It’s All About Food

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It’s All About Food

Since 2009, It’s All About Food, a vegan podcast, has been bringing you the best in up-to-date news regarding food, our food system and the vegan lifestyle. Hosted by Caryn Hartglass, a vegan since 1988, the program includes in-depth interviews with medical doctors, nutritionists, dietitians, cook book authors, artists, poets, athletes, environmentalists, animal rights activists, farmers, food manufacturers, lawyers, food scientists and more. Learn how we can solve many of the world’s problems today and do it deliciously, here on It’s All About Food.

  1. APR 15

    It’s All About Food - Caryn Hartglass, The Global Food System

    Caryn Hartglass, The Global Food SystemIn this episode Caryn discusses the global food system, how every bit of food that is brought to our plate has involved so many people around the world. She shares stories of eating vegan and SOS-free on the road while in Vermont and Massachusetts. Recipes for Irish Soda Bread, both made with wheat and gluten-free versions are shared and discussed. The GMO corn story between the U.S. and Mexico is reviewed along with recipes for organic corn bread, and tortillas.  Links mentioned in this podcast: Tortillas Corn Bread: Gluten-Free AND SOS-Free! Irish Soda Bread The US vs. Mexico dispute over GMO corn: an attempt to keep track of it Yes, Your Chili Powder Is Moving: The Gross Truth Behind Bugs in Your Kitchen Spices

    58 min

  2. APR 1

    It’s All About Food - John Sanbonmatsu, Our Resistance to Rethinking the Meat Economy

    John Sanbonmatsu, Our Resistance to Rethinking the Meat EconomyJohn Sanbonmatsu is a writer, philosopher, and magician. He is author of The Omnivore’s Deception: What We Get Wrong about Meat, Animals and Ourselves (New York University Press) and of The Postmodern Prince: Critical Theory, Left Strategy, and the Making of a New Political Subject (Monthly Review Press). John received his BA from Hampshire College and his PhD in the History of Consciousness Department at the University of California at Santa Cruz. John is Professor of Philosophy at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts, where he teaches ethics, politics, philosophy of film, and existentialism (among other courses). John lives in the Boston area, where he performs as a semi-professional magician and mentalist.Follow John on Twitter (@SanbonmatsuJ) and Blue Sky (@jsanbonmatsu.bsky.social) Links mentioned in the podcast: Cell-Based Meat Debate, Resolve: Cell-Based Meat is Good for Animals America Is Done Pretending About Meat Clean Meat Hoax

    58 min

  3. MAR 18

    It’s All About Food - Zoe Weil, The Solutionary Way

    Listen Live by phone over ZenoRadio:(641) 741-2308(585) 652-0611 Call Caryn’s personal archive number to hear the most recent five episodes of It’s All About Food: 1-701-719-0885 Zoe Weil, The Solutionary WayZoe Weil is the co-founder and president of the Institute for Humane Education (IHE). She is the author of seven other books, including Amazon #1 best seller in the Philosophy and Social Aspects of Education, The World Becomes What We Teach: Educating a Generation of Solutionaries; Nautilus Silver Medal winner, Most Good, Least Harm; and Above All, Be Kind: Raising a Humane Child in Challenging Times. She has also written books for young people, including Moonbeam Gold Medal winner, Claude and Medea: The Hellburn Dogs, about 12-year-old activists inspired by their teacher to become solutionaries. Her blog, Becoming a Solutionary, can be found at PsychologyToday.com. In 2010, Zoe gave her first TEDx talk, “The World Becomes What You Teach,” which became among the 50 top-rated TEDx talks within a year. Since then she has given five other TEDx talks: “Solutionaries,” “Educating for Freedom,” “How to Be a Solutionary,” “Extending Our Circle of Compassion,” and “How Will You Answer This Question?” Zoe is a recipient of the NCSS Spirit of America award that honors people who follow their conscience and act against current thinking in order to stand up for equity, freedom, and the American spirit of justice. She was named one of Maine Magazine’s 50 independent leaders transforming their communities and the state and was honored with the Women in Environmental Leadership award at Unity College. Her portrait was painted by Robert Shetterly for the Americans Who Tell The Truth portrait series. Zoe received a master’s in Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School; a master’s and bachelor’s in English Literature from the University of Pennsylvania; and was awarded an honorary doctorate from Valparaiso University. Zoe is certified in psychosynthesis counseling, a form of psychotherapy which relies upon the intrinsic power of each person’s imagination to promote growth, creativity, health, and transformation.

    57 min

  4. FEB 25

    It’s All About Food - Nathan Lents, The Sexual Evolution, How 500 million years of sex, gender, and mating shape modern relationships

    Listen: Tuesday, February 25, 2025, 4pm ET by going to PRN, The Progressive Radio Network. Listen Live by phone over ZenoRadio:(641) 741-2308(585) 652-0611 Call Caryn’s personal archive number to hear the most recent five episodes of It’s All About Food: 1-701-719-0885 Nathan Lents, The Sexual Evolution, How 500 million years of sex, gender, and mating shape modern relationshipsNATHAN H. LENTS is a professor of biology at John Jay College, CUNY, and the author of Not So Different: Finding Human Nature in Animals and Human Errors: A Panorama of Our Glitches, from Pointless Bones to Broken Genes. He has appeared as a scientific expert in a range of national media, including The TODAY Show, NPR, Access Hollywood, 48 Hours, and Al Jazeera America. He lives in Queens, NY.

    59 min

  5. FEB 18

    It’s All About Food - Hartglass & De Mattei, The Curious Case of Caryn and Gary in London, Paris, and Aix-en-Provence

    Listen: Tuesday, February 18, 2025, 4pm ET by going to PRN, The Progressive Radio Network. Listen Live by phone over ZenoRadio:(641) 741-2308(585) 652-0611 Call Caryn’s personal archive number to hear the most recent five episodes of It’s All About Food: 1-701-719-0885 Hartglass & De Mattei, The Curious Case of Caryn and Gary in London, Paris, and Aix-en-ProvenceCaryn and Gary talk about eating not only vegan but SOS-free while enjoying theater, the sites, and seeing friends in London, Paris and Aix-en-Provence.  Links mentioned in the podcast.Easy 2-Ingredient Vegan Chocolate Mousse

    57 min

  6. FEB 11

    It’s All About Food - Michelle Perro, MD & Stephanie Seneff, PhD; Danger in the Dough

    Listen Live by phone over ZenoRadio:(641) 741-2308(585) 652-0611 Call Caryn’s personal archive number to hear the most recent five episodes of It’s All About Food: 1-701-719-0885 Michelle Perro, MD & Stephanie Seneff, PhD; Danger in the DoughHigh Levels of Contaminants Found in Girl Scout CookiesSound the Alarm on the Safety of the Majority of our Food Supply Michelle Perro, MD, is a veteran pediatrician with over four decades of experience in acute and integrative medicine, co-founder and CEO of GMOScience, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. More than fifteen years ago, Dr. Perro transformed her clinical practice to include the health effects from GMOs and their associated pesticides. She has worked as both Emergency Room Director and Attending Physician from New York’s Metropolitan Hospital/New York Medical college to UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital, Oakland, CA. Dr. Perro has co-authored the highly acclaimed book, What’s Making our Children Sick. Stay tuned for her upcoming book, Making our Children Well, an instructional guidebook for parents on nutrition and homeopathy. Stephanie Seneff is a senior research scientist at MIT, where she has had continuous affiliation for more than five decades. After receiving four degrees from MIT (B.S., in Biophysics, M.S., E.E., and Ph.D.in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science), she has conducted research in packet-switched networks, computational modeling of the human auditory system, natural language processing, spoken dialogue systems, and second language learning. Currently a Senior Research Scientist (MIT’s highest research rank) at the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, she has supervised 21 Master’s and 14 Ph.D. students. For over a decade, since 2008, she has directed her attention towards the role of nutrition and environmental toxicants on human disease, with a special emphasis on the herbicide glyphosate and the mineral sulfur.  LINKS MENTIONED IN THE PODCAST READ the article DANGER IN THE DOUGH WATCH the film The Need to Grow MARION NESTLE blog Most enlightening report of the week: GAO on infant formula Make your own Girl Scout-style cookies with organic ingredients. Below are our vegan and gluten free recipes.  Chocolate Dipped Mint Chocolate Cookies: Gluten-Free   Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies Coconut Caramel Chocolate Dipped Cookies: Gluten-Free

    57 min

  7. FEB 4

    It’s All About Food - Nicola Twilley, Frostbite

    Listen Live by phone over ZenoRadio:(641) 741-2308(585) 652-0611 Call Caryn’s personal archive number to hear the most recent five episodes of It’s All About Food: 1-701-719-0885    Nicola Twilley, FrostbiteNicola Twilley* is author of Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves (Penguin Press, June 2024), and co-host of the award-winning Gastropod podcast, which looks at food through the lens of history and science, and which is part of the Vox Media Podcast Network in partnership with Eater. Her first book, Until Proven Safe: The History and Future of Quarantine, was co-authored with Geoff Manaugh and was named one of the best books of 2021 by Time Magazine, NPR, the Guardian, and the Financial Times. She is a contributing writer at The New Yorker and the author of Edible Geography. She lives in Los Angeles.

    58 min

  8. JAN 14

    It’s All About Food - Andrea Young, Sweet Vegan for Valentine’s Day

    Listen: Tuesday, January 14, 2024, 4pm ET by going to PRN, The Progressive Radio Network. Listen Live by phone over ZenoRadio:(641) 741-2308(585) 652-0611 Call Caryn’s personal archive number to hear the most recent five episodes of It’s All About Food: 1-701-719-0885 Andrea Young, Sweet Vegan for Valentine’s DaySweet Vegan offers the satisfaction of enjoying your favorite desserts without the guilt. Our featured Tremendous Truffles are a delicious vegan treat made with fresh, organic ingredients. No Nuts, or Soy. Gluten-free. The company was started in 2016 by the Vegan Chef, Andrea Young who has taught classes at Integral Yoga, catered extensively and worked privately for celebrities in NY. Inspired by the healing aspects of food, Ms Young attended the Natural Kitchen Cooking School, graduating in 2008. A compassionate lover of life, Ms. Young believes that experiencing life abundantly involves making healthy choices about what we eat and how it affects our environment. Sweet Vegan makes this “deliciously” possible.   The Cravings Cure Challenge Have you ever felt like your cravings are running the show? You start the day with the best intentions, only to find yourself staring at an empty bag of chips wondering, How did I get here? I totally get it—and I want to share something that could be a total game-changer. My colleague, Ella Magers (the founder of Sexy Fit Vegan®), is hosting a free, 4-day LIVE Cravings Cure Challenge on February 3-6, to help people just like you take back control of their cravings—for good. Now, you might be thinking, “I’ve tried it all—diets, meal plans, even that secret Pinterest recipe I swore would change my life.” But let me tell you why this is different: Ella isn’t about quick fixes or willpower-based solutions. She’s spent over a decade helping hundreds of clients transform their relationship with food, their bodies, and themselves. This challenge is designed to tackle the root causes of cravings—not just treat the symptoms. Here’s what you’ll learn in the challenge: Why true hunger is only one of four reasons we eat and how understanding this can completely change the game. How to reprogram the biological and emotional patterns driving your cravings, so you’re no longer stuck in a cycle of frustration. A proven method to stop cravings in their tracks, whenever and wherever they show up. The best part? This isn’t about deprivation, counting calories, or obsessing over macros. It’s about empowering you to make choices that align with who you want to be—and it’s completely free.  It starts on February 3rd! Join now—it’s FREE   Links mentioned in the podcast: Chocolate is getting more expensive as the global cocoa supply faces a shortage How Rising Cocoa Prices and Consumer Behavior Affect HSY’s Future Which Country Eats the Most Chocolate in 2024? Cocoa Futures Average prices for cocoa worldwide from 2014 to 2025 Simon Lester, Pascha Chocolate, a REAL Favorite! REAL Recipes with Cocoa:Breakfast Black BeansChocolate Ice DreamCashew Date Ice Cream

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    Since 2009, It’s All About Food, a vegan podcast, has been bringing you the best in up-to-date news regarding food, our food system and the vegan lifestyle. Hosted by Caryn Hartglass, a vegan since 1988, the program includes in-depth interviews with medical doctors, nutritionists, dietitians, cook book authors, artists, poets, athletes, environmentalists, animal rights activists, farmers, food manufacturers, lawyers, food scientists and more. Learn how we can solve many of the world’s problems today and do it deliciously, here on It’s All About Food.

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    • Creator
      Progressive Radio Network
    • Years Active
      2010 - 2025
    • Episodes
      61
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      Copyright © 2010 Kara Lee. All rights reserved.
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