ChipWrecked Podcast: Recent Episodes
ChipWrecked Podcast
Where have your favorite chips gone? Have any of them been retired? Marcus & Blake discuss 14 long-lost brands and also offer a rating of the Cajun-makin' Zapp's!
The pandemic has been raging around the world for some time. A lot of folks have been socially distancing and making limited trips to the store. During this time, Marcus and Blake have identified a snacking rut. Luckily, the snacking gods are doing something about it with unique creations to help us chip-our-way through the pandemic. Also: we discuss the legend of Lady Doritos!
It is a big day on the podcast! Today, Marcus & Blake rank Doritos and use Andy Kryza's Thrillest Article as a guide. Are you team Cool Ranch or team Nacho Cheese? Listen to the episode and let us know what your top 5 Doritos of all time are.
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Marcus & Blake talk about the simple goodness and reliability of Vending Machine Chips!
Marcus & Blake welcome their very first guest: Hollywood Actor Chuck McCarthy! We saw Chuck on Access Hollywood with his partner Mandy talking about their last Dorito. We also talk about snacking in the pandemic!
Marcus and Blake talk about the future of chips (3D printing!). They also receive their first listener care package and do a tasting on air.
Marcus & Blake discuss what a chip isn’t. With lots of pretenders out there in a crowded chip aisle, it is important to say what a chip is.
Marcus and Blake talk about why chips are king (duh!). But how far back in history does snacking go and how did we get to the chip aisle we have now?
Welcome to ChipWrecked! In Episode 1, Marcus and Blake discuss the origins of the modern potato chip and set the stage for what is to come in their new podcast, ChipWrecked!
When Marcus and I told people we were launching a podcast about chips the universal first response was: who do you think is going to listen to a podcast about chips? Also universal was the next thing they’d say…you know what chips you need to talk about, right! Or, they’d enthusiastically ask if we had tried Chip X from State Y or Country Z. We’d eventually have a long conversation with these people about chips and the culture surrounding them. Everyone has an opinion on chips, and so do we.
Chips are cultural. They’re regional. They’re personal, and like the best music, the thought of a snack size bag of chips can whisk you back to a moment from your past. Chips are both time machine and current moment. What Marcus and I love most about chips is how snackable they are. That might sound obvious, but lots of chips aren’t snackable. Some chips are so heavily seasoned or so niche in their flavor profile that you simply can’t gnosh through an entire bag in one sitting. While this criteria isn’t healthy, it is certainly one way to measure how good an individual chip is. Would you eat more of them on autopilot?
It was clear we were going to launch this podcast when, while watching March Madness, Marcus and I started talking about chips. We were eating a bag of unispired tortilla chips with so-so salsa, a double no-no in Texas, where chips and salsa are like table wine: they’re just supposed to be there. Chips are transportive. When you discuss a particular brand or flavor you have to talk about everything else that comes to mind. This could be pop culture, politics, growing up, and anything in between. And so, we set out to make this podcast. We wanted to continue the conversation after March Madness, and we wanted to keep talking to you about the chips you love and the memories, anecdotes, and opinions that come to mind.
In our first episode we talk about the origins of the modern chip and also introduce the podcast. We plan to release a new episode every two weeks. You have a lot of content competing for your attention. We hope you’ll give us a try. We’re also launching this podcast when most of the world is on lockdown from COVID-19. If you’re like us, you find yourself planning your trips to the store and rationing the food you bring home. In our households we’re stretching bags of chips that would normally be motored through in an afternoon or two. And maybe we’re even experimenting with Kale Chips (jk, lol, they’re not chips).
Hopefully you’re social distancing and hopefully you have a friend like Marcus who will text you to let you know about new chips on the aisle, and if not, we’re happy to be those friends.
Listen to Episode 1 Here