Cookbook Obscura

This season's cookbook is 50 Shades of Chicken. This New York Times Best Seller is the parody cookbook you didn't know you needed, and we're here to show you some of the surprisingly good recipes from the book.

This week, Shannon and Aubrie are talking the Eagles (Go Birds!), the bird flu (go birds?), and the Rainforest Cafe with Jacquie Baker! Ralph was sick during this recording, but don't worry- we recorded this a year ago (2025, areweright?), so he's feeling better! 

Jacquie Baker is a sketch comedian and actor who is half of The Incredible Shrinking Matt & Jacquie with her husband Matt Schmid, and she can be seen in movies like Cast & Crew, Chuck Lawson and the Night of the Invaders, and Badder Ben: The Final Chapter. She is also a licensed therapist and performs with ANNA Crusis Feminist Choir.

50 Shades of Chicken

The Incredible Shrinking Matt & Jacquie YouTube

The Incredible Shrinking Matt & Jacquie Instagram

ANNA Crusis Feminist Choir

Dead Ringer- This American Life

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This season's cookbook is 50 Shades of Chicken. This New York Times Best Seller is the parody cookbook you didn't know you needed, and we're here to show you some of the surprisingly good recipes from the book.

This week we're talking about basement speakeasies, sitcom spin-offs, Circus Peanuts, and a never-made Jaws sequel with the Chip Chantry. Chip is a stand up comedian, television writer and actor who can be seen in his role as Kyle the Liar on the Netflix’s comedy series Tires, and his debut comedy special Move Closer. He is also co host of the Sunburnt Podcast as well as a recurring guest on the “Doug Loves Movies” and “Todd Glass Show” podcasts.

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50 Shades of Chicken

Chip Chantry Website

Chip Chantry @ Instagram

Chip Chantry YouTube

Sunburnt Podcast w/ Chip Chantry and Thomas O'Brien

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This season's cookbook is 50 Shades of Chicken. This New York Times Best Seller is the parody cookbook you didn't know you needed, and we're here to show you some of the surprisingly good recipes from the book.

This week we're talking about Taylor Swift drag shows, keeping kosher, coping with politics, alien invasions, Lion King notaries, and Julia Child as the other woman with the very funny Noah Levine. Noah is a theater artist, improviser, and podcast host based in Philly. His shows include Noah's No-Show Show, The N Crowd, The Talkin' 2024 podcast, and Dying Message: The Detective Anime Mystery Podcast. He would marry stuffing if he could. 

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50 Shades of Chicken

Lamda Legal (LGBTQ+ legal resource)

Talkin' 2024 Podcast

Dying Message: The Detective Anime Mystery Podcast

Noah on Instagram

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This season's cookbook is 50 Shades of Chicken. This New York Times Best Seller is the parody cookbook you didn't know you needed, and we're here to show you some of the surprisingly good recipes from the book.

This week we're talking about vinyl clothing, ranch dressing, and knowing if your chicken is right temperature with the very funny Alejandro Morales! Alejandro is a comedian and producer based in South Philly. He’s the creator of the foodie rap battle game show “Eat Your Beats” and co-host of the podcast “We’re Dating” with Rachel Peters. Recently, Alejandro was a featured performer in the 2024 Asheville Comedy Festival. 

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50 Shades of Chicken

Alejandro on Instagram

Borscht Belt Comedy Club

We're Dating! Podcast

Eat Your Beats Show on IG

Tove Lo Education Connection Commercial

Meatloaf- Paradise By The Dashboard Light

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This season's cookbook is 50 Shades of Chicken. This New York Times Best Seller is the parody cookbook you didn't know you needed, and we're here to show you some of the surprisingly good recipes from the book.

This week we're talking about thrift stores, massages, and sexy chicken monologues with our guest Carolyn Busa! Carolyn Busa is a former, horny comedian turned horny, small business owner. She owns Peak Secondhand, which relocated to Audubon, NJ in 2024 and is still very funny.

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50 Shades of Chicken
Peak Secondhand
Peak Secondhand on IG
Peak Secondhand on FB
Carolyn on Instagram
Carolyn on the Web
Phoebe finds a thumb in her drink (Friends)

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This season's cookbook is 50 Shades of Chicken. This New York Times Best Seller is the parody cookbook you didn't know you needed, and we're here to show you some of the surprisingly good recipes from the book.

This week we're talking about Sesame Place, delicious spices, and Jell-O Wrestling with our guest Patrick Cotnoir. Patrick is a talent booker and producer based in Los Angeles. His past credits include talent booking for Marvel and "The Chris Gethard Show". He currently books guests for ASSSSCAT at UCB in LA, "The George Lucas Talk Show", the Exactly Right podcast network among many other things.

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50 Shades of Chicken
The George Lucas Talk Show
I'm George Lucas: A Connor Ratliff Story
The Naboo Movie- A 25th Anniversary All-Star Live Reading of Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace
Crawford's Bar LA
Patrick on Instagram
Patrick on Twitter

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This season's cookbook is 50 Shades of Chicken. This New York Times Best Seller is the parody cookbook you didn't know you needed, and we're here to show you some of the surprisingly good recipes from the book.

This week we're talking about writer's rooms, recipe substitutions, starting an OnlyDoors account, and counting how many times we can say cabinets.com with our guest Alison Zeidman. Alison is an emmy-nominated and WGA award winning writer for shows like Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, Adam Ruins Everything, and Archer.

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50 Shades of Chicken
Cabinets.com
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Adam Ruins Everything
Archer
Alison on the Web

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Welcome to Season Two! This season we're sliding sexily into our next cookbook... 50 Shades of Chicken. This New York Times Best Seller is the parody cookbook you didn't know you needed, and we're here to show you some of the surprisingly good recipes from the book.

This week we're tackling Twilight fanfic, wines with neighbor guy names, Italian restaurants in the burbs, and eating bugs with our first guest for season two, Kait Thompson. Kait did comedy in Philadelphia before packing up and moving to LA to do more comedy and writing, and now she's making chicken with us. How steamy!

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50 Shades of Chicken
Josh Wine
Gardens of Taxco
Dollywood
@kaitdrawingstuff on Instagram

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Welcome to the show that turns obscure recipes into awesome conversations, Cookbook Obscura! This week, the gang welcomes Jana Savini to help us solve the Mystery of A Keene Soup! We talk about our strong feelings about Christmas, share some behind the scenes zoo facts, chat about pizzelles, and MORE.

Jana Savini is  is a collaborator, facilitator, and champion for clean water and community resilience. She's an improviser, director, coach, and instructor with Fearless Improv. She's a co-founder and co-producer of the Tax Free Comedy Festival, and she's the Managing Director at City Theater Company in Wilmington, DE. 

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Tax Free Comedy Festival
City Theater Company
City Theater on Instagram
What's a pizzelle anyway?
Philadelphia Zoo

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Welcome to the show that turns obscure recipes into awesome conversations, Cookbook Obscura! This week, the gang welcomes Steve Kleinedler to help us find the Clue of the Double Jinx Salad! We talk about chemical spills, the dangers of pineapple, weird food combos, and MORE.

Steve Kleinedler is an editor and improviser raised near Flint and currently living near Boston, with stops along the way in Chicago and Philly. Steve teaches with ImprovBoston, performs occasionally in The Pickle at Union Comedy, and performs even more sporadically as one-half of Sad Trombone (along with Ralph Andracchio). 

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Steve Kleinedler Facebook
Steve Kleinedler Twitter
Sad Trombone
ImprovBoston
Union Comedy
The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries
Centralia, PA
Are There Drugs That Interact With Eating Fresh Pineapple? (Livestrong.com)

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