Welcome to the show that turns obscure recipes into awesome conversations, Cookbook Obscura! This week, the gang welcomes Jana Savini to help us solve the Mystery of A Keene Soup! We talk about our strong feelings about Christmas, share some behind the scenes zoo facts, chat about pizzelles, and MORE.

Jana Savini is  is a collaborator, facilitator, and champion for clean water and community resilience. She's an improviser, director, coach, and instructor with Fearless Improv. She's a co-founder and co-producer of the Tax Free Comedy Festival, and she's the Managing Director at City Theater Company in Wilmington, DE. 

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Welcome to the show that turns obscure recipes into awesome conversations, Cookbook Obscura! This week, the gang welcomes Steve Kleinedler to help us find the Clue of the Double Jinx Salad! We talk about chemical spills, the dangers of pineapple, weird food combos, and MORE.

Steve Kleinedler is an editor and improviser raised near Flint and currently living near Boston, with stops along the way in Chicago and Philly. Steve teaches with ImprovBoston, performs occasionally in The Pickle at Union Comedy, and performs even more sporadically as one-half of Sad Trombone (along with Ralph Andracchio). 

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Welcome to the show that turns obscure recipes into awesome conversations, Cookbook Obscura! This week, the gang welcomes Nic Novicki on our Quest for Ned's Potato Pancakes! We talk about swimming, stir-fry, Antarctica, and MORE.

Nic Novicki is an actor, comedian, and producer who has performed on six continents.
He is the founder and Director of the Easterseals Disability Film Challenge. His television credits include: Boardwalk Empire, The Sopranos, AXS Gotham Comedy Live, Jack and Triumph, The Neighbors, Austin and Alley, Private Practice and Drop Dead Diva. He has appeared in several movies, such as Life Happens, November Rule, The Last 5 Years, Boston Girls, Breaking Wind , and Dead Ant. He is the voice of Lego Spider-Man in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.

As a stand-up comedian, Nic has toured all over the world, including several tours for the troops overseas through Armed Forces Entertainment. He has performed stand-up on AXS Gotham Comedy Live.

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Welcome to the show that turns obscure recipes into awesome conversations, Cookbook Obscura! This week, the gang welcomes Tanya Morgan to help solve the Mystery of the 99 Steps French Toast. We talk about a ton of things like stranger danger, Oprah, puppies, TV dinners, and adding a touch of vanilla to your French toast.

Tanya Morgan is a South Jersey-based actor, writer, director, teaching artist, improv performer, and acting/improv coach. In March 2023, Tanya opened her own community theatre in South Philly called Sawubona Creativity Project where she offers SEL-infused theatre art classes (improv, acting, playwriting, and storytelling), monthly improv jams, and free family-friendly workshops, shows, and events.

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Welcome to the show that turns obscure recipes into awesome conversations, Cookbook Obscura! This week, the gang welcomes James Hesky to help solve the Togo Dog Mystery. We talk about Dangerous Things like cooking with corn oil, fancy sushi restaurants, and Pete Buttigieg.

James Hesky can be seen posting informational TikToks for A Dangerous Thing (@adtpod), and his new movie, Oppenheimer, comes out in theaters this fall.

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Welcome to the show that turns obscure recipes into awesome conversations, Cookbook Obscura! This week, the gang welcomes Dr. Timaree Schmit to embark on the Secret of George's "Keep In Shape" Grapefruit. In this one, we all pop our broiling cherries, talk controlled chaos and Hot Ones, and try to figure out what a spatula is.

Sexologist Dr. Timaree is an educator, writer and consultant in Human Sexuality, and she believes that sexual freedom is the foundation of social justice.  She is the co-host of the long-running Philly favorite sex education/comedy show DTF: Darryl & Timaree Fun Hour and was the long-time LGBT Affairs and Sexuality contributing writer for Philly Weekly. 

Nominated for Philly Geek Award as Geek of the Year, Dr. Timaree is committed to sharing factual, sex-positive information from an intersectional, body-positive, feminist perspective.

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Welcome to the show that turns obscure recipes into awesome conversations, Cookbook Obscura! This week, the gang welcomes Neil Bardhan to embark on the Quest of the Larkspur Lane Sandwiches. In this one, we talk breakfast sandwiches, sharp cereal, and FRIENDS with our friend, Neil.

Neil P. Bardhan is Philadelphia's leading expert on breakfast sandwiches. Neil works as the Director of Applied Storytelling at First Person Arts, where he also is a producer for the #US - Unique and Shared Experiences podcast. He serves as Executive Director at Broad Street Review.

Since 2013, Neil has coached speakers and led workshops in applied improvisation, storytelling, and technical communication, helping professionals tell their stories for diverse settings. He appeared in segments of WHYY's "Commonspace" and "The Pulse." His live speaking credits include First Person Arts, The Story Collider, Nerd Nite, Ignite Philly, and the "Awkward... and The City" shows. Neil performs improv with The N Crowd and co-hosts the streaming comedy talk show"My Dinner with Ryaneil PT Bardhanlow," as well as "Neil Estate."

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Welcome to the show that turns obscure recipes into awesome conversations, Cookbook Obscura! This week, the gang welcomes Darryl Charles to help crack the Mystery of the Mystery Corn Pudding. In this one, we wonder why anyone would call this a pudding and learn about Darryl's secret alias.

Darryl Charles is a comedian whose debut album "Black Gentrifier" debuted at #3 on the iTunes Comedy charts and is currently streaming on your favorite places to do that. He's been seen on The Travel Channel, ComedyCentral.com, and Houwser and Tushy commercials. He does stand-up across the country and has opened for some of your favorite performers, including Pheobe Robinson, Janelle James, Tommy Davidson, Dave Attell, Patrice O'Neal and Dick Gregory. He performs, teaches, and coaches improv comedy and has been a member of ComedySportz Philadelphia since 2011. He is a sketch comedy writer and performer, doing most of that work with the sketch group The Layoff Kids, who were featured performers on Funny or Die. He's also the co-host of DTF: The Darryl and Timaree Funhour, the greatest sex-ed/comedy/gameshow in the known universe.

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