After two decades as the Editor in Chief of Food & Wine magazine, Dana Cowin launched Progressive Hedonist, a platform to bring joy, connection and uplift through food and gathering while tackling one of the seemingly impossible challenges of our lifetime: healing the natural world. On this podcast, Cowin interviews people who also believe in the powerful potential for food to bring change and fuel community.
Latest episodes
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33 min
Intersection of Joy and Activism: Leah Thomas
Leah Thomas, founder of the Intersectional Environmentalist, speaks eloquently about the importance of understanding interrelated systemic inequities and highlights the extraordina…
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34 min
The Complex Question of Food Innovation: Larissa Zimberoff
In the ever-evolving world of food tech, Larissa Zimberoff is a uniquely thoughtful, well-informed and rigorous writer who cares about health, nutrition, innovation, taste, climate…
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38 min
Designing with Community, Trouble and Impermanence in Mind: LinYee Yuan
LinYee Yuan is the founder of Mold, a platform that "hopes to inspire designers to improve food systems through creative, human-centric solutions." For Yuan, the role of "design" i…
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30 min
Longevity Lessons from the Blue Zones: Dan Buettner
Bestselling author Dan Buettner has unlocked the secrets of longevity by studying Blue Zones, regions in the world where people live beyond the age of 80. Host Dana Cowin asks Buet…
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39 min
The Restaurant Quest for Well-Being: Johanna Hellrigl
How are restaurants contributing to health issues for people and planet? That is one of the motivating questions for Johanna Hellrigl, chef and co-owner of Ama in Washington, DC. O…
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46 min
Life on the Water, Unfiltered: Imani Black
Imani Black, founder of Minorities in Aquaculture (MIA), discusses the history—and the future—of Black watermen and demystifies the American aquaculture industry in this episode of…
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51 min
Why Deliciousness Will Save Us: Dan Barber
One of the best-known chef-environmentalists in the world, Dan Barber of Blue Hill Stone Barns shares his thoughts on how prioritizing deliciousness can improve the world. On this…
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34 min
Cocktails with a Conscience: Kelsey Ramage
Cocktail consultant Kelsey Ramage of LA’s Trash Collective is an expert in making divine drinks from items that would ordinarily be thrown away. After noticing the obscene amount o…
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42 min
Sustainable Solutions from Grandma Hacks to Minnesota Aquaculture: Andrew Zimmern
Andrew Zimmern might be best known for eating things like coral worms in Samoa and horse rib and rectum sausage in Kazakhstan, but when podcast host Dana Cowin caught up with him o…
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37 min
Environmentalism for Everyone: Isaias Hernandez
Isaias Hernandez is a young climate activist whose background, education and insights make him one of the most prominent eco-communicators of his generation. A child of Mexican imm…
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33 min
Local Legend: Alice Waters
A pioneer of farm to table restaurants in America, chef Alice Waters of Chez Panisse takes us back to the beginning of the regenerative organic movement in California and brings us…
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29 min
The Beauty of Zero Waste: Chef Douglas McMaster
Chef Douglas McMaster, a leader in the zero waste food movement, shares his insights into how to become more connected with nature. The result is experiencing greater pleasure and…
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44 min
Collective Possibilities for a Better Future: Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
With fierce intelligence, wit and an easy charm, Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, author of the instant best-seller “What If We Get It Right?” stresses the urgency of implementing exis…
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