Audio – Ryan Katz

Mean, Mean

Jerry grew up in East Texas in the 1970s, and noticed his family doing weird stuff. What a life he’s lived since. This is “Mean, Mean.”

A Culinary Cultural Appropriation

Texas: the land of BBQ, breakfast tacos… and of course Tex-Mex. But what if we told you Tex-Mex wasn’t created by a Texan or Mexican, but a German immigrant? On this episode of Gravy, we tell you the story of William Gebhardt, the inventor of chili powder. Gebhardt loved the chili con carne of the streetfoodContinue reading “A Culinary Cultural Appropriation”

College Behind Bars

To get to the 99A college prep English class at California’s San Quentin State Prison, you pass through two security checks, two gates and a very thick, very old metal door that looks medieval. You walk into a courtyard surrounded by guard towers. Inmates in pale blue scrubs with the word “PRISONER” printed on theContinue reading “College Behind Bars”