Hungry Ghosts

Hungry Ghosts

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Hungry Ghosts episodes

  • J Webby Competitive Eater Interview | Bonus Episode
    While we put together series 2 of Hungry Ghosts, we have a bonus episode for you! We were lucky enough to interview James Webb, aka J Webby, who is ranked #1 in Australia and the Southern Hemisphere and #10 in the world competitive eating rankings. 

    James has had a stratospheric rise up the rankings since entering the world of competitive eating during lockdown, and is returning to the legendary Nathan's Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest on Tuesday, July 4th to see if he can improve on last year's showing, where he finished in 3rd place. 

    Listen to hear about 7-kilo bowls of pho, 30-inch pizzas, and more gastronomic madness.

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    53 min
  • Celebrity Salami | Foods of the Future
    We end series one of Hungry Ghosts with a look into our crystal balls as we discuss the foods of the future. Meat grown in a peach tree dish! Nancy Pelosi’s gazpacho police! And the ultimate measure of human progress: salami made from cells harvested from celebrities. Yummy!

    Charlie had to go to hospital after this. Not even a joke. That will teach us for attempting an alcohol-free episode.

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    55 min
  • Horsemen of the Oesophagus | Competitive Eating
    This week’s episode is a tribute to the greats of the competitive eating world. Joey Chestnut. Takeru Kobyashi. And our personal favourite, Sonya Thomas, a.k.a The Black Widow, a.k.a The Leader of the Four Horsemen of the Oesophagus. These guys don’t muck about. 13kg of poutine in ten minutes? 128oz of mayonnaise in eight minutes? 57 cow brains in 15 minutes? All in a day’s eats for the elite competitive eater. Listen to discover the story of the Great Eater of Kent, the early 20th century phenomenon of Fat Men’s Clubs, and what happens when you pit a professional competitive eater against a Kodiak bear.

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    1 hr 2 min
  • Hobson-Jobson | Food & Colonialism
    We discuss the complex relationship between food and colonialism, from the linguistic legacy of the tea trade to the real crux of the issue: dogs who are addicted to curry. Bon appétit!

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    56 min
  • Anti-Fascist Lemon | Italy
    Benvenuti welcooome! This week’s episode is about all things Italian, from the masked soirées of Venice Carnival to the unlikely origins of tiramisu and the thorny subject of what can and cannot go on top of a pizza. We also delve into the unlikely story of Venetian wine and reveal why one beloved slapheaded actor is in danger of becoming the first official Enemy of the Podcast…

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    1 hr 6 min
  • The Tapeworm Diet | Elixirs
    Have you met the Comte de Saint Germain? This week we explore the very strange history of ‘medicinal’ food and drink, from tapeworm pills to arsenic supplements and cigarette diets. Reach for a Lucky instead of a sweet!

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    1 hr 1 min
  • Delirious Tremendous | History's Greatest Boozers

    Restless ghouls, pissed as newts; lost souls, drowning in a fishbowl. And that’s just your hosts.

    The boys discuss a subject close to their hearts this week: the greatest boozers of all time. From Alexander the Great’s fatal drinking contests to Ernest Hemingway liberating the bar of the Ritz Hotel in Paris, history is littered with problem drinkers – and don’t even get us started on Hunter S. Thompson.

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    1 hr 16 min
  • Nation Plates | Food and Nationalism
    We explore the weird and wonderful world of gastrodiplomacy this week, looking at the ways in which food has been harnessed as a marker of national, religious, and ethnic identity – from fatwas on croissants to hummus wars, and everything in between.

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    1 hr 2 min
  • Abominations | Food Taboos
    Is lab-grown pork kosher? Does absinthe make you hallucinate? Would you eat fruit bat at the breakfast buffet? This week the boys talk about taboo in the worlds of food and drink, from chowing down on our furry friends to the ultimate in performative priestly decadence: the eating of the ortolan. 

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    1 hr 1 min
  • Mystery Meat | Urban Food & Drink Legends
    Neptune’s wrath descends on the podcast this week, as the boys take on the thorny topic of urban food and drink legends, from pink slime and mystery meat to spiked Halloween candy and libido-suppressant breakfast cereals. 

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    1 hr 5 min

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Join travel writer Daniel Stables and professional boozehound Charlie Duckworth on a journey through the worlds of food, alcohol, and world culture, examining the strange things we do in our search…