Longer Tables with José Andrés explores how food shapes the world and makes us who we are In each episode, José talks to friends from worlds of culinary and creative arts, politics and media to show listeners a new side of the most fascinating people on the planet: Who taught them to cook? What do they crave when times are hard? What do their food stories reveal about their lives? José also takes listeners into his home kitchen and answers their burning culinary questions. New episodes drop ...
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Two-time Peabody Award-winning comedian and noted IBS sufferer Hasan Minhaj sits down with the biggest names in politics, culture, and tech with questions that are as thought-provoking as they are absurd. Never deferential but always respectful, Hasan approaches his guests with a genuine curiosity in the hope that talking points can be left at the door. Each episode is a curated exchange tailored to each guest’s background. It’s a dumb show for curious people who are looking for answers but ...
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Feeding a family is among the most basic of human responsibilities. So why do we so often feel like we’re failing at it? On Pressure Cooker, veteran journalists Jane Black and Liz Dunn dish out empathy and common-sense strategies for busy parents navigating manipulative marketing messages, impossible cultural expectations, and little people with big personalities as they try to set their children on a healthy path for life. Sales and Distribution by Lemonada Media https://lemonadamedia.com/
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The Republican Road to Hell with Tim Miller
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52:28Hasan sits down with former Republican political consultant and current Never Trumper Tim Miller to talk about MAGA’s origin story, Sarah Palin, and why Republican politicians have such a humiliation kink. Co-Creator & Executive Producer: Hasan Minhaj Co-Creator & Executive Producer: Prashanth Venkataramanujam Executive Producer/Director: Tyler Bab…
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Introducing: Hildy the Barback and the Lake of Fire
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26:12We’re thrilled to introduce you to Hildy the Barback and the Lake of Fire. In this fantastical fictional tale for grownups, Melissa McCarthy stars as Hildy, an unlikely hero from the land of Golgorath who must embark on an epic quest with an unlikely team of warriors to save the world. From the creative minds of Melissa McCarthy, Ben Falcone and St…
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A Very Watchable, Very Viral Interview with Mehdi Hasan
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42:43Hasan goes head to head with Mehdi Hasan and asks HIM the tough questions for once, like: Why did he really leave MSNBC? Why is he so addicted to clout? And most importantly… did he order the code red? Co-Creator & Executive Producer: Hasan Minhaj Co-Creator & Executive Producer: Prashanth Venkataramanujam Executive Producer/Director: Tyler Babin E…
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Is Making Kids Famous Child Abuse? with Avan Jogia
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47:13Hasan sits down with Avan Jogia to talk about fame, nostalgia, and the pitfalls of kids TV, all part of his new book: “Autopsy of an Ex-Teen Heartthrob.” Try Huel with 15% OFF + Free Gift for New Customers today using my code hasan at https://huel.com/hasan. Fuel your best performance with Huel today! Co-Creator & Executive Producer: Hasan Minhaj C…
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This week we revisit one of our favorite episodes featuring Lin-Manuel Miranda. Before a live audience, José doesn't waste his shot, asking the legendary playwright/songwriter/actor/filmmaker for the backstory behind beloved lines, his culinary secrets -- even an on-the-fly songwriting seminar. Sorry, you're gonna have "Hamilton" lines in your head…
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How to Cook an Egg and/or Save The World with Chef Jose Andres
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53:04Hasan sits down with Chef Jose Andres to talk about World Central Kitchen, his new book Changing The Recipe, and a question he’s struggled with as a husband, a father, and just as a human being: How do you cook an egg? Co-Creator & Executive Producer: Hasan Minhaj Co-Creator & Executive Producer: Prashanth Venkataramanujam Executive Producer/Direct…
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Hasan talks to legendary TV weirdo Rainn Wilson about spirituality, ambition, and atheists. Featuring the WORLD PREMIERE of his lyrics to The Office theme song. Co-Creator & Executive Producer: Hasan Minhaj Co-Creator & Executive Producer: Prashanth Venkataramanujam Executive Producer/Director/Editor: Tyler Babin Executive Producer/Showrunner: Scot…
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Listen Now: Wiser Than Me (featuring Alice Waters)
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59:13This week we're playing an episode from one of our favorite shows, Wiser Than Me, hosted by Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Each week, she has funny, touching, personal conversations with iconic older women who are brimming with the kind of unapologetic attitude and wisdom that only comes with age. On today’s episode of Wiser Than Me, Julia welcomes legendary…
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Dumbasses For The Culture with the cast of Deli Boys
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38:01Hasan sits down with 3 friends - Poorna Jagannathan, Asif Ali, and Saagar Shaikh - to talk about their new Hulu show Deli Boys, iconic moments in Brown Cinema, and what it was like to face off against one of the most intimidating villains in television history: Tan France. Co-Creator & Executive Producer: Hasan Minhaj Co-Creator & Executive Produce…
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One last seat at the table, with Michael Symon
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26:31Longer Tables is going on hiatus! We fired up the microphones one last time for a live conversation with the popular chef and restaurateur. From backyard cooking to nearly averted poultry catastrophes (always count your chickens), José grills Michael about his years working in food. Enjoy the show -- and keep in touch, people! See omnystudio.com/li…
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John Leguizamo Killed a Lot of Acting Teachers
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36:30Hasan sits down with one of his creative heroes, John Leguizamo, to talk about his amazing career, what a psycho Christopher Columbus was, and his new film, Bob Trevino Likes It. Co-Creator & Executive Producer: Hasan Minhaj Co-Creator & Executive Producer: Prashanth Venkataramanujam Executive Producer/Director: Tyler Babin Executive Producer/Showr…
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Hasan sits down with parenting expert Dr. Becky to talk about the challenges of modern parenting, how to be “sturdy,” and the biggest question we’re all wondering: Is Hasan a sh*tty dad? Co-Creator & Executive Producer: Hasan Minhaj Co-Creator & Executive Producer: Prashanth Venkataramanujam Executive Producer/Director/Editor: Tyler Babin Executive…
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Introducing: Everything Happens (featuring Stanley Tucci)
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38:21If you like Longer Tables' exploration of food and culture, we know you'll enjoy Everything Happens. Hosted by Duke Professor Kate Bowler, an expert in the stories we tell about success, failure, suffering, and happiness, this podcast offers deep, insightful conversations. After surviving Stage IV cancer, all Kate wants to do is talk to funny and w…
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Michelle Buteau Can’t Believe She Put on Lashes for This
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29:07Hasan sits down with is work/screen wife, Michelle Buteau, to talk about her journey, the difference between being bitter and being petty, and to take her down a subreddit rabbit hole that went to a very, very dark place (someone’s butthole). Co-Creator & Executive Producer: Hasan Minhaj Co-Creator & Executive Producer: Prashanth Venkataramanujam E…
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Hasan sits down with screen legend Halle Berry to learn more about why she’s making menopause her passion, and to fill in some of his own knowledge gaps on it. There were a lot of gaps. It was pretty much all gaps. Co-Creator & Executive Producer: Hasan Minhaj Co-Creator & Executive Producer: Prashanth Venkataramanujam Executive Producer/Director/E…
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The Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat author talks with Longer Tables producer Chris Colin about her next book, her new life philosophy, and how to find good things in times of upheaval and strain. (Also: Shout-out to chia pudding and psychedelic children.) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By José Andrés
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What's Wrong With The Democrats? with Senator Chris Murphy
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27:39Hasan sits down with his home state’s senator, Chris Murphy, to talk about why Democrats keep fumbling the ball, whether America is becoming an oligarchy (or already was one), and how broad Democrats should make their tent: All Lives Matter broad? Or like… R.Kelly broad? Co-Creator & Executive Producer: Hasan Minhaj Co-Creator & Executive Producer:…
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Tasting victory: The life (and diet) of Formula One racer George Russell
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23:12Recorded live at the Cayman Cookout, José grills the legendary driver about what fuels his remarkable career -- and how to lose eight pounds in a little over an hour. (Hint: Drive in circles at 200 mph.) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By José Andrés
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Why Didn’t Pod Save America? with Jon Favreau
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35:33Hasan sits down with Pod Save America co-founder Jon Favreau to talk about podcasting’s influence on politics, The Resistance on life-support, and the question on everyone’s mind who owns a Crooked Media™ “Mother Earth is a MILF” bucket hat… Why didn’t Pod Save America? Co-Creator & Executive Producer: Hasan Minhaj Co-Creator & Executive Producer: …
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When the smoke clears: Restaurant critic Bill Addison and WCK's Wendy Escobedo report on post-fire LA
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33:58We've all seen the effects of the recent wildfires in broad strokes. But what does life look like up close, through the eyes of a World Central Kitchen response director and one of Los Angeles's great chroniclers of the restaurant industry? Executive producer Jane Black interviewed Addison and Escobedo on January 22, 2025, two weeks after the histo…
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Dean of the Columbia School of Journalism, Jelani Cobb
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29:34Hasan sits down with New Yorker writer and Dean of the Columbia School of Journalism, Jelani Cobb, to talk about the TikTokification of news, the Hot Take Industrial Complex, and maybe the biggest threat to our youth today: Sesame Street. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By 186k Films
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Jacques Pépin says French cooking isn't what you think
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37:32Personal chef for French President Charles de Gaulle. 16 James Beard Awards. France's Legion of Honor. At 90, Jacques Pépin is fully synonymous with French cooking — a cuisine that’s frequently misunderstood in the popular imagination, he tells José. The two talk about his early days in America, cooking with Julia Child and a chef’s most important …
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Alice Waters eats with her fingers and so should you
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40:04The legendary founder of Chez Panisse and the Edible Schoolyard Project talks to José about beauty, our senses and the trip that changed everything — for her and for American cuisine. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By José Andrés
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Best of Season 1: Hasan Minhaj Doesn't Know
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53:20To celebrate the end of our first season of HMDK, we put together some of our favorite moments. Enjoy the highlights, and watch out for season #2 coming soon! CREDITS: Co-Creator & Executive Producer: Hasan Minhaj Co-Creator & Executive Producer: Prashanth Venkataramanujam Executive Producer/Director/Cinematographer/Editor: Tyler Babin Executive Pr…
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Episode swap! Samantha Bee's Choice Words
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44:37This week we’re introducing you to one of the shows we love: Choice Words with Samantha Bee. We make a lot of choices, every single day. Some explode, some implode, most we barely remember. Each week on Choice Words, Samantha Bee sits down with people she admires to examine the biggest choices they’ve made in their lives and the ripple effects thos…
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Wicked Director Jon M. Chu Is Gonna Be Popular
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34:30Hasan talks to Wicked director Jon M. Chu about how Big Tech is eating Hollywood, his time as a YouTuber, and takes a moment to give him his flowers… literally. Buy Jon’s memoir Viewfinder: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/695830/viewfinder-by-jon-m-chu-and-jeremy-mccarter/ Co-Creator & Executive Producer: Hasan Minhaj Co-Creator & Executiv…
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This week, José answers listener questions about how to do Christmas right. Plus: tales of Mexico’s Wonka-esque chiles en nogada, and José’s brief but intense relationship with a Oaxacan turkey. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By José Andrés
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Hasan talks to CNN host Fareed Zakaria about his role in the media, America’s role in the world, and completely forgets to mention his new book, “Age of Revolutions.” But it’s great, you should check it out. Co-Creator & Executive Producer: Hasan Minhaj Co-Creator & Executive Producer/Director: Prashanth Venkataramanujam Executive Producer/Cinemato…
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Don't burn down Mount Vernon (and other rules from the White House chef)
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36:16After almost three decades as White House chef, Cristeta Comerford is hanging up the presidential spatula. She chats with José about cooking for a queen, growing up in a huge Filipino family and ending up in a famously tiny kitchen. Elect to listen! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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London Mayor Sadiq Khan on Moving The Middle
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23:12Hasan sat down with Mayor of London Sadiq Khan to talk about why you should visit London, why you shouldn’t visit Southport (if you’re Muslim), and to tackle perhaps the most important question in the world today: What exactly is a Piers Morgan? Co-Creator & Executive Producer: Hasan Minhaj Co-Creator & Executive Producer: Prashanth Venkataramanuja…
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This week, the New Yorker contributor, "Gastropod" co-host and all-around wonderful storyteller talks with Jane Black about her fascinating — fascinating! — new book on refrigeration. Frostbite tells the remarkable story of how the invention of, well, cold transformed food, our planet and ourselves. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informati…
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Pete Buttigieg Wants to Make America Not Suck... Again?
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29:09Hasan talks with Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg about high-speed rail porn, Space X, and why a mile of subway costs ten times more than a Marvel movie. Co-Creator & Executive Producer: Hasan Minhaj Co-Creator & Executive Producer: Prashanth Venkataramanujam Executive Producer/Director: Tyler Babin Executive Producer/Showrunner: Scott Vr…
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The election jitters episode, with Richard Wolffe
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32:18Home stretch, people. Process your election anxieties this week with José, who’s joined by his old friend Richard Wolffe — also his longtime co-writer and managing director of José Andrés Media. The two discuss Kamala Harris’s culinary prowess and take questions from listeners on everything from Thanksgiving turkey prep to rising restaurant prices.…
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In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, José swaps stories with the brilliant host of Pati's Mexican Table. Among the topics discussed: Narnia, the dual life of the immigrant, a border town full of dentists and the most Mexican dish you've never tried. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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Hasan sits down with Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker to ask him why he spent the budget of a Pixar movie just to get a government job, and whether the only way to beat a bad guy with a billion dollars is a good guy with a billion dollars. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By 186k Films
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Not her career, not the state of the world since she and José last spoke, nothing. The beloved comedian, host, social critic, author, lifelong cookbook lover and longest-serving regular Daily Show correspondent ever talks with José -- her fellow immigrant -- about all of it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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Is Lina Khan The Most Hated Person on Wall Street?
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27:32Hasan talks to Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan about why Wall Street hates her, whether she has access to Jeff Bezos’ text messages, and how to cancel his membership to Planet Fitness. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By 186k Films
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Introducing: About the Journey, A Food Tour of Mexico City
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23:53If you like Longer Tables' exploration of food and culture, we know you'll like About the Journey, a travel show about connecting more deeply to the places we visit -- and, in turn, to ourselves. On this episode, host Oneika Raymond visits three culinary spots in Mexico City that serve up a taste of the city's layered flavors and history: a sunrise…
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Grilling him softly: José interviews the great Wyclef Jean
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31:46Ready or not, here he eats. The legendary rapper, producer and Fugee talks with José about food, music and his misunderstood native country. Recorded live at the Nassau Paradise Island Wine and Food Festival. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By José Andrés
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Governor Wes Moore on “Progressive Patriotism”
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28:48Hasan talks with America’s only sitting Black governor on “Progressive Patriotism,” how he became a Democrat with a Republican resume, and why we should replace the military with breakdancers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By 186k Films
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Skating to Belize: Michelle Kwan's triple Axel pivot to diplomacy
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30:14In 2022, the most decorated figure skater in U.S. history landed a remarkable new role, as Ambassador to Belize. In her conversation with José, she describes her transformed life, growing up in a Chinese restaurant -- and what she's discovered about food since arriving in Central America. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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The day after Bernie Sanders’ speech at the DNC, Hasan has some follow up questions for the Senator, like “What exactly did you mean by a ceasefire in Gaza?” and “What do I tell my friends who have given up on politics?” and “Do you ever feel like blowing your brains out?” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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Stacey Abrams on Kamala's Chances in November
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31:18At the DNC in Chicago, Hasan speaks with Stacey Abrams, the voting rights champion who delivered Georgia and the U.S. Senate for Democrats. They discuss Kamala Harris, Gaza protests, and the nerdiest way to burn a confederate flag. They also talk about her brand new podcast, Assembly Required. https://crooked.com/podcast-series/assemblyrequired/ Se…
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Fan Fave: The Twisted History of School Lunch Part 2
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27:14After the cheesy gut bombs of the Reagan era, we’ve arrived at the “hopey changey” era of school lunch. Michelle Obama put school lunch on the front page and ushered in upgraded nutrition standards. But the battles didn’t end there. In this episode, Jane and Liz unwrap the future of school food with concrete tips on how parents can make a differenc…
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Checking in with Marriott CEO Tony Capuano
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20:39How do you become president and CEO of the world's largest hotel company? Tony Capuano recalls his earliest lessons in hospitality, amidst countless quasi relatives at his family's sprawling Sunday dinners in Little Italy, Baltimore. Before a live audience in Cannes, Tony and José discuss travel, parenthood -- and a major announcement from Marriott…
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The Panic over Ultra-Processed Foods; What You Need to Know About the Latest Dietary Devil
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49:25Headlines about the dangers of “ultra-processed” foods – a category that includes Doritos and Twinkies but also protein bars, plant-based milks, and maybe your favorite yogurt or sandwich bread – are suddenly everywhere. But what makes a food ultra-processed, and what’s driving the concern about their role in the diets of both children and adults? …
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Hasan nerds out on basketball with the LA Lakers’ new head coach, JJ Redick. As they discuss sports media, the evolution of the NBA and dig into the “Xs and Os” of some legendary plays, it soon becomes clear that Hasan is a casual way over his head. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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Fan Fave: The Twisted History of School Lunch: Part 1
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30:46For those unfamiliar with the inner workings of the school lunch program, it is puzzling, even maddening: Why is it so hard to offer tasty, nutritious food at school? In this episode, Jane and Liz dig into the history of the school lunch program to unveil how we got to where we are today. It’s a surprisingly twisted tale involving desperate farmers…
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Padma Lakshmi on Supertasting, Imposter Syndrome and What’s Sexy
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45:07From new in the nation to “Taste the Nation,” the no-nonsense author, host and activist has learned a bit about herself while teaching the rest of us about food. Plus: The secret to incredible romesco sauce. (This episode initially ran in September 2023.) Recipe: Asparagus with Romesco Sales and distribution by Lemonada Media. See omnystudio.com/li…
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Tamar Adler Rethinking meals with the leftover queen
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48:32José talks with the James Beard-winning cook and writer about cooking more creatively and economically. Her latest book, An Everlasting Meal Cookbook, is an encyclopedia of leftovers, from banana peels to Dorito dust. (This episode initially ran in July 2023.) Sales and distribution by Lemonada Media. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informa…
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