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Ube Industrial Complex
by Karen Tongson, Adrian De Leon, and James Zarsadiaz
Ube Industrial Complex is a light-hearted, food-motivated show that explores culinary scenes and other pop cultural appetites from Filipinx American and Canadian points-of-view.Co-hosted across three cities by writers, scholars and food enthusiasts, Karen Tongson (L.A.), Adrian De Leon (NY), and James Zarsadiaz (SF), the show boasts both local perspectives, and a worldy sensibility across generations, migration routes, foodways, trends, tastes and desires.
Episodes
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"If everything is ube, then nothing is ube" - A Conversation with Top Chef Winner, Rhoda Magbitang
We are joined by Chef Rhoda Magbitang, the winner of Top Chef 23, who wowed the judges with her soulful, refined renditions of lugaw, tortang talong and kaldereta in the competition's finale. Together we explore everything from the special vicissitudes of merienda, to why "dessert" as a concept...
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Everyone's a Critic
In episode 3, we welcome special guest Bettina Makalintal from Eater to talk about why food culture is so important to Filipinos in the diaspora. Moving beyond typical takes that focus on the "food, family, fun" trifecta that frames us as enthusiastic eaters, we are interested in how Filipinos in...
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Taste Back
In this episode, we each talk about our "Proustian madeleine" or the taste sensation that sends our memories flooding back, and sets us off "in search of things past." We think critically about the role nostalgia plays in our food worlds, while exploring how place, fantasy and the formation of...
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Purple
Welcome to Ube Industrial Complex, a food-motivated limited podcast series that explores culinary scenes and broader pop cultural appetites from a Filipino American and Canadian POV. Co-hosted across three cities by Karen Tongson (L.A.), Adrian De Leon (NY), and James Zarsadiaz (SF), the show...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Ube Industrial Complex is a light-hearted, food-motivated show that explores culinary scenes and other pop cultural appetites from Filipinx American and Canadian points-of-view.Co-hosted across three cities by writers, scholars and food enthusiasts, Karen Tongson (L.A.), Adrian De Leon (NY), and James Zarsadiaz (SF), the show boasts both local perspectives, and a worldy sensibility across generations, migration routes, foodways, trends, tastes and desires.
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Karen Tongson, Adrian De Leon, and James Zarsadiaz
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What is Ube Industrial Complex about?
Ube Industrial Complex is a light-hearted, food-motivated show that explores culinary scenes and other pop cultural appetites from Filipinx American and Canadian points-of-view.Co-hosted across three cities by writers, scholars and food enthusiasts, Karen Tongson (L.A.), Adrian De Leon (NY), and...
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Ube Industrial Complex is created and hosted by Karen Tongson, Adrian De Leon, and James Zarsadiaz.
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