Podcast Episodes

Chef vs Robot: A Conversation at CES about Who Will Cook Our Food in the Future

At CES 2026, the future of cooking took center stage in a conversation about whether robots will replace chefs or simply become their collaborators. …

15 hours ago

How AI is Changing Agriculture

In this episode, Mike is joined by Tim Beissinger (CTO of Heritable) and Charlie Andersen (CEO of Burro) to explore how artificial intelligence is re…

1 month ago

Reinventing the Egg With The EVERY Company's Arturo Elizondo

In this episode, Michael talks with Arturo Elizondo, founder and CEO of The EVERY Company, about the company’s nationwide rollout inside Walmart prod…

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Traversing the Fiberverse With Carolyn O'Neil

In this episode of The Spoon Podcast, registered dietitian and longtime CNN food journalist Carolyn O’Neil joins Mike to traverse the fiberverse and …

1 month, 4 weeks ago

Eliot Horowitz Wants to Reinvent Robotics Like He Did Big Data

In this episode, Michael talks with Eliot Horowitz, founder of MongoDB and now CEO of Viam, about why the physical world is lagging behind the AI rev…

2 months ago

Building a Social Impact Food Company With Anna Hammond

In this episode, Mike is joined by Anna Hammond, founder of Matriarch Foods, a social-impact food company that turns farm surplus and manufacturing b…

2 months, 2 weeks ago

The State of All Things AI in 2025 (Part 1)

This episode features a wide-ranging conversation between The Spoon's Michael Wolf and his old friend, long-time veteran tech journalist Derrick Harr…

2 months, 4 weeks ago

Behind The Scenes at the Good Housekeeping Appliance Lab

This week, we catch up with Nicole Papantoniou, the Director of the Good Housekeeping Kitchen Appliances and Innovation Lab.

We hear from Nicole abo…

3 months ago

Are Food Companies Really Embracing AI?

In this episode of The Spoon Podcast, Mike welcomes Shiru CEO Jasmin Hume to the podcast to catch up on where things sit within the AI and food space…

3 months, 1 week ago

The Good (and Bad) of AI-Powered Food Tracking Systems

In this episode of The Spoon Podcast, Mike talks with Steve Statler, CEO and co-founder of AMB.AI, about the rise of ambient AI and energy-harvesting…

5 months ago