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The Leading Voices in Food

Duke World Food Policy Center
Food Policy
Public Health
Agriculture
Food Insecurity
Climate Change
Food Systems
Ultra-Processed Foods
Food Security
Food Waste
Obesity
Nutrition
Food Labeling
Food Sustainability
Chile
Food Intelligence
FDA
Food Safety
Regenerative Agriculture
Nutrition Education
Food Economics

The Leading Voices in Food podcast series features real people, scientists, farmers, policy experts and world leaders all working to improve our food system and food policy. You'll learn about issues across the food system spectrum such as food insecurity, obesity, agriculture, access and equity, food safety, food defense, and food policy. Produced by the Duke World Food Policy Center at wfpc.sanf... more

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Paper: Gearhardt AN, Brownell KD, Brandt AM. From Tobacco to Ultraprocessed Food: How Industry Engineering Fuels the Epidemic of Preventable Disease. Milbank Q. 2026;104(1):0202.doi.org/10.1111/1468-0009.70066

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In 1881, African American educator and political leader Booker T. Washington founded Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee, Alabama. The school's mission was to provide practical education and vocational training in fields such as agriculture and mechanics ... more

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Recent Guests

David Page
Food journalist, author of Food Americana
Author, Journalist
Episode: E296: The Story of Food Americana
Ashley Gearhardt
Professor of Psychology, University of Michigan
University of Michigan
Episode: E295: Food engineering is fueling preventable disease
Allan Brandt
Professor of the History of Science, Amelie Moses Kass Professor of the History of Medicine, Harvard University
Harvard University
Episode: E295: Food engineering is fueling preventable disease
Jarvis McInnis
Associate Professor of English at Duke University
Duke University
Episode: Liberatory Agriculture in Afterlives of the Plantation
Dr. Kelly Alexander
Anthropologist and journalist
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Episode: E293: From Truffles to Trash - Lessons on Food Waste Prevention
Betsy Albright
Environmental sustainability management expert, associate professor of the practice at Duke University
Duke University, Nicholas School of the Environment
Episode: The downstream effects of disasters on food supply chains
Kate Consavage Stanley
Postdoctoral researcher with the Bezos Center for Sustainable Proteins
Duke University
Episode: Pathway to Market is Complicated for Cell-Cultivated Protein
Katariina Koivusaari
Postdoctoral researcher with the Bezos Center for Sustainable Proteins
North Carolina State University
Episode: Pathway to Market is Complicated for Cell-Cultivated Protein
Katherine Pittore
Director of Policy and Communications at Access to Nutrition Initiative
Access to Nutrition Initiative
Episode: E290: Grading the Biggest US Grocery Stores on Healthy Offerings

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Norbert Wilson
Professor of public policy at Duke University and director of the World Food Policy Center
Kelly Brownell
Host of The Leading Voices in Food

Reviews

4.8 out of 5 stars from 30 ratings
  • Insightful

    Really great conversations and podcast guests.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    dwesling
    United States4 months ago
  • Terrible podcast

    The production values on this show are awful and the guests are deeply uninteresting. Listen only if you like meaningless fluff.

    Apple Podcasts
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    8,’iwjcou
    United States2 years ago
  • I love this podcast!

    The topics and guests are very interesting. I learn so much about the community and food policy.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    shatishaw
    United States5 years ago
  • Great topics

    The topics are spot on and the discussions very interesting and authentic. I love that the guests on the show are in the thick of the work making change happen.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    DTLASam
    United States5 years ago

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Liberatory Agriculture in Afterlives of the Plantation
Q: Tell us a little more about the transnational reach of Tuskegee's agricultural model, especially in the Caribbean and Puerto Rico?
Tuskegee recruited students from the diaspora, translated and disseminated the Autobiography Up from Slavery, and actively engaged in exchanges with Haiti and Cuba, illustrating how agricultural education traveled beyond the US South to empower broader Black communities.
Liberatory Agriculture in Afterlives of the Plantation
Q: Could you just give our readers an overview of what the book is?
The book ties together cultural, intellectual, and political links between Southern African-Americans and Afro-Caribbean communities in the late 19th to early 20th centuries, showing how they responded to slavery's legacies and pursued new forms of citizenship through agrarian knowledge and institutions like Tuskegee.
E290: Grading the Biggest US Grocery Stores on Healthy Offerings
Q: What are some key opportunities for making progress in advocating for healthier retail environments?
Eva Greenthal highlights several strategies, including mandatory front-of-package nutrition labeling, federal reduction targets for sodium and sugar, and healthy checkout policies.
E290: Grading the Biggest US Grocery Stores on Healthy Offerings
Q: Can you tell us a bit about the organization and what work it does?
Katherine Pittore explains that the Access to Nutrition Initiative challenges the food industry, investors, and policymakers to improve food systems by collecting data to rank companies based on their commitment to healthiness.
E289: Posting calorie counts on menus should be just one strategy of many
Q: What did you learn from those other countries about menu labeling?
There have been small effects in other countries, indicating that calorie labeling might aid better decision-making but should be combined with other strategies for larger impacts.

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The show consistently centers on food policy, nutrition, public health, and the broader food system, featuring high-profile researchers, policy experts, journalists, and advocates. Across episodes, conversations touch on regulatory challenges for new food technologies, labeling and consumer information, the economics of food systems, and the health impacts of dietary patterns, with a strong emphasis on real-world policy implications and actionable ideas for how governments, industry, and civil society can improve the food system. A notable strength is its ability to pair academic rigor with policy relevance, inviting guests who review data, model outcomes, or advocate for reform in clear, impactful terms. Listeners can expect thoughtful deb... more

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