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Your Last Meal with Rachel Belle

Your Last Meal with Rachel Belle

By: Rachel Belle
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YOUR LAST MEAL is a James Beard Award finalist for best podcast hosted by National Edward R. Murrow award-winning reporter, cookbook author and Cascade PBS TV host Rachel Belle.

Each episode Rachel asks a celebrity (Greta Gerwig, Jonathon Van Ness, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Margaret Cho, Alton Brown, Isaac Mizrahi, Ani DiFranco, Iron & Wine, etc) what they would choose to eat for their last meal. Then she uncovers the history, science and culture of these dishes with everyone from the designer who created Lady Gaga's meat dress to the ice cream scientists at Ben & Jerry's.

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Episodes
  • The Leftovers with M. Ward

    The Leftovers with M. Ward
    Apr 16 2026

    This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from singer-songwriter and guitarist M. Ward.

    In this week’s lightning round, Ward talks about his favorite American cities to get an amazing Mexican meal and what holiday dessert he'd prefer to have on his birthday.

    Listen to the full episode of Your Last Meal with M. Ward here.

    Become a Cascade PBS member and support public media!

    Watch Rachel’s Cascade PBS TV show The Nosh with Rachel Belle.

    Sign up for Rachel’s (free!) biweekly Cascade PBS newsletter for more food musings.

    Follow along on Instagram.

    Order Rachel’s cookbook Open Sesame.

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    5 mins
  • M. Ward: Chile Rellenos

    M. Ward: Chile Rellenos
    Apr 9 2026

    Singer-songwriter and guitarist M. Ward is also half of She & Him (with volcalist Zooey Deschanel) and a member of the indie supergroup Monsters of Folk. And I don't know how to tell him that he may never have his last meal ever again - the restaurant that makes the dish shut down late last year!

    M. Ward's last meal comes from Tucson, Arizona, one of only two UNESCO Cities of Gastronomy in the United States. What does that mean? What makes Tucson's food scene so special? You're about to find out!

    Ward also shares why he became a vegetarian, his family's immigration story and the Mexican dishes that he grew up with that he still makes to this day.

    • Become a Cascade PBS member and support public media!
    • Watch Rachel’s Cascade PBS TV show The Nosh with Rachel Belle.
    • Sign up for Rachel’s (free!) biweekly Cascade PBS newsletter for more food musings.
    • Follow along on Instagram.
    • Order Rachel’s cookbook Open Sesame.




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    29 mins
  • The Leftovers with Karen Akunowicz

    The Leftovers with Karen Akunowicz
    Apr 2 2026

    This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from Karen Akunowicz, James Beard Award winning chef, Top Chef contestant & chef/owner of Boston’s Fox & the Knife and Bar Vulpe.

    In this week’s lightning round, Karen talks about the surprising rules and regulations of opening a restaurant in an airport; what her favorite restaurant in Boston is and where to get the world's best carrot cake.

    Listen to the full episode of Your Last Meal with Karen Akunowicz here!

    Become a Cascade PBS member and support public media!

    Watch Rachel’s Cascade PBS TV show The Nosh with Rachel Belle.

    Sign up for Rachel’s (free!) biweekly Cascade PBS newsletter for more food musings.

    Follow along on Instagram.

    Order Rachel’s cookbook Open Sesame.

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    8 mins
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Loved this podcast. Rachel is so warm and easy to talk to and brings out the personality of Pati and it makes me want to toast everything including the spices.

Great conversation with great questions

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the hostess is friendly and likable. she is silly and smart in her commentary. I hope there's lots more

I love this peek into some of our favorite lives

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