Cereal - THE OMNICAST: Recent Episodes
THE OMNICAST
From the creators of THE OMNICAST comes a spinoff podcast about breakfast cereals. We chose one brand each episode and dive in to discuss every aspect of the cereal.
Snap, Crackle, Pop! Jeremy, Aaron, Keith and Andrew dive into a bowl of Kellogg's Rice Krispies and discuss the origins of the cereal and its mascots.
Sold under General Mills in the US, it is a Nestle brand cereal with the flavor of graham crackers.
We bite into the colorful cereal konwn as Trix and discuss it's storied history with special guest Cole Bewley
It's just chocolate flavored Kix. Did we blow your mind? Listen in to learn more about Cocoa Puffs.
Created in the sixties when the inventor tried cereal with Brach's circus peanuts and thus "marbits" were born.
The multicolored fruit flavored rice cereal that is the oldest cereal based on a TV character.
We welcome special guest Zak Dyer for our Special K episode, the first flake we have reviewed so far.
It's a double length episode of CEREAL where we try two of the four different flavors of Quaker Oatmeal Squares back to back. First off is the classic Brown Sugar staple and then we try the new Honey Nut to see how it compares.
The crew is pleasantly surprised by Kellogg's long standing multicolored fruit flavored cereal. From the not-too-sweet taste to the fantastic back of the box, we all quite enjoyed this cereal for a change. So follow your nose to the cereal Toucan Sam is know for completely miss spelling.
Now it's time for a mature, straight laced cereal that's great for soccer moms and their precocious toddlers. Multi Grain Cheerios is the health conscious branch of the Cheerios family and has been quite popular since its relaunch in 2009. Founded on the principal of using 5 whole grains (corn, wheat, oats, barley, and rice), General Mills has stressed that Multi Grain Cheerios will help you loose weight and lower your cholesterol.
We welcome special guest James Leatherbarrow, Aaron's borther, to the show to talk about Cinnamon Toast Crunch a cereal that has been around some 65 years. CTC didn't come to the U.S. until 1984 but when it did Wendel, Bob and Quello made a big splash. The slogan originally was "I'm feelin' Cinnamon Toast Cunch" but now a days they go by "Crave those crazy squares" refering to the new mascots Crunch and Slurp.
Third bowl of cereal is from Quaker Oats and is a variant of Cap'n Crunch. Crunch Berries have been around since 1967 but the color and even the shape of the berries has not remained the same.
Our second bowl will be Kellogg's Crispix, the hexagon shaped Chex competitor made of crispy rice on one side, crunchy corn on the other.
This American lifestyle podcast will feature one brand of cereal every episode thoroughly discussed and evaluated on it's merits.