One Bite

One Bite Podcast

Food is connection and sustenance, it is cultural, social, ethical, political and a fundamental human right. In the Anthropocene*, food is also complex and problematic. So, grab your knife, fork and spoon and join me as we digest the Australian foodscape, one bite at a time. onebitepod.com and @onebitepod across the socials *Anthropocene: the period of time during which human activities have had an environmental impact on the Earth regarded as constituting a distinct geological age.

  1. S01 E13: Tyson Yunkaporta, author & academic

    12/10/2020

    S01 E13: Tyson Yunkaporta, author & academic

    In this episode we hear from Dr Tyson Yunkaporta, author of Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World. He is an academic, arts critic, and researcher who belongs to the Apalech Clan in far north Queensland. Tyson carves traditional tools and weapons and works as a senior lecturer in Indigenous Knowledges at Deakin University, Melbourne. We yarn about Indigenous perspectives on food, respecting Indigenous Knowledge and Law, abundance and scarcity, western neoliberal paradigms, addressing inequality as a social problem, the 'Murray Antoinette syndrome', fostering emergence, acting as custodians, Indigenous governance, intergenerational equity, letting go of hope and taking back agency. Special shout out to Tyson's kids. You can find Tyson on LinkedIn and the books The Land is the Source of the Law by C.F. Black and Fire Country by Victor Steffensen. You can find us at onebitepod.com and @onebitepod across social media. For full list of links please see the website: Resilience and Innovation in Indigenous Communities (Scott, 2010); Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer; Emergence: the remarkable simplicity of complexity The Conversation; Indigenous imprisonment, suicide and self-harm rates have risen, report finds The Guardian; Record breaking iron ore revenue is putting a floor in the budget ABC News; Iron ore mining comeback in NT sparks environmental, fishing and cultural concerns ABC News; Juukan Gorge inquiry: Rio Tinto's decision to blow up Indigenous rock shelters 'inexcusable' The Guardian; WhiteBLACKatcha.  Music: Night Owl by Broke for Free (CC)

    48 min
  2. S01 E12: Lee Tran Lam, Diversity in Food Media

    12/06/2020

    S01 E12: Lee Tran Lam, Diversity in Food Media

    In this episode we hear from Lee Tran Lam, a freelance journalist and editor of New Voices on Food. Lee Tran has written about food for various publications, including Good Food, Gourmet Traveller, SBS Food, The Sun-Herald and The Guardian. She runs The Unbearable Lightness of Being Hungry podcast, Diversity in Food Media and presents Local Fidelity on FBi radio. We talk about the impacts of COVID on hospitality and producers, how businesses have pivoted, food ecosystems, food media during the pandemic, racism and the need for diverse voices in food. You can find Lee Tran on Instagram, Twitter and The Unbearable Lightness of Being Hungry podcast, Diversity in Food Media on Instagram and New Voices on Food at SomeKind Press. You can find us at onebitepod.com and @onebitepod across social media. For full list of links please see the website: Ben Shewry; Colombo Social; Parliament on King; Neil Perry; A COVID-positive person dines at your restaurant; Food delivery Apps; Delivery driver safety; Restaurants and cafes facing mass closures without more support; Retail Trade, Aus; Changes in employment and hours worked; Restaurants surviving the coronavirus The Saturday Paper; Chef's Manifesto; Newtown Blessing Box; Eating Thai Fruit Demands Serious Effort but Delivers Sublime Reward NY Times; Aus food writers call for greater diversity of voices in wake of NY Times durian debacle; Australians love Asian food, so why doesn't it win as many awards as Italian? Colin Ho & Nicholas Jordan; The Oldest Foods on Earth; Bush Food Alliance; Chocolate on Purpose; Ahmad Hakim; Rosheen Kaul. Music: Night Owl by Broke for Free (CC)

    47 min
  3. S01 E10: Amy Lawton & Liz Millen, Australia’s Right to Food Coalition

    11/26/2020

    S01 E10: Amy Lawton & Liz Millen, Australia’s Right to Food Coalition

    In this episode we hear from Amy Lawon and Liz Millen, founding members of Australia’s Right to Food Coalition. The Coalition started in 2014 and exists to advocate for the human right to nutritious food for all Australians. Amy is a social researcher who has focused on a number of food related issues and Liz worked for 20 years in a Sydney Health District team dedicated to improving food security through local projects. We talk about the Coalitions work, the impact of COVID on their network, what we can learn from this 'natural experiment', the scale of food insecurity in Australia, the socioeconomic and political drivers, the implications of hunger for children, the problem with relying on food charity and some alternative approaches. You can find the Coalition on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and the food relief directory here. You can find us at onebitepod.com and @onebitepod across social media. For full list of links please see the website: Right to food; Aus charities and COVID-19; Food insecurity and socioeconomic disadvantage in Aus; ‘I Can Finally Eat Fresh Fruit And Vegetables’ ACOSS; Impact of COVID-19 on food insecurity in the Greater Sydney and Illawarra; Cost of Living; Casual workers; SDG2 Zero Hunger; Foodbank Hunger Report 2020; Understanding food insecurity in Aus CFCA; Foodbank Child Hunger in Aus; HILDA survey; Inequality in Aus ACOSS; Socioeconomic brackets and unemployment ABC; FoodLab Sydney. Music: Night Owl by Broke for Free (CC)

    46 min

Ratings & Reviews

About

Food is connection and sustenance, it is cultural, social, ethical, political and a fundamental human right. In the Anthropocene*, food is also complex and problematic. So, grab your knife, fork and spoon and join me as we digest the Australian foodscape, one bite at a time. onebitepod.com and @onebitepod across the socials *Anthropocene: the period of time during which human activities have had an environmental impact on the Earth regarded as constituting a distinct geological age.