What Doesn't Kill You
Food production is a curious business; it's nuanced, layered, complex, and political. In What Doesn’t Kill You, host Katy Keiffer endeavors to identify and explain some of the key issues in our food system through interviews with journalists, authors, scientists, activists, and industry experts. Water rights, meat and agricultural production, food waste, labor issues, and new technologies are just some of the topics explored so we can better understand how to feed the future.
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 41 minutes
- Episodes
- 413
- Years Active
- 2011 - 2024
Episode 113: Sustainable Standards for Cattle Production
We all know that there are problems in our meat supply. Genetics, antibiotic use, animal welfare, the list goes on and on. Some of the main producers and people in the entrenched cattle production in…
00:44:06 |
Tue 03 Jun 2014
Episode 112: Agriculture, Policy & Politics
What did we learn from the National Climate Assessment Report? What did the Farm Bill get wrong? What will we do when California runs out of water? Find out the answers to these questions and more on…
00:43:49 |
Mon 19 May 2014
Episode 111: Eating Insects
Get ready to be convinced that you should be eating insects! Pat Crowley, Founder of Chapul Bars, is this week’s guest on What Doesn’t Kill You, and he’s got his sights set on introducing bugs to the…
00:40:39 |
Mon 12 May 2014
Episode 110: Water Management
Water management is a serious issue – one that affects almost everything in the world of agriculture. How can you insure your crops against drought as a farmer? What happens when the rain won’t fall?…
00:38:52 |
Mon 05 May 2014
Episode 109: Beta Agonists in Livestock Production
What are beta agonists? Beta-agonists are a class of non-hormonal compounds fed to livestock. Why should we care? Well, for a number of reasons – including both animal and consumer safety. On this we…
00:36:37 |
Mon 28 Apr 2014
Episode 108: GRAS with Marion Nestle
What’s the deal with GRAS? “GRAS” is an acronym for the phrase Generally Recognized As Safe. On this week’s episode of What Doesn’t Kill You, Katy Keiffer chats GRAS with Marion Nestle, Paulette Godd…
00:31:31 |
Mon 07 Apr 2014
Episode 107: NRDC Challenges FDA Antibiotic Guidances
NRDC attorney Avinash Kar breaks down the news that drug companies have agreed to re-label antibiotics in compliance with recent FDA guidances on their usage in livestock agriculture. In a wide rangi…
00:41:18 |
Mon 31 Mar 2014
Episode 106: Fish Farming
Fish farms are a growing industry – and there are plenty of issues to explore around the idea of “growing” fish. What are the environmental and sustainability concerns? Why does fish farming have suc…
00:42:44 |
Mon 24 Mar 2014
Episode 105: Big Pork with Ted Genoways
What does Hormel have to do with the water supply in Nebraska? What are the issues facing workers in the pork industry? Find out on a pork-themed episode of What Doesn’t Kill You as Katy Keiffer chat…
00:45:28 |
Mon 17 Mar 2014
Episode 104: Chickenization with Christopher Leonard
The meat industry is becoming “chickenized” and it’s not a good thing. This week on What Doesn’t Kill You, Katy Keiffer talks to Christopher Leonard, author of The Meat Racket: The Secret Takeover of…
00:43:18 |
Mon 10 Mar 2014
Episode 103: GMO’s Continued
This week’s episode of What Doesn’t Kill You is a continuation on the discussion of GMO technology. Along with columnist Tom Philpott and Dr. Charles Benbrook, Research Professor at the Center for Su…
00:30:25 |
Mon 03 Mar 2014
Episode 102: Tom Philpott & GMOs
On this week’s episode of What Doesn’t Kill You, Katy speaks with Tom Philpott about GMOs. For five years, Tom served as a columnist, food editor, and senior food writer for the online environmental …
00:34:44 |
Mon 24 Feb 2014
Episode 101: Windfall with McKenzie Funk
McKenzie Funk is one of the founding members of the journalism collective Deca. Since 2000, his reporting has taken him all over the United States and to dozens of countries on six continents. A Nati…
00:31:47 |
Mon 17 Feb 2014
Episode 100: Daisy Freund on Poultry
Daisy Freund is the senior manager of the ASPCA’s Farm Animal Welfare campaign. In her role, Daisy works to raise public awareness about factory farming practices and improve the lives of farm animal…
00:31:13 |
Mon 10 Feb 2014
Episode 99: Putting Meat on the Table with Bob Martin
Bob Martin is the director of Food System Policy at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Center for a Livable Future and guest lecturer at the school. Formerly, he was a senior officer a…
00:40:17 |
Mon 03 Feb 2014
Episode 98: Food Policy in the United States with Parke Wilde
Parke Wilde is Associate Professor, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, USA. He has a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from Cornell University. He is past chair …
00:29:15 |
Mon 27 Jan 2014
Episode 97: Supplements with Dr. Marion Nestle
This week on What Doesn’t Kill You, Katy Keiffer calls Dr. Marion Nestle to talk about dubious effectiveness of nutritional and dietary supplements. Dr. Nestle is Paulette Goddard Professor in the De…
00:29:55 |
Mon 20 Jan 2014
Episode 96: Sustainable McDonald’s with Joel Makower
Joel Makower is chairman and executive editor of GreenBiz Group Inc. and producer of GreenBiz.com. For 20 years, Joel has been a well-respected voice on business, the environment, and the bottom line…
00:33:05 |
Mon 13 Jan 2014
Episode 95: What Doesn’t Kill You 2014
What can you expect from What Doesn’t Kill You in 2014? This week, Katy Keiffer starts the year off right by outlining the future of her program. Katy has a new time slot, but she’s still going to be…
00:28:31 |
Mon 06 Jan 2014
Episode 94: Sponsor a Family with St. John’s Bread & Life
This week on What Doesn’t Kill You, Katy Keiffer checks in with Christy Robb of St. John’s Bread & Life in Bed Stuy, Brooklyn to talk about holiday programs and volunteering. Tune in to learn more ab…
00:29:56 |
Sun 22 Dec 2013
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