Add Passion and Stir

Hunger in the greater Washington region—and food assistance alone cannot solve the crisis. Radha Muthiah, president and CEO of the Capital Area Food Bank, joins Billy Shore to discuss the food bank’s 2026 Hunger Report, which finds that 38% of the region’s residents experience food insecurity and 34% of its children live in food-insecure households. She explains how job losses, rising costs, and s...

Omaha Mayor John Ewing, Hastings, NE organizer Sierra Edmisten, and Bellevue, NE SNAP career navigator Alicia Fremont about food insecurity, poverty, SNAP cuts, and the pressure families face when groceries, school meals, child care, and work requirements collide. Mayor Ewing shares how Omaha mobilized after SNAP benefits were cut, raising $15 million to support food banks and pantries while inves...

Why are millions of Americans losing SNAP food assistance—even when many remain eligible? In this episode of Add Passion and Stir , host Billy Shore speaks with Jason DeParle, poverty correspondent for The New York Times , and Sharon Parrott, president of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, about the sharp decline in SNAP participation, new administrative barriers, and the human consequenc...

In this very special repeat episode of Add Passion and Stir, Billy Shore and Debbie Shore speak with attorney Corey Martin and former DHS attorney Jason Thomas about immigration detention, due process, and what humane policy should look like. In the five months since this episode first aired, more than an additional 140,000 people have been detained by ICE , according to The Deportation Data Proje...

In this very important re-airing of Add Passion and Stir , Navyn Salem, founder and CEO of the malnutrition social enterprise Edesia, discusses our shared humanity in caring for children all over the world. Edesia produces fortified, peanut-based products like Plumpy'Nut for humanitarian agencies like UNICEF, World Food Programme, and other NGOs working in emergency and conflict zones. “We feed ch...

Tony Spring, chairman and CEO of Macy’s, discusses his career path that began at Bloomingdale’s and led to more than 40 years in retail leadership. Tony reflects on the lessons he learned from Burger King, the importance of customer experience, and how Macy’s has worked to rebuild around hospitality, execution, and culture. The conversation also explores Macy’s partnership with Share Our Strength...

Devon Klatell of the Rockefeller Foundation talks about the growing “Food is Medicine” movement and why it matters for health, equity, and cost savings.   Devon explains how the Foundation’s work evolved from agriculture and production to nutrition, chronic disease prevention, and better integration between food systems and health care.  The conversation explores: what Food is medic...

From the producers of Add Passion and Stir , here is Patriarchs — a six-part audio drama about the most consequential friendship in American history, the one between Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. As we emerge from the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, Patriarchs invites listeners into the founding era with dramatic force, historical depth, and moral honesty, asking not only...

Noah Glass, founder and CEO of Olo and a Share Our Strength board member, shares the path that took him from pizza delivery in Newton MA to building one of the most influential technology platforms in restaurant ordering. Noah shares how early experiences in food, entrepreneurship, and international development shaped Olo’s origin story, why he burned the boats to pursue his idea, and how a long p...

Riding their bicycles for 200 miles in two days, 125 culinary leaders and other supporters of the No Kid Hungry campaign raised a record-setting 1.3 million dollars . Their grit and determination over the years have helped connect more children to the bipartisan, fully-funded Summer Meals programs, increasing participation from 3 million to nearly 19 million kids. Joining us on the site of Chefs C...

Billy Shore speaks with Mayor Daniel Rickenmann of Columbia, South Carolina, Mayor Alyia Gaskins of Alexandria, Virginia, and Aaron Goldstein of Share Our Strength about how local leaders are using practical, bipartisan solutions to fight childhood hunger.  The conversation explores why mayors are so effective at solving problems close to home, how housing, transportation, and economic insecu...

In this episode of Add Passion and Stir , Billy Shore speaks with George Kelemen of Share Our Strength and Jennifer Wheeler of Marion County Public Schools in Kentucky about what childhood hunger looks like when school is out for the summer. They discuss how Summer EBT, non-congregate feeding, and local school nutrition teams are helping close the gap for families who rely on school meals during t...

In this episode of Add Passion and Stir , host Billy Shore talks with Maureen Conway , vice president at the Aspen Institute and executive director of the Institute’s Economic Opportunities Program, and Giselli Veloz , senior program manager of parent engagement and recruitment for LIFT in New York. The conversation explores why ending childhood hunger requires more than food alone — it also means...

On this special Mother’s Day 2026 episode of Add Passion and Stir , host Billy Shore and co-host Debbie Shore talk with Lauren Bush Lauren , founder of Feed, and Nance Hastings , chair of the National Mother’s Day Council and vice president of the Father’s Day Mother’s Day Council.  Lauren shares how a college experience abroad and time with the World Food Program inspired her to create Feed...

On this episode of Add Passion and Stir , host Billy Shore and co-host Debbie Shore speak with Dr. Katie Queen, a Louisiana pediatrician focused on preventing childhood obesity, and Dr. Rosemarie Allen, a lifelong early childhood and education leader. Together they explore the real-world impact of hunger, food insecurity, inequity, and policy decisions on children’s health, learning, and long-term...

In this episode of Add Passion and Stir, Billy Shore and Debbie Shore speak with attorney Corey Martin and former DHS attorney Jason Thomas about immigration detention, due process, and what humane policy should look like.   Corey reveals the horrifying conditions she has seen inside the immigration detention center for families and children at Dilley, TX. Jason explains how the immigration s...

In this episode of Add Passion and Stir, Billy Shore and Debbie Shore talk with three internal leaders about how Share Our Strength sustains and grows its mission in a turbulent time for nonprofits. Chief Revenue Officer Leah Ray, individual giving lead Karen Barr, and corporate partnerships veteran Allison Shuffield share how a diversified, $75 million...

In this episode of Add Passion and Stir, co‑hosts Billy Shore and Debbie Shore talk with No Kid Hungry state directors Stacie Sanchez‑Hare (Texas), Kathy Saile (California), and Rachel Sabella (New York) about turning policy into real meals for kids. From Texas, which has “the second highest food insecurity rate in the nation,” to California’s universal school meals and New York’s bipartisan appro...

We are pleased to announce the creation of Billy Shore's regular Substack Column. Click on or copy and paste this URL https://tinyurl.com/Billy-Shore to subscribe. In today's column, Billy talks about the horrific conditions children (many of them US citizens) are enduring while being illegally held in Migrant Detention Centers here in the United States. Today, we are reprising a episode that we f...

Host Billy Shore talks with Stupski Foundation CEO and author Glen Galaich about his new book,  Control: Why Big Giving Falls Short , and why philanthropy must shift power from donors to communities.  They unpack spend-down foundations, “fake rules” that keep $2 trillion sitting in endowments, and how trust-based philanthropy can move resources faster to address hunger, health inequities...

Recorded on January 20—the day before the launch of major ICE enforcement operations—host Billy Shore speaks with Jim Wallis, founding chair of Georgetown's Center on Faith and Justice, about federal immigration actions targeting Maine communities, featuring clips from Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan and Gov. Janet Mills. This episode explores faith-driven courage, community solidarity amid fear, and the...

In this year-end special of Add Passion and Stir , host Debbie Shore revisits 2025 conversations colliding with today's headlines: Trump administration's $10B freeze on childcare/social welfare funds, ICE raids terrorizing families, and KPMG's forecast of stagnant financial mobility trapping single moms. Maine Governor Janet Mills sued over school lunch threats and won universal free meals. DC res...

In this special year‑end edition of Add Passion and Stir , hosts Billy and Debbie Shore look back at the biggest child hunger stories of 2025—from state momentum for universal school meals in the U.S. to climate‑driven hunger crises around the world. Guests Phoebe Boyer (Children’s Aid), Bruce Lesley (First Focus on Children), Tim Costello, Navyn Salem (Edesia), and former Senator Debbie Stabenow...

In this very special encore presentation, Jimmy Chen, founder/CEO of Propel and Ofek Lavian, founder/CEO of Forage, return to discuss current trends in using technology to ensure more people can access government food benefits. “As of January 27, 2025, at least, our plan is to continue to invest in the things that we have confidence that are not going to change over the 20-, 30-, 40-year time hori...

Host Billy Shore talks with Chef Erik Bruner‑Yang (Maketto, Ours at Manifest) and Immigrant Food co-founder Peter Schechter about immigration enforcement, ICE checkpoints, and what that means for D.C. restaurants and workers. They explain how they use know-your-rights training, ICE location group chats, and Uber rides for staff.  Gastro‑advocacy tools, like Immigrant Food’s weekly Engagement...