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David Simon on The Wire, Raw Oysters, and Richard Pryor
Special Sauce with Ed Levine
English - January 07, 2016 17:52 - 40 minutes - 91.7 MB - ★★★★ - 336 ratingsFood Arts Comedy health Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Laura Lippman on the Baltimore Food Scene, Crime Writing, and Journalism
On this week's Special Sauce, I talk to David Simon—one of the smartest, funniest, and most thoughtful serious eaters I have ever broken bread with—about how his years as a beat reporter made their way into his television work. He shares how homicide detectives use a McDonald's order to get info out of suspects. And he reveals his secret to losing weight: "I got out of New Orleans," he says, "where batter is a food group."