El Paso Food Voices podcast provides a window into the extensive role food plays in people's lives. Food embodies symbolic, metaphorical, and political cultural and social practices. This podcast series shows how food practices captures a city's history beyond borders. Both guest and host/ess are members of the El Paso community. Each host/hostess has developed the episode’s topic and written a short analysis based on the central theme discussed

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Episode 1: Jarek Aniszewski

“We say in Polish, ‘when the guest comes into the house, God follows.’ Having a guest is like being blessed.”
Podcast Link: "Dinner at the Aniszewskis"
Host/ess: Charis Saenz

Guest: "Jarek Aniszewski, a Polamex"
Podcast Proposal: "The Act of Eating Together"
Script: "Conversation with Jarek Aniszewski"
Scholarly Engagement: "Commensality"
The Humanities in Food Practice: "Feeding Fellowship"

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Episode 2: Lyuba Titovets

“I love to paint pomegranates. I’m lucky enough [to have] pomegranates in my garden. They all have character for me; they all have meaning for me.”
Podcast Link: "Food in Art/Art in Food"
Host/ess: Stephanie Bulloch

Guest: "Lyuba Titovets, Artist"
Podcast Proposal: "Food in Art"
Script: "Food in Artistic Inspiration"
Scholarly Engagement: "The Aesthetics in Food"
The Humanities in Food Practice: "The Food of Art"

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Episode 3: Dino Chiecchi

"It is a story that needs to be told and a story that needs to be shown."

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Episode 4: Adriana Wilcox

“At the end of the day, healthy food and access to it is a human right, not [a] privilege. Everyone should have access. Everyone should have a place at the table.”

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Episode 5: Juan Gonzalez

“I never thought I would be a baker; I didn’t want to own a bakery.”

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Episode 6: Dr. Consuelo Carr Salas and Josh Lopez

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