Special episode: A collaboration with the Unconfined podcast
Veteran food policy journalist Tom Philpott, one of the hosts of the Unconfined podcast from the Center for a Livable Future at Johns Hopkins University, joins Helena and Theodore in a unique collaboration. Unconfined is a monthly interview show focused on the public-health implications of indust...
Special episode: A collaboration with the Unconfined podcast
Veteran food policy journalist Tom Philpott, one of the hosts of the Unconfined podcast from the Center for a Livable Future at Johns Hopkins University, joins Helena and Theodore in a unique collaboration. Unconfined is a monthly interview show focused on the public-health implications of indust...
Tom Philpott: Corporate Control And The Future Of Food
#254: Food systems journalist and author Tom Philpott joins Dave for a powerful discussion on the legacy of Joan Gussow, the myths driving industrial agriculture, and the political forces shaping what we eat. From nitrate pollution in the Corn Belt to the illusion of land-sparing yields, Philpott...
Almond Ploy
We’re talking to journalist Tom Philpott of Mother Jones about the dark side of everyone’s favorite nut, the almond. Sarah Copeland, author of Feast, explains what it means to eat 90 percent vegetarian. The Sioux Chef's Sean Sherman specializes in Native American food with indigenous ingredients....
The Corn Belt's Tragic Legacy
Episode 28 of Unconfined, in which journalist Tom Philpott reflects on a story he wrote about cancer rates in Iowa.
Kate Brown — Tiny Gardens Everywhere: The Past, Present, and Future of the Self-Provisioning City - with Tom Philpott
From the eighteenth century to the twenty–first, the surprising history and inspiring contemporary panorama of urban gardening: nurturing health, hope, and community.
This manifesto for the next food revolution by acclaimed environmental historian Kate Brown speaks to nature lovers, food activist...
Antibiotic Apocalypse
Doctor and special correspondent Avir Mitra takes Executive Editor Soren Wheeler, plus a live studio audience, on a journey from the operating room to inside the body to the farm to the sewers and back again—searching for answers to an alarming threat to humanity’s existence as we know it: antibi...
Workers take on the world’s largest meat processor
America’s meat supply is produced largely by vulnerable immigrant workers, many of whom have been targeted by the Trump Administration. But a group of workers in Colorado voted to strike against conditions in the JBS flagship plant – risking the loss of their jobs and potentially being deported. ...
Episode 1033: Arnie Arnesen Attitude July 28 2026
Part 1:We talk with Laurel Elder, Professor of Political Science at Hartwick College.We discuss the state of opinion post-Dobbs. It has changed considerably.Part 2:We talk with Tom Philpott, Senior Research Associate.We discuss the perilous state of the environment in Iowa. The kind of 'farming' ...
