The Sporkful with Dan Pashman

22/09/2025

What’s a Jewish tavern and house of learning? This week as the Jewish High Holidays begin, I head to in Somerville, MA to find out. Shanah tovah!

15/09/2025

As it turns out, Cracker Barrel has a long history of controversy. We dig into it in this week’s show.

12/09/2025

25/08/2025

This week and I are taking your calls and rendering judgments on your food disputes!

18/08/2025

This week I go foraging for the elusive paw paw. It’s North America’s largest native fruit but you won’t find it in grocery stores. Why does this fruit have such a cultish following? I try to find out, with paw paw enthusiast Sara Bir () as my guide!

24/07/2025

Times Square baby! Pretty cool to see The Sporkful up there. Thanks & for the love. Remember that you can listen to The Sporkful on Amazon Music!

23/07/2025

Can’t believe the podcast I started in my living room nearly 16 years ago is now one of Time’s 100 Best Podcasts Of All Time! Thank you and and congrats to our whole team!

21/07/2025

I​n 2017 we aired one of our most popular Sporkful episodes ever, about a beloved sandwich shop in Aleppo, Syria. ​When Syria’s Assad regime fell last year, many of you asked us for an update. Today, we have it.

21/07/2025

I had so many special requests for my ice cream sundae at that the poor guy at the register ran out of characters trying to type it all in. Half vanilla half chocolate ice cream (instead of all chocolate), no chocolate syrup, extra PB syrup, extra Reese’s Pieces. Emily and Janie each got milkshake flights and Becky got a milkshake so between the four of us our order brought the entire assembly line to a standstill. Nothing like ice cream for dinner!

15/07/2025

This week we are re-airing our two-part Aleppo Sandwich story, ahead of a *brand new* update next Monday, in the wake of the fall of the Syrian regime.

14/07/2025

Um yeah so add this to the list of things that were not on my vision board when I set out to invent a new pasta shape! These beauties are in select stores for a limited time! They’re mostly for display but I think if you spend a certain amount you get one. I don’t have the details or a list of stores but if you spot it in a near you then drop the location in the comments!

10/07/2025

If you do the cooking, should your partner do the cleaning? Are savory oats underrated? Are broccoli stems better than the florets? We debate these questions and other pressing issues in this week's call in show!