Whetstone Audio Dispatch

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Whetstone Audio Dispatch is a series of remarkable one-off episodes about global foodways exploring community, climate, activism and politics brought to you by journalists and reporters from around the world. Think of it as a storytelling popup, a one-pot feast serving up fresh ideas and best-in-class reportage about current events, food sovereignty, seed keeping, food origins, ancestral recipes and culinary anthropology. Hosted by Whetstone founder Stephen Satterfield. Whetstone Audio Dispatch is part of Whetstone Radio Collective. Whetstone Radio Collective creates storytelling dedicated to food origins and culture, with original content centering the perspectives of global majority populations and diasporas. You can learn more about this podcast at whetstoneradio.com, on Twitter @whetstoneradio, on TikTok and Instagram @whetstonemedia and subscribe to our Spotify and YouTube channel, Whetstone Media, for more podcast content. You can learn more about all things happening at Whetstone at WhetstoneMedia.com.

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Episodes

Voices of Palestinian Farmers

Whetstone Media brings you an urgent reported episode of Whetstone Audio about the unfathomable and unrelenting war in Palestine and Gaza. As many as 100,000 Palestinian families depend on native and centuries-old olive and grape crops for their livelihood. We spoke with two Palestinian farmers living in the West Bank about how they have been devastatingly impacted: Nader Muaddi, owner of Muaddi Distillery producing grape-based Arak, and olive farmer Nasser Abufarha, owner of Canaan Palestine. T...

Mar 18, 2024•46 min•Ep. 4

Anti-Black Terrorism on Freedom Acres Farm

We bring you a very important episode of Whetstone Audio Dispatch. Recently, host Stephen Satterfield spoke with C.W. Mallery, a Black farmer in El Paso, Colorado who has been the victim of racist terrorism on his own property. He and his wife Nicole, his farm and his animals have been experiencing various horrific forms of violence and anti-Black terrorism. C.W. and Nicole relocated to Colorado after a hurricane displaced them. Part of his farm, Freedom Acres Ranch, mission is the education of ...

Feb 03, 2023•37 min•Ep. 3

Sri Lanka Protests Over Food Shortages

Sri Lanka is in the middle of a burgeoning crisis. With the island nation facing the worst economy crisis in its history, citizens have been left to bear the brunt — with fuel shortages, hours-long power cuts, and a critical shortage in essential commodities such as milk powder and rice. These difficulties have spurred people’s protests across the country. Public anger has been directed towards the country’s ruling party — and the strongman President, Gotabaya Rajapaksa. In the second episode of...

May 11, 2022•22 min•Ep. 2

Tunisian Baguette Revolt

The most consumed food product in Tunisia is a white bread flute, a baguette, sold at the price of 7 or 9 cents, depending on the size. At its best, it is like a cloud on the inside and crispy on the outside. This inaugural episode of Whetstone Audio Dispatch reporter Layli Foroudi tells the story of how this breadstick came to dominate Tunisian diets and how it relates to the country’s fragile food security. And yet, while this bread could be seen as a symbol of oppression— the Tunisian baguett...

Mar 25, 2022•36 min•Ep. 1

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