Katy Osuna
Katy Osuna is a journalist, creative director, and James Beard Award-winning podcast producer based in Portland, Oregon. She is the creator and co-host of Copper & Heat Radio, and the director of Copper & Heat’s production studio. While pursuing her anthropology and sociology degree, Katy did extensive research about cheese making and food culture. She has a decade of experience working in food-focused nonprofits, Michelin-starred kitchens, and goat cheese farms. Katy’s podcast work on Copper & Heat Radio has been recognized with an IACP award for Best Podcast (2020), and two James Beard Media Awards – for Best Podcast (2019) and Best Audio Programming (2023).
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Copper & Heat Radio is a podcast that explores the forces that shape our meals through narrative, sound-rich audio stories. Primarily released as thematic seasons, past topics covered have ranged from questioning the exclusionary traditions around gender in fine-dining kitchens – to dissecting the concepts of value and craft in the world of food. Copper & Heat Radio is a two-time James Beard Media Award winner for Best Podcast (2019) and Best Audio Programming (2023).
“...a deep dive into the exclusionary traditions around gender, identity and femininity in the kitchens of fine-dining restaurants.”
— The New York Times
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