The Sporkful

By Dan PashmanArts

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The Sporkful episodes

August 10, 2015 Spoon The Band On Spoon The Utensil (Live from Chicago Pt. 2)
Live on stage from Chicago! The band Spoon discusses their post-show microwave popcorn ritual, and one member admits he sometimes thinks about pizza while performing. Plus a mathematician slices a bagel into a Mobius strip, an opera singer performs an aria about donuts, and members of an improv comedy group discuss summer food festival eating strategy.

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21 min
August 03, 2015 The REAL Sausage King of Chicago (Live from Chicago Pt. 1)
Live on stage from Chicago! Hot Doug explains why he turned down millions and closed his famous sausage shop. Plus, filmmaker and food writer Kevin Pang talks about his documentary, For Grace, about Chef Curtis Duffy, one of the top chefs in the world. And Curtis joins us to discuss his journey to the top, and to reveal his favorite candy.

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27 min
July 27, 2015 Calls: Can You Love A Picky Eater?
What would you do if you had to choose between the food you love and the person you love? This week on The Sporkful listeners call in to ask Dan for advice on eating in relationships.
Jen in D.C. needs guidance on dating a picky eater, and a feuding husband and wife debate the best way to eat a cornbread muffin. Will food do these couples part?
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17 min
July 20, 2015 Jim Gaffigan Lies To His Kids About Food
The food-obsessed comic discusses eating with his five children, navigating birthday parties and buffets, his dad's steaks, and when it's OK to lie to your kids. Plus he explains why he's the Jean-Claude Van Damme of eating on television.
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26 min
July 13, 2015 Calls: What Should Be The Last Cheese On Earth?
It's an extra cheesy edition of The Sporkful! Adam and Jonathan in L.A. call in to debate a dystopian future with only one cheese and to explain why cheddar is like Hugh Grant. Plus, Erica in Illinois ponders the metaphysics of grilled cheese sandwiches.
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17 min
July 06, 2015 Wyatt Cenac: Jerk Chicken In Every Pot
Comic and former Daily Show correspondent Wyatt Cenac takes us for curry goat and oxtails in his old neighborhood and explains how it feels to go out to eat in the place where you grew up -- and suddenly realize you're an outsider.
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21 min
June 29, 2015 Breaking The Ramadan Fast In A Cab At 50 MPH
Dan fills a taxi full of food and takes it to JFK Airport at sundown to break the Ramadan fast with Muslim cab drivers. What could go wrong? Plus a Texan talks about embracing her Muslim roots after 9/11 and fasting on Ramadan for the first time when she was in her 30s. And Arab-American teens reveal the best and worst parts of Ramadan.

Reminders: Our live show at Taste of Chicago is Saturday, July 11 at 1:30 pm at the Food For Thought stage. And kids – We want to hear about your weird food creations. Tell us about them in a voice memo, include your name, age, and home town, and email it to Dan at [email protected]

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27 min
June 22, 2015 A Flavor Chemist Explains Burger Toppings
A flavor chemist explains the science of burger smashing and how the order of your toppings affects how they taste. Plus a man in search of the perfect burger lays out exactly what he's looking for. (Repeat)
Come see The Sporkful live on stage at the Taste of Chicago! Saturday, July 11 at 1:30 pm in the Food for Thought area. Guests will include Spoon the band, Doug Sohn of Hot Doug's, an opera singing donut maker, and a mathematician who loves pi and pie. Plus discussion of summer food festival strategy and an Oreo cookie eating activity. See you there!
26 min
June 15, 2015 Is Vanilla Ice Cream Too Vanilla?
How did vanilla become the default flavor of ice cream? Do those black flecks actually make it more delicious? And which is better, cup or cone? Dan discusses with Spilled Milk hosts Molly Wizenberg and Matthew Amster-Burton. Plus Weird Al weighs in, and Bon Appetit's Adam Rapoport debates the merits of pie with Dan's Aunt Meryl.
29 min
June 08, 2015 Beyond Pot Brownies (w/ Radiolab's Jad Abumrad)
Dan and Radiolab's Jad Abumrad explore the new frontier of weed-infused foods with a French pastry chef. They'll tell you how it tastes. They'll tell you how it makes them feel. And they'll tell you what happens when you eat way, way too much of it.
30 min

About The Sporkful

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3x James Beard Award winner. Named one of TIME's 100 Best Podcasts Of All Time. We obsess about food to learn more about people. It's not for foodies, it's for eaters. Hosted by Dan Pashman, inventor of the viral pasta shape cascatelli.