Episode Extras: Food Thoughts
Hello, Wonkistan! Long time no see! We’ve just published a new episode, “Food Thoughts,” featuring guest host Cate Matthews.
In it we start to address food politics, including urban farming, hipster foodieism, and privilege. Here are some bonus readings! If one really interests you, please let us know—we’ll feature it in an upcoming episode.
Social Issues:
- “Why Green is Always White (and Male and Upper-Class)”
- Rod Dreher’s conservative defense of foodieism
- The inherently othering nature of “ethnic food” as a category
- Rod Dreher, Eve Tushnet, and others on food, discipline, & Lent (which is still in progress for many Eastern Christians!)
Economics:
- Ron Finley’s excellent TED Talk, “Growing your own food is like printing your own money”
- NY Times wonders if hipster foodieism is financially irresponsible
- Washington Post’s “The High Cost of Poverty”
Policy:
- Scientific American and The Atlantic on farm subsidies - both articles were published early last year, but the debate continues!
Episode Extras: "C is for Crunchy"
Hello, Wonkistan! Our latest episode seemed a little Big Thoughts-y, so we thought we’d give you some supplementary material to feed your interests and curiosity.
Click through for blogs, banter, trivia, and script extras:
