Here's a work-culture convo w/ Matthew Halteman on lunching beautifully & imperfectly. We think it's ok to eat your feelings at work, if those feelings are as fun & hopeful as this podcast turned out to be! This week, the Mode/Switch menu features vegan tiramisu, thanks to our a wise and mischievous guest, Matthew Halteman, the author of Hungry Beautiful Animals: The Joyful Case for Going Vegan.
Say, what? Joyful and vegan? Those words don’t seem to know each other. But after this pod, we think you’ll agree, the both/and there is a mode/switch worth making!
Look, we’re not here to incriminate you for pulled-pork leftovers in the break room. We are here to inspire you to do your work lunch more beautifully if still imperfectly.
Whether you’re a Boomer or an Xer making better food choices for health’s sake—or a Millennial or a Z making food choices to ease the earth—this is not a podcast about making you feel guilty and self-reproachful.
It is instead a convo about making you feel human again. Or, to borrow a phrase from Matt’s book, it’s about staying “as close as you can to who you already are.”
Grab a Christmas cookie, pour some coffee, and pop in your earbuds. Come for the food wisdom and stay for this week’s Spell It Out feature, when David, Emily, Ken, and Gen Z guest Haley ask why communal dining’s on the rise in the American workplace.
Couldn’t be happier you’re joining us at the Mode/Switch table!
-craig
