A former ballet dancer survives a devastating car accident, chooses a new career path, realizes her strong passion for bacon, and becomes a professional writer (and eater). Plus, improv comedy, a song, a dream about Pee Wee Herman, matcha, and much more…

Dara Pollak (@skinnypignyc), founder of The Skinny Pig (a social media, marketing, and branding consultant for hospitality groups and restaurants around the country, as well as a recipe developer for national brands), guests with hosts Marc Raco (@racomarc), Danielle Beckmann (@deebeck) and producer Elsie (@elsietheproducer) in the MouthMedia Network studio powered by Sennheiser.

In this episode:

• Real trained squirrels with Johnny Depp, and the Squirrel Actor’s Guild
• Advertising that is pushing the envelope, as enough businesses and people that are deciding a new reality of advertising
• Fighting in public
• A Medieval festival
• Star Trek Vodka!
• Everyone’s mixed-up dreams
• Dream analysis
• The epic Pee Wee Herman dream
• A horrible accident changing Dara’s life path and earns her the nickname “Superwoman”
• Creating The Skinny Pig brand
• Everything bacon!
• The United States of Bacon song
• How food connected with Dara
• A ghost pepper chicken wing
• What restaurants are doing wrong with their food
• La Pecora Bianca, Flex Mussels, and ROKC restaurants
• An hilarious round of the improv game “Audible” involves Tom Cruise, piranhas, and foie gras, and the worst Thanksgiving ever
• Plus, Matcha makes an appearance in End of Show Food

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