In this episode I talk with Natalie Benally (Diné) about her film, “Indigenize the Plate” at a screening hosted by Tiny Grocer ABQ in Old Town Albuquerque. We talk about her journey to Peru for the film and how that inspired her to remember and

E85: Nico Albert Williams – “Give myself some relief”

Sep 8th, 2023 49m 27s

Cherokee chef Nico Albert Williams is just trying to make some corn soup. She’s the executive director of the Burning Cedar Sovereign Wellness in Tulsa (grand opening Sept. 14) and the vocalist for a badass doom/sludge metal band, Medicine Hors

E84: Sherry Pocknett – “Not Your Average” James Beard Award winner

Jun 23rd, 2023 33m 45s

From the big city of Chicago, I bring you this episode featuring 2023 James Beard Award Best Chef of the Northeast, Sherry Pocknett (Wampanoag). We talk about her win, her battle with cancer and how her past shaped the chef she is today. Photo

E83: Victoria’s victorious pizzeria

May 2nd, 2023 29m 43s

Things get a little switched up in this episode. This time, my sister, Alisha Murphy, economist for the Navajo Nation Division of Economic Development, takes over an interview with Victoria Largo, new owner of Victoria’s Pizza brick-and-mortar

E82: Ukwakhwa – Oneida foods with Becky Webster

Feb 10th, 2023 29m 48s

In this episode, I talk with Becky Webster (Oneida Nation), or Rebecca M. Webster, as it’s written on her new book “In Defense of Sovereignty: Protecting the Oneida Nation’s Inherent Right to Self-Determination.” She does a lot of passion work

E81: Miss Navajo – “From the corral to the table”

Jan 6th, 2023 28m 36s

She’s beauty, she’s grace, she’s got a couple of hours to butcher a sheep and make three dishes over an open fire. The Miss Navajo Nation Pageant is one of the most unique contests that happens every year as part of the Navajo Nation Fair in Wi

E80: Andi Murphy – “…until the day you die”

Nov 2nd, 2022 50m 3s

How can I say this without sounding egotistical? … This episode is about me; the creator, producer and host of this show. Yes! It is. In this episode, my sister, Alisha Murphy, interviews me and I get to share more about my mental health journe

E79: Changing Culinary Narratives +LIVE RECORDING+

Sep 28th, 2022 42m

Live at the 4th Annual New Mexico Prickly Pear Festival, Sept. 24, 2022In my first-ever live podcast recording, I talk with chef Ray Naranjo (Santa Clara Pueblo/Odawa), owner of Manko: Native American Fusion, Addie Lucero (Taos Pueblo), owner

E78: “Food Sovereignty is Economic Sovereignty”

Jul 12th, 2022 38m 41s

In this episode, I take you to the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development’s Reservation Economic Summit in Las Vegas, Nevada. It’s the largest annual conference focusing on Native economics. This year’s event included, for t

E77: Brett Maybee – “Dare to imagine”

May 14th, 2022 1h 4m

In this episode, I talk with Brett Maybee (Seneca) about corn, corn soup, corn wheels, radio stuff, music and then space-time. Brett is the host and producer of Gaënö', a weekly radio program about Native music. His work is fascinating and the

E76: Pyet DeSpain — “Always and forever”

Mar 11th, 2022 42m

Millions of TV viewers watched chef Pyet DeSpain (Prairie Band Potawatomi, Mexican) beat out the competition on Gordon Ramsay’s new cooking show, “Next Level Chef” (March 2022). With her special brand of Indigenous fusion food, she was crowned

E75: Jacob Torres — Space Chile Guy

Dec 13th, 2021 48m 14s

In this episode, I talk with Jacob Torres, a very proud New Mexican who, I think, has a very interesting life. He’s a technical and horticultural scientist at NASA and based at the NASA Kennedy Space Center and he's working on getting New Mexic

E74: Loretta Barrett Oden — “Spoonful by spoonful”

Dec 11th, 2021 44m 30s

In this episode, I finally talk with Loretta Barrett Oden, Potawatomi chef whose kind of responsible for helping pave the way for a lot of the Native food work you see today. She was a restaurant owner, a long-time teacher of Indigenous foods a

E73: Food Poetry

Apr 1st, 2021 15m 49s

I’ve been really digging Native poetry lately and I thought I’d gather a few poems about food. In this short episode, Native writers recite food poems about foreign foods, frybread, seeds and ancestral wisdom. Voices are Tiffany Midge, Taté Wal

E72: The Death and Food Episode

Jan 19th, 2021 46m 18s

This is the death and food episode where I talk with Indigenous death doula, Chrystal Waban, about her work with Blackbird Medicines and the Indigenous Death Doula Collective and how food is connected to this very important journey for those wh

E71: Indigenous Farmworkers – “Do your work no matter what other people say”

Dec 23rd, 2020 35m 21s

Do you know who picked the cabbage and celery you find at the grocery store? It might’ve been an Indigenous immigrant farmworker. In this episode, I visit with a couple of Indigenous immigrant farmworkers at Rio Grande Farm Park in Alamosa, Col

E70: The Thanksgiving Episode

Nov 23rd, 2020 42m 6s

Thanksgiving is a lie. In this episode I talk with three Wampanoag women about Thanksgiving and how colonization effected their foodways. We’ll also talk about the awesome work they’re doing in their East coast communities to educate and revit

E69: Bow & Arrow Brewing Co.: The Book of Names

Oct 10th, 2020 52m 19s

There’s nothing like a good beer—for me that’s a cold, citrusy and bitter IPA—and for those who appreciate the brews from their local breweries, beer is more than alcohol. Craft beer is a whole vibe and culture. In this episode, I talk with the

E68: The BLACK Episode

Sep 25th, 2020 30m

My favorite color is black. That also means I have a fascination with black-colored foods. Indigenous foods come in all kinds of colors including black. In this episode, chefs Tawnya Brant (Kanyen'kehá:ka), David Smoke-McCluskey (Mohawk) and An

E67: Indigenous American + African American food

Jul 30th, 2020 23m 30s

This podcast episode is a 20-minute preview of “Indigenous Roots: Exploring the Crossroads of African American and Indigenous American Cuisine,” an online two-part event hosted by the Museum of Food and Drink on Aug. 5 and 6. Guest chefs, Yusuf

E66: Paul Natrall — Mr. Bannock, “Indigenous cuisine to the max”

Jul 5th, 2020 30m

When I visited Paul Natrall (Suquamish) in his Mr. Bannock food truck in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, I wasn’t expecting to get a taste of some of the most delicious pizza I ever had. I did and that was also my first taste of bannock, a

E65: The COVID-19 episode

Jun 4th, 2020 45m 57s

In this special episode, I talk with seven Indigenous people working in the food industry about how they are being affected by COVID-19. On the show: Nico Albert, executive chef of Duet Restaurant Crystal Wahpepah, owner of Wahpepah’s Kitche

E64: Maria Parra Cano — Sana Sana

May 16th, 2020 32m

In this special episode, I visit with Chef Maria Parra Cano in her food truck, Sana Sana. We share a nice, plant-based dinner and then we talk about labels, her mom’s recipes and food as medicine. Recipe below. Verde smoothie1 cup nopales, d

E63: Red Lake Nation Food Summit

Apr 25th, 2020 44m 5s

In this special episode, I take you through the 4th annual Red Lake Nation Food Summit in Minnesota. Doug DesJarlait talks about walleye, Deb Smith talks about ancestral seeds, Veronica Kingbird-Bratvold talks about plant relatives, Dan Kimewon

E62: Inez Cook — Salmon n’ Bannock, “My personal journey”

Mar 23rd, 2020 28m 25s

March 2020: COVID-19 hit the fan and is affecting all in the restaurant industry, including Salmon n’ Bannock, the only Indigenous brick-and-mortar restaurant in Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada. In this episode, I visit Salmon n’ Bannock