After two decades as the Editor in Chief of Food & Wine magazine, Dana Cowin launched Progressive Hedonist, a platform to bring joy, connection and uplift through food and gathering while tackling one of the seemingly impossible challenges of our lifetime: healing the natural world. On this podcast, Cowin interviews people who also believe in the powerful potential for food to bring change and fuel community.

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After two decades as the Editor in Chief of Food & Wine magazine, Dana Cowin launched Progressive Hedonist, a platform to bring joy, connection and uplift through food and gathering while tackling one of the seemingly impossible challenges of our lifetime: healing the natural world. On this podcast, Cowin interviews people who also believe in the powerful potential for food to bring change and fuel community.
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Recent Episodes

August 6, 2025
Intersection of Joy and Activism: Leah Thomas
Leah Thomas, founder of the Intersectional Environmentalist, speaks eloquently about the importance of understanding interrelated systemic inequities and highlights the extraordinary work of Black environmentalists who have inspired her. In October 2024, podcast host Dana Cowin spoke to Thomas about the challenges of working in the eco space. Leah details the powerful effects of infusing joy and pleasure into transformative efforts. For anyone in search of resources or recommendations on taking first steps as an activist, this conversation is a great place to start. Photo credit: Val Vega See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

July 2, 2025
The Complex Question of Food Innovation: Larissa Zimberoff
Journalist Larissa Zimberoff discusses food technology innovations with host Dana Cowin, exploring the unsettling and promising aspects of Silicon Valley startups creating new foods to solve future problems in this interview.

June 18, 2025
Designing with Community, Trouble and Impermanence in Mind: LinYee Yuan
LinYee Yuan, founder of Mold, discusses designing sustainable food systems, questioning traditional notions of success and exploring innovative solutions like using agricultural waste, in this interview episode.
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