The Sporkful

Nikki didn't really understand her relationship with food until she could barely eat anything. Now her kids are struggling to accept her new diet.

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Weird Al dissects his many food songs, from “My Balogna” to “Eat It,” “The White Stuff” and more. Plus, he explains why he always questions authority—except when he’s cooking. (Repeat with new material)

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Everyone remembers school lunch. We talk to Sporkful listeners and a group of fifth graders about the meals and experiences that changed them forever -- for better or worse.

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The actor and writer isn't a fan of American food excess -- except when it provides the perfect metaphor for his own tri-cultural upbringing. He talks about making sense of his dueling identities, his love of peanut butter, and the fight he had with his father over a Big Gulp.

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Two couples call in to settle longstanding food disputes. But are these marital spats really just about leftovers and dessert? Dan and Serious Eats' Kenji Lopez-Alt, author of The Food Lab cookbook, get to the bottom of it.

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The native Minnesotan explains why a little internal bleeding can't keep her from a treat, and why the way she eats salad is like the way she deals with depression.

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Ahead of the Jewish holiday of Passover, the man who runs one of the biggest matzoh factories in the world schools us on the science behind these excellent crackers. Then Dan debates kosher law with a rabbi. (Repeat) 

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The founder of America’s Test Kitchen hates celebrations and says pleasure's annoying. He explains why he thinks cooking isn't about either, and how he got this way.

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It’s Elkhart, Indiana, 2001. Two inches of Heather Coleman's turkey club disappear from her office fridge. The thief is nowhere to be found. And Heather’s life will never be the same. In this tribute to the hit podcast Serial we investigate a shocking true story of office fridge food theft. (Repeat) 

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Artist Ashok Kondabolu and comedian Michelle Buteau grew up in immigrant families, straddling food cultures. They have different opinions on the line between assimilation and appropriation, but they agree on one thing: It's personal.

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