Revisiting 'How The Other Half Eats'

Any day now, the Supreme Court is expected to rule on the Trump administration’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship. But beyond the ruling, the fight for who belongs in a country is much older and broader than the United States. Gene talks with Daisy Hernández, the a ...  Show more

Joy is not a crumb. It's cookouts with soul music, celebrating what Ossie Davis called the full sweetness of our Blackness. But what exactly does the phrase "joy is resistance," which has been flooding social media, mean? This Juneteenth, we're asking what joy actually is, when i ...  Show more

Why is chicken meat white, but beef red? Is veal red or white? What color is human meat? Why is squid meat so different from the meat of other animals?   ... We explain like i'm five!   Thank you to the r/explainlikeimfive community as always and in particular the following users ...  Show more

Why do we like to eat certain foods? Why do some people like to eat spicy food? And what's up with kids not liking vegetables? Why does pineapple hurt your mouth when you eat too much of it? Why do we taste things and how? Why do different foods taste different? Do animals hav ...

Dave Bast and Liz Waid look at the book "Hungry Planet: What the World Eats". This book shows the different ways people prepare and eat food around the world. 

How many of us know anything about food systems? What are food systems and what guides the foods eaten? Answering that question is something we all should consider. When it comes to indigenous communities how do we answer that question? Indigenous people have had their lives, foo ...  Show more