MUNCHIES: The Podcast
Episodes
VICE is back with a new podcast
30 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
VICE is back with a new podcast exploring the subcultures and fringes that we are best known for. If you thought we were gone, looks like we have more...
#51 Jacques Pépin - Lessons from the One and Only, part two
28 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The conclusion of our two-part special with the legend himself, Jacques Pépin. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#50 Jacques Pépin - Lessons from the One and Only, part one
20 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jacques Pépin is France's greatest gift to the United States. As we celebrate 50 episodes of the podcast, the culinary legend joins us to reflect on ...
#49 Best Coast - California Daze (with Lili Hayes)
22 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The MUNCHIES cookbook is finally out and we're back in Los Angeles on a book tour. We've said it before: LA has evolved into one of the greatest ...
#48 Black Lips - Trash Can Stomachs
31 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Black Lips live shows are the stuff of legend and their music is one of Atlanta's greatest exports. They also know their food. We're talking Southern ...
#47 Chris Grosso - MUNCHIES Cookbook One-Hour Special: The Secrets of Chef's Night Out
18 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We sit down with Chris Grosso, executive producer of MUNCHIES and VICELAND, for a behind-the-scenes look at our hit program Chef's Night Out and how i...
#46 Action Bronson - Fuck, That's Delicious Special, part two
28 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Action Bronson takes questions from listeners and provides the answers you didn't know you needed. Tune in while Mr. Wonderful waxes poetic on natural...
#45 Action Bronson - Fuck, That's Delicious Special, part one
12 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this very special episode, Mr. Wonderful himself joins us in the VICE studios to celebrate the release of his magnum opus, Fuck, That's Delicious. ...
#44 Lili Hayes - Always a Little Pissed
29 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Lili Hayes is the world's #1 ice cream enthusiast and our best internet friend. You probably know her from Instagram: @Lili_Hayes. Hosted on Acast. ...
#43 Ina Garten - An Afternoon at Ina Garten's House, part two
17 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Ina's most despised food? Why she learned to fly an airplane? How to become an awesomely famous television chef and live happily ever after? We find o...
#42 Ina Garten - An Afternoon at Ina Garten's House, part one
28 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
No summer is complete without a road trip to a beautiful beach town. So we asked ourselves what our dream destination would be. The answer? Ina Garten...
#41 Sean Evans - Spicy Torture with Hot Ones
18 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sean Evans is host of the hit YouTube show Hot Ones where he interviews celebs while torturing them with hot sauce. Today, we're flipping the script a...
#40 Annabel Gat - Broadly's Summer Food Horoscopes
27 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Find out exactly what you should be eating and drinking this summer. Munchies Editor-in-chief Helen Hollyman sits down with Broadly astrologer Annabel...
#39 Mark Rosati - The Anatomy of Shake Shack
21 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
It’s summer, which means it’s time for day drinking, sunburns, and epic grilling parties. To kick things off, we're digging into one of the season...
#38 John Bil - The Man, the Fish, the Legend
09 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
When in serious trouble, most people would call a lawyer. But when restaurant people are in over their heads, they call John Bil. And for today’s...
#37 Nick Chen-Yin - Smoked Out in Toronto
27 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We've left NYC and just touched down in Canada. Today, in our first of two episodes from Toronto, we're meeting Nick Chen-Yin, chef and owner of Smok...
#36 Matty Matheson - Matty's One-Hour Special
20 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Our dear friend Matty Matheson is here at VICE Headquarters and hungry for a heart-to-heart convo. We learn about the fast life before fame, how to...
#35 Gerardo Gonzalez - Adult Contemporary Karaoke Cuisine
28 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Karaoke is your friend. Today, we're taking you to Manhattan's Chinatown and meeting up with the incredible Gerardo Gonzalez, chef and owner of La...
#34 Sam Kass - President Obama's White House Chef
14 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we're meeting the chef who brought craft beer to the White House. Sam Kass served essential roles in the Obama Administration, from Assistant W...
#33 Ian Purkayastha - Meet the Truffle Dealer
09 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Before she was editor-in-chief of MUNCHIES, Helen Hollyman paid the bills by selling truffles. Today, we're meeting up with her old boss, Ian Purka...
#32 Anthony Bourdain - Holiday Martinis with Uncle Tony
23 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Anthony Bourdain takes time out of his insane travel schedule to meet us in New York's legendary Bemelmans Bar for a piano-side holiday chat. We ...
#31 Anh Lê - Fish Sauce Diplomacy
06 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Anh Lê came to Denmark as a child refugee following the Vietnam War. A remarkable cultural exchange ensued. She introduced authentic Vietnamese cui...
#30 Mikkel Borg Bjergsø - Cult Beer, Gypsy Brewer
22 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Mikkel Borg Bjergsø is the man behind cult brewery Mikkeller. On this third installment from our Copenhagen series, we catch up with Mikkel for a few...
#29 Christian Puglisi - The Farm of Ideas
08 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On this second episode from our Copenhagen series, we're heading to the Danish countryside with the inimitable chef Christian Puglisi to scope out h...
#28 Colin Spoelman - Dead Distillers
31 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Colin Spoelman is master distiller at Kings County Distillery and an expert on the history of spirits - liquid and spectral. This Halloween, Colin t...
#27 Matt Orlando - Copenhagen, Christiania, and Compost
25 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
We landed in Copenhagen and headed straight to the notorious Christiania neighborhood to meet Matt Orlando, owner and head chef of Copenhagen's Amas...
#26 Niki Nakayama - Redefining Japanese Kaiseki at n/naka
11 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we dive into one of the most incredible experiences fine dining has to offer: kaiseki cuisine. Combining hyper-local, foraged ingredients with ...
#25 Large Marge - Meet the Modern Day Betty Crocker
27 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
I’m speaking to Courtney McBroom, owner and creator of the retro-inspired catering company, Large Marge and Leslie Discher to discuss why they are p...
#24 Andrew Ti - Is the Term "Ethnic Food" Racist?
13 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Los Angeles is a city that has some of America’s greatest culinary diversity; the place where many use the term “ethnic food” to describe the ci...
#23 Kris Yenbamroong - Being a Wino Is Now Easier Than Ever
30 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On the fourth episode from our LA series, we’re falling straight into the center of a demented wino k-hole with chef Kris Yenbamroong of award-winni...
#22 La Guelaguetza - Drinking Up LA on a Michelada Mobile
16 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On the third episode from our LA series, we’re heading to Koreatown to drink up downtown LA on a michelada bus with the powerhouse siblings behind t...
#21 YACHT - Veggie Burgers and LA’s Secret Histories, Revealed
02 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode, we’re eating veggie burgers at BurgerLords, a burger-walk up in LA’s Chinatown with the band YACHT. Besides making music tog...
#20 Jonathan Gold - From Dr. Dre to Neck Tacos
19 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On the first episode from our LA series, we eat fried shrimp tacos with Pulitzer Prize winning food writer, Jonathan Gold, and discuss LA’s changing...
#19 Dry Creek Cafe - How to Drink Like a Texan
05 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode, we’re taking you into the legendary Austin bar, Dry Creek Cafe, where the likes of Willie Nelson have been kicked out. The spo...
#18 Michael Fojtasek - The Future of Southern Food
21 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
I head over to East Austin—a.k.a. the city's hipster den— to check out an unusual urban farm with chef Michael Fojtasek of Olamaie, one of the bes...
#17 Michael Twitty - Addressing Racial Inequality in the Southern Kitchen
08 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On the latest episode, I sit down with culinary historian Michael Twitty to discuss his new book, The Cooking Gene, and his open letter to chef Sean B...
#16 Deftones - Eating Through Texas BBQ with the Deftones
24 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we’re experiencing a Texan pastime: waiting in a long BBQ line at Micklethwait Craft Meats on Austin’s east side with some very special gue...
#15 - How Austin’s Food Trucks Put the City on the Culinary Map
10 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Austin’s restaurant scene has been making waves over the past few years in the national restaurant scene with spots like Franklin BBQ, but on today’...
#14 - Chicken Shit Bingo
26 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Every Sunday in Austin for over 18 years Texanshave gone to the Little Longhorn Saloon to drink ice cold beers andbet on where a chicken will drop a d...
#13 Louis Black - What Happened to Richard Linklater’s Austin?
12 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode, we’re talking to Louis Black, the Austinite who co-founded the Austin Chronicle and SXSW, and most recently directed a documen...
#12 Andrew Zimmern & Tyson Cole - Live at SXSW
31 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we are bringing you a special bonus episode: Two back-to-back live interviews we recorded at Southbytes, SXSW’s food programming which featur...
#11 Rachael Ray - Meet the Rachael Ray You Don’t Know
29 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
You might think you know the EVOO queen, Rachael Ray, but today, we’re spending some time with the SXSW veteran—she’s been attending the festiva...
#10 Frank Pinello - What Makes New York Pizza So Great?
14 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
We speak to some of New York’s new wave pizza makers who are reimagining what’s in a slice about what makes New York pizza so great, and try to ge...
#9 Prince Rama - Why People Are Energy Drink Obsessed
03 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On our first episode of the second season of MUNCHIES: The Podcast, we’re pulling you out of the glut of sleepy winter, and there’s only way to do...
#8 Madhur Jaffrey - How One Actor Brought Indian Cuisine to the West
28 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
On the final episode of the first season of the MUNCHIES podcast, we speak to legendary actress and culinary icon, Madhur Jaffrey, who brought Indian ...
#7 Gail Simmons - How Top Chef Changed Food
21 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Award-winning TV show Top Chef helped to define a new era in food by taking the reality TV contest format and placing chefs front and center. We spoke...
#6 Sema Bal - The Coffee Psychic Who Predicts the Future
13 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
We went to a coffee psychic to see if coffee can predict your future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#5 Sissel Tolaas - How to Become a Better Eater Through Smell
10 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
On the latest episode of MUNCHIES: The Podcast, MUNCHIES' Editor-in-Chief Helen Hollyman goes on an adventure through Central Park with smell artist,...
#4 HEEMS - Taxi Relief
02 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Being a cab driver in NYC isn’t easy. You're drinking coffee to stay awake, then you’ve gotta piss and find some time eat, but there’s nowhere t...
#3 Rodrigo Medellin - The Batman Who Is Saving Your Tequila
14 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
We get to the bottom of what may be endangering your tequila and talk to the unexpected man who is helping to protect it… with bats. Hosted on Aca...
#2 Wylie Dufresne - Good Chefs Ask Why
02 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Legendary chef Wylie Dufresne of WD~50 is one of the American pioneers of molecular gastronomy. We spoke to him about how he approaches creativity, sp...
#1 Danny Bowien - Failure Makes Everything Easier
16 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
We speak to world-renowned chef, Danny Bowien, about the rise, fall, and comeback of his beloved Mission Chinese, and explore the Danny Bowien that yo...
Welcome to the MUNCHIES Podcast
16 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
An introduction to the new MUNCHIES podcast. We’re going to be talking to famous chefs, celebrities, the food-obsessed, food-averse, and everyone in...