What’s in a calorie? So much more than what you see on a box of cereal or a restaurant menu. The story of the nutritional calorie is the story of U.S. empire, dating back to the late 1800s when government agencies used it to determine just how little they could feed people in the military, prisons, asylums, and Native boarding schools. This week, Dr. Athia N ... Show More
Nov 19
How To Protect Your Peace - The Art of Self-Care with Heather McMahan
Travel nightmares, cocktail jazz, & laughing gas…oh my!
This week, JVN is joined by comedian and certified delight, Heather McMahan (host, Absolutely Not) They’re talking: baths vs. showers, jazz scatting, preferred quesadilla orders, comedy in 2025, mid-flight medical emerg ... Show More
50m 33s
Nov 17
Cynthia Erivo’s Reflexes, Hilary Duff’s Return, the Last Penny
This week, we’re talking: JVN’s return to yoga, which comedian makes JVN pull an oblique & an intercostal muscle, the process of becoming a U.S. Citizen, the perils of ankles being in weird positions, “Going Up on A Tuesday,” chickens in the Philippines, shark attacks, Cynthia Er ... Show More
38m 26s
Mar 2022
[Repost] #196: Diet Culture's Racist Roots with Sabrina Strings, Sociologist and Author of Fearing the Black Body
<p>Sociologist and author Sabrina Strings joins us to discuss her new book, Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia; the history of how “race science” led to the development of diet culture; the many problems with using weight as a measure of health; how culture ... Show More
1h 23m
Feb 2021
#269: Gender Dynamics in Food Media and Marketing with Emily Contois, and the Links Between White Supremacy, Diet Culture, and Nutrition with Joy Cox
<p>Media studies scholar and author Emily Contois returns to the podcast to discuss gender dynamics in food media and marketing; her new book, Diners, Dudes, and Diets: How Gender and Power Collide in Food Media and Culture; the avatar of The Dude; the parallels between Dad Bod a ... Show More
1h 24m
Jun 2020
[REPOST] #196: Diet Culture's Racist Roots with Sabrina Strings, Sociologist and Author of FEARING THE BLACK BODY
<p>Sociologist and author Sabrina Strings joins us to discuss her new book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Fearing-Black-Body-Racial-Origins-ebook/dp/B07JX6TMT6/ref=as_li_ss_tl?keywords=sabrina+strings&language=en_US&linkCode=ll1&linkId=ba972f836c36eb1f1a0cf2f2d1e241f8&qid=15572 ... Show More
1h 22m
May 2021
147 | Rachel Laudan on Cuisine, Culture, and Empire
<p>For as much as people talk about food, a good case can be made that we don’t give it the attention or respect it actually deserves. Food is central to human life, and how we go about the process of creating and consuming it — from agriculture to distribution to cooking to dini ... Show More
1h 16m
Dec 2022
Calories: How to fuel a human
Calories are fundamental to the way many of us view food and our own bodies - you’ll find them on supermarket shelves, restaurant menus, and in cookbooks. But they didn’t start out that way. Originally coined during the study of steam engines and industrial energy, the term ‘calo ... Show More
43m 54s
Nov 2023
262. Aubrey Gordon: On Freedom from Anti-Fatness
Aubrey Gordon – activist, author, and teacher – talks to us about anti-fat bias and the way it manifests in employment disparities, our healthcare system, our dinner table conversations, and our parenting. She teaches us about “concern trolling” and other ways anti-fatness hides ... Show More
1h 5m
Oct 2021
Talking Diet Culture and nutrition with Sheri Health
<p>Hey lifers!</p><p>Today we are talking about a very important relationship in your life, one that you probably think about at least 3 times per day and maybe without even realising it. It's your relationship with FOOD!</p><p>Britt's sister Sheri Hockley- nutritionist, PT, radi ... Show More
1h 12m
Apr 2022
Ultra-Processed Foods: A Load of Baloney?
We hear over and over that ultra-processed food is bad for us. But is there actually something funky going on here — or is it just junk food? We dig into what these foods are doing to our bodies. You’ll hear from Dr. Kevin Hall, Prof. Carlos Monteiro, Dr. Cathrina Edwards, and Dr ... Show More
38m 33s
Jul 2023
Vivian Nun Halloran, "Caribbean American Narratives of Belonging" (Ohio State UP, 2023)
In Caribbean American Narratives of Belonging (Ohio State University Press, 2023), Vivian Nun Halloran analyzes memoirs, picture books, comic books, young adult novels, musicals, and television shows through which Caribbean Americans recount and celebrate their contributions to c ... Show More
1h 20m