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Gravy

Mary Beth Lasseter

Gravy is a biweekly podcast that tells stories of the changing American South through the foods we eat.

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Listen to Gravy, a Arts podcast by Mary Beth Lasseter. Stream 292 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.

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Tasting Haiti in New Orleans

In “Tasting Haiti in New Orleans,” Gravy reporter Eva Tesfaye gives listeners a taste of Haitian cuisine—and history—in New Orleans. For Hai...

24:40Jun 24, 2026

Object Permanence: An Essay

Martin Padgett wrote the feature essay “Object Permanence” for the fall 2025 issue of Gravy Quarterly, our sister publication. In the piece,...

18:42Jun 10, 2026

American Barbecue’s European Adventure

In “American Barbecue’s European Adventure,” Gravy reporter Eve Troeh takes us to meet restaurateurs in Prague, Czech Republic (Big Smokers)...

24:38May 27, 2026

Sap's Rising in Highland County, Virginia

In Highland County, Virginia, there are more trees than people. Specifically, the County is rich in sugar maples, the trees whose sap produc...

20:27May 13, 2026

Real Organic Podcast

Today, Gravy shares with you the Real Organic Podcast, the award-winning “Best Sustainability, Environment & Climate Podcast” produced by th...

57:56Apr 29, 2026

Sniffing Out American Truffles

In “Sniffing Out American Truffles,” Gravy reporter Irina Zhorov explores truffle production in the U.S.—and how the South is emerging as a...

27:36Apr 15, 2026

Virginia Has the Blue Catfish Blues

In “Virginia Has the Blue Catfish Blues,”Gravy reporter Anya Groner takes listeners to the Chesapeake Bay, where, over the past decade, inva...

27:40Apr 1, 2026

A Taste of the Other Georgia in Pensacola

In “A Taste of the Other Georgia in Pensacola,” Gravy reporter Martin Padgett ventures to Pensacola to sample a bit of Georgia—a Georgia muc...

22:39Mar 18, 2026

Apalachicola Bay Reopens

Atlanta can seem like it’s a very long way from the oystering communities in Florida’s Panhandle. There are, in fact, hundreds of miles betw...

28:44Mar 4, 2026

Fruitcake in Space

In “Fruitcake in Space,” Gravy reporter Bronwen Wyatt explores a bizarre footnote in the annals of human space travel. In 1968, a scientist...

27:29Jan 21, 2026

Texas Pecans, A Thirsty Nut to Crack

In “Texas Pecans, A Thirsty Nut to Crack,” Gravy reporter Avery Thompson explores how a changing climate is impacting pecans in Texas, and i...

28:57Nov 26, 2025

Tending Episode 6: What Next?

In the sixth and final episode of her six-part Tending series, host Shirlette Ammons seeks insight on the future of Black farming and asks i...

22:25Nov 19, 2025

Tending Episode 5: What Now?

In this fifth installment of Gravy's Tending series, producer Shirlette Ammons examines the Discrimination Financial Assistance Program, com...

23:04Nov 12, 2025

Tending Episode 4: Texas

The fourth installment of the six-part Tending series explores the power of the USDA's county committees, recounting a Black family’s tragic...

25:20Nov 5, 2025