Eat Your Content
Welcome to "Eat Your Content" with host Rich Herrera! Dive into the delectable world of food and pop culture as we explore the delicious connections between what we consume on our plates and screens. Join us for mouthwatering conversations and explore the intersection of culinary experiences and pop culture phenomena. Satisfy your cravings with Rich as he serves up a delectable blend of tasty tidbits and entertaining insights in each episode. Tune in to "Eat Your Content" and feast on a cultural smorgasbord that will leave you hungry for more! ____________ Website: https://my.linkpod.site/eatyourcontent
Episodes
Why do food scenes in movies and TV hit us so hard? Why does a simple bowl of pasta in Chef or a chaotic kitchen in The Bear stir up so much emotion?
In this episode of Eat Your Content, host Rich Herrera sits down with Jennifer Teplin, licensed therapist and founder of Manhattan Wellness, to explore the emotional psychology of food in pop culture—and why what we eat on screen (and in real life) often reflects what we’re f...
Top Chef winner stories, Michelin star achievements, and the real path to becoming one of New York’s most exciting chefs. In this deep and honest conversation, Chef Buddha Lo pulls back the curtain on everything that happened after his historic back-to-back Top Chef wins and how that momentum fueled his push for a Michelin star.
Buddha walks through the early days cooking alone in a caviar shop, the grind of keeping a dream alive on...
There’s a reason so many people dream of opening a restaurant. Food feels personal. Feeding people feels meaningful. And if you’ve ever worked in a great kitchen, you know the rush of it. The energy, the noise, the late nights that turn into early mornings. But there’s another side to the restaurant business that most folks never see, and it’s not as romantic.
In this episode, I talk with Kasey Anton, former restaurateur and author ...
What if the menu in front of you automatically adapted to what you can eat? No guessing, no awkward back-and-forth with the server, no anxiety about whether the kitchen really understands your allergy or dietary restriction. Just clarity and confidence.
That’s the vision behind Foodini, and today I’m joined by its founder, Dylan McDonnell, to talk about the future of personalized dining.
Dylan was diagnosed with celiac disease as a k...
What happens when the people who feed America start disappearing?
Former Washington State Senator Mona Das joins Eat Your Content for a raw, fast-moving conversation about the reality behind your plate. Immigrant workers are the backbone of the food industry—cooks, farmers, dishwashers, and delivery drivers—but in today’s political climate, many are afraid to show up for work. Fields are empty, restaurants are understaffed, and the ...
Chef Elisa Lyew has one of the coolest jobs you’ve probably never heard of. By day, she’s the founder of Elisa’s Love Bites, a New York City bakery known for its gluten-free, low-sugar desserts that taste just as indulgent as the classics. But behind the scenes, she’s also a culinary prop stylist—the person who makes all the food you see in movies and TV shows look picture-perfect and edible.
In this episode of Eat Your Content, Eli...
What happens when a Brooklyn kid with a knack for fixing cable wires decides to take on Hollywood? You get Larry Namer — the man who co-founded E! Entertainment Television and turned celebrity culture into a global obsession.
In this episode of Eat Your Content, Larry joins Rich to talk about his unlikely rise from the underground cables of Manhattan to the glitz of Los Angeles, where a two-million-dollar gamble turned into an enter...
It’s hard to believe, but Waiting... first hit theaters 20 years ago this month! This raunchy, laugh-out-loud comedy gave us an unfiltered look at restaurant life and introduced the world to characters like Monty, Dean, and Naomi, played by a then up-and-coming cast that included Ryan Reynolds, Anna Faris, and Justin Long.
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of this cult classic, we’re bringing back our exclusive interview with the ma...
When a restaurant says “authentic,” what does that really mean—and who gets to decide? In this episode, Rich sits down with Janna Tamargo, founder of AuthenticFood.com to unpack the complex and often heated conversations around authenticity in food.
From a Japanese restaurant secretly run by Chinese owners to debates over who has the right to cook certain cuisines, Janna shares stories from her global research that reveal why authen...
What would make a NASA computer engineer walk away from a dream career in cutting-edge space technology? For Mayim Vega, it was a personal health crisis that modern medicine couldn’t solve.
In this episode of Eat Your Content, Mayim shares her incredible journey from working on advanced nanotechnology and automation at NASA to becoming a leading voice in holistic healing. After facing debilitating migraines and finding no answers fr...
Are robots here to steal jobs—or to save an industry that’s struggling to survive?
In this episode of Eat Your Content, I sit down with Nipun Sharma, CEO and Co-Founder of Appetronix, the company behind the world’s first fully autonomous pizza restaurant. Located in Columbus, Ohio’s John Glenn Airport, this revolutionary kitchen uses robotics and AI to make fresh, hot pizzas with zero human hands involved.
Nipun breaks down the ...
We made it to 100 podcast episodes. Whether you’ve been here since day one or just discovered the show last week, I want to say thank you. To celebrate this milestone, I wanted a guest who knows a thing or two about transformation. Someone who’s been in the spotlight, walked away from it, and started something brand new.
Enter Kevin Porter.
You might know him as Batman from the Bat in the Sun fan films that racked up m...
What drives someone to walk across an entire continent? For Paul Brown, it’s not a publicity stunt. It’s a mission. In this episode, I sit down with Paul, founder of Servant Leadership Charities, who’s on a year-and-a-half journey across 12 to 15 countries in Africa—all on foot—to raise awareness for clean water access.
We get into the surprising moment at a real estate conference that changed his life, the grassroots model he uses ...
What if the thoughts you chew on every day mattered just as much as the food on your plate?
In this episode of Eat Your Content, I sit down with energy coach and positivity powerhouse Tif Loeffler for a flavorful conversation that blends mindset, media, and the comforting power of food. We talk about how food shapes our lives far beyond the table—connecting us to joy, identity, grief, and even creativity.
Tif shares how a bowl of cal...
The Bear Season 4 ends not with a bang—but with a choice.
In this final recap of the season, I’m joined once again by Chef Abbie Serbins to break down Episodes 7 through 10 and the emotional gut punch that is Carmy stepping away from The Bear.
We get into:
🧊 The alleyway confrontation between Carmy and Sydney—and why it hit harder than a kitchen meltdown
🐻 Why Carmy calling her “The Bear” might be o...
Things are heating up on The Bear—but it’s not just the kitchen burners.
In this episode of Eat Your Content, Rich Herrera is joined once again by Chef Abbie Serbins to break down The Bear Season 4, Episodes 4–6 (“Worms,” “Replicants,” and “Sophie”), where personal pressure is starting to outweigh service pressure.
This isn’t just a recap. It’s a conversation about what happens when kitchens push for greatness at the cost of balance—...
In this episode of Eat Your Content, Rich Herrera teams up with Chef Abbie Serbins to dig into Episodes 1 through 3 of The Bear Season 4—and things kick off fast.
We talk about the Groundhog Day metaphor that frames the season premiere and how it captures Carmy’s emotional paralysis. Chef Abbie shares why that first scene with Mikey hit her like a ton of bricks and how this show sometimes feels too real for those who’ve worked in hi...
Michelin-starred chef Curtis Duffy returns to Eat Your Content—but this time, he’s not just talking about food. He’s joined by his co-author, Jeremy Wagner, to open up about Fireproof, their gripping new memoir that peels back the curtain on Curtis’s incredible journey from unimaginable childhood trauma to the top of the fine dining world.
In this deeply personal and revealing conversation, Curtis shares what it was like t...
When I first watched Daredevil: Born Again on Disney+, I wasn’t fixated on the fight scenes or superpowers like most fans—I was locked in on a quiet, unexpected moment: a scene where Matt Murdock, Marvel’s blind superhero, is cooking dinner for his girlfriend.
As someone who’s obsessed with food and pop culture, I had questions. Was that scene realistic? Do blind people actually cook like that? And how often does Hollywood get it ri...
What do ex-inmates cooking with ramen, celebrity drummers on food tours, and alligator wrestling have in common?
📺 They’re all part of the wild, inventive world of Mesmeric Media, the production company flipping food TV on its head. In this episode of Eat Your Content, I sit down with Michael Holstein, CEO and founder of Mesmeric Media — and the mind behind shows like Jail Bake, Taste of the Town, Street Beef, and the internet-brea...
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