New Books in Science, Technology, and Society | 14 January 2025 | 1h 06m | Listen Later | Podcasts | Spotify
Interview with Patrick Dixon about his book Nuggets of Gold: Further Processed Chicken and the Making of the American Diet. Centres further processed chicken within an analysis of the U.S. food system that demonstrates that consumers did not unwittingly succumb to a “junk food” diet but made deliberate and aspirational decisions based on conceptions of leisure, lifestyle, and bodily needs.