Episodi

  • Food Secure Nation - Food for Thought - Understanding Older Adult Food Insecurity

    Food Secure Nation - Food for Thought - Understanding Older Adult Food Insecurity
    Sep 30 2026
    What if the food is there—and food security still isn’t? We tend to think of “senior hunger” as a straightforward problem: someone needs food, we provide food. But aging can change the equation. Researchers Drs Colleen Heflin and Madonna Harrington Meyer have authored a book entitled, Food for Thought, Understaning Older Adult Food Insecurity and it’s insights help us understand more so we can do better.
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    42 min
  • Food Secure Nation with Denis McDonough, CEO Feeding America Part 1

    Food Secure Nation with Denis McDonough, CEO Feeding America Part 1
    Sep 17 2026
    After a lifetime of public service, Denis McDonough had choices. He chose hunger. In this deeply personal conversation, Feeding America’s new CEO shares how family, faith, service and a belief in the dignity of every person led him to the fight for a food-secure nation. And I would not change the Show 1 monologue or FFT much at all. After hearing the actual conversation, they hold up exceptionally well. If anything, the transcript gives us more confidence that “the work is worthy” was exactly the right frame.
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    42 min
  • FSN_091326_HEATHERPACQUETTE_FULL

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    Sep 9 2026
    The Other Side of the Aisle We hear a lot about crossing the aisle these days. But Heather Paquette crossed a different one — the grocery aisle. After 24 years in grocery retail, Heather became President of Good Shepherd Food Bank of Maine, bringing lessons in operations, innovation and execution into a world where success is measured very differently. Heather joins Dr. Phil Knight and Gerry Brisson for a remarkable conversation about what translates, what must be unlearned, why hard times demand creativity, and what leaders discover when they’re willing to see the world from both sides of the aisle. Listen to Food Secure Nation and discover why being curious is how we build a Food Secure Nation.
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    42 min
  • Food Secure Nation with Crystal FitzSimons - CEO of FRAC

    Food Secure Nation with Crystal FitzSimons - CEO of FRAC
    Aug 24 2026
    Hunger is actually a solvable problem.” After 27 years at the Food Research & Action Center, Crystal FitzSimons now leads FRAC into the next chapter of its more than 50-year story. She joins Dr. Phil Knight and Gerry Brisson to talk about the values that shaped her, the research and policies that can change lives, dignity, political will—and why one of the best things we can do for children is make sure their parents aren’t parenting hungry. A powerful conversation with one of the nation’s leading voices in the fight against hunger.
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    42 min
  • Food Secure Nation with Matt Habash - The Riptide of Innovation

    Food Secure Nation with Matt Habash - The Riptide of Innovation
    Aug 22 2026
    Matt Habash has spent more than four decades challenging one of the biggest assumptions in hunger relief: that success is measured by how much food we distribute. Under his leadership, the Mid-Ohio Food Collective became one of the most innovative organizations in the Feeding America network—using data, healthcare, technology, public policy and community partnerships to better understand not just where hunger exists, but why. His philosophy is captured in one unforgettable line: “We’re not going to food bank our way out of hunger.” In this episode, Matt shares the experiences, ideas and lessons behind a 42-year career of asking better questions, listening deeply and refusing to accept that the way things are is the way they have to remain. Because innovation isn’t simply about having new ideas. It’s about never becoming too experienced to keep learning.
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    42 min
  • Food Secure Nation with Cyndi Kirkhart - Country Roads Leads to Food Security

    Food Secure Nation with Cyndi Kirkhart - Country Roads Leads to Food Security
    Aug 21 2026
    What if the real work of fighting hunger isn’t simply filling empty bellies — but helping people build a future? Cyndi Kirkhart, CEO of Facing Hunger Food Bank, takes us down the country roads of Appalachia, where resilience runs deep and every plate has a story. From a seven-year-old boy turning ketchup packets into tomato soup for his little brother to a food bank determined to reach people across some of America’s most rural communities, this conversation will change the way you think about hunger, dignity and home. Take hunger out of the picture — and imagine what becomes possible.
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    42 min
  • Food Secure Nation with Lori Dysktra - Hunger in Rural America

    Food Secure Nation with Lori Dysktra - Hunger in Rural America
    Aug 5 2026
    In communities where everybody knows your name, asking for help can be one of the hardest things a person ever does. Lori Dykstra, CEO of Feeding South Dakota, shares how lived experience, rural leadership, and a deep commitment to dignity are shaping a new conversation about hunger, humility, and what it truly means to care for our neighbors.
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    42 min
  • Food Secure Nation with Dr. Christopher Harris - Person In Environment

    Food Secure Nation with Dr. Christopher Harris - Person In Environment
    Aug 2 2026
    What if we’ve been looking at food insecurity through only one lens? Dr. Christopher Harris joins Food Secure Nation to explore how Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and the Person-in-Environment framework complement one another. Rather than choosing between personal responsibility and systemic change, this conversation challenges us to see both—and to ask better questions that lead to stronger, more lasting solutions. This conversation won’t simply change how you think about hunger. It may change how you think about people.
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    42 min