The Delicious Culture with Jon Francois

What’s a delicious meal you’ve had? What’s a delicious piece of pop culture you’ve consumed? What’s a delicious thing that’s happened in your life lately? Jon Francois wants to know the answers! If you’re interested in being a guest, email Jon at thedeliciousculture@gmail.com.

The Delicious Culture with Jon Francois is a society podcast hosted by Jon Francois, with 298 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Jon Francois hosts The Delicious Culture with Jon Francois, a society show with 298 episodes published.

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  Diet Pepsi & Little Debbie Swiss Rolls Are Delicious w/ Jeni Grouws

  Aug 13, 20261h 40m

  Delishees! Just ahead of her solo album debut release on Sept 4th, Jon has the former boss reunion he's been waiting for as he feasts on food, pop culture, and lifestyle with blues musician Jeni Grouws!!! They discuss how Jeni convinced Jon to move from Connecticut to Iowa for his first full time radio job with KDEC FM in Decorah IA, Jeni wonders if she was a bad boss, we get into how her parents Bob and Colleen Holtan decided to sell the station, how Jeni switched from aspiring professor to musician, working as a film story editor in Los Angeles, why she switched from Diet Coke to Diet Pepsi, why McDonald's Diet Coke can't be beat, how badly she hates coffee, & the TikTok trends that only Jon's wife Toni would know! Also, Jon and Jeni discuss how her parents convinced her to move back to the Midwest for the family radio business, what makes Decorah, IA so special and the meaning behind its legendary "vortex" effect, how Jeni built a career as a live musician through the Avey Grouws Band & Absolute Hoot, how she decided to leave the radio industry in 2019, how the Avey Grouws Band had to pivot their album release party during Covid, & we get the delicious story behind their hit single "Dirty Little Secret"! Jeni also confirms how Little Debbie Swiss Rolls are different from Hostess Ho Ho's, how she dealt with empty nesting & the end of both the Avey Grouws Band & her marriage, her residency at the Music House in Omaha NE, performing in Vegas with Bonnie Raitt, the "bastardized" Asian meal she loves to cook, being a fan of Irish singer-songwriter CMAT, why she tears up toward the end of the episode, why she kept her married name, AND we wrap up by playing the one and only "Dirty Little Secret"! ____________________________________________________________ Follow/like/subscribe/share, leave a review on Apple Podcasts & a five star rating on Spotify! IG:⁠⁠ ⁠www.instagram.com/thedeliciousculture TIKTOK:⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@thedeliciousculture YT: www.youtube.com/@thedeliciousculturejonfrancois _____________________________________________________________ ABOUT "THE DELICIOUS CULTURE"- What'a delicious meal you've had? What's a delicious piece of pop culture you've consumed? What's a delicious thing that's happened in your life? Jon Francois wants to know! Email thedeliciousculture@gmail.com if you'd like to be a guest!

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  Pregnancy, Engagement, & Law Are Delicious w/ Sarah Moise

  Aug 6, 20261h 32m

  Delishees, Jon is feasting on food, pop culture, and lifestyle with his cousin Sarah Moise! They discuss Sarah being licensed to practice law in three US states, the challenging home buying process with her fiancee Quest, pollen storms, urban/suburban hybrid vs. rural lifestyles, unnecessary rainy weekends, luck with the Hinge dating app, the worst pandemic virtual date, & unhealthy romantic infatuation! Sarah also dives into to her simultaneous wedding and baby arrival planning, Quest’s mom’s potato salad and beef ribs, her own mother’s macaroni and cheese, Jon advises Sarah on how to manage a wedding guest list, and they’re obsessed with the ‘Love Trapped’ podcast about Former ‘Bachelor’ Clayton Echard’s paternity scandal with Laura Owens. ____________________________________________________________ Follow/like/subscribe/share, leave a review on Apple Podcasts & a five star rating on Spotify! IG:⁠⁠ ⁠www.instagram.com/thedeliciousculture TIKTOK:⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@thedeliciousculture YT: www.youtube.com/@thedeliciousculturejonfrancois _____________________________________________________________ ABOUT "THE DELICIOUS CULTURE"- What'a delicious meal you've had? What's a delicious piece of pop culture you've consumed? What's a delicious thing that's happened in your life? Jon Francois wants to know! Email thedeliciousculture@gmail.com if you'd like to be a guest !

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  Baptist Minister FBI Agents Are Delicious w/ Eric Robinson

  Jul 30, 20261h 16m

  Delishees, Jon is feasting on food, pop culture, and lifestyle with retired Baptist Minister and FBI Agent Eric Robinson! Eric discusses his Muslim missionary days at Miami University, a frozen yogurt marriage proposal, the “sneaky” gospel pitch, struggling with empathy fatigue as a minister, how the church judges the queer community & having children out of wedlock & even playing Uno. He also opens up about accepting his transgender child. Jon & Eric also get into how one with zero law enforcement experience signs up to be an FBI agent, how Eric applied his Muslim experience in an Islamophobic 9/11 America, how an informant helped him bust a Mexican cartel dealer, saving victims of teen prostitution, Mark Wittenmeyer’s investor & bond scams, Chicago police commander John Burge’s racist torture tactics, and why he never got shot as a SWAT operator! On the lighter side, Eric is in love with cauliflower and cheese as part of his keto diet, rewatching HBO’s “Game Of Thrones” and “The Wire” with his wife, & writing his upcoming book “Irreverent: From Saving Souls To Chasing Sinners In The FBI” ____________________________________________________________ Follow/like/subscribe/share, leave a review on Apple Podcasts & a five star rating on Spotify! IG:⁠⁠ ⁠www.instagram.com/thedeliciousculture TIKTOK:⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@thedeliciousculture YT: www.youtube.com/@thedeliciousculturejonfrancois _____________________________________________________________ ABOUT "THE DELICIOUS CULTURE"- What'a delicious meal you've had? What's a delicious piece of pop culture you've consumed? What's a delicious thing that's happened in your life? Jon Francois wants to know! Email thedeliciousculture@gmail.com if you'd like to be a guest !

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  Hogwood From 'Sinners' Is Delicious w/ Dave Maldonado

  Jul 23, 20261h 17m

  Delishees, we have Hogwood from the Academy Award winning horror hit “Sinners”!! Feast on food, pop culture, and lifestyle with Jon & actor Dave Maldonado! We start off with Dave’s theatre and indie film era in his native Louisiana, what it means to have a spouse who’s NOT in show business, filming “run, hide, fight” training videos in Houston TX, and if Dave subscribes to the Marlon Brando/Daniel Day Lewis/Heath Ledger acting method. Of course, Jon and Dave deep dive into his “Sinners” experience: what’s arguably Hogwood’s most memorable scene, getting shot by Smoke at the end, filming in the brutal Louisiana summer heat, how Dave felt hearing people in the movie theater root against his character, auditioning for director Ryan Coogler, the iconic song in the movie that he ALMOST sang, the record Oscar noms and wins for Coogler and Michael B. Jordan, Hogwood’s improvised moment that made the final cut, the “hurry up and wait” pace of a film set, overthinking audition results, why Dave was almost thrown out by security at the NYC premiere, his daughter’s reaction to Dave not knowing Letterboxd & making room for Chris Rock at the premiere! Jon also asks Dave about working with established actors Bryan Cranston, Stephen Graham, JK Simmons, Tom Hanks, Chris Pratt, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Kurt Russell on TV & film projects like “Your Honor”, “Trumbo”, “National Champions”, “Tomorrow War”, & “Greyhound”. They get into not judging unlikeable characters and the advice Dave gave to David Koechner from “Anchorman”. Dave shares his love of his wife’s chicken and sausage spaghetti, playing the “Movie Grid” game with his daughter, his reaction to Kane Parsons’ Gen Z horror hit “Backrooms”, how he was spared from watching “Evil Dead Burn”, if Stephen Spielberg’s “Disclosure Day” lives up to the hype, how anxiety and substance use and imposter syndrome has impacted his mental health, the smallest residual check he’s received for his acting work, and Dave celebrates a sobriety milestone! ____________________________________________________________ Follow/like/subscribe/share, leave a review on Apple Podcasts & a five star rating on Spotify! IG:⁠⁠ ⁠www.instagram.com/thedeliciousculture TIKTOK:⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@thedeliciousculture YT: www.youtube.com/@thedeliciousculturejonfrancois _____________________________________________________________ ABOUT "THE DELICIOUS CULTURE"- What'a delicious meal you've had? What's a delicious piece of pop culture you've consumed? What's a delicious thing that's happened in your life? Jon Francois wants to know! Email thedeliciousculture@gmail.com if you'd like to be a guest !

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  Are Greek Gods Delicious? w/ Safiya Jamali

  Jul 16, 20261h 17m

  Delishees, Jon is feasting on food, pop culture, and lifestyle with actress Safiya Jamali! They discuss Safiya’s iconic Housewife scream from the Vermont Stage production of Eugene Ionesco’s “Rhinoceros”, the sweaty reason she almost didn’t make it to this episode, balancing stage managing and acting, growing up in Bahrain with journalist parents, her father deciding to move the family away from Bahrain because of how the government reacted to Arab Spring news coverage, learning musical theater and dance in Cyprus & London, plus Jon & Safiya share their POC experiences in Vermont! Safiya is also in love with chili momos, the Hades 2 video game from Supergiant Games, she reveals the violent greek mythology left out of Disney’s “Hercules”, why the Percy Jackson movies aren’t worth watching, and the “Rhinoceros” green room crochet club with castmate/recent Delicious Culture guest Ian Walls & assistant stage manager Max! ____________________________________________________________ Follow/like/subscribe/share, leave a review on Apple Podcasts & a five star rating on Spotify! IG:⁠⁠ ⁠www.instagram.com/thedeliciousculture TIKTOK:⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@thedeliciousculture YT: www.youtube.com/@thedeliciousculturejonfrancois _____________________________________________________________ ABOUT "THE DELICIOUS CULTURE"- What'a delicious meal you've had? What's a delicious piece of pop culture you've consumed? What's a delicious thing that's happened in your life? Jon Francois wants to know! Email thedeliciousculture@gmail.com if you'd like to be a guest !

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