# James Welch

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Laura Da’: No Easy Thing to See Deeply

Laura Da’ selects poems that report back to us with forthright courage She introduces James Welch speaking with a ringing sense of sovereignty (“In My First Hard Springtime”), Saretta Morgan crossing thresholds of space and perspective (“Consequences upon arrival (i)”), and Lena Khalaf Tuffaha reso…

How World Cup Traffic, Food Network, and Rising Costs Are Reshaping Barbecue |This Week In Barbecue

This week on This Week in Barbecue, Rasheed Philips and James Welch are back with hot news, hotter takes, and a full plate of barbecue business, food safety, and culture. The episode starts with National Moon Day, then moves quickly into the Taco Bell and Taylor Farms lettuce outbreak, why Rasheed …

Bark Barbecue Has No Notes

This week on This Week in Barbecue, Rasheed Philips and James Welch are back with barbecue news, hot takes, and listener questions that cover everything from streaming deals to event red flags. The episode starts with National Watermelon Day before moving into Netflix picking up barbecue content fr…

Football Trays and Fake Food Creators

This week on This Week in Barbecue, Rasheed Philips and James Welch are back with a packed episode covering football season catering, holiday barbecue packages, National Biscuits and Gravy Week, Pizza Hut nostalgia, AI food creators, restaurant pivots, and a live Oreo tasting that gets way more ser…

Everybody Wants to Be a Pitmaster

This week on This Week in Barbecue, Rasheed Philips and James Welch are back with hot takes, hotter news, and a full plate of barbecue business, food culture, pricing debates, and craft talk. The episode opens with Rasheed reflecting on running his first 5K, why the treadmill lies, and what the exp…

The Nine-Year-Old BBQ Champion | Ep: 150

This week on This Week in Barbecue, Rasheed Philips and James Welch are back with hot takes, hotter news, and a full plate of barbecue business, food culture, pricing debates, and global flavor. The episode kicks off with National Taco Day landing on Taco Tuesday, thanks to Old El Paso, before turn…

The Nikefication of Barbecue | EP 151

This week on This Week in Barbecue, Rasheed Philips and James Welch are back with hot news, hotter takes, and a full plate of food culture, restaurant business, barbecue craft, and internet foolishness. The episode opens with National Gumbo Day and a conversation about gumbo, roux, tradition, and w…

Palo Alto Pipe Organs

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! In this episode, Grandpa Pete talks with world-famous organist James Welch (https://www.welchorganist.com/home) They talk about their efforts to get a pipe organ in the LDS building in Palo Alto…

You Can't Buy Your Way Into Knowing Fire

When did backyard barbecue become a luxury hobby? And is Michelin recognition really as straightforward as people think? This week on This Week in Barbecue, Rasheed Philips and James Welch dig into the business, equipment, and culture surrounding barbecue. The episode opens with National Chicken Fr…