Latest Foodmedicine Podcast Episodes
Pickles, Sauerkraut & the Gut Microbiome with Dr. Andrew Flachs
Foodie Pharmacology Podcast - August 16, 2021 11:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsThis week we dig into a fascinating study of the microbial composition of fermented foods and how they influence the gut microbiome! Our guest is Dr. Andrew Flachs, an anthropologist who researches food and agriculture systems, exploring genetically modified crops, heirloom seeds, and our own mi...
Around the World in 80 Plants with Jonathan Drori
Foodie Pharmacology Podcast - August 02, 2021 11:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsThis week we take a tour around the globe exploring some fascinating plants with Jonathan Drori! You may know Jon from one of his four TED talks on botany, which have had millions of views! He’s also the author of the international bestseller, Around the World in 80 Trees, now in 18 languages, a...
Evolutionary Gastronomy with Prof. Jonathan Silvertown
Foodie Pharmacology Podcast - July 19, 2021 12:35 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsThis week I meet with Prof. Jonathan Silvertown, an ecologist and evolutionary biologist with a research interests in plant population biology. We chat about the evolution of our foods, exploring how the domestication of plants and animals has shaped our modern dinner plates. His book, Dinner wi...
Where the Wild Things Grow with David Hamilton
Foodie Pharmacology Podcast - July 12, 2021 10:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsThis week on the show, I chat with David Hamilton about his latest book Where the Wild Things Grow: A Foragers Guide to the Landscape. David is an expert forager and offers lots of great tips on easy things to forage along with some very tasty recipes! Who knew that magnolia flowers could make a...
Eat the Weeds with Prof. Philip Stark
Foodie Pharmacology Podcast - July 06, 2021 09:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsThis week, we’re talking about one of my favorite subjects: foraging! Our guest is Professor Phillip Stark, the founder of Berkeley Open Source Food and Wild/Feral Food Week and a professor of statistics at UC Berkley. Philip is passionate about urban foraging, including studying the safety, nut...
Roundup & The Monsanto Papers with Carey Gillam
Foodie Pharmacology Podcast - June 28, 2021 12:26 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsWhen global conglomerate Bayer AG paid $63 billion in 2018 to buy Monsanto Company, the deal was seen as a boost to Bayer’s wealth and power. But only two years later, Bayer was forced to agree to pay $11 billion to settle the claims of more than 100,000 cancer victims who alleged their sufferin...
The Secret Life of Fat with Dr. Sylvia Tara
Foodie Pharmacology Podcast - June 21, 2021 13:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsYou may not love your fat, but your body certainly does. This week, we explore the secret world of fat, discussing its complex biology, how it resists loss, and what can be done to remove stubborn fat. I chat with Dr. Sylvia Tara, a biochemist with a business background, about her new book on th...
Crop Diversity & Global Food Systems with Dr. Colin Khoury
Foodie Pharmacology Podcast - June 14, 2021 13:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsThis week, we ask some big questions about the origins of our food and how it connects people from across the globe. I speak with Dr. Colin Khoury, a crop diversity researcher who has spent more than 20 years trying to understand the state of diversity in the global food system. Colin shares how...
The Amazing Diversity of Solanaceous Crops with Dr. Sandra Knapp
Foodie Pharmacology Podcast - June 07, 2021 11:20 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsThis week, we explore one of the most important botanical families for food crops and medicine! Ever heard of nicotine or atropine? These tropane alkaloids from the Solanaceae family are just a few examples of pharmacologically active compounds from this group. I speak with Dr. Sandra Knapp, a w...
Lessons from Plants with Dr. Beronda Montgomery
Foodie Pharmacology Podcast - June 01, 2021 12:41 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsWhat lessons can we learn about human behavior from the plant kingdom? I chat with Dr. Beronda Montgomery, a writer, professor, and science communicator. Her research focuses on how organisms (primarily plants) maintain a sense of self, where they are, and what behaviors they should pursue to su...
Madre Chocolate with Dr. Nat Bletter
Foodie Pharmacology Podcast - May 24, 2021 09:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsThis stimulant ingredient has captured the imaginations (and taste buds) of humans over the centuries! You may be surprised at all of the steps that it takes to transform cacao seeds from the chocolate tree into the chocolate bars and beverages we love. This week, I speak with Dr. Nat Bletter ab...
Plants, people, & Jaguar in the Amazon with Dr. Glenn Shepard
Foodie Pharmacology Podcast - May 17, 2021 09:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsDid you know that in some cultures, humans are believed to transform into forest animals as a part of the hunting tradition? Or that the elderly may transform into the fierce jaguar in the last phases of life? This week, I speak with Dr. Glenn Shepherd about topics ranging from medicinal plants ...
HEALing our Food Systems with Navina Khanna
Foodie Pharmacology Podcast - May 10, 2021 12:42 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsFood is our most intimate and powerful connection to each other, to our cultures, and to the earth. This week, I speak with Navina Khanna, co-founder and the Executive Director of the HEAL (Health, Environment, Agriculture, and Labor) Food Alliance, a national alliance of organizations building ...
How to be a Conscious Eater with Sophie Egan
Foodie Pharmacology Podcast - May 03, 2021 09:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsWhen it comes to food, there are many labels, many choices, and even more confusion for the everyday consumer! But there is a way to cut through the chaos and find the best choices for you and your family. This week, I speak with guest Sophie Egan, author of “How to be a Conscious Eater: Making ...
Cheese, Wine & Bread with Katie Quinn
Foodie Pharmacology Podcast - April 26, 2021 11:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsFermentation is fabulous! Yes, absolutely fabulous! It is what transforms otherwise standard staples like milk, grains, or grapes into a dizzying array of flavorful value-added products that serve as ambassadors to the food culture and intricate environments from which the ingredients originate!...
The Business of Botanicals with Dr. Ann Armbrecht
Foodie Pharmacology Podcast - April 19, 2021 08:01 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsIf you use botanical teas and dietary supplements, this episode is for you! I speak with Dr. Ann Armbrecht, director of the Sustainable Herbs Program and author of her latest book, The Business of Botanicals. We dive in to the business of herbal medicines, dietary supplements, and all of the dif...
The Wardian Case with Luke Keogh
Foodie Pharmacology Podcast - April 12, 2021 08:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsHow did the diversity of plants that we enjoy today on our dinner plates come to be cultivated across the world? Initially, valuable crops were transported by ship, but many of these specimens died in transit. Invention of the Wardian case—a glass topped plant box—was a game changer in keeping p...
Ecosystem Restoration & Sustainable Agriculture with Pavlos Georgiadis
Foodie Pharmacology Podcast - April 05, 2021 08:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsHow do people connect with the land? What role do initiatives in sustainable agriculture and ecosystem restoration play in climate action? I explore these questions and more with Greek ethnobotanist Pavlos Georgiadis. In addition to his research in the field of ethnobotany, Pavlos is an internat...
Under the Olive Tree with Anna Maggio
Foodie Pharmacology Podcast - March 29, 2021 08:01 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsWho loves Italian food? I do! This week, I meet with Anna Maggio to discuss foods of the Puglia province in southern Italy! From local olive oil to wild green vegetables and homemade pasta – Anna explains the importance fresh, seasonal cuisine to the eating experience and our health! You can fin...
Sour Beers & Wild Yeast with Dr. John Sheppard
Foodie Pharmacology Podcast - March 22, 2021 09:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsHow does beer brewing work… and just how important are the different ingredients in determining the final flavor of the brew? We address these questions and others with Dr. John Sheppard, a professor of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences at North Carolina State University. We also discus...
Ethnobotany of Wild Foods in British Columbia with Dr. Nancy Turner
Foodie Pharmacology Podcast - March 15, 2021 07:01 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsSustainable agriculture starts with the relationships people have with their environment. This week, I speak with Dr. Nancy Turner; she’s an ethnobotanist who has spent her career working in collaboration with indigenous peoples of British Columbia. We discuss how wild plant tubers are harvested...
The Spicebox Kitchen with Dr. Linda Shiue
Foodie Pharmacology Podcast - February 22, 2021 20:20 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsWhere do food and medicine meet? In the kitchen! This week, I chat with Dr. Linda Shiue, one of the few MD’s who is also a trained chef. She has dedicated her life’s work to bridging the gap between the medical, nutrition and culinary worlds. We discuss how a plant based diet impacts your health...
Precision Nutrition with Dr. Sarah Berry
Foodie Pharmacology Podcast - February 16, 2021 03:43 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsPrecision nutrition enables investigation of many factors that influence our health—whether the composition of foods we eat, how and when we eat, and what influence our genetics and the composition of our microbiomes has on health. I speak with Dr. Sarah Berry, a nutrition scientist at Kings Col...
Wild Foods & "Sex in Nature" with Dr. Łukasz Łuczaj
Foodie Pharmacology Podcast - February 08, 2021 08:01 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsFor our Valentine’s Day episode, I speak with Polish ethnobotanist and foraging expert, Dr. Łukasz Łuczaj about how humans connect to nature! Łukasz shares his work on wild foods—including plants, mushroom, and insects—and how this ties into cultural histories of the people who consume them. In ...
Nutrimetabolomics & Chemical Signals of the Human Diet with Dr. Nichole Reisdorph
Foodie Pharmacology Podcast - January 25, 2021 09:01 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsNutrimetabolomics is an emerging field of science that represents the intersection of metabolomics and nutrition research. Using the powerful tools of mass spectrometry and models with germ-free mice and human microbiome samples, scientists are discovering new biomarkers of health and are able t...
More Than a Sweet Treat! The Dynamic Chemistry of Maple Syrup with Dr. Navindra Seeram
Foodie Pharmacology Podcast - January 18, 2021 09:01 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsIn that magical period between winter and spring in the northeast US and Canada, tapped sugar maples yield buckets of clear sap. Once concentrated, the resulting sticky syrup is used as a natural sweetener for everything from breakfast treats to specialty cocktails. While sucrose does make up th...
Herbaria & the Natural History of Plants with Dr. Barbara Thiers
Foodie Pharmacology Podcast - January 11, 2021 09:01 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsDead plants do tell tales. Over the past five hundred years, plant hunters have scoured the Earth, collecting millions of specimens that are now held in vast collections in New York, London and Paris, complemented by smaller collections found in museums and universities across the globe. These p...
Fabulous Fungi and Pharmacognosy with Dr. Nicholas Oberlies
Foodie Pharmacology Podcast - December 14, 2020 04:41 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsA vast network of fungi circles the globe—interwoven throughout the soil, coating surfaces above ground and even living inside of plants! There is an astonishing level of diversity among fungi, and this biodiversity is coupled with incredible chemical diversity. In this episode of Foodie Pharmac...
Fabulous Fungi and Pharmacognosy with Dr. Nicholas Oberlies
Foodie Pharmacology Podcast - December 14, 2020 04:41 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsA vast network of fungi circles the globe—interwoven throughout the soil, coating surfaces above ground and even living inside of plants! There is an astonishing level of diversity among fungi, and this biodiversity is coupled with incredible chemical diversity. In this episode of Foodie Pharmac...
The Chemical Signatures of Plants with Dr. Nadja Cech
Foodie Pharmacology Podcast - November 30, 2020 05:01 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsPlants produce a fantastic array of metabolites to defend themselves, communicate with other organisms in their environment, and attract pollinators and seed dispersers; sometimes, these metabolites can also impact human health. Our guest this week is Dr. Nadja Cech, an expert in the field of ma...
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