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There’s nothing left to say. I’ve read every editorial, every FaceBook post, every HuffPo screaming front page rant. I’m done. I’m done with the election, and I’m done even discussing it, or him. He who shall not be named. I had been calling him the apricot barbarian, but you know what? I love apricots, they’re delicious and pretty and when they’re ripe, they smell how I imagine Eden might have smelled, if Eden had been a real place and not just a setting for a fairy tale. Apricots are an incredible fruit, and they don’t deserve the association with that walking pile of shit. No, you know what? That’s an insult to shit, too. How about we call him…Fake-n-Bake Hitler? I have no problem insulting fake tanning, it’s an abhorrent practice, and nothin’s worse than Hitler, so that’s a good moniker. That works. Fake-n-Bake Hitler. Perfect. FBH for short.

Or Tang-Stained Goon? Or Dehydration-Pee-Color Monster? Fanta-Face?

So here I am this fall season, thinking about color, and there it was, the NY Times Magazine. With their food issue article about how the big industrial food companies, think Kraft, M&M Mars, you know, Foodiness, Inc., are all scrambling to find new ways to color their garbage non-food products with natural colors, because all of a sudden, American consumers are freaking out. Not because a Sunkist-Soda-faced demagogue could be our next president, but because all of the shit food they’ve been cramming into their gaping maws has been artificially colored for years, and now the moms of America are calling on the major food corporations to STOP THE MADNESS?

“GET THE BLUE DYE OUT OF OUR KIDS M&M’s and SQUEEZY YOGURT”. They’re DEMANDING that the big food co’s ditch the color, and replace it with natural colors.

Nobody’s demanding that we label GMO’s, or stop dumping raw sewage on our crops as fertilizer, or stop using what accounts to slave labor to harvest our food, or demanding that we clean up the trillions of tons of plastic in the ocean…no. Just give us our blue food, but please make it less chemically so we can feel better about eating shit.

Wait a second, moms of America, NOW you’re upset? You still haven’t figured out that you’re feeding chemical-sugar crap to your children, but are really upset at the big issue of the COLOR of the foods? Yes, the artificial color is terrible, and made from stuff like coal-tar sludge, but like FBH himself, the artificial color is merely the petrochemical-stained surface of a much, much deeper, larger problem. A tremendous problem, a HUGE problem!

The problem of the fact that we CARE so much about what’s in our SHITTY processed junk food, and don’t give a crap about what’s being done to real food.

And that’s a problem.

Live at 2:00 pm EST on heritageradionetwork.org or later on www.letsgetrealshow.com

We're all really, really scared these days. Scared for the future, scared for the planet (well, some of us), scared of scary scaring clowns scaring kids, scared of scary clowns pretending to be legit candidates...OMG, so much scariness! And it's not even Halloween yet!

But even worse than all that scary stuff...is GLUTEN! Oh no, GLUTEN! The big scary monster lurking in all our most delicious foods, like bread!

Well, you all know how I feel about this, that unless you are straight-up legit diagnosed with Celiac disease, get over yourself and your gluten issues. Just don't eat that shitty, processed, non-organic industrial bread and other crap that make up the SAD (Standard American Diet) that you're stuffing your face with. Ditch that crap, and you'll start feeling a lot better, a lot faster.

Unless you're today's guest, Peter Michael Marino. He's my teacher and friend, a comedian, actor and solo performer, and founder of SOLOCOM, in which I'll be performing in November. And he IS straight-up legit diagnosed with Celiac, so he has something to fear, for real, in gluten. He's joining us today in the Foodiness Fallout Shelter, to discuss.

He's a funny guy, so it should be a good time for all. Join us, why dontcha? Live today at 2:00 on www.heritageradionetwork.org or later on www.letsgetrealshow.com or iTunes!

Today, an ALL-NEW episode of Let's Get Real!

Yes, it's a new show, after a long break to develop the new weekly Heritage Radio Network News show, of which I'm the co-anchor!

But I'm back, this week with tales of finger-lickin' weirdness. On today's show I revisit my invitation to the BIG Kentucky Fried Chicken event where I was taken way, way down the Foodiness rabbit hole, to the place where the chicken is fried, the slaw is sweet, and @RachelDratch gets hired to demo breading. Yes, Debbie Downer herself showed me, and a bunch of other journalists, how it's done at KFC. Totally surreal. Want to hear about it? Tune in.

Oh and don't forget, if you don't want to eat sh*t...

This week on Let’s Get Real, Erica Wides takes on artificial sweetener addiction. Erica goes back in time and talks about the diet sodas of her youth- Tab and Diet Sprite, and how they made her feel outright unhealthy. She also talks about aspartame’s ugly history amongst the likes of Monsanto and Donald Rumsfeld, and why you should NOT believe it’s safe. Do you want to see what it’s like in artificial sweetener-infused foodiness hell? Erica urges you to quit your sweetness habit! This program is brought to you by Hearst Ranch.

You think you know bread, but think again. Tune in to this week’s episode of Let’s Eat In and hear how foodiness has hi-jacked the symbol and fabric of life. How did Wonder Bread ruin everything? What was bread like in the days of Moses? How did Julia Child’s matzah recipe help shape our fearless hostess’s life? Listen in and find out! This program was sponsored by Fairway Market.

“Wonder Bread is the least wonderful bread imaginable”

“The industrialization of wheat flour along with the loss of thousands of diverse species of wheat in our quest for a super species of wheat brought terrible change and loss to our bread lives.”

–Erica Wides on Let’s Get Real

In this episode of Let’s Get Real, our hostess Erica Wides discusses how ‘foodiness’ is infantilizing our society. Tune in to hear about how processed food is removing decision-making from adults and creating a cycle of dependency. Erica touches on a range of subjects such as factory farming, technology and social media, and contemporary politics. This program was sponsored by Hearst Ranch.

This week on Let’s Get Real, Erica Wides gets pumped up about “sports nutrition” foodiness. Hear a horrifying story about protein powder shakes turned kidney stones and learn more about why Superman wasn’t all cut up. Real food will make you “real” strong! What is industrial surplus milk whey? How does it factor into fitness food? Find out more about the muscle craved foodiness industry rabbithole on a scary episode of Let’s Get Real. This program was sponsored by Cain Vineyard & Winery.

This week on Let’s Get Real, Erica Wides reminds listeners that 7-11 does NOT sell food. What do they sell? Foodiness of course! Learn more about how bad our food options are on the road or at convenience stores like 7-11 and gas stations. How can you avoid the packaged trash at these stores and find real food wherever you are? Tune in and find out! This program was sponsored by Cain Vineyard & Winery.

“Eating in the air on the road isn’t your typical trip down the rabbit hole, it’s like getting your legs caught in a rabbit trap and then falling down the hole. Eating while traveling has never been easy.”

–Erica Wides on Let’s Get Real

This week on Let’s Get Real, Erica “Occupies” Big Food with special guest, food journalist and nutritionist Kristin Wartman. Tune in as they discuss everything from the problems with corporations that control our food supply to Rush Limbaugh’s recent attack on food justice fighter and author Tracie McMillan. Learn more about the problems we face as a nation when it comes to what we’re eating and find out what Erica and Kristin think we can do to reverse the tide. This program was sponsored by S. Wallace Edwards & Sons.

–Kristin Wartman on Let’s Get Real

Let’s Get Real is back after a short 2-week hiatus and Erica Wides is here to tell you why real food is already “smart” and only foodiness advertises itself as smart. Find out about the origins of engineered foods and why we always assume that food can be improved upon. From science fiction dreams to realistic let downs, learn about the differences between what’s real, what’s fake and what’s just plain stupid. This program was sponsored by Cain Vineyard & Winery.

“The more ‘smart’ food you eat, the dumber you get!”

“Smart food is to real food as a Real Housewife is to Meryl Streep”

–Erica Wides on Let’s Get Real