Addressing food insecurity with Meals in the Meantime – A special Podcasthon episode with Kevin M. Yates

This is a special Beyond 6 Seconds episode for Podcasthon, where for one week, thousands of podcasts are highlighting a nonprofit of their choice, to raise awareness and encourage support for charities around the world. The focus of this episode is Meals in the Meantime, a nonprofit organization addressing food insecurity in the Chicagoland south suburbs. Meals in the Meantime provides free, fresh, healthy, high-quality grocery bags of food at drive-thru, pop-up food pantries. I interviewed Kevin M. Yates, President and Founder of Meals in the Meantime, about: What inspired him to start Meals in the Meantime How Meals in the Meantime achieves its mission of "filling the food gap with nourishment and dignity" How the nonprofit's philosophy of "What Would You Eat" (WWYE) influences the types of foods that Meals in the Meantime provides Why Meals in the Meantime is different from other types of food banks and food pantries Learn more about how you can support Meals in the Meantime at MealsInTheMeantime.org and follow them on Facebook , Instagram , YouTube and LinkedIn . Visit podcasthon.org to discover charities featured by podcasters from around the world. Support or sponsor this podcast at BuyMeACoffee.com/Beyond6Seconds ! Watch the video of this interview on YouTube. Read the episode transcript. Follow the Beyond 6 Seconds podcast in your favorite podcast player.

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Addressing food insecurity with Meals in the Meantime – A special Podcasthon episode with Kevin M. Yates is an episode from Beyond 6 Seconds by Carolyn Kiel.

This episode is 16:45 long.

This episode was published on Mar 16, 2026.

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