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Smart Mouth

by Katherine Spiers / TableCakes Productions

An addictively illuminating, often hilarious, conversational podcast about the surprising histories behind the foods we love. Hosted by independent journalist and food anthropologist, Katherine Spiers (LA Times, LA Weekly, KCET, Eater, How to Eat L.A.). Guests include Anthony Bourdain, Georgia Hardstark, Jacques Pepin, Llewellyn Clarke, Sarah Kuhn, Claudette Zepeda, Jon Garbus, Danny Trejo, Flula Borg and many other compelling people who eat food!

Chart trend

Position in the Food chart (US), last 90 days.

#79
all-time peak
5
days in the top 100 since Nov 2024

Latest episodes

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Asian Chicken Salad with Jon Kung

Do we really think Cary Grant invented a salad? Kung Food: Chinese American Recipes from a Third-Culture Kitchen 1 For The Table Related episodes: Chicken & Waffl

Jun 25 2024
1 h 06 min

Charleston with Hanna Raskin

Myths and truths about one of the South's more food-focused cities. The Food Section Hanna IG Related Episodes: Ladies Who Lunch Pimento Cheese Listen to Smar

Jun 13 2024
38 min

Sesame Balls with Kat Lieu

You can make restaurant-quality pho at home. You just gotta believe in yourself, and also fuel up on dozens of sesame balls. Modern Asian Kitchen Kat IG Listen to S

Jun 5 2024
36 min

Food Gifts with Elle Simone Scott

The resident food stylist at America's Test Kitchen on the history of boxes of chocolate ... and where she might find Lupin. Food Gifts: 150 Irresistible Recipes for Cr

May 22 2024
37 min

Hickory, Pecans, and Soup

A dish I had absolutely never heard of before. Related Episode: Diversity in Native American Food with Loretta Barrett Oden Corn Dance: Inspired First American Cuisin

Apr 26 2024
10 min

Raw Milk

Do I drink it? Yes. Am I a sovereign citizen? Depends on my mood. (Written version here.) Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Pandora • Spotify • TuneIn

Apr 10 2024
20 min

Soul Rolls with KJ Kearney

Soul rolls and other culinary smash ups; should legacy publications stay in their lane; activists who are not empaths. Related episode: Meat raffles and Snickers salads

Mar 27 2024
46 min

Queer Food with John Birdsall

Kitsch versus camp and the politics of quiche. The Man Who Ate Too Much  Related:  Mai tais with Allan Katz  Coconut shrimp with Julia Loken  Listen to Smart Mo

Feb 28 2024
55 min

Which Animals Have Taste? With Katie Goldin

Crows. You gotta hand it to them. Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Pandora • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • Libsyn • Amazon Music Check out all our

Feb 14 2024
1 h 01 min

Salt the Chicken with Susan Jung

A dream job and many dream fried chicken recipes. Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Pandora • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • Libsyn • Amazon Music C

Jan 24 2024
36 min

Tyromancy with Jennifer Billock

There's no end of ways to tell the future. But most importantly: with cheese. Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Pandora • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn

Jan 17 2024
40 min

Replay: Eggnog with Drew Mackie

Do you enjoy eggnog without alcohol? Plus, peach schnapps trauma, a detour through Television Without Pity, and Her Majesty's Milk Punch.   Music: Christmas Wrapping by T

Dec 26 2023
37 min

Replay: Christmas Cookies with Kim-Joy

The GBBO star on reassuring baking, the invention of Christmas bribery, and the uniquely American "cookies and milk" combo. Transcript for this episode is here. You c

Dec 20 2023
39 min

Replay: Peppermint with Niccole Thurman

What is "childhood"? When was it invented? The same time as candy canes? Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Pandora • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • Li

Dec 13 2023
43 min

Christmas Candy with Daniel Zafran

"Christmas candy" is just vibes. So what's your favorite? Related episodes: Peppermint with Niccole Thurman  Christmas cookies with Kim-Joy  Maraschino cherries w

Dec 6 2023
52 min

The Official Turkey Pardon

This thing's so weird. Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Pandora • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • Libsyn • Amazon Music Check out all our episodes s

Nov 21 2023
5 min

Eating Korean Food and Writing Books with Tien Nguyen

How to go from eating soup to writing a book about it. Sohn-Mat: Recipes and Flavors of Korean Home Cooking  Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Pandora

Nov 15 2023
40 min

Lady Desserts with Valerie Gordon

Are women compared to desserts because they're sweet? Because they're unimportant? And why was everyone so weird about Liv Tyler? Related: Om Ali  Full "sugar and s

Oct 18 2023
53 min

Meat raffles and Snickers salads with Ben Mandelker

When two coastal elites explore Midwestern food. Related: Hotdish with Kristen Meinzer   Tater tots   Elizabeth Gilbert's meat raffle    Listen to Smart Mouth:

Oct 4 2023
1 h 01 min

Beans with Sejal Sukhadwala

Beans, meat substitutes, and capitalism with our century's Samuel Johnson.   Related: Hot Sauce with Llewellyn Clarke California's Punjabi-Mexican Communities Gujarati Ne

Sep 20 2023
52 min

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Where Smart Mouth ranks today in each Apple Podcasts chart (US, Sep 12, 2026).

#194 NEW Food US

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