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Always Hangry

by George Duran

Food isn't complicated. People make it complicated. Always Hangry is a funny, honest, slightly unhinged podcast where chef and TV personality George Duran calls out the weird, frustrating, and totally ridiculous ways we all behave around food. This is not a recipe show. It's not precious. It's not trying to impress you. It's the kind of conversation you have after a couple of drinks, when somebody finally says the thing everyone else is thinking but nobody wants to say out loud. Why does one gluten-free guest suddenly change an entire dinner party? Why are the Costco samples always the wrong thing? When did we stop trusting our instincts at a restaurant and start trusting whatever looked good on social media? Every episode grabs the everyday stuff — ordering, shopping, food trends, other people's eating habits — and pulls it apart with humor, honesty, and just enough chef perspective to actually make it land. Episodes open loose and opinionated: George and a co-host working through rants, food news, real-life scenarios, and arguments that start small and end up somewhere much bigger than they should. The energy comes from the back-and-forth and the disagreements. Nothing is locked in. And then the show goes deeper. Many episodes turn from the rant into a real conversation with someone who genuinely knows the subject — a chef, a scientist, a farmer, a writer, an insider — the kind of expert who can tell you whether the thing we've all been arguing about is actually true. Same honesty, same humor, just with someone in the room who has the receipts. Most food content either teaches you something or tries to look perfect. Always Hangry does neither, and somehow does both. It's for anyone who has ever been annoyed ordering at a restaurant, confused by a menu, skeptical of a trend, or stuck in a situation where dinner quietly turned into a social negotiation. New episodes weekly. Built to be watched, clipped, shared, and argued over. Always Hangry is what happens when you stop pretending food has to be serious and start admitting it's actually kind of ridiculous. Watch, subscribe, sign up for the newsletter, and t ell us who George should be arguing with next at https://alwayshangrypodcast.com/ (alwayshangrypodcast.com).

Latest episodes

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Side Dish: Pistachio Secrets from Nichols Farms' Jeff Nichols

Side Dish is a little different from our regular episodes: no co-host, no rants, no games — just one focused conversation with someone who really knows their food. For th

Oct 13
13 min

Fridge Crimes & Chocolate Secrets

George Duran opens the fridge with Delish food editor and recipe developer Taylor Ann Spencer, and it is not pretty in there. They start with the Eat Me First trend, wher

Oct 6
30 min

Hack in the Box, Froyo 3.0 & Author of "Picky", Helen Zoe Veit

Why do we love hacking a box mix? George Duran and Delish food editor Taylor Ann Spencer — writer of the Mostly Vegetarian newsletter and proud user of "condimental meat"

Sep 29
28 min

Celery Jell-O, Baby Food for Adults & Glitter Maple Syrup

"Low fat" might be the most fattening words on the bag. George Duran and recurring co-host Karla Walsh open with a brand-new study out of Turkey. People ate noticeably mo

Sep 22
27 min

Deadly Eating Contests, Fake Croissants & Truffle Truths

A man once ate 57 cow brains in fifteen minutes. Another ate the leaves off 74 feet of stinging nettles. A third downed 49 raw garlic cloves in five, and reported that th

Sep 15
29 min

Brown M&Ms, Death Row Dinners & Biggest Wine Myths

Why is your bag of Doritos 86% air? What does a rock star's backstage snack list actually say about them? And what would you order if you knew it was the last thing you'd

Sep 8
25 min

Deep Fried Everything, MRE's and Everything You Wanted to Know About Oysters

What happens when you deep fry a MacBook, plate a military ration like it came out of a Michelin kitchen, and ask a doomsday prepper what's for dinner after civilization

Sep 1
28 min

Eating With Your Hands, Terrible Food Names & the Truth About Indian Cuisine

Is it ever okay to eat with your hands at a restaurant? George and Karla Walsh set the rules, rebrand the world's worst food names, and Chef Vivek Surti of Tailor Nashvil

Aug 25
28 min

Your Food Isn’t Expired! Plus: The Unwritten Rules on Sharing and Busted for Eating Weeds!

Summary One gluten-free guest can derail a dinner party. One meatball can derail a friendship. George Duran and food writer Karla Walsh lay out the unwritten rules of sh

Aug 18
31 min

The Fancy Food Show: I Ate the Future of Food. It Got Weird.

Every year, thousands of new food products launch in the United States with one goal: to become the thing you can't stop eating. Some of them solve a real problem. Some o

Aug 11
25 min

Costco Sells Caskets?! Plus: Brunch on Trial & the Truth About Farmed Salmon

George Duran and food writer Karla Walsh open the fridge on the stuff nobody says out loud. First up: the genuinely unhinged things Costco has sold in bulk — gold bars,

Aug 4
33 min

Buffet Psychology, AI Food Scams & the Future of Candy

George and Karla dive into the wild world of buffets in this lively episode of The Always Hangry Podcast, revealing how these all-you-can-eat feasts can morph people into

Jul 28
30 min

Yak Filet & Cat Meat Confessions! Plus: The FDA's Gross Food Secrets & The Great Gnocchi Debate

This episode goes deep on exotic meats and the strange lengths people go to for food — starting with a website that sells, wait for it, opossum tail (just the tail). Geor

Jul 21
35 min

Costco Samples Gone Wild! Plus: Food Crimes & Olive Oil Myths

George Duran and Karla Walsh kick off a deliciously wild ride on the Always Hangry podcast, diving into the zany world of Costco food samples, dietary quirks, and the hil

Jul 21
38 min

Welcome to Always Hangry

Food isn't complicated. People make it complicated. Always Hangry is a new food comedy podcast where chef and TV host George Duran calls out the weird, frustrating, and

Jul 17
1 min

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#151
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