191 The Problem with Feeding Cities with author Andrew Deener




Indivisible Chicago Podcast show

Summary: INDIVISIBLE CHICAGO PODCAST SHOW NOTES FOR FEBRUARY 8, 2021 _1. The former President pushed the internet's tall tales, gaslit the country, and denied science and reality. And it took him a long way. But there’s evidence this week that fabulist thinking has its limit. The article referenced is here: https://nyti.ms/3jnYCp8. _2. Many of us have any number of options for how and where we buy our food. Others, especially people living on the south and west sides, live as much as four miles from the nearest major grocery store. These circumstances are not just natural, but developed over time as a result of all sorts of influences -- from economic to technological to political. And these are the circumstances that are the subject of this week's interview. Andrew Deener is Professor of Sociology at the University of Connecticut and author of the new book: The Problem with Feeding Cities: The Social Transformation of Infrastructure, Abundance, and Inequality in America (University of Chicago Press, 2020).