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Food Sleuth Radio, Frederick vom Saal Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that BPA or bisphenol-A, a compound commonly found lining food and beverage cans today, was found to have estrogenic properties in th...

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  • Added: Jun 30, 2017
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 87: NAFTA Winners and Losers
From: Shira Rascoe
Series: No Jargon
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Since the North American Free Trade Agreement, American processed foods have flooded the Mexican food market -- with dramatic effects on people’s ...

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  • Added: Jun 14, 2017
  • Length: 26:18
  • Purchases: 1
Food Sleuth Radio, Judith McGeary Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Do you know about the “soil-food-web?” Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Judith McG...

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  • Added: Apr 27, 2017
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 74: Is Our Food Safe?
From: Shira Rascoe
Series: No Jargon
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Rollbacks on federal regulations will put American’s food at risk. Professor Adam Sheingate explains the risks to consumers and the prospects for f...

  • Added: Mar 13, 2017
  • Length: 23:21
Food Sleuth Radio, Mariana Chilton Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that poverty and hunger is often associated with obesity, depression, alcoholism, and childhood trauma? Join Food Sleuth Radio host an...

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  • Added: Mar 10, 2017
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Food Sleuth Radio, Sriram Madhusoodanan Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that Corporate Accountability International has been fighting global corporate abuse successfully for close to 40 years? Join Food Sle...

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  • Added: Dec 23, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Food Sleuth Radio, Alan Guebert Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that one of the biggest changes to rural America has been the loss of farm families and farming communities? Houses, barns, and people...

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  • Added: Nov 17, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Vanishing Bees
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: UW-Madison Bee Hive
It’s called “colony collapse disorder” or CCD. A number of years ago US beekeeping operations realized they lost between 30 and 90 percent of their...

Bought by KSFR and KCBX


  • Added: Nov 09, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
56: Anna Lappé & Jess McIntosh; Plus "Vote!" OpEd by Katie Goodman
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Anna Lappé
James Beard Leadership Award winner Anna Lappé has spent most of her career as a sustainable food advocate. We talk big food and marketing to kids-...

Bought by Public Radio for All, KUT, WRIR, KWMR, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Oct 13, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 5
Biting the Hands that Feed Us
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Baylen Linnekin
Food Waste, hunger, inhumane livestock conditions, disappearing fish stocks … just a few of the serious issues we have with our food supply. We exp...

Bought by KCBX and KCBX


  • Added: Oct 11, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Food Sleuth Radio, Zen Honeycutt Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that in the first three years since its inception, Moms Across America has engaged and mobilized mothers in all 50 states, and create...

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  • Added: Aug 25, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Food Sleuth Radio, Ken Roseboro Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that 64 countries around the world have mandatory GMO food labeling laws, including Russia, China, Korea, India, and the European Unio...

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  • Added: Jun 24, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Gary Nabhan: Seeds of Change
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Gary Nabhan
The next time you are putting a slice of tomato on your sandwich, ask yourself where it came from. Not which area of the country, but which seed st...

Bought by WMUU-LP, Yellowstone Public Radio, KFCF FM, and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 26, 2016
  • Length: 29:20
  • Purchases: 4
Food Sleuth Radio, Liz Carlisle Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that cooperation rather than competition and rugged individualism just may be the secret for saving prosperous rural communities? Join...

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  • Added: Apr 07, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
09-11: The Organic Revolution: From Hippie to Hip to Scale , 6/1/2016
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: Gary Hirshberg
Though still small in the big picture, organic food has come all the way -- from hippie to hip to mainstream since the Sixties. But can organic foo...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2016
  • Length: 28:30
Food Sleuth Radio, William (Bill) Marler Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know Marler Clark, “The Food Safety Law Firm,” has represented thousands of individuals in claims against food companies whose contaminated...

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  • Added: Mar 24, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Food Sleuth Radio, Amanda Hitt Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that Benjamin Franklin was a “whistleblower?” Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her inter...

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  • Added: Mar 03, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Food Sleuth Radio, Doug Crabtree Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that the United Nations declared 2016 the international year of pulses? A “pulse” is the name given to edible seeds of legumes, inclu...

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  • Added: Feb 25, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Food Sleuth Radio, Jim Goodman Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that global free trade agreements impact local family farmers, food labeling, and the quality of food on our plates? Join Food Sleuth ...

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  • Added: Feb 12, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Food Sleuth Radio, Kelay Trentham Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Medical cannabis has been approved in 23 states as of January 2017, and cancer patients are seeking information about using marijuana for relief fr...

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  • Added: Dec 11, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Cutting Edge: Knives + Politics
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Adam Simha
This week on Sea Change Radio, we hear from a craftsman who makes razor-sharp kitchen knives, and with a progressive political talk show host who r...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 14, 2015
  • Length: 28:40
  • Purchases: 2
01-10: Going Locavore: Urban Food Innovation and Community Transformation, 10/7/2015
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: Michael Pollan
Urban food innovators are designing vibrant new local food economies built on environmental and ecological integrity, sustainability, diversity and...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
Food Sleuth Radio, Kimber Stanhope Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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When it comes to sugar science, consumers have questions: Is table sugar metabolized differently than corn syrup? What are the safe upper limits of...

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  • Added: Jun 19, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Food Sleuth Radio, E. G. Vallianatos Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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If you think the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s first priority is protecting public and environmental health, get ready for a few surprises...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
Food Sleuth Radio, Wayne Pacelle Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Just because consumers like to eat meat, eggs and dairy products, doesn’t mean they don’t care about animal welfare. And despite legislative attemp...

Bought by WRGY


  • Added: Apr 23, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1