Speaker 1: Hello everyone, It's me we Stone, co founder and Point
Speaker 1: of Origin host Stephen Saderfield. It's been a few months
Speaker 1: since our last podcast, and the world we left behind
Speaker 1: is so so much different than the one we are
Speaker 1: now in. But then again, with more sitting and reading
Speaker 1: and contemplation, we see plainly the ways in which our
Speaker 1: most distressed communities have always been most closely bound to
Speaker 1: struggles for justice, land, and dignity. There is much to
Speaker 1: be garnered in understanding the past. We believe this so
Speaker 1: fiercely that we have dedicated our work to this precise framework,
Speaker 1: centering concepts like origin, anthropology, and indigenousity. We considered our
Speaker 1: role in this moment of social uprisings and the ways
Speaker 1: in which it related to our work. We thought of
Speaker 1: maybe doing an entire season through the lens of COVID
Speaker 1: nineteen or the immense impact of the Black Lives Matter mobilization.
Speaker 1: But as we started to prepare for this season, what
Speaker 1: became clear is that the thing we do best is
Speaker 1: also the thing that is most helpful in this moment,
Speaker 1: and that thing is absorbing and discussing food culture from
Speaker 1: the global and historical. We cannot comment intelligently on food
Speaker 1: or social uprisings or pandemics or anything in between without
Speaker 1: a perspective that is rooted in the international, intergenerational and intersectional.
Speaker 1: So our plan for this season is the same as
Speaker 1: the first two, which is to explore the world of
Speaker 1: food worldwide, and in doing that, with the context we
Speaker 1: provide and the people we learn from, help us understand
Speaker 1: the parts of us that are cyclical and collective and
Speaker 1: how we can learn from previous struggles to meet this
Speaker 1: moment with unprecedented education and empathy. And with that, I'd
Speaker 1: like to welcome you to Point of Origin Season three,
Speaker 1: where we will take you to Palestine to learn about
Speaker 1: the oldest spirit in the world, Iraq, and then to
Speaker 1: West Africa to learn about Fulani foodways. We head to
Speaker 1: Mexico to learn about a fight for biodiverse avocados, and
Speaker 1: wine maker Victoria Torres embraces the challenges and the ter
Speaker 1: war of Spain's Canary Islands. That is just a small
Speaker 1: preview of what's in store, So get ready for season
Speaker 1: three by beinging the first two seasons of Point of Origin. Now,
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Speaker 1: podcast in the meantime. You can find us on I
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