Packaging trash - including what is used for food and beverages - now accounts for nearly half of all plastic waste generated globally. And most of it never gets recycled or incinerated. National Geographic writer, Laura Parker, joins host Jenna Liut to discuss how we got to this point with...

Why and how do we gather around food? Food photographer, Penny de Los Santos, discusses her "anthropologic findings" while shooting for Nat Geo, her research in Dearborn, MI, and what exactly "food landscapes" can reveal about their respective cultures. Penny's photographs have been in National Geographic, Food Wine, and...

This week on Animal Instinct, host Celia is joined by marine biologist and underwater videographer Josh Stewart. Josh has studied and filmed mantas around the world and has spent several years studying coral recruitment on historic shipwrecks in the Dominican Republic. It was during one of these projects that he...

Kicking off the 2015 season, Mike Colameco is back with a brand new Food Talk with Michael Colameco welcoming guests Chef Kerry Heffernan and Producer Poull Brien. Kerry opens the segment chatting about his latest projects, including new television projects like National Geographic's "Hooked on Seafood" and The Monterey Bay...

This week on Eating Matters, host Kim Kessler is discussing school food with guests Laura Benavidez of the Los Angeles Unified School District and Mark Izeman, of the NRDC New York Urban Program. Specifically inspired by the recent story of six of the largest US school districts having switched to...

Barton Seaver and Christian Puglisi: This week on Sharp Hot, Emily Peterson is joined by two thought leaders in the world of food - Barton Seaver and Christian Puglisi. First hear from Barton, a National Geographic Fellow and Washington, D.C. chef. He is an influential voice in the culinary...

This week on Eating Disorder, hosts The Rev Spyro and Crazy Legs Conti kick off the show catching up on Crazy Legs' recent trip to England. Working on a project with Morgan Spurlock and Jamie Oliver as well as a short film with former guest Little Jimmy, Crazy Legs recounts...

Deborah Jones, creates a sense of place that lets inspired food exist as it should. It's her photography that grace the pages of Thomas Keller's modern classic cookbooks (The French Laundry, Bouchon, Ad Hoc At Home). The most current of their collaborative collection, Bouchon Bakery, takes 300 brown round things...

Jessica Oreck joins Grace Bonney for this week's installment of After the Jump to talk about filmmaking, risk-taking, and trusting instincts. Jessica recently released her newest film, Aatsinki: The Story of Arctic Cowboys, at the Tribeca Film Festival to much acclaim. Tune into this episode to learn about Jessica's initial...

On today's THE FOOD SEEN, photographer Penny De Los Santos has been contributing insight into our world's food traditions through her lens. Seen in National Geographic and Saveur magazines, her images speak for themselves (her powerful TEDx talk speaks volumes as well). Traveling to over 30 countries on assignment, from...