In February 2021, I joined Rufina Garay for the first episode of her podcast, FoodLove, recorded on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula. We talked about everything from Filipino diaspora cooking to wheat exports.

On her podcast Mouthy, Piper mouths off about the hidden costs of cheap, crappy food. Then she sits down with Umi Organic founder Lola Milholland to talk about her best practices for food production, including using local ingredients, paying employees a livable wage and producing delicious fresh ramen.

My mom and I spoke with essayist, poet, and farmer Wendell Berry on the economic value of intangibles, and he recollected sweet childhood memories for a podcast I co-produced called Underground Airwaves.

I spoke with Dirk Marshall on his podcast VH US about my favorite movie of all time, Tampopo by the inimitable Juzo Itami—a groundbreaking film that set the platinum gold standard for food films.

In May 2020, the day after our Umi Organic yakisoba noodles were served for the first time in all Portland Public Schools, I joined nutrition services director Whitney Ellersick on OPB’s Think Out Loud to talk about how our partnership formed and what it means for students.

In January 2015, Chris Seigel and I interviewed one of my favorite writers for our podcast Underground Airwaves. This remains one of my favorite episodes that we recorded, simply because Nicola Twilley has the most fascinating stories!