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Speaking Broadly

with Dana Cowin

An interview show highlighting the brilliant, curious, game-changing women in the food world. Host Dana Cowin, former long-time Editor-in-Chief of Food & Wine Magazine and current advisor to individuals and companies, holds intimate conversations with creators and innovators. These are moving stories of struggles and triumphs, personal and professional, that provide lessons and inspiration for anyone looking to succeed in any industry.

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Dana Cowin

Dana Cowin, the former long-time Editor-in-Chief of Food & Wine Magazine, is a tastemaker, talent scout, author, lecturer and radio show host. When Cowin is not sharing advice on the best new restaurants to try, food trends to watch, or interviewing inspiring role models, she devotes her time to organizations she cherishes, including serving on the boards of City Harvest and Hot Bread Kitchen.

Latest Episodes

Indigenous Wisdom from the Kitchen: Felicia Ruiz

Episode 146, Aired: March 8, 2021
Felicia Cocotzin Ruiz is a kitchen curandera living in Rio Verde, Arizona "reclaiming the healer approach to community health with Indigenous wisdom and whole food cooking". On Speaking Broadly, Ruiz shares her journey to becoming a healer through food. "Being an Indigenous person and t...

Art and Ayurveda, A Love Story: Carrie Dashow

Episode 145, Aired: February 8, 2021
There is a Madonna in a half-bath tub in a field across from the home serving as spiritual center of artist Carrie Dashow's newest practice: creating the Atina brand of Ayurvedic condiments with her Kerala-born husband, Suresh, in Catskill, NY. From a chunky ginger-turmeric finishing ja...

The Rules According to V: V Spehar

Episode 144, Aired: January 19, 2021
From auditioning for a Dolly Parton Christmas show as a lark on their birthday, to going to a job interview, soup in hand, moments after totaling their car, to catering for Mitt Romney, V Spehar has made a lot of surprising career moves. Most recently they were head of Impact Programs f...

How To Show Up: Hawa Hassan

Episode 143, Aired: December 22, 2020
Hawa Hassan, author, entrepreneur and champion of community, discusses her path from refugee to model to business owner. Says Hassan: "I really double down on being resilient, but also being soft, letting things happen to me, feeling them and then adjusting accordingly. There's somethin...

How Agroforestry Helps The Planet: Ariana Day Yuen

Episode 142, Aired: December 11, 2020
After working with coffee farmers in Ethiopia for NGO TechnoServe, Ariana Day Yuen came up with a unique way to harmonize agriculture production with forest conservation. She formed Forested Foods and recently launched its first product, Maryiza monofloral honeys. These honeys are from ...

Wine & Race, Grit & Joy: Tahiirah Habibi

Episode 141, Aired: November 23, 2020
The life of Tahiirah Habibi is the journey from the deadly streets of North Philly to homecoming queen AND president at Penn State to sommelier in Miami to founder of the Hue Society in Atlanta, a curated community that serves as a lifestyle hub to all things Black wine culture. A tribu...