Taste of Place

A Pepper Party

We end the season at a party where guests bring dishes filled with nostalgia and pepper and discuss what pepper means to them. The guests include novelist Emma Hughes, Vi

The Power of Storytelling

In this episode, Anna chats with visual artist Shiraz Bayjoo, pop-up creator Zolitha Magengelele, and anthropologist Mythri Jegathesan about the power of sharing space, h

Homecoming

In this episode, Anna returns to Sarawak at the height of harvest festival to visit pepper farmers and confront her place of nostalgia. We travel through the Kapit market

An Imagined Past

In this episode we travel to Scotland, where Anna joins chef and owner of Inver Restaurant, Pam Brunton, in the kitchen as she cooks classic Scottish dishes using pepper.

A Taste of Home

This episode is all about the flavors of home. Two friends gift Dr. Masing some Sarawak pepper when she runs out, anthropologist David Sutton explains how we build home t

The Scent of Nostalgia

In this episode we think about the power of pepper to stir emotions. Perfumer Tanaïs explains how they make and navigate the past through scent and the possibility of re-

Heat and Flavor

This episode dives into how we understand flavour, the chemical compound of pepper and the desires across time to find food with heat. Restaurant reviewer and food writer

From Farm to Laksa

This episode seeks to get to the bottom of pepper's modern supply chain. We hit some bumps along the way, and see the great affection and joy from those who work with pep

How Pepper Changed Our World

When the merchant Sir James Lancaster, commander of the English East India Company’s first fleet, returned to England in 1603 with ships laden entirely with pepper, this

What Is Pepper?

In this episode, we find out about pepper as a crop, a plant, and a globally traded commodity. We speak to Dr. Patricia King about how it is grown in Sarawak, Malaysia an

Trailer - Taste of Place

Taste of Place, a Whetstone Radio Collective podcast, airing September 22nd is a narrative podcast that aims to untangle our understanding of the past and investigate our