Episode #8 – Dark Side Of The Food Industry (Carl Ruiz, Vic Henley, & Nick Solares). May 28 2018. Listening to every episode so you don’t have to.

• Good Ol Jim Ross does the show intro by mocking Opie for ruining his own radio career.
• Opie rented out a studio for an hour because his on-to-go podcast concept was a terrible idea.
• Nick is a bigtime food critic. Carl kisses his ass. Opie misspells and mispronounces his name.
• Carl reminds everybody they have terrible palates. Only food experts like him understand taste.
• He admits to scraping plates and recycling old food at the restaurants he has worked at.
• Nick talks about shady restaurant practices regarding kobe beef and truffles.
• “Food is 30% less powerful than it used to be. So I have to use 30% more” – MasterChef Carl
• Opie congratulates himself on his ability to dumb these complex conversations down.
• Carl asks everyone their favorite fish dishes and tells them why they’re stupid and wrong.
• Donald Trump is stupid and Jeff Sessions is racist and the FDA is corrupt fatcats man.
• Nick complains about imported seafood displacing local cuisine and denounces protectionism.
• Food scientist Carl doesn’t understand the difference between cellulose and sawdust.
• Carl and Nick take turns telling made-up horror stories about food production.
• Opie interrupts periodically to ask stupid questions just to hear himself talk on his own show.
• The show ends with a joke about pumpkin spice and menstruation. Good night everybody.

Best Moment: Vic Henley saying under 30 words the entire show.

Worst Moment: Carl failing to realize that food tasting “less powerful” probably has something to do with aging taste buds and smoking a pack of cigarettes a day.

Overall: CiviliansDontUnderstandTheComplexTasteOfThisPreEatenFood/10