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Eat Your Content

Welcome to "Eat Your Content" with host Rich Herrera! Dive into the delectable world of food and pop culture as we explore the delicious connections between what we consume on our plates and screens. Join us for mouthwatering conversations and explore the intersection of culinary experiences and pop culture phenomena. Satisfy your cravings with Rich as he serves up a delectable blend of tasty tidbits and entertaining insights in each episode. Tune in to "Eat Your Content" and feast on a cultural

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105. When Food Meets Film: Chef Elisa Lyew’s Double...

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2025/10/27

Chef Elisa Lyew has one of the coolest jobs you’ve probably never heard of. By day, she’s the founder of Elisa’s Love Bites, a New York City bakery known for its gluten-free, low-sugar desserts that taste just as indulgent as the classics. But behind the scenes, she’s also a culinary prop stylist—the person who makes all the food you see in movies and TV shows look picture-perfect and edible. In this episode of Eat Your Content, Elisa joins host Rich Herrera to talk about how she went from st...

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104. Offscript with Larry Namer: Cooking Up Cable TV,...

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2025/10/20

What happens when a Brooklyn kid with a knack for fixing cable wires decides to take on Hollywood? You get Larry Namer — the man who co-founded E! Entertainment Television and turned celebrity culture into a global obsession. In this episode of Eat Your Content, Larry joins Rich to talk about his unlikely rise from the underground cables of Manhattan to the glitz of Los Angeles, where a two-million-dollar gamble turned into an entertainment empire worth billions. Larry opens up about the...

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028. (REPLAY) 20 Years of 'Waiting...': Rob...

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2025/10/13

It’s hard to believe, but Waiting... first hit theaters 20 years ago this month! This raunchy, laugh-out-loud comedy gave us an unfiltered look at restaurant life and introduced the world to characters like Monty, Dean, and Naomi, played by a then up-and-coming cast that included Ryan Reynolds, Anna Faris, and Justin Long. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of this cult classic, we’re bringing back our exclusive interview with the man behind it all: writer and director Rob McKittrick. Rob take...

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37:46

103. Who Decides What’s Authentic? The Battle Over...

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2025/10/06

When a restaurant says “authentic,” what does that really mean—and who gets to decide? In this episode, Rich sits down with Janna Tamargo, founder of AuthenticFood.com to unpack the complex and often heated conversations around authenticity in food. From a Japanese restaurant secretly run by Chinese owners to debates over who has the right to cook certain cuisines, Janna shares stories from her global research that reveal why authenticity is never black and white. They explore how memory...

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21:41

102. From NASA to Natural Healing: How Mayim Vega...

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2025/09/29

What would make a NASA computer engineer walk away from a dream career in cutting-edge space technology? For Mayim Vega, it was a personal health crisis that modern medicine couldn’t solve. In this episode of Eat Your Content, Mayim shares her incredible journey from working on advanced nanotechnology and automation at NASA to becoming a leading voice in holistic healing. After facing debilitating migraines and finding no answers from doctors, she turned her engineering mindset inward, treati...

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40:12

101. Will Robots Replace Fast Food Workers? A Real...

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2025/09/22

Are robots here to steal jobs—or to save an industry that’s struggling to survive? In this episode of Eat Your Content, I sit down with Nipun Sharma, CEO and Co-Founder of Appetronix, the company behind the world’s first fully autonomous pizza restaurant. Located in Columbus, Ohio’s John Glenn Airport, this revolutionary kitchen uses robotics and AI to make fresh, hot pizzas with zero human hands involved. Nipun breaks down the real reasons automation is coming to restaurants: Why staffing sh...

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51:59

100. Lights, Camera... Sandwich? Kevin Porter’s...

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2025/09/15

We made it to 100 podcast episodes. Whether you’ve been here since day one or just discovered the show last week, I want to say thank you. To celebrate this milestone, I wanted a guest who knows a thing or two about transformation. Someone who’s been in the spotlight, walked away from it, and started something brand new. Enter Kevin Porter. You might know him as Batman from the Bat in the Sun fan films that racked up millions of views on YouTube. Or maybe as Laser, the hilariously intense gy...

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099. Paul Be Walking: Why One Man Is Crossing Africa...

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2025/09/08

What drives someone to walk across an entire continent? For Paul Brown, it’s not a publicity stunt. It’s a mission. In this episode, I sit down with Paul, founder of Servant Leadership Charities, who’s on a year-and-a-half journey across 12 to 15 countries in Africa—all on foot—to raise awareness for clean water access. We get into the surprising moment at a real estate conference that changed his life, the grassroots model he uses to train local well-drilling teams, and the sobering truth ab...

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25:08

098. Tasty Bites for the Soul: Positivity, Pop...

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2025/09/01

What if the thoughts you chew on every day mattered just as much as the food on your plate? In this episode of Eat Your Content, I sit down with energy coach and positivity powerhouse Tif Loeffler for a flavorful conversation that blends mindset, media, and the comforting power of food. We talk about how food shapes our lives far beyond the table—connecting us to joy, identity, grief, and even creativity. Tif shares how a bowl of calico beans became an unexpected symbol of healing after perso...

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52:16

097. The Bear S04E07-10 Recap: Carmy’s Out, Sid’s In:...

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2025/08/25

The Bear Season 4 ends not with a bang—but with a choice. In this final recap of the season, I’m joined once again by Chef Abbie Serbins to break down Episodes 7 through 10 and the emotional gut punch that is Carmy stepping away from The Bear. We get into: 🧊 The alleyway confrontation between Carmy and Sydney—and why it hit harder than a kitchen meltdown 🐻 Why Carmy calling her “The Bear” might be one of the most important lines of the series 🔪 Tina’s quiet leadership win, and why she’s

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52:33

096. The Bear S04E04-06 Recap: Open Kitchens, Closed...

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2025/08/18

Things are heating up on The Bear—but it’s not just the kitchen burners. In this episode of Eat Your Content, Rich Herrera is joined once again by Chef Abbie Serbins to break down The Bear Season 4, Episodes 4–6 (“Worms,” “Replicants,” and “Sophie”), where personal pressure is starting to outweigh service pressure. This isn’t just a recap. It’s a conversation about what happens when kitchens push for greatness at the cost of balance—and when the cracks start to show. Rich and Abbie get into: ...

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095. The Bear S04E01-03 Recap: Groundhogs, Scallops &...

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2025/08/11

In this episode of Eat Your Content, Rich Herrera teams up with Chef Abbie Serbins to dig into Episodes 1 through 3 of The Bear Season 4—and things kick off fast. We talk about the Groundhog Day metaphor that frames the season premiere and how it captures Carmy’s emotional paralysis. Chef Abbie shares why that first scene with Mikey hit her like a ton of bricks and how this show sometimes feels too real for those who’ve worked in high-stress kitchens. She even opens up about needing to bring ...

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094. Curtis Duffy Is ‘Fireproof’: A Chef’s Journey...

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2025/08/04

Michelin-starred chef Curtis Duffy returns to Eat Your Content—but this time, he’s not just talking about food. He’s joined by his co-author, Jeremy Wagner, to open up about Fireproof, their gripping new memoir that peels back the curtain on Curtis’s incredible journey from unimaginable childhood trauma to the top of the fine dining world. In this deeply personal and revealing conversation, Curtis shares what it was like to relive his past while writing the book, how loss and adversity shape...

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49:41

093. Daredevil in the Kitchen? A Blind Chef Reacts to...

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2025/07/28

When I first watched Daredevil: Born Again on Disney+, I wasn’t fixated on the fight scenes or superpowers like most fans—I was locked in on a quiet, unexpected moment: a scene where Matt Murdock, Marvel’s blind superhero, is cooking dinner for his girlfriend. As someone who’s obsessed with food and pop culture, I had questions. Was that scene realistic? Do blind people actually cook like that? And how often does Hollywood get it right when portraying visual impairment in the kitchen? To help...

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56:28

092. The Future of Food TV: Inside Mesmeric Media’s...

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2025/07/21

What do ex-inmates cooking with ramen, celebrity drummers on food tours, and alligator wrestling have in common? 📺 They’re all part of the wild, inventive world of Mesmeric Media, the production company flipping food TV on its head. In this episode of Eat Your Content, I sit down with Michael Holstein, CEO and founder of Mesmeric Media — and the mind behind shows like Jail Bake, Taste of the Town, Street Beef, and the internet-breaking Florida Man Games. 🎙️ We get into: How Mesmeric Media is

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091. Top Chef Season 22 Bonus: Interview with Chef...

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2025/07/14

What do you do when you're on Top Chef, the clock is ticking, your dish is seconds from being plated… and you accidentally serve plastic to Daniel Boulud? On this episode of Eat Your Content, Chef Corwin Hemming joins me to talk about that infamous chawanmushi moment—what really happened behind the scenes, how it unraveled in real time, and how close he actually came to getting eliminated. Spoiler: even he thought he was done for. But this conversation goes way beyond one mistake. We talk abo...

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31:13

090. Top Chef Season 22 Bonus: Interview with Chef...

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2025/07/07

What does legacy taste like? For Top Chef Season 22 winner Tristen Epps, it’s bold, layered, unapologetic—and deeply personal. In this episode of Eat Your Content, I sit down with the chef who not only dominated the competition with the most wins in the season’s history but used every plate as a platform. Chef Tristen breaks down his philosophy of "uncolonizing cuisine," and how he’s flipping the script on what fine dining should look like. We dive deep into: The cultural power behind his s...

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50:38

089. Yes, Chef! or Yes, Mess? Breaking Down NBC’s New...

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2025/06/30

Top Chef finalist Savannah Miller is back with me for one more week—this time to help unpack the chaos that is Yes, Chef!, NBC’s new cooking competition show that wants to “reform” toxic kitchen personalities. The premise? A group of hot-headed chefs are nominated by friends and family to confront their egos and bad behavior on national television… for $250,000. But here’s the thing: it’s a mess. The format is confusing. The food is mid. The redemption arc? Nonexistent. We’re not sure if this...

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088. Top Chef Season 22 Bonus: Interview with Chef...

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2025/06/23

Massimo Piedimonte Wants Redemption—and He’s Coming for Top Chef All-Stars! Chef Massimo Piedimonte came into Top Chef Season 22 like a lightning bolt—loud, passionate, and impossible to ignore. He represented Canada with swagger, plated food with purpose, and gave us one of the most memorable front-of-house performances in Restaurant Wars history. But just one step before the finale in Milan, it all ended. A bannock cracker—disconnected, they said—sent him home. In this candid interview, Mas...

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087. Top Chef Season 22 Episode 14 Recap - "Finito"

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2025/06/16

Top Chef gave us Da Vinci and fine dining in Milan… and last season, a cruise ship and some suspicious blue drinks. Chef Savannah Miller is back with me to break down the glow-up from Season 21 to Season 22. We recap the finale of Top Chef Season 22, dish on each chef’s four-course menu, and talk about what went right (and wrong) on the road to the title. Savannah gets candid about what it’s really like behind the scenes of a Top Chef finale, from the rush between courses to what it feels lik...

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