{"podcast":{"title":"The Food Is Health Revolution","slug":"the-food-is-health-revolution-7066536","podcast_index_feed_id":7066536,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/2660432.rss","website_url":"https://foodishealth.substack.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/2660432/f31094a50d7576a07e9f86054eb195ed.jpg","author":"Carter Williams, Ellen Brown, and guests talk through the biggest issues in integrating the food and health systems for the benefit of all.","episode_count":45,"summary":"What if real food was affordable, healthcare was affordable AND personal, and the grocery store made it hard to make a bad decision? We're building that system - System C. And ending the chronic disease epidemic.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-food-is-health-revolution-7066536"},"episode":{"title":"2026 Predictions (and Ramblings)","slug":"2026-predictions-and-ramblings","published_at":"2026-01-04T17:50:38+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-food-is-health-revolution-7066536/2026-predictions-and-ramblings","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-food-is-health-revolution-7066536","url":"https://foodishealth.substack.com/p/2026-predictions-and-ramblings","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/183450025/9ad61a79b646866fcd8eb3d99f208c57.mp3","summary":"One of us had a wicked head cold last week and ended up getting nothing planned for the week done except becoming a professional ginger tumeric peeler and tea maker. Meanwhile the other of us made up for it by programming an entire app that will power the Crusonia venture we are launching. We decided Friday we would formally kick off the new year for the Substack with a live conversation that started as an attempt at structure and ended, predictably, somewhere between Tom Sawyer and economic theory. The most exciting part for Ellen is that she went an entire hour and a half without a sneeze. As for our ramblings, quite frankly, I think everyone expects that from us and would likely be surprised if it were different. But here’s what matters. We don’t think 2026 will be another year of incremental change. We think it’s the year the pieces finally converge. We’re done pre-gaming. The infrastructural forces are aligned. The question isn’t whether healthcare transforms, it’s who dives into System C transformation and what happens to the incumbents who don’t. And the same holds true for food. With GLP-1 now becoming close the cost of some cell phone monthly bills, we expect the food industry will have no choice but to pivot very quickly. If you want the cliff notes version (Andy Beckman - hopefully you see this) - we added a section at the bottom. The Predictions The Gen Z Wildcard The first prediction. At the end of 2026, we’ll look back and see that Gen Z changed the equation. Not because they’re better or smarter than other generations. But because they have a fundamentally different relationship with healthcare, information, and self-determination. They’re also the core of pre-chronic cohort - under 40, healthy enough to opt-out of the incumbent healthcare system, tech-n…","meta_description":"One of us had a wicked head cold last week and ended up getting nothing planned for the week done except becoming a professional ginger tumeric peeler and…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5600,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-food-is-health-revolution-7066536/episodes/2026-predictions-and-ramblings/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-food-is-health-revolution-7066536/2026-predictions-and-ramblings.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}