Colleen and Carolyn travel to Jackson Heights, Queens, NY to the home of Ethan Frisch. Together, they converse on the farmer's role in the value chain, and the clear differences in flavor between freshly harvested spices and those that sit in warehouses for years before making it home. This episode also features Ethnomusicologist Danielle Maggio for a segment on how globalization has affected music-making and music listening. Danielle poses the question: what exactly is world music?

The Sourceresses meet with Momoko Nakamura, Rice Girl, in San Francisco to discuss the evolution away from traditional, natural growing methods of rice in her home country of Japan. Sonic Sauce music segment featuring Japanese female boogie from the 1980's.

The Sourceresses travel to Boston to meet up with Sims McCormick and Rob Knecht of Real Oyster Cult. Together they are farming, sourcing and making this carbon neutral protein source available to anyone by shipping directly to consumers.

Alison Gordon, CEO of the Canadian cannabis company 48North and the Sourceresses discuss the evolution of the legalized market in the country that is our neighbor to the north: organic farming practices, vertical integration, capitalism, and the allowance of interstate commerce.

Cannabis compassion programs for the terminally ill and veterans are crucial to be included in legislation as decriminalization and legalization progresses world-wide. The Sourceresses speak with Joe Airone of the Sweetleaf Collective and Ryan Miller of Operation E*V*A*C* about the impact and importance of compassion in cannabis.

The Sourceresses join Brittany Carbone, CEO & Founder of Tonic CBD and Tricolla Farms, in a conversation about the blossoming hemp and cannabinoid industry in the state of New York. From the pursuit of day one equity in legislation, to advancing genetics in hemp cultivation, Brittany and her team are right on the front lines.

Greg D'Alensadre, Cheif Sourcing Officer of Dandelion Chocolate pays a visit to Sourceress Headquarters to break down the mysterious supply chain behind making chocolate and teach the Sourceresses how to be cocoa allies in trade.

The Sourceresses discuss the burgeoning Tequila industry with Jose "Pepe" Hermosillo, Founder of Casa Noble Tequila from headquarters in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, sharing insights on sustainability, the supply chain from agave to barrel, and commitment to excellence for flavor.

The Sourceresses sit down for tea service and conversation with Ana Dane, Partner at In Pursuit of Tea in their New York headquarters to discuss tea's colonial ties to silver and opium, and learn the intricacies of the tea trade. Sonic Sauce featuring Taiwanese Pop.

The Sourceresses travel to Masienda headquarters in Los Angeles to talk with CEO and Founder, Jorge Gaviria, about creating the best masa possible by sourcing from milpa to mesa, and the implications of NAFTA on the relationship of corn between the United States and Mexico.

Welcome to Sourceress Educational Bites! This one, commodities. Learn all about the system that rules the buying, selling and trading of most of the products we use on a daily basis - in under 7 minutes!

Featuring interviews with Nick Kirby of Enveritas and Mike Nelson of Junior's Roasted Coffee, the Sourceresses discuss coffee consumption in the United States, transparency, customer education, and activism tools.

The Sourceresses go inside the journey of coffee in Ethiopia and speak with Heleanna Georgalis, CEO of Moplaco Trading, an exporter on the front lines in Addis Ababa.

Colleen and Carolyn meet Stephanie Mutz, Founder of Sea Stephanie Fish, in the Santa Barbara hills to discuss humanity's relationship and responsibility to the oceans, direct marketing, and why the best uni is sourced with insane amounts of patience. Interview Recording Date: February 19. 2019

The Sourceresses and Sana Javeri Kadri, Founder/CEO of Diaspora Co. come together in conversation at the Sourceress headquarters in San Francisco over their relationships with farmers at origin, exoticism of the turmeric spice trade, and the meaning of queerness within Diaspora Co. Interview Recording Date: Friday March 1, 2019

Colleen and Carolyn sit down with Christina Stembel, CEO and Founder of Farmgirl Flowers in their San Francisco Flower Mart Headquarters to discuss the history of Farmgirl, the international cut  flower trade, and being a female business owner in a traditionally male dominated market. 

Meet the ladies behind the Sourceress podcast: Creators Carolyn Kissick and Colleen King, and Music Curator Danielle Maggio.

This season on Sourceress we take a deep dive into sourcing with innovators in specialty food and beverage industries to empower you with the information you need to make informed decisions with your purchasing power. Sourceress uses an intersectional lens to talk economics, sustainability, flavor, and cultural hybridity through music. 

We take a deep dive into sourcing with innovators in specialty industries to empower you with the information you need to make informed decisions with your purchasing power. Sourceress takes an inter-sectional lens to talk economics, power structures, flavor, and cultural hybridity through music.

As a PhD Candidate in Ethnomusicology at The University of Pittsburgh, her research interests include soul and funk, music industry politics of race, gender, sex and genre, World Music, and collecting, curating, and archiving practices. She is the Associate Producer of Betty - They Say I'm Different, a feature-length documentary film about pioneering funk musician—and now feminist icon—Betty Davis. An avid vinyl enthusiast, Danielle enjoys spinning deep cuts under the moniker ‘Sauce Queen.’

Carolyn and Colleen check in from their time on the road and share a little bit more about the mission behind Sourceress.

Sourceress is a podcast about working outside of commercial supply chains in specialty industries. We speak with people who source products you love in innovative ways. Together, we explore the immense amount of effort it takes to source outside of commodity trading, and the quality and flavor differences that are possible when we source differently. Bonus: Our friend and ethnomusicologist, Danielle Maggio, gives you a dope playlist from the regions and topics we cover each episode.