Creators of PBS' A CHEF'S LIFE Talk On Talkhouse Podcast
By: Caryn Robbins Jan. 12, 2018
This week on the Talkhouse Podcast, chef Vivian Howard and filmmaker Cynthia Hill-creators of PBS' "A Chef's Life"-discuss bringing the food and culture of rural North Carolina to the rest of America via their Peabody- and Emmy-winning series, the difficulty of working professionally with one's spouse and how the hardest critics to please can sometimes be one's own parents. Listen HERE.
Also at Talkhouse this week, rising rapper Chippy Nonstop discusses the latest record fromThree 6 Mafia's Juicy J (read it HERE), writer and actor Damon Cardasis discusses his film Saturday Church (read it HERE), artist and filmmaker Laurie Simmons writes about the cinephilia at the core of her debut feature as writer-director (read it HERE), and Speedy Ortiz'sSadie Dupuis discusses an essay by Beauty Pill's Chad Clark on Arto Lindsay in the new Talkhouse series "From the Crates" (read it HERE).
Additionally, read the results of the Talkhouse Film end-of-year poll alongside original art and words on the Top 10 movies (including contributions from Aisha Tyler, Bret Easton Ellis, Oscar winner James Marsh (Man on Wire), Oscar-nominated screenwriter Luke Davies (Lion) and "Adventure Time"'s Kent Osborne) HERE and see ballots from a cross-section of votersHERE.
Other recent Talkhouse pieces have included rising singer/songwriter Mitski writing about Weezer's new album Pacific Daydream (read it HERE), a conversation between Chuck D andTom Morello about the relationship between politics and protest music (listen HERE) and Talkhouse's first-ever food essay, wherein Adam Geringer-Dunn, chef and owner of NYC's popular Greenpoint Fish & Lobster Co., discusses TV cooking shows and the disconnect between "how we look at food in our kitchens and how we use it as entertainment" (read itHERE).
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The fast-rising media company continues to grow its platform in scope with the recent launch of its Food Podcast, with the debut episode featuring a discussion between NYC restaurateurAndrew Carmellini and rapper A$AP Ferg (listen HERE). The Talkhouse Podcast was recently named a Webby Award honoree (Best Individual Podcast Episode), while Amy Rose Spiegelwas hired as editor-in-chief of Talkhouse Music, highlighting the organization's continuing growth and evolution.
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