In The Weeds with Ben Randall

Today we're talking client red flags, school lunchroom pizza and old fad diets! And yes, I know it's Dustin Diamond, not Jared Diamond, but we get caught up in the moment.

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Today we're talking gardening, DangerMilk Lattes, kitchen red flags and third spaces. Also a few ska bands and that time Epstein hung out in Michigan.

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Today we're talking cold springs, chef-interviewer red flags, Austrians poisoning baby food and exploding Thermoses.

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Today we're talking food associations from our youth, instant red flags we see in cooks (as sourced from the crowd) and backyard chicken flocks just FULLA salmonella.

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Today we're talking weird food associations, Guy Fieri, Raw Farm's E.Coli problem, Oreo and Doritos have lost their minds again and there's no end to the band names!

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Food is political. Today we're talking about Guy Fieri, the Doordash Grandma, Warlord's ongoing HR crisis, embezzlement at Ever and Hershey bowing to some old guy.

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Today we talk gardening, 12 tons of missing KitKats, and the race to the bottom of bonkers flavors from Oreo and Dr. Pepper. Also, Ben is likely losing his mind.

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We're back from vacation! Today we talk about our trips (and related food adventures), Burger King has a headset bot, Raw Farms is poisoning people and refusing inspection, and if you stick around all the way to the end, we have a special report from our German Correspondent about tacos and currywurst!

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Today we talk going to the doctor (do it), updates on Noma, we wonder if Germans are allergic to tacos and discuss the BORG takeover of Chicago's St. Paddy's Day celebrations.

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Today we address some listener feedback, give an update on Warlord and its felon chef/owner, we talk garden planning and we dive deep into the abuses committed and perpetuated at Noma and discuss the wide-ranging effects that has on the industry as a whole.

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Today we're talking with restaurant owner Jennifer Bosch about the difficulties with opening an upscale restaurant in rural Michigan, pay equity, third spaces and caring for your community. Also Steve is sick.

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Today we start off the rails and stay there. We talk magnet shopping lists, H-Mart, dry measuring, gas station food and the decline of Hershey's quality.

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Today we talk real estate (briefly), the ongoing Warlord saga, why internet recipes suck, Tater Tots and micro-roasted coffee!

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Today we're (sadly) talking about passed friends, a cook's tragic death in PA, as well as a Boar's Head update, panthers and M&Ms have lost their mind.

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Today we're talking a Keurig recall (caf, not decaf), Minute Maid getting the axe, Epstein's chefs (more research required), kestrels saving cherries and oh look! One of Michelin's darlings, Trevor Fleming of Chicago's 'Warlord' is a complete trash person! Who could have seen that coming?

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Today we're joined by guest Ben Adams from the Pacific Northwest, to talk about local fish, meat & produce, the politics & vagaries of small-town living and how seemingly unrelated policies and political decisions affect our food.

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Today we're talking weather-related product delays, badly managed kitchen woes, personal cheffing, Vietnamese food safety corruption and Twix Butter!

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Steve's back! Today we're talking kitchen sanitation, personal chef stuff, A2 milk, death cap mushrooms and somebody's suing the McRib out of McDonalds

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Today we're talking to the chef/co-owner of Bay City Kitchen (Bay City, OR) about the path to restaurant ownership, locally sourcing ingredients and keeping baker's hours.

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Today we're talking christmas & new year's food, 2026 hospitality predictions and Steve encourages you to all go where you want to be.

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Today we're talking to addiction specialist and therapist Sarah Allen Benton about her book, 'Parents in Recovery'. I truly wish I had had this book years ago when I first got sober and my kids were still little. The perspectives and interviews with folks who are parenting while in recovery are amazing.

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Tonight we're talking canned bread, Japanese New Year traditions, a fight at a San Francisco restaurant and the British can't pronounce 'dulce de leche'. Also, we hate milk duds.

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Tonight we're talking soup dinners, potato salad, unique thanksgivings, things in cans and delivery robots clogging up sidewalks.

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Today we're talking Soup&Bread, kitchen floors, old coffee, a hot tub full of mac&cheese and Thanksgiving Leftovers. Also, Campbell's soup thinks you suck.

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Happy Thanksgiving everyone, and huzzah! It's our annual Thanksgiving episode, plus a quick discussion about scheduling, meatballs and New Zealand gets some tire awards.

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Today we're discussing aphrodisiacs, food & politics, green sriracha and a little bit about turkeys.

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Today we're talking frozen gardens, 'pumpkin' pies, Spudnuts, lab-grown chicken and what that means for kosher chicken parmesan, and Puebla de Sabor tequila goes missing.

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Today we're talking Yelp's protection racket, queso beds, lead in protein, Mike's Hard Honey and Etta's continued slow collapse.

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Tonight we're talking influencers beefing with bakeries, rice recalls, culling ostriches and Montana's 'Food Freedom' law. Also, that trashbag Bickelhaupt was denied bail. Everybody drink!

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Today we're talking cider donuts, Ukrainian apple picking, dessert innovations, dangerous corndogs and people are suing Hershey's for spooky-related claims?

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Today we're talking Ben's job, Koeze Peanut Butter (https://koeze.com/), Red Angel hotsauce (https://www.redangelsauce.com/), Starbuck's store closing sweep, milk from a No-Cow and Big Tallow himself!

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Today we're talking why immigrants Make White People Food Great, coffee in context, radioactive shrimp, Donkin' Donas and do people drink smoothies on Sunday?

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Tonight we're talking PFAS in your cookware, in your fish, in yourself. Also garden updates, PandaFest and restauranteurs who voted for mass deportations are now upset about mass deportations.

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Today Steve's a little sick, Ben just got two vaccinations, and we're recording anyway! We talk sentencing of the Australian Mushroom Murderer, define some culinary terms and McDonald's splits with the NRA (not *that* NRA, but both are bad) over the tipped minimum wage credit.

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Today we talk fancy burgers, turkey woes, Burgers Against Humanity, now things are 'swicy'? and Ben can't relax.

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Tonight we're updating Walmart's radioactive shrimp, we're resurrecting Hot & Now and we dive into the turf war between Traverse City Michigan's wineries and residents.

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Today we're talking radioactive shrimp, raw milk, raw bread, beef fat (tallow, if you're fancy), taco husbandry and churros on the internet. Also, there's nothing wrong with seed oils.

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Today we're talking The Big Chill, raw milk (again), Coke arcades and tiny human steaks.

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We've got another episode of TEG! Today Ben's talking about sandbags, cool rocks and varieties of sobriety.

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