AnthroDish

Before we jump into today’s show, I wanted to give listeners a heads up that today is the last AnthroDish episode for 2023, but we will be returning with more episodes this season on Tuesday, January…

What happens when two food scientists get bored in a pandemic? It turns out, they start to brainstorm how they would feed a colony of humans on Mars. What might seem like a trivial question is actual…

When you think about comfort food, what types of meals or dishes come to mind – is it mashed potatoes and gravy, the best of your grandmother’s kitchens, or a chickpea curry? Often we have this idea …

Alcohol has been navigating a new social landscape in America and Canada since COVID hit. While there were signs that alcohol consumption was rising with lockdowns, there’s also been more spaces for …

When we think about food security and food systems, it can easily be imagined as a large national or state or provincial level experience. Yet many young adults increasingly are experiencing the uniq…

In 2023, we’re facing increased food prices, tech-heavy innovations around lab grown foods for climate change, and heavily industrialized and packaged foods. Amidst that, though, there’s still intere…

With increasingly wearable and seamless tech experiences, there is a growing ability for us to monitor almost every phase of our day: what we eat, how much we eat, how we exercise, and how it all a…

Food on popular television shows can be a storytelling mechanism, particularly in terms of building a sense of place and history. While the television show can tell a specific story, there can be a w…

When we think about “authentic” food experiences – what are we really explicitly looking for? Oftentimes the idea of authenticity can be exoticized to represent a particular type of ethnic cuisine at…

We're going to try launching season 8... again. In this solo episode, I go into more detail about a burnout I experienced last year, how I got in my head about "failing" as a podcaster, and honouring…

Whenever I watch a baking show, or a movie that has a really delicious looking food scene, I’m always blown away by the type of story that you can tell just through video and images of food. What exa…

Welcome to Season 8!

It has been far too long and I am really excited to be back behind the old mic bringing you all new interviews this season. I am so grateful for the conversations that I’ve had s…

I'm so excited that …

This week’s episode feels particularly special and close to home for me – because it kinda is! This marks my first episode getting to connect with someone from my hometown of Peterborough, Ontario. D…

By now, we’ve all heard the jokes about how millennials can’t afford to buy homes because we spend all our money on avocado toast, and have felt the generational divides around class, race, and gende…

When we think about COVID, we usually think about the short term health effects and terrifying stories from the ICU. However, there’s a lot to learn about the ways that long haul COVID symptoms affec…

Today’s episode marks a big first for me! This is the first time I’ve been able to have a guest return for a second episode, which I’m so thrilled about. This week, Trina Moyles is back!

If you’re a …