Around the Table: Food Stories from Science to Everyday Life
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Food Politics Expert Marion Nestle on Industry Influence on Food Research
29 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Stanley interviews Professor Marion Nestle about her two latest books, Unsavory Truth: How Food Companies Skew the Science of What We...
Sociologist Anthony Ryan Hatch on Sugar's Legacy of Racism
18 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this interview with Tess, sociologist Prof. Anthony Hatch explains why the problem of sugar is much greater than just being bad for our bodies. As ...
Health Scientist Dr. Madeleine Power discusses Food Insecurity and Food Justice in the UK
03 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Madeleine Power is an expert in UK food aid and food insecurity, in particular its relationship with wider economic and ethnic inequalities. In th...
Sociologist Lotte Holm on Food, Body-weight, and Income Disparity
20 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this interview with Stanley, Professor Lotte Holm explains why a sociological understanding of different people’s experiences around food, body-w...
Nutrition and Exercise Physiologist Lars Holm on Diet in Later Life
05 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this interview with Stanley, Prof. Lars Holm discusses the importance of protein in our diet as we age. As we get older, our sensitivity to amino a...
At Home with Tess: Ashley Chard Dinella, a Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner, talks about intuitive, healthy eating
30 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Tess interviews Ashley Chard Dinella, a Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner and food marketing specialist. Ashley tells a st...
Health Scientist Anna Bach-Faig and Everything You Need To Know About the Mediterranean Diet
15 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Mediterranean diet has risen in popularity around the world. In this informative and inspiring episode, Stanley talks to Dr. Anna Bach-Faig, a lea...
Biological Anthropologist Cristina Giuliani on Taste Receptors (which are located all over the body!)
01 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Cristina Giuliani discusses the physiology of taste in this episode with Stanley. As Dr. Guiliana explains, taste is way more complicated than you...
Anthropologist Amy McLennan on Redefining Lifestyle Diseases on the Pacific Island of Nauru
22 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this fascinating episode about Nauru, an island country in the central Pacific, anthropologist Dr. Amy McLennan discusses what it means to redefine...
Anthropologist Sabine Parrish talks Coffee
15 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sabine Parrish (www.sabine.coffee), a doctoral candidate and anthropologist at the University of Oxford, describes how an unsavory gendered comment wh...
At Home with Tess: Can you really reduce your family's sugar consumption?
05 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Tess talks with Dr. Emily Ventura, co-author of the new book Sugarproof: The Hidden Dangers of Sugar That Are Putting Your Child’s ...
Prof. Michael Goran and Dr. Emily Ventura on "Sugarproofing" the Family
03 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Stanley talks with Prof. Michael Goran and Dr. Emily Ventura, PhD, MPH, about their new book Sugarproof: The Hidden Dangers of Sugar ...
Nutritional Epidemiologist Esther González-Padilla on Sugar and Micronutrient Dilution
31 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Esther González-Padilla is a nutritional epidemiologist at Lund University in Sweden. In this interview with Stanley, she talks about sugar ...
At Home with Tess: New Nordic Cuisine in Everyday Life
25 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Anne Katrine Kleberg Hansen, a medical historian and food-lover in Copenhagen, Denmark, talks to Tess about how the New Nordic food movement has chang...
Anders Kristian Munk on New Nordic Cuisine
20 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Anders Kristian Munk is an ethnologist and computational social scientist interested in cultural phenomena in Europe. He uses computational methods to...
Neuroendocrinologist Giles Yeo on Covid-19 and Obesity
14 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Giles Yeo is a neuroendocrinologist at the University of Cambridge with over 20 years experience researching brain control and body-weight (lear...
Sociologist Claude Fischler on Food Studies and Commensality
04 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Stanley interviews Claude Fischler, a French social scientist, Senior Investigator Emeritus with CNRS, the French National Science Center, and a forme...
Season Two Introduction
04 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Season 2 is here! In this season, we have bite-sized interviews with experts in food and nutrition, and other issues that impact the biological body. ...
Stanley and Tess in Conversation: Themes and Thoughts on Season 1: Lock Down Food
16 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We cover some of the themes that came out through our interviews, from creativity in the kitchen to inequality, obesity, and Covid-19. For those of yo...
Interview with Dr. Amy McLennan, a human scientist and social researcher in Australia
09 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Stanley interviews Dr. Amy McLennan, a human scientist and social researcher in Australia, who discusses how Covid-19 has impacted the meat industry, ...
Interview with Stephanie Morphew, Researcher and Writer
05 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Stanley talks to Steph Morphew, a food writer and service industry worker who discusses direct to consumer selling from the restaurant industry during...
Interview with Lou Chatey, co-owner of Westford Hill Distillers
05 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tess interviews Lou Chatey, the co-owner of Westford Hill Distillers in Ashford, CT. He talks about how the pandemic has impacted business, including ...
Interview with Dr. Heather Hamill, Sociologist at the University of Oxford
02 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Stanley interviews with Dr. Heather Hamill, a Sociologist at the University of Oxford and mother of three, who discusses having covid-19 symptoms and ...
Interview with Dr. Giles Yeo, Geneticist at the University of Cambridge
02 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Stanley interviews Dr. Giles Yeo, a Geneticist at the University of Cambridge and author of "Gene Eating: The Story of Human Appetite." He talks about...
Interview with a couple in Beirut, Lebanon
28 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tess interviews a couple in Beirut, Lebanon, who discuss having a baby during the pandemic, how the pandemic came during ongoing political and economi...
Interview with Tim Herdon in Oxford, UK
28 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Stanley speaks with Tim Herdon, an editor at Oxford University Press, who says he's eating healthier in lockdown, and making his kids chicken nuggets ...
Interview with Jon Bone, co-owner of Life Bowls in Connecticut, USA
26 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tess interviews Jon Bone, the co-owner of Life Bowls in Connecticut, known for its delicious and healthy açaí bowls. He talks about what it's like t...
Interview with Eden Henderson, a London Chef
26 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Stanley interviews Eden Henderson, a chef at The River Cafe in London. He’s learning to appreciate the simple things about food during lockdown, lik...
Interview with Pallavi Laxmikanth, a medical anthropologist, in lockdown in Hyderabad, India
21 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tess interviews Pallavi Laxmikanth, a doctoral candidate at the University of Adelaide who discusses lockdown in Hyderabad, India, and how it has chan...
Interview with Esther González-Padilla, a nutritional epidemiologist in the Canary Islands, Spain
18 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Esther González-Padilla discusses mediterranean eating, "sobremesa," sugar and micronutrient dilution, and why over-snacking is a problem during COVI...
Interview with Alexandra Ulijaszek Scott, on creativity, food, and cocktails in London during lockdown
14 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Stanley interviews Alexandra Ulijaszek Scott, a cocktail bartender in London who talks about the creativity coming from the food and beverage industry...
Interview with Maddalena Borsato, a "messy pastry practitioner with a philosophical vein," in lockdown in Italy
14 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Maddalena Borsato, a messy pastry chef and researcher in aesthetics, studies sweetness and taste from a philosophical point of view. She co-created a ...
Around the Virtual Table During COVID-19: Everyday Tales from Denmark, Switzerland, and the UK
14 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tess interviews Tanja Schneider (Switzerland), Anne Katrine Kleberg Hansen (Denmark), and Stanley Ulijaszek (UK) about how their everyday food lives h...
Our Vision: Tess and Stanley in Conversation
13 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In our first episode, we have a conversation about our vision for this podcast and for our first season called Lockdown Food.