Best Of with William Shatner: Sushi & Mexican Food
Your Last Meal with Rachel Belle
Rachel Belle
4.4 • 709 Ratings
🗓️ 13 January 2022
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
At 90 years old, William Shatner is an exuberant, curious, ridiculous flavor of hilarious and his chat with host Rachel Belle feels like a live improv performance with plenty of unexpected twists and turns. Shatner is best known for his role as Captain Kirk on Star Trek and "singing" popular songs in his signature spoken word style, but he also has strong opinions about avocado toast, considers himself a sushi connoisseur and loves beautifully made Mexican food.
So Rachel took a trip to Sushinola, one of the country's few Sinaloa style Mexican sushi restaurants, in Kent, Washington. Rolls are stuffed with carne asada, topped with pico de gallo, drizzled with housemade chipotle sauce and deep fried because co-owner Anayancy Reyes says most Mexicans are decidedly not fans of raw fish.
And psychology professor Dr Julia Hormes joins the show to share her fascinating research on cravings. Turns out, food cravings are cultural and psychological, not a universal human experience -- the word "craving" doesn't even exist in many languages. The whole thing about pregnant women craving crazy combinations like pickles and ice cream? Dr Hormes will set the record straight.
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| 0:00.0 | Alaska Airlines has teamed up with Hawaiian Airlines to create new nonstop international flights. |
| 0:05.8 | Go to Alaskaair.com or Hawaiian Airlines.com and I'll tell you more details later in the show. |
| 0:11.2 | Hello. Hi there. It's Rachel Bell and producer Laura and I are taking this week to work on new episodes. |
| 0:17.4 | But I didn't want to leave you hanging. So I polished up one of my very favorite episodes |
| 0:21.1 | for your listening pleasure. William Shatner is one of the funniest people I've had on your |
| 0:25.8 | last meal. And this wasn't a classic one-sided interview where I asked him questions and he answers. |
| 0:30.8 | This was a ridiculous off-the-rails conversation. And even if you listen to this one when it came out |
| 0:36.2 | back in May of 2019, I highly recommend listening again. |
| 0:40.1 | If not for entertainment, then as a reminder that you two can be this sharp and this silly at 90 years old. |
| 0:47.0 | So enjoy William Shatner and we'll be back in two weeks with a brand new episode featuring comedian and Bob's Burger star Eugene |
| 0:54.9 | Merman. |
| 0:55.6 | All right. |
| 0:56.0 | Let's start the show. |
| 0:57.6 | Hiro, Seattle. |
| 1:10.3 | I'm Rachel Bell, and this is your last meal, a show about famous people and the stories |
| 1:15.4 | behind the foods they love most. Today on the program, actor, author, spoken word singer, horse breeder, |
| 1:23.7 | paintball enthusiast, William Shatner. Shatner is best known for playing Captain Kirk on Star Trek. |
| 1:30.2 | Well, before we talk about food, I want to go back to the late 1960s for that first |
| 1:34.8 | interracial kiss between... |
| 1:36.4 | Oh, please. |
| 1:37.2 | You don't want to do that. |
| 1:38.1 | You guys are in for a treat. |
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