Best Sock Cop Podcasts (2025)

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Phil Rosenthal and the Eternal Fluffy Eggs 52:55

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16d ago52:55

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Phil Rosenthal is living his dream life as a newly-minted restaurant owner who gets to work alongside his family and one of the greatest chefs in the country. In this live podcast taping from the Food & Wine Classic in Charleston, the Somebody Feed Phil star, Everybody Loves Raymond creator, and bestselling cookbook author talks about his childhood…

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Ruby Tandoh and the Spicy Dip Burgers 52:52

23d ago52:52

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Celebrated food writer and Great British Bake Off finalist Ruby Tandoh talks about growing up with Nigel Slater on her parents' bookshelf, hosting earnest teenage dinner parties, and finding her own voice on the page. She digs into regional food traditions from Manchester’s spicy dip burgers to Scotland’s arbroath smokies, the strange pressures of …

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Encore: Byron Gomez and the American Dream 1:00:48

1M ago1:00:48

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Byron Gomez and his family arrived in the United States from Costa Rica when he was eight years old, and he was in for the shock of his young life. He spoke Spanish at home, had never seen snow or even a winter coat, and had to find his place in a world that didn't always want him there. But at age 15, he found restaurants. He put in the very hard …

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June Rodil and the Cove Beneath the Comforter 56:42

1M ago56:42

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Houston-based sommelier and restaurateur June Rodil shares her journey from an immigrant kid decoding American culture through Babysitters Club books to becoming a hospitality visionary redefining what it means to serve with empathy. She opens up about fitting in, parental pressure, what Waffle House and Olive Garden taught her about hospitality, a…

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Padma Lakshmi and the Cathartic Scream 57:52

1M ago57:52

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Bestselling author, award-winning TV host and producer, activist, and fledgling comedian Padma Lakshmi joined the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen for a live onstage conversation about what's next after Top Chef and Taste the Nation, her new book Padma's All American, how comedy is like sex without touching, the freedom in working from the bathtub, the…

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Angela Kinsey, Joshua Snyder, and the Courtship Soup 55:37

2M ago55:37

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If you're a fan of The Office, you're probably aware that co-star Angela Kinsey and her husband Joshua Snyder host an ultra-charming cooking show, but do you know how a giant pot of soup factored into their romance? They joined Tinfoil Swans to talk about their warm, wonderful, and empowering new cookbook; the way they feel when someone is rude to …

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Elvira and the Butt-Crunched Potato Chip Casserole 48:23

2M ago48:23

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Cassandra Peterson — better known as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark — grew up as a misfit kid with a bad perm, burn scars, and a mother who told her she'd never make it. Despite it all, she became a Las Vegas showgirl, a Groundling, a horror icon, and a beacon for weirdoes everywhere. The "Martha Stewart of the Macabre" talks about her new cookbook, …

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Harry Hamlin and the Pickled Tongue 52:43

2M ago52:43

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Harry Hamlin shares how his Sunday Bolognese went from a Real Housewives lunch to an open-source food company, the reason his psychology degree informs his hosting (at parties that serve as exposure therapy for his wife, Lisa Rinna), and why it's so important to him to support hunger relief groups. Did you know he's owned an energy company for almo…

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Encore: Madhur Jaffrey and the Trap of Perfection 39:37

2M ago39:37

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When Madhur Jaffrey published "An Invitation to Indian Cooking" in 1973, she had no idea that half a century later, the book would not only still be in print, but also get an anniversary reissue that would welcome future generations in the vast and varied cuisine of her homeland. In this encore of one of our favorite first-season epsiodes of Tinfoi…

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Bryan Caswell and the Possum Cops 59:17

3M ago59:17

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2009 F&W Best New Chef and Houston icon Bryan Caswell opens up about single fatherhood, second chances, and his comeback with Latuli — plus the "redemption lies tomorrow" mindset reshaping his kitchen, and the time he sneaked into Jean-George Vongerichten's kitchen and came out with a job. For more info visit: foodandwine.com/tinfoilswans Learn mor…

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Paola Velez and the Guy Fieri FaceTime 55:45

3M ago55:45

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From fixing radios and writing slam poetry as a kid in the Bronx, to becoming one of the most celebrated pastry chefs and community builders of her generation, 2021 Food & Wine Best New Chef Paola Velez has never followed the expected path. Along the way, she’s embraced subcultures that gave her belonging, built spaces where strangers connect over …

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Tavel Bristol-Joseph and the Backyard Coal Pot 53:25

3M ago53:25

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From three-mile walks to school in Guyana and “punishment baking” with his aunt to becoming the first pastry chef named a Food & Wine Best New Chef, Tavel Bristol-Joseph has never followed the expected path. In this episode, he shares the chaos and music of landing in Brooklyn, the quiet ritual he keeps each birthday to honor his late father, and w…

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Dana Cowin, Hunter Lewis, the Rose, and the Thorn 54:18

3M ago54:18

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Food & Wine’s longest-serving editors in chief, Dana Cowin and Hunter Lewis, invite you into a revealing conversation about the history and impact of the Best New Chefs accolade since it started in 1988. From the early days of scouting talent with notebooks and stringers to today’s rigorous process shaped by mentorship, community, and culture, they…

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Hunter Lewis and the Road to the 2025 Best New Chefs 54:55

4M ago54:55

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Food & Wine editor in chief Hunter Lewis shares the untold story behind the magazine’s iconic Best New Chefs list and reveals the 2025 class. From the intense debates that shape each year’s BNC decisions to the lessons he’s carried from his days as a three-sport "prep jock," line cook, and local journalist, Lewis reflects on the long, strange trip …

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Edward Lee and the Worst Lunch Service Ever 51:31

4M ago51:31

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From poring over cast-off food magazines in a Brooklyn laundry room to opening a New York restaurant at 25 and being nearly undone by a single New York Times mention, Edward Lee has lived through the exhilarating highs and bruising lows of the kitchen. On this episode, he goes deep about the worst lunch service of his life, how moving to Kentucky a…

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Samin Nosrat and the Very Nerdy Socks 1:01:39

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Samin Nosrat has changed the way so many of us think about food, cooking, and connection. You may know her as the bestselling author of Salt Fat Acid Heat, her joyful Netflix series of the same name, or her wildly popular podcast Home Cooking. But in this conversation, she goes far beyond recipes. Samin opens up about growing up as a book-loving ou…

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Regina King and the Wine That Stops Time 47:39

4M ago47:39

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You know Regina King from her decades of extraordinary performances — from her teenage roles on the sitcom 227 and the movie Friday to Watchmen, The Leftovers, The Boondocks, If Beale Street Could Talk, and so many more. But a conversation at the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen showed a different side of the Oscar-winning actress: the daughter, the si…

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Ayesha Curry and the 5 Night a Week Pineapple Fried Rice 49:52

5M ago49:52

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2025 Food & Wine Game Changer Ayesha Curry is such a surprise of a human being. On paper, it's natural to wonder how someone can be an actress, cookbook author, restaurateur, founder of a skincare line and lifestyle brand, winemaker, and co-creator of a foundation that helps kids get fed in a million different ways. But as soon as she starts talkin…

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Antoni Porowski and the Right Time to Leave a Party 47:10

5M ago47:10

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"Queer Eye" and "No Taste Like Home" star Antoni Porowski joins Tinfoil Swans live at the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen for a heartfelt and humorous conversation about identity, vulnerability, and finding meaning through food. He opens up about his path from actor and caterer to TV host and storyteller, the emotional layers of cooking, navigating fa…

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Tristen Epps and the Scrambled Egg Revelation 56:19

5M ago56:19

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Growing up in a military family, Tristen Epps moved around a lot. But no matter where he was living, Friday nights were sacred. He got to dress up, go to a restaurant, not order from a kids menu, and feel like he was getting to know the place he was living — for now. At home, when his mom taught him to scramble an egg, he was mesmerized by the alch…

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Chris Shepherd and the Hot Dog Pizza 57:08

5M ago57:08

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Growing up in Oklahoma, school was not Chris Shepherd's thing. Traditional classrooms just aren't the right fit for some brains — but it turned out that restaurants were. In junior college, he picked up a job as a dishwasher at a sushi restaurant and on the day the tempura guy didn't show up, his culinary journey began. The 2013 Food & Wine Best Ne…

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Run the Jewels and the Tuna Salad Battle 51:43

5M ago51:43

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When Killer Mike and El-P were 10 years old, they both knew they wanted to be emcees, but it took a few decades for them to meet, form Run The Jewels, and go to war against one another over salad. The legendary rap duo joined Tinfoil Swans for a laugh-out-loud (and also cry a little) conversation about childhood meals, musical awakenings, midlife r…

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Wylie Dufresne and the Platonic Pizza Ideal 46:22

6M ago46:22

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2001 Food & Wine Best New Chef and Stretch Pizza impresario Wylie Dufresne joins Tinfoil Swans to talk about his job lording over the ice truck at the New York Renaissance Festival, how team sports inform his work ethic, what the heck molecular gastronomy actually is, and why the pursuit of the perfect pizza dough has him so fired up. Learn more ab…

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Ana and Lydia Castro and the Tortilla Full of Beauty 58:37

6M ago58:37

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2022 Food & Wine Best New Chef Ana Castro and her sister and business partner Lydia Castro are powerhouse duo behind New Orleans' beloved Acamaya. They're not just redefining contemporary Mexican cuisine — they’re reshaping what it means to lead with vulnerability, resilience, and fierce sibling love. In this conversation they dive deep into their …

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Four Blokes, Two Mics & a Surf Park - The Waves Of Wellness Debrief 57:32

6M ago57:32

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In this chaotic, hilarious, and unexpectedly meaningful episode, Burso is joined by Fitzy, Juzzy, and Dave “Johnno” at Melbourne’s URBNSURF to reflect on their eight-week journey through the Waves of Wellness surf program—a mental health initiative blending group therapy and man-made waves. The episode opens with mic mishaps, Ricky Bobby impression…

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Encore: Guy Fieri and the Flying Mustard Jar 43:36

6M ago43:36

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In our debut episode, Food & Wine's executive features editor Kat Kinsman spoke with the one and only chef Guy Fieri. He's become a household name as a restaurateur, cookbook author, host of Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives, Guy's Grocery Games, Tournament of Champions and more smash-hit shows — and in recent years, as a mega-philanthropist who has rai…

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Salt in My Weet-Bix and Sand in My Shoes 40:20

6M ago40:20

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Welcome to a very real, slightly unhinged debrief from the Surf Coast Trail Marathon — where fitness meets dysfunction and high-vis Team Veteran shirts try to outshine deep sand and cramping quads. Recorded on the move with DJI mics (and some very questionable mic technique), this episode captures Joe, Chris, and Burso unpacking the pain, pride, an…

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Karen Akunowicz and the Compliment That Changed Her Life 51:22

6M ago51:22

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25 years ago, James Beard Award-winning chef and Top Chef alum Karen Akunowicz received a compliment from a Food & Wine Best New Chef that changed her entire career path. On this episode, she opened up about her journey from musical theater kid and hardworking diner waitress to acclaimed restaurateur, the power of embracing her queer identity, the …

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The Sweaty Sock Symphony: Tales from Amateur Marathoners 57:49

6M ago57:49

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This episode brings the trio—Burso, Fitzy, and Joe—back together for a mix of trail-running prep, personal stories, and absolute chaos. With Joe signed up to run the first 19km leg of the Surf Coast Trail Marathon (while still recovering from Influenza A), and his mate Chris doing the second leg, the episode dives into the unfiltered realities of a…

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Dr. Jessica B. Harris and the Hardcore Virginia Ham 50:27

7M ago50:27

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Dr. Jessica B. Harris is a scholar of the African food diaspora, an award-winning and prolific writer, a gifted storyteller and speaker, a teacher, and an icon to many. But what gets lost sometimes is that she's a person, first and foremost — one whose bookishness as a kid made it hard for her to connect with other kids. One raised by two artists w…

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Matthew Lillard and the Glorious Dorito Salad 42:18

7M ago42:18

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You have a favorite Matthew Lillard film or TV performance. It might be SLC Punk, the Scream franchise, Scooby Doo, Hackers, She's All That, Twin Peaks: The Return, or the new Stephen King and Mike Flanagan movie The Life of Chuck. He's been working in Hollywood for over 30 years, and has a reputation for being kind to fans. But connecting with peo…

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Encore: Will Poulter, Dave Beran, and The Bear 51:22

7M ago51:22

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Season 3 of the smash hit FX/Hulu show “The Bear” roared to life just days ago, but Will Poulter (the actor who plays fan-favorite Luca) and 2014 F&W Best New Chef Dave Beran had been prepping for weeks. Poulter — like his co-star Jeremy Allen White — staged with Beran at his Santa Monica restaurant Pasjoli to learn how to accurately portray a prof…

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Curtis Stone and the Clandestine Charcuterie Closet 48:54

7M ago48:54

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The first food memory Curtis Stone has is getting in trouble for eating too much butter. Then again, the Australian chef and TV host has never been one for restraint. Once he realized he wasn't going to be a professional athlete, he went to work for Marco Pierre White — notoriously one of the most hard-driving chefs of all time, then hosted 140 epi…

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Hawa Hassan and the Hot Dog Habit 47:16

8M ago47:16

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When Hawa Hassan was five years old, she was living in a refugee camp in Kenya. By seven, she was resettled in Seattle with a few other refugees from Somalia, and waiting for her family to join her. Then the political climate changed, and she came to realize that they were never coming; she was on her own. The thing to know about Hawa Hassan is tha…

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Romy Gill and the Slow Burn Book 45:51

8M ago45:51

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Romy Gill puts in the work — always. Growing up in India, the chef, TV host, and author dreamed of being a cricket player and directed all her effort into that — and into lightly fibbing her way into her neighbors' homes to try different dishes than the ones she ate in her Punjabi household. It's this hunger and curiosity about other people and the…

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Vikas Khanna and the Beautiful Lie That Saved His Childhood 48:15

8M ago48:15

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When Vikas Khanna was growing up in a small town in India, the world was stacked against him. He was bullied by other children for wearing braces on his legs and not being able to play like them. But his grandmother and sister saw him for who he truly was: a lion. They brought him into the kitchen, and he roared to life. An extraordinary life at th…

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Laurie Woolever and the Cone of Silence 56:43

8M ago56:43

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Laurie Woolever has worked for chefs you've definitely heard of, most notably Anthony Bourdain and Mario Batali. Those two men are notorious for their outsized appetites, but in her new memoir, "Care and Feeding," Woolever gets raw and real about her own insatiable need for drugs, alcohol, and extramarital affairs while navigating the grossness and…

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Roy Choi and the Out-of-Body Emeril Experience 1:02:41

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Growing up as an immigrant latchkey kid, Roy Choi spent a lot of time wandering the streets of Los Angeles alone, thinking he'd never fit in anywhere. He had a scar on his face from cleft palate surgery, and he thought of himself as an alley cat, slipping through the world unnoticed and he took in every detail of the way people interacted, especial…

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Byron Gomez and the American Dream 1:00:30

9M ago1:00:30

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Byron Gomez and his family arrived in the United States from Costa Rica when he was eight years old, and he was in for the shock of his young life. He spoke Spanish at home, he'd never seen snow or even a winter coat, and he had to find his place in a world that didn't always want him there. But at age 15, he found restaurants. He put in the very h…

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Axes, Algorithms & ASMR: Sam Wride’s Warhammer World 44:57

9M ago44:57

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In this episode of The Impostor Podcast, Burso is back on the couch with the absolute madman himself — Sam Wride — a former soldier turned armored brawler, fitness coach, Warhammer nerd, and part-time Twitch goblin. What starts as a messy chat about cake, clapping, and dodgy audio syncs quickly spirals into a full-blown ride through Sam’s chaotic c…

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Tinfoil Swans Is Serving Up Season 3: April 8, 2025 2:29

9M ago2:29

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The award-winning Tinfoil Swans podcast from Food & Wine is back on April 8. We're bringing you even more intimate, informative, surprising, and uplifting interviews with the biggest names in the culinary industry and beyond, sharing never-before-heard stories about the successes, struggles, and fork-in-the-road moments that made them who they are …

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Cake, Combat, and Cracked Ankles: The Life of a Modern Knight 52:43

9M ago52:43

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“What do you get when you mix full-contact medieval fighting, international travel, injuries, Instagram fame, and a whole lot of cake?” That’s exactly what you’ll discover in this unfiltered, laugh-out-loud episode with Sam Wride, Australia’s rising Buhurt champion and content creator. Burso sits down (cake in lap, mic in hand) with Sam for a conve…

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Encore: Kevin Gillespie and the Restaurant of a Lifetime 53:37

9M ago53:37

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There's a good chance you know chef and author Kevin Gillespie from his fan-favorite stint on Season 6 of Top Chef or his return on the All Stars Season 20, but the Georgia native's talent can't be reduced to the small screen. His new Atlanta restaurant, Nàdair, is a full-throated love letter to his Scottish heritage — something Gillespie's family …

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Old Dog, New Tricks: How to Survive Being the Campus Grandpa 58:51

9M ago58:51

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In this hilarious and heartfelt episode, Burso sits down with his mate Fitzy — a former Blackhawk mechanic turned first-year Marine Science student at Deakin University. At nearly 45 years old, Fitzy is navigating a new world of lectures, labs, and lingering imposter syndrome while surrounded by classmates half his age. Fitzy shares the unorthodox …

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Encore: Kylie Kwong and the Five Glass Ghosts 55:26

9M ago55:26

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When chef Kylie Kwong announced that she was going to be shuttering her destination dining spot Lucky Kwong to take on a new role at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney, working at the intersection of food, community, and education to honor the people and foods that have made Australian cuisine so distinctive and precious — it made sense. Kwong has alw…

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Comedy & Chaos: Navigating the Vetaverse 1:04:35

10M ago1:04:35

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Welcome to 2025 with Burso, Sam Wride & Jarryd Goundrey The boys are back with the first podcast of 2025, kicking off the year with absolute chaos. Burso, Sam Wride, and Jarryd Goundrey dive into everything from medieval combat to the realities of being an online content creator and comedian. This episode is packed with unfiltered banter, deep dive…

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Creative Dreams and Christmas Schemes, The end of Season One, looking forward for Season Two. 46:53

1y ago46:53

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In this lively Christmas-themed episode, the gang – Burso, Fitzy, and Nick Wise – weave through holiday banter, reflections on achievements, and plans for the year ahead. With their trademark humor and camaraderie, they take listeners on a meandering journey filled with anecdotes, jokes, and surprising insights. What Questions Will This Episode Ans…

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Nick Wise: Balancing Family, Farming, and Fulfillment 59:55

1y ago59:55

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This episode delves into the captivating journey of Nick Wise as he transitions from a corporate manager to a full-time farmer, balancing family commitments, personal growth, and the challenges of agricultural life. Alongside hosts Burso and Fitzy, the discussion weaves through humorous anecdotes, thought-provoking debates, and honest reflections, …

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Farms, Family, and Fights: The Nick Wise Story 1:17:12

1y ago1:17:12

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This episode dives into the life and ambitions of Nick Wise, a man who has seamlessly transitioned from gym bro culture to boxing rings, triathlons, and even farming—all while balancing the chaos of parenthood. With plenty of laughs, candid stories, and moments of introspection, this episode offers something for fitness enthusiasts, competitive spi…

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Pati Jinich and the Bedtime Cookbooks 59:54

1y ago59:54

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With her shows Pati's Mexican Table and La Frontera and cookbooks Treasures of the Mexican Table and Mexican Today, Pati Jinich uses her exceptional empathy, political science background, and fearless curiosity to share the stories of the people living, creating, and cooking all around Mexico, and celebrate our shared humanity. For the Season 2 fin…