The Stephen Satterfield Show – Détails, épisodes et analyse

In this week's episode, Stephen chats with art historian, author, and educator Shana Klein about politically charged fruit, what bananas have to do with coups and clothing stores, and her latest book The Fruits Of Empire: Art, Food, And The Politics of Race In The Age Of American Expansion. 

Sharing her meticulous research, while examining traditional art history and empires (by highlighting overlooked perspectives from the margins), Klein helps shed light on the deeper interpretations and symbolisms in something as innocuous as a bowl of fruit in an oil painting.

Shana Klein is an award-winning assistant professor at Kent State University.

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We are back! And to welcome us back from hiatus, and joining Stephen in conversation, is Co-Executive Director for the Black Farmer Fund (BFF) Melanie Allen. The BFF is a community-led organization that helps fund and facilitate capital and networking opportunities for Black farmers, land stewards, herbalists, and other food actors. 

Melanie sits on a variety of Advisory Boards, and in 2023 became a Castanea Fellow, joining a cohort of food systems actors and leaders across the country. Melanie Allen’s work at the BFF continues to propel dialog surrounding climate change, environmental justice, community investment fund models, and food sovereignty. 

Stephen and Melanie chat about the astonishing work that the BFF has already achieved in its short time on the scene while sharing in the joy of witnessing the growing numbers of black agrarians. 

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During and post pandemic, over 90,000 restaurants closed. On today’s episode Stephen chats with Reem Assil, chef and owner operator of Reem's California. Reem talks about her restaurant surviving the pandemic when so many shuttered, the fragility of the restaurant sector and the labor force, the ways people have been over-extended pre-covid and how Reem strives for employment equity through her restaurants.

Reem Assil is a multiple award-winning Palestinian-Syrian speaker & chef based in Oakland, CA working at the intersection of food, community, and social justice. With food as a tool, Reem uses Arab hospitality to build strong, resilient community. 

Learn more about Reem at www.reem-assil.com

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On today’s episode of The Stephen Satterfield Show, Stephen speaks with the one and only Soleil Ho. Soleil is an opinion columnist at the San Francisco Chronicle. Prior to that, Soleil was a game changing food critic for not only the Chronicle but ultimately our entire industry.

Soleil and Stephen talk about their rise in food media, changing social platforms, like TikTok and Twitter, AI and algorithms and what that means for the future of food writing, food media and aspiring writers.

Learn more about Soleil’s work at soleilho.com

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On today’s episode Stephen chats with Alicia Kennedy, an award winning writer from Long Island now based in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Alicia and Stephen chat about food media, and the trials and tribulations of writing a book, especially one about veganism which is often seen as an unprestigious subject. Also the topic of fake meat, culinary tourism and how to travel with integrity and curiosity are discussed.

Alicia is the author of the forthcoming book No Meat Required: The Cultural History and Culinary Future of Plant-Based Eating, available on August 15, 2023. On her weekly newsletter, From the Desk of Alicia Kennedy, with over 25,000 subscribers she writes about food culture, politics, and media, has been mentioned by the New York Times, Vogue, T: The New York Times Style Magazine, Eater among many others. And now she can add teacher to her resume as she’s teaching the culinary tourism course at Boston University’s gastronomy program this spring.

Learn more about Alicia’s work and her newsletter at www.aliciakennedy.news

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On today's show Stephen chats wine with someone we've admired in the wine industry for awhile, fellow sommelier, Femi Oyediran. Femi is the co-owner of Graft wine shop in Charleston, SC. 

He found his passion for wine at a young age while working at the Charleston Grill and during his time there, he made the rare achievement of passing the first three levels of the Court of Master Sommeliers within two years. He is a two-time national finalist for the Chaîne des Rôtisseur's Best Young Sommeliers Competition. And in 2018 he was awarded Wine Enthusiast Magazine’s ‘40 Under 40’ and was selected as “Sommelier of the Year” by Food and Wine Magazine in 2019. 

On this episode we chat about becoming a sommelier in a predominantly white space, his passion for music and pairings of music and wine, and our thoughts on the influx of a sober curious generation. 

Learn more about Graft Wine Shop at www.graftchs.com

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Julia Fine is a writer and historian pursuing a PhD at Stanford in food and environmental history of the British Empire. Her work on the history of food, environment, and empire has been recognized by the Association for the Study of Food and Society, the Association of Food Journalists, and the World History Association. Before moving to California, she did public history work at museums in Washington DC.

Stephen and Julia chat’s about the herbal abortifacients is incredibly timely with the recent fall of Roe v. Wade as we learn the history of abortion practices. Julia co-authored an article “Pennyroyal, Rue and ‘Hickry Pickory’”Herbal abortifacients are deeply rooted in American history” which is published in whetstone magazine volume 11. 

Julia is the first in a series of guests we’re chatting with who have written for volume 11, so if you check out the magazine you can read along as the episodes air. 

Find the full article on our website. 

Learn more about Julia’s work www.juliafine.com

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Stephen and Christa chat about her career shift to becoming a farmer after working as a healthcare professional, what inspired her love of agriculture, becoming an entrepreneur and the balance of motherhood, success and sacrifice. Since 2018, Christa has developed earth-born brands based in regenerative agricultural values with a goal of traceable and transparent origins of 100% Organically Dope foods. Viva Leaf Tea and FarmerJawn Agriculture are her original two ventures and she now operates a non-profit arm on multiple sites totaling 128 acres of land, with the mission is to train and educate the nation’s next Black and brown Agripreneurs.

Learn more about Farmer Jawn at farmerjawnphilly.com 

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To start this show we couldn’t think of a better person to join Stephen than our good friend Sana Javeri Kadri, founder of Diaspora Co. a direct trade spice company working towards a radically equitable and sustainable spice supply chain. 

Sana was born and raised in Mumbai, India. In 2017 she founded Diaspora Co and has grown the company to a nationally acclaimed spice brand that champions more than 150 regenerative family farms and 1200+ farmworkers with the aim of setting a new standard for what equity and culture in our global food system can look like.

On today’s episode we chat about what it’s like to own and operate a successful business, the challenges and demands of creating a social media persona and tokenism in the rise of celebrity making. 

Learn more about Diaspora co at diasporaco.com

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The Stephen Satterfield Show launches April 12th! This is a show for the food curious, those who want to be inspired by change makers, activists, writers, entrepreneurs and be in the know on what’s happening in the world of food and drink. Every guest shares what has made their work and passion a success and why we should be paying attention. Join Stephen each week every week as we talk food culture, cuisine, and humanity.

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