# Heather Paxson

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Dominic and Cymene plug Cultures of Energy 7—this year's energy humanities symposium at Rice which begins today, details at culturesofenergy.org—and then they turn to cheese, why it's funny, how it can be applied to cats, "cheddaring," and much more. Is there an anthropologist who knows more about …

Episode 140: Book Review: The Life of Cheese

Heather Paxson views cheese through an anthropological lens in her book, The Life of Cheese. On this week’s Cutting the Curd Book Review, Diane Stemple invites Heather into the studio to discuss cheese- from its creation to its consumption. Find out why Heather first became fascinated with American…

1.1 - For the Love of Delco: Mike Contreras of 2SP Brewing Company

For the first episode of this podcast, I wanted to talk about a concept I've thought about a lot over the years, from my work in food service to my ethnographic research: the concept of "the local." We hear about this in the beer world all the time, and it really matters to consumers, brewers, farm…

Planetary probiotics and Gaia’s variants.

Jamie Lorimer’s THE PROBIOTIC PLANET calls for a rethinking of artificial barriers between science and policy and a sweeping overview of diverse probiotic approaches. Bruce Clarke’s GAIAN SYSTEMS is a pioneering exploration of the complex evolution of Gaia’s many variants. In a conversation that ra…

Cheese: A Midwestern Love Story

Cheese is the star of this episode of the show. I speak with anthropologist and author Heather Paxson. Her book, The Life of Cheese: Crafting Food and Value in America, tells the cultural and economic story of cheese. Then I will introduce you to Andy Hatch, proprietor and master cheesemaker at Upl…