Jersey's Best Podcast

This week, Jersey’s Best Podcast is taking on its most ambitious draft yet. The Ultimate New Jersey Food Town Draft! Because NJ.com’s illustrious food and culture team just finished a massive project — our 2026 dining guide series. Over the past five months, we have published dining guides ranking the 11 best restaurants in 20 different towns, cities (and one island) across the Garden State. Host...

This week, Jersey’s Best Podcast is getting SCARY.  Because Halloween is right around the corner, and there aren’t many holidays that this great state loves more than All Hallow’s Eve. Not just because New Jerseyans love an excuse to commit to the bit and decorate, dress up and eat junk food. Trust me, we do. It’s because we're pretty sure this state is frickin’ haunted. Host Jeremy Schneider...

Hank Azaria isn't just one of the best voice actors and mimics of the 21st century. The man who has voiced countless voices on "The Simpsons" and has played iconic roles in movies like "The Birdcage" is also... the best Bruce Springsteen impersonator in the world, playing a show at the Stone Pony on Oct. 14! Hank Azaria himself joins host Jeremy Schneider to discuss how he became the front man of...

This week, Jersey’s Best Podcast is hosting an award show for New Jersey pizza! Because New Jersey makes the best pizza in the world — and while pizzerias across the Garden State have been featured on countless best-of lists and earned plenty of national and international honors, no one knows New Jersey pizza better than NJ.com. Which is why our illustrious food team just released our biggest pizz...

This week, Jersey’s Best Podcast is throwing a birthday party for the Meadowlands Sports Complex! Because the Meadowlands is one of the most essential yet exhausting components of New Jersey life — and Sept. 1 marked the 50th anniversary of its opening! Host Jeremy Schneider is joined by NJ.com's award-winning sports columnist Steve Politi to break down the history of the sports complex, its...

Jersey’s Best Podcast is helping New Jersey secede from the United States and become its own country! Because New Jersey is basically its own country — with a vibe and culture all its own. We are already the best state in the country — if we were a country, we’d be the best country in the world! Host Jeremy Schneider is joined by Jersey City-based comedian Alex Nicholas break down who will be the...

New Jersey’s pizza industry is trending away from slices and toward whole pies, and we don’t like it! Look, we're not saying pizza slices are an endangered species. But when Coniglio’s King of Pies, arguably 2026’s most anticipated New Jersey pizzeria, opened in Asbury Park, it did so with a long menu of pies and a proclamation. “No slices. Whole pie or no pie.” More and more pizzerias are going a...

NJ.com just updated its New Jersey sandwich rankings — which generated no controversy or scandal at all! So this week Jersey's Best Podcast isn't just talking about sandwiches, we're drafting them! Host Jeremy Schneider is joined by NJ.com food and culture reporter Lauren Musni to discuss why the Garden State loves sandwiches so much before moving on to the draft — with categories ranging from dif...

A vast network of surveillance cameras has popped up up not all over New Jersey, but across the country. The cameras are automated license plate readers, logging the make, model, and color of passing cars as we traverse the Garden State. Law enforcement agencies say these cameras have become crucial to investigating crimes. But many across New Jersey believe they create a surveillance state, viola...

We talk about Anthony Bourdain in some way shape or form in pretty much every episode of Jersey's Best Podcast. The Leonia native has become synonymous with Garden State culture. He was one of New Jersey’s greatest champions — he famously once said “to know New Jersey is to love her.”  But this week we’re talking specifically about Mr. Bourdain this week because we are days away from the rele...

This week, Jersey’s Best Podcast is talking to one of the most influential and iconic bands in Garden State history — The Bouncing Souls! The boys from Basking Ridge founded The Bouncing Souls all the way back in 1989 — that’s right, they’ve been rocking for nearly 40 years! Their signature energetic punk rock sound helped make them a staple of the New Brunswick basement scene. Host Jeremy Schneid...

Everyone loves hot dogs — especially New Jersey. The Garden State’s hot dog history is grand and gluttonous, diverse and divisive. From old-school joints deep-frying dogs, covering them with chili and calling them wieners from another state to new fangled spots slinging glizzies from all over the country, there is a hot dog for everyone in New Jersey. Host Jeremy Schneider is joined by hot dog con...

It's the most wonderful time of the year in New Jersey — beach season. But as great as going down the Shore is, some people don't know how to act on the beach! That's where Jersey's Beach Podcast comes in with our ultimate Jersey Shore beach etiquette guide! Host Jeremy Schneider is joined by Jersey City comedian Nick Fierro, a man who proudly once wore combat boots to the beach, to talk about the...

Tomato season is in full effect, New Jersey! And to celebrate, we decided it was time to re-run our episode from last summer — the tomato episode with Jersey Shore chef Laura Brahn! You say tomato, we say podcast! It is officially peak tomato season in the Garden State, and there is no better time to enjoy the delicious red vegetable — one that has a distinct connection to New Jersey. Not a tomato...

New Jersey is a burger paradise, and we're hungry! From iconic 90-year-old diners serving tiny onion-laden sliders to pubs and bars grilling up thick tavern-style burgers and everything in between (yes, I’m looking at you, smashburger spots) New Jersey’s burger scene runs the gamut. Host Jeremy Schneider is joined by burger expert Nick Lepore aka Burger Buff to break down what makes New Jersey's b...

The New York Knicks are the 2026 NBA Champions. And two of their most important players were born right here in New Jersey. Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns! Host Jeremy Schneider is joined by Asbury Park Press college basketball writer and news columnist Jerry Carino to break down how it was clear all the way back in middle school that KAT was going to be a star, how Towns took his game to th...

The World Cup has come to New Jersey, and we're excited — but also kind of terrified. MetLife Stadium (renamed New York New Jersey Stadium for the event) is playing host to the biggest sporting event in the world. Is New Jersey ready for thousands of tourists to descend on what is already the most densely populated state in the country? Host Jeremy Schneider is joined by NJ.com reporter Sean Sulli...

School is almost out for summer but that doesn’t mean it's the offseason for kids across the Garden State. There is no offseason anymore. Many of New Jersey’s young athletes are now expected to train year-round now, playing with elite club teams and working with private trainers.  All those club teams, all that travel, all those coaching sessions, all that equipment? Just like everything in 2026,...

“Jeopardy” just had a player go on an all-time heater, one of the best performances the 60-year-old program has ever seen. Jamie Ding won 31 straight games — the fifth-longest winning streak in show history! He won more than $880,000 along the way. But more importantly… Jamie is from New Jersey! Host Jeremy Schneider is joined by Jamie Ding himself to talk about how he got on Jeopardy, his record-...

Long before Adam Sandler, Timothee Chalamet and Sydney Sweeney were filming movies all over New Jersey and long before Netflix was setting up shop in Monmouth County, the Garden State was already home base for an iconic film studio — Troma Entertainment. Troma is the longest-running independent movie studio in the world, one of the biggest names in horror and B movies. The studio is best known for...

A trip to the Jersey Shore is basically a choose your own adventure of beautiful beach options — there’s something for everyone. Whether you’re a beach bum, a foodie, a concert-lover, a pinball wizard or a dive-bar aficionado or all of the above, it’s almost impossible to have a bad time down the Shore. In fact, there are so many things to do at the Jersey Shore that it’s almost overwhelming!  Tha...

Happy Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month! Jersey's Best Podcast loves celebrating New Jersey's diversity and culture all year long. But with May being AAPI Heritage Month, we wanted to take a closer look at New Jersey's AAPI dining scene. Host Jeremy Schneider is joined by NJ.com food and culture reporter Lauren Musni to discuss what AAPI Heritage Month means to New Jersey. Then they d...

Diners are famous for long hours and vast menus that cover countless cultures and multiple meals — in a way, they defy time and space. There is no wrong order at a New Jersey diner, per se, but there are some questionable decisions to be made while seated in a cozy — fine, sticky — vinyl booth. And you order can be very telling. That’s where we come in. Host Jeremy Schneider is joined by Jersey Ci...

This week, Jersey’s Best Podcast is paying homage to one of New Jersey’s greatest actresses.  A Golden Globe winner. An Emmy winner. An Oscar winner. Most importantly, a native of Millburn, New Jersey — that’s right people, this is the Anne Hathaway episode! There's really no bad time to talk about Mrs. Hathaway. But this is the perfect time, because 2026 is shaping up to be a hell of a year for t...

It’s always been hard to operate a restaurant in New Jersey. But in 2026? It's damn near impossible. The COVID-19 pandemic rocked the industry to the core — and in many ways it never recovered. With everything becoming more expensive in 2026 as inflation spikes prices, dining habits are changing across the board. NJ.com food and culture reporter Lauren Musni just documented this in her story on ho...