The pizza maker is co-owner of Metro Pizza in Las Vegas, a joint that harks back to a time of mobsters and classic crooners. In Vegas, he's thought of affectionately as "The godfather of pizza" or as Chef Dan Krohmer calls him "pizza Yoda"; interestingly, he may be known better outside of the city than in his own neighborhood. A member of America's number one pizza team, "World Pizza Champions," Arena became a pizza professor when he started teaching a class at UNLV Hospitality on the "History and Culture of Pizza."

In this podcast, he shares with Chefs Lorraine Moss and Louiie Victa the origins of pizza around the globe from Egypt to Italy to the United States.

The New Yorker explains why ANYONE should be able to express themselves by making pie whatever way they choose (including with pineapples and/or Ranch dressing). And he talks about why we need to think more about where food comes from and why in the hospitality industry, we should favor collaboration over competition.

This is a rare, raw, and thought-provoking conversation with one of the premier pizzaiolos in the country.