The Big Ben Show: Chef Andrew Gruel

California gone wild, vacation cooking, and how to feed your kids

Aug 21, 2025

The Big Ben Show dropped yesterday on all your podcast services — so if you haven’t listened yet, be sure to do so and subscribe! Here’s the Spotify version:

You can also watch the full show on Youtube below:

You should definitely subscribe to that channel, too — the good folks at Fox are putting up short clips from the interviews that are getting a ton of views:

We’re entering the last week before we go back to daily Transoms, but usually something happens around now that requires more attention. But you’ll definitely want to tune in to next week’s show, both for guest quality and for a rant I’ve had brewing all day.

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Tablet Magazine: The Israeli Left and October 7 Revisionism

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🧬 Health

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New York Post: Young People Turning to Catholicism in a Messy World

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“Crying is all right in its way while it lasts. But you have to stop sooner or later, and then you still have to decide what to do.”

— C.S. Lewis

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