The Leftovers with Chuck Klosterman
Your Last Meal with Rachel Belle
Rachel Belle
4.8 • 730 Ratings
🗓️ 29 January 2026
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from Chuck Klosterman, the pop culture obsessed best-selling author, critic and journalist.
Chuck moved from New York City to Portland, Oregon in 2017, a city known for its creative, eclectic, innovative restaurant scene. A scene that, you will hear, Chuck does not appreciate! Please enjoy his rant. He talks about the book that most inspired his writing career, the importance of having a distinct writing voice and wonders what distinguishes red velvet cake from regular chocolate cake, besides the Red 40.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | If your perfect day is listening to murder podcasts while knitting in front of a fire, |
| 0:04.5 | watching true crime shows and wishing you could solve a mystery, I have the perfect weekend for you. |
| 0:10.0 | February 21st and 22nd is Langley Washington's 41st annual mystery weekend, where thousands of people |
| 0:16.8 | participate in a who-done-it, running around town, collecting clues, meeting costume characters, |
| 0:22.3 | attempting to solve a mystery. Langley is a charming seaside village on Whibby Island, less than an |
| 0:27.7 | hour away from Seattle. And to get the clues, you'll visit charming local shops and restaurants, |
| 0:32.9 | like one of my very favorites, Ultra House. Their ramen is as good as any bowl I had in Japan. Double Bluff |
| 0:39.1 | Brewery, which is my favorite place to get a beer, and saltwater for fresh local oysters, |
| 0:43.9 | mussels, and beautifully cooked seafood. There are some big, amazing prizes for the mystery |
| 0:48.6 | solvers. But whether you win or lose, you get to spend the weekend in Langley, one of my favorite |
| 0:53.8 | places in the |
| 0:54.8 | Pacific Northwest. So book your lodging now, plan your trip at visit langley.com. |
| 1:09.3 | Welcome to The Leftovers. |
| 1:12.2 | I'm Rachel Bell. |
| 1:17.6 | The Leftovers is audio left on the cutting room floor from last week's Your Last Meal interview. |
| 1:28.3 | And today, you'll hear never-before-heard cuts from best-selling author, critic and journalist Chuck Closterman, who just released a new book called Football. Being a journalist, Chuck asks the hard questions, like this one that I was not expecting. |
| 1:34.3 | I was curious why you wanted me on this podcast, to be honest. |
| 1:37.3 | I mean, it's very interesting to me, I'm very flattered, but I read a book about football. |
| 1:41.3 | Why would I be on this podcast? If you miss last week's episode, I recommend pausing this one and going back to listen to that one first. |
| 1:51.0 | But if you're all caught up, here is my lightning round with Chuck Closterman. |
| 2:03.5 | I'm going to do a lightning round with you before I let you go. |
| 2:07.1 | Number one, what is your perfect birthday cake? |
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