Meraki [may-rah-kee] (adjective): This is a word that modern Greeks often use to describe doing something with soul, creativity, or love — when you put "something of yourself" into what you're doing, whatever it may be. Meraki Radio tries to live up to the definition of this interesting word. Anyone who wants to get behind the mic and talk about meraki in their own life — whether it be professional, historical, artistic, scientific, prolific, or otherwise — is encouraged to contact the show at kdrtmeraki@gmail.com.
Podcast
Perspectives: Joan Frank and Her Recent Book, The Outlook for EarthlingsTue, 04/06/2021 - 12:30pm | Alison BOn this episode of Meraki Radio: Perspectives, we are joined by local author and UC Davis alumna, Joan Frank. Calling in from Santa Rosa, we talk about her largely Sacramento-based novel, The Outlook for Earthlings. You can find out more about Joan at her website, as well as contact her: www.joanfrank.org You can see our previous interview with Joan Frank on her book Try to Get Lost here: https://kdrt.org/audio/perspectives-try-get-lost-joan-frank |
Perspectives: Excerpts from Zach Auburn's My Complicated Relationship with FoodTue, 03/23/2021 - 12:30pm | Alison BOn this episode of Meraki Radio: Perspectives, Alison and Deema unpack Zach Auburn's zine, My Complicated Relationship with Food - Reviews of Some of the Things We Put in Our Mouths Volume Four. We start with sandwiches, though we ebb into plants and potatoes as well. Zach Auburn is hilarious. Tune in for more! |
Perspectives, Mar 16, 2021: Adriana Salmon, RDN on Treating COVID-19 Patients the Past YearTue, 03/16/2021 - 12:30pm | Alison BAdriana is a critical care dietitian at Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Medical Center. She enjoys nutrition support and providing care to the most critical patients in the NICU and trauma services. While a Texan girl, Adriana bleeds blue and white as she completed her Bachelor’s, dietetic internship and Master’s degree at Penn State. In her spare time she enjoys spending time with her two toddlers and husband as well as teaching Bodypump. Join us for some detailed information on prone feeding in COVID-19 patients as well as some of Adriana's cultural side - Italy and Venezuela are discussed. |
Table of Contents: Seeds - Food is Alive! & Tech TalkTue, 03/09/2021 - 12:30pm | Alison BDeema and Alison B launch a new series called Table of Contents starting with the topic of seeds. From there, after introducing The Wind Up Girl, we pivot towards talking about technology and human behavior. Words Cited https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/what-should-you-eat/whole-g... The Wind Up Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi |
Perspectives: Lindsay Hoar - Water is LifeTue, 03/02/2021 - 12:30pm | Alison BOn this episode of Meraki Radio: Perspectives we are joined by Lindsay Hoar, RDN. The topic of discussion is water -- opening with selections from Natalie Diaz's "The First Water is the Body" which can be found in her book Postcolonial Love Poem. Lindsay shares her expertise and insight and Deema chimes in with her thoughts as well. |
Meraki Radio Perspectives: Beans and Rice, but Mostly BeansTue, 02/23/2021 - 12:30pm | Alison BOn this episode of Meraki Radio: Perspectives, Alison opens up the show with Mary Oliver's poem "Beans" as well as a few lines from John Steinbeck's Tortilla Flat. Many cultures through out the world include beans as a staple food. The conversation ensues about beans-- Deema even surprising herself, describing recipes from Egypt and beyond. Embrace the bean! Rice is discussed as well, though beans are certainly the star of the show. Enjoy and go eat some beans!
Words cited "Beans" by Mary Oliver: http://ciaosamin.com/ciao/aosamin.com/2015/01/beans-by-mary-oliver.html Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck: https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.226094/2015.226094.Tortilla... Recipes |
Perspectives: Story Time! with Alonna & BrianTue, 02/09/2021 - 12:30pm | Alison BOn this episode of Meraki Radio: Perspectives, Alison B digs into some writing archives from 2015 and reads a few stories that have not been read by anyone in the group prior to producing the show. What follows are the natural reactions and conversation from reading three one page stories using Merriam Webster's Word of the Day as a writing prompt. The three words and their related stories are emigrate, ombudsman & zillionaire. Photo credit: Alonna Shaw |
Perspectives: Alonna Shaw Returns to Talk Constraints & SpaceTue, 02/02/2021 - 12:30pm | Alison BAlonna Shaw is a California-based multidisciplinary artist, writer, and developmental editor with a diverse background in film, television, and fine art. She distills consumerism, feminism, and environmental issues into works of place and identity. On this episode of Perspectives, Alonna shares her thoughts on constraints and space, we also discuss a bit about the novel The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna. Link to previous show about studying white (maybe): https://kdrt.org/audio/thursday-live-hog-ice-white-light-madonna |
Pass the Mic: Natalia E Cortez - Graduate Researcher in Nutritional BiologyTue, 01/26/2021 - 12:30pm | Alison BOn this episode of Meraki Radio: Pass the Mic, we are joined by Natalia E Cortez, who is studying nutritional biology at the doctoral level at UC Davis. Natalia walks us through her college education in her native Mexico and in graduate school in New York, as well as her career working in cancer biology, and her current work evaluating dietary impacts of the ketogenic diet on pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Tune in for more! |
Perspectives: London Calling - Jill & Charley Talk European Relocation & Writing The Great American Erotic Travel NovelTue, 01/12/2021 - 12:30pm | Alison BOn this episode of Meraki Radio: Perspectives, we are joined by faraway friends Jill & Charley who have recently relocated to London. They walk us through their COVID-19 entrenched travels from Austin to London, by way of Italy for a birthday, and other meanderings. Jill & Charley are both writers collaborating on the creation of The Great American Erotic Travel Novel. Tune in for more! |
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