How Do You Prep For The Hardest Beer Test In The World?
Mandy Naglich is an award-winning home brewer who also writes and teaches about beer. Now she wants to become a Master Cicerone — basically the beer equivalent of a master sommelier. There’s only a ha...
3 Aug 39min
This Is Your Brain On Cheesesteak (Reheat)
Why do our brains go crazy for the melted cheese on Philly's iconic cheesesteak? What is it about scrapple’s crispy fried goodness? How does surface-area-to-volume ratio make the roast pork sandwich m...
31 Juli 25min
Carla Hall Isn't Going Back To The Frozen Food Section (Reheat)
Carla Hall is known for her quirky, energetic personality on TV. But in some ways she’s very different today from the woman who first appeared as a contestant on Top Chef almost two decades ago. "I di...
24 Juli 36min
2 Chefs And A Lie 2026 With NPR’s Rachel Martin
We’re back with our annual game show: Two Chefs And A Lie! This year our contestant is Rachel Martin, host of the NPR podcast Wild Card and an old friend of Dan’s. The game goes like this: Rachel talk...
20 Juli 42min
The Man Who Made 5 Million Burritos (Reheat)
Is the perfect burrito a feat of engineering or art? We debate burrito construction and the Los Angeles/San Francisco rivalry with Jesse Thorn (founder of Maximum Fun and host of Bullseye) and Evan Kl...
17 Juli 52min
Can You Be On A GLP-1 And Still Love Food?
Recent studies say that somewhere between 12 and 16 percent of Americans have used GLP-1s like Ozempic, Wegovy, or Zepbound. Many people who take these drugs report that the meds have fundamentally ch...
13 Juli 30min
The Great Office Coffee Election (Reheat)
“The time has come for us to change the coffee brand that we offer and we want your input!” The email came from Myiesha Gordon in the HR Department at WNYC. Like many others, Myiesha hated the office ...
10 Juli 28min
