Gregory Pardlo, Lorraine Toussaint, An Hour of Food History

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Gregory Pardlo discusses his memoir, Air Traffic: A Memoir of Ambition and Manhood in America. Lorraine Toussaint talks about starring in the NBC series "The Village," which premieres tonight, the AMC series "Into The Badlands," which returns this Sunday, the movie, "Fast Color," which will be released later this month, and several other upcoming projects. New York Times social editor Kiera Wright-Ruiz explains her recent piece, “6 Black Chefs (and 1 Inventor) Who Changed the History of Food.” New York Public Radio's director of archives, Andy Lanset, joins us for this week’s installment of our ongoing series, “Andy in the Archives.” Deepi Ahluwalia and Stef Ferrari discuss their new book, A Woman's Place: The Inventors, Rumrunners, Lawbreakers, Scientists, and Single Moms Who Changed the World with Food.

This episode is guest-hosted by Nancy Giles.