Hoovering - Episode 32: James Acaster
Hoovering with Jessica Fostekew
Jessica Fostekew
4.8 • 796 Ratings
🗓️ 6 September 2018
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to HOOVERING, the podcast about eating. Host, Jessica Fostekew (Guilty Feminist, Motherland) has a frank conversation with an interesting person about gobbling; guzzling; nibbling; scoffing; devouring and wolfing all up… or if you will, hoovering.
This week I’m talking to a master of the comedic craft, James Acaster. There are some TOP TIPS in terms of mushroom cookery and off-menu-items. Not to even start on the blistering series of American puddings that get a shout out. This is was such a fun, funny, easy episode to record and I think it shows. Once you’ve listened to this watch James’ trilogy of incredible shows on Netflix: Repertoire.
Honourable Mentions
Trader Joe’s in the States where he bought the frozen banana pieces dipped in chocolate.
Magnolia Bakery off of Sex And the City.
I couldn’t find the beautiful Smack the Pony sketch where everyone’s given everything up but actually I found THIS ONE which is, if anything, more fitting
Tom Allen’s Nigella’s Mexican Eggs
Nak’d Bars are a health food bar we have here in the UK and Krispy Kremes are available all over the western world and are not a health food - they’re a delicious heavenly headache wonder doughtnut shop.
Chin Chin Labs and HERE’S THE VIDEO of James doing his torturous and brilliant show with Ed Gamble there.
Five Guys is a mid-high end burger chain relatively new to the UK and Burger King is one which was big in the 80s and is in a steady state of perpetuated death throws now.
Restaurant off of Netflix smash hit Chef’s Table
OH, And
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| 0:00.0 | Love this podcast. Support this show through the ACAST supporter feature. It's up to you how much you give and there's no regular commitment. Just hit the link in the show description to support now. |
| 0:14.6 | Welcome to Hoovering, the podcast about eating. I'm Jessica Bostigue. I love eating as much as anything |
| 0:25.6 | else in the world, but also it sometimes brings me conflict, shame and all sorts of other things that are rubbish. |
| 0:33.5 | It's complicated and I think fascinating. This is a conversation with an interesting soul, |
| 0:39.4 | not just about food, but about gobbling it up, or if you will, hoovering. |
| 0:47.3 | Happy Friday, Wizards. First things first, thanks loads for listening. If you like this, |
| 0:53.7 | the greatest thing you can do, please, |
| 0:55.3 | is tell other people about it, however you, so please, online, in person, whatever. I'd love that. |
| 1:02.3 | Also, if you've got spare real-life money ever, then go to patreon.com forward slash the hoovering |
| 1:08.1 | pod. It's a wicked website where I swap loads of really good exclusive |
| 1:12.0 | stuff and content for monthly donations that start quite tiny. Sorry for asking for money. I know it's |
| 1:19.2 | disgusting, but it's a necessity. Anyway, this week's guest is the no introduction necessary |
| 1:25.6 | rising super star comedian James Acaster. |
| 1:29.9 | He is such a fascinating kind poppet. |
| 1:32.9 | And funny doesn't really do it justice. |
| 1:34.6 | He is repulsively talented. |
| 1:36.8 | I brought some breakfast round to his brand new flat and we ate it off the floor, like |
| 1:40.8 | heroes, some bircher and a smoothie. |
| 1:43.9 | It turns out he's a serious expert on American sweet stuff, puddings, desserts, all of that |
| 1:49.3 | stuff. |
| 1:49.8 | But can he guess what's in the boringly healthy smoothie I'd made us? |
| 1:54.4 | Let's find out. |
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