Don't Pretend We're Dead Podcast
Don't Pretend We're Dead Podcast
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For each episode of the Don’t Pretend We’re Dead podcast, I’ll be talking with women doing interesting work right now in the fields of advocacy, arts and culture, food, science and technology. Ladies who give me a shred of hope in these dark times—and who doesn’t need more of that? Subscribe for free to learn about new episodes. corinazappia.substack.com
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Content Themes
The podcast focuses on a wide range of themes such as cultural advocacy, culinary innovation, and the intersection of social issues with professional disciplines. Specific episode topics include Caribbean cuisine with chef Marie Mitchell, discussing cultural identity through food, and humanitarian advocacy featuring Ruth Mukwana, highlighting women's empowerment in crisis narratives.

For Season 2 of the Don’t Pretend We’re Dead podcast, we’re talking with women shaping the food and drinks industry in roles that don’t always make the headlines – but should. Hosted by Corina Zappia and Caroline Marie.
On this episode:Corina Zappia and Caroline Marie sit down with Manon Galizzi, a food scientist and flavor specialist who worked at flavor houses and at McVitie’s before launching EPICSI, her own flavor consultancy. We talk about the two routes into a career in flavor, what a flavor house actually does, how Gen Z is changing what we eat, and her honest advice for women starting out in the industry.
For season 2 of the Don’t Pretend We’re Dead podcast, we’re talking with women in the food and drink industry, in roles that rarely make the headlines but should. Subscribe for free to learn about new episodes.
Logo: Simon Inkpen at simoninkpen.co.uk
Animation: David Cohen and Lisa Jellinek at thatonenyc.com
Music: The Dead Zoo at thedeadzoo.com
About Manon Galizzi
Manon Galizzi is a flavour expert and food scientist with over years in the UK food and drink industry. In addition to working at one of the UK’s leading flavour houses , Manon has been a flavour specialist for McVities – where she worked on developing the flavour profiles Hobnobs, Digestives and Jaffa Cakes. In addition to her consultancy EPICSI, where Manon helps UK food and drink brands diagnose what’s really going wrong with their flavour and how to fix it, she also hosts the Food Lab Podcast, where she talks with UK food and drink producers about avoiding flavour complaints and getting outperformed by the industry.
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