Fork the System

Unapologetically Anna
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Who decided this was food—and who’s making money from it? Fork the System is a food podcast with an appetite for uncomfortable questions. Join Unapologetically Anna as she digs into food history, corporate marketing, health, disability, and the policies shaping what ends up on our plates. Come for the surprising stories and sharp humor. Stay because you’ll never look at the grocery aisle quite the same way again. Fork it, let’s eat!

Episodes

  1. 2d ago

    B so FR RN, Why is that on your plate?

    Send us a message! Click this link or email questioneverythingfts@gmail.com Your dinner choice might feel personal, but the menu was written long before you got to the store. We start with a simple, almost nosy question, “Why is that on your plate?” then follow the trail into the real machinery of the American food system: global trade, refrigerated logistics, packaging, labor, and the policies that decide what shows up on shelves and what stays out of reach. Winter strawberries are the perfect case study. They exist because supply chains can hide seasons, but that same dependence means disruptions far away can change prices and availability where you live.  If you’re ready to eat with clearer eyes, hit play, trace one food you eat regularly back to its parent company and origins, then share what you find. Subscribe, leave a review, and send this to a friend who thinks food is “just personal preference.” Support the show Follow your host!  Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/annaehover?srtk=MXRtYWx4a2MzZXU2Mg%3D%3D&utm_source=qr TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@backwardsnforwards?_r=1&_t=ZT-9AQBZPDU3CP Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/share/1F2chZqdbP/?mibextid=wwXIfr To purchase The Wahls Protocol - https://amzn.to/4hP6Rcn

  2. Oct 24

    Embalmed Beef, It's What's For Dinner!

    Send us a message! Click this link or email questioneverythingfts@gmail.com Embalmed beef is not a metaphor, it is a warning. I dig into the gross, gut-wrenching history that shaped US food safety regulation, because if we want to question the system we should understand why it was built in the first place and what went so wrong that Americans demanded change. We start with the scandals that turned stomachs and shifted politics: soldiers complaining of foul meat during the Spanish American War, and the cultural shockwave of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle. From there, we follow the trail of chemicals and shortcuts, including the era when preservatives like borax, salicylic acid, sulfites, and even formaldehyde were part of the conversation. Then we meet USDA chemist Harvey Washington Wiley and his famous Poison Squad trials, where volunteers ate measured doses of preservatives so the government could study the health effects and ask the question underneath it all: what belongs in food, and who decides what is safe? If you’ve ever looked at your dinner and thought, “What the hell is this, and who is protecting us,” hit play. Subscribe, share this with a hungry friend, and leave a review so more people keep questioning what’s on our plate. Support the show Follow your host!  Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/annaehover?srtk=MXRtYWx4a2MzZXU2Mg%3D%3D&utm_source=qr TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@backwardsnforwards?_r=1&_t=ZT-9AQBZPDU3CP Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/share/1F2chZqdbP/?mibextid=wwXIfr To purchase The Wahls Protocol - https://amzn.to/4hP6Rcn

  3. Season 1, Episode 2 Trailer

    Let's Talk About Sex!

    Send us a message! Click this link or email questioneverythingfts@gmail.com Let’s talk about sex and let’s do it through the one topic humans can’t stop romanticizing, moralizing, and monetizing: food. I’m Anna, and I’m getting comfortably uncomfortable as we pick apart the “aphrodisiac” stories you’ve heard your whole life and ask what’s actually real, what’s just culture, and what got polished into a sales pitch. If you’ve ever wondered whether food makes us horny or whether we keep making food horny, you’ll leave with sharper media literacy, better context for common food myths, and a challenge to notice who benefits when “pleasure” gets printed on the package. Subscribe, share the show with a friend, and leave a review with the most “sexy” food you’ve ever been told to believe in. Support the show Follow your host!  Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/annaehover?srtk=MXRtYWx4a2MzZXU2Mg%3D%3D&utm_source=qr TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@backwardsnforwards?_r=1&_t=ZT-9AQBZPDU3CP Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/share/1F2chZqdbP/?mibextid=wwXIfr To purchase The Wahls Protocol - https://amzn.to/4hP6Rcn

  4. Oct 9

    Oh my Goh Becky, look at her butt!

    Send us a message! Click this link or email questioneverythingfts@gmail.com Food isn’t just dinner. It’s marketing, policy, and power served on your plate. In the first episode of Fork The System, Unapologetically Anna shares how motherhood and life with multiple sclerosis led her to question food labels, fortified foods, and who shapes what we eat. Expect sharp humor, personal stories, and a refusal to swallow every claim on the grocery shelf. Ever read an ingredient list and thought, “What the fork is that?” You’re in the right place. Produced by: Anna Hover and Moises Puentes Soto Sounds Effects by: Anna Hover and Emma DeBoer Filmed at St. Paul Neighborhood Network - spnn.org Support the show Follow your host!  Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/annaehover?srtk=MXRtYWx4a2MzZXU2Mg%3D%3D&utm_source=qr TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@backwardsnforwards?_r=1&_t=ZT-9AQBZPDU3CP Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/share/1F2chZqdbP/?mibextid=wwXIfr To purchase The Wahls Protocol - https://amzn.to/4hP6Rcn

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Who decided this was food—and who’s making money from it? Fork the System is a food podcast with an appetite for uncomfortable questions. Join Unapologetically Anna as she digs into food history, corporate marketing, health, disability, and the policies shaping what ends up on our plates. Come for the surprising stories and sharp humor. Stay because you’ll never look at the grocery aisle quite the same way again. Fork it, let’s eat!

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  • Creator
    Unapologetically Anna
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    4
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Fork the System
  • Show Website
    Fork the System