The Hungry Diplomat Podcast

Layla's comfort

Sun, 23 Nov 2025 02:44:11 GMT

My beautiful, intelligent, hilarious and endlessly curious friend Layla graced me with her presence on the pod. I SO appreciate her taking the time out to do this with me, as we have always bonded on food and she is so fun to talk to about it.

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Regana's Comfort

Thu, 07 Aug 2025 22:44:54 GMT

On this award-winning show, I speak to my wonderful, beautiful, famous Albanian DJ/Data Scientist/Chef/Bronx native friend, Regana! I love her so very much and she has such amazing thoughts on food. Check out her DJ duo group: she.e.o.djs and go to her dad's restaurant: Paola's Osteria!

Thank you for listening <3

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Amy's Comfort

Wed, 14 May 2025 21:35:40 GMT

This is the beginning of my comfort food series, where I speak to my amazing friends about their favourite comfort foods they like to eat and/or cook. Today's episode is with my incomparable buddy, Amy.

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Dining While Espionaging P.2 (Borris Morros)

Thu, 14 Nov 2024 19:10:18 GMT

This is a follow-up/slight detour to Dining While Espionaging. I stumbled upon a man called Borris Morros who was a double-agent for the Soviet Union and USA, as I was reading about notorious espionage restaurants during the Cold War. This episode dives into his very interesting life during the 20th century war.

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Dining While Espionaging

Sun, 22 Sep 2024 17:08:59 GMT

I've always loved spy shows and films. I've equally been obsessed with the food that is displayed in this type of content. I want to know what spies eat, what their budgets are and how they end up choosing to go certain restaurants to execute their spy activity successfully. In this episode, I try to answer all my curiosities and go through what spies have been known to eat and where they have been documented to eat historically.

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The beef is literal

Wed, 31 Jul 2024 22:05:03 GMT

You would've had to be dead to have missed the Kendrick vs Drake beef, however, this podcast isn't necessarily about the metaphorical beef. It is about the actual beef, the food mentioned throughout the songs, the cultural impact on the restaurants discussed. Rap and food are buddies and I'm here to discuss their friendship.

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Padding the Thai

Fri, 12 Jul 2024 18:24:26 GMT

Why is Pad Thai so popular? Who invented it? Why is it the most popular dish? I answer all these pressing questions in this episode.

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WE'RE BACK, BABY (ft. Chef Zana Millen)

Mon, 25 Mar 2024 10:00:00 GMT

After a brief hiatus, The Hungry Diplomat is back for S3! In this episode, I speak to Chef Zana Millen, a very talented chef from London who talks about her experience becoming a chef, mental health and her food preferences.

You can find Zana at: @lovezae and @passapassalondon on Instagram

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The first bite

Wed, 31 May 2023 22:38:51 GMT

Why do we eat appetisers? This episode goes through why some humans like to start their meal with something small. I explore how different cultures throughout human civilisation started stimulating their appetite and how this ultimately connects to wealth and status.

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The food of our lives

Tue, 25 Apr 2023 17:56:02 GMT

This episode starts with a classic mealtime update , followed by a foolish conversation between two cousins. My cousin Shylie and I engage in a freestyle chat about our favourite foods and why we love them. This episode of The Hungry Diplomat is a bit different than my usual format, as I am just going with the flow, instead of the usual research jargon. It's nice to change it up sometimes!

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A conversation with MunchClubTv

Tue, 28 Feb 2023 22:16:02 GMT

This episode of The Hungry Diplomat is all about Nyasha, aka MunchClubTv. He is a wonderful home-cook who found both happiness and sadness through sharing his cooking with the online world. In this 1 hour discussion, we talk about all things to do with his food personality, where he gets his influences from and what he has eaten recently that has brought him lots of joy.

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The Commonality of Commensality

Tue, 31 Jan 2023 12:02:06 GMT

We have all eaten with someone we love, with strangers, with our families and I wanna know why. Why do humans eat with other people? Why do people look down on others for eating alone? Why isn't eating a strictly solo affair? Who made these rules? To help me answer these pressing questions is Myles, a friend of mine who has two history degrees and an unending love for evolutionary history.

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We remember the tenders

Fri, 30 Dec 2022 02:38:40 GMT

In this episode of The Hungry Diplomat, I discuss the ins and outs of food memory with the wonderful Amy and Chloe from the podcast "What are you wearing?". We go through all the foods that make our palate both happy and very sad, including the best meal of all time for anyone at any age: the chicken tender. If you enjoy our conversation, please listen to their pod and give a like to both them and me. Happy listening!

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Blame it on the...

Mon, 14 Nov 2022 00:46:24 GMT

Alcohol can help us heal wounds on the outside, numb wounds on the inside, make us laugh, make us cry and also be the source of social glue and celebration. In this episode, I detail some of the most fascinating facts about alcohol, like wine and ale, and our predecessors who enjoyed it much more than we do now.

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Cup o' joe, java, jitter juice...coffee!

Mon, 03 Oct 2022 22:45:26 GMT

Welcome to Season 2 of The Hungry Diplomat! In this episode, I talk about the most recent restaurants I have eaten at, followed by a spiel on the bountiful history of coffee. Whether you love it or absolutely avoid it, it is one of the most popular commodities in the world and this episode delves into its discovery and how it became so popular.

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The history of cinema snacks

Thu, 12 May 2022 22:01:40 GMT

Why do we eat popcorn when we watch movies? How about nachos? What about candy? These are the questions I answer in this episode about the snacks we eat in front of the silver screen.

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To trick or to treat

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 15:24:41 GMT

Ghosts, ghouls, goblins and...candy? As Halloween is upon us and we see the throngs of children dressing up in costumes going to door to door, I wonder, why do we trick or treat? What are its origins? This episode covers all that and more. Give it a listen and have a very happy Halloween!

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How the Nazis influenced Western diet

Fri, 10 Sep 2021 10:00:00 GMT

We know the horrible political and social history of Nazis, but what is rarely discussed is how they influenced something so everyday, so common: food. In this episode, I go through the typical German diet throughout the 30s and 40s and how this inevitably impacted how we view health and diets in the present day.

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Donutteries

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 05:00:00 GMT

Donuts are my all-time, favourite desserts. They are fried circles made of happiness and love. In this episode, I delve into the history of donuts, who came up with the hole in the middle and so much more.

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Pizza Pie

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 19:00:00 GMT

I'm baaaacckkkkk. Sorry for the MIA-ness, I've been working hard on my degree but not to worry. I am back with an episode all about the history of pizza and why it is the way it is in NYC.

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Our other brain

Fri, 14 Aug 2020 08:00:00 GMT

In light of recent events, this episode is meant to guide the way we feed ourselves in order to help our brains. I talk to historian Myles Campbell about the enteric nervous system and how it affects our moods.

To support the Black Lives Matter movement and to find alternative ways to help, follow this link: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/

For a list of Black-owned businesses: https://www.thestrategist.co.uk/article/black-owned-uk-businesses.html

P.S. If you hear sirens in the background, it is because my windows were open when we were recording.

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Champagne life

Fri, 17 Jul 2020 19:00:00 GMT

The popping of the bottle is a custom for many a celebration. What is the history behind the liquid gold we hear and see all the time?

*I do not own the rights to the "Champagne Life" song*

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The start of the "starter"

Fri, 19 Jun 2020 20:00:00 GMT

Sourdough is everywhere right now, just as it was 6,000 years ago. How is it made? Who created it? These pressing questions are all answered in this very episode.

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In a pickle

Fri, 15 May 2020 06:00:00 GMT

In this episode, I talk about my background, how I got into doing this podcast and a brief history of pickledom.

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Intro

Fri, 20 Mar 2020 14:00:00 GMT

This podcast is ode to food and all the history, the cultures, the people who make it so special.

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