The Empty Bowl

Justin McElroy

A meditative podcast about cereal from cereal eater Justin McElroy and Cerealously creator Dan Goubert.

  • 38 minutes 56 seconds
    One Hundred and Sixteen

    This is the one-hundred and sixteenth episode of The Empty Bowl, in which we snitch to the WBDGCP, the Cap'n sets the bar for vanilla, and we ponder our priciest cereal purchases.

    Follow along with our cereal rankings at tinyurl.com/tebrank!

    Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/theemptybowl!

    14 April 2025, 1:34 am
  • 33 minutes 3 seconds
    One Hundred and Fifteen

    This is the one-hundred and fifteenth episode of The Empty Bowl, in which Dan's soul-bowl cereal returns, Raisin Bran leaves its comfort zone, and we brainstorm which liquids would make for a solid cereal.

    2 March 2025, 10:20 pm
  • 41 minutes 25 seconds
    One Hundred and Fourteen

    This is the one-hundred and fourteenth episode of The Empty Bowl, in which everyone in the world tells Justin about a new cereal, Life's newest flavor is a real mouthful, and we answer the age-old question once and for all: Boo Berry or Count Chocula?

    2 February 2025, 9:08 pm
  • 46 minutes 30 seconds
    One Hundred and Thirteen

    This is the one-hundred and thirteenth episode of The Empty Bowl, in which we tackle 2025's first new cereals before looking back at 2024's biggest breakfast-aisle wonders and blunders.

    5 January 2025, 6:10 pm
  • 45 minutes 2 seconds
    One Hundred and Twelve

    This is the one-hundred and twelfth episode of The Empty Bowl, in which we investigate a corn puff-ification epidemic, Dan takes on a chocolate trio, and inscrutable cereals of yore come under scrutiny.


    Check out our Cereal Ranking progress here.

    16 December 2024, 3:07 am
  • 41 minutes 41 seconds
    One Hundred and Eleven

    This is the one-hundred and eleventh episode of The Empty Bowl, in which General Mills overloads us with new cereal news, Bailey's brings the bite, and we finally make our cereal ranking progress public (check it out at tinyurl.com/TEBrank).

    16 November 2024, 8:38 pm
  • 38 minutes 53 seconds
    One Hundred and Ten

    This is the one-hundred and tenth episode of The Empty Bowl, in which no Squishmallow goes to waste, we ideate the perfect cereal shape, and Dan praises a zeitgeist-defining gorilla.

    30 October 2024, 12:41 am
  • 42 minutes 25 seconds
    One Hundred and Nine

    This is the one-hundred and ninth episode of The Empty Bowl, in which Life self-nullifies, Carmella meets her match, and we make what is easily our most controversial Cereal Ranking decision yet.

    8 October 2024, 2:13 am
  • 52 minutes 16 seconds
    One Hundred and Eight

    This is the one-hundred and eighth episode of The Empty Bowl, in which Justin's life is in Jimmy Dean's hands, Dan does some Pop-Tarts geometry, and we both keep ranking old cereals, because it ain't much...but it's honest work.

    13 September 2024, 4:08 pm
  • 40 minutes 1 second
    One Hundred and Seven

    This is the one-hundred and seventh episode of The Empty Bowl, in which Toucan Sam explores his final frontier, a Cereal of the Year contender comes out of nowhere, and Dan's Movie Corner returns for an especially Freaky film.

    16 August 2024, 8:10 pm
  • 40 minutes 16 seconds
    One Hundred and Six

    This is the one-hundred and sixth episode of The Empty Bowl, in which the Kelce brothers defy reason, Pop-Tarts approaches singularity, and we embark on the most ambitious project of our cereal podcasting career.

    28 July 2024, 4:42 pm
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