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Often blamed for the rising rates of obesity and diabetes among black Americans, fast food restaurants like McDonald’s have long symbolised capitalism’s villainous effects on our nation’s most vulnerable communities.

Co-hosts Emily Pearson, Patrick Martins and Brandon Hoy are in the studio with chef friend Trigg Brown of WinSon and WinSon Bakery talking all things fast food, Thanksgiving, favorite cuts of meat, bread, sauces and more!

ILSI is a secretive lobbying group that is deployed by major food companies to push their agenda in legislative matters.

Plant-based burgers and beef have dominated the recent headlines. Everyone from McDonald’s to Costco, Trader Joe’s and Nestlé, announced new plant-based burger offerings. Simultaneously, news outlets are debating whether or not beef is good for the planet and good for people.

This fall, HRN is heading west to take in the sights, sounds, and tastes of Feast Portland. To gear up for our coverage of the festival, we're bringing you a look into some of the weekend's most anticipated events.

Mike is back with a vengeance and has taken the co-anchor seat while Patrick is away, and he and Erica bring the stories about the regulation of tuna fishing, celebrity fast-food endorsements that make people eat garbage, and the literal garbage that fish are eating to their doom.

This week on A Taste of the Past, host Linda Pelaccio is joined in the studio by Andrew F. Smith, author of the book Fast Food: The Good, The Bad and The Hungry.