Kitchens
A chef
On markets, staff meals, and what changes when you cook for people whose food you grew up without.
Podcast
The Past Customs Podcast
Long conversations with chefs, founders, business leaders, diplomats, local legends, and people of note, about building a life and a career far from where they started.
Who we want to talk to
The guest list, by type
Business
A founder
Building a company across borders, hiring in a second language, and starting over.
Business
A business leader
Running teams across time zones and cultures, and what travels and what does not.
Public life
A diplomat
A career spent arriving, and the craft of fitting in quickly.
The neighborhood
A local legend
The bar owner, the baker, the person everyone knows, on how a place really works.
Wildcard
A person of note
Artists, writers, and people with a story about building a life somewhere new.
The format
Unhurried, specific, and honest.
- 1Conversations long enough to get past the first, rehearsed answer.
- 2Specifics over slogans: the decision, the mistake, the meal, the person who helped.
- 3Recorded where possible in the guest's own place: a kitchen, an office, a corner table.
- 4No paid guest spots. Sponsorship, if any, is disclosed and kept separate from the conversation.
Listen
Where it will be available
The podcast is not released yet. When it is, it will be on the usual podcast apps and on YouTube, and listed here.
- 01Apple Podcasts Coming
- 02Spotify Coming
- 03YouTube Coming
- 04RSS feed Coming