This week we're bringing you a guest episode from our friends at Rebel Eater's Club ( Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify ). Host Virgie Tovar spoke with writer and activist Da'Shaun Harrison , tracing the roots of diet culture all the way back to slavery, talking about navigating the health care system as fat people of color, and exploring what it looks like to find love and community. Photo Courtesy of Rebel Eaters Club Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. ...
Feb 24, 2021•36 min•Ep. 19
Nico is joined by John Birdsall , whose biography "The Man Who Ate Too Much: The Life of James Beard," was just released. The book explores Beard's queerness, and the ways in which it trickled into his recipes, teachings, and American food culture as a whole. Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Queer The Table by becoming a member ! Queer The Table is Powered by Simplecast . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notic...
Nov 04, 2020•44 min•Ep. 19
This week, Nico speaks to Ianne Fields Stewart . Ianne is the founder of the Okra Project , an organization that hires Black trans chefs to go into the homes of other Black trans people to prepare a delicious home-cooked meal, building community along the way. Image courtesy of Ianne Fields Stewart. Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Queer The Table by becoming a member ! Queer The Table is Powered by Simplecast . See Privacy Policy at https://art19...
Sep 29, 2020•38 min•Ep. 18
This episode was originally produced for Season 2 of Bodies , hosted by Allison Behringer. Trans folks are 8x more likely than cis folks to be diagnosed with an eating disorder. Nico shares their own experience with trying to untangle their gender dysphoria from their feelings and behaviours around food. Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Queer the Table by becoming a member ! Queer the Table is Powered by Simplecast. See Privacy Policy at https://a...
Sep 03, 2020•28 min•Ep. 17
Nico is joined by Alia Volz to talk about her book " Home Baked: My Mom, Marijuana, and the Stoning of San Francisco ," and how AIDS activists paid the way for marijuana legalization in this country. Find a Black-owned bookstore near you: https://aalbc.com/bookstores/bookstore-map.php Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network, support Queer The Table by becoming a member ! Queer The Table is Powered by Simplecast . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy an...
Aug 11, 2020•30 min•Ep. 16
When Soleil Ho was hired to be the new restaurant critic at the San Francisco Chronicle, she was replacing someone who had held the role for 32 years. She took it upon herself to totally reinvent the job, working to create a sight of exploration, representation, and equity. Listen in on our conversation to learn how she did it, and what her role is like now, in the time of Corona. In March, HRN began producing all of our 35 weekly shows from our homes all around the country. It was hard work ste...
Jul 28, 2020•31 min•Ep. 15
Nico speaks with Dallas Robinson , a self-described young black Dyke, who is working to bring a visionary farm and education center to life. In March, HRN began producing all of our 35 weekly shows from our homes all around the country. It was hard work stepping away from our little recording studio, but we know that you rely on HRN to share resources and important stories from the world of food each week. It’s been a tough year for all of us, but right now HRN is asking for your help. Every dol...
Jul 13, 2020•31 min•Ep. 14
This is a broadcast version of last month's Queer the Table Live event, in partnership with the Hetrick Martin House . Nico was joined by Vanessa Parish, Christopher Murray , Andre Springer and John DeBary to talk about the ways in which queer folks, and particularly QTPOC are nourishing their communities through this time of crisis. In March, HRN began producing all of our 35 weekly shows from our homes all around the country. It was hard work stepping away from our little recording studio, but...
Jul 02, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 13
This week, Nico checks in on Emmett Findley, the director of Communications at God's Love We Deliver . Gods Love formed at the height of the AIDS Crisis to provide delicious, medically-tailored meals to New York City's most vulnerable. Today, they've have had to reorganize every aspect of their operations to keep serving during this pandemic. Queer the Table is powered by Simplecast . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-no...
Apr 17, 2020•16 min•Ep. 12
This week, Nico is joined by Ingrid Nilsen. Ingrid launched her first YouTube Channel in 2009, quickly amassing millions of followers under the moniker "missglamorazzi." Ingrid went viral in 2015 when she posted a raw, emotional coming out video on her channel. Since then, she has become a tirless advocate for LGBTQ+ rights and representation. Her latest project, Cooking With Pride, is a web-series that queer invites chefs to teach viewers to make, and tell the stories behind, their favorite dis...
Dec 16, 2019•26 min•Ep. 11
When Bhavini Patadia met their now-girlfriend Saskia Ullman, they didn't even really drink beer- they just drank it to impress her. On today's episode, both Bhavini and Saskia tell the story of how that initial attempts to woo a girl led to the founding of Queer Beer : a full-fledged brewery driven by the goal of creating space for and giving back to London's LGBTQ+ community. Queer the Table is powered by Simplecast . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice...
Dec 02, 2019•26 min•Ep. 10
As big (an often fraught) holidays approach, we're feeling grateful for spaces where we can gather around a table with queer chosen family. On today's episode, we travel through space and time to two such spaces: the storied "lesbian potluck," and its more modern, Brooklynite rendition: Queer Soup Night. Join Heritage Radio Network on Monday, November 11th, for a raucous feast to toast a decade of food radio . Our tenth anniversary bacchanal is a rare gathering of your favorite chefs, mixologist...
Nov 04, 2019•29 min•Ep. 9
Join us this week for a conversation with the deligtful Edd Kimber, winner of the very first season of The Great British Bake Off. He joins Nico to talk about about what his life was like before the show and the twists and turns its taken in the 9 years since. Queer the Table is powered by Simplecast. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Oct 07, 2019•33 min•Ep. 8
Nico sits down for a conversation with Robin Elan and L.M. Zoller, authors of The Corners of Their Mouth to talk about gender reveal cakes, the context LGBTQ+ bloggers bring to their writing, and what queer food is and can be. Queer the Table is powered by Simplecast. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Sep 23, 2019•30 min•Ep. 7
This week on Queer the Table, we've got a guest episode from our friends at Making Gay History . Host Eric Marcus traveled to the suburbs of Philadelphia to eat dinner at Kay Lahusen's monthly LGBTQ dinner in the retirement community where she lives. Join Kay around the table with other elder LGBTQ activists to hear about the history-making moments in their lives. Queer the Table is powered by Simplecast . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://a...
Sep 09, 2019•21 min•Ep. 6
This is the second Queer the Table QUEERBOSS episode. This time, Nico talks with Sana Javeri Kadri, founder (and chief feelings officer) at Diaspora Co. , and Andre Springer, founder and queen of Shaquanda's Hot Sauce . Tune in for conversations about qtpoc taking up space and building a more equitable food future. Photos Courtesy of @diasporaco/painterkafeelartist, @shaquandawillfeedyou Queer The Table is powered by Simplecast . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Pri...
Aug 12, 2019•42 min•Ep. 5
Nico sits in a park with Owen Taylor- queer seed keeper and social justice activist Owen Taylor. They talk about how seed keeping is tied to cultural sovreignty and, maybe, queer family building. This episode also features music from Owen's band, My Gay Banjo! https://trueloveseeds.com/ , @seedkeeping , https://mygaybanjo.bandcamp.com/ It's HRN's annual summer fund drive, this is when we turn to our listeners and ask that you make a donation to help ensure a bright future for food radio. Help us...
Jul 29, 2019•30 min•Ep. 4
In the first half of the show, Nico talks to Doug Quint about how what was supposed to be just a summer gig turned into the sensation that is " Big Gay Ice Cream ." Then, they talk with Jessie Nguyen about what it's like to be opening a restaurant and coming out at the same time. www.biggayicecream.com www.bicyclebanhmi.com It's HRN's annual summer fund drive, this is when we turn to our listeners and ask that you make a donation to help ensure a bright future for food radio. Help us keep broadc...
Jul 15, 2019•31 min•Ep. 3
This week, host Nico Wisler talks with Julia Turshen about the subversive power of cookbooks, how special it is to make dinner for other queer folks, and Pose. Julia Turshen is the bestselling author of Now & Again (named the Best Cookbook of 2018 by Amazon and an NPR ‘Great Read’), Feed the Resistance (named the Best Cookbook of 2017 by Eater), and Small Victories (named one of the Best Cookbooks of 2016 by the New York Times and NPR). She is also the founder of Equity at the Table , a dire...
Jul 01, 2019•37 min•Ep. 2
Welcome to Queer the Table! All season long, we'll be talking about the importance of gathering in queer community to eat together; so it feels important to start with a reminder that the right to do that- especially to do that visibly, and in public space, has been hard won. Tune in to hear the stories of three pre-stonewall era uprisings that took place in late night restaurants that served as safe spaces for queer folks- the Compton's Cafeteria Riot, The Dewey's Cafeteria Sit-In, and the Coop...
Jun 24, 2019•33 min•Ep. 1
Happy Pride Month from Queer the Table! This week's mini episode features an interview with and very special invitation from Glennda Testone, the executive director of The Center - the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center in NYC. Each year, The Center kicks off pride with The Garden Party - a community meal, gathering, and fundraiser. Tune in to hear a little bit about the history of the event, what's new this year, where the funds go, and how you can get a ticket! It's HRN'...
Jun 17, 2019•9 min•Ep. 20
Coming Soon to Heritage Radio Network: A show about the joyful, messy, radical magic that happens in spaces where queerness and food intersect. In conversation with farmers, chefs, activists, historians, seed savers and business babes, host Nico Wisler explores the idea of “queer food” in all of its limitless forms. Queer The Table is powered by Simplecast . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
May 13, 2019•2 min
