Andi Murphy

Andi Murphy (Navajo) is the creator, host and producer of the “Toasted Sister Podcast,” a show about Indigenous food. She’s a producer with the Native America Calling radio program, a one-hour national radio show about Indigenous issues and topics. She’s also a freelance food writer.

Andi grew up on the Navajo reservation in New Mexico. She has a journalism degree from New Mexico State University and has been working as a journalist since 2011. She’s also a photographer, a homecook and an amateur artist who creates all the art for her podcast, the “Toasted Sister Podcast.” She lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico with her cats, Carrot and Lucifur.  

The “Toasted Sister Podcast” is an award-winning show that documents the Native American Food Movement. Host, Andi Murphy (Navajo) started the show in 2017 and has since talked with dozens of Native chefs, farmers and individuals in the food industry who are working towards Indigenous food sovereignty. Conversations on the podcast include topics of sovereignty, racism, sexism, politics and health and a lot of personal stories about connecting with food, flavor and culture.

The podcast plays regularly on the Rising Indigenous Voices Radio, RIVR, KCZY at the Navajo Technical University in Crownpoint, New Mexico, KGLP in Gallup, New Mexico, and KSKQ in Ashland, Oregon.