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Chuck E. Cheese & Ferrero Rocher: How Immigrants Learn to be American
Writer and journalist Liana Aghajanian shares stories about growing up in the U.S. as a child of Iranian-Armenian refugees and how she approaches writing about diaspora cuisines in a unique way. -
Finding Wild Food with @BlackForager
Liable to break into song at any moment, Alexis Nikole Nelson shares her passion for urban foraging and talks about teaching people how to identify and cook wild foods. -
The Fight to Save Chinatown
Even before the coronavirus pandemic shut down the Bay Area, San Francisco's Chinatown — America’s oldest — felt the impact. We look at how the community is trying to overcome the challenges a year later. -
Brogurt & Burgers: Dude Food, Explained
Dr. Emily Contois, author of "Diners, Dudes, and Diets: How Gender and Power Collide in Food Media and Culture," talks about how gendered food upholds the patriarchy. -
The Restaurant Apocalypse Is Upon Us
Restaurateurs and workers share their thoughts on how the coronavirus pandemic has affected the restaurant world and their relationships to it. -
Extra Spicy Season 2
Flavor. Culture. Politics. Dinner. It's all on the table. -
2020: What Was This Nonsense?
Expanding their "What Is This Nonsense" segment, hosts Justin Phillips and Soleil Ho dive into their top nonsensical moments from 2020. -
Kevin Vaughn Talks Travel Writing
Kevin Vaughn, writer and cook based in Buenos Aires, discusses travel writing and its problems with Soleil Ho and Justin Phillips -
Aubrey Gordon Discusses Anti-Fat Bias
The author published under the moniker Your Fat Friend discusses the social realities of anti-fat bias with Soleil Ho and Justin Phillips -
Bonus: Chef Anthony Salguero on Salvadoran Food in the Bay
Anthony Salguero, chef / founder of Popoca in Oakland, talks about Salvadoran food and restaurant culture with host Soleil Ho.
Extra Spicy
By Soleil Ho and Justin Phillips
Join hosts Soleil Ho and Justin Phillips as they attempt to decipher the bizarro happenings of the food world alongside a mix of fascinating folks. They dismantle diet culture and angry chefs, cover the restaurant apocalypse and pandemic pivots, and dish out advice you didn't know you needed. Extra Spicy will stimulate your mind and your appetite.
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