Great Conversations  Michael Pollan

Pollan discusses his two books about food and eating with Michael Shnayerson. Details

 

Program: Great Conversations

Episode: Michael Pollan

In this 2008 interview, Michael Pollan, a long-time contributing writer at the New York Times Magazine and a journalism teacher at the University of California, Berkeley, discusses his books "In Defense of Food; An Eater's Manifesto" and "The Omnivore's Dilemma" with Michael Shnayerson. Together, the books convincingly show that we are indeed what we eat...and that what we eat remakes the world.

Duration: (56:30)
Premiere Date: 02/11/2008
Episode Expires: Never
TV Rating: NR

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