Ferment Radio

Ferment Radio is a podcast series that tackles, from a microbial perspective, issues that are hard-to-grasp. Together with people from very diverse backgrounds, including science, gastronomy, and arts, we reflect, discuss, and bubble along with microbes to give legacy to unusual perspectives. By letting our thoughts and beliefs ferment in the brine of shared discourse, we find transformative paths to multispecies justice and well-being, within ourselves and others. Ferment Radio is hosted by Aga Pokrywka, produced by Super Eclectic, and supported by CSSM.

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#44: The World in a Pickle – They Came from Beyond

Migrating birds, shipwreck survivors, extraterrestrial bodies, distant seeds washed ashore, outsiders in love, forgotten memories, and rare ingredients that become staple foods. This is Hiiumaa, an island in the Baltic Sea, 22 kilometers from...
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#43: Refuse, reduce, reuse, repurpose…re-imagine (with Albert Franch Sunyer)

You enter a restaurant in a historical art nouveau building, right in the center of Helsinki, Finland. You sit down and a person wearing a stylish uniform, made of discarded textiles, pours water into...
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Stylised picture of sediment layers

#42: Deep, deep time (with Björn Kröger)

Two hundred years ago, the very first illustration of prehistoric times –in a scientific context– was brought to light. It was painted by British geologist and palaeontologist Henry De la Beche, who was inspired by...
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#41: Making the invisible visible (with Anna Dumitriu)

Bacteria are often considered ugly and stinky; something dangerous that wants to get on us, and that we need to protect ourselves from. Fermentation is one way to overcome that prejudice and find pleasure...
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#40: Show me your kitchen, and I will tell you who you are (with David Zilber)

We choose our tools, and in return, our tools shape us. Tools can be an opening to new possibilities, but also a limitation. What makes the workspace of a fermenter? What tools are there...
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#39: Yeast upon a time (with Johanna Rotko)

It looks like a square, monochromatic, glass slide photo, and not only because of the material it is made of, but also because it could belong to a different time. It feels as if...
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