The Secret Ingredient

KUT & KUTX Studios

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The history and story behind the foods we eat.

10/25/2021

Hope: Frances Moore Lappé

“[Hope] is a key source of energy to enable us to seek solutions together.” -Frances Moore Lappé Hope is different from faith in that we need to act in hope as opposed to just having faith that everything will be okay. But in acting, when it comes to food, we are doing so and operating […] The post Hope: Frances Moore Lappé appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

48 min
07/14/2021

Guam

“We’re fighting for a worldview. We’re fighting for a different version of what it means to be human on the planet. We’re fighting for a different version of what just relations look like between the human and non-human world.” –Julian Aguon Guam is the secret ingredient for our conversation with indigenous human rights lawyer and […] The post Guam appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

34 min
07/15/2020

Each Others: Rita Valencia and Charlotte Sáenz

“How do we build these understandings from a decolonial, antiracist and antipatriarchal basis? How do we build real solidarity bridges that do not replicate patronising structures of power? How can we learn and build with those who have resisted and re(x)isted, in order to open new imaginaries to heal mother earth, the other, and ourselves?” […] The post Each Others: Rita Valencia and Charlotte Sáenz appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

54 min
05/01/2020

COVID-19 Series: Rob Wallace

The Secret Ingredient with KUT’s Rebecca McInroy, Raj Patel author of A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things, and food and agriculture correspondent for Mother Jones, Tom Philpott welcome back Rob Wallace an evolutionary biologist for his take on the link between global outbreaks of infectious disease and global agriculture. Rob Wallace is […] The post COVID-19 Series: Rob Wallace appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

46 min
02/07/2020

Politics and The Green New Deal: Ben Lilliston

“The climate crisis is an emergency, it is a crisis and so we need to make major, major changes in our agriculture system.” Ben Lilliston is the Director of Climate Change and Rural strategies at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. He spoke with The Secret Ingredient team–Raj Patel, Tom Philpott, and Rebecca McInroy, […] The post Politics and The Green New Deal: Ben Lilliston appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

40 min
01/22/2020

The Green New Deal for Agriculture: Jim Goodman and Raj Patel

“We need to change society so everybody can fit in and everyone can afford to live in a decarbonized society.” – Jim Goodman In this episode of The Secret Ingredient host Raj Patel plays double-duty — he is not just a host, but joins Jim Goodman as a guest. The two discuss what A Green […] The post The Green New Deal for Agriculture: Jim Goodman and Raj Patel appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

58 min
12/10/2019

The Green New Deal in Texas: Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez

Explore the future of the Green New Deal and what it means for Texas with Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez. Tzintzún is challenging John Cornyn for the 2020 US Senate seat for the State of Texas. She is the Co-founder of the Workers Defense Project and Jolt, and she talked with The Secret Ingredient team–Raj Patel, Tom […] The post The Green New Deal in Texas: Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

46 min
11/11/2019

Social Movement: Naomi Klein

The Secret Ingredient with KUT’s Rebecca McInroy, Raj Patel, author of A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things, and food and agriculture correspondent for Mother Jones, Tom Philpott explore the future of the Green New Deal with Naomi Klein, author of “On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal.” The post Social Movement: Naomi Klein appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

50 min

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Secret Ingredient

04/27/2019

bernanbillie

Amazingly insightful and innovative podcast pulling power gender political economy and food all into one. Just a shame there are not more !
Motivational and Fun

06/17/2019

CRYSTALD

The Secret Ingredient is an excellent source of information regarding food politics. As an admirer of Raj Patel’s work, I love listening to these podcasts to hear more of his insights on capitalism, social movements, and food. The topics have gotten a touch out of the realm of food politics but the episodes continue to motivate me and give me ideas on how I can make an impact in my life. I hope to see an episode about food allergies soon or more about current food policies, possibly at the state or local level. I enjoyed the one about Austin so much!
Informative, thoughtful, inspiring

02/19/2017

Liliya D.

... and Raj Patel is so dreamy.
Brilliant! Thank you!

07/30/2016

@pilareguez

This podcast is a free class about history, politics and society around my favorite subject: food. Thank you for answering the important questions about food, for exposing nutritionism, foodie naïveté, the problems with and solutions to First World Guilt, the facets of food beyond nutrition-- emotions, pleasure, taste, social relations, justice, the need to think intersectionally, transnationally, and locally, to look at the big picture or in Raj's brilliant words to make our modern world strange. Sidney Mintz, wow, what a neat way to start! Amazing commentary, amazing interviewees, funny, intelligent, deep, important, relevant, necessary. Gracias! Thank you for doing this!