Food & Water Episodes
#70: Who’s Fixing the People Fixing Our Planet?
June 11, 2019
In Episode 70, Quinn & Brian discuss: When things are broken, when the people who are working on those things are also broken, and why we need to help them. Our guest is Nikki Silvestri, the founder and CEO of Soil and Shado…
#63: Green Acres: Farming for Millennials and Other People Who Like Food
April 23, 2019
In Episode 63, Quinn & Brian discuss: Building a new pipeline of sustainable food growers. Our guest is Dena Leibman, the Executive Director of the Future Harvest Chesapeake Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture (or Future Ha…
BONUS REPLAY: Is Food Waste the Stupidest Thing We Do (& How Do We Cut it in Half)?
March 12, 2019
We’re digging into our vault and playing a hit this week because there’s big news for former guest Dr. James Rogers and his company Apeel Sciences: Fast Company named Apeel the 7th most innovative company on their list of th…
#57: Make Food Great (Nutritious) Again
March 5, 2019
In Episode 57, Quinn & Brian discuss: Why more food ≠ more nutrition. Our excellent guests are Professors Kristie Ebi and Irakli Loladze. Dr. Ebi is the Rohm & Haas Endowed Professorship in Public Health Sciences at the Univ…
#53: How the Hell Do We Pull Clean Drinking Water Out of Thin Air?
Feb. 5, 2019
In Episode 53, Quinn & Brian ask: How the hell do we pull clean drinking water out of thin air? Our guest is Dr. Shing-Chung “Josh” Wong, a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Akron In addition to pursui…
#49: How Can HUGE Food & Beverage Companies Contribute to a More Sustainable Future?
Dec. 25, 2018
In Episode 49, Quinn & Brian ask: What can the HUGE food and beverage companies do, right now, to improve U.S. food systems and drive trends towards a more sustainable future? It’s a big and complicated question, but our gue…
#44: Is Food Waste the Stupidest Thing We Do (& How Do We Cut it in Half)?
Nov. 20, 2018
Our guest is Dr. James Rogers, founder and CEO of Apeel Sciences and one of our most mind-blowing guests yet. Want to send us feedback? Tweet us, email us, or leave us a voice message!
#39: Is The Ocean Running Out of Oxygen? Is That Bad?
Oct. 16, 2018
Our guest is Dawn “Deepsea Dawn” Wright, Ph.D., the Chief Scientist of the Environmental Systems Research Institute (AKA Esri) and a Professor of Geography and Oceanography at Oregon State University. Want to send us feedbac…
#27: What Happens When the Atlantic Ocean Invades the Arctic Ocean?
July 24, 2018
In Episode 27, Quinn & Brian ask: what happens when the Atlantic Ocean invades the Arctic Ocean? Our guest: Julia Roberson, vice president of relations for the Ocean Conservancy in Washington D.C. Julia takes complex issues,…
#20: How the hell are we gonna feed 10 billion people?
June 5, 2018
In Episode 20, Quinn and Brian wonder: How the hell are we gonna feed 10 billion people? Enter Fred Iutzi of the Land Institute, where they’re focused on the incredibly modest goal of working to displace the predominant indu…