Podcasts by Meatless: A Podcast About Eating

Episode 30: Chicago Part Two from 2019-04-25T14:36:25

In the second part of Alicia’s visit to Chicago, she speaks with pastry chef Valeria Taylor, and food writers Tim Mazurek and Natalie Slater. They discuss their frustrations with the way Chicago...

Episode 29: Chicago Part One from 2019-04-24T14:01:16

In the first of of Alicia's two dispatches from Chicago, she talks to bartender Alicia Arredondo and chef Pat Sheerin about the city's reputation as a bad place to go meat-free. They discuss som...

Episode 28: John Currence from 2019-04-10T17:03:50

Alicia talks with John Currence, a chef based in Oxford, Mississippi who co-hosted a series called the “Listen

Episode 27: Luz Cruz and Ollie Montes de Oca from 2019-04-03T16:00

Alicia talks to Luz Cruz and Ollie Montes de Oca, members of the Cuir Kitchen Brigade that formed in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. Organizing as a collective solidarity group, they flew to P...

Episode 26: Danielle Ricciardi and Daniel Strong from 2019-03-27T11:27:01

Alicia talks with and Danielle Ricciardi and Daniel Strong, a couple who founded the vegan comfort food business Chickpea and Olive. They discuss the process of getting products into Whole Foods...

Episode 25: Olivia Hu from 2019-03-20T17:07:11

Alicia talks to Olivia Hu, the co-founder and owner of Old Timers, a bar in Bushwick, Brooklyn. The first-generation child of Chinese parents who fled during the Cultural Revolution, Hu talks ab...

Episode 24: Amy Quichiz from 2019-03-13T16:00

Alicia talks to vegan activist Amy Quichiz, the founder of Veggie Mijas, a U.S.-wide organization that gives women of color a place to meet and discuss their experiences with food. Topics covere...

Episode 23: Toby Buggiani from 2019-03-06T17:00

Alicia talks with Toby Buggiani, the owner of Adelina's in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, which serves plant-based Italian cuisine. They discuss his wilder younger years, how his menu was inspired by Rom...

Episode 22: Roopa Kalyanaraman Marcello from 2019-02-27T14:57:39

Alicia talks with Roopa Kalyanaraman Marcello, a public health expert who runs Monsoon Sweets, a South Asian-inspired dessert company. They discuss the systemic power of large food corporations,...

Episode 21: Becca Hegarty from 2019-02-20T12:39:53

Alicia talks to chef Becca Hegarty, one of Zagat’s inaugural 30 Under 30 list of “culinary superstars” and...

Episode 20: Casandra Rosario from 2019-02-13T17:00

Alicia talks to Casandra Rosario of Food Before Love, which focuses on education and dining experiences that make "a space for marginalized consumers to create and tell their own stories through...

Episode 19: Lee Kalpakis from 2019-02-06T16:22:54

Alicia talks to Lee Kalpakis, an editorial producer at Thrillist and the host of A Little Help, a YouTube show in which she helps new cooks learn to create inexpensive and easy...

Episode 18: Ysanet Batista from 2019-01-30T12:40:52

Alicia talks to Ysanet Batista, founder of the worker co-operative Woke Foods, which creates plant-based Dominican cuisine. They talk about how vegan food isn’t cruelty-free as long as farm work...

Episode 17: Ethan Frisch&Ori Zohar from 2019-01-23T18:45:52

Alicia talks to Ethan Frisch and Ori Zohar of Burlap & Barrel: Single-Origin Spices, who apply models used in coffee and chocolate importation—with fair wages and a transparent supply chain—to s...

Episode 16: Aidan Altman&Andrew McClure from 2018-10-16T15:38

Alicia talks to Aidan Altman and Andrew McClure, the founders of Fora Foods and makers of Faba Butter — made principally with coconut oil and aquafaba, or ch...

Episode 15: Sheri Hood from 2018-10-09T13:30

Alicia talks to winemaker Sheri Hood. After spending the 1990s managing bands like Stereolab and working for the record label 4AD, she moved to Portland, Oregon. She now mak...

Episode 14: Cheryl Mitchell from 2018-10-02T04:00

Alicia talks to food scientist Cheryl Mitchell, who developed Rice Dream and the Elmhurst Milked line of nut, grain, and seed milks. They discuss how she came to focus on ve...

Episode 13: Soleil Ho from 2018-09-25T04:00

Alicia talks to Soleil Ho, food writer, host of Bitch Media’s Popaganda podcast, and co-host of the Listen

Episode 12: Chitra Agrawal from 2018-09-18T04:00

Alicia talks to Chitra Agrawal — maker of the Brooklyn Delhi line of condiments, and author of the cookbook Listen

Episode 11: Gabriella Paiella from 2018-09-11T04:00

It’s not easy to make being vegan both funny and incisive, but that’s what writer Gabriella Paiella does both on Twitter and in h...

Episode 10: Shanika Hillocks&Theo Samuels from 2018-08-07T05:26

Alicia talks to photographer Theo Samuels, who is a vegan, and writer Shanika Hillocks, who isn’t. They discuss the balance they’ve struck, including staying open to new foods while traveling an...

Episode 9: Cara Nicoletti from 2018-07-31T04:00

Alicia Kennedy talks to the host of The Hangover Show, Cara Nicoletti, about her family butcher shop in Boston, what inspired her t...

Episode 8: Charlotte Shane from 2018-07-24T04:00

Alicia talks to Charlotte Shane, culture writer, publisher of Tigerbee Press, and author of the book Listen

Episode 6: Leah Kirts from 2018-07-10T03:28

Alicia talks to food writer and nutrition educator Leah Kirts about her upbringing in rural Indiana, her time in the NYU food studies master’s program, and teaching kids about veganism.

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Episode 6: Leah Kirts from 2018-07-10T03:28

Alicia talks to food writer and nutrition educator Leah Kirts about her upbringing in rural Indiana, her time in the NYU food studies master’s program, and teaching kids about veganism.

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Episode 5: Nadya Agrawal from 2018-07-03T07:58

Alicia talks to culture writer Nadya Agrawal, founder of the South Asian-centered magazine Kajal about what made her become...

Episode 4: Lukas Volger from 2018-06-26T04:00

Alicia talks to Lukas Volger about his 60 percent vegetarian diet, cookbooks, veggie burger lines, and his work on the queer food journal Listen

Episode 3: Gabriel Hernandez from 2018-06-19T05:00

Alicia talks to chef Gabriel Hernandez of Verde Mesa in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, about the connotations of “vegetarian,” the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, and the island’s...

Episode 2: Lagusta Yearwood from 2018-06-12T03:49

Alicia talks to chef and chocolatier Lagusta Yearwood, owner of the chocolate shop Lagusta's Luscious and its sister café, ...

Episode 1: Brooks Headley from 2018-06-05T05:26

In the first episode of “Meatless,” Alicia talks to Brooks Headley, chef and owner of Superiority Burger in New York City and the author of the Listen

An Introduction from 2018-05-31T20:22

Host Alicia Kennedy very briefly explains why she wanted to start a podcast about not eating meat, and what to expect from what's to come.