Episode 1: Supersizing Urban America

This Episode goes in depth into the government’s role in the funding of the fast food industry within urban communities.

Dr. Chin Jou is a Senior Lecturer in American History for the University of Sydney. She received her BA from Cornell University and her MA as well as PhD from Princeton University. In 2017, she published her first book, Supersizing Urban America: How Inner Cities Got Fast Food with Government Help. This book explains the history of how the fast food industry entered into urban communities and the social economic dangers associated with it. She is now working on a new project that looks deeper into prison food and how it has contributed to inflated incarcerations. You can find out more about this passionate author at Sydney.edu.au. 

Episode 2: Food As Chains

This episode talks about the journey of food from life giving to use of food as chains.

Inspired by the African Diaspora, Cynthia Chea Pean is a self-employed nutritionist of Afcave Foods who helps others by using her knowledge of nutrition and exceptional culinary skills. She received her education of Raw and Living Foods, Vegan at Natural Epicurean Academy of Culinary Arts. She provides a plant based meal plan for each of her clients based on their desired health goal. She is currently the CEO and Executive Chef of her own company. You can learn more about her life changing work at ccpean.com.