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  • FSN_101826_MICHAELFLOOD_FULL

    FSN_101826_MICHAELFLOOD_FULL
    2026/10/19
    Leading an organization that serves more than a million people a month requires keeping individual people in view. Michael Flood, President and CEO of the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, brings that perspective to Food Secure Nation: “I’m serving you today, but I could be in line, you know, next week.” Our conversation explores the leadership behind the numbers: building strong teams, investing in nutritious food, preparing for disasters, and working through community partnerships. 🎧 “L.A. Confidential — The Leader Behind the Numbers” Listen at FoodSecureNation.com.
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    42 分
  • Food Secure Nation Nate Springer, Service Never Stops

    Food Secure Nation Nate Springer, Service Never Stops
    2026/10/11
    What happens when the uniform comes off—but the mission doesn’t stop? After 23 years in the U.S. Army, Nate Springer took just five days off before beginning a new chapter of service as President and CEO of Care and Share Food Bank for Southern Colorado. Nate joins Dr. Phil Knight and Gerry Brisson for a powerful conversation about purpose, leadership, trust, and the realities of hunger in America. He shares how food banking changed his assumptions about who experiences hunger, why empowered teams make better organizations, and why he believes “food security is national security.” From military command to food banking, Nate’s story reminds us that careers change, titles change, and uniforms come off—but purpose doesn’t have a retirement date. Different mission. Different uniform. Same why. Food Secure Nation — real conversations with the people working to build a more food-secure America
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    42 分
  • Food Secure Nation - Food for Thought - Understanding Older Adult Food Insecurity

    Food Secure Nation - Food for Thought - Understanding Older Adult Food Insecurity
    2026/09/30
    What if the food is there—and food security still isn’t? We tend to think of “senior hunger” as a straightforward problem: someone needs food, we provide food. But aging can change the equation. Researchers Drs Colleen Heflin and Madonna Harrington Meyer have authored a book entitled, Food for Thought, Understaning Older Adult Food Insecurity and it’s insights help us understand more so we can do better.
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    42 分
  • Food Secure Nation with Denis McDonough, CEO Feeding America Part 1

    Food Secure Nation with Denis McDonough, CEO Feeding America Part 1
    2026/09/17
    After a lifetime of public service, Denis McDonough had choices. He chose hunger. In this deeply personal conversation, Feeding America’s new CEO shares how family, faith, service and a belief in the dignity of every person led him to the fight for a food-secure nation. And I would not change the Show 1 monologue or FFT much at all. After hearing the actual conversation, they hold up exceptionally well. If anything, the transcript gives us more confidence that “the work is worthy” was exactly the right frame.
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    42 分
  • FSN_091326_HEATHERPACQUETTE_FULL

    FSN_091326_HEATHERPACQUETTE_FULL
    2026/09/09
    The Other Side of the Aisle We hear a lot about crossing the aisle these days. But Heather Paquette crossed a different one — the grocery aisle. After 24 years in grocery retail, Heather became President of Good Shepherd Food Bank of Maine, bringing lessons in operations, innovation and execution into a world where success is measured very differently. Heather joins Dr. Phil Knight and Gerry Brisson for a remarkable conversation about what translates, what must be unlearned, why hard times demand creativity, and what leaders discover when they’re willing to see the world from both sides of the aisle. Listen to Food Secure Nation and discover why being curious is how we build a Food Secure Nation.
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    42 分
  • Food Secure Nation with Crystal FitzSimons - CEO of FRAC

    Food Secure Nation with Crystal FitzSimons - CEO of FRAC
    2026/08/24
    Hunger is actually a solvable problem.” After 27 years at the Food Research & Action Center, Crystal FitzSimons now leads FRAC into the next chapter of its more than 50-year story. She joins Dr. Phil Knight and Gerry Brisson to talk about the values that shaped her, the research and policies that can change lives, dignity, political will—and why one of the best things we can do for children is make sure their parents aren’t parenting hungry. A powerful conversation with one of the nation’s leading voices in the fight against hunger.
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    42 分
  • Food Secure Nation with Matt Habash - The Riptide of Innovation

    Food Secure Nation with Matt Habash - The Riptide of Innovation
    2026/08/22
    Matt Habash has spent more than four decades challenging one of the biggest assumptions in hunger relief: that success is measured by how much food we distribute. Under his leadership, the Mid-Ohio Food Collective became one of the most innovative organizations in the Feeding America network—using data, healthcare, technology, public policy and community partnerships to better understand not just where hunger exists, but why. His philosophy is captured in one unforgettable line: “We’re not going to food bank our way out of hunger.” In this episode, Matt shares the experiences, ideas and lessons behind a 42-year career of asking better questions, listening deeply and refusing to accept that the way things are is the way they have to remain. Because innovation isn’t simply about having new ideas. It’s about never becoming too experienced to keep learning.
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    42 分
  • Food Secure Nation with Cyndi Kirkhart - Country Roads Leads to Food Security

    Food Secure Nation with Cyndi Kirkhart - Country Roads Leads to Food Security
    2026/08/21
    What if the real work of fighting hunger isn’t simply filling empty bellies — but helping people build a future? Cyndi Kirkhart, CEO of Facing Hunger Food Bank, takes us down the country roads of Appalachia, where resilience runs deep and every plate has a story. From a seven-year-old boy turning ketchup packets into tomato soup for his little brother to a food bank determined to reach people across some of America’s most rural communities, this conversation will change the way you think about hunger, dignity and home. Take hunger out of the picture — and imagine what becomes possible.
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    42 分