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The Sporkful

Dan Pashman

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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. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of The Sporkful ad-free. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.

Recent Episodes

SEP 25, 2026
Comedian Nicole Byer Sees Her First Shrimp (Reheat)
Comedian Nicole Byer hosts the cooking competition show Nailed It! on Netflix. It’s family-friendly, but that doesn’t stop her from deploying her raunchy humor with her co-host, the chocolatier Jacques Torres, when the cameras are off. Nicole talks with Dan about the parallels between a restaurant kitchen and comedy club, and why she makes her own favorite cake for her late mom’s birthday.
29 MIN
SEP 21, 2026
Live: The Great Yogurt Feud
If someone asked you to name the country that dominates American yogurt aisles, you would undoubtedly say Greece. Thick Greek yogurt makes up more than half of all US yogurt sales. But shaking its fist from the shadows is another country that’s even more obsessed with yogurt: Bulgaria.
40 MIN
SEP 18, 2026
Traveling Back In Time For Coconut Cake (Reheat)
Dan goes on an adventure around Los Angeles, starting at the airport. Where is he going? He doesn't know.
40 MIN
SEP 14, 2026
Why Did Carla Lalli Write A Cookbook About Her Divorce?
Thirty years into her career as a chef and cookbook author, Carla Lalli is releasing a book many people told her she shouldn’t write. It’s called Food Is A Feeling, and it’s a lot more personal than her others.
33 MIN
SEP 11, 2026
Why Won’t Anyone Invite Michael Pollan To Dinner? (Reheat)
You know that friend of yours who rails against the evils of high fructose corn syrup? The one who’s obsessed with where every single morsel of their food comes from? Writer Michael Pollan — author of The Omnivore's Dilemma, Food Rules, and Cooked — may have made your friend like that.
36 MIN