Pizza Pod Party – Details, episodes & analysis

Host of the popular podcast, The Sporkful, Dan Pashman is our guest. Then pizza news. And our pizza topic is..."THE WINKING PIZZA CHEF".

Dan Pashman is the 3-time James Beard winning host of the very popular, Sporkful podcast. He’s the inventor of the new pasta shape Cascatelli and he’s the author of 2014’s “Eat More Better” and 2024’s “Anything's Pastable”.

Dan talked about his most controversial pizza takes, he was Arthur’s therapist and we asked him about the bro infestation of food media.

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Our guest is comedian and host of Fake the Nation, Negin Farsad. We have pizza news. And our pizza topic is..."PIZZA PRICES AND INFLATION".

Negin Farsad is a comedian, actress, filmmaker, and podcast host. She is a frequent panelist for NPR’s game show, Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me. Negin hosts the podcast Fake the Nation and is a columnist for The Progressive.

Negin talks about how Stouffer’s was her pizza pork free pass, her issues with England and Yale, and she talks about how travel can bring people together.

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The guest is John Hodgman, there's pizza news, and the pizza topic is: "Is Chicago Thin Prohibition Pizza?"

John Hodgman is a writer, actor, and podcast host. John was a contributor for the Daily Show with Jon Stewart. He famously portrayed PC in the Mac/PC Apple ad campaign. John was the host of the 2009 Correspondents Dinner for President Barack Obama. He is the author of 2005’s “The Areas of My Expertise”, 2008’s “More Information Than You Require”, 2011’s “That Is All”, 2017’s “Vacationland”, and 2019’s “Medallion Status”. He hosts the Judge John Hodgman podcast with our past guest, Jesse Thorn.

John discusses loving Maine gas station pizza, he trolls NYC pizza, and his favorite New Haven spot is a place you don't know.

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It's the music and pizza special! Three music experts are tasked with combining music and pizza.

Steven Hyden is the author of 2018’s "Twilight Of The Gods" and 2016’s "Your Favorite Band Is Killing Me." He co-wrote 2019’s “Hard to Handle: the Life and Death of the Black Crowes” along with past guest, Steve Gorman. His writing has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Grantland, The A.V. Club, The Ringer, and more. He is currently the cultural critic at UPROXX. His brand new book is titled, “There Was Nothing You Could Do: Bruce Springsteen’s “Born In The U.S.A.” and the End of the Heartland”. 

Melissa Locker is a writer and podcaster. She has written for Vanity Fair, Time, the Guardian, Vogue and others. She’s the founder of Nevermind Media, a music podcast company. Check out their new podcast, True Story of the Fake Zombies coming soon. 

Justin Richmond is a producer and podcast host. Along with Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlum, and Rick Rubin, Justin co-hosts the music podcast “Broken Record” for iHeartMedia and Puschkin Industries.

They all discuss; Jimmy Buffett, Chance the Rapper,  Drive-By Truckers, Bruce Springsteen, Chuck E. Cheese's Munch's Make Believe Band, and so much more!

Check out the Spotify playlist for this week's episode: "The Pizza Pod Party Pizza Playlist".

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POLITICO's Sam Stein is our guest, there's pizza news, and the pizza topic is: "is New Haven, the pizza capital of America?"

Sam Stein is Deputy Managing Editor for Politics at Politico. He is a former politics editor for the Daily Beast and the senior politics editor for the Huffington Post. Sam is a regular contributor to MSNBC and a native to the New Haven area of Connecticut.

We talk about how Sam got on this program by trolling our guest (his friend) Amanda Terkel (NBC), how pizza plays a role in campaigns and on Capitol Hill, New Haven pizza, and what happens when your favorite place expands, does it ruin your experience?

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Our guest is comedian and SiriusXM host John Fugelsang. SiriusXM personality Chris Hauselt is our special guest for pizza headlines, and our pizza topic is: "Jersey Shore Boardwalk Pizza".

John Fugelsang is a comedian, actor, and SiriusXM Host. He was a VH1 VJ and host of America’s Funniest Home Videos. He currently hosts Tell Me Everything with John Fugelsang, on SiriusXM Progress, channel 127.

Our special guest is Chris Hauselt, the producer of Tell Me Everything with John Fugelsang on SiriusXM. He is the former host of Sit Down with Alfred and Chris on SiriusXM, and he hosted PBS’s Food Buzz.

John discusses Catholicism and pizza, music and pizza, movies and pizza, his love of Chicago pizza, and why he eats pizza every Christmas. 

Here's Peter Genovese "All 54 boardwalk pizzerias at the Jersey Shore, ranked".

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Twisted Sister's founding guitarist and manager, Jay Jay French is the guest. There's pizza headlines, and the pizza topic is: "Jerry Garcia and 'The Pizza Tapes'". 

Jay Jay French is a guitarist and manager of the multi platinum selling band, Twisted Sister. He hosts the The Jay Jay French Connection: Beyond the Music podcast. He has been a columnist for Inc.com and is the author of 2021’s “Twisted Business: Lessons from My Life in Rock 'n Roll”.

Hear Jay Jay discuss his Pac-Man addiction, life as a bar band, New York history, and the pizza perks that come from being in Twisted Sister.

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The guest is comedian Marina Franklin, there's pizza news, and the topic is: "Chicago Tavern Style. Are you a middle or an edge?"

Marina Franklin is a standup comedian and actor based out of New York City. She has toured with Conan O’Brien and can be seen in the film Trainwreck, and the shows Chappelle’s Show, Inside Amy Schumer, and Crashing. She also wrote for the HBO show Divorce. Marina hosts the podcast “Friends Like Us”. Get her tour dates at MarinaFranklin.com.

Marina discusses the hardships of finding good vegan pizza, why she argues with Colin Quinn about Joe's Pizza in NYC, and when she thinks it's appropriate to put ketchup on pizza.

Also check out Arthur and Alfred on the Amuse News podcast.

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Comedian and impressionist, JL Cauvin is the guest, there's pizza headlines, and the pizza topic is: "Mozzarella".

JL Cauvin is a New York based stand up comic and impressionist. His recent comedy special is titled, “HALF-BLACKFACE”. He hosts the 2 podcasts, “Rain on Your Parade” and “Making Podcasts Great Again”. To get tour dates and links to his youtube channel and socials go to JLCauvin.com

JL discusses Bronx pizza, New Jersey pizza, and he does an incredible Donald Trump impression that is also pizza related.

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ESPN baseball insider, Buster Olney is the guest, there's pizza news, and the topic is: "pizza in baseball parks".

Buster Olney is a longtime sports broadcaster and journalist for ESPN. He previously covered the New York Giants and Yankees for the New York Times. He’s the author of 2004’s “ The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty” and 2010’s “How Lucky You Can Be: The Story of Coach Don Meyer”. You can see him regularly on ESPN’s Baseball Tonight and he hosts ESPN’s Baseball Tonight daily podcast.

Buster discusses Vermont dairy farm pizza, fantasy baseball and pizza, broadcast booth food stories, and they dissect the infamous Fenway baseball toss. 

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