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We have with us today, Theodore Joya.

He is a writer and cultural critic whose essay in Quillette recently caught my eye

and forms the subject of our talk today. Mr. Joya, thank you for joining us.

Thank you so much for having me, Mark. All right. Well, your essay is entitled to expower the people.

That does not empower them. We've heard empowerment for a long, a long long time. No, this is to

expower them. And it opens with a note about something that

has happened in food journalism. What has happened in food journalism that, uh, that catches your

eye? Well, like in so many other parts of society and particularly arts, culture, and media,

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