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• Sporkful Dating Game: Suitcase Full Of Cheese Edition

  This week, The Sporkful plays matchmaker! We put out the call for Sporkful listeners looking for love, and many of you responded. We used our proprietary algorithm (i.e. a producer looking at a spreadsheet) to set up and record two...

  9 feb 2026 2049 sec.

• How Prison Ramen Saved My Life (Reheat)

  When Gustavo “Goose” Alvarez was 18, he was sent to prison for the first time. When he arrived, the other incarcerated men wanted to know if they could trust him — so they handed him a plate of cheesy tacos, and got to know him over...

  6 feb 2026 1619 sec.

• The Great Super Bowl Snack Debate

  Michael Ian Black and Tom Cavanagh are great comedic actors and friends who love to analyze snacks in extreme detail on their podcast, Mike and Tom Eat Snacks. In this special crossover episode ahead of the Super Bowl, Dan tells Mike...

  2 feb 2026 2293 sec.

• 2 Chefs And A Lie: Canadian Prime Minister Edition (Reheat)

  Dan gives up the hosting chair and becomes a contestant in our most popular (and only) Sporkful game show, 2 Chefs And A Lie! The game is simple. Dan talks with three “chefs.” Two are real, and one is a faker with a made-up resume. Dan...

  30 jan 2026 1825 sec.

• Tom Papa Quit Vegetarianism After One Visit To An Italian Deli

  Veteran comic Tom Papa’s love of food began as a kid, when his dad recruited him for over-the-top food challenges — including eating a massive steak that won Tom a t-shirt. As an adult he became obsessed with bread baking after his...

  26 jan 2026 1958 sec.

• Elle Simone Scott Brought More Compassion To The Kitchen (Reheat)

  Elle Simone Scott recently died of ovarian cancer at the age of 49. This week's Reheat is our conversation with Elle from 2021. Elle once said that a food stylist’s job is to tell the story of the food — and in her work on shows for...

  23 jan 2026 1826 sec.

• At 90, Jacques Pépin Is Still Teaching And Learning

  Jacques Pépin just turned 90, and he’s spent his career defying expectations. By 1958, at the age of 23, he had cooked for three French presidents. But he left that life to work at a high-end restaurant in New York, then gave that up to...

  19 jan 2026 1772 sec.

• Is It OK To Eat All Your Popcorn Before The Movie Starts? (Reheat)

  The Sporkful Family Food Court is back in session. A husband and wife debate when to eat movie popcorn, and a mother and daughter argue over whether eating salad dressing makes you an adult.  This episode originally aired on February...

  16 jan 2026 1461 sec.

• Is It Wrong To Eat Popcorn At The Movies?

  French podcaster Samia Basille loves going to the movies. And she enjoys popcorn. But she doesn't think the two should ever be combined. (Many other French people feel the same way.) When Samia spent a few months living in New York, it...

  12 jan 2026 1920 sec.

• Katie's Year In Recovery (Reheat)

  We follow one woman's attempt to recover from an eating disorder and hear what it’s like to wake up each morning and have to fight a battle not only with food, but more importantly, with yourself. It's a rare look inside one person’s...

  9 jan 2026 2908 sec.

• Why Are Root Beer Floats Special? Because Science!

  Should you rinse ice before you pour a carbonated drink over it? What’s the best way to store fresh bread? And is there a reason to drink room temp water between bites of ice cream? Daniel Gritzer, editorial director of Serious Eats,...

  5 jan 2026 2103 sec.

• Cold Case: Office Fridge Food Theft Edition (Reheat)

  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...

  2 jan 2026 1510 sec.