
Eat MSG with Me: With Goop Power, Comes Goop Responsibility
Jenny Yang is waiting on an RSVP from the “Goop” goddess and L.A. queen of clean eating, Gwenyth Paltrow. Why? To have a fact-based conversation about MSG. A seasoning and flavor enhancement, monosodi...
27 Jun 202229min

Can a Bake Sale Fight Racism?
In early 2020, Paola Velez was inspired to bring Bakers Against Racism to life. It's an organization she co-founded with chef Rob Rubba, to fundraise for causes they care about, like their latest fund...
20 Jun 202231min

The Seattle Chef Building a Platform for Secret Cookies
Chef and newly minted tech entrepreneur Eric Rivera has done everything in the food world from running his own restaurant, to cooking 12-course tastings in people's homes, to publishing e-books and se...
13 Jun 202230min

Introducing Fixing Our City
New Chronicle podcast: Host Laura Wenus and producer Cintia Lopez are on a quest to find out why one of the wealthiest and best-educated cities in America, one where most people belong to the same pol...
10 Jun 20221min

Optimism Warning: Diversifying the Coffee Industry Might Be Working
High-pressure, super-structured coffee competitions consist of baristas making coffee for a panel of judges who scrutinize everything from how many times a cup is tapped to the color of someone's pant...
6 Jun 202229min

Hella Good Mold: A Couple Gets Creative with Koji
On this episode of the Extra Spicy podcast, host and restaurant critic Soleil Ho speaks to Shared Cultures founders Eleana Hsu and Kevin Gondo about their use of local, seasonal ingredients in product...
31 Mai 202225min

The Youth Movement Behind Starbucks Organizing
At Starbucks locations across the country, workers are unionizing. Dozens of stores have joined the union, and many more are scheduled to vote soon. One of those is in Mill Valley, California, where h...
23 Mai 202232min

Are Mushrooms Socialist? Inside the Mania on TikTok and Beyond
On this Extra Spicy episode recorded in front of a live audience, TikTok mycologist Dr. Gordon Walker (@FascinatedbyFungi) joins host Soleil Ho to discuss what’s behind the mushroom mania. From gateke...
16 Mai 202241min



















