Best Of: Padma Lakshmi On “Taste The Nation” And Sports Illustrated

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4.6 • 592 Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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We’re re-airing one of this year’s most popular episodes, our interview with Padma Lakshmi. Padma is brilliant, fearless, and currently experiencing the kind of success her younger self could only dream of. The second season of her Hulu show, Taste The Nation With Padma Lakshmi, dropped this spring. In it, she examines America’s foodways and the history behind them. Padma is, of course, best known as the host of Bravo’s Top Chef, currently in its 20th season.* In April, Padma was named to the Time 100 List of the year’s most influential newsmakers and was featured in this year’s Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue—the one with Martha Stewart on the cover. *In June, Padma announced she was leaving the cast of Top Chef. Hosted by Kerry Diamond Produced by Catherine Baker and Jenna Sadhu Edited by Jenna Sadhu Music by Tralala, “All Fired Up” Radio Cherry Bombe is a production of The Cherry Bombe Podcast Network. Our show is recorded at Newsstand Studios at Rockefeller Center. Subscribe to our newsletter and check out past episodes and transcripts here. More on Padma: Instagram, Taste The Nation on Hulu, Top Chef, website, recipes

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0:00.0	Hi everybody, it's Carrie Diamond.
0:02.8	Today's show is a special rebroadcast of my interview
0:05.6	with the one and only Padma Lakshmi.
0:08.2	It's one of Radio Cherrybaum's most popular episodes of the year so far.
0:11.9	Have fun listening to our chat
0:13.4	and wishing all of you a happy and safe holiday.
0:24.6	Voice and girls are on fire at up. Boys and girls are all fired up.
0:27.6	Oh, girls, chicken, breaking, baby, and we're all fired up.
0:31.6	Hi, everyone. You're listening to Radio Cherry Bomb, and I'm your host, Carrie Diamond, coming to you from newsstand studios at Rockefeller Center in the heart of New York City. I'm the founder and editor of Cherry Bomb Magazine, and each week I talk to the most interesting women and culinary creatives in and around the world of food. Today's guest is Padma Lakshmi. Padma is a force of nature
0:56.6	and a good friend, and I am so happy she's joining us today. She is brilliant, beautiful, and
1:02.1	fearless. All of you know Padma as the host of Top Chef. The 20th season of the show is airing
1:07.4	right now, and Padma has been part of the program for 19 consecutive seasons.
1:12.3	She also has her own show on Hulu. It's called Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi,
1:17.1	and in it, she examines America's food ways and the history behind them. Taste the Nation,
1:22.2	season two just dropped the other week. Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi is smart, sexy,
1:27.1	and thoughtful, and you all need to
1:29.0	watch it. And wait, there's more. She was on the recent time 100 list, and she has a spread in the new
1:34.8	Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. Yes, the issue with Martha Stewart on the cover. I'm happy to see
1:40.0	our foodie friends getting their time in the sun, literally. Stay tuned for my chat with the one
1:44.8	and only Padma Lakshmi. The Cherrybaum online shop is temporarily closed because we're switching
1:50.3	warehouses. If you are looking for the newest issue of Cherrybaum, be sure to visit one of our
1:55.0	amazing stockists. Cherrybaum is carried by great bookstores, cafes, magazine shops, and culinary boutiques across the country and abroad.
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