Smart Mouth
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Smart Mouth is a podcast that cares mostly about food. We talk to the most interesting people we know, working in all kinds of industries, about their favorite dishes. It's a way of finding out what makes them tick.
The podcast is brought to you by Katherine Spiers, the former food editor at L.A. Weekly and contributor to Press Play with Madeleine Brand.
Smart Mouth
1w ago
Do I drink it? Yes. Am I a sovereign citizen? Depends on my mood.
(Written version here.)
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Music: Freedom! '90 - George Michael
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Smart Mouth
3w ago
Soul rolls and other culinary smash ups; should legacy publications stay in their lane; activists who are not empaths.
Related episode: Meat raffles and Snickers salads with Ben Mandelker
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Citizen Better
Can Food Be Political?
Who Made the Potato Salad
YakaMein
Ramen by Ra
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Smart Mouth
1M ago
Kitsch versus camp and the politics of quiche.
The Man Who Ate Too Much
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Coconut shrimp with Julia Loken
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Music: Quiche Lorraine - The B-52s
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Smart Mouth
2M ago
Crows. You gotta hand it to them.
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Creature Feature
Secretly Incredibly Fascinating Podcast
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Music: I Love My Dog - Cat Stevens
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San Diego Zoo, 2
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Smart Mouth
3M ago
There's no end of ways to tell the future. But most importantly: with cheese.
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Music: Big Cheese - Nirvana
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Eater
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Smart Mouth
4M ago
The GBBO star on reassuring baking, the invention of Christmas bribery, and the uniquely American "cookies and milk" combo.
Transcript for this episode is here.
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Music: Christmas Dreaming by Harry Connick Jr
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Smart Mouth
4M ago
What is “childhood”? When was it invented? The same time as candy canes?
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Music: Last Christmas by Wham!
Related Episodes:
Christmas Cookies with Kim-Joy
Roman Food with Erica Firpo
Spaghetti Carbonara with Niccole Thurman
Sources:
The Imperfect Child
Child labor and the division of labor in the early English cotton mills
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Smart Mouth
4M ago
“Christmas candy” is just vibes. So what's your favorite?
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Peppermint with Niccole Thurman
Christmas cookies with Kim-Joy
Maraschino cherries with Courtney Nichols
Legacy & circus peanuts with Laurie Woolever
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Smart Mouth
5M ago
This thing's so weird.
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Music: Mashed Potatoes - James Brown
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Smart Mouth
5M ago
How to go from eating soup to writing a book about it.
Sohn-Mat: Recipes and Flavors of Korean Home Cooking
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Music: Next Level - aespa
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Toronto Star
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SteakSchool.com
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