To Dine For

To Dine For

Journalist Kate Sullivan transports you to restaurants around the country to hear the diverse stories of entrepreneurs, creatives, innovators and change-agents at their favorite restaurant. The show is a celebration of people who have taken an idea from ”inspiration to execution” through their own imagination and hard work and are now using their success to help others and ultimately change the world. It’s also a celebration of food and the place it holds in our life stories. Despite different races, religions, and beliefs, sitting down to a delicious meal over fascinating conversation can often get to the heart of what life is all about. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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July 28, 2025 48 mins

Gail Simmons is a trained culinary expert, a food writer, and a dynamic TV personality. You may recognize her from her time as a judge on Bravo’s Emmy Award-winning series Top Chef, Iron Chef Canada, The Good Dish, or many others. Gail is currently serving as an Executive Producer on the upcoming NBC series Taste, starring Julie Bowen.


Gail has years of experience working for Food & Wine magazine and their Aspen Food & W...

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Dave Wiskus is a visionary in the digital space. In 2019, after becoming frustrated with the lack of artistic ambition and diversity in the tech industry, he founded Nebula. Nebula is now the largest independent premium streaming service that puts the power in the hands of content creators, forging a new career path for digital storytellers.


In addition to Nebula, Dave also serves as an adjunct professor at NYU’s prestigious Tis...

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July 14, 2025 38 mins

John Tregoning is a leading immunologist, researcher, and author, dedicated to making the complex world of science accessible to everyone. He is the author of Live Forever?: The Curious Scientist’s Guide to Wellness, Ageing and Death in which he explores aging and what we can do about it. He previously published Infectious: Pathogens and How We Fight Them, which describes the history and science of infectious disease.


As a profe...

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July 7, 2025 45 mins

Danielle Green is a true hero whose journey embodies resilience and courage. A former basketball player at the University of Notre Dame, Danielle’s life took a profound turn when she enlisted in the U.S. Army, answering a lifelong call to serve her country. 


While serving in Iraq in 2004, Danielle was severely injured by a rocket propelled grenade, an event that would alter her life, but not her spirit. After her injury, Da...

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June 30, 2025 39 mins

Randy Goldberg is the Co-Founder and Chief Brand Officer of Bombas. He is responsible for bringing the brand to life, creatively conveying the Bombas brand and mission, and leading the design team to create product that boasts an innovative combination of fashion, function and philanthropy.


Before launching Bombas, Randy developed and directed content for Nike and Vitamin Water, and served as the Creative Director of the digital...

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June 23, 2025 54 mins

Dean Kamen is an inventor, entrepreneur, and tireless advocate for science and technology. His roles as inventor and advocate are intertwined with his own passion for technology and its uses, driving his personal determination to engage young people in science, technology, engineering, and math.


Dean is the founder of DEKA Research & Development, FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), FIRST Global...

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June 16, 2025 44 mins

Named the most important chef in America by The Financial Times, Mashama Bailey is the award-winning executive chef and co-founder of critically-acclaimed restaurant The Grey in Savannah, Georgia. She will open her third restaurant in Paris, France, later this year.


Mashama first learned to cook at the hands of the women in her family and later received formal education at the Institute of Culinary Education (ICE) in New York Ci...

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June 9, 2025 31 mins

Jenn Drummond is a mountaineer, author, and motivational speaker. She’s also a businesswoman, with a successful exit and management company. Jenn is the author of the book BreakProof: 7 Strategies to Build Resilience and Achieve Your Life Goals. In BreakProof, Jenn shares her struggles and victories, and delivers insights into achieving balance, setting meaningful objectives, and living life to the fullest.


In June of 2023, Jenn...

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June 2, 2025 27 mins

Allyson Felix is one of the winningest athletes of all time. She’s an Olympic Gold Medalist in Track & Field, and is also the founder of a company called Saysh. Over a Creole meal at her favorite restaurant, Harold & Belle’s in Los Angeles, Allyson discusses her journey from amazing athletic success to entrepreneurship, and her inspiring story of overcoming challenges and finding her why.


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May 26, 2025 40 mins

Savannah Guthrie is an Emmy Award-winning journalist, attorney, and author. She began her career in journalism at the NBC affiliate KTVM in Montana in 1993. She now co-hosts The Today Show, and has covered many major stories throughout her career as a correspondent, including the September 11th attacks and the death of Osama bin Laden. Alongside her career as a reporter, she has a law degree from Georgetown, and served as a legal a...

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May 19, 2025 47 mins

Rachel Rodgers is the founder of Hello Seven, a multimillion dollar company that teaches diverse entrepreneurs how to earn more money and build wealth. Hello Seven has been recognized as an Inc. 5000 company for the past three years. Rachel has been featured on Good Morning America, The Drew Barrymore Show, Forbes, Entrepreneur, and many more. Her mission is to teach historically excluded groups how to end the cycle of overworking,...

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May 12, 2025 27 mins

Ken Burns is an American treasure. He’s one of the most prolific documentarians of our time, with a catalogue of work spanning more than five decades. Ken has brought the dead to life in his award-winning documentaries that have covered numerous subjects, including the Vietnam War, jazz music, baseball, and many more.


Over a plate of “Ken’s Salad” at The Restaurant at Burdick’s in Walpole, New Hampshire, we hear Ken’s full story...

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May 5, 2025 51 mins

Martha Beck is a sociologist, life coach, speaker, and also a New York Times Bestselling author many times over. She holds Bachelor’s, Master’s and PhD degrees from Harvard, where she also taught Sociology, Social Psychology, Organizational Behavior, and Business Management. Martha has been featured on Oprah and Good Morning America, and has published several New York Times International Bestsellers including Finding Your Own North...

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April 28, 2025 55 mins

Coach Chris Bennett is more than just a running coach. He’s a storyteller, motivator, and the voice that has guided millions of runners worldwide. As the Global Head Coach of Nike Running, he has transformed the way people experience running, making it more approachable and personal. 


With a background as a competitive runner and former coach at the high school and collegiate levels, Coach Bennett brings a wealth of experie...

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April 21, 2025 55 mins

Jonathan Haidt is a social psychologist and long time New York Times bestselling author. He’s a professor at NYU’s Stern School of Business, and holds a PhD in Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. In 2024 Haidt published The Anxious Generation, a book looking at the great rewiring of childhood. He has launched a public health campaign under the same name, dedicated to addressing and ultimately ending the youth mental hea...

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April 14, 2025 49 mins

Father Greg Boyle is a Jesuit priest and the founder of Homeboy Industries, the largest gang intervention, rehabilitation, and re-entry program in the world. A Los Angeles native, he served as pastor of Dolores Mission Church in Boyle Heights, one of the city’s most impoverished and gang-afflicted parishes. In response to the devastating impact of gang violence, he pioneered a radical approach: treating gang members with compassion...

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April 7, 2025 28 mins

Richard Branson is a lifelong serial entrepreneur, founder, CEO, and philanthropist. His story of creating Virgin Records and then Virgin Airways is an incredible one. 


Over a plate of carefully seared salmon at Everdene in New York City, Richard shares his journey, the obstacles along the way, and how he is now motivated by an overwhelming desire to serve and help in any way he can.

 

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March 31, 2025 36 mins

Today we revisit Kate’s conversation with Allison Ellsworth, the Co-Founder and Chief Brand Officer of Poppi. It was recently announced that Allison is selling her company to PepsiCo for nearly $2 billion.


In this episode, Allison discusses her story of founding Poppi after facing numerous gut-health issues but being dissatisfied by the solutions her doctors came up with. After noticing the immense health benefits but bad taste ...

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March 24, 2025 43 mins

Gretchen Rubin is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Happiness Project, and Better Than Before, which distills her key insights into simple truths for living with greater satisfaction, clarity, and happiness.


Gretchen returns to the podcast to discuss her new book, Secrets of Adulthood: Simple Truths for Our Complex Lives.

 

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March 17, 2025 46 mins

Danielle DuBoise is the co-founder of Sakara Life, a whole body wellness company on a mission to nourish your body’s innate power. Danielle is also a bestselling author of the cookbook Eat Clean, Play Dirty, and the co-host of the Sakara Life Podcast.


With a Master’s Degree in Functional Medicine and Human Nutrition, Danielle combines her expertise in science-backed nutrition with her passion for holistic wellness, to inspire ot...

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