The Sporkful
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The Sporkful

by Dan Pashman

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.

100 episodes
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1
No Somali Artifacts Were Harmed In The Making Of This Cookbook
34:42 Mar 16, 2026
2
Breaking The Ramadan Fast In A Cab At 50 MPH (Reheat)
28:13 Mar 13, 2026
3
Asma Khan Says Women Shouldn't Cook For Free
32:17 Mar 9, 2026
4
Danny Trejo, From Lockup to Donut Shop (Reheat)
31:53 Mar 6, 2026
5
When ICE Came, This Minnesota Restaurant Stepped Up
37:30 Mar 2, 2026
6
How To Read A Taco (Reheat)
32:33 Feb 27, 2026
7
Catching The Codfather
59:57 Feb 23, 2026
8
Till Pork Do Us Part (Reheat)
27:28 Feb 20, 2026
9
Is Halal Pork… Possible?
36:19 Feb 16, 2026
10
Lunchtime With The Simpsons (Reheat)
36:37 Feb 13, 2026
11
Sporkful Dating Game: Suitcase Full Of Cheese Edition
34:09 Feb 9, 2026
12
How Prison Ramen Saved My Life (Reheat)
26:59 Feb 6, 2026
13
The Great Super Bowl Snack Debate
38:13 Feb 2, 2026
14
2 Chefs And A Lie: Canadian Prime Minister Edition (Reheat)
30:25 Jan 30, 2026
15
Tom Papa Quit Vegetarianism After One Visit To An Italian Deli
32:38 Jan 26, 2026
16
Elle Simone Scott Brought More Compassion To The Kitchen (Reheat)
30:26 Jan 23, 2026
17
At 90, Jacques Pépin Is Still Teaching And Learning
29:32 Jan 19, 2026
18
Is It OK To Eat All Your Popcorn Before The Movie Starts? (Reheat)
24:21 Jan 16, 2026
19
Is It Wrong To Eat Popcorn At The Movies?
32:00 Jan 12, 2026
20
Katie's Year In Recovery (Reheat)
48:28 Jan 9, 2026
21
Why Are Root Beer Floats Special? Because Science!
35:03 Jan 5, 2026
22
Cold Case: Office Fridge Food Theft Edition (Reheat)
25:10 Jan 2, 2026
23
Stanley Tucci Always Keeps A Martini Kit On Set
33:32 Dec 29, 2025
24
A Hip Hop Track Inspired Bryant Terry To Go Vegan (Reheat)
34:22 Dec 26, 2025
25
New Year's Food Resolutions 2026
43:47 Dec 22, 2025
26
Elevating Airplane Food To New Heights (Reheat)
21:13 Dec 19, 2025
27
How Do You Steal A Truckload Of Tequila? (Salad Spinner Year In Review)
47:00 Dec 15, 2025
28
Patti LaBelle Says She Cooks Better Than She Sings (Reheat)
31:42 Dec 12, 2025
29
Samin Nosrat’s Success Looked Different Behind Closed Doors
34:48 Dec 8, 2025
30
Can We Go Viral On TikTok? (Reheat)
36:38 Dec 5, 2025
31
Seed Oils Are The Latest Battle In The Cooking Fat Wars
38:29 Dec 1, 2025
32
What Should Be The Last Cheese On Earth? (Reheat)
33:32 Nov 28, 2025
33
What’s It Like To Cook With A Brain Injury?
32:34 Nov 24, 2025
34
Hosting Thanksgiving With Amy Sedaris (Reheat)
25:38 Nov 21, 2025
35
The Last Meal Roy Wood Jr. Made For His Father
35:00 Nov 17, 2025
36
In The Test Kitchen With Dan Souza & Lisa McManus
51:35 Nov 14, 2025
37
What Is Colorado Style Pizza?
44:37 Nov 10, 2025
38
Phil Rosenthal Has A Menu Strategy (Reheat)
32:46 Nov 7, 2025
39
How Did Tony Shalhoub Learn To Play A Chef On Screen?
32:55 Nov 3, 2025
40
A Comprehensive Candy Treatise For Halloween (Reheat)
25:38 Oct 31, 2025
41
What Makes Dorie Greenspan’s Recipes So Good?
34:22 Oct 27, 2025
42
How Did Staying Hydrated Become A Thing? (Reheat)
36:53 Oct 24, 2025
43
How Does Paul Hollywood Dunk His Cookies?
43:35 Oct 20, 2025
44
Nadiya Hussain, From “Great British Bake Off” To Elbows Out (Reheat)
33:11 Oct 17, 2025
45
Why Would You Put A Recipe On Your Gravestone?
30:33 Oct 13, 2025
46
Can I Wipe My Oily Hands On My Legs? (Reheat)
35:27 Oct 10, 2025
47
What's In Taylor Swift's Signature Cocktail?
47:18 Oct 6, 2025
48
How Ketchup Got Its Name (Reheat)
37:52 Oct 3, 2025
49
What Can McDonald’s Tell Us About Black America?
34:26 Sep 29, 2025
50
Celebrating Shabbat At Wendy’s (Reheat)
26:28 Sep 26, 2025
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