Fr. Ian finds out why Spirulina is the future, poet Dian Sousa talks about why she is lovingly afraid of the sea, and composer and winemaker Brook Monroe demonstrates how he turns wine into music

For Playing with Food, KCBX's Fr. Ian Delinger travels to southern San Luis Obispo County to talk to algae farmers and find out how one particular algae—Spirulina—is made, and why it is considered a complete health food. Then, KCBX's Meher Ali is in conversation with poet and activist Dian Sousa about poetry, the necessity of work, her immigrant parents and their love of the sea, on The Lonely Goat Cafe. Last, reporter Benjamin Purper walks with Brook Monroe, musician and winemaker, in the vineyard that he manages on the Central Coast, where the latter shows him how he incorporates winemaking into his compositions. Purper's story has been sourced from KQED's The California Report.

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Fr. Ian finds out why Spirulina is the future, poet Dian Sousa talks about why she is lovingly afraid of the sea, and composer and winemaker Brook Monroe demonstrates how he turns wine into music is an episode from Issues and Ideas by KCBX .

This episode is 58:20 long.

This episode was published on Jul 28, 2025.

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