Life’s a Banquet with Zahra Tangorra & Nicole Bailey

Rerun alert! Still, I heard from my cousin's friend's best friend's aunt, that today's episode of Life's a Banquet is going to be super funny! That's right folks, we are myth-busting AND myth trusting on today's investigative episode. Hard-hitting journalism is coming at you from left, right, and of course behind, as the gals debunk, reminisce alive test some of the most prolific food urban legend...

Just when you thought you weren’t going to be haunted any longer, guess again folks, because we have part deux of the most ghostly episode in listening history! That’s right, more ghosts! Join the team as they talk haunted restaurants, Ghostface Killah, and Día de Los Muertos. So call Bruce Willis and let him know he’s been dead the whole damn time, it’s Life’s a Banquet the podcast! Heritage Radi...

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 in your neighbor's bedroom, it’s Life’s a Banquet...

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. We’re looking at you “Attack of the Killer Tomat...

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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????? So nibble on some Rhubarb leaves and snap into a...

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 corn and use it for literally everything you could...

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! Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit...

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 Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast 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 fruit was? Well, we answer these questions and more o...

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, it’s Life’s a Banquet the god damn podcast!  Herita...

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 without care for your plans or your sanity. Nic and Z t...

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 supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Life's A Ba...

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 favorite slippery orange discharge- no not the 45th p...

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 & Frank , and what every tragic and nontragic...

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 City steakhouse, and wouldn’t you know it, there’...

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”, and so much more! Eat a meatball sandwich right out...

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, Australia, and so much more! So go park the car...

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 Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast 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 of no one's favorite cocktail at the legendary Oak...

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, and nuke yourself a ham and cheese that will sca...

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 Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit pod...

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 unnecessarily filthy! So gas up that John Deer and start...

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 off that tiny bike and sharpen your fangs, it’s Li...

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, “Life’s a Banquet”. In today’s episode these ch...