Boo folks!! We are very scared of today’s episode, and you should be too! Boo! That’s right, we are talking ghosts! Nic holds a flashlight under her chin and tells us all about earth's most haunted fast food restaurants, and Z has got Venice’s most evil locals, because ya know, Italy has food right?? So throw on some chains and leave wet footprints…

It's spooky leftovers for tonight! We listen back to Episode 105! Look, this show is haunted, you already know that. If you thought that this week's episode was going to be less haunted, boy were you wrong! On this week's extremely evil and possessed episode we are talking horror movies! Nicole puts us on to some of the best scary movies about food…

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Bubble, bubble, toil, and trouble! Welcome friends to a full month of evil episodes, straight from the depths of Hell! We begin our reign of terror with a deep dive into planet Earth's most poisonous foods! What do you have to be extra careful of eating 40lbs of? How many apple seeds will kill you???? And who the funk is the Poison Squad anyway????…

Folks, it’s happening, AGAIN! That’s right everyone, brace yourselves for Corn, revisited! This is the second time we have explored earth's scariest vegetable, but the first time we have told you why and how it became a highly controversial bread, and also about your favorite band, KoRn, and why Joe Biden loves them so much. So grow yourself some c…

Well, well, welcome folks! This week we are deep diving into local delicacies from our respective home states. Please, join us as we crack into a succulent Indiana Banana, aka the Paw Paw, and the spooky haunted restaurants of Long Island! So gather up some Michigan Mangoes and look out for Joey Buttafucco, it’s Lifes a Banquet the podcast! Heritag…

Folks, what can we say about this week's episode? It’s penis-shaped, and it just might kill you. That’s right, the mushroomisode! We’re talking fungus-fueled orgasms and bad tripppps. Plus, you guessed it, Ben Affleck. So get yourself some chicken marsala, and watch the paint melt off your walls, It’s Life’s a Banquet the podcast! Heritage Radio Ne…

Just when you thought that we’d never do a WW2 episode…… That's right folks, you have asked and we listened, and here we are with your dream come true: a food podcast about the tragedy that was WW2. Curious how to make a cake with no sugar or flour? Always wondered how many ways you could cook a shoe? Dying to know what Hitler's favorite exotic fru…

Folks, it’s finally here. After weeks of staring at your phone, waiting for Chips part deux, it’s finally here. Hopefully, now you can get some sleep. Join us, won’t you, as Nicole serenades us with the history of potato chips, plus used cars, taboo meats, and an uncomfortable discussion about the movie “Toys”. So pop, but please promise to stop, i…

Get ready for more leftovers with another recycled episode from the archives! You're cramp-y, you're starving, you have an urge to kill. Looks like Aunt Flow is paying you an unwanted visit (wink). This week the gals are talking PERIODS! They're more than just times in history people, they're a week each month where blood seeps from your body witho…

Just when you thought you were sick of leftovers, we bring to you a recycled episode from the archives! Chefs in film are back, and they’re more unrealistic than ever. So make yourselves a stuffing omelet and settle in for a good old fashion Bradley Cooper slander-ramma, it’s Life’s a Banquet the podcast! Heritage Radio Network is a listener suppor…

Ahoy, beach babes! This week we plead with you to drag up a life raft and listen in as we crunch into PART 1 of our CHIPS series. Not so fast Eric Estrada, not those kind of chips. We’re talking chips, like with dips. The kind of chips that used to live in a communal bowl at a big fun party before the end days began. Today we discuss everyone's fav…

Welcome you dashing old babes, to week two of our ancient restaurant series. Today we are mixing up a tableside episode, consisting of egg yolks, anchovies, Ben Afflecks, black pepper, romaine lettuce, Ernest Hemmingway, and of course, raw beef! Tuck your napkin into your shirt as we tell you the tale of LA’s most glam old school restaurant, Musso …

We’re back folks, and we are the same as ever! This week we give you part 1 of our favorite old-school restaurant series. If you have a boner for gelatin, bow ties, and carpeted dining rooms, you’re gonna feel right at home on this week's delicious and extremely dusty-old episode. Nic is comin' at you all greased up with the history of the New York…

Well hello, you filthy, trashy, beautiful freaky deakys! We see you, we are you, and this week's episode was meant to speak directly to your degenerate little souls! On this week's smut-filled extravaganza we are talking about the Pope of Trash himself, Mr. John Waters! We have all your favorite food moments from “A Dirty Shame” and “Serial Mom”, a…

Welcome to Life’s a Ben Affleck, a podcast that is supposed to be about the highs and lows of food history, but has now become a Ben Affleck update-only show. On this week’s topicless episode we discuss, you guessed it, Ben Affleck, as well as nobody’s favorite Mayoral candidate, Andrew Yang, Los Angles’ best old school restaurants, apartment drama…

So you made it through part 1 of our TEASTRAVAGANZA. Congratulations, and welcome to part deux! We hope you brought some cream and some hottttt gossip! This week we talk hard tea, and the worst party in history, The Boston Tea Party. So get yourself some Smooth Move and toss it all into the ocean, it’s Life’s a Banquet the podcast! Heritage Radio N…

It’s tea time babes, so grab yourselves an English muffin and turn on “Murder She Wrote”, because things are about to get real geriatric on this week's burning-hot episode of America’s favorite podcast. We are talking tea history, tea puns, tea psychics and psychos, plus the glorious Long Island history of the Long Island Iced Tea, and the origin o…

Hey kiddos! Who’s ready to burn through 8 layers of skin on the roof of their mouths?! If you raised your hand, you’ve come to the right place, because on today’s part deux of our 90’s food redux, we are talking about everyone's favorite molten-lava-hot microwaved sandwich, HOT POCKETS! So smoke two joints through your nose, sneak home after curfew…

Hey dudes, it’s time to eat our shorts, because today we are bringing you another round of 90’s eps to snap into! We have the blazing lava-hot history of the universe's favorite frozen sandwich, HOT POCKETS, and the utopia that surrounds FRUITOPIA! So chug some purple stuff and Vaya con Dios, it’s Life’s a Banquet the podcast! Cowabunga! Heritage R…

Spring has sprung, and we are too! On sexy spring produce that is! Tune in to hear the latest Ben Affleck news, PLUS Nic has the spicy history of radishes, and Z is all in for peas and the adorable ancient tradition of “Knocking Up”, and no, not that knocking up, get your mind out of the gutter…...and into the trash, because this episode is unneces…

CLOWNS!! Ok, great, we have your attention. Clowns, we all hate them, they are scary and evil, so why do we keep trying to force them to be adorable? This week we examine America’s favorite rock and roll band, Insane Clown Posse, and take a horrifying look at the man who pulled cheeseburgers out of his pants for a living, Ronald McDonnald. So dust …

April 22nd 2021: Two opinionated women in their late 30’s/ early 40’s hobble over to their respective computers. One is in Indianapolis, Indiana, the other in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn- both areas where people have been known to “go on vacation and never come back”. The women find themselves amusing, and so have subjected the world to their podcast…

Well, just when you thought you’ve already heard us talk about coffee on this show, you realize you’re absolutely right. But today’s coffee redux is grande with an extra shot of cheese. Open wide for Nicole’s riveting history of coffee enemas, and stay for a working-class-hero story of the notorious “McDonald's hot coffee” tort lawsuit. So put on a…

Happy spring baby bunnies, and welcome to a non denominational Easter spectacular. You’ve mad it through the cruel winter, and have arrived at America’s favorite podcast, just in time to hear two middle aged women debate the best flavor jelly bean, and whether or not Jesus was in fact, anyone's homeboy. Are you a born again pagean? Perfect! We have…

Pull up a chair, folks, and slide right in, cause today we are talking food and sex, AGAIN! Yes, we explored this topic in the early days of this program, but there are loads and loads and loadsssss more to spray, we mean, say, on the wild and weird world of sexy foods, and foodie sex. Strap in as we take you for a ride with Mighty Aphrodite, and f…

Well alright, alright, alright you little beach bums- you’ve arrived, probably drunk, at part deux of the Floridaisode! Strap in for the wild ride that is the history of your favorite Floridian sub shop, Miami Subs! Murder, mayhem, and Pitbull! So grab yourself a pink grapefruit and head on down to Pleasure Island, it’s Life’s a Banquet the god for…

Ahoy! What’s green and hot and full of frogs and serial killers? That’s right darlings, Florida! This week we are talking about everyone’s love to hate state, but wait, it’s also great! Look, every place you go has something to mock, and yes, we know, Florida is whacky and also often quite scary, but there’s also a lot to love! Tune in as we unwrap…

Hey knuckleheads! We’re back and we are the same as ever, with this weeks in depth investigative look at Americas sneakiest food, CHEESE! It’s wet, it’s dry, apparently now sometimes it’s made of cashews. There are holes and mold, and it comes in logs and rolls. So pop a couple lactaid, and fire up that god damn fondue pot, it’s Life’s a Banquet, t…

On today’s steaming hot episode of @lifesabanquetpodcast we cover the greatest sight two human eyeballs could ever see, KEVIN COSTNER! Why are you doing a Kevin Costner episode of a food podcast you might ask? Well we are glad you asked. The gals have a shared love of KC, and this week they unveil the best food scenes in each Cos flick, what foods …

Hey ya sex pots! It's VD, and we've got a very special ep, overflowing with bath water and NECCO wafers! Tune in for the sensual history of boxed chocolates, and stay for the XXX behind the scenes look at conversation hearts. So whip up some lava cake and inflate your girlfriend, it's Life's a Banquet the podcast! Heritage Radio Network is a listen…

Hey ya knuckle heads! Welcome to an in your face, high octane, nacho cheese covered episode of Americas favorite podcast! There’s layers to this shit, 7 to be exact. That’s right folks, this here is a Superbowl Ep! If you want to listen to two people who don’t like football and can’t understand why there is a Superbowl during a global pandemic, you…

Well Merlot you drunken lunatics! No, not you Miss Dry January, we’re talking to our oenophiles, and twophiles for that matter, because today’s show is all about your favorite thing to water into, and ours-WINE! Saddle up as we talk about Champale, Ed Hardy Wine and the History of Americas most beloved wine movie of all time, Sideways. So call up P…

Strap in for part deux of our spine tingling year in review! As we enter the last year of human civilization, we are compelled to unpack the terribly insubordinate year that was 2020. So get those mits into some sourdough, and cue up Eminem's Oscar performance, it’s Life’s a Banquet the podcast! Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonpro…

Well folks, 2020 if finally over, and we have your mid January year end wrap up! What can we say about a year like 2020? We laughed, we cried, we cried, we stared at the wall, we made sourdough, we cried, we marched, we drank vodka from a baby bottle. Join your two favorite freaky deakys as they unpack the good, the bad, and the totally horrifying …

Good tidings babearinos! You've reached the top of the mountain, and it's littered in fruitcake! On this weeks rum soaked episode Nicole and Z help you sink gently into the holidays like a bathtub full of thick ham glaze! The two tell tales of gingerbread, fruitcake and of course unveil their favorite holiday albums! So chug some grog and tell Phil…

Happy holidays ya mixed nuts you! This week we are coming atcha drenched in eggnog and covered in sap. That’s right babes, it’s a holiday episode extravaganza! Nic has some of the worst Christmas movies ever made, and Z is telling you all about the BEST Christmas movie ever, Die Hard. That’s right haters, Die Hard is a Christmas movie. So take off …

Are you tired of biting into that brand new cast iron skillet or sick pair of Jordans, only to discover you’ve broken your tooth and clogged your bowels? Well fear not folks, because on today’s show we are covering the only gifts you should give, and eat; edible gifts! Sure they might stain your sheets and give you cancer, but who doesn’t want some…

They’re a limp yet loveable, perfunctory, predictable, practical and sometimes putrid; that’s right folks, they’re leftovers. This week, as many of us enjoy turkey milkshakes and stuffing tacos, we thought what better time than now to directly address food you made too much of, assuming you’d want to eat it for two weeks straight. Leftovers are a n…

It’s getting cold out there friends, but fear not, we have an episode today to melt that icy heart. This week's episode is all about ROMCOMS! You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll realize that America’s sweetheart Tom Hanks is actually a lecherous monster. Nic has a Hallmark Channel round up of their best romantic food films, and Z details every single …

Folk’s, we cordially invite you to hold onto your butts, because we have a very special episode coming directly at you this week. On this week's ep Nicole and Z are joined by America's sweetheart, comedian, podcaster and dried beef lover, Dan Ahdoot! Dan is the host of the hilarious food podcast, “Green Eggs and Dan”, and soon to be starring in the…

Time to spread your seeds kiddos with this weeks squishy, moldy episode, dedicated to PUMPKINS! Why do we carve them? Why do we eat them? Where did you come from where did you go? Nicole has the history of Pumpkin carving, and tells us why Satan is much chiller than God. And Z has the simultaneously heartwarming and nihilistic backstory of "It's th…

Hey ho ya little Banquet loving fools! Today's show is nasty, polarizing and slanderous. So, in many ways, it's like any other week but it's also riddled with cottage cheese, jelly beans, and grown people deep throating corn dogs left and right. We deep dive into Amy Klobuchar's comb salad incident, plus the sordid details of Bill Clinton's battle …

Look, this show is haunted, you already know that. If you thought that this weeks episode was going to be less haunted, boy were you wrong! On this weeks extremely evil and possessed episode we are talking horror movies! Nicole puts us on to some of the best scary movies about food. We’re looking at you “Attack of the Killer Tomatoes”. And Z has th…

Welcome freaks and ghouls to a terrifying episode of your favorite haunted food podcast! This week Nic & Z are unraveling the toilet paper off of history’s most beloved monsters! They’re scary, they're spooky, they will eat your children and your children's children, and then just keep on walkin on broken glass. Monsters folks, you hate to love the…

Welcome friends to a more haunted than usual episode of your favorite evil and undead food podcast. Muhahaha. That’s right, muhahahahaha!! This week Nicole and Z are diving brains first into spooky season and talking hauntings! How did Jesus get into your grilled cheese?! Why is Mary all up in your baked Alaska? Plus Z has the stories behind some o…

Space is the place kiddos, and today we are taking you there with an out of this world episode all about the final frontier. We talk ball, wars, trek and force. There will be dried up, dusty ass ice cream, and packets of beef and of course, blood. Plus a shocking in depth expose of your favorite restaurant, Mars 2112. So un buckle your seatbelts an…

Ahoy babes! Nicole moved this week, so we have a fly by the seat of our pants episode today, complete with food faves from the Middle Ages, birds on birds on birds action, and roosters that have been tied to bigs Human Centipede style! Plus, what's the deal with crepes?!? So turn on re-runs of Star Trek and shove a tiny bird inside an olive, it's L…

Holy cannoli folks, do we have a special episode for you today! We are turning 100! No, not our combined ages, it’s our 100th episode! After putting up with 99 hours of this crap, you can surely stomach one more right? We are pulling out all the stops with a mesmerizing episode about America's favorite pastime, MAGIC! Nicole waxes poetic about magi…

Prepare yourselves for the hit of the summer that you didn’t know you were waiting for. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll choke on a milk dud. It’s the SUMMER BLOCKBUSTERS episode today folks, and like any good blockbuster, people will fall in love, a town will be saved, kids will be cute and your third favorite character will die. Strap in for Nico…