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Kat Johnson, HRN’s Communications Director Mar 22, 2020

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In this special episode, we sit down with Kat Johnson, Heritage Radio Network’s Communications Director, to talk about the current state of HRN, the decision to close the studio and how the community is adapting. She shares some keen insights on both logistic and content shifts, along how the network is helping provide information and entertainment for listeners at home. Also, like many other food focused businesses, HRN needs support in many ways right now, including financial. If you are able to donate, please head to https://heritageradionetwork.org/donate and give what you can.

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Restaurants in the Time of Corona Mar 18, 2020

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In this special edition of Snacky Tunes, we chat with Helen Rosner, food correspondent for the New Yorker (who is also covering the developing Coronavirus story), and Royce Burke, chef / owner of Secret Lasagna. In both deep-dive conversations, we discuss the current state of the restaurant industry, along with other food businesses, and how they are being effected by the current pandemic. We also chat about what people can help both short term and long term, how food journalism is shifting and what foods are easy to make in your own kitchen. For anyone who wants to support their local restaurants, please consider buying gift certificates or merch or donate to some of the following charities:

Restaurant Worker’s Community - https://www.restaurantworkerscf.org/

Dining Bonds Initiative - https://supportrestaurants.org/

One Fair Wage - https://ofwemergencyfund.org/

Stay safe, wash your hands and if you are interested in sharing your own story, please get in touch with us through our Instagram Show Page @snackytunes.

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Porridge + Puffs and Sinkane Mar 15, 2020

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Carrying the torch for the ultimate neighborhood restaurant, Minh Phan is the owner and chef of Porridge + Puffs in LA’s Historic Filipinotown. Nourishing everyone who comes through her doors, Minh talks about her journey, the beauty of a porridge canvas and celebrating the solo diner. We dig deep into the archives for a classic performance from Sudanese-American, multi-genre virtuoso, Sinkane. Check out Sinkane’s latest album, Dépaysé.

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Meet Me Downtown at Sonoratown Mar 08, 2020

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Since making its debut in 2016 in Downtown Los Angeles, Sonoratown has been wowing everyone with its chargrilled carne asada tacos, perfectly sized chivichangas and what have become widely regarded as the best flour tortillas in the city. With a feature on Netflix’s Taco Chronicles, and a No. 5 ranking on the Los Angeles Times’ annual “101 Best Restaurants” list, Sonoratown now routinely has customers lined up down the block. Co-owners Jennifer Feltham & Teodoro Diaz-Rodriguez, Jr. sit down with us to explain what the Sonoratown journey and phenomenon have been all about. We drop into our musical archives, and reach back to 2013 for a live in-studio performance from dreamwave singer-songwriter, Anna Nordeen. Anna’s still making music these days, and performs as one half of the Brooklyn duo, Fever High.

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Go Get Em Tiger & Baths Mar 01, 2020

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Kyle Glanville and Charles Babinski have spent most of their adult lives entrenched in the coffee business. They each even hold United States Barista Championship titles. The duo started G&B Coffee as a pop-up at Los Angeles’ super popular Sqirl back in 2012. They opened a permanent location of G&B at Grand Central Market the next year, and shortly after they launched the first of their now seven Go Get Em Tiger cafes. This caffeinated pair show no signs of slowing down, and we caught up with them to see what they’ve got on the horizon. Los Angeles native Will Wiesenfeld entered everyone’s musical consciousness in 2010 under the moniker, Baths. The following year, he stopped into our Brooklyn studio to gnosh on pizza, and to also give us a listen to the electro pop sound that had garnered him wide attention. Check out Baths’ latest single, “Clarence Difference.”

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Woon & PowerSnap Feb 23, 2020

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Keegan Fong started Woon as a family run pop-up in order to share his mother’s (Mama Fong) home-cooked Chinese comfort food. Over the years, the audience had grown so much for Woon’s menu of Shanghainese and Cantonese dishes that the Fong family opened a brick-and-mortar space in Los Angeles Historic Filipinotown. PowerSnap are a Brooklyn garage punk band by way of Tel Aviv. The trio stopped into our Bushwick studio in 2018 to talk about growing up with musician fathers, reflected on their 12-year-old selves and played us songs from their EP, Delatency.

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Found Oyster & The Winstons Feb 16, 2020

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Since opening in fall 2019, Found Oyster has quickly become a popular and welcomed addition to Los Angeles’ booming restaurant scene. At this narrow jewel box of a space in East Hollywood, co-owner and chef, Ari Kolender, and his partners Joe Laraja and Adam Weissblatt spin great records, pour natural wines and put up an array of seafood specialties mostly inspired by the East Coast--including bivalves from Joe’s own family oyster farm in Massachusetts. The trio have been packing them in since their doors opened, and they take a break to recap for us the ride thus far. In 2017, we met up with Winstons, a Brooklyn-by-way-of-Virginia garage soul duo comprised of guitarist and vocalist Lou Nutting and drummer Ben Wilkes. The band had gained a steady following with its earnest and raw live shows, a taste of which we got in our Bushwick studio that April day. The band’s self-titled LP, their first ever, is out now.

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Yia Vang Feb 09, 2020

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We first met Yia Vang back in 2018. At the time, the St. Paul, MN, chef was garnering wide attention and acclaim for Union Kitchen, a pop-up restaurant specializing in his native Hmong cuisine. Yia’s back to tell us all about his dream to build Vinai, a brick-and-mortar restaurant that will serve as the permanent home for his family-inspired Hmong cooking. We also dive deep into our archives to our early days in 2009 and revisit an in-studio performance from Brooklyn band, Tijuana.

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Jenn Harris, The Bucket List + HANDS Jan 26, 2020

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Jenn Harris is one of the most prominent and respected voices in L.A.’s vibrant food scene. She’s a senior writer for the Los Angeles Times, and is also the Southland’s unofficial fried chicken queen. Jenn usually eats fried chicken every day, and she explores the dish’s power as a cultural unifier in the new online series, The Bucket List. We drop into our archives and revisit 2011. That March at SXSW, we caught an incredible show from Los Angeles indie rockers, Hands. Eleven months later they dropped by our Brooklyn studio for a conversation and performance.

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The Zabar Brothers + True Dreams Jan 19, 2020

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The name Zabar is legendary in New York City, evoking images of smoked fish, baked goods and gourmet groceries. Oliver and Sasha Zabar join us to talk about continuing and evolving their family’s legacy. The brothers own and operate Devon, a cocktail bar in the LES that features food and drink made with ingredients sourced from their family-run rooftop greenhouse on the Upper East Side. Feminist punk duo, True Dreams, make their return to the show. Since we last met up with them, best friends and bandmates Angela Carlucci and Hannah Nichols have been working in the studio, and recently dropped their debut album, No. 1. Check out the music video for their single, “The Scum.”

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