By Lauren Haupt
They are informative, investigative, entertaining, free and the best part? You can take them everywhere with you this summer.
Podcasts are a great resource at your fingertips for hearing about what’s going on in the food world. From culinary to political, there is definitely a podcast out there discussing your favorite topics. To help you to navigate the wealth of options out there, The New York City Food Policy Center has compiled a list of 25 favorite food policy podcasts. Stayed tuned weekly for the next installment!
The following podcasts are available directly from their website (listed) or on your favorite podcast listening apps like iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher and more.
Bite
Podcaster:
Mother Jones, hosted by Maddie Oatman
What it’s about:
Food News and Politics
Year Started:
2016
Episodes-to-date/Frequency:
8, biweekly, last update June 3, 2016
From the Podcaster:
“Bite is a podcast for people who think hard about their food. In each biweekly episode, my co-hosts Tom Philpott and Kiera Butler and I will interview a writer, scientist, farmer, or chef to uncover the surprising stories behind what ends up on your plate. We’ll help you digest the major food news of the week. We’re interested in how your food intersects with other important topics like identity, social justice, health, corporate influence, and climate change.”
Where to find it:
https://www.motherjones.com/media/2016/03/bite-food-politics-podcast-trailer
The Brookings Cafeteria
Podcaster:
The Brookings Institution, hosted by Fred Dews
What it’s about:
Indirectly related to food via public policy and ideas from experts on how to influence societal change.
Year Started:
2013
Episodes-to-date/Frequency:
89, weekly, last update June 3, 2016
From the Podcaster:
“Where Brookings experts discuss ideas about and solutions for the most pressing public policy challenges, both domestic and global.”
Where to find it:
https://www.brookings.edu/research/podcasts/brookings-cafeteria-podcast
Delicious Revolution
Podcaster:
Chelsea Wills and Devon Sampson
What it’s about:
Discussions with food-world experts
Year Started:
2015
Episodes-to-date/Frequency:
20, every 7-10 days, last update April 30, 2016
From the Podcaster:
“Delicious Revolution is a show about food, culture and place. We talk with people whose expertise in food comes from working with food as farmers, fishers, artists, cooks, activists, scholars, journalists, and more. They spend a large portion of their life thinking about food- what it means, how to make it, how to change the food system, how it ties together societies. We will bring you in-depth conversations with some of the brilliant people that inspire the ways we think about food.”
Where to find it:
https://devon-sampson-t4cp.squarespace.com/subscribe
Eat Your Words
Podcaster:
Cathy Erway
What it’s about:
Food writing
Year Started:
2009
Episodes-to-date/Frequency:
269 Episodes-to-date, Live on Sundays 1pm-1:30pm on Heritage Radio Network, last update June 5, 1016
From the Podcaster:
“Eat Your Words is the weekly radio dispatch from Cathy Erway, founder of the blog Not Eating Out In New York. Every week, Cathy is joined by authors of books that you just want to eat up — from colorful cookbooks to food memoirs to exposes on the food industry, it’s all meaty topic for discussion. Tune in to learn what’s new and happening in the world of food through its literature.”
Where to find it:
https://heritageradionetwork.org/series/eat-your-words/
Hacking Hunger
Podcaster:
WFP USA, hosted by MJ Altman
What it’s about:
Food politics and humanitarian aid around the world
Year Started:
2015
Episodes-to-date/Frequency:
6, every 1-2 months, last update May 12, 2016
From the Podcaster:
“Hacking Hunger, produced by World Food Program USA, shares how Americans and the most vulnerable people in the most remote corners of the world come together around food and the often invisible work being done to ensure this foundation of life is whole for everyone. Through interviews with humanitarian workers, experts in the field, and staffers who interact regularly with hungry families, Hacking Hunger shares their experiences and insights on the front lines. These perspectives are contextualized with the latest news and innovations on emergency food aid, nutrition, and the logistical operations involved in delivering food to tens of millions of people every year that only the UN World Food Programme —the largest humanitarian agency in the world—can provide.”
Where to find it:
https://wfpusa.org/blog/podcast-journalist-roger-thurow-hunger-post-911-world
