So…now what? We've discussed the coffee market and current coffee-price crisis, we've talked about what effects coffee-price transparency might have on the industry, and we've gotten geeky about a lot of aspects of the supply stream (fka the su

A Little Podcast about Coffee Price Transparency - Ep 3

Jul 30th, 2019 44m 25s

Ok, ok—what *is* price transparency, and what potential impact does it have on the current coffee-price crisis? In this episode, Meister ([email protected]) and Chad Trewick ([email protected]) talk through the definitions, expectatio

A Little Podcast about Coffee Price Transparency - Ep 2

Jul 30th, 2019 28m 49s

In the second episode in a mini-series about coffee-price transparency, Chad Trewick and Ever Meister discuss arguably the most important single issue in specialty coffee today: Farmers need to make more money. While most of us agree that this

A Little Podcast about Coffee Price Transparency - Ep 1

Jul 30th, 2019 28m 1s

This first episode in a mini-series about coffee-price transparency discusses the functions of the coffee market and the C-market price, the foundations for the price crisis, and introduces the rest of a conversation about price transparency in

05: Thinking about Drinking, or, The Alcohol Episode

Apr 6th, 2018 1h 41m

CW: Alcohol abuse, alcoholism ## This is a long episode, and with good reason: There is no easy way to have a conversation about alcohol, especially not when the focus of that conversation is about the complicated relationship that many of us h

04: Pet-Loss Grief, or Why Do I Miss My Dog More than My Dad?

Mar 18th, 2018 54m 31s

The love that humans share with animal companions is intense, invested, and, can be truly unconditional. Many of us wish we could love other human beings with the kind of devotion and passion that we love our dogs and cats, and of course that w

03: Fear of Flying

Mar 6th, 2018 52m 51s

Charles Lindbergh said, "If I had to choose, I'd rather have birds over airplanes." If arguably the world's greatest aviator felt that way, how are those of us crammed in coach begging for a package of almonds supposed to feel? In this episode,

02: The First Food Episode

Feb 23rd, 2018 58m 42s

CW: Disordered eating. ## Food is something that every human on earth needs in order to survive, and yet so many of us have such a complicated relationship with it. In this episode—the first but probably not the last having to do with our relat

01: To Love Is to Be Vulnerable

Feb 11th, 2018 54m 40s

"To love is to be vulnerable," wrote C.S. Lewis, and to create is a form of love. In the first episode of this podcast about vulnerability, your host (Meister) opens up about feeling vulnerable creating something so vulnerable, and turns to two