PODCAST RESOURCES
On Food, History, Culture
Consider the Pomegranate (Episode 1: The Story of Iran)
Learn about the significance of the pomegranate to Iranians, peoples of the Persianate world, and to the Iranian diaspora through this conversation between Prof. Amy Motlagh and Prof. Persis Karim.
For Bread Alone (Episode 4: The Story of Iran)
Dialogic Episode 3: Ramadan (Professor Mairaj Syed)
Dialogic Episode 5: Dr. Gurdev Khush speaks about his research on Rice
Dialogic Episode 8: On Beekeeping in Shangri-La
Recipes to Remember Episode One ‘Expanding Archives: Oral Histories in San Francisco Chinatown’
In the first episode of their two-part series ‘Recipes to Remember’, Ben Ruilin Fong (UC Davis, Comparative Literature) and Tianyun Hua (UC Davis, Comparative Literature) explore the relationship between food and community through archives and oral histories. They discuss their work with the Chinese Historical Society of America (CHSA) and their oral histories with residents of San Francisco Chinatown.
Recipes to Remember Episode Two
In the second episode of ‘Recipes to Remember’, Ben Ruilin Fong (UC Davis, Comparative Literature) and Tianyun Hua (UC Davis, Comparative Literature) converse with Martin Yan about his life, career, and relationship with food and community. Martin Yan discusses cooking from an early age in China, his immigration to the United States, his connections to San Francisco Chinatown, and how food builds community.
On Food, Politics, and Sustainability
Unfold: Episode 6
Prof. Charlotte Biltekoff, Associate Professor of American Studies and Food, Science and Technology
The Politics of Mole/Política Del Mole
Produced by California Institute for Rural Studies, Ildi Carlisle-Cummins, Director of the Cal Ag Roots Project, and Li Schmid