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The Essential Table Podcast

by Hosted by Elizabeth A. Miles | Pull up a chair. Bring your story and your favorite recipe. Let’s listen long enough to understand each other.

Food is the middle ground. The Essential Table brings people with different stories, cultures, beliefs, and perspectives to the same table for honest conversations, better questions, and the kind of listening that reminds us we can be different without being separate. theessentialtable.substack.com

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Episodes

  1. Donald Trump, Scapegoats, and the Stories We Tell Ourselves

    What do Donald Trump, a Wawa Gobbler, and the human ego have in common? Apparently, more than you might think. This week on The Essential Table, John Chapkovich, founder of The Green Monkey Federation, joins me with one of his favorite comfort foods: the Wawa Gobbler. Think Thanksgiving dinner...

  2. The Essential Table Episode 3: What Are We Bringing to the Table?

    What are you bringing to the table? Not the casserole. Not the wine. Not the perfect conversation starter. You. Every conversation begins with more than what is happening in the moment. We bring our history, expectations, assumptions, old wounds, unfinished arguments, beliefs, fears, and the...

  3. The Essential Table — Episode 2 | We Are Not as Separate as We Think

    Have you ever been completely wrong about someone? Most of us have. We make assumptions. We fill in the blanks. We create an entire story about someone based on a single opinion, decision, belief, mistake, or label. And then we forget something important: We gave ourselves a whole story. Why do…

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  4. Why We Need the Table: Food, Conversation, Connection & Belonging

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit theessentialtable.substack.com The table gives us a reason to sit down. Conversation gives us a reason to stay. There is something about a table. We celebrate around one. We grieve around one. We drink coffee long after it has gone…

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Food is the middle ground. The Essential Table brings people with different stories, cultures, beliefs, and perspectives to the same table for honest conversations, better questions, and the kind of listening that reminds us we can be different without being separate.

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Hosted by Elizabeth A. Miles | Pull up a chair. Bring your story and your favorite recipe. Let’s listen long enough to understand each other.

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How many episodes does The Essential Table Podcast have?

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What is The Essential Table Podcast about?

Food is the middle ground. The Essential Table brings people with different stories, cultures, beliefs, and perspectives to the same table for honest conversations, better questions, and the kind of listening that reminds us we can be different without being separate. theessentialtable.substack.com

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The Essential Table Podcast has 4 episodes. Check the episode list to see recent publication dates and frequency.

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The Essential Table Podcast is created and hosted by Hosted by Elizabeth A. Miles | Pull up a chair. Bring your story and your favorite recipe. Let’s listen long enough to understand each other..
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