The Most MAHA Democrat We've Met: A Conversation w Former Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) On A New Politics in America

About this episode

Tim Ryan discusses his vision for a new approach to food and health in America.

Tim Ryan, the moderate, 10-term Democratic congressman from Ohio's Rust Belt, has pushed for a different conversation for years: one that reimagines America’s approach to food and health. Long before it had a name, Ryan was championing many of the ideas now fueling the “MAHA” movement: nutritious, “real” food (he wrote The Real Food Revolution back in 2014), regenerative agriculture, openness to alternative therapies, and a reassessment of the unhealthy systems taxpayer dollars continue to su...

People in this episode

Hosts: Brinda Adhikari, Tom Johnson, Maggie Bartlett, Dr. Mark Abdelmalek

Guest: Tim Ryan

Topics covered

• politics
• food
• health
• agriculture
• alternative therapies

Keywords

• Tim Ryan
• MAHA movement
• food politics
• health
• regenerative agriculture

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: MAHA movement

Books & works: The Real Food Revolution

Places: Ohio, Rust Belt

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