Al Roker

Your Mama’s Kitchen

Higher Ground

Relationships, Society & Culture

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

On this special Thanksgiving episode, we’re joined by America’s weatherman Al Roker. He shares Thanksgiving traditions new and old, plus tips on how to perfect his mama’s oxtail stew with dumplings.

Al Roker is the longtime host of Today’s weather programing on NBC. He led NBC’s coverage of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade 26 years in a row, up until 2021. He had his own program on Food Network called Roker on the Road and a podcast, Cooking up a Storm with Al Roker.

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0:00.0	You didn't have a lot of money, but you shared yourself through food. If tragedy befell one of your neighbors, there was a
0:16.7	corningware dish of something that went to that neighbor. There was always an opportunity
0:25.6	to bring something to somebody,
0:27.2	whether it was if one of the neighborhood kids was sick,
0:30.6	a plate of brownies, or something like that.
0:34.0	Welcome to your mama's kitchen, the podcast that explores how we're shaped as adults
0:41.0	by the kitchens we grew up in as kids. I'm Michelle Norris. Today I spoke to someone whose name
0:47.4	is synonymous with the Thanksgiving holiday for American families, the
0:51.6	television legend Al Roker, if you've ever tuned in to watch the
0:55.6	Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, you've probably witnessed his radiating personality and infectious
1:01.1	smile as he ushers in the next big float or the big marching band.
1:05.2	He's been on the air for 40 years predicting the weather on NBC's today show
1:09.9	winning 14 Emmys and earning the nickname America's Weather Man.
1:14.4	He's also created a bit of a food empire of his own, hosting special cooking segments,
1:19.3	authoring several cookbooks, and he's even hosted his own podcast called Cooking up a Storm with
1:24.1	El Roker. All that is to say he has never been shy about his skills in the
1:29.0	kitchen and on the grill and in this episode you'll also hear some of his tips about how to make the
1:34.3	perfect waffle. Now before he became the charismatic TV personality we
1:41.9	all know and love.
1:43.0	El Roker was a shy, bespectacled kid obsessed with comics and audio equipment.
1:48.8	In this conversation, we reach back to El's childhood in Queens outside New York City.
1:53.6	You'll hear about how his mama cooked for a big family on a tight budget
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