Life’s a Banquet with Zahra Tangorra & Nicole Bailey

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 another pot of blazing hot Java, and shoot it direc...

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 all the bloodiest rituals coming right at your fa...

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 find out what's up with Uranus. And then prepare fo...

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 forsaken podcast! Heritage Radio Network is a listene...

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 the sticky history of Key Lime Pie, and digress i...

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, the CHEESECAST! Heritage Radio Network is a listene...

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 they would like to eat off his bear chest, plus th...

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 listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Li...

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’ve come to the right damn place. Fear not, we wil...

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 Paul Giamatti and think of something to say that ma...

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 nonprofit podcast network. Support Life's A Banquet by b...

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 highs and lows of our collective last year on eart...

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 Spector the turkeys done, it's Life's a Banquet t...

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 your shoes, and crank up that Phil Spector record,...

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 out of season Chilean honeydew on a stick at thei...

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 necessary part of food waste reduction, and sometim...

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 food and drink moment in the best romantic comedy...

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 Netflix series, “The Crew”. The three unpack cent...

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 the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown". So grab some pump...

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 of the bulge and addiction to short shorts. So tak...

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 the history of zombie flicks, why they eat brains, w...

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 them but you can’t live without them. Hold on to...

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 of NYC’s most ghost positive restaurants. And what’...

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 and float around your apartment, and find an alien t...

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 Life's a Banquet the podcast! Heritage Radio Networ...