Bacon Phat

Julia and Sasha are joined by Rafa, a New Yorker with a passion for cooking and eating good food, to discuss the legendary memoir that turned Anthony Bourdain from an average chef into one of the most incredible food and travel journalists of the 20th century. They discuss working in real NYC kitchens, tips for cooking at home, and some of the more memorable parts of the Bourdain's sensational book. Other topics include: Aunt Sandy and the Kwanzaa Cake, magic whisks, Sasha baking donuts at 2 am, sole meunière, Turkey in 2015, and more. Rafa's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rafacampossalles/ [https://www.instagram.com/rafacampossalles/] Bacon Phat instagram: https://www.instagram.com/baconphatpodcast/ [https://www.instagram.com/baconphatpodcast/] Show notes: https://www.baconphatpod.com/episode-26 [https://www.baconphatpod.com/episode-26] Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/baconphat [https://www.patreon.com/baconphat] Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/baconphat?alert=2] (https://www.patreon.com/baconphat?alert=2)

In this bonus episode, Julia and co-host Rique, our new friend we met at a BLM protest in Colorado Springs, discuss The End of Policing as a response to police brutality and racial equality. Too often, white people refuse to let Black Americans lead the discussion on issues of race. That has to end. "Defund the police" means fewer police antagonizing communities of color and more money directed to education and community initiatives. Police should not be the primary point of contact for the homeless or mentally ill. Prostitution and drugs should be legal. Other topics include the school-to-prison pipeline, the War on Drugs and the new Jim Crow era (see Michelle Alexander's incredible book), 13th on Netflix, and the racist, violent history of police in America. Black Lives Matter. Support BLM: https://nymag.com/strategist/article/where-to-donate-for-black-lives-matter.html [https://nymag.com/strategist/article/where-to-donate-for-black-lives-matter.html] Contact your reps: https://framinghamsource.com/index.php/2020/06/03/letter-contact-your-elected-leaders-tell-them-black-lives-matter/ [https://framinghamsource.com/index.php/2020/06/03/letter-contact-your-elected-leaders-tell-them-black-lives-matter/] Show notes: baconphatpod.com/bonus-episode Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/baconphat?alert=2] (https://www.patreon.com/baconphat?alert=2)

Sasha and Julia are joined by Bison, Sasha's former co-worker at the outdoor retailer, to discuss Grandma Gatewood's Walk, the book chronicling Emma Gatewood's journey to become the first woman to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail at age 67. We discuss Mrs. Gatewood's life and legacy and Bison's experiences on the AT, including his favorite sections, luxury items, peeing while walking, and trail magic. Other topics include: the Kingdom Cot, Henry David Thoreau, JanSport, Johnny Appleseed, Miss Janet, and MORE. SHOWNOTES: https://www.baconphatpod.com/episode-25 [https://www.baconphatpod.com/episode-25] INSTAGRAM: @baconphatpodcast Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/baconphat?alert=2] (https://www.patreon.com/baconphat?alert=2)

Sasha and Julia discuss Aron Ralston's incredible memoir about cutting off his right arm, which had been trapped by an 800-pound chockstone in Blue John Canyon in Canyonlands National Park, to save his life in 2003. The book is marvelously written with vivid imagery, harrowing adventures, and haunting spiritual experiences. It's one of Sasha's major influences. She might not be a rock climber and snowboarder moving to Colorado without it. And it serves to remind Julia of how tragically short life is and that we should spend our precious time doing something worthwhile. Additional topics include: pOoP, watching the Hills, HaNd SaNiTiZeR, Julia's TIPI, Sasha's fire starters, Chris McCandless, Sasha's OWN MULTITOOL RESCUE STORY, Johnny Kapahala, and MORE. SHOW NOTES: https://www.baconphatpod.com/episode-24 [https://www.baconphatpod.com/episode-24] INSTAGRAM: @baconphatpodcast Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/baconphat?alert=2] (https://www.patreon.com/baconphat?alert=2)

Topics include: pOoPiNg while dRiViNg, delishus haute chocolate, RapphanNOCK, HUNTING TURKEYS, Vanessa Hudgens and Miley Cyrus, Sean Spicer, BEV's BREAKFAST BOWL, working at farmers markets in Washington, DC, food deserts, RACISM and MISOGYNY, ag subsidies (gross!), RAW MILK (cover your ears, epidemiologists!!), poobahs, the stupid bureaucracy, a RANT about libertarians, and MORE. Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/baconphat?alert=2] (https://www.patreon.com/baconphat?alert=2)