THE BEST CONVERSATIONS HAPPEN AROUND THE TABLE, SPECIFICALLY A TABLE FULL OF FOOD.
Join host Amy Dolan for weekly conversations with the chefs, food pantry directors, farmers & food policy experts who are leading the way in feeding people & creating magic around the table.
Rudy Garrett: The Role of Food in Activism 🅴
Amy talks with Rudy Garrett, Co-Deputy Director of Chicago Votes, on connecting her passion for food with her profession in politics. Rudy also shares her perspective on engaging at tables with people you disagree, and the simple mind shift we can make when engaging volunteers to ensure they have what they need to do their work.
Abby Davis: There is Power in Eating 🅴
Amy talks with film and television producer Abby Davis about how she’s becoming comfortable in her Korean identity, what the entertainment industry in Los Angeles highlighted for her about body image, as well as how she currently centers business meetings around meals and cares for herself through prepping meals on Sundays.
Chef Nicole Pederson: Food is Community
Amy talks with Chef Nicole Pederson, Director of Culinary Arts at Center on Halsted, about her passion for connecting food and community.
Season 2 Finale
Amy reflects on Season 2 of Feeding People, announces the launch of the show’s brand new Patreon page and discusses ways to help create Season 3 together.
Sarah Deardorff Miller: Refugees and Food as Welcome
Amy talks with longtime friend Sarah Deardorff Miller, Senior Fellow at Refugees International, about the current refugee and family separation situation in the U.S., the role of food in the refugee resettlement process and the ways which Sarah has experienced beautiful hospitality as she has eaten food all around the world.
Emma Brewster and Joe Lindsay: Take a Risk
Amy talks with Emma Brewster and Joe Lindsay, owners of David’s Delicatessen & Coffee, about the importance of sourcing local food in their restaurant, their famous Corned Beef Off that brings the community together, and their desire to create a welcoming, one-of-kind experience for all who walk through their doors.
Zuri Thompson: A Passion for Food
Amy talks with Zuri Thompson, the founder and director of Pearly Peas, a program designed to feed seniors living in food insecure communities nutritious food. Zuri shares how she found her passion for food and feeding seniors, as well as how she currently sees cooking food for family and friends as her most important work.
Darren Calhoun at Sunday Supper Church: Healing Changes Everything
In celebration of Pride month, Chicago artist and activist Darren Calhoun shares his experience as a black, Christian, gay man and encourages us to embrace change and healing close to home. (This episode was recorded live at Sunday Supper Church, June 23, 2019.)
Amy Dolan: On Food and Faith
After participating in the Food and Faith event alongside 100 interfaith leaders, politicians, climate change experts and farmers, host Amy Dolan shares her inspiring and life-changing experience and how she plans to connect her learnings on land, labor and food into her life and work.
Wendy Zeldin: Creating Access to Good Food 🅴
Amy talks with Wendy Zelden, the 61st Street Farmers Market Manager and Food Educator, about Jewish grandmothers, food accessibility and her hope that the Chicago agricultural scene will grow in order to provide access for all to healthy, affordable, good food.
Amy + Kelly Dolan: Our Story of Infertility 🅴
Host Amy Dolan and her husband, Kelly, share their story of infertility, and the role of food and tables in times of grief and loss.
Maui Jones: In All Things, Love 🅴
Amy talks with Maui Jones, Founder and Artistic Director of Echo Theater Collective, about their shared love of ketchup on hot dogs, how food shapes connection and healing, and their dissatisfaction with the institutional church and its upholding of white supremacist ideals.
Dan Stanford: Food As the Great Equalizer
Musician, artist and social justice activist Dan Stanford reflects on how sharing a meal with someone and sitting at the table eye to eye with others provides equalization in a world of social imbalances.
Erica Bauer: Equity at the Table
School administrator Dr. Erica Bauer joins Amy for a meaningful conversation around the power dynamics that exist at every table, and how her experiences growing up shaped the way she approaches food and justice work today.
Thank You: Season 1 Finale
Amy reflects on the first season of Feeding People, plays messages recorded by listeners, shares some thoughts about season two, and gives all the details for the $50 restaurant gift card giveaway!
Jenn Gaudreau: Cherishing Food and the Present Moment 🅴
Lifestyle and brand photographer Jenn Gaudreau shares how her recent spiritual journey has helped her discover the way food allows each of us to be more mindful of the present moment.
Caleb Johnson: Bravery at the Table
Writer, communicator and performer Caleb Johnson recounts how he reconstructed his life from the ground up after coming out to his pastor and losing his job at the church.
Danielle Tubbs: The People You Come From 🅴
Danielle Tubbs, CEO of Tubby’s Taste, joins Amy for a discussion about how her family shaped her earliest memories of food.