What does food insecurity in Greater Boston look like, and what are people doing about it?
Those were the central questions that students in Prof. Scott Helman's spring 2025 course Making Podcast Magic sought to answer with their semester-long podcast project, One Meal at a Time. The four-part series explores the issue of hunger in the Boston area and how it's affecting people in surprising ways, including many college students.
The series introduces listeners to experts on the front lines, like Rose Saia from Newton's Centre Street Food Pantry, and Henry Morris from Women’s Lunch Place, which serves women in Boston. It touches on personal stories—like Brenda’s—a woman whose resilience shines through her struggle with homelessness and hunger. And Nora’s, a student who relies on a food pantry at her college to get through the week.
One Meal at a Time also tells the story of Community Servings, an organization in Jamaica Plain that prepares and delivers fresh food for people battling disease and other health conditions, and of student volunteers at Harvard who package and freeze dining hall food and redirect it to people in need.