Renowned American molecular biologist, nutritionist and health advocate Marion Nestle joins host Chloe Aftel to discuss the ways that politics, industry, and fo

Renowned American molecular biologist, nutritionist and health advocate Marion Nestle joins host Chloe Aftel to discuss the ways that politics, industry, and food production have created the health crisis and distrust in science that now dominates our news cycles. Throughout the years, Nestle has written countless articles on these topics and has won a number of awards for her writing, including The American Public Health Association’s Food and Nutrition Section Award for Excellence in Dietary Guidance, The James Beard Literary Award, and a Harry Chapin Media Award for Best Book. They discuss Nestle’s education and career, as well as her body of work regarding her research into Food Politics and nutrition. Nestle’s research shines a light on how the intersection of socioeconomic and scientific influences impact food choice, public health, and food safety, emphasizing the role that marketing plays into these discussions.  Highlights: - Nestle talks about her career in education and how many advances in health have taken place over the course of her lifetime, as well as ways the general public's view on health and food has shifted over the years - Nestle brings informed focus to how our culture’s current food system is designed to prioritize profit over public health, leading to food insecurity and a reliance on food that has been heavily processed - How to trust science when there are active efforts from the current U.S. administration to erase and delegitimize scientific findings from previous decades - Aftel and Nestle additionally discuss how to get involved and the importance of advocacy plus being a part of local politics Biographies: Marion Nestle is an award winning author, molecular biologist, and health advocate. She received her Bachelors in bacteriology from UC Berkeley in 1959, as well as a Ph.D. in molecular biology and a MPH in public health nutrition. She went on to teach at NYU, where in 1996 she co founded the university’s Food Studies program in collaboration with food consultant Clark Wolf, paving the way for other universities to introduce food science programs into their curriculum. In 2013 she received the Healthful Food Council’s Innovator of the Year Award and the James Beard Leadership Award, as well as the Public Health Association of New York City’s Media Award the following year. She has written and received critical acclaim for several of her books, including Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health, Why Calories Count: From Science to Politics, and her 2022 memoir Slow Cooked: An Unexpected Life In Food Politics. Her research primarily focuses on Food Politics with an emphasis on the ways in which food choice, food safety, and public health are impacted by both scientific and socioeconomic influences. https://www.chloeaftel.com/ has spent her career working in commercial photography, photojournalism, and film. She’s an established name in modern photography with work featured in The New York Times, Mother Jones, Playboy, Dazed & Confused, Vogue Germany, The Hollywood Reporter, The Wall Street Journal, Vogue Italia, Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, Teen Vogue, and more. Aftel has photographed victims of sexual violence, reported on COVID 19's impact on the trans community, and gained access as the first reporter in COVID wards of the West Coast’s hardest-hit hospitals. She has covered underground abortion providers, the impact of gender pronouns on daily life, and clergy abuse. Aftel's first book, https://www.chloeaftel.com/outside-inbetween, is an award-winning anthology covering gender non-conforming people across the United States.

Welcome to our 'Lightning Round' with Other podcast guest and political theorist Cristina Beltrán! The idea is to ask questions that she — and hopefully you — don't expect, and that the answers will be as equally interesting and hopefully amusing. Please enjoy. Biographies: https://as.nyu.edu/faculty/cristina-beltran.html, Ph.D., is a NYU Associate Professor and award-winning author as well as political theorist. Born to parents of Mexican descent, Beltrán grew up in Southern California and New Mexico, obtaining a Doctorate in Political Science from Rutgers University and B.A. in Politics from University of California at Santa Cruz. Select titles include her 2020 book, https://www.upress.umn.edu/9781517911928/cruelty-as-citizenship/ and the upcoming Latinos and Other Uncertainties. Her books have won awards from the American Political Science Association and the Casa de Las Americas Literary Prize for the Best Book in Studies of Latinos in the United States. https://www.chloeaftel.com has spent her career working in commercial photography, photojournalism, and film. She’s an established name in modern photography with work featured in The New York Times, Mother Jones, Playboy, Dazed & Confused, Vogue Germany, The Hollywood Reporter, The Wall Street Journal, Vogue Italia, Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, Teen Vogue, and more. Aftel has photographed victims of sexual violence, reported on COVID 19's impact on the trans community, and gained access as the first reporter in COVID wards of the West Coast’s hardest-hit hospitals. She has covered underground abortion providers, the impact of gender pronouns on daily life, and clergy abuse. Aftel's first book, https://www.chloeaftel.com/outside-inbetween, is an award-winning anthology covering gender non-conforming people across the United States.

Mini-Session One

Author and Associate Professor at New York University working in Latinx, race and gender, plus political theory, Dr. Cristina Beltrán joins host Chloe Aftel for a fascinating dive into modern America. Speaking on her upbringing, academic theories, and U.S. politics spanning the last forty years, Professor Beltrán breaks down myriad political/social concepts found within politics and, more broadly, the fabric of America. From the idea of layered colonialisms to Ezra Klein's The New York Times opinion piece on Charlie Kirk's murder, Beltrán and Aftel pick apart organizing tactics on the left and right, the politics of persuasion, and so-called logics of elimination. Find out what all of these topics entail and more in this new Other episode! Highlights: - Beltrán breaks down how the Latinx identity does not denote a specific race - Implications and explanations of a modern-day zero-sum scarcity logic within the current U.S. landscape - Aftel and Beltrán speak at length regarding Charlie Kirk's murder and immediate aftermath, from public reaction to media coverage of the incident - Ongoing struggles of 'the logics of elimination' and what that means - Discussion of and thinking seriously about alienating certain groups of people versus creation a broad anti-fascist opposition - The right's policing of America's story and how the left needs to reframe their own narrative, too - What are 'politics of persuasion' and how do we envision new and creative strategies around organizing the masses Biographies: https://as.nyu.edu/faculty/cristina-beltran.html, Ph.D., is a NYU Associate Professor and award-winning author as well as political theorist. Born to parents of Mexican descent, Beltrán grew up in Southern California and New Mexico, obtaining a Doctorate in Political Science from Rutgers University and B.A. in Politics from University of California at Santa Cruz. Select titles include her 2020 book, https://www.upress.umn.edu/9781517911928/cruelty-as-citizenship/ and the upcoming Latinos and Other Uncertainties. Her books have won awards from the American Political Science Association and the Casa de Las Americas Literary Prize for the Best Book in Studies of Latinos in the United States. https://www.chloeaftel.com has spent her career working in commercial photography, photojournalism, and film. She’s an established name in modern photography with work featured in The New York Times, Mother Jones, Playboy, Dazed & Confused, Vogue Germany, The Hollywood Reporter, The Wall Street Journal, Vogue Italia, Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, Teen Vogue, and more. Aftel has photographed victims of sexual violence, reported on COVID 19's impact on the trans community, and gained access as the first reporter in COVID wards of the West Coast’s hardest-hit hospitals. She has covered underground abortion providers, the impact of gender pronouns on daily life, and clergy abuse. Aftel's first book, https://www.chloeaftel.com/outside-inbetween, is an award-winning anthology covering gender non-conforming people across the United States.