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Full disCOURSE with Josh ElkinBREAKROOM: $100 for ONE PotatoOn this week’s menu: it’s been a wild, delicious year! Hana and Josh look back and chat about the high-highs and the not-so-highs of 2024 plus all that is to come in the New Year. Also!! The milk shot was significant because it was at a 70 year-old subway station stall in Tokyo. It’s called history!!! Watching the full video episodes on YouTube. Follow Us:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fulldiscoursepodTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fulldiscoursepod Follow Hana Hana’s Instagram: https://www.instagra...2024-12-1859 minFull disCOURSE with Josh ElkinReinventing American Cheese with Eric GreenspanOn this week’s menu: we talk about disrupting what’s not necessarily broken but also not necessarily working either. Joining us is self-declared disruptor himself, Eric Greenspan. But he’s not just that - he’s a legacy restaurateur, food network alumni and owner of a revolutionizing American Cheese company called “New School”. From ghost kitchens to IP-driven food brands, Eric has been leading the charge in changing the tides of how we consume food.Watching the full video episodes on YouTube. Follow Us:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com...2024-12-1154 minFull disCOURSE with Josh ElkinBREAKROOM: Josh Thinks Hana’s a CannibalOn this week’s menu: grab a glass of wine (or whatever floats your boat) and get cozy. Josh thought Hana hated him but she indeed did not hate him. Josh thinks Tony Hawk is the nicest guy whereas Hana no longer idolizes Bobby Lee. They confirm people are indeed just people. Cheers to that!Watching the full video episodes on YouTube. Follow Us:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fulldiscoursepodTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fulldiscoursepod Follow Hana Hana’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/han...2024-12-0442 minFull disCOURSE with Josh ElkinBREAKROOM: You are NOT Allergic to MSGOn this week’s menu: Josh and Hana share their default dinners, discuss the complexity of “Mayo Mom”, and debunk the racist myth behind MSG aversion.Watching the full video episodes on YouTube. Follow Us:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fulldiscoursepodTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fulldiscoursepod Follow Hana Hana’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hananaberry/Follow the host Josh:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thejoshelkin TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thejoshelkin YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/thejoshelkin2024-11-2742 minFull disCOURSE with Josh ElkinCrying in a Van with Daniele UditiOn this week’s menu: good friend and even better chef, Daniele Uditi, joins the couch. Already hailing from a long family legacy of excellent cooks in Naples, Italy, Daniele further honed his culinary skills under the guidance of chef Rosanna Marziale at the Michelin-starred Le Colonne restaurant in Caserta. It wasn’t an easy journey making his American Dream come to fruition but Daniele luckily saved by superhero Robin (and his own perseverance, of course). And yes, there is good pizza in LA. He makes it. Watching the full video episodes on YouTube. 2024-11-2055 minFull disCOURSE with Josh ElkinBREAKROOM: Telling the Restaurant What YOU Want to PayOn this week’s menu: Hana adds another side gig as a seamstress to her resume, Josh plans his big 25th 17th birthday (you read that correct), and they learn Josh knows nothing about Spongebob which is….crazy. Watching the full video episodes on YouTube. Follow Us:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fulldiscoursepodTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fulldiscoursepod Follow Hana Hana’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hananaberry/Follow the host Josh:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thejoshelkin TikTok: htt...2024-11-1340 minFull disCOURSE with Josh ElkinFake Name But Real Reviews with Rick LoxOn this week’s menu: with us is food reviewer and co-founder of Bloggers Who Brunch, Rick Lox aka Adam aka voice over artist extraordinaire. From cheap eats to Michelin fine dining, his taste buds never discriminate…as long as the food doesn’t suck. Watching the full video episodes on YouTube. Follow Us:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fulldiscoursepodTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fulldiscoursepod Follow Rick Lox: Rick Lox’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ricklox/Rick Lox’s Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com...2024-11-0643 minFull disCOURSE with Josh ElkinBREAKROOM: Signing an NDA to Sell Food?On this week’s menu: Hana shares she has signed NDAs to work at restaurants and apparently this is a thing. Josh explains holidays are the same in Canada as in the US so stop asking. Watching the full video episodes on YouTube. Follow Us:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fulldiscoursepodTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fulldiscoursepod Follow Hana Hana’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hananaberry/Follow the host Josh:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thejoshelkin TikTok: https://www.tikto...2024-10-3038 minFull disCOURSE with Josh ElkinGood Boy Funeral with Daewon Lim (of Sundae School)On this week’s menu: with us is Dae-won Lim, founder and creative director of Sundae School. Born in South Korea and now based out of New York City, Dae is ~*~highly*~* aware of how controversial his business really is. But what’s really so controversial about living as your authentic self? Watching the full video episodes on YouTube. Follow Us:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fulldiscoursepodTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fulldiscoursepod Follow Dae and Sundae School: Dae’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dae.sli...2024-10-2357 minFull disCOURSE with Josh ElkinBREAKROOM: Josh’s Beef with BuzzfeedOn this week’s menu: Josh catches us up on his doozy exchange with Buzzfeed over rights to his content - know your rights, creators! Hana gets confused by parody accounts and learns to never trust the Internet. Watching the full video episodes on YouTube. Follow Us:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fulldiscoursepodTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fulldiscoursepod Follow Hana Hana’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hananaberry/Follow the host Josh:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thejoshelkin TikTok: h...2024-10-1634 minFull disCOURSE with Josh ElkinLet’s Make Some Lunch with Sulhee Jessica WooOn this week’s menu: bento box queen, mother, and now author Sulhee Jessica Woo takes a seat at the table to talk about raising her kids to be her best friends, making the time to make lunch beautiful, and the lifestyle of a single mother in Las Vegas. It all started when Sulhee filmed herself doing what she always had done off camera which was making adorable bento box lunches for her daughters. And now, she has shared new recipes and more in her book, “Let’s Make Some Lunch: Recipes Made For Everyone”. Kids or not! 2024-10-0948 minFull disCOURSE with Josh ElkinBREAKROOM: Are Michelin Restaurants Overrated?On this week’s menu: we’re talking smack about smack talk on fine dining, the wonders of pizza omakase, and eating reindeer brains. Stay with us - it’s a good time, we swear. Watching the full video episodes on YouTube. Follow Us:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fulldiscoursepodTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fulldiscoursepod Follow Hana Hana’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hananaberry/Follow the host Josh:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thejoshelkin TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@t...2024-10-0241 minFull disCOURSE with Josh ElkinPuking on Dingalings with Tim ChantarangsuOn this week’s menu: we have the OG of OGs, Tim Chantarangsu, who has done and continues to do it all - acting, music, and grubbing on the best food. And on top of all that, he’s a devoted husband and father of two youngins. How does he make the time? When’s the movie coming out? And why is this technically the second time he was supposed to record? Listen to the ep to hear it all. Watching the full video episodes on YouTube. Follow Us:Instag...2024-09-2556 minFull disCOURSE with Josh ElkinBREAKROOM: Concussed But Thriving with Hana LiuOn this week’s menu: we have a new *drumroll, please* co-host!! Meet Hana Liu, creative and sommelier. Not only does she professionally and literally wines and dines at the best restaurants in town but Hana has done almost every side gig in the book. She’ll be a regular here so get used to it! Watching the full video episodes on YouTube. Follow Us:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fulldiscoursepodTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fulldiscoursepod Follow Hana Hana’s Instagram: https://www.instagram...2024-09-1847 minFull disCOURSE with Josh ElkinBREAKROOM: Why Did Bean & Cheese Burritos Make Elie Cry?On this week’s menu: we get to the bottom of Elie Ayrouth’s journey to finding the best bean and cheese burrito to exist. After decades of dismissing this commonplace menu, Elie’s wife guided him to eventually embracing these delicious bites of comfort. But what happened at almost bean and cheese #100 that made him shed tears? The answer will surprise and enlighten you. Watching the full video episodes on YouTube. Follow Elie & Food Beast: Elie’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bookofelieFood Beast’s Instagram: https://www.instagram...2024-06-1250 minFull disCOURSE with Josh ElkinWhat to Know Before Becoming a British Creator w/ Eloise Head (aka Fitwaffle)On this week’s menu: we’re revisiting across the pond to the United Kingdom. This time, we’ll be discussing more the business and evolution of the UK's digital talent industry that we first saw with the big boom back in the early 2010s of British creators rising to similar status as traditional celebrities. Let’s get into the differences and what it really takes to grow a brand and maintain relevant content in the UK. Helping provide perspective while also still talking food, of course, is Eloise Head aka FitWaffle. Before creating amazing r...2024-06-0548 minFull disCOURSE with Josh ElkinBREAKROOM: CEO to CEO - How Do We Keep Business Alive? w/ Elie AyrouthOn this week’s menu: we’re switching things up and inviting back dear friend of Josh and the show, Elie Ayrouth (Food Beast) to get real about what it means to run a digital company in 2024. Watching the full video episodes on YouTube. Follow Elie & Food Beast: Elie’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bookofelieFood Beast’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/foodbeastFood Beast Website: https://www.foodbeast.comFollow Us:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fulldiscoursepodTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fulldiscoursepod ...2024-05-2937 minFull disCOURSE with Josh ElkinRediscovering and Redefining “Koreatown” w/ Deuki Hong and Matt RodbardOn this week’s menu: a follow-up conversation about South Korea’s soft power and how cultural influence - especially through food - can amplify a country’s presence beyond its own borders and into a “global mainstream”. Lending us their informed perspective are chef Deuki Hong and food journalist Matt Rodbard. They’ve co-written the New York Times Bestselling book KOREATOWN and have now released a delicious sequel KOREAWORLD. So they know a thing or two. Watching the full video episodes on YouTube. Check out KOREAWORLD: Penguin Random House2024-05-2249 minFull disCOURSE with Josh ElkinLeaving Buzzfeed Tasty w/ Inga LamOn this week’s menu: the origins of Buzzfeed’s Tasty and knowing, as a creative, when it’s time to walk away. Buzzfeed was not and is not the only Internet media company to make it big enough that its own staff become household names for many - but what really goes behind the scenes and our own screens?Lending us her own perspective and experience is culinary producer and creator Inga Lam. After more than five years as a culinary producer for Buzzfeed Tasty in New York City, Inga has moved on to bei...2024-05-1548 minFull disCOURSE with Josh ElkinCan Cannabis Be Gourmet? w/ Vanessa LavoratoOn this week’s menu: we’re talking about the commercialization of cannabis and its place in the food and beverage industry. Are we able to get past the stigma that for so long and in many parts of the world, still plagues marijuana consumption? Joining us to talk shop is Vanessa Lavorato (culinary producer, author, and founder of Marigold Sweets) to help answer hopefully SOME of these questions. And together, we delve into the complexities of being in an industry centered around a “controlled substance” and really is true and not true in its use.2024-05-081h 07Full disCOURSE with Josh ElkinWhat Makes a Person Ad-Unfriendly? w/ Daniel WilliamsOn this week’s menu: we’ll be questioning what exactly is “commercial friendly” and how despite having all the talent in the world with a large audience, it may still not be good enough to make an income online. We’ll get honest about our experiences regarding sponsors, brands, and ways in which we’ve tried to be true to the very brand we create as creators.To point out these gaps in the industry is good friend and excellent cook, Daniel Williams, who has possibly one of the most aesthetically pleasing feeds on Instagram...2024-05-0155 minFull disCOURSE with Josh ElkinThe Expat Experience: South Korea w/ Max AbramsOn this week’s menu: we’ll be digging into the new wave of Korean food and drink that has been overtaking social media, especially in the past couple years. Joining the table is American expat, Max Abrams, originally hails from New York who now lives full time in Seoul, South Korea. From teaching English to kindergarteners to now being a go-to guide for others on what’s cool and best yet: what’s tasty around the world, Max lends a valuable and respectful view on living abroad. Watching the full video episodes on YouTube. ...2024-04-2451 minFull disCOURSE with Josh ElkinMaking Nostalgia and Immersion Profitable w/ Jimmy WongOn this week’s menu: we’re discussing real life adaptations of games and anime…food! From Calcifer’s Breakfast in Howl’s Moving Castle to Minecraft cake, the true impact of a game or show can be felt literally in our stomach as hunger pains. The desire to eat these foods in “IRL” has led to lucrative business opportunities via themed cafes, amusement park menus, and attempts at recipes from your favorite creators to bring fantasy into reality. Joining the table is actor, musician, and fellow nerd Jimmy Wong to discuss the ultimate food and drink...2024-04-1751 minFull disCOURSE with Josh ElkinIs British Food Actually that Bad? w/ Barry Taylor & Jamie Spafford (Sorted Food)On this week’s menu: we’re debating the UK versus the world when it comes to defending their cuisine. And with us are our friends from across the pond, Barry Taylor and Jamie Spafford of Sorted Food! We’ve heard the roasting online about beige this and beige that. But on the other hand we have culinary icons such as Gordon Ramsay and Jamie Oliver hailing from the British isles themselves. We even have the wholesome and very British program “The Greatest British Bake-Off” which shows off the Brits’ love of bread and pastry. So le...2024-04-1056 minFull disCOURSE with Josh ElkinThe Secret Money Behind Secret Menus w/ Lawrence Longo (Prince St. Pizza)On this week’s menu: we’ll be discussing secret menu items. Most people are aware of the not-actually-so-secret food items that you can order at popular fast food chains such as In-n-Out, Jamba Juice, and Chipotle. With us is master of secret menus, restaurant owner and founder of Off the Menu, Lawrence Longo. With a film production background, Lawrence knows well the power of story and intrigue. Watching the full video episodes on YouTube. Follow Lawrence: Lawrence’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bigshotPrince St. Pizza’s Instagram...2024-04-0349 minFull disCOURSE with Josh ElkinThe Digital Wave of Food Critics w/ Elie AyrouthOn this week’s menu: we’re discussing a new type of food critic and journalism that emerged with the Internet primarily from the early 2000s to what we see online today. Joining us is one of the early adopters of formal food reviews online (a.k.a food blogs) and dear friend of mine, Elie Ayrouth. You may also know him as “FoodBeast”. How did we go from simply posting and sharing pics to creating a full fledged industry around online food editorials? Whose opinion could we trust and why would the opinion of someon...2024-03-2755 minFull disCOURSE with Josh ElkinBad Contracts and “Selling Out” w/ Rosanna PansinoOn this week’s menu: we’ll be discussing expansion. Nowadays, it’s the norm to see creators and influencers online doing huge collaborations with major brands. But back in the day, it was a delicate line to cross from being someone’s favorite personality in their subscription box to actually getting people to support and even purchase products IRL. With us is OG food creator, Rosanna Pansino, who broke the mold when she launched her first bakeware line at major retailers and released her NYTimes Bestselling book “Nerdy Nummies”. She’s seen it all. Watching the...2024-03-2055 minFull disCOURSE with Josh ElkinThe Mythical Lore Behind Mythical Kitchen w/ Josh SchererOn this week’s menu: we’re deep diving into the lore and behind-the-scenes of Mythical Kitchen, the food and drink off-shoot of Rhett & Link’s hit short form series Good Mythical Morning. And who better to speak on this than Josh Scherer, the Executive Director of Culinary Content at Mythical Entertainment. Watch the full video episodes on YouTube.Follow Josh Scherer and all things Mythical: Josh’s Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/mythicalchefjoshMythical Kitchen’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mythicalkitchenMythical Kitchen YouTubeFollow Us:2024-03-1350 minFull disCOURSE with Josh ElkinFull disCOURSE Trailer!Grab a seat to this full discourse on all things food in media. Host Josh Elkin's new podcast FULL DISCOURSE will fill you with laughs, food for thought, and still room for more with his in-depth conversations with friends, colleagues, and game changers in the food and beverage industry. They get honest about the money behind the screen, the creative challenges in everyone's journey, and how they adapt to culture's everchanging taste for content. New episodes every Wednesday starting March 13th. Reservations preferred but walk-ins welcome! 2024-03-0602 min