Best Tagan Engel Podcasts (2025)

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Growing and Cooking in Community w/Rootlife & By Brimarie 55:01

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Growing food in the city is also an opportunity to grow community and healing in more ways than one. Dishaun Harris, aka Farmer D and the founder of Rootlife is a Black urban farmer and filmmaker manifesting the change he wants to see in his community. He stewards 5 community farms around the city of New Haven, CT and collaborates to create program…

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Demystifying Food & Land Policy in CT 2025 53:45

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Passionate policy advocates decipher food security and a farmland access bills, both up for a vote in CT this spring & let us know how and why to get involved. Guests include Reggy St. Fortcolin of Fridgeport and the Liberated Land Cooperative, Chelsea Gazillo of Working Lands Alliance and American Farmland Trust, and James Albis of Graff Public So…

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Supporting Food Entrepreneurs w/ReSET & CitySeed 53:48

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Welcome to the first episode of our 2025 re-launch of The Table Underground: stories of food, radical love and creative social justice! Our guests Cara Santino of CitySeed in New Haven, CT and Katrice Claudio of ReSET in Hartford share the skills and tools they use to support food business start-ups and give them a leg up on their delicious but cha…

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Sandra's Next Generation Soul Food - Telling Their Story 7:51

3+ y ago7:51

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A story short with Sandra and Miguel Pittman owners of Sandra's Next Generation Soul Food Restaurant in New Haven, CT. They share on their 32+ year journey as restaurateurs, being pillars in their community, and the family legacy they have fostered. Story series sponsored by Yale School of the Environment. Photos, slideshow and links at www.thetabl…

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Oriental Pantry - Telling Their Story 6:42

3+ y ago6:42

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A story short with Ms. Kim, owner of the oldest Asian market in New Haven, CT where she's been running this neighborhood institution with her personal touch for cooking and community since 1985. Story series sponsored by Yale School of the Environment. Photos, slideshow and links at www.thetableunderground.com - Produced by Tagan Engel, Edited by J…

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Lalibela Ethiopian Restaurant - Telling Their Story 6:48

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A story short with husband and wife team Shilmat & Wub Tessema on serving up traditional Ethiopian food and culture at their restaurant since 1999 plus the 24/7 demands of the kitchen and raising a family of three now grown children. Story series sponsored by Yale School of the Environment. Photos, slideshow and links at www.thetableunderground.com…

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Cositas Deliciosas - Telling Their Story 8:13

3+ y ago8:13

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A story short with Cositas Deliciosas owners Miguel Xicohtencatl & Cecilia Serrano - Speaking on their business and personal journey to establish this delicious Mexican fruit, juice, and take-out shop in the Fair Haven neighborhood of New Haven, CT. Story series sponsored by Yale School of the Environment. Photos, slideshow and links at www.thetabl…

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Caribbean Style Vegan - Telling Their Story 8:17

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A story short with Elisha Hazel & Qulen Wright, owners of Caribbean Style Vegan restaurant in New Haven, CT. Sharing their passion for serving up life-giving Ital food with local ingredients, and learning the business ropes along the way. Story series sponsored by Yale School of the Environment. Photos, slideshow and links at www.thetableundergroun…

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Portabello Latin Food Cart - Telling Their Story 6:54

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A story short with Francisco Mendez and Zenaida Muñoz on their experiences running their much loved food carts together with brother Carlos Mendez. They share on their evolution from cooks to cart owners, the Colombian style arepas they’re famous for, and what it’s like working out in the elements. Story series sponsored by Yale School of the Envir…

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Building Power for Change w/ HEAL Food Alliance 45:20

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Digging into farm and food worker led organizing that’s, multi-sector, multi-racial and has the power to transform our food system by prioritizing people and the planet. With guest Navina Khanna. Episode hosted through the Center for Business and the Environment at Yale.By The Table Underground with Tagan Engel

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The Black Farmer Fund & Reparative Investing 49:41

4+ y ago49:41

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Reparations in practice with this emerging investment fund collectively led by Black food ecosystem experts. Guest Melanie Allen, Program Director for the fund speaks on their work to build transformative supports for Black farmers and food entrepreneurs. This interview was hosted through the Center for Business at Yale. For more info go to www.the…

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Shining a Light on Hanukkah with May Ye 43:30

4+ y ago43:30

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Digging a little deeper into this Jewish festival of lights with rabbi in training May Ye; Illuminating injustices, sparking change, creating ritual with connections for Jews of Color, her journey and identity from secular Chinese American Jew into the rabbinate, and there's a little food talk too....More info + recipes at www.thetableunderground.c…

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Youth Leading Protests for Black Lives & Police Abolition 42:36

5y ago42:36

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Youth leaders Jeremy Cajigas and Jamila Washington of the Citywide Youth Coalition in New Haven, CT share their perspectives on organizing protests for liberation and black lives; their groups demands for removing police and security guards from schools; divestment from police and investment in Black and Brown lives and communities; Bomba music and…

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Juneteenth and Black Foodways with Adrian Lipscombe 49:44

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and the importance of rooting her restaurant in community, which is helping to sustain them through the Covid-19 pandemic.By The Table Underground with Tagan Engel

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3 Chefs - 3 Perspectives on the Covid Shutdown 40:59

5y ago40:59

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CT Chefs Avi Sazpiro of Roia Restaurant, Raquel Rivera of A Pinch of Salt Culinary Education & Catering Company, and Aaron Lee of Yale University Dining & Heartfelt Catering speak to the many ways this pandemic is impacting their work and communities. See more at www.thetableunderground.com Produced by Tagan Engel, Edited by Jon Oliver…

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Our Food in the Time of Quarantine: 3 Perspectives 45:41

5y ago45:41

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Insights on the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic from a wholesale produce distributor, an urban farmer / food justice educator, and tips on cooking in quarantine. Hear about massive shifts in the produce industry, mutual aid efforts to get free farm fresh food to families in need, and some recipe-free ways to prep food for the week, including what …

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The Gefilteria Crew on Passover & Reimagining Ashkenazi Foods 59:28

5y ago59:28

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Fab culinary duo Liz Alpern & Jeffery Yoskowitz of The Gefilteria sit down (pre Covid-19 quarantine) to nosh and kibbitz about old family recipes, the wide spectrum of Jewish ethnic cuisines, Asha-normativity, producing tons of great gefilte fish each year, liberation stories, and passover traditions.…

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Bryant Terry & Vegetable Kingdom 49:31

5y ago49:31

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Chef, activist, and author Bryant Terry on his newest plant-based cookbook - cooking for his kids - uplifting Black and Asian food traditions - and collective actions to transform our "messed up food system".By The Table Underground with Tagan Engel

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Coquito Season 51:21

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This homemade coconut milk based cocktail is the pride of the Puerto Rican holiday season. Guests Addys Castillo, and champion coquito maker Aida Casanova talk family recipes, parranda (caroling) traditions, and the complexities and joys of Puerto Rican history and heritage.By The Table Underground with Tagan Engel

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Witnesses To Hunger 51:54

5+ y ago51:54

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Three women speak on the realities of hunger and poverty and their inspiring advocacy work through the group Witnesses To Hunger. With guests Susan Harris, Junie Cullum, and Wanda Perez.By The Table Underground with Tagan Engel

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The Food Squad Fall Edition 2019 Live 47:16

5+ y ago47:16

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Fall food adventures help heal depression, Chicken & Sweet Potato Dumpling soup, front porch living in the Hood, talking to strangers = fun food finds = dosa making and heirloom apple munching in VT. W/ guests Babz Rawls Ivy, Frankie Douglass, and Chef Stephen Ross.By The Table Underground with Tagan Engel

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Teen Entrepreneurs Inspired by Gardens 45:42

5+ y ago45:42

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Giselle Cando & Anajja Stevenson talk about starting their own businesses, working in community gardens, and life as teens in the world today. Feat. the Growing Entrepreneurs Program of the New Haven Land Trust.By The Table Underground with Tagan Engel

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Berlin, Reparations, and The Holocaust 52:02

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Host Tagan Engel speaks about her recent trip to Berlin to partner with a group doing transformational education work around the Nazi death camp, Sobibor, her Grandparents escaped form in 1943.By The Table Underground with Tagan Engel

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Sourdough Geek Out 51:56

5+ y ago51:56

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Atticus Bakery & Bookstore manager Charlie Negaro Jr and baker Josh Kanter talk about their glorious infatuation with sourdough bread making & grain growing - two exceptional new ventures for this 2nd generation establishment in New Haven, CT.By The Table Underground with Tagan Engel

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Heartfelt Cooking with Aaron Lee 49:35

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An inspired chef shares his mission for bringing life giving food into the Black community, his journey from Dishwasher to Sous Chef in Yale University Dining, and the stereotypes he deals with as a young Black Chef.By The Table Underground with Tagan Engel

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The Food Squad Does Strawberries 52:19

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Iroquois Strawberry Drink, Mohegan friendship berries, Sexy Strawberry Vinaigrette, Black food wisdom, Grandma's Jam, the berry pickers boycott, and more! Guests Rachel Sayet, Raquel Pablo Rivera, and Farron Harvey dig in with host Tagan Engel on, culture, race, joy, and liberation through strawberries.…

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When Women Chefs Run The Kitchen 47:42

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Ep. 55 When Women Chefs Run The Kitchen Robin Bodak (co-owner and head chef) and Dignity Maille (cook) at the restaurant Next Door in New Haven, CT talk about their women-centric kitchen culture, outstanding and unpretentious food, Tanzanian hummus, popped sorghum, and salty caramel & ash no-dairy ice cream. We also chat about cultural appropriatio…

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STORYSCAPE 46:36

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A collection of short stories on the lives and work of twelve people who explore the landscape of race, change making, education & community around Connecticut. Host Tagan Engel recorded these stories and more as part of a larger multi media project in 2018 to mark the 25th anniversary year of the Graustein Memorial Fund. To learn more go to www.th…

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Forest Honey - supporting beekeepers & the environment in Ethiopia 50:58

6y ago50:58

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Entrepreneur Ariana Yuen shares the successes and challenges of starting her new single origin honey business based in the Gera Forest in Ethiopia.By The Table Underground with Tagan Engel

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Striving for Reparations: Land, Food, and Self-Determination in the North Philly Peace Park 55:45

6y ago55:45

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Brother Tommy Joshua Caison, co-founder and Director of the North Philly Peace Park talks about transformative healing and fence free food forests within this African American community.By The Table Underground with Tagan Engel

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Yoruba Orisa Tradition in Practice 51:00

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Babalawo, Priest of Ifa, and Clinical Social Worker Enroue Halfkenny, Onigbana Sangofemi (and husband of host Tagan Engel ;-) shares an overview of the traditional religion of the Yoruba people, and what it looks like in daily life. He speaks on this indigenous African tradition as a path towards personal and communal healing and a wholistic framew…

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Rebroadcast: Maple Moon, City Tree Tapping & Grits n' Gravy 45:03

6y ago45:03

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Rebroadcast of a 2017 three part show: Maple Moon Season with Mohegan educator Rachel Sayet - Tapping maple trees and boiling syrup in the city with 8 year old Sam - and Marshal Cruz shares the wild story of how he started cooking and his dreams of opening a Grits ‘n Gravy food truck.By The Table Underground w/ Tagan Engel

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Growing Compost in the City 44:28

6+ y ago44:28

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Entrepreneur Domingo Medina, explains how he’s improving the environment through Peels & Wheels Compost, his bike, solar, and people powered composting business.By The Table Underground with Tagan Engel

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A Community of Food Entrepreneurs Grows In Bridgeport with a Pinch Of Salt 49:28

6+ y ago49:28

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Guests from A Pinch of Salt, Dave’s Angry Sauce, and Love Breakfast talk about their passions for food, supporting Black and Brown owned food businesses, and spreading fresh food love in their communities.By The Table Underground with Tagan Engel

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The POWER OF SOUP with Sopa! and Soup & Salaam 52:23

6+ y ago52:23

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Guests Eric Rey and Sumiya Khan talk about their two ventures which use soup as a vehicle for sharing culture, building community, and supporting entrepreneurship. Sopa! is a soup subscription company started by Eric and his brother Alejandro to spread love and build their relationship. Soup & Salaam: Creating Community Over Soup and Conversation i…

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Farming While Black 45:54

6+ y ago45:54

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Leah Penniman of Soul Fire Farm on her new book Farming While Black, the Afro/Indigenous roots of sustainable agriculture and the work of supporting people of color in finding liberation on land.By The Table Underground with Tagan Engel

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Three Fab Food Folks - Live Show 49:05

6+ y ago49:05

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Three enthusiastic New Haven, CT food system change agents share their personal journeys, as well as their visions and practices for transformative change...oh and some fun food stuff too... with Guests Latha Swamy, Genesis Vicente, and Austin BryniarskiBy The Table Underground with Tagan Engel

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Thanksgiving Resources & Reflections from Mohegan Educator Rachel Sayet 50:19

6+ y ago50:19

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Three indigenous educators talk about giving thanks, true history, native foods and how they handle Thanksgiving each year. AND, check www.thetableunderground.com for a new post by Mohegan educatorBy The Table Underground with Tagan Engel

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Hood Health 46:01

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Co-Editor of The Hood Health Handbook Alife Allah on health wisdom in Black & Brown communities, systemic change, hip hop as inspiration, playing in the park, and his journey into health justice work..By The Table Underground with Tagan Engel

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75th Anniversary of an Uprising: Reflecting on my Grandparent's Escape from Sobibor 46:55

6+ y ago46:55

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Host Tagan Engel speaks with her husband Enroue Halfkenny, a healer and therapist about her recent trip to Poland to mark the 75th Anniversary of the mass uprising, and her grandparents escape from the Nazi death camp Sobibor.By The Table Underground with Tagan Engel

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Fighting for Micro Food Businesses 50:34

6+ y ago50:34

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Pie baker and serial entrepreneur Mubarakah Ibrahim is on a mission to fix local policies to support micro-food businesses like her's. With a step by step conversation on how to start a food business, and being the change you want to see!By The Table Underground with Tagan Engel

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4 Teens on Race & Education in Schools 45:48

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Four New Haven, CT Public School students share their experiences and insights on how race shows up in schools and how it impacts their lives and learning, including: the importance of curriculum that centers people of color, overcoming internalized racism, the need for teachers of color, metal detectors and security guards in schools and so much m…

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Pottery Beast - Roberto Lugo 53:52

7y ago53:52

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Ceramic artist Rob Lugo speaks on his incredible journey from graffiti to the pottery wheel, the importance of seeing people of color in art, and his inspirations as an Afro-Latino from Kensington, Philly.By The Table Underground with Tagan Engel

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Girl Power Books 50:23

7y ago50:23

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10 year-old girl, Tomistela Engel-Halfkenny shares her favorite books featuring inspiring girls and women including many black and brown women in HERstory... and how reading them impacts her view of herself.By The Table Underground with Tagan Engel

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THE FOOD SQUAD: Summer Food Finds (Live Show) 2018 Update 47:48

7y ago47:48

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4 fab folks dish their food adventures in CT. An incredible new Ice cream trail with Tagan Engel, vegan soft serve with The Fabulous Babz Rawls Ivy, pow wow foods with Mohegan food expert Rachel Sayet, and Acclaimed Chef Franco Comacho shares his favorite spots to eat with his daughters, french pastry, BBQ and a slammin’ new taco joint.…

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Caribbean Restaurant Week 2018 | New Haven, CT June 17-23 38:46

7y ago38:46

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Guests Kay Holness and Nadine Nelson dig into delicious food from restaurants featured in the first ever New Haven, CT Caribbean Restaurant Week. We talk flavors, culinary history and food as a great connector for overcoming an anti-immigrant climate.By The Table Underground with Tagan Engel

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Greg Smith Finds His Way Through Food 46:41

7y ago46:41

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Greg Smith, ConnCAT Culinary Arts grad, talks about finding his purpose and joy in cooking, gardening, and foraging food. He speaks to the impact the job training program had on him as a black man trying to find supports to live a vibrant life and better the community around him. For more info go to: www.thetableunderground.com…

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Punishment & Racial Bias In Schools: One mom’s story of fighting for her son’s rights and education 52:48

7y ago52:48

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Guest Kia Levey-Burden shares her struggles with a school district punishing her son due to his learning needs and race.By The Table Underground with Tagan Engel

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Liberation Cuisine | Cooking in Solidarity with Puerto Rico & Beyond 56:13

7y ago56:13

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Chef Gabriela Alvarez of Liberation Cuisine shares her journey into food, cooking for social justice movements and solidarity work in Puerto Rico. Feat music by Taina Asili & La Banda Rebelde. For tons more info go to www.thetableunderground.comBy The Table Underground with Tagan Engel

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LoveFed & LoveLed 47:24

7y ago47:24

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The LoveFed New Haven Duo share inspiring stories about their great grandparents seeding their passion for gardening and their new vision for transforming lives and communities one home garden at a time. Guests Raven Amandla Blake and Dishaun Harris speak on food justice, the importance of working in the Black communities they grew up in, and all t…