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Your Last Meal with Rachel Belle

The Leftovers with W. Kamau Bell

Your Last Meal with Rachel Belle

Rachel Belle

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4.4709 Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from W. Kamau Bell, Emmy- and Peabody-nominated TV host, comedian, filmmaker and best-selling author.  

Kamau tells host Rachel Belle about the delightfully different flavor of attention that came with winning Celebrity Jeopardy; how rare it is to find his favorite kind of burrito in California’s Bay Area, a region famous for burritos; and how losing a family member means he’ll never taste his favorite birthday cake again. 

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0:00.0

Imagine boarding an Alaska Airlines flight in Seattle, and just 10 hours later, you're in Tokyo,

0:05.9

stuffing your cute little face with the best ramen of your life.

0:09.2

Starting May 12th, Alaska Airlines, who is now partnered with Hawaiian Airlines, is offering

0:13.9

nonstop service between Seattle and Tokyo.

0:16.6

You can enjoy Pacific Northwest snacks and drinks on the way over, like a glass of Waterbrook winery, brute sparkling wine,

0:23.4

a straightaway Oregon old fashion,

0:25.3

and a chunk of Beecher's fantastic cheese.

0:28.0

And then you can grab a Nogadhi and Narita Airport as soon as you land.

0:31.0

Book today at Alaskaair.com or Hawaiian Airlines.com.

0:49.2

Welcome to The Leftovers. I'm Rachel Bell. The Leftovers is audio left on the cutting room floor from last week's your last meal interview. And today, you'll hear never-before-heard cuts from W. Kamau Bell,

0:56.9

Emmy and Peabody Award-winning comedian, director, producer, and bestselling author.

1:02.4

On last week's episode, we talked about his trip to Kenya with Anthony Bourdain,

1:07.0

the politics of macaroni and cheese in black culture, and how he picked his go-to mac and cheese

1:13.2

recipe. So let me be clear, I do not invent recipes. I go to the internet and Google easiest way

1:18.6

to make X. Last night I made the, I have a hamburger recipe, and I just Googled easy hamburger

1:23.6

recipe, and I look for the one with the least ingredients that's the least sort of like

1:27.4

nuance to it and make that.

1:29.8

No bells, no whistles.

1:31.1

I cook a lot in our house, but I have my go-to meals.

1:33.8

And so the mac and cheese recipe is literally a recipe that I Google that is like easy mac and

1:38.7

cheese.

1:38.9

I'm going to Google it right now.

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