Camping with Darin and Gennette

This week, we traded the studio for a campsite in Kings Canyon National Park complete with a crackling fire, no Wi-Fi, and a bear that got a little closer to the tent than Gennette would have preferred. Apparently, you can take the Food Safety A**Hole out of the studio, but you can’t take food safety out of the conversation.

From bear-proof food lockers and questionable river water to recalls, sprouts, and a potluck where the other guests became food safety a**holes themselves, this episode wanders through what happens when awareness moves beyond the experts and into everyday life.

Pull up a camp chair. We’ve got marshmallows. The bear, thankfully, has moved on.

What is Confessions of a Food Safety A**Hole?

Confessions of a Food Safety A**Hole is a raw, honest, and surprisingly light listen about a serious subject: the failures that still threaten the safety of the food we eat. Hosted by Dr. Darin Detwiler—a man who turned personal tragedy into decades of public advocacy—and his wife Gennette Zimmer; this podcast pulls no punches. Together, they unpack the moments when speaking up wasn’t popular, but absolutely necessary. From the lens of experiencing every day food safety failures, Darin shares what it’s really like to challenge the system from the inside out.

Equal parts storytelling, reflection, and real talk, Confessions is for anyone who’s ever wondered why preventable tragedies still happen—and what it takes to stop them.

Because silence might be easier, but it’s never safer.