MeatingPod

About MeatingPod

MeatingPod is the podcast of Meatingplace, the premier magazine and news source for the meat and poultry processing industry. Each week, our award-winning editorial teams put you in the room as we interview industry thought leaders in business, plant operations, marketing, science and technology on the topics that matter to our community. Tune in on Mondays and get the inside track on the people and processes that power the protein supply.

Publisher

Meatingplace Magazine

Category

business · news · science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

20 Nov 2020

Latest episode

29 Dec 2025

Latest episodes

246 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   29 Dec 2025

   Ep. 244: Shifting political fault lines

   A lot of political fault lines have shifted in 2025. This is true also for animal agriculture — and the activist organizations that work in opposition to it. The last 12 months has introduced a number of new strategies to discourage meat production and processing. Some have been more successful than others, but the campaigns will continue apace in 2026. Hannah Thompson-Weeman is president and CEO of the Animal Agriculture Alliance, and as such, she leads the animal protein industry’s ef...

2. 

   22 Dec 2025

   Ep. 243: Processors, technology and the enemy at the gates

   The machines in a meat processing plant are getting ever more sophisticated, efficient and programmable — but hacking them can be as easy as sending an email. Cyber attacks on companies, especially manufacturers, are picking up speed and food companies are a favorite target for bad actors looking to make high-profile trouble or arrange a ransomware payday. Paul Kafer of Anabasis Consulting has been writing and advising on how to manage that electronic portal for hackers for years. In most cas...

3. 

   15 Dec 2025

   Ep. 242: Chairman of the (charcuterie) board

   Jeff “Trip” Tripician has played in nearly every sandbox in the meat industry: Conventional animal proteins to claims-based brands, the meat industry’s bleeding edge of technology — cultivated meat — to, most recently, a step back in time as CEO of Charcuterie Artisans. In this position, Tripician oversees the storied Daniele and Creminelli brands of salumi and charcuterie. Charcuterie is exploding as a consumer category, spurred on by beautiful images of assembled charcuterie boards on Insta...

Who has been a guest on MeatingPod

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Konrad Ahlin
• David L Barron
• Julie Lubash
• Industry experts
• Dr Brian Kiepper

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 65 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

97

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

81

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