The Corn Belt's Tragic Legacy

Episode 37 of Unconfined, in which Iowa water scientist and Big Ag critic Chris Jones reflects on his hard-fought, grassroots-driven, ultimately unsuccessful bid to win Iowa's top ag-policy spot—and what the future holds for the ongoing push to clean up the state's water. 

Episode 36 of Unconfined, in which Sam Myers, the founding director of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Planetary Health, reviews some of the unintended consequences affecting our food systems. 

Episode 35 of Unconfined, in which journalist Eric Schlosser reflects on the 25th anniversary of his landmark book, Fast Food Nation.  

Episode 34, in which food system scholar Raj Patel sees through the tangle of problems ensnaring the industrial food system to a better future. 

Episode 33 of Unconfined, in which public health influencer Jessica Knurick speaks plainly about MAHA tactics and Secretary Kennedy's qualifications. 

Episode 32, in which five panelists discuss the potential of regenerative agriculture and biological models to help address climate change.     

Episode 31 of Unconfined, in which, Managing Attorney of the Antimonopoly Counsel, Basel Musharbash makes the case that the companies that dominate our food and agriculture system have gotten too big and powerful.  

Episode 30 of Unconfined, in which journalist Ted Genoways recounts the unlikely story of how some of the world's most vulnerable people took on a giant meatpacking company in Greeley, Colorado.  

Episode 29 of Unconfined, in which poultry rancher Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin reflects on the intersection of the food system and federal immigration enforcement.    

Episode 28 of Unconfined, in which journalist Tom Philpott reflects on a story he wrote about cancer rates in Iowa.