Best Sarah Duignan Podcasts (2024)

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109. Food as Knowledge, Eating Equitably, and Digital Literacy w/ Dr. Sarah Duignan 58:42

20d ago58:42

58:42

Send us a Text Message. What's up, Plant People? Join us as we welcome Dr. Sarah Duignan, the host of the AnthroDish podcast and a medical anthropologist, on a remarkable journey navigating food anthropology and community health. From her roots in Ontario, where a deep connection with nature began shaping her career, Sarah takes us through her acad…

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129: Third Culture Cooking, TikTok Foods, and Kung Food Cookbook with Jon Kung 34:49

29d ago34:49

34:49

For our last episode this season, we’re exploring what it means to cook from a third culture kitchen. There’s been growing discussions online of what it means to be a third culture kid or a third culture individual. My guest today, Jon Kung, is one of the best people to speak to how third culture experiences can play out through food, cooking, and …

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108. Redeeming Lettuce, Starving Trolls, and Life as a Nutrivore w/ Dr. Sarah Ballantyne 1:11:40

1M ago1:11:40

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Send us a Text Message. If you've ever wondered how to enrich your diet without falling prey to restrictive eating, Dr. Sarah Ballantyne, the brain behind the Nutrivore philosophy, joins us to illuminate the path towards optimal nutrition. Through our engaging dialogue, Sarah shares her transformative journey from research scientist to a passionate…

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128: Heydays at the June Motel - Translating a Lakeside Summer Cuisine into a Cookbook with Katie Laliberté 36:05

1M ago36:05

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Here in Ontario, we’re just hitting the warmer spring weather after a grey and cloudy winter, and anyone living up north can attest to the amount of daydreaming we do about our future and past summer plans. During that daydreaming, memory and nostalgia can play a significant role in establishing an ideal summer, with tastes, scents and flavour play…

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107. Deep Dive- Crisis Communication in Agriculture with Dr. Erica Irlbeck 58:45

2M ago58:45

58:45

Send us a Text Message. What's up, Plant People?? It's our first Deep Dive episode in quite a while. I was super excited to get to talk to my friend, Dr. Erica Irlbeck, again on the show. Erica is a Professor of Ag Communications, the Associate Dean of Outreach and Engagement for the Davis College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources at T…

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106. Conservation Dogs, Spotted Lanternflies, and Horrifying Elevators w/ Melissa McCue-McGrath 1:17:41

2M ago1:17:41

1:17:41

Send us a Text Message. Ever find yourself marveling at the uncanny connection you share with your furry best friend? Our latest podcast episode takes us on an expedition into the heart of human-canine relationships, with Melissa McCue-McGrath, a true trailblazer in dog training and conservation, leading the way. Celebrating Melissa's birthday, we …

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127: How Local Journalism Explores the Foods of the American South with Hanna Raskin of The Food Section 27:27

3M ago27:27

27:27

News media at large is in a challenging position this year: we’ve seen mass layoffs across digital media, local news, TV, print, even podcasts and documentaries. There’s shifts in audiences, loss of journalist jobs, and shaky foundations of social media platforms like Twitter and Substack that make even the strongest bylines at risk of being swallo…

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105. Native Plants, Academic Optimism, and Liquid Smoke w/ Dr. Robert Cox 54:49

3M ago54:49

54:49

Send us a Text Message. What's up, Plant People?? I hope you're well! My guest today is a long-time mentor and friend, Dr. Robert Cox. Dr. Cox is a restoration ecologist whose wisdom in prairie ecosystems and passion for academia are as deep-rooted as the native species he studies. This episode is full of stories from Dr. Cox's academic adventures,…

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126: The Ikaria Way: How Mostly Plant-Based Foods Maintain a Greek Island's Longevity with Diane Kochilas 38:17

3M ago38:17

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You may be familiar with the Greek island of Ikaria through the popularity of “Blue Zones” and the idea that these regions of the world can provide insights into living longer, healthier lives. Yet as with most trends around diet and health, there is so much unspoken about the nuances of what an Ikarian lifestyle and diet entails, and the cultural …

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125: Sesame, Soy, Spice: Using Plant-Based Recipes to Honour Heritage and Healing with Remy Morimoto Park 36:05

3M ago36:05

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Thinking about “typical” types of veganism can reveal a lot of fascinating Western stereotypes or biases around what it does and doesn’t entail. And yet so many cultural cuisines from around the world are rooted in plant-based meals that have been passed down through generations to shape contemporary ethnic cuisines. So what happens when someone ad…

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104. Hope Springs Eternal 28:33

3M ago28:33

28:33

Send us a Text Message. What's up, Plant People?? Living through all the *unprecedented times* we have been over the past few years has really gotten old. I think a lot fewer things should be getting precedented, but that's just me. We could all use a little more hope in our lives because, as Dr. Katharine Hayhoe discussed in Episode 102, it's the …

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124: How Microgreens Weave Indigenous Knowledge and Western Science for Food Futures with Natalie Paterson 47:20

3M ago47:20

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One of the pitfalls in sustainability movements is this assumption that we’re all working from an equal playing field, when the reality is that oftentimes we don’t have the home space or the time to grow our own food. What we don’t always ask is whether we can make the comproimses that allow us to meet those desires to grow our own food without the…

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123: The Power of Showcasing Immigrant Restaurant Stories with Maggie Leandre of CharisMaggieTV 37:37

4M ago37:37

37:37

If you’ve been a regular listener to this podcast, you know that food is central to all of our discussions around identity, culture, belonging, and sense of place. My guest today is someone who excels at bringing these relationships to life through her YouTube channel, and speaks to the layers of personal experience she has had growing up and livin…

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103. Plants Out of Place, Chalkboards, and Controlling Weeds w/ Dr. Peter Dotray 1:06:05

4M ago1:06:05

1:06:05

Send us a Text Message. What's up Plant People?! I have a great one for you today with one of my former professors and current colleagues, Dr. Peter Dotray. We had a great conversation about life as a professor and academic, what's changed over the years, how do we define a "weed," what role do they play in agriculture, and how we can go about cont…

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122: Celebrating the Diversity of Torontonian Food through The Depanneur Cookbook with Len Senater 43:47

4M ago43:47

43:47

When I think of a quintessentially Torontonian food experience, I tend to think of The Depanneur. Founded in 2011, The Depanneur was a tiny old corner store that transformed into a place where interesting food things happen, featuring hundreds of talented cooks and home chefs serving thousands of eclectic meals through unique Drop-In Dinners, cooki…

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121: Exploring the Relationship between Fish Hacks, Porgy, and Black Maritime Culture with Dr. Jayson M. Porter 32:24

4M ago32:24

32:24

Anytime I get to talk about water and seafood on this show feels like a really special week for me, as I have spent most of my life thinking about how we connect with or form relationships around water. My guest, Dr. Jayson M. Porter, this week takes a really nuanced approach to this through a recent article he wrote called Fish Hacks for Distillat…

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102. Climate Change, Saving Us, and Relentless Hope w/ Dr. Katharine Hayhoe 1:06:47

4M ago1:06:47

1:06:47

Send us a Text Message. What's up, Plant People? Have you ever felt the weight of the world's climate crisis on your shoulders, yet struggled with the notion that one person's actions might be too insignificant to make a difference? Dr. Katharine Hayhoe, an atmospheric scientist, joins us to shatter that misconception with her infectious optimism a…

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120: Making Sense of Misunderstood Vegetables through Humour and Celebration with Becky Selengut 40:01

4M ago40:01

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Often when we make our grocery runs, time and money are on our mind – which can quickly lead to following a stringent list of household classics and crowd pleasers. But sometimes, in the corner of your eye, you might catch a new to you vegetable and wonder what the heck it is, or how it works. My guest today, Becky Selengut, is here to provide know…

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119: Destigmatizing Harm Reduction, Mental Health, and Drug Use in Alberta with Danielle English 54:08

4M ago54:08

54:08

We’ve spoken a bit this season about the drug poisoning crisis and how breweries can work to support their neighbours using substances, but with this affecting so many across Canada, but I wanted to come back to this topic with some more dimensions as well. My guest this week is Danielle English, who’s on to share more about harm reduction strategi…

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101. Garden Life, Cozy Gaming, and the Chelsea Flower Show w/ Kay Luthor 56:31

5M ago56:31

56:31

Send us a Text Message. What's up, Plant People? Today's episode blooms with the extraordinary tale of Kay Luther, a Chelsea Flower Show gold medalist turned game developer whose story is as rich and vibrant as the gardens she designs. In an industry where creativity and adaptation are as crucial as soil to seed, Kay shares her journey from the flo…

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118: Pink Gold - Women, Shrimp, and Work in Mexico with Dr. María L. Cruz Torres 44:20

5M ago44:20

44:20

The idea of fish industry tends to feel big, vague, and hyper-masculine – it’s easy to think of tales of fisherman and ideals of masculinity. But as my guest this week shares, there are so many complexities to how gender, fishing, and identities intersect. My guest this week is Dr. María L. Cruz Torres. She is an Associate Professor in the School o…

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117: Unpacking Anti-Fatness in Health and Nutrition for Body Liberation with Patrilie Hernandez of Embody Lib 40:32

5M ago40:32

40:32

Health, nutrition, and food are spaces that can be fraught with harmful and perpetual misconceptions of the body, to the point where many people of the global majority may not always feel safe or heard. My guest this week, Patrilie Hernandez, is someone who works to create more weight-inclusive and nutritionally holistic practices at the forefront …

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100. Plants to the Rescue! 45:09

5M ago45:09

45:09

Send us a Text Message. What's up, Plant People! After a much longer-than-expected hiatus, I'm finally back with Episode 100! It's been a wonderful 4(ish) years, and I thought the perfect way to celebrate the past and look forward to the future was to talk about a project that's so close to my heart and that I haven't really had a chance to discuss…

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116: How Ozempic and Stomach Paralysis Impact Relationships with Food with Emily Wright 33:20

5M ago33:20

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Across social media and TV advertisements, drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy have risen in recent years and are quickly associated with weight loss and celebrity lifestyles. Yet semaglutide drugs (which includes Ozempic and Wegovy) are intended originally as a drug for use by adults with type 2 diabetes, to manage blood sugar levels along with diet and…

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115: Unboxing the History of TV Dinners with Jeff Swystun 39:18

5M ago39:18

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When you think about the concept of a TV dinner, there is a wash of nostalgia that can takeover how you remember the tastes and functions of the dinner itself. But the story of how these TV dinners came to our North American freezers is a fascinating and fun exploration into a lot of the social and technological progress of the 20th century. My gue…

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114: Honouring Maternal Ancestries through Cooking and Restaurant Development with Ruben Rodriguez of Nai Restaurant Groups 41:43

6M ago41:43

41:43

Alright everyone, this is the first episode back after the holiday break, so I hope that this finds you rested, stuffed, and balancing all the new year expectations as well as you can be! For today’s show, I am chatting with chef Ruben Rodriguez, who is a Galcian-born chef and restauranteur of Nai Restaurant Group. Ruben immigrated to New Jersey wi…

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113: How UN Organizations Shape the Rules of World Trade for Food Security with Dr. Matias Margulis 40:17

7M ago40:17

40:17

Before we jump into today’s show, I wanted to give listeners a heads up that today is the last AnthroDish episode for 2023, but we will be returning with more episodes this season on Tuesday, January 9th so be sure to tune back in this new year! Today we’re exploring a topic that I personally find sometimes quite challenging to access and fully und…

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112: Dinner on Mars - How Technologies that Could Feed the Red Planet Can Transform Agriculture on Earth 28:55

7M ago28:55

28:55

What happens when two food scientists get bored in a pandemic? It turns out, they start to brainstorm how they would feed a colony of humans on Mars. What might seem like a trivial question is actually a more nuanced exploration of how we can sustain ourselves on Mars, and what we can learn from this thought experiment back on Earth, too. My guests…

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111: Reframing Cookbooks, and Salad as Comfort Food with Nat and Bec Davey of Reframeables 56:14

7M ago56:14

56:14

When you think about comfort food, what types of meals or dishes come to mind – is it mashed potatoes and gravy, the best of your grandmother’s kitchens, or a chickpea curry? Often we have this idea around “comforting” foods that is rooted so deeply in our family ties and meaty or hearty cultural dishes. Yet sometimes, comfort food can be a bit mor…

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110: Creating Safer Community for Breweries and Vulnerable Neighbours with Ren Navarro of B.Diversity 37:08

8M ago37:08

37:08

Alcohol has been navigating a new social landscape in America and Canada since COVID hit. While there were signs that alcohol consumption was rising with lockdowns, there’s also been more spaces for conversation around the use of alcohol as a drug, or trickier relationships with drinking and binge drinking, amidst a backdrop of the drug use crisis …

Podcasts Worth a Listen

Sarah Duignan Podcasts

Podcasts Worth a Listen

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AnthroDish

Sarah Duignan

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Planthropology

Vikram Baliga, PhD

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109. Food as Knowledge, Eating Equitably, and Digital Literacy w/ Dr. Sarah Duignan 58:42

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129: Third Culture Cooking, TikTok Foods, and Kung Food Cookbook with Jon Kung 34:49

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108. Redeeming Lettuce, Starving Trolls, and Life as a Nutrivore w/ Dr. Sarah Ballantyne 1:11:40

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128: Heydays at the June Motel - Translating a Lakeside Summer Cuisine into a Cookbook with Katie Laliberté 36:05

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107. Deep Dive- Crisis Communication in Agriculture with Dr. Erica Irlbeck 58:45

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106. Conservation Dogs, Spotted Lanternflies, and Horrifying Elevators w/ Melissa McCue-McGrath 1:17:41

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127: How Local Journalism Explores the Foods of the American South with Hanna Raskin of The Food Section 27:27

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105. Native Plants, Academic Optimism, and Liquid Smoke w/ Dr. Robert Cox 54:49

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126: The Ikaria Way: How Mostly Plant-Based Foods Maintain a Greek Island's Longevity with Diane Kochilas 38:17

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125: Sesame, Soy, Spice: Using Plant-Based Recipes to Honour Heritage and Healing with Remy Morimoto Park 36:05

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104. Hope Springs Eternal 28:33

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124: How Microgreens Weave Indigenous Knowledge and Western Science for Food Futures with Natalie Paterson 47:20

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123: The Power of Showcasing Immigrant Restaurant Stories with Maggie Leandre of CharisMaggieTV 37:37

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103. Plants Out of Place, Chalkboards, and Controlling Weeds w/ Dr. Peter Dotray 1:06:05

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122: Celebrating the Diversity of Torontonian Food through The Depanneur Cookbook with Len Senater 43:47

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121: Exploring the Relationship between Fish Hacks, Porgy, and Black Maritime Culture with Dr. Jayson M. Porter 32:24

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102. Climate Change, Saving Us, and Relentless Hope w/ Dr. Katharine Hayhoe 1:06:47

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120: Making Sense of Misunderstood Vegetables through Humour and Celebration with Becky Selengut 40:01

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119: Destigmatizing Harm Reduction, Mental Health, and Drug Use in Alberta with Danielle English 54:08

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101. Garden Life, Cozy Gaming, and the Chelsea Flower Show w/ Kay Luthor 56:31

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118: Pink Gold - Women, Shrimp, and Work in Mexico with Dr. María L. Cruz Torres 44:20

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117: Unpacking Anti-Fatness in Health and Nutrition for Body Liberation with Patrilie Hernandez of Embody Lib 40:32

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100. Plants to the Rescue! 45:09

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116: How Ozempic and Stomach Paralysis Impact Relationships with Food with Emily Wright 33:20

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115: Unboxing the History of TV Dinners with Jeff Swystun 39:18

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114: Honouring Maternal Ancestries through Cooking and Restaurant Development with Ruben Rodriguez of Nai Restaurant Groups 41:43

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113: How UN Organizations Shape the Rules of World Trade for Food Security with Dr. Matias Margulis 40:17

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112: Dinner on Mars - How Technologies that Could Feed the Red Planet Can Transform Agriculture on Earth 28:55

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111: Reframing Cookbooks, and Salad as Comfort Food with Nat and Bec Davey of Reframeables 56:14

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110: Creating Safer Community for Breweries and Vulnerable Neighbours with Ren Navarro of B.Diversity 37:08

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