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Mike Pesca, Luke Burbank, Win Rosenfeld and Dan Pashman walk into a deli. A show on hot pastrami ensues. (Ep 123)

I went to the Second Avenue Deli with Sporkful friends Luke Burbank (from the podcast TBTL and Ross and Burbank on KIRO), Mike Pesca(NPR sports correspondent and co-host of the Slate podcast Hang Up and Listen), and Win Rosenfeld (Current TV contributor and The Sporkful's beloved wacky neighbor). Together we debated how much beer to drink while eating pastrami as well as the most important characteristic of pastrami, and

Dan Joins Luke Burbank on TBTL, Live from Second Avenue Deli

Last week I went to the legendary Second Avenue Deli with friends-of-The Sporkful Luke Burbank (host of the excellent podcast TBTL), Mike Pesca (NPR sports reporter, CNN contributor, and co-host of Slate's Hang Up and Listen), and our old buddy Win Rosenfeld, who's now an on-air contributor on Current. Pesca (left) and Luke are pictured above. This epic evening will

The Sporkful

This week we relive a classic Sporkful featuring Mike Pesca of NPR and Slate's Hang Up and Listen. We tackle gum with a liquid center, ideal shapes and sizes, and of course, the best gum jingles of the 80's! (Here's our pollof best 80's gum jingles.)   Photo: Flickr CC / KonRuff

The Sporkful

An emotional holiday appeal by NPR's Mike Pesca and David Folkenflik precedes this look back at one of our most contentious episodes ever, when we took on each other and all-you-can-eat buffets.