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Your Last Meal with Rachel Belle
YOUR LAST MEAL is a James Beard Award finalist for best podcast hosted by National Edward R. Murrow award-winning reporter, cookbook author and Cascade PBS TV host Rachel Belle.
Each episode Rachel asks a celebrity (Greta Gerwig, Jonathon Van Ness, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Margaret Cho, Alton Brown, Isaac Mizrahi, Ani DiFranco, Iron & Wine, etc) what they would choose to eat for their last meal. Then she uncovers the history, science and culture of these dishes with everyone from the designer who…
Episodes
Your Last Meal with Rachel BelleThe Leftovers with Isaac Brock
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from Isaac Brock — lead singer, guitarist and songwriter of the Portland, Oregon-based band Modest Mouse!…
Your Last Meal with Rachel BelleIsaac Brock: Top Ramen
Modest Mouse’s lead singer, guitarist and songwriter has one of the longest, and most disjointed, last meals in Your Last Meal history, but each dish draws…
Your Last Meal with Rachel BelleThe Leftovers with Bridget Everett
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from Bridget Everett, star of the HBO Max show Somebody Somewhere, singer, comedian and cabaret performer…
Your Last Meal with Rachel BelleBridget Everett: Dinner at Pascal’s Manale
Bridget Everett’s last meal takes us to New Orleans’ second oldest restaurant, where Creole and Italian cooking collide into a cuisine called (you guessed it)…
Your Last Meal with Rachel BelleThe Leftovers with Jeff Hiller
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from actor Jeff Hiller (Somebody Somewhere), author of the new memoir Actress of a Certain Age: My…
Your Last Meal with Rachel BelleJeff Hiller: Chicken Fried Steak
If you fell in love with Jeff Hiller’s character Joel on Somebody, Somewhere (he was just nominated for his first Emmy for his performance!), you’ll want to…
Your Last Meal with Rachel BelleThe Leftovers with Regina Spektor
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter and pianist Regina Spektor! Regina grew up in the Soviet Union…
Your Last Meal with Rachel BelleRegina Spektor: Chicken Broth
Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter and pianist Regina Spektor grew up in Soviet Russia, so when she moved to the Bronx with her family in 1990, American food…
Your Last Meal with Rachel BelleThe Leftovers with Dave Barry
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from Dave Barry, award-winning humorist, columnist and author. Dave tells host Rachel Belle about the…
Your Last Meal with Rachel BelleDave Barry: Cheeseburger & French Fries
Dave Barry wrote a nationally syndicated, Pulitzer Prize-winning column that appeared in 500 newspapers from 1983 to 2005 and has published dozens of books…
Your Last Meal with Rachel BelleThe Leftovers with Molly Yeh
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from Molly Yeh, star of Girl Meets Farm on Food Network & bestselling cookbook author. Her latest is a…
Your Last Meal with Rachel BelleMolly Yeh: Salami Matzo Brei
Molly Yeh is the Emmy- and James Beard Award-nominated star of Girl Meets Farm on the Food Network; owner of Bernie’s, a bakery and cafe in East Grand Forks…
Your Last Meal with Rachel BelleThe Leftovers with Prabal Gurung
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from Prabal Gurung, celebrated fashion designer and author of the new memoir Walk Like a Girl. Prabal has…
Your Last Meal with Rachel BellePrabal Gurung: Momos!
Prabal Gurung’s new memoir, Walk Like a Girl, tells his life story: how he went from being a bullied queer boy in Nepal who was always an outsider to starting…
Your Last Meal with Rachel BelleThe Leftovers with W. Kamau Bell
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from W. Kamau Bell, Emmy- and Peabody-nominated TV host, comedian, filmmaker and best-selling author…
Your Last Meal with Rachel BelleW. Kamau Bell: Dim Sum
Kamau Bell has a long and impressive resume, including hosting seven seasons of the CNN docuseries United Shades of America, winning a Peabody Award for We…
Your Last Meal with Rachel BelleThe Leftovers with Sharon Van Etten
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from musician and actor Sharon Van Etten, who is on the road touring her new album now! An educated wine…
Your Last Meal with Rachel BelleSharon Van Etten: Mashed Potatoes on Toast
Sharon Van Etten is on the road now touring her seventh album, Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory. But as much as she loves writing and performing music…
Your Last Meal with Rachel BelleThe Leftovers with Josh Groban
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from Tony-, Emmy- and Grammy-nominated singer and actor Josh Groban. Josh is getting ready for a string of…
Your Last Meal with Rachel BelleJosh Groban: Chocolate Covered Gummy Bears
Is Josh Groban’s best song about baked beans? Two foods Josh Groban’s dad turned him onto as a child: pickled and smoked fish and baked beans. So when Bush’s…
Your Last Meal with Rachel BelleThe Leftovers with Danielle Chang
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from Danielle Chang, host of Lucky Chow on PBS. And Rachel Belle takes a very special field trip to…
Your Last Meal with Rachel BelleDanielle Chang: Hot Pot
PBS's "Lucky Chow" host, Danielle Chang, has been using food as a tool to promote diversity since her family immigrated from Taiwan to Texas when she was 5…
Your Last Meal with Rachel BelleThe Leftovers with Pink Martini
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from China Forbes and Timothy Nishimoto from Pink Martini! The Portland, Oregon-based band is taking off…
Your Last Meal with Rachel BellePink Martini: A 14-Course French Feast + Thanksgiving
Pink Martini is celebrating 30 years of global music, and for the band’s pearl anniversary, China Forbes and Timothy Nishimoto dish on oysters (get it?!), the…
Your Last Meal with Rachel BelleSalt & Straw's Kim & Tyler Malek: Grandma's Cooking (Re-Air)
From pear & blue cheese to bone marrow with bourbon smoked cherries, Salt & Straw has always been experimental, and eager to weave local products and…
Your Last Meal with Rachel BelleThe Leftovers with "The Pasta Queen" Nadia Caterina Munno
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from Nadia Caterina Munno, known to her 10 million social-media followers as The Pasta Queen, which also…
Your Last Meal with Rachel Belle"The Pasta Queen" Nadia Caterina Munno: Nonna's Lasagna
Nadia Catarina Munno is best known to her 10 million social-media followers as The Pasta Queen, a glamorous, dramatic Italian who crumples her face in ecstasy…
Your Last Meal with Rachel BelleThe Leftovers with Kevin Morby
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from singer/songwriter Kevin Morby. Kevin grew up in Kansas, and after 15 years of building a successful…
Your Last Meal with Rachel BelleKevin Morby: PB&J + Phở
Singer/songwriter Kevin Morby is a peanut butter and jelly man. Like most kids who grew up in the U.S. before peanut-allergy-mania, he loves the classic…
Your Last Meal with Rachel BelleThe Leftovers with Alton Brown
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from TV host, chef and author Alton Brown. Alton famously loathes single-use gadgets, but the one he…
Your Last Meal with Rachel BelleAlton Brown: His Wife's Witchy Soup
Alton Brown hosted Good Eats on the Food Network for 16 seasons, and says Julia Child, Mr. Wizard and Monty Python were his inspirations for the wacky…
Your Last Meal with Rachel BelleThe Leftovers with Paula Poundstone
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from comedian Paula Poundstone! If you listened to last week's episode of Your Last Meal, you know Paula…
Your Last Meal with Rachel BellePaula Poundstone: Ring Dings
Veteran comedian Paula Poundstone loves Ring Dings, her favorite little chocolate snack cakes only sold in a handful of East Coast states. She once told a very…
Your Last Meal with Rachel BelleThe Leftovers with Ani DiFranco
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from Ani DiFranco, singer/songwriter, activist and feminist icon. Ani started her own record company in…
Your Last Meal with Rachel BelleAni DiFranco: Watermelon Feta Salad
If you listened to the Grammy-winning singer/songwriter in the ’90s, she wants you to know she’s still making music: Ani DiFranco just released her 23rd album!…
Your Last Meal with Rachel BelleLIVE Q&A with Rachel Belle on her debut cookbook
Host Rachel Belle celebrated the launch of Open Sesame at Book Larder, Seattle's only dedicated cookbook store. The event sold out, but you can listen in!…
Your Last Meal with Rachel BelleThe Leftovers with Jonathon Van Ness & Tan France
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from Jonathan Van Ness and Tan France, two of the stars of the popular Netflix show Queer Eye. Last week…
Your Last Meal with Rachel BelleJonathan Van Ness & Tan France: Fast Food Feast & a British Roast
Queer Eye Season 9 just dropped on Netflix, and Jonathan Van Ness (beauty expert), Tan France (fashion expert) and the rest of The Fab Five are back to make…
Your Last Meal with Rachel BelleThe Leftovers with Al Roker
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from Al Roker, longtime weather presenter and co-anchor of NBC’s Today. Al and his chef daughter Courtney…
Your Last Meal with Rachel BelleAl Roker: Steakhouse Dinner
Longtime Today show weatherman and anchor, Al Roker, just released a cookbook of family recipes with his chef daughter called Al Roker’s Recipes to Live…
Your Last Meal with Rachel BelleThe Leftovers with Chuck Palahniuk
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from Portland, Oregon, novelist Chuck Palahniuk, author of Fight Club and nearly 20 other books, including…
Your Last Meal with Rachel BelleChuck Palahniuk: Corn Pudding & Potato Pancakes
Chuck Palahniuk is best known for his novel-turned-cult-classic-film Fight Club, but the prolific author has published a book nearly every year for the past…
Your Last Meal with Rachel BelleThe Leftovers with Ken Burns
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from Ken Burns, the prolific, award-winning filmmaker who has been making historical documentary films for…
Your Last Meal with Rachel BelleKen Burns: Roasted Chicken from The Restaurant at Burdick's
For the past 50 years, Ken Burns has written, directed and produced historical films on a wide variety of topics, from country music and baseball to the…
Your Last Meal with Rachel BelleHow the 2024 Election was Shaped by Food
Food can play a significant role in a presidential race as candidates attempt to show how relatable they are through the dishes they eat and the restaurants…
Your Last Meal with Rachel BelleThe Leftovers with Tim Heidecker
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from Tim Heidecker, one half of the sketch comedy duo Tim & Eric, actor and musician. Eric shares a very…
Your Last Meal with Rachel BelleTim Heidecker: Aunt Mia's Christmas Dinner
Tim Heidecker, one half of the Tim & Eric comedy duo, is best known for sketch comedy and acting, but he’s also a musician – he just released his eighth album…
Your Last Meal with Rachel BelleThe Leftovers with Tali Edut
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from astrologer Tali Edut, one half of the Astro Twins. Tali and her twin sister are longtime astrologers…
Your Last Meal with Rachel BelleTali Edut: Greek Salad from Cafe Mogador
Tali Edut and her twin sister Ophira are the Astro Twins: longtime astrologers for Elle magazine, matchmakers on the Amazon Prime show Cosmic Love and…
Your Last Meal with Rachel BelleThe Leftovers with John Early
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from comedian and actor John Early! John grew up eating Southern staples like pimento cheese sandwiches…
Your Last Meal with Rachel BelleJohn Early: Pasta all'Amatriciana
Growing up in Nashville with two ministers for parents, John Early’s (Search Party, John Early: Now More Than Ever) formative food memories are linked with…
Your Last Meal with Rachel BelleCelebrating 200 Episodes of Your Last Meal!
Your Last Meal is celebrating 200 episodes (er, belatedly – this is technically episode 203!) with a replay of the podcast’s 100th episode – a very special…
Your Last Meal with Rachel BelleThe Leftovers with Tamron Hall & Lish Steiling
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from Tamron Hall & Lish Steiling, authors of the new cookbook, A Confident Cook. These buddies met on the…
Your Last Meal with Rachel BelleTamron Hall & Lish Steiling: Cheese Noodles & a Cheeseburger
When Emmy Award-winning journalist and talk show host, Tamron Hall, and James Beard Award and Emmy Award–winning culinary producer, Lish Steiling, became fast…
Your Last Meal with Rachel BelleThe Leftovers with Aly & AJ
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from musicians Aly and AJ, who landed their first record deal as teenagers in 2005, and are still singing…
Your Last Meal with Rachel BelleAly & AJ: Canadian Sushi & Texas Burritos
Aly and AJ signed their first record deal when they were just 13 and 15 years old, and nearly 20 years later they’re still singing for their supper. Literally!…
Your Last Meal with Rachel BelleThe Leftovers with Thomas Doherty
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from actor Thomas Doherty, who stars in Disney’s Descendants movies, the reboot of Gossip Girl and the new…
Your Last Meal with Rachel BelleThomas Doherty: Not Haggis
Scottish actor Thomas Doherty (Gossip Girl, Descendants, Dandelion) isn’t hungry in America. But the Brooklyn-based film and TV star says he’s famished in…
Your Last Meal with Rachel BelleWhat's for Dinner at Burning Man
Every Labor Day weekend since 1990, tens of thousands of people descend upon a Nevada desert to build an elaborate, eccentric, temporary town called Black Rock…
Your Last Meal with Rachel BelleThe Leftovers with J. Ryan Stradal
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from J. Ryan Stradal, the bestselling author of three novels, all set in Minnesota: Kitchens of the Great…