Repast

About Repast

A food law and policy podcast from the Resnick Center for Food Law and Policy at UCLA Law. Each month we interview a thought leader in the field of food law and policy to discuss past achievements, current developments, and future challenges.

Publisher

The Resnick Center

Category

arts · government · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

10 Feb 2021

Latest episode

10 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 40 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   10 Jun 2026

   Canned Spaghetti and Food Policy

   In this episode, Diana and Michael are joined by Baylen Linnekin, the Deputy Director of the Food Integrity Campaign at the Government Accountability Project. Here, Baylen discusses his background in food policy, the history and work of the Government Accountability Project, and the role of strategic litigation in our food system. You can find Baylen’s biography here. Michael T. Roberts is the Executive Director of the Resnick Center for Food Law & Policy at UCLA Law. Diana Winters ...

2. 

   27 Jan 2026

   Be Brave Today: Robyn Huey Lao and Melissa Deng talk about the passage of the Allergen Disclosure for Dining Experiences Bill

   This month Diana is in discussion with UCLA Law student Melissa Deng and Robyn Huey Lao, an allergy mom advocate and pediatric nurse practitioner, about Robyn’s journey to shepherd California Senate Bill 68, the Allergen Disclosure for Dining Experiences, to passage. She explains how she was inspired by her nine-year-old daughter, Addie, and how their love of food inspired this bill. The three talk about building coalitions, the process of introducing bills to the legislature, and the i...

3. 

   18 Dec 2025

   Discussing the Hidden History of the Farm Bill with Professor Lingxi Chenyang

   In this episode, Diana and Michael are joined by Professor Lingxi Chenyang to discuss her article, “Food Antidemocracy,” forthcoming in the Southern California Law Review. In this article, Professor Chenyang looks at the Farm Bill’s hidden history, delving into the antidemocratic techniques that were used to initially pass this law and tracing some of the major problems in our modern food system to this history. “Food Antidemocracy” is a fascinating look at the underpinning of the American fo...

Inside a recent episode

Salt Wars with Michael Jacobson

Published 10 Feb 2021 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Well, before we talk about the FDA, let's address salt for just a minute. Tell us about salt. How much should we eat and how much do we eat? Well, you know, just the big picture is that salt is the most used food out of it's used in more than half of all foods and we're consuming about 50 % more salt or sodium. Remember salt is sodium chloride. We're consuming about 50 % more sodium than is officially recommended and we could probably ought to be eating a lot less than that. But that 50 % excess is causing roughly 50 to 100 ,000 premature deaths every year, costing tens of billions of dollars in excess healthcare costs. […]

Reach and audience

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

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.6 / 5

11 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 20 / 100

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

Quality

12

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

71