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As the climate and global health crises intensify, the need for meaningful change has never been more urgent. This six-episode series brings together leading voices from around the world to explore the concept of food imperialism, uncover the hidden social and environmental costs of what we eat, and examine how we can build a more just and sustainable food system. Join your hosts, Ben Eitelberg and Emma Strutt, alongside special series co-host Professor Neal Haddaway, as they dive into the complex and often unseen world of food—how it is produced, traded, and consumed across the globe. The series is edited by Kelly Allum.
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- 6 days ago50 min
Edible Empire: The Salmon and the Tomato
This is episode 4 of a six-part series on food imperialism. Welcome to Edible Empire, a podcast by Planet Pulse Pacific about the hidden cost of our food. We celebrate flavours, but rarely the people behind them. This podcast uncovers how food—once shaped by empire and now by corporate power—has long been used to control land, labour, and cultures. This episode explores the hidden links between salmon farming in northern Europe and tomato production in southern Spain, revealing the human and ...
- 1 weeks ago59 min
Edible Empire: Deep roots—a history of oil palm
This is episode 3 of a six-part series on food imperialism. Welcome to Edible Empire, a podcast by Planet Pulse Pacific about the hidden cost of our food. Food isn’t just about taste—it’s power. This podcast explores how empires and corporations built control through agriculture, reshaping cultures and feeding some at the expense of others. This episode traces the global impact of the palm oil industry from its indigenous roots to modern supply chains through three expert interviews. Dr Jonat...
- 2 weeks ago35 min
Edible Empire: Corporate power in the food system
This is episode 2 of a six-part series on food imperialism. Welcome to Edible Empire, a podcast by Planet Pulse Pacific about the hidden cost of our food. Beyond recipes lies a story of power. From colonial plantations to modern agribusiness, this podcast reveals how the pursuit of food has redrawn maps, exploited people, and continues to shape who holds control today. This episode explores how an increasingly monopolised system of multinational corporations operates as de facto states within...
- 3 weeks ago37 min
Edible Empire: What is food imperialism?
This is episode 1 of a six-part series on food imperialism. Welcome to Edible Empire, a podcast by Planet Pulse Pacific about the hidden cost of our food. We celebrate flavours, but rarely the people behind them. This podcast uncovers how food—once shaped by empire and now by corporate power—has long been used to control land, labour, and cultures. This episode explores how global food systems are shaped by historical power structures and capitalist mechanisms that prioritise corporate profit...
- Jun 28, 202638 min
Edible Empire: Prologue
Welcome to Edible Empire - hosted by Planet Pulse Pacific, this is a podcast series about the hidden cost of our food. We’re your co-hosts, Neal Haddaway, Benjamin Eitelberg, and Emma Strutt, with Kelly Allum on editing. When we talk about food, we tend to focus on recipes, flavours and dinner times. But what we rarely discuss is where our food comes from. And we don’t mean which supermarket - we mean the ingredients that make up our food: where did they come from, who grew the vegetables, pi...
- May 3, 202639 min
Kal Glanznig - Blue Minds Youth Ocean Leadership
Kal Glanznig is one of Australia’s leading youth ocean and climate champions, a true powerhouse inspiring a new generation of hopeful, action-driven environmental leaders. In the past year alone, he has reached more than 20,000 people through keynote talks, school programs, and Q&A screenings of his documentary Rising Up. Elected in 2024 as the youngest independent Councillor in the Sutherland Shire, he is now driving local climate action through practical and forward-thinking sustainabil...
- Apr 19, 202643 min
Dr Kate Wylie - The Health Hazards of Water Bankruptcy
In this episode, we’re joined by Dr Kate Wylie, GP and Executive Director of Doctors for the Environment Australia, and a long-time friend of the show. One of Australia’s leading voices on climate and health, Kate helps us unpack the United Nations’ Global Water Bankruptcy report and what it means for all of us. Put simply: we are running out of water. We’re using more than we have in supply, so much that in many places we’re pushing past the point of recovery and can’t repay our debts. Drive...
- Apr 12, 202632 min
Clancy Lester - Native Bee Conservation
In this episode, we’re joined by Clancy Lester (AKA Bee Man), a passionate environmental educator, documentary director, and native bee advocate, whose work is dedicated to protecting pollinators and rewilding the places we live. Specialising in native bee conservation, native plants, and science communication, Clancy combines hands-on ecological research with a gift for making complex ideas accessible and engaging. Through his social enterprise Bees and Blossoms, Clancy creates native ...
About Edible Empire
As the climate and global health crises intensify, the need for meaningful change has never been more urgent. This six-episode series brings together leading voices from around the world to explore the concept of food imperialism, uncover the hidden social and environmental costs of what we eat, and examine how we can build a more just and sustainable food system. Join your hosts, Ben Eitelberg and Emma Strutt, alongside special series co-host Professor Neal Haddaway, as they dive into the complex and often unseen world of food—how it is produced, traded, and consumed across the globe. The series is edited by Kelly Allum.
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