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Help Wanted: Sporkful Seeks Web Designer / Programmer

The Sporkful is hiring! It's time to take our web presence to the next level, but we need some help. We want to create a WordPress site that will incorporate the blog, all the links available at Sporkful.com, and a bunch of other bells and whistles, including some requiring JavaScript. (This means free WordPress templates will not be sufficient.) We

Ten-Year-Old Sporkful Eater Challenges Taco Construction Orthodoxy

Evan, a ten-year-old Eater from Dover, NH, shows well-developed Sporkful technique at a very young age: My friend Nathan told me about your podcast and I love it. Please do a show on tacos. So to the point. Last night, as I was having my tacos, I thought why is everything in layers? So I tried mixing everything together on my

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Dan explains why he thinks Thin Mints are overrated and takes issue with Girl Scout Cookie nomenclature, while Mark holds forth on the best serving temperature for Thin Mints, and both hosts debate the strengths and weaknesses of Peanut Butter Patties (a.k.a. Tagalongs) and Peanut Butter Sandwiches (a.k.a. Do-si-dos or Savannahs).  

A Wedding Cake Made of Cheese

Listeners Jonathan Ichikawa and Carrie Jenkins have tied the knot! You may recall meeting these then-engaged philosophers in our Call In Smorgasbord #4 episode, when we ruled that a dish Jonathan invented does not, in fact, constitute soup. (They even sent this video in as evidence.) Now we have the above pic from their wedding. The cake is made up

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I put together The Sporkful's theme song in GarageBand. It was a fun exercise, I hadn't really used the program before, and I think the song came out well. Then a few weeks ago, our friends at Popspotting asked me in passing if I could make a song for their podcast. So I did, and they seemed pleased with it.

Donut Grab Reveals Haley Barbour’s Political Thinking

Mississippi Republican Governor Haley Barbour now says he won't be running for president. The New York Times says a donut tipped his hand long before his official announcement Monday: There were clues to those who had watched him closely in recent weeks. Last month, he said that he had lost 20 pounds and intended to lose 20 more by the end

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