Add Passion and Stir

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...

The current interruption in SNAP benefits are disproportionately impacting the indigenous people of the United States. In this reprised episode of APS, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nicholas Kristof and Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health Director Allison Barlow talk about poverty, education and the struggle for social justice in Native American communities. “The Bureau of Indian E...

This timely encore of Add Passion and Stir , featuring Princeton poverty expert Kathryn Edin will provide insights from Edin’s book The Injustice of Place . Edin shares compelling data and stories connecting America’s deepest poverty to historical roots in rural communities. Explore how food insecurity, local action, and social infrastructure shape outcomes for children and families—and learn why...

Urban Institute senior fellow Elaine Waxman and Jeremiah Program president and CEO Chastity Lord know the power of single moms on the economic mobility of entire communities. “Great moms are dreaming in threes: they dream for themselves, they dream for their children, and they naturally dream for their community,” says Lord. The Jeremiah Program supports single mothers as they invest simultaneousl...

Maine Governor Janet Mills is protecting the rights and benefits of people in her state. “When you're right on the law and you're right on the public policy, why shouldn't you stand up? That's the way bullies act: they don't stop unless you stand up to them. And even then, you've got to fight with all you've got,” she says. Mills is standing up to the Trump Administration's deep cuts to important...

Australia’s Reverend Tim Costello is the former Chief Executive of World Vision Australia and a lawyer, minister, and social advocate. “A free society is an extraordinary moral achievement… It takes morality,” he says. “When we start to see morality - which is we, not I - corroding and empathy evaporating, we are in trouble for a free society.” However, he remains hopeful of humanity’s goodness. “...

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 children everywhere because that's what humanity is, and we d...

Retired Senator Debbie Stabenow discusses the importance of strong leadership, raising our voices about what we believe is wrong, and her continued advocacy for issues like hunger and mental health. “I may have retired, but I have not retired my voice. At this time, where so much is at stake, nobody should be retiring their voice,” she says. “We should be electing people that show some leadership,...