Best Collective Indonesian Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 3 - Leeji Hong: 'From Galleries to Gamification: Museums in the Digital Play Era' 25:12

2M ago25:12

25:12

In our third episode, Leeji Hong, curator at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA) in Seoul, discusses her unique curatorial philosophy, highlights exhibitions like 'Game Society' and the Hyundai Motor Series, and talks about MMCA's innovative digital strategies. Leeji also explores how the museum adapted during the pandemic, de…

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Michael Backman in conversation with Burmese art collector Graham Honeybill 27:23

2M ago27:23

27:23

Graham Honeybill has been a banker most of his adult life, rising to become CEO of a bank in the UAE. He has also been a collector for much of his life. Colonial Burmese silver has long been a passion. A book has just been published on his collection and he has lent several pieces to an exhibition on Burmese art at the British Museum. Surely the pi…

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EP. 30: Happy 70th Birthday Karen Washington! Food and Plant Stories about our Queen. 1:25:32

3M ago1:25:32

1:25:32

Join us and 15 of Karen Washington's dear friends, family, mentees, and collaborators in wishing her a very happy 70th birthday with this episode featuring food and plant stories about our Farmy Godmother. Karen has been instrumental in the creation and guidance of neighborhood organizations such as Garden of Happiness, La Familia Verde Coalition a…

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EP. 29: How Did Your Favorite Seed Become Your Favorite Seed? Truelove Seeds Growers Gathering 2023 43:45

4M ago43:45

43:45

This episode is a compilation of recordings by seed geographer Chris Keeve and Truelove Seeds' business manager (and Owen's sister) Sara Taylor at our annual growers gathering at our Truelove Seeds farm in November 2023. They recruited party goers to their table where they mapped seed stories with strings and notes on a world map, and where they as…

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Episode 2 - Meggy Cheng: 'Branding M+: Balancing Global Aspirations and Local Roots' 39:05

5M ago39:05

39:05

In our second episode, Meggy Cheng, ex-Head of Marketing at M+ Museum in Hong Kong, discusses how she applies her corporate experience to the arts, enhancing how contemporary art is appreciated worldwide. She offers insights into launching a major art institution during a pandemic and the evolution of art marketing in the digital era.…

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Ep. 28: Zee Lilani, Kula Nursery, and South Asian plants in the San Francisco Bay Area. 1:06:07

5M ago1:06:07

1:06:07

This episode features an interview with Zee Lilani at Kula Nursery in West Oakland, California in January 2024. Zee grows Doodhi (Lauki/Bottle Gourd) and Kalonji (Black Seed/Nigella) seeds for our Truelove Seeds catalog as well as many varieties for Second Generation Seeds at her farm in Petaluma, California. In this episode, we hear how Zee left h…

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Episode 1 - Jervais Choo: ‘Future-Proofing the Past: Tech's Role in Preserving Culture’ 49:38

5M ago49:38

49:38

In our opening episode of Season 7, meet Jervais Choo, Deputy Director of Organisational Design and Innovation at Singapore's National Heritage Board and founder of DigiMuse. Explore how his work with digital artists and technologies like AI and VR is changing museum experiences. The discussion includes practical advice for integrating tech into mu…

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EP. 27: Improving Vegetable Crops through Seed Production with Bryan O'Hara of Tobacco Road Farm 1:19:24

6M ago1:19:24

1:19:24

Bryan O'Hara speaks about wholistic reasons for seed production on his vegetable farm, including working with natural processes such as growing winter annual crops for seed from summer to summer for better pest control and better flavor. He also discusses hybrid vigor and how to achieve this with genetically diverse populations of open pollinated p…

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EP. 26: Saving Spiny Nightshades, Breeding Cannabis, Adapting Tropical Crops, and much more with Northeastern Connecticut Botanist Bryan Connolly 58:54

6M ago58:54

58:54

Dr. Bryan Connolly is a botanist, horticulturalist, and professor of Biology at Eastern Connecticut University in Willimantic, CT, my (Owen's) hometown. His research interests include rare plants of New England, the nightshade family, the rose family, and cannabis. Before Eastern, Professor Connolly was a faculty member at Framingham State Universi…

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31: Art Historian Dr Annemarie Jordan in Conversation with Michael Backman 32:02

7M ago32:02

32:02

Dr Annemarie Jordan is one of the world's most important, independent scholars on luxury goods imported to Europe from Asia during the Renaissance. The trade in such goods is fascinating and much of it was destined for Europe's royal families who delighted in exotica from faraway lands for whom possession of such items was a mark of their power and…

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EP. 25: Black Farming Vibes in the Delta: Three Wise Men 1:13:27

7M ago1:13:27

1:13:27

While visiting Greenville, Mississippi, we asked farmer and food justice elder Mama D (our mother, Ms. Demalda Newsome) to co-produce an episode about the farmers of the Delta. This is the first of multiple episodes about Black Farming Vibes in the Delta, we hope! FEATURING: 7:26 - Ms. Demalda Newsome interviews Kevion Devanté Young, CTE Diversifie…

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EP. 24: Mary Menniti and the Italian Garden Project 1:33:40

9M ago1:33:40

1:33:40

Mary Menniti grew up with her Italian immigrant grandfather growing vegetables, figs, and tending sheep in her family's backyard. She created The Italian Garden Project to celebrate the joy and wisdom inherent in the traditional Italian American vegetable garden, preserving this heritage and demonstrating its relevance for reconnecting to our food,…

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EP. 23: Dr. William Woys Weaver and the Roughwood Seed Collection 1:13:56

10M ago1:13:56

1:13:56

Dr. William Woys Weaver is an internationally known food historian and author of 22 books including: Heirloom Vegetable Gardening: A Master Gardener’s Guide to Planting Seed Saving, and Cultural History; 100 Vegetables and Where They Came From, and As American As Shoofly Pie: The Foodlore and Fakelore of Pennsylvania Dutch Cuisine Dr. Weaver lives …

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30: Museum Curator & Author Fiona Kerlogue Discusses her Career & Indonesian Textiles 31:03

1y ago31:03

31:03

Fiona Kerlogue, one of the world's leading authorities on Indonesian Batik, former senior curator at London's Horniman Museum and author discusses with Michael Backman her career, being a curator, and her latest book on a little-known Batik collection in Prague, in the Czech Republic. www.michaelbackmanltd.com…

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EP. 22: Gujarati Seeds and Flavors with Nital Vadalia-Kakadia 1:22:18

1y ago1:22:18

1:22:18

This episode features Nital Vadalia-Kakadia. Originally from the state of Gujarat in Western India, Nital has been fascinated by farming and food since she was a child on her family’s farm in India. These days, she tends to beautiful gardens filled with her ancestral Indian vegetables and herbs, as well as lush native pollinator plants, fruit trees…

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Diva Zumaya: shaping narratives - a curator's journey at LACMA 29:23

1y ago29:23

29:23

In this episode, we chat with Diva Zumaya, assistant curator at LACMA. Join us as we explore her journey at LACMA, where she challenges dominant narratives in European art history, and learn about her deep passion for teamwork in the curatorial process.

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EP. 21: Haiqal’s Garden - Indonesian vegetables in South Philly 1:15:31

1y ago1:15:31

1:15:31

In the first week of June 2023, I finally visited Haiqal's Garden in South Philadelphia to speak with Hani White and Syarif Syaifulloh about their beloved Indonesian food plants, food culture, and life stories. We met five years ago at Sky Cafe, an Indonesian restaurant where Hani curated a storied vegetarian meal for our group, and then took us a …

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EP. 20: The Iraqi Seed Collective and Awafi Kitchen 1:27:54

1+ y ago1:27:54

1:27:54

In late February 2023, Annabel Rabiyah and Amanda Chin of the Iraqi Seed Collective visited the Truelove Seeds office to help fill the first packets of Iraqi Seed Collective seeds (Iraqi Reehan Basil, grown by Experimental Farm Network), and prepare some of their other collectively-grown seeds for germination testing. We took the opportunity to rec…

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Episode 5 - Harriet Body: ‘Using the healing power of the arts to improve access to museums and galleries’ 32:34

1+ y ago32:34

32:34

Art can be a transformative force for good, as Harriet Body shows us on this episode of For Arts' Sake. As an Australian artist who uses the arts to create inclusive spaces and promote mental wellbeing, Harriet shares her inspiring work and discusses the impact of the arts on individuals and communities.…

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Episode 4 - Dr Sadiah Boonstra: ‘Decolonising Indonesian history, heritage, and art through research and curatorship’ 34:45

1+ y ago34:45

34:45

In this episode, we chat with Dr. Sadiah Boonstra, a Jakarta-based curator, researcher, and advocate for decolonial practices in the museum world. With experience working at cultural institutions around the world, Dr. Boonstra will discuss the importance of preserving cultural heritage, engaging with diverse communities, and challenging dominant na…

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EP. 19: From a Midwestern Slovak Family Farm to Black Catholic Mississippi 1:21:45

1+ y ago1:21:45

1:21:45

In November 2022, we visited Father Tom Mullaly at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Greenville, Mississippi. Chris's mother Mrs. Demalda Bolden Newsome grew up in this church, as did her family going back three generations. Chris was born and baptized there as well. Father Tom grew up on his Slovak family's farm in the summers, raising food for thei…

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Episode 3 - Helen Hillyard: ‘Keeping historical collections relevant and curating for local audiences’ 36:31

1+ y ago36:31

36:31

Join us for the conversation with Helen Hillyard, curator at Dulwich Picture Gallery, as she shares her insights into the world of curation, the importance of making historical collections relevant to contemporary audiences, and creating a dialogue between the past and present.

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Episode 2 - Jenny Newell: 'How cultural institutions can help fight climate change' 31:27

1+ y ago31:27

31:27

In this episode we are speaking with Dr. Jenny Newell, Curator for Climate Change at the Australian Museum in Sydney. Join us as we discuss the unique role that museums and cultural institutions can play in tackling the climate crisis and learn about some inspiring initiatives.

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EP. 18: Dragged Through the Garden: Thai Food and Chicago Hotdogs with Heidi Ratanavanich and Family 1:20:33

1+ y ago1:20:33

1:20:33

Heidi Ratanavanich invited their mom, Mae Sue, and aunties Na Na, Na Urm, and Na Toy from Thailand and Chicago to cook traditional Thai foods together for their Philadelphia friends and family and to visit their traditional foods growing at our farm. We were also able to talk about the family hotdog stand, Al's Drive-In, which serves hotdogs and Th…

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Episode 1 - Claire Bown: ‘Creating joyful museum experiences through slow looking and Visible Thinking’ 42:18

1+ y ago42:18

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Join museum educator Claire Brown in exploring the power of slow looking and Visible Thinking in museums, and discover how these approaches can enhance visitors' enjoyment and understanding of artworks.

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29: Michael Backman talks with Thweep Rittinaphakorn about his new book 'Unseen Burma'. 26:51

1+ y ago26:51

26:51

Thweep Rittinaphakorn's new book 'Unseen Burma' presents a rare and stunning photographic record of Burma during the period 1862-1962. In this podcast with Michael Backman, he discusses his motivations for writing the book and his research methods, and discusses Burma's recent history, as well as touching on its current problems. www.michaelbackman…

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28: Michael Backman: 'Are Antiques Sacred?' 27:59

1+ y ago27:59

27:59

In this Podcast, Michael Backman, writer and gallerist, asks why are we attracted to items that have antiquity? Do such items have a sacredness, or are we attempting to tap into some version of immortality. Is this why we pay more for items with good patina? He looks at the role of collecting and collectors in the preservation of the world's materi…

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Cotton Before it Became the Fabric of Everyone's Lives 39:23

1+ y ago39:23

39:23

The oldest strains of cotton tell a story of the people who cultivated it. Weaving Voices is part of Whetstone Radio Collective. Learn more about Weaving Voices here. Find show notes here. And transcript here.By Whetstone Radio Collective

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Kantamanto Market-- life and livelihood in the throws of fast fashion's waste streams. 33:39

1+ y ago33:39

33:39

Sammy Oteng is a Kantamanto Market organizer in Accra Ghana. The market is a 28 acre site, historically created by the people of Ghana to repurpose and reuse materials. Since the onset of fast fashion, the marketplace has become a dumping ground for the waste of the Global North. In a country of 2 million, the marketplace is cycling orders of magni…

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Labor's Lever & a Just Transition for Fast Fashion Workers 37:05

1+ y ago37:05

37:05

Ground building legislation was passed in 2021 to protect the California garment worker community from the “piece rate”, otherwise known as life threatening wages. We’ll talk to the Executive Director of the Garment Worker Center, an organization that worked with the affected community to design and push the law into place. Weaving Voices is part o…

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Shedding Plastic, Our Modern Wardrobes Impact on Oceans & Soils 38:00

1+ y ago38:00

38:00

Plastic textiles are flowing and shedding into our soils, oceans and bodies. The reality of 60 percent of our clothing being plastic is that the lint that our textiles produce ends up where we least want it to be— and that includes our biosphere, oceans and soils. We're permeating our ecosystems with a material that microbes can't eat. Dr. Timnit K…

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Thread's of Life; A Visual Map of Indonesian Island Communities 32:07

1+ y ago32:07

32:07

For thousands of years to the present, the Indonesian archipelago textile communities have been producing intricately complex textiles— woven with yarns dyed in morinda root, indigo and hundreds of other dye plant recipes. In this interview with William Ingram, co-founder of Threads of Life, we discuss the plants, processes and non-material dimensi…

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EP. 17: Mycelial Networks of Seed Growers & the Truelove Seeds Listening Project 58:56

1+ y ago58:56

58:56

Chris Keeve is a former Truelove Seeds apprentice and current seed grower in Kentucky who drove out for our annual Truelove growers gathering at our farm on October 22nd, 2022 to deliver seeds and conduct interviews for their dissertation: the Truelove Seeds Listening Project. With Truelove business manager and web wizard Sara Taylor recording the …

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A Life Woven Together Between Shepherd and Sheep 44:16

1+ y ago44:16

44:16

In this interview with Jay and Nikyle Begay and Zefren Anderson, we learn about the long arc of relationship between the Dine and the Churro Sheep. Beyond the narratives promulgated by colonization about when this relationship began, we dive into a landscape of relationships held together by mutual care and exchange between shepherds and sheep. The…

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Andean Pastoralist Livelihood Initiative 33:52

1+ y ago33:52

33:52

Four thousand meters above the sea, Andean mountain communities have been living with alpaca for thousands of years. Small flock shepherding is a long-held way of life, one that our guest, Mauricio Nunez, is working diligently to see flourish and sustain. He leads the Andean Pastoralist Livelihood Initiative, a multi-stakeholder project that lifts …

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Reflections from an Industrial Ecologist 43:52

1+ y ago43:52

43:52

In this interview with Roland Geyer, we discuss the history and the effects of the interplay of economic forces and environmentalism. We'll also touch on how sustainability has been defined in the last three decades coming out of the U.N. Earth Summit of 1992 in Rio, and what this means for our textile material culture, human labor and the climate …

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Mulberry Trees, Silk Moths & Modern Sustainability Measurements 33:24

1+ y ago33:24

33:24

One of the most ancient fibers, silk has been cultivated for 5,000 years. The silk moth produces a filament designed to protect the moth from heat, predators, wind and water. In turn, these properties generate enduring and high quality second skin garments. Brazil (by luck and fate of Japanese immigration) hosts the Vale da Seda (Valley of Silk), a…

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The Economic Waters We Swim In 40:54

1+ y ago40:54

40:54

Interview with Jason Hickel; Economic Anthropologist and the author of the new book Less is More. We discuss the historic political, social, and ecological threads that led to the economic model we now exist within. Understanding the model is foundational to understanding the textile industry as it exists, and the reasons why the most sustaining te…

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EP 16: Keeping Indigenous Seeds in Kenya with Akoth Ambugo 1:42:30

1+ y ago1:42:30

1:42:30

Akoth Ambugo spends part of her year back home in her family's rural villages in Kenya and part of her year in the United States as a nurse and gardener. While in the US, she is learning to keep seeds, grow nutritious food, and feed the soil. She hopes to revive traditional indigenous crop varieties and farming practices that are more in tune with …

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Trailer - Weaving Voices 1:10

2y ago1:10

1:10

Weaving Voices is a Whetstone Radio Collective podcast that stitches textile systems and traditions, economic philosophy, and climate science into a quilt of understanding. Designed to transform our thinking and actions both as citizens and material culture makers and users.By Whetstone Radio Collective

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EP. 15: Seeds of the African Diaspora with Amirah Mitchell & Sistah Seeds 1:20:05

2y ago1:20:05

1:20:05

In this fifteenth episode, Amirah Mitchell of Sistah Seeds gives us a tour of the African Diasporic seed crops on her farm in Emmaus, PA. She also describes her work to preserve seeds and stories of African-American, West African, and Afro-Caribbean foodways, how she got to this point, and where she is headed. Amirah worked for four years as an app…

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EP. 14: Iris Brown: Afro-Puerto Rican food and culture in Philadelphia 1:46:02

2y ago1:46:02

1:46:02

In this episode, we hear from Señora Iris Brown of Loíza, Puerto Rico, who grew up learning to cook and use herbs from her grandmother and the strong women of her hometown. She came to New York in 1967 for economic reasons, and moved to Philadelphia in 1970 when she fell in love with the back yards here. She said “I saw the possibilities of plantin…

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EP. 13: Halima Salazar & Dria Price: Building a Bridge from Mississippi to Nigeria 1:08:19

2y ago1:08:19

1:08:19

This episode features Halima Salizar and Dria Price of Justevia Teas in Watervalley, Mississippi with a focus on their beloved food and medicine plants, their work, and the ways the food cultures of West Africa and the Southern US mirror each other. They grow, harvest, dry, and package their tea blends at their farm, and they host pop-ups with loca…

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27: Jewellery Author & Collector Oytun Evliyazade Camcigil & Michael Backman in discussion 25:25

2y ago25:25

25:25

Istanbul-based Oytun Evliyazade Camcigil, the author of the magnificent volume 'Eastern Treasures: Ottoman, Oman, Yemen, Turkmen Jewellery' discusses with Michael Backman the process of writing her book, collecting Middle Eastern jewellery and Istanbul's collecting scene. 'Eastern Treasures: Ottoman, Oman, Yemen, Turkmen Jewellery' is available on …

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Ep. 12: Mrs. Pearlie Mae Jackson Trotter: a Jewel of the Mississippi Delta 1:18:04

2y ago1:18:04

1:18:04

This interview overflows with deep wisdom, rough experience and a heapin’ side of humor all in Ms. Pearl’s pecan smooth Mississippi cadence and style. It is uncharacteristically long for our conversations and we know you will be BLESSED by every minute! Ms. Pearl is a daughter of the delta and migrated north. She was born and raised in what would t…

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Bonus Episode - David Dawson: ‘The ups and downs of directing an independent museum’ 32:10

2y ago32:10

32:10

In this bonus episode, Alina and James chat with David Dawson from Wiltshire Museum about the struggles and success of running an ambitious independent museum.

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Ep. 11: Kai Delgado Pfeifer and Filipinx ancestral food and plant medicine 58:30

2y ago58:30

58:30

In this episode, we hear from former Truelove Seeds apprentice Kai Delgado Pfeifer in an interview from last fall 2021 when they visited our office and seed room in Philadelphia. There is also a short update from this week so we can hear the awesome things Kai is up to now and in the near future. This is the second of two back-to-back episodes feat…

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Ep. 10: Chris Keeve: Seed Keeper, Chaotic Gardener, and Cooperative Geographer 58:32

2y ago58:32

58:32

In this episode, we hear from former Truelove Seeds apprentice and current Truelove Seeds seed producer and collaborator Chris Keeve in an interview from last fall 2021 when they visited during our annual growers gathering at our farm outside of Philadelphia, PA. There is also a short clip from the summer of 2019 while a group of us harvested peas …

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26: Michael Backman in discussion with the author Robyn Flemming: Alcohol, Art & other Addictions 39:32

2y ago39:32

39:32

Robyn Flemming discusses with Michael Backman her new book 'Skinful: A Memoir of Addiction' which details her battles with addictive behaviour including her problematic relationship with alcohol. Originally from Australia, Robyn also discusses her life as a modern-day international nomad, having no specific base in any particular country. 'Skinful:…

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Ep. 9: Anan Jardali Zahr’s Palestinian Kitchen 50:13

2y ago50:13

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In this episode, Palestinian chef Anan Jardali Zahr describes her beloved foodways and ingredients, including Molokhia, Kusa, and Zaatar. Anan was born in Akka, Palestine and came to California at age 11, after the Six-Day War of 1967. She graduated from University of California at Berkeley’s Department of Near Eastern Studies and attended Graduate…

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