Sari Heidenrich joins guest host Liliana Sierra Castillo to talk about forced labor in seafood. Forced labor is sadly a reality for many people working in imported seafood supply chains. Sari (Greenpeace USA) discusses the conditions that have

Shannon Guillot-Wright, providing direct services to fishermen and seafood processing workers in the Gulf of Mexico

Mar 29th, 2024 28m 46s

Shannon Guillot-Wright, PhD, is working to directly address medical, immigration, and social needs for fishermen and seafood processing workers in precarious, dangerous, and vulnerable jobs at the Texas-Louisiana border. Follow Shannon's lab at

Amal Bouhabib, racial and migrant justice on catfish farms

Dec 26th, 2023 31m

Amal Bouhabib is the Director of Southern Migrant Legal Services and defender of the Black catfish farmworkers who were paid less than white migrant workers from South Africa doing the same work. Amal is usually defending migrant workers, who a

Kirby Page & Radhika Sharma, food service worker justice

Dec 20th, 2023 35m 2s

Kirby Page and Radhika Sharma of Studio ATAO join me to discuss food service and hospitality workers. We talk about the hurdles these workers face to decent working conditions and education about the food system and building solidarities across

Kirby Page & Radhika Sharma, food service worker justice

Dec 19th, 2023 35m 16s

Kirby Page and Radhika Sharma of Studio ATAO are organizing and education food service and hospitality workers for a better food system for everyone. Visit: https://www.studioatao.org/ Follow:Facebook: Studio ATAOInstagram: @studioataoTwitter:

J.J. Bartlett, health, safety, and economic security for commercial fishermen

Dec 13th, 2023 35m 34s

J.J. Bartlett and his organization Fishing Partnership have been supporting the health, safety, and economic security of commercial fishermen since 1997. Visit: www.fishingpartnership.orgFollow:Facebook: Fishing Partnership Support ServicesInst

Dr. Rachel Donkersloot, the costs of market-based fishing rights

Nov 6th, 2023 38m 30s

Dr. Rachel Donkersloot shares her research findings on how market-based fishing rights have disproportionately harmed rural, Indigenous, and low-income fishermen in Alaska. She discusses the community impacts of the commodification of fishing r

Mary Hill, oystering as resistance

Sep 25th, 2023 1h 42m

It is my great honor to share the oral history of Mary Hill and her late, beloved mother, Marie Hill. Mary is a 7th generation African-American oyster harvester in Chesapeake Bay, who has worked tirelessly in the struggle for racial, economic,

Joshua Brown, making policy to address the graying of the fleet

Sep 18th, 2023 30m 39s

Joshua Brown is the environmental literacy and workforce development lead at National Sea Grant in D.C. He joins us to talk about the Young Fishermen's Development Act, a piece of legislation that aims to address the graying of the fleet. Joshu

Andrea Tomlinson, supporting young fishermen and women

Aug 14th, 2023 38m 21s

Why aren't young people entering fisheries in the same numbers as generations past? How is this trend impacting coastal communities in New England? Andrea Tomlinson and the New England Young Fishermen's Alliance are out to address the "graying

Tony Sutton, Native American food passage and seafood contamination

Jul 31st, 2023 42m 49s

Prof. Tony Sutton breaks down the binary between Indigenous and non-Indigenous food, examines the long history of privatization in North America dating back to the Doctrine of Discovery, and shares his research on--as well as his personal exper

Tony Sutton, Native American food passage and seafood contamination

Jul 31st, 2023 42m 49s

Will Sennott, Wall Street & foreign ownership of US fishing rights

Jul 10th, 2023 26m 16s

Will Sennott is an investigative reporter at The New Bedford Light and ProPublica. Will's explosive reporting has exposed the troubling extent of private equity and foreign ownership of fishing rights in New Bedford, America's most valuable fis

Brett Tolley, catch shares and the souls of fishing communities

Jul 2nd, 2023 36m 30s

Brett Tolley is an advocate for community-based fisheries, fighting for the next generation of fishermen as the National Program Coordinator for the North American Marine Alliance (NAMA). Brett shares his personal experience with a privatizatio

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BONUS: Brynn Comeaux, resisting displacement and loss in Louisiana

Jun 29th, 2023 43m 4s

In this special bonus episode with guest host Liliana Sierra Castillo, Brynn Comeaux of the New Orleans Food Policy Action Council discusses the complex relationship between local communities and the oil and gas industry, intersectional impacts

Nicolás Gómez Andújar, seafood sovereignty in Culebra, Puerto Rico

Jun 26th, 2023 51m 37s

Nico is an organizer, scholar, and sometimes fisherman on his home island of Culebra in Puerto Rico. He share his insights on the limitations and possibilities for seafood sovereignty in the context of rapid privatization of public beaches and

Queen Quet, protecting St. Helena Island from development (destructionment)

Jun 18th, 2023 30m 50s

Queen Quet, Chieftess of Gullah/Geechee Nation, celebrates their victories over a would-be developer (as she says, "destructioneer") attempting to privatize beautiful and culturally significant St. Helena Island for a golf course and resort. Gu

Danielle Ringer, commodification of fishing access rights and managing for well-being in Kodiak, Alaska

Jun 5th, 2023 42m 21s

Danielle Ringer is a commercial fisherman and fisheries anthropologist based in Kodiak, Alaska. She shares her firsthand experience and research on the "graying of the fleet" trend, privatization and commodification of fishing access rights, an

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BONUS: Bryan Galligan, SJ on faith, solidarity, white saviorism, and justice

Jun 4th, 2023 33m 12s

For this very special bonus episode, I am joined by Jesuit scholastic Bryan Galligan to discuss how his Catholic faith motivates his work in nutritional and social justice, how to move in solidarity while supporting community leadership and avo

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Season One Recap with Joshua Stoll

May 28th, 2023 28m 27s

Prof. Joshua Stoll and I reflect on themes that emerged from season one, such as the corporatization of our seafood system, the mismatch in our stated national policy goals and the reality of seafood inaccessibility for local communities, and t

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SPECIAL: Adrián Ventura, seafood processing worker justice (English translation)

May 3rd, 2023 40m 1s

Adrián Ventura is the Executive Director of the Centro Comunitario de Trabajadores (CCT) in New Bedford and a leading voice for worker justice in the seafood processing sector. Adrián talks about the injustices seafood processing workers are fa

Dave Love, seafood waste

May 1st, 2023 26m 42s

Professor Dave Love shares his research on when, where, and how much seafood is wasted in the U.S. and his tips for how we can each reduce seafood waste in our own homes, as well as systemic changes that are needed. With his colleagues at the J

Peleke Flores, restoring an ancient Hawaiian fishpond

Apr 24th, 2023 29m 26s

Peleke Flores is piecing together the puzzle of ancient Hawaiian fishponds, which were a vital part of the integrated Hawaiian food and cultural system for centuries, before colonization interrupted and threatened to destroy Hawaiian foodways.

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SPECIAL: Will Sennott, investigative reporting on seafood processing in New Bedford

Apr 20th, 2023 23m 6s

Will Sennott is an investigative reporter at the New Bedford Light and ProPublica. He joins us for our special mini-series on the recent layoffs and federal investigations into retaliation at seafood processing plants in New Bedford, one of the

Alice Howard, seafood for culture & community

Apr 17th, 2023 23m 43s

Alice Howard is the founder and Executive Director of Sunrise Forever, Inc, a non-profit in Providence, Rhode Island serving the Liberian community. This is part two of our two-part series on a seafood donation program in Rhode Island, created