Dietitian Melinda Hemmelgarn helps listeners “think beyond their plates,” connect the dots between food, health and agriculture, and find food truth.
Stacy Malkan, co-founder, U.S. Right to Know, discusses agribusiness influence on policy in Washington, DC.
28 mins; April 02, 2026
Lee Evslin, MD, pediatrician, discusses the multiple health risks associated with the herbicide, glyphosate and how to avoid harm. (Part 2 of 2)
28 mins; March 26, 2026
Lee Evslin, MD, pediatrician, and author of Breakfast at Monsanto’s: Is Roundup in our food making us sicker, fatter, and sadder? (Part 1 of 2)
28 mins; March 19, 2026
Kelly Verel, Co-Executive Director at Project for Public Spaces, describes the impacts of SNAP cuts to farmers’ markets and public health. (Part 2 of 2)
28 mins; March 12, 2026
Kelly Verel, Co-Executive Director at Project for Public Spaces, describes the multiple benefits of public markets. (Part 1 of 2)
28 mins; March 05, 2026
Melanie Betz, MS, RD, “The Kidney Dietitian” discusses how to prevent and treat kidney stones through diet.
28 mins; February 26, 2026
Amanda Edmonds, MS, University of Michigan defines food systems and describes the free webinar series: “Food Literacy for All.”
28 mins; February 19, 2026
Alice Driver, PhD, author of Life and Death of the American Worker: The Immigrants Taking on America’s Largest Meatpacking Company, describes work inside Tyson meatpacking facilities.
28 mins; February 12, 2026
Christopher Gardner, Ph.D., Professor of Medicine and Nutrition Scientist at Stanford University discusses the Dietary Guidelines.
28 mins; February 05, 2026
Seth Itzkan, cofounder of Soil4Climate, discusses soil restoration through regenerative grazing.
28 mins; January 29, 2026
Jill Nussinow, MS, RD, Registered Dietitian discusses ways to improve nutrition and lead a healthier life in the New Year.
28 mins; January 22, 2026
Mary Anne Cohen, Director of The New York Center for Eating Disorders. Part 2 of 2
28 mins; January 15, 2026
Mary Anne Cohen, Director of The New York Center for Eating Disorders discusses why diets don’t work. Part 1 of 2
28 mins; January 08, 2026
Mark Winne, MS, discusses his latest book, The Road to a Hunger-Free America: Selected Writings of Mark Winne. (Part 2 of 2)
28 mins; January 01, 2026
Mark Winne, MS, food justice advocate and author of The Road to a Hunger-Free America: Selected Writings of Mark Winne. (Part 1 of 2)
28 mins; December 25, 2025
Hillary Wright, MEd, Registered Dietitian, and co-author of The Menopause Diet Plan: A Natural Guide to Managing Hormones, Health, and Happiness.
28 mins; December 18, 2025
Kamyar Enshayan, PhD, former Director of The Center for Energy & Environmental Education at the University of Northern Iowa discusses food system failures and solutions.
28 mins; December 11, 2025
Debra Hendrickson, MD, author of The Air They Breathe: A Pediatrician on the Frontlines of Climate Change
28 mins; December 04, 2025
Coco Newton, RD, MPH, CNS, discusses how she applies functional medical nutrition therapy for those diagnosed with ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis).
28 mins; November 27, 2025
John Cardina, PhD, author of Lives of Weeds: Opportunism, Resistance, Folly, discusses man’s futile attempts to control “weeds.”
28 mins; November 20, 2025
Glenn Davis Stone, PhD, author of The Agricultural Dilemma: How Not to Feed the World, discusses the legend and unintended consequences of the Green Revolution.
28 mins; November 13, 2025
Daniel Costa, Director of Immigration Law and Policy Research at the Economic Policy institute, discusses immigration policy and our food system.
28 mins; November 06, 2025
Leo Horrigan, Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future, and author of What if Soil Microbes Mattered? Our Health Depends on Them
28 mins; October 30, 2025
Mariana Chilton, PhD, MPH, author of The Painful Truth About Hunger In America: Why We Must Unlearn Everything We Think We Know -- and Start Again.
28 mins; October 23, 2025
Charlotte Vallaeys, MS, discusses the multiple benefits of organic, and confusion over “regenerative agriculture.”
28 mins; October 16, 2025
Heather Norman-Burgdolf, PhD, University of Kentucky, author of “Food Allergens: Alpha Gal.”
28 mins; October 09, 2025
Sharon Forsyth, patient advocate for the Alpha-gal syndrome community.
28 mins; October 02, 2025
Stephan van Vliet, PhD, Director of the Center for Nutrition Studies at Utah State University explains how farming practices impact nutrition quality of food.
28 mins; September 25, 2025
Katherine Pryor, children’s book author, discusses her latest title: Attack of the Hangries
28 mins; September 19, 2025
Todd Larsen, MA, Executive Co-Director for Green America discusses child labor in the industrialized livestock industry
28 mins; September 11, 2025
Joseph Llobrera, PhD, Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, discusses cuts to food assistance programs in the GOP’s Budget Reconciliation Bill.
28 mins; September 04, 2025
Terrence Collingsworth, Founder and Executive Director of International Rights Advocates
27 mins; August 29, 2025
John Marshall, CFA Director of Capital Strategies for the (UFCW) 3000, will discuss the report, “Bullies at the Table: Consequences of Understaffing by Kroger and Albertsons.”
28 mins; August 21, 2025
Daniel Rosen, MA, Co-founder of the Coalition for Carceral Nutrition and Public Health Fellow at the Bard Prison Initiative, discusses food and eating conditions in prison and jails, and the food industry that profits from the exploitation of those who ar
28 mins; August 14, 2025
Jennifer Smilowitz, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Cooperative Extension in the Department of Nutrition, at the U. of CA, Davis, and Director of Scientific and Strategic Development for the International Milk Genomics Consortium, discusses the multiple ben
28 mins; August 07, 2025
Tim Schwab, investigative journalist and author of “The Bill Gates Problem: Reckoning with the Myth of the Good Billionaire,” questions the influence of the Gates Foundation’s philanthropy
28 mins; July 31, 2025
Nate Donley, Ph.D. Environmental Health Science Director at the Center for Biological Diversity discusses the dangerous presence of PFAS in pesticides.
28 mins; July 24, 2025
Gail A. Eisnitz, Chief Investigator for the Humane Farming Association discusses her book: Out of Sight, An Undercover Investigator’s Fight for Animal Rights and Her Own Survival
28 mins; July 17, 2025
Will Potter, investigative journalist and author of Little Red Barns: Hiding the Truth from Farm to Fable, discusses the connections between factory farms and authoritarianism. (Part 2 of 2)
28 mins; July 10, 2025
Will Potter, investigative journalist and author of Little Red Bars: Hiding the Truth from Farm to Fable, will discuss “ag-gag” and other legislation designed to hide abuses in industrial livestock operations. (Part 1 of 2)
28 mins; July 03, 2025
Pamela Miller, MS, Founder and Executive Director of Alaska Community Action on Toxics
28 mins; June 26, 2025
Sandra Brooke, Ph.D., Florida State University’s Coastal and Marine Laboratory discusses oysters.
28 mins; June 19, 2025
Basel Musharbash, antitrust and trade regulation lawyer discusses fertilizer and consolidation in the agricultural sector. (Part 2 of 2)
28 mins; June 12, 2025
Basel Musharbash, antitrust and trade regulation lawyer, discusses the high price of eggs. (Part 1 of 2)
28 mins; June 05, 2025
Peter Lurie, MD, MPH Executive Director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest discusses food dyes, the FDA and RFK.
28 mins; May 29, 2025
Kendra Klein, PhD., Friends of the Earth, discusses dangerous Roundup herbicide formulations.
28 mins; May 22, 2025
Liz Graznak, organic farmer, discusses USDA local food funding cuts.
28 mins; May 15, 2025
Ryan Betz, MS., National Farm to School Network discusses budget cuts.
27 mins; May 08, 2025
Alan Kolok, Ph.D., discusses pesticides and pediatric cancers.
28 mins; May 01, 2025
Lea Rainey, founder of Roots Zero Waste Market part 2/2
28 mins; April 24, 2025
Lea Rainey, founder of Roots Zero Waste Market part 1/2
28 mins; April 17, 2025
Fabiola Ortiz Valdez, Director of Organizing, Food Chain Workers Alliance.
28 mins; April 11, 2025
Nate Halverson, investigative journalist at The Center for Investigative Reporting, and producer of the documentary, The Grab.
28 mins; April 03, 2025
Megan Wolff, PhD, MPH, expert on plastics discusses myths of recycling and bio-plastics, and policies to reduce single-use plastics. Part 2/2
28 mins; March 27, 2025
Megan Wolff, PhD, MPH, expert on plastics and human health discusses the growing threats from plastics. Part 1/2
28 mins; March 20, 2025
Carol Cardona, PhD, DVM, discusses avian influenza risks and prevention strategies.
Mackenzie Feldman, founder of Re:wild Your Campus discusses pesticides, cover crops, and food system change.
28 mins; February 27, 2025
Sonja Eayrs, discusses her book, Dodge County Inc.: Big Ag and the Undoing of Rural America.
28 mins; February 20, 2025
David Wiss, PhD, RD, discusses food’s role in mental health, disordered eating, and addiction recovery.
28 mins; February 13, 2025
Mike Kostyo, MA, discusses food and societal trends for 2025.
28 mins; February 06, 2025
“Sioux Chef” Sean Sherman discusses colonization and his mission to revitalize Indigenous foodways.
28 mins; January 30, 2025
Kyla Bennett Kyla Bennett, PhD, JD, Director of Science Policy for Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) discusses toxic PFAS chemicals.
28 mins; January 23, 2025
Maine House Representative Bill Pluecker discusses PFAS contamination of farmland from sewage sludge/biosolids.
28 mins; January 16, 2025
Jacob Mey, PhD, RD, discusses diet and specific nutrients to boost our immune system during cold and flu season and beyond.
28 mins; January 09, 2025
Dan Raichel, J.D., Natural Resources Defense Council, discusses neonicotinoid pesticides.
28 mins; January 02, 2025
Erin Palinski-Wade, RD, discusses ways to control blood glucose and reduce belly fat.
28 mins; December 26, 2024
Supatra Tovar, PhD, RD discusses ways to deprogram diet culture.
28 mins; December 19, 2024
John Pandolfino, MD, gastroenterologist, discusses GERD – symptoms and treatment.
28 mins; December 12, 2024
Abby Youngblood, Executive Director of the National Organic Coalition discusses climate benefits and policy challenges of organic farming.
28 mins; December 06, 2024
Marita Canedo, Milk with Dignity Program Coordinator for Migrant Justice
28 mins; November 29, 2024
Rebecca Raney, journalist at U.S. Right to Know, discusses neonicotinoids
28 mins; November 21, 2024
Mark Vossler, M.D., discusses the health harms from gas stoves
Marianne Krasny, Ph.D., author of In This Together: Connecting with your Community to Combat the Climate Crisis
28 mins; October 31, 2024
Alexis E. Racelis, PhD, discusses the climate change, agriculture, and agroecology
28 mins; October 24, 2024
Don Schaffner, PhD, food microbiologist, Rutgers University (Part 2)
27 mins; October 18, 2024
Don Schaffner, PhD, food microbiologist, Rutgers University (Part 1)
28 mins; October 10, 2024
Max Goldberg, MBA, Founder and Editor of the Organic Insider newsletter.
28 mins; October 03, 2024
Thelma Velez, PhD, Research and Education Program Director at the Organic Farming Research Foundation.
28 mins; September 26, 2024
Stephen Ritz, science teacher and founder of the Green Bronx machine.
28 mins; September 19, 2024
Audrey Tran Lam, MPH, Center for Energy & Environmental Education, University of Northern IA.
28 mins; September 12, 2024
A-dae Romero- Briones (Cochiti/Kiowa), Director of Programs for the First Nations Development Institute.
28 mins; September 05, 2024
Jim Goodman, retired dairy farmer and farm activist discusses farm labor, policy, and Project 2025.
28 mins; August 29, 2024
Grey Moran, staff writer at Civil Eats discusses plastic use in agriculture, and climate injustice.
28 mins; August 23, 2024
Daniel Hinkle, J.D., Senior State Affairs Counsel at the American Association for Justice discusses how trial attorneys advocate for farmers.
28 mins; August 15, 2024
Tod Cooperman, M.D., President and Founder of ConsumerLab.com discusses food and supplement risks and benefits.
28 mins; August 09, 2024
Katie Marx, policy associate with the Center for Science in the Public Interest discusses food marketing to children.
28 mins; August 01, 2024
Katelyn Jetelina, MPH, PhD., epidemiologist and author of “Your Local Epidemiologist (YLE)” newsletter.
28 mins; July 25, 2024
Lisa Kaas Boyle, JD, environmental attorney, cofounder of the Plastic Pollution Coalition, and executive producer of Overload: America’s Toxic Love Story.
28 mins; July 18, 2024
Kellie Casavale, RD, PhD., Senior Science Nutrition Advisor at the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
28 mins; July 11, 2024
Christina Badaracco, MPH, RD, discusses food as medicine and The Farm Bill: A Citizen’s Guide.
28 mins; July 04, 2024
Evan Craine, Ph.D., Research Associate, The Land Institute, discusses perennial agriculture.
28 mins; June 28, 2024
Omanjana Goswami, Ph.D., Interdisciplinary scientist at the Union of Concerned Scientists discusses soil health, human health, and water pollution from Tyson meat processing plants.
28 mins; June 20, 2024
Pam Koch, Ed.D, R.D., Professor of Nutrition and Education, Columbia University, New York, discusses child nutrition.
28 mins; June 13, 2024
Marc Cornier, MD, Medical University of South Carolina, discusses the brain’s role in weight control and obesity.
28 mins; June 06, 2024
Alexis Temkin, Ph.D., Toxicologist, Environmental Working Group, discusses the 2024 Shoppers Guide to Pesticides in Produce.
28 mins; May 30, 2024
Peter Annin, author of Purified: How Recycled Sewage is Transforming Our Water.
28 mins; May 23, 2024
Chloe Waterman, M.S., Senior Program Manager for Climate Friendly Foods at Friends of the Earth discusses the hazards of Biogas.
28 mins; May 16, 2024
Marianne Landzettel, author of Sustainable Meat Production and Processing: Local, Profitable and Humane.
