MUNCHIES: The Podcast

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 and serving him some fire straight from our forthcoming MUNCHIES cookbook. We'll talk chili addiction, the cult of spice, and weigh our own tolerance against the Scoville scale.

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Find out exactly what you should be eating and drinking this summer. Munchies Editor-in-chief Helen Hollyman sits down with Broadly astrologer Annabel Gat to get the scoop on your food future.

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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's essentials: the hamburger. And to do that, we're heading to one of the world’s most traveled burger destinations: Shake Shack in Madison Square Park. Joining us is Mark Rosati, Shake Shack culinary director and genius behind the menu.

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When in serious trouble, most people would call a lawyer. But when restaurant people are in over their heads, they call John Bil. Andfor today’s episode, we did exactly that. John is the owner of a fish counter and restaurant called Honest Weight. He’s a champion oyster shucker and the most legendary fishmonger in Canada. And when you need him, he'll be there.

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We've left NYC and just touched down in Canada. Today, in our first of two episodes fromToronto, we're meeting Nick Chen-Yin, chef and owner of Smoke Signals. Nick's parents are ethnic Chinese, known as Hakka, whocame toToronto via Jamaica. He's combining his unique outlookwith the best of the American South to create a distinctlyCanadian style of BBQ. Tune in as we explore Toronto's incredible cultural diversity and learn somesecrets from the pitmaster of the Great White North.

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Our dear friendMatty Matheson is here at VICE Headquarters and hungry for a heart-to-heart convo. We learn about the fast life before fame, how to win atInstagram, and why he doesn't care if no one ever calls him chef again. Tune in as we hand him the mic forthe longest, and most intimate, MUNCHIES episodeever.

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Karaoke is your friend. Today, we're taking youtoManhattan'sChinatown and meetingup with the incredible Gerardo Gonzalez, chef and owner of Lalito. He's going to help us celebrate the legend of Winnie's, the greatest karaoke dive bar that ever was.

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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 White House Chef, to Senior Policy Advisor for Nutrition, to Executive Director of First Lady Michelle Obama's "Let's Move!" campaign. We're catching up with Sam at Other Half Brewing Company in Brooklyn – it's the perfect place to grab a drink and try to extract some state secrets.

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Before she waseditor-in-chief ofMUNCHIES, Helen Hollyman paid the bills by sellingtruffles. Today, we're meeting up with her old boss, Ian Purkayastha, one ofNYC's most renowntruffle dealers. Ian built his reputation on quality products, but he's famous among chefs for another reason.

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Anthony Bourdaintakes time out of his insane travel schedule to meetus in New York's legendary Bemelmans Barfor a piano-side holiday chat. We downenough gin to get heart-to-heart and talk about everything that matters in 2016 and beyond.

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