• 100 BEST PODCASTS OF ALL TIME
  • TIME
  • BEST FOOD PODCAST
  • James Beard Awards
  • Webby Awards
  • 100 BEST PODCASTS OF ALL TIME
  • TIME
  • BEST FOOD PODCAST
  • James Beard Awards
  • Webby Awards

“No Murder, Yes Pork Chops,” Says Comic Negin Farsad (Reheat)

Posted by

Sep 04, 2026
“No Murder, Yes Pork Chops,” Says Comic Negin Farsad (Reheat)

Every Friday, we reach into our deep freezer and reheat an episode to serve up to you. We're calling these our Reheats. If you have a show you want reheated, send us an email or voice memo at hello@sporkful.com, and include your name, your location, which episode, and why.

Negin Farsad loves to negotiate. And when it comes to negotiating, nothing is off-limits — even religious law. "I feel like Allah would be like, 'Get the pork chop but don't kill anybody,'" the Iranian-American Muslim comedian and host of Fake the Nation says. This week, Negin uses her lamb kebab to school us on campaign finance reform. (Can you tell she's a former policy advisor?)

This episode contains explicit language.

This episode originally aired on February 19, 2018, and was produced by Dan Pashman, Anne Saini, and Peter Clowney. The Sporkful team now includes Dan Pashman, Emma Morgenstern, Andres O'Hara, Kameel Stanley, and Jared O'Connell. This update was produced by Gianna Palmer.

Interstitial music in this episode from Black Label Music:

  • "Hang Tight" by Hayley Briasco
  • "Mellophone" by JT Bates
  • "Happy Jackson" by Kenneth J. Brahmstedt
  • "Soul Good" by Lance Conrad

Photo courtesy of Negin Farsad/Andrew Walker.

Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of The Sporkful ad-free. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.

Filed under //                                                         

comments powered by Disqus