
Pizza Pod Party
The Pizza Pod Party is your regular celebration of the world's greatest food. Hosts Arthur Bovino and Alfred Schulz give you pizza news, a pizza topic, and chat with a very special guest. Come debate, pontificate, and laugh all about pizza!
Latest episodes

Nov 14, 2023 • 1h 2min
Dave Hill, Hockey and Pizza Therapy
Since our guest, Dave Hill, has so many pizza opinions, we bail on news and a topic and let Dave lay down the pizza law!Dave Hill is a writer, comedian, musician. He has hosted numerous podcasts. Dave is the author of 2012’s “Tasteful Nudes”, 2016’s, “Dave Hill Doesn't Live Here Anymore”, and 2019’s “Parking the Moose”. His new book is titled, “The Awesome Game: One Man's Incredible, Globe-Crushing Hockey Odyssey”. On November 30th Dave will be at 3Ten ACL Live in Austin.Dave talks about growing up in Cleveland, pizza's connections to hockey, and how people can ruin pizza. This podcast is brought to you by Ooni Pizza Ovens. Go to Ooni.com for more information.
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Nov 7, 2023 • 55min
Jenna Wolfe, Pizza Health
Can you eat pizza and stay healthy? Jenna Wolfe helps answer that question. We have pizza news, and the pizza topic is: "Eating a whole New York City pizza by yourself." Jenna Wolfe is a journalist, personal trainer, and former correspondent on NBC’s Today Show. She co-hosted Fox Sports’ First Things First. She’s the author of 2015’s "Thinner in 30: Small Changes That Add Up to Big Weight Loss in Just 30 Days." Earlier this year, Jenna had a hysterectomy and double mastectomy due to her BRCA 1 gene mutation, which would have most likely led to a breast cancer diagnosis.Jenna gives us her current health status, talks about growing up in Jamaica and Haiti, and proclaims her love of pizza. She also offers Arthur and Alfred (and all pizza lovers) some health tips.This podcast is brought to you by Ooni Pizza Ovens. Go to Ooni.com for more information.
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Oct 31, 2023 • 56min
Mo Rocca, A Modern Major Funneler
Happy Halloween! Mo Rocca joins the party, there's pizza headlines, and the topic is: candy on pizza.Mo Rocca is a humorist and journalist you know from his time at the Daily Show, and NPR’s "Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me". He hosted “My Grandmother’s Ravioli” on the Cooking Channel and is currently a correspondent for CBS Sunday Morning. His CBS podcast, "Mobituaries" is now on its fourth season.Mo talks about growing up in DC, working at local pizza places, his love for actual "pizza parlors", and the differences between cafeterias and buffets. This podcast is brought to you by, Ooni Pizza Ovens. Go to Ooni.com for more information.
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Oct 24, 2023 • 58min
Emily Bazelon, Celebrating New Haven
This episode is our New Haven, Connecticut pizza special! New Haven resident, Emily Bazelon hangs out, Arthur does pizza news and explains what the fuss is about when it comes to New Haven pizza.Emily Bazelon is a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine and a Senior Research Fellow at Yale Law School. Emily is the author of 2013’s, “Sticks and Stones: Defeating the Culture of Bullying and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy” and 2019’s, “Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration”. She currently co-hosts Slate's Political Gabfest podcast.Emily talks about living in New Haven, Connecticut, how online bullying affects culture, and which pizza toppings should be considered unconstitutional. This podcast is brought to you by, Ooni Pizza Ovens. Go to Ooni.com for more information.
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Oct 17, 2023 • 1h 2min
Alison Rosen, Is Your New Pizza Friend
Pizza headlines, kids' pizza books, and podcaster and writer Alison Rosen is hilarious talking about pizza.Alison Rosen is host of the Alison Rosen is Your New Best Friend podcast. She co-hosts the podcasts Childish with Greg Fitzsimmons and Alison and Todd After Hours. She’s the author of the 2018 book, “Tropical Attire Encouraged (and Other Phrases That Scare Me,” which has a new addition coming out in November. Don't forget to subscribe to her Substack.Alison talks about growing up in Orange County, California, living in New York City, and trying to find good local pizza in Los Angeles.Check out Arthur's NYC pizza piece in BBC Travel!This podcast is brought to you by, Ooni Pizza Ovens. Go to Ooni.com for more information.
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Oct 10, 2023 • 45min
Ophira Eisenberg, Parenting and Pizza
Comedian, author, and podcast host Ophira Eisenberg joins the conversation. Arthur gives you the pizza headlines, and the pizza topic is: Parenting and Pizza.Ophira Eisenberg is a standup comedian and former host of NPR’s Ask Me Another. She is the author of 2013’s “Screw Everyone: Sleeping My Way to Monogamy.” Currently, Ophira hosts the iHeart podcast, Parenting is a Joke.In this episode of The Pizza Pod Party, Ophira discusses pizza from her native Calgary, dating and pizza, and helps come up with a good alternate NPR pizza podcast title for the show. This podcast is brought to you by, Ooni Pizza Ovens. Go to Ooni.com for more information.
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Oct 3, 2023 • 1h 1min
Dave Holmes, The Spirit of St. Louis
Jam packed pizza party! Dave Holmes celebrates St. Louis' controversial pizza, Arthur reads pizza news and we have a very important debate over Detroit-style pizza with author, Karen Dybis.Dave Holmes is the host of the podcasts Homophilia, Waiting for Impact, among others. He is the author of the 2016 book, “Party of One: A Memoir in 21 Songs.” Dave was also an MTV VJ from 1998 to 2002. Currently he's Editor-at-Large for Esquire and his Post Malone cover story is out now.Karen Dybis is a long time business reporter, writing for The Detroit News, U.S. News & World Report, Time magazine, and currently JCK. She’s the author of five local history books about Detroit, including Better Made in Michigan, and “Detroit Style Pizza: A Doughtown History”.This podcast is brought to you by, Ooni Pizza Ovens. Go to Ooni.com for more information.
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Sep 26, 2023 • 42min
Steve Gorman, Sauce, Dough and Rock & Roll
Rock star drummer and former pizzeria employee, Steve Gorman joins the party. Arthur reads the pizza news and the pizza topic is: water's affect on pizza. Steve Gorman was the founding drummer of the multi platinum rock and roll band, The Black Crowes. Steve is the author (along with Steven Hyden) of 2019's "Hard to Handle: The Life and Death of the Black Crowes". His syndicated radio show, Steve Gorman Rocks, can be heard on classic rock stations around the country. He is currently playing drums in the band Bag Men.Steve talks about various pizza places he discovered while traveling the country in a rock and roll band and his time working at Fellini's Pizza in Atlanta.This podcast is brought to you by Ooni Pizza Ovens. Go to Ooni.com for more information.
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Sep 19, 2023 • 48min
Candace Bushnell, Slice and the City
"Sex and the City" author Candace Bushnell talks pizza. Arthur has pizza news, and the topic is "Even bad pizza is good pizza."Candace Bushnell is the real-life "Carrie Bradshaw" and an international bestselling author. Candace wrote the book, “Sex and the City,” based on her New York Observer column. That led to the HBO show of the same name. Her new one-woman show is called “True Tales of Sex, Success, and Sex and the City,” which you can see on October 11, 12, 14, 15, at The Green Room 42 in New York City. Get more dates at CandaceBushnell.com.Candace talks about her life and experience through the lens of pizza in rural Connecticut, New York City, and the Hamptons. She divulges what pizza each Sex and the City character would order. This podcast is brought to you by Ooni Pizza Ovens. Go to Ooni.com for more information.
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Sep 12, 2023 • 52min
LZ Granderson, T2 and Detroit Style
LA Times Columnist, LZ Granderson, Arthur gives you pizza news, and the topic is "Detroit Style Pizza".LZ Granderson was the host of ESPN’s Sports Nation. LZ is currently an LA Times columnist, and an ABC News contributor. He hosts ABC News’ Life Out Loud with LZ Granderson podcast.LZ talks about eating pizza in Detroit and is not convinced there is a Detroit "style". He discusses sneaking into Terminator 2 with a sloppy pizza, NOT eating at sporting events, and why he has never put on Air Jordans. Arthur also explains what Detroit Style Pizza is and where it came from.This podcast is brought to you by, Ooni Pizza Ovens. Go to Ooni.com for more information.
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