Stephen Satterfield

Since 2007, Stephen Satterfield has spent his career redefining food and beverage as means of organizing, activating and educating. He is the founder of Whetstone, a groundbreaking magazine and media company dedicated to food origins and culture from around the world. Explore Whetstone podcasts here. Follow Stephen on Twitter here. Follow Whetstone on Twitter here. Follow Whetstone Radio on Twitter here.

Why are the stories food tells important?
The only activity that we all participate in as humans. It is synonymous with humanity because it tells the story of who we are and how we came to be.

What led to you starting Whetstone, both the magazine and the Radio Collective? 
I started the magazine in 2017, which, even though it wasn't that long ago the landscape of food media was much different. There was less diversity in contributors and subject scope. WHETSTONE was antithetical to the media being made in that moment and that our focus was not on Chefs or restaurants rather the traditions and rituals of cooking and how it informs identity and community.

Congratulations on High on the Hog being nominated for a Peabody! If you wanted the viewers to have one key takeaway from that, what would it be? 
Thank you! A personal takeaway would be that narrative correction can shift culture.

From your experience in the space, how would you describe the relationship between food and equity? 
Incongruous! Just like all parts of our society. And the stakes are life and death.

You’ve worked in so many verticals – audio, video, and culinary to name a few. What is the common thread that weaves through your contributions in these spaces?
Food is a never-ending story. That is a wonderful and rich place from which we get to create.

Thanks, Stephen!