One of our favorite podcasts is Dan Pashman’s James Beard Award-winning show The Sporkful. Dan uses food as the portal to learn more about humanity, and leads thought-provoking discussions about race, culture and body image. He also has wildly entertaining conversations with comics, chefs and TV personalities. Ricci Swift, Bianca and Molly Nugent make up Brooklyn rock trio Bernadette. They’ve freshly wrapped their first-ever tour which was in support of their debut EP, Shadow Paint. They join us in-studio for a live performance.

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Bruce and Eric Bromberg debuted the now legendary Blue Ribbon Brasserie in 1992 in New York City. The restaurant is acclaimed for its cuisine, and is the de facto hang spot for the city’s hospitality industry pros. Since then, the Brothers Bromberg built a dining empire spanning 23 restaurants nationwide serving everything from sushi to fried chicken. We catch up with Bruce in Los Angeles to discuss all things Blue Ribbon, and he gives us a preview of Hank’s, the brothers’ new burger joint, in the Pacific Palisades. Oh, and there’s heavy metal talk too. In Brooklyn we met up with Morgan Wiley and Ria Bouttier, the duo behind tropical disco house outfit 88 Palms. They describe themselves simply as, “A couple of friends who share an intense love of 70s nostalgia, synthesizers, tropical getaways and late nights.” The band recently released their EP, Love Safari, and lucky us, we get to hear them play some songs live.

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Since its launch in 2012, Health-Ade Kombucha has become one the most popular wellness brands in the country. We catch up with Justin Trout, Health-Ade’s co-founder and COO, to learn more about the history of the company--hint: hair loss plays a part--and we also talk about his career as a professional musician. The Pacheco Brothers, David and Rene, get our feet moving with a live in-studio performance at Dangerbird Records. The Pachecos initially emerged East L.A.’s music scene at Thee Commons, but are now known as “psychedelic cumbia punk” rockers, Tropa Magica.

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Michelle Doll was a graphic designer when she decided at the age of 30 to change careers and enrolled at the French Culinary Institute (now the International Culinary Center). For several years, she was a renowned cake designer in New York through her company Michelle Doll Makes; however, her skills extend far beyond cake baking and her true passion is educating the home chef. She now plies her skills as a chef, food writer and culinary teacher, and is the author of Essential Tools, Tips & Techniques for the Home Cook. We’re back once again at Dangerbird Records’ studio in Silver Lake, Los Angeles. This go-round we meet up with singer-songwriter, Matt Costa. Matt discusses his 15-year career, and gives us a live in-studio performance from his new LP, Santa Rosa Fangs--his first full-length album in five years. The record tells the tale of a young woman named Sharon and her two brothers Richie and Tony, and their coming of age in California. It’s a sometimes autobiographical, sometimes fictional journey of Matt’s own life in his native Golden State.

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For a guy who didn’t go to culinary school or set out originally to cook professionally, Royce Burke sure has built quite the career as a chef and restaurateur. He’s the culinary genius behind Los Angeles’ inventive late-night concept, Secret Lasagna, and Yarrow Cafe, which is reimagining what vegetarian cooking can be. Royce gives us a rundown of his circuitous path to professional kitchen life, and lets us in on what he’s got coming up next. In 2012, New Jersey’s own Static Jacks joined us in-studio for a chat and performance. The rock quartet regaled us with stories about their favorite diner tuna melts and busking in NYC. They also gave us a spirited acoustic set, playing songs from their debut album, If You’re Young.

Thomas Raquel is the Executive Pastry Chef at New York City’s legendary seafood palace, Le Bernardin. The Los Angeles native entered culinary school at the tender age of 16, and has cut his teeth at some of the best restaurants on the planet including Pierre Hermé Paris and L20. Thomas has been wowing diners with his elegant, and sometimes whimsical dishes such as this apple dessert, which he painstakingly crafted to look just like a shiny red apple, and is filled with layers of apple cake and caramel mousse. We roll back to 2013, and pull one of our favorite musical performances out of the archives. Brooklyn trio, Radical Dads--guitarists Lindsay Baker and Chris Diken and drummer Robbie Guertin--joined us to play songs from their debut LP, Rapid Reality. In addition to the great music, they also shared the history of their soda zine, defined what “slice guys” are and told us what compels them to pursue gastro adventures.

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Self-proclaimed “California Girl,” Gaby Dalkin grew up a picky eater, but learned how to cook in college, became a private chef and is now teaching the masses how to prepare delicious, fresh home-cooked meals via her popular blog and new cookbook, What’s Gaby Cooking: Everyday California Cooking. Gaby gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the world of food blogging, recipe development and cookbook authoring. Brooklyn rock quartet, Active Bird Community, gives us a live performance from their soon-to-be-released new record, Amends. “In the simplest of terms, Amends is a record about forgiveness,” said Tom D’Agustino, one of the band’s singers and primary songwriters. “Forgiving your parents for splitting up, forgiving your friends for not always understanding you, learning to forgive yourself.”

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For Chef Jeremy Salamon of The Eddy in the East Village looking back was the best way to move forward. Jeremy’s worked in some of the top restaurants in the city, including Locanda Verde and Buvette, but it’s the lessons he learned from his grandmother that inspires his cooking today. She successfully fled Nazi-occupied Hungary and emigrated to America, and taught him the magic of borscht, paprikash and langos. Jeremy’s menus champion Hungarian cuisine, showcasing his own unique take on classic dishes and flavors from his ancestral homeland. Brooklyn’s Elke (née Kayla Graninger) has vocals reminiscent of PJ Harvey, and a guitar-driven sound that alludes to top 40 rock, doo-wop, punk and shoegaze. The cross-genre musical influences reflect Kayla’s upbringing, which spanned various cities and small towns across America. She landed in NYC in her late teens, and eventually discovered her distinct tone with the launch of Elke. Elke’s newest EP, Bad Metaphors, is a collection of break-up anthems inspired by her past relationships.

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We’ve got a pair of talented SoCal natives on this episode. Chef Jason Neroni grew up in Orange County, and began his culinary career as a teenager at the happiest place on Earth: Disneyland. Following his start at Disney’s famed Club 33 restaurant, Jason worked his way through some of the best kitchens in the country, including Le Cirque, Chez Panisse, Blue Hill and Spago. He’s now the owner of the wildly popular and lauded, Rose Cafe in Venice. In a city flocked with transplants and transients, singer-songwriter Billy Uomo is one of those rarest of birds: a born-and-bred Angeleno. Billy grew up in Silver Lake, and that’s where we catch up with him, meeting up at the studio for Dangerbird Records. Billy and his bandmates perform live in-studio for us, and give us a listen to his latest EP, Hello?

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Many folks remember Stephanie Izard as being the first woman to ever win Top Chef, but in the years since that victory she’s proven to be one of the most admired and successful chef-restaurateurs in the biz. Besides adding a coveted James Beard Award, Food & Wine “Best New Chef” and even an Iron Chef title to her mantle, Stephanie is best known for her critically acclaimed empire of Chicago restaurants, which include her flagship, Girl & the Goat. She sits down with us to discuss her much-anticipated Girl & the Goat expansion to Los Angeles, and also lets us know how challenging it can be sourcing goats in the city. Speaking of the City Angels, we once again descend upon the Silver Lake studio for Dangerbird Records, and this go-round we capture a live performance from composer, Coleman Zurkowski. Baltimore-bred and NYC-based, Coleman’s making a name for himself for his work with such brands as Netflix, Toyota and Lebron James’ “Uninterrupted” documentary series. He gives us a listen to his first album, ZERO, which was released under Dangerbird’s new “Arthur King Presents” series that showcases experimental music.

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