Hungry

By Otis Gray

Society & Culture Arts Food

What's Hungry about?

A podcast about food, the stories behind it, and the people who make it.

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Hungry episodes:

07.24.2017
Donuts
An epic tale of the pastry woven into America's timeline - German soldiers blowing up donut trucks, frying donuts in whale oil, the first women allowed on the front lines in U.S. history, and maybe even an answer to the...
07.04.2017
Tootsie Rolls
In the spirit of July 4th, this is a story from the Korean War- where U.S. Marines surmounted unbelievable odds and the coldest winter in Korean history with only their wits, and thousands of unwanted tootsie rolls.
05.10.2017
HomeCooked: An Interview With Michael Moore
HomeCooked is a series where we ask people the same question: What food reminds you of home? Director, author, and activist Michael Moore is from Flint, MI. Having good memories of the food there is tough when you can't even...
05.03.2017
Five Loaves and Two Fishes
In the heart of coal country, West Virginia - a young Navy veteran and his family are responding to food shortages and economic hardships in exceptionally creative ways. Their town of McDowell has made national headlines for its poverty, unemployment, opioid crisis,...
04.19.2017
Repost: Hershel's Deli
Escape from the Nazis, cosmically good pastrami, and how an iconic Philadelphia Deli came to be.
04.12.2017
Old Bay
Concentration camps, bribing the Gestapo, racist spice companies, and Baltimore crabs: The story of one refugee's journey and the creation of an American food icon.
03.29.2017
HomeCooked: Edward James Olmos
On HomeCooked, we ask strangers the same question: What food reminds you of home? This week, legendary actor Edward James Olmos of Battlestar Galactica, American Me, Stand and Deliver, Blade Runner, and so many more. So say we all. Music...
03.08.2017
Repost: Shawarma
A trip to the Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania, where Syrian refugee families are becoming part of American society. Known for having one of the largest Syrian populations in America, Allentown and the Lehigh Valley make the most authentic, mouth-watering Syrian...
03.01.2017
Arioso
There is a restaurant in the barren New Mexican desert where one man is cooking his way through the light and darkness of life. We sit down for an intimate meal with Chef Julian Sibony at his home and restaurant,...
02.22.2017
HomeCooked: Kay
We ask strangers on the street, "What food reminds you of home?" This episode- Kay. If you have a story about a food that reminds you of home- leave it in a review on iTunes or contact us at...
02.15.2017
Po' Boy
The Po' Boy is an iconic New Orleans sandwich that has come to represent the city and holds a special place in the heart of the South. What people don't know is that the sandwich itself was born out of...
02.02.2017
Burritos
A trip to the origin of the burrito - Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. We hear the legend of an entrepreneurial man, his donkey, and a tale of two cities. We also talk to Emily Bonderer-Cruz, who was featured on This American...
02.02.2017
Trump Loaf
Hungry goes to Trump Cafe, a restaurant that changed its name two weeks before the election to honor the next president . Located in the rural town of Bellville Texas, Trump Cafe boasts a menu of southern "Trump-Themed" food (in...
02.02.2017
Hungry in Guatemala
Hungry just received a grant to travel Guatemala in search of food and stories. We will be focusing on one story in particular about a plant that has been worshipped, savored, outlawed, destroyed, and is now being reborn. And it's...
02.02.2017
BITE: A Funeral for You
A chance encounter with a funeral procession on the Brooklyn Bridge.
02.02.2017
Out of Context
It's easy to take things out of context in general. But when we take snippets from the Quran and use that to represent the entirety of Islam, we're not really looking at the context. Whether from Bill O'Reilly or an...
02.02.2017
BITE: Cheez Whiz
A short, surprising history of the legendary cheese spread that changed America and still smothers Philly Cheesesteaks. Although Kraft Cheez Wiz is about as American as apple pie and crushing student debt, its origins might surprise you.
02.02.2017
Shawarma
A trip to the Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania, where Syrian refugee families are becoming part of American society. Known for having one of the largest Syrian populations in America, Allentown and the Lehigh Valley make the most authentic, mouth-watering Syrian...
02.02.2017
Illegal Meat "Bite:" Immigration Lawyer Joseph Best Raw Interview
The full, raw interview with immigration lawyer Joseph Best of Best Law Associates. An extension to the "Illegal Meat" episode featuring barbacoa chef Cristina Martinez - this interview digs deeper into where our immigration laws come from, what they really...
02.02.2017
Hershel's Deli
Escape from the Nazis, the story of how Philadelphia's iconic Hershel's East Side Deli came to be, and why they make the best pastrami around.
02.02.2017
Illegal Meat
The story of Chef Cristina Martinez and the art of Barbacoa. Although Cristina is a wildly gifted cook with a cult following in Philadelphia, she and her American husband have been battling for years to obtain her citizenship. She then...
02.02.2017
The Uncouth Cypriot
A story of Konstantinos Pitsillides, the Cypriot chef stubbornly sticking to his roots and making some of the best food you'll ever eat. His BYOB restaurant, Kanella, is achieving greatness and is showing no signs of...
02.02.2017
Hungry Intro
Welcome to Hungry.