Notes: Louisiana has been hit hard by Hurricane Laura, including Lake Charles where Jenny currently lives (you can read about it here: https://on.natgeo.com/3mGHufL and here: https://nyti.ms/2RQbc3J). Please consider donating to https://www.the15whitecoats.org/. Their usual work is providing resources fo...
Episode 4 -- Joey Tuminello on Food, Drugs, and Field Philosophy
September 21, 2020 07:42 - 1 hour - 120 MBThis episode we’re talking to a friend of mine, Joey Tuminello. Joey, like me, works on a number of quite different questions in philosophy, so our conversation covers a lot of ground. We talk about the difference between food and drugs; eating invasive species; animal ethics and food ethics in the Jain religious and philosophical tradition; and we finish up by talking about his work for the activist group Farm Forward, and how that work connects back to his philosophical commitments. Sh...
Joey Tuminello on Food, Drugs, and Field Philosophy
September 21, 2020 07:42 - 1 hour - 120 MBThis episode we’re talking to a friend of mine, Joey Tuminello. Joey, like me, works on a number of quite different questions in philosophy, so our conversation covers a lot of ground. We talk about the difference between food and drugs; eating invasive species; animal ethics and food ethics in the Jain religious and philosophical tradition; and we finish up by talking about his work for the activist group Farm Forward, and how that work connects back to his philosophical commitments. Sh...
Lisa Heldke on Chomping and Being Chomped
September 14, 2020 08:52 - 1 hour - 113 MBIn Episode 1, I said that conversations about food can turn into conversations about anything. That’s particularly true in this wide-ranging conversation with philosopher Dr. Lisa Heldke. We discuss how looking through the lens of food shows us that everything is always chomping and being chomped on, and that this has some profound implications on our diets, our bodies, and the world around us. We also discuss a lot of other things, including eating food from other cultures, baking, eating a...
Episode 3 -- Lisa Heldke on Chomping and Being Chomped
September 14, 2020 08:52 - 1 hour - 113 MBIn Episode 1, I said that conversations about food can turn into conversations about anything. That’s particularly true in this wide-ranging conversation with philosopher Dr. Lisa Heldke. We discuss how looking through the lens of food shows us that everything is always chomping and being chomped on, and that this has some profound implications on our diets, our bodies, and the world around us. We also discuss a lot of other things, including eating food from other cultures, baking, eating a...
Episode 2 -- Food Insecurity in the Pandemic with Food Bank RGV
September 07, 2020 02:07 - 24 minutes - 33.6 MBIn this second episode I talk with Stuart Haniff from the Food Bank of the Rio Grande Valley about food insecurity during the pandemic and its economic fallout. We talk about the way food security is manifesting itself right now by looking at this local context, as well as some ways you can help directly. Show Notes Follow us on Twitter at @FoodThoughtPod, and you can drop us a line at ThoughtAboutFood on Gmail. Consider leaving us a review wherever you found us! Stuart Haniff is the dire...
Food Insecurity in the Pandemic with Food Bank RGV
September 07, 2020 02:07 - 24 minutes - 33.6 MBIn this second episode I talk with Stuart Haniff from the Food Bank of the Rio Grande Valley about food insecurity during the pandemic and its economic fallout. We talk about the way food security is manifesting itself right now by looking at this local context, as well as some ways you can help directly. Show Notes Follow us on Twitter at @FoodThoughtPod, and you can drop us a line at ThoughtAboutFood on Gmail. Consider leaving us a review wherever you found us! Stuart Haniff is the dire...
Episode 1 -- David Leichter on Edible Memory
September 05, 2020 08:38 - 50 minutes - 69.2 MBIn this first episode, I talk with Dr. David Leichter about "edible memory", the idea that memory is embodied in food and the act of eating. That includes our own personal memories as well as social, communal memories around food. That leads to a wide-ranging conversation about food tourism, religious food, and more! Follow us on Twitter, @FoodThoughtPod, and if you have a topic you’d like to see discussed, drop us a line at [email protected]. Show Notes: Follow us on Twitter at ...
David Leichter on Edible Memory
September 05, 2020 08:38 - 50 minutes - 69.2 MBIn this first episode, I talk with Dr. David Leichter about "edible memory", the idea that memory is embodied in food and the act of eating. That includes our own personal memories as well as social, communal memories around food. That leads to a wide-ranging conversation about food tourism, religious food, and more! Follow us on Twitter, @FoodThoughtPod, and if you have a topic you’d like to see discussed, drop us a line at [email protected]. Show Notes: Follow us on Twitter at ...