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“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 […] The post TSI Weekend: Zika appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Cotton. 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, […] The post Cotton: Sven Beckert (Ep. 17) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

“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 […] The post TSI Weekend: Nationalism appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

“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 […] The post Breast Milk: Kimberly Seals Allers (Ep. 16) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

In 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. The post Pathogens: Rob Wallace (Ep. 15) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

People 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 […] The post Nationalism: Arjun Appadurai (Ep. 14) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

In 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 post V&B – The Past, Present, and Future of The Greek Economy appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Raj 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. The post The Peasantry: Blain Snipstal (Ep. 13) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

In 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 […] The post SXSW: Tech & The Future of Food appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

“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 […] The post Quinoa: Tanya Kerssen (Ep. 12) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

In 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 […] The post V&B – The Secret Ingredient – The Future of Food appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

What 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 […] The post Golden Rice: Glenn Davis Stone (Ep. 11) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

In this edition of The Secret Ingredient we talk with Gary Nabhan, author of: Chasing Chiles – Hot Spots Along the Pepper Trail; Why Some Like It Hot: Food, Genes and Cultural Diversity; and Cumin, Camels, and Caravans: A Spice Odyssey. Nabhan is an internationally-celebrated nature writer, food and farming activist, and proponent of conserving […] The post Hot Peppers: Gary Nabhan (Ep. 10) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

In this edition of The Secret Ingredient we talk with Fred Bahnson, author of Soil & Sacrament: A Spiritual Memoir of Food and Faith, about his spiritual journey through agriculture and how some faith-based organizations are re-energizing the conversation around hunger and poverty. About The Hosts: Raj Patel is an award winning food writer, activist and […] The post Jesus: Fred Bahnson (Ep. 9) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

In this edition of The Secret Ingredient, we talk with Janet Poppendieck, Professor of Sociology at Hunter College, City University of New York and author of Sweet Charity? Emergency Food and the End of Entitlement (Penguin, 1999), about the complexities of food charities, governmental food programs, and the overall condition of our economy, our nations […] The post Charity: Janet Poppendieck (Ep. 8) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

As we observe Thanksgiving in the U.S. The Secret Ingredient takes a step back with this episode on Salmon with Valerie Segrest. Valerie is a native nutrition educator who specializes in local and traditional foods. As an enrolled member of the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, she serves her community as the coordinator of the Muckleshoot Food […] The post Salmon: Valerie Segrest (Ep. 7) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

In this edition of The Secret Ingredient we talk with Daniel Moshenberg about the wide-ranging impact of  food on prisoners in the US prison industrial complex. Dr. Moshenberg has worked with women in community-based organizations and social movements which are majority women but are not (yet) identified as women’s organizations or movements. That work has […] The post Prison Food: Dan Moshenberg (Ep. 6) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

In this edition of The Secret Ingredient, Rebecca McInroy, Raj Patel and Tom Philpott talk with Dr. Alissa Hamilton about her book, “Got Milked? The Great Dairy Deception and Why You’ll Thrive Without Milk.” Hamilton’s critical take on the dairy industry and its pervasive marketing campaigns chronicle a history of public policy messages that have […] The post Milk: Alissa Hamilton (Ep.5) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

In this edition of The Secret Ingredient, we talk with Marion Nestle about her latest book Soda Politics: Taking on Big Soda (and Winning). She describes why it’s so difficult to find accurate information on soda consumption, how the industry got to where it is today, and what advocacy groups and consumers are doing to […] The post Soda: Marion Nestle (Ep.4) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

In this episode our secret ingredient is Bananas! We talk with feminist writer and professor Dr. Cynthia Enloe, who’s latest book, Bananas, Beaches and Bases: Making Feminist Sense of International Politics, investigates the long history of oppression in the banana industry, and the intricate power structures involved in bringing this yellow fruit to grocery stores […] The post Bananas: Cynthia Enloe (Ep. 3) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.