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Strap in for part deux of our spine tingling year in review! As we enter the last year of human civilization, we are compelled to unpack the terribly insubordinate year that was 2020. So get those mits into some sourdough, and cue up Eminem's Oscar performance, it’s Life’s a Banquet the podcast!Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Life's A Banquet by becoming a member!Life's A Banquet is Powered by Simplecast. 

Well folks, 2020 if finally over, and we have your mid January year end wrap up! What can we say about a year like 2020? We laughed, we cried, we cried, we stared at the wall, we made sourdough, we cried, we marched, we drank vodka from a baby bottle. Join your two favorite freaky deakys as they unpack the good, the bad, and the totally horrifying highs and lows of our collective last year on earth. So slice up a banana bread, and smear it with hand sanitizer, It’s Life…….It’s the end of the world as we know it, and we feel nothing! Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Life's A Banquet by becoming a member!Life's A Banquet is Powered by Simplecast. 

Good tidings babearinos! You've reached the top of the mountain, and it's littered in fruitcake! On this weeks rum soaked episode Nicole and Z help you sink gently into the holidays like a bathtub full of thick ham glaze! The two tell tales of gingerbread, fruitcake and of course unveil their favorite holiday albums! So chug some grog and tell Phil Spector the turkeys done, it's Life's a Banquet the podcast! The holiday season is all about food and community. There’s no better time to show your support for food radio by becoming a member! Lend your voice and help HRN continue to spreading the message of equitable, sustainable, and delicious food – together, we can change minds and build a better food system. Go to heritageradionetwork.org/donate  today to become a crucial part of the HRN community.Life's A Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

Happy holidays ya mixed nuts you! This week we are coming atcha drenched in eggnog and covered in sap. That’s right babes, it’s a holiday episode extravaganza! Nic has some of the worst Christmas movies ever made, and Z is telling you all about the BEST Christmas movie ever, Die Hard. That’s right haters, Die Hard is a Christmas movie. So take off your shoes, and crank up that Phil Spector record, it’s Life’s a Banquet the podcast!Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Life's A Banquet by becoming a member!Life's A Banquet is Powered by Simplecast.  

Are you tired of biting into that brand new cast iron skillet or sick pair of Jordans, only to discover you’ve broken your tooth and clogged your bowels? Well fear not folks, because on today’s show we are covering the only gifts you should give, and eat; edible gifts! Sure they might stain your sheets and give you cancer, but who doesn’t want some out of season Chilean honeydew on a stick at their grandma's funeral? Nicole has an in-depth investigation of everyone's least favorite emotionally devoid gift, Edible Arrangements, and Z is comin atcha fast and loose with the fascinating history of edible underwear. So gather up a basket of dusty old macadamia nuts and send them to a friend you don’t really like that much, it’s Life’s a Banquet the podcast!Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Life's A Banquet by becoming a member!Life's A Banquet is Powered by Simplecast.  

They’re a limp yet loveable, perfunctory, predictable, practical and sometimes putrid; that’s right folks, they’re leftovers. This week, as many of us enjoy turkey milkshakes and stuffing tacos, we thought what better time than now to directly address food you made too much of, assuming you’d want to eat it for two weeks straight. Leftovers are a necessary part of food waste reduction, and sometimes they are also very gross, and we are here to unpack the whole (leftover) enchilada. Nic has the economic history of fridge leavings, and Z is coming atcha fast and lose with the thrilling tale of Tupperware. So scrape that omelette into the ice cream maker and throw another bone in that stew, it’s Life’s a Banquet the Podcast!Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Life's A Banquet by becoming a member!Life's A Banquet is Powered by Simplecast. 

It’s getting cold out there friends, but fear not, we have an episode today to melt that icy heart. This week's episode is all about ROMCOMS! You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll realize that America’s sweetheart Tom Hanks is actually a lecherous monster. Nic has a Hallmark Channel round up of their best romantic food films, and Z details every single food and drink moment in the best romantic comedy of all time, When Harry Met Sally! So dump that asshole lawyer boyfriend of yours, and order enough Chinese food for 22 people and eat it in your most unflattering pajamas, it’s Life’s a Banquet, the Podcast!Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Life's A Banquet by becoming a member!Life's A Banquet is Powered by Simplecast.

Folk’s, we cordially invite you to hold onto your butts, because we have a very special episode coming directly at you this week. On this week's ep Nicole and Z are joined by America's sweetheart, comedian, podcaster and dried beef lover, Dan Ahdoot! Dan is the host of the hilarious food podcast, “Green Eggs and Dan”, and soon to be starring in the Netflix series, “The Crew”. The three unpack centuries of food trends, from beaver tails to natural wine. PLUS the poorly told history of the Pu Pu Platter, and you guessed it, plenty of jokes about feces. So grab yourself a cronut and wash it down with a unicorn latte, its Life’s a Banquet the podcast!Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Life's A Banquet by becoming a member!Life's A Banquet is Powered by Simplecast.

Time to spread your seeds kiddos with this weeks squishy, moldy episode, dedicated to PUMPKINS! Why do we carve them? Why do we eat them? Where did you come from where did you go? Nicole has the history of Pumpkin carving, and tells us why Satan is much chiller than God. And Z has the simultaneously heartwarming and nihilistic backstory of "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown". So grab some pumpkin spice humus and praise the gourd, it's Life's a Banquet the podcast! Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Life's A Banquet by becoming a member!Life's A Banquet is Powered by Simplecast.  

Hey ho ya little Banquet loving fools! Today's show is nasty, polarizing and slanderous. So, in many ways, it's like any other week but it's also riddled with cottage cheese, jelly beans, and grown people deep throating corn dogs left and right. We deep dive into Amy Klobuchar's comb salad incident, plus the sordid details of Bill Clinton's battle of the bulge and addiction to short shorts. So take a jog to McDonalds and throw up on The Japanese Prime Minister, it's Life's a Banquet the podcast!Life's Banquet is powered by Simplecast.

Look, this show is haunted, you already know that. If you thought that this weeks episode was going to be less haunted, boy were you wrong! On this weeks extremely evil and possessed episode we are talking horror movies! Nicole puts us on to some of the best scary movies about food. We’re looking at you “Attack of the Killer Tomatoes”. And Z has the history of zombie flicks, why they eat brains, where you can eat brains, and why Rob Zombie is a vegan. So put on a nightgown and go see what that noise in the barn was all alone, it’s Life's a Banquet the podcast! Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Life's A Banquet by becoming a member!Life's A Banquet is Powered by Simplecast.  

Welcome freaks and ghouls to a terrifying episode of your favorite haunted food podcast! This week Nic & Z are unraveling the toilet paper off of history’s most beloved monsters! They’re scary, they're spooky, they will eat your children and your children's children, and then just keep on walkin on broken glass. Monsters folks, you hate to love them but you can’t live without them. Hold on to your shorts as we talk monster themed foods, senseless murder of household pets, and of course, BIGFOOT! So grab a pitchfork and cover yourself in slime, it’s Life’s a Banquet the podcast!Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Life's A Banquet by becoming a member!Life's A Banquet is Powered by Simplecast. 

Welcome friends to a more haunted than usual episode of your favorite evil and undead food podcast. Muhahaha. That’s right, muhahahahaha!! This week Nicole and Z are diving brains first into spooky season and talking hauntings! How did Jesus get into your grilled cheese?! Why is Mary all up in your baked Alaska? Plus Z has the stories behind some of NYC’s most ghost positive restaurants. And what’s the story with Aaron Burr anyway? So knock some pictures off the wall and leave wet footprints in an innocent family’s carpet, it’s life’s a banquet the podcast!Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Life's A Banquet by becoming a member!Life's A Banquet is Powered by Simplecast.  

Space is the place kiddos, and today we are taking you there with an out of this world episode all about the final frontier. We talk ball, wars, trek and force. There will be dried up, dusty ass ice cream, and packets of beef and of course, blood. Plus a shocking in depth expose of your favorite restaurant, Mars 2112. So un buckle your seatbelts and float around your apartment, and find an alien to probe you, it’s Life’s a Banquet the podcast!Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Life's A Banquet by becoming a member!Life's A Banquet is Powered by Simplecast.  

Ahoy babes! Nicole moved this week, so we have a fly by the seat of our pants episode today, complete with food faves from the Middle Ages, birds on birds on birds action, and roosters that have been tied to bigs Human Centipede style! Plus, what's the deal with crepes?!? So turn on re-runs of Star Trek and shove a tiny bird inside an olive, it's Life's a Banquet the podcast!Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Life's A Banquet by becoming a member!Life's A Banquet is Powered by Simplecast.  

Holy cannoli folks, do we have a special episode for you today! We are turning 100! No, not our combined ages, it’s our 100th episode! After putting up with 99 hours of this crap, you can surely stomach one more right?  We are pulling out all the stops with a mesmerizing episode about America's favorite pastime, MAGIC! Nicole waxes poetic about magical foods of yesteryear and officially cancels Magic the Gathering, and Z has an in depth exposee about our celebrity crush and yours, Criss Angel the MINDFREAK! So grab your talles top hat and try not to suffocate the doves hiding in your pants, it’s Life’s a Banquet the podcast!Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Life's A Banquet by becoming a member!Life's A Banquet is Powered by Simplecast.  

Prepare yourselves for the hit of the summer that you didn’t know you were waiting for. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll choke on a milk dud. It’s the SUMMER BLOCKBUSTERS episode today folks, and like any good blockbuster, people will fall in love, a town will be saved, kids will be cute and your third favorite character will die. Strap in for Nicole’s list of the defining food moments in all your favorite box office hits, and Z’s brief history of movie theater snacks and the rise and fall and rise of Reese's Pieces, and how E.T. Became addicted to them. So grab some Whoopers and Get to the chopper, it’s Life’s a Banquet the podcast!Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Life's A Banquet by becoming a member!Life's A Banquet is Powered by Simplecast.  

Folk’s, we cordially invite you to hold onto your butts, because we have a very special episode coming directly at you this week. On this week's ep Nicole and Z are joined by America's sweetheart, comedian, podcaster and dried beef lover, Dan Ahdoot! Dan is the host of the hilarious food podcast, “Green Eggs and Dan”, and soon to be starring in the Netflix series, “The Crew”. The three unpack centuries of food trends, from beaver tails to natural wine. PLUS the poorly told history of the Pu Pu Platter, and you guessed it, plenty of jokes about feces. So grab yourself a cronut and wash it down with a unicorn latte, its Life’s a Banquet the podcast!Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Life's A Banquet by becoming a member!Life's A Banquet is Powered by Simplecast.

On this weeks show, we cordially invite you to go straight to hell! That’s right kiddos, we’re talking about Satan! The Prince of Darkness, Beelzebub, Mephistopheles, Lord of the Flies, the Antichrist, Father of Lies- THE DEVIL! There’s never been a more fitting time in human history for a good podcast to cover Satan, and we are nothing if not unyielding worshippers of the Red One. So make yourself a deviled ham sando between two pieces of devils food cake, hop on a Billy goat and ride it down to the all you can eat bat head buffet, it’s Life’s a Banquet the podcast!Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Life's A Banquet by becoming a member!Life's A Banquet is Powered by Simplecast. 

On today’s episode we have a deep and meaningful conversation about breaded foods. That’s right folks, the podcast episode you’ve been waiting for all summer long. Well, the wait is over and the gals are talking chicken nuggets, jalapeno poppers, and of course, fishsticks. So roll yourselves a Scotch egg, and trust the GOR-TONS fisherman, it’s mother fucking Life’s a Banquet the podcast! Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Life's A Banquet by becoming a member!Life's A Banquet is Powered by Simplecast.