Bestselling author David Sedaris has been writing our favorite funny books for more than 30 years, and his newest book of essays is called "The Land and Its People."  

David tells me:

• Why he never orders room service, even though he stays at hotels all the time
• How his childhood dinner table helped him become a better storyteller 
• How many boxes of Jello he eats every day (!!)
• His husband can recreate any meal, even one of David's favorite childhood dishes, despite never having tried it himself! 
• And more!

Then I chat with Sarah Masoni at the Food Innovation Center in Portland, Oregon, who The New York Times has called "The Million Dollar Palate." Sarah can pick out every single ingredient in a dish she tastes, and uses her skills to help some of the country's most popular brands formulate tasty products. 

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This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from 4x Grammy-nominated artist Grace Potter!

Grace talks about:

• Her disdain for wet foods and her high tolerance for dry ones!
• Her favorite diner foods, as a touring musician who stops at a lot of them!
• What she prefers to eat instead of sweets!
• Her deep love for Gilligan's Island!
• And more!

Listen to the full episode of Your Last Meal with Grace Potter here.

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Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter and musician Grace Potter grew up in a tiny Vermont mountain town with hippie artist parents who encouraged her and her siblings to live highly creative lives! 

Grace tells me about:

• The most ambitious cooking she's done on a tour bus
• The food that is currently banned from the tour bus!
• The meal that turned her chips & dip loving son into a restaurant appreciator at age seven
• The story behind her childhood kitchen table 
•  Her favorite road trip snack
• And lots more!

Then we meet a British chef who cooks intricate meals in hotel rooms using the tools it comes with: an iron, hair dryer and electric kettle! 

Grace Potter's new album is called Trespasser. 

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This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from award-winning singer-songwriter Lukas Nelson!

Lukas talks about:

• The unusual way he got over his fear of flying.
• His favorite restaurants in Maui and Austin, Texas -- the two places he splits his time. 

Listen to the full episode of Your Last Meal with Lukas Nelson here.

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Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Lukas Nelson descends from country music royalty: his dad is Willie Nelson! Lukas' new record is called American Romance.

Lukas tells host Rachel Belle about:

• Growing up on a tour bus, crisscrossing the country with his family.
• His love for Americana diners, as someone who is on the road touring up to 250 days a year.
• How he likes his eggs cooked, and how challenging it can be to get them right.
• Regenerative farming in Austin, Texas and deer hunting on Maui.
• And so much more!

Then Rachel chats with America's most-published diner expert about how the buildings got their iconic architectural style, the oldest remaining diner in America and more. 

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This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from award-winning singer-songwriter, and Lilith Fair founder, Sarah McLachlan!

Sarah talks about:

• Why she wouldn't put on another, modern day Lilith Fair
• Her favorite farmer's market
• Her favorite ice cream flavor, as someone with a hit song called "Ice Cream"
• And more!

Listen to the full episode of Your Last Meal with Sarah McLachlan here.

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She created Lilith Fair! She's sold more than 40 million albums! She's a 90s music icon, but her new album “Better Broken” just won Adult Contemporary Album of the Year at the JUNO Awards (Canada's version of the Grammy’s)!

Sarah McLachlan tells me:

• About the cookbook she wrote in the 90s, and what recipes she still makes today!
• The story behind her Writer's Block Oatmeal Raisin Cookies!
• Which food her daughters say she made way too much when they were kids!
• How many times a year she eats a Thanksgiving dinner!
• About the homemade "pig's breakfast" Green Goddess dressing she always keeps in her fridge!

Between its healthy green, herbaceous glow and its hippie dippie sounding name, Green Goddess dressing gives off big 1970s health food store vibes. But it was actually invented in 1923 at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco! You'll learn the dressing's star-studded history & the controversy surrounding its name.

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This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from Hannah Dasher, country music star and author of the new cookbook, Stand By Your Pan!

Hannah talks about:

• Why sooo many country singers have written cookbooks!
• Chocolate gravy - it's a thing!
• Why she has 9 recipes that start with "Getcho man" in her cookbook.
• The difference between food in Georgia (where she grew up) and food in Nashville (where she lives now).

Listen to the full episode of Your Last Meal with Hannah Dasher here!

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Hannah Dasher is a country music star and author of the new cookbook Stand By Your Pan, named after her super popular cooking videos enjoyed by her millions of TikTok and Instagram followers. 

Hannah’s house in Nashville is a 1970s time capsule and her kitchen is an avocado green dream, stocked with nostalgic, vintage cookware, including the Tupperware so many of our moms bought at parties. 

It's Tupperware's 80th birthday, and the iconic plastic bowls, not to mention the Tupperware parties, found their place in the American Zeitgeist thanks to a woman named Brownie Wise. Never heard of her? Most haven't. We’ll tell you how she rose to Oprah-level fame in the 1940s and was erased from the history books in a span of a couple years. Plus, the company's fascinating, post-war origin story. 

Hannah and host Rachel Belle also talk about:

• The most bizarre food items Hannah has found wrapped in a napkin in her purse
• Why she included Naomi Judd's Possum Pie in her cookbook
• What foods she insists on making from scratch and which she doesn't mind getting from a box or a can.
• And so much more!

Catch Hannah on tour!

To celebrate the big anniversary, Tupperware re-released its Servalier bowls, the ones with the sunburst lids, in the classic 1970s colors, check em out! 

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This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from filmmaker, writer and actor Jay Duplass!

Jay shares:

• Where he buys his favorite birthday cake -- he's been getting the exact same one since childhood!
• The two movies he's seen the most, that he can watch over and over again.
• The coolest movie theater in the world!

Listen to the full episode of Your Last Meal with Jay Duplass here.

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Director, producer, writer and filmmaker Jay Duplass is from New Orleans, therefore he sprinkles Tony Chachere’s seasoning on everything, from lasagna to his "white guy huevos rancheros."

Jay tells me:

• What foods he gave out to hungry hikers when he was a trail angel on the Pacific Crest Trail
• The best condiment packets to steal from gas stations
• The worst healthy, hippie food his parents served him growing up
• What he ate when he was a struggling filmmaker in Austin, Texas

And I chat with Barry and Sandy Mann, who are perhaps the most famous PCT trail angels -- they've welcomed more than 8,000 thru-hikers into their home! 

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