The Cultural Dish Podcast

In this episode your hosts Elizabeth Pan and Juliana Moreno Patel invite actor Newton Kaneshiro and actor/writer/producer Claire Gerety-Mott over for a dinner of World of Warcraft Westfall Chili and Strawberry Shortcake. This episode's topics: 1. The Lego Movie 2. The proposed breaking up of California into 6 separate states 3. The BuzzFeed trend on the Internet

In this episode your hosts Elizabeth Pan and Juliana Moreno Patel invite actress and musician Golda Inquito and author Jennifer Scott over for a dinner of Winter Wild Rice Casserole and Roasted Pear Crumble. This episode's topics: 1. HBO's "True Detective" 2. Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfield's new book, "Triple Package" 3. Cultivating an air of mystery the French way from Jennifer Scott's book, "Lessons from Madame Chic: 20 Stylish Secrets I Learned While Living in Paris"

In this episode your hosts Elizabeth Pan and Juliana Moreno Patel invite photographer and commercial session runner, Michael Vieyra and musician/PhD candidate Cynthia Wang over for a dinner of "faux" spaghetti and Millionaire Shortbread. This episode's topics: 1. Spike Jonze's "Her" 2. The trend of married couples living apart 3. Entertainment award shows

In this episode your hosts Elizabeth Pan and Juliana Moreno Patel invite audio designer and composer, Barry Neely and entrepreneur Frederick Yoo over for a dinner specially catered by nefrologist and hobby chef, Dr. Richard Lee. This episode's topics: 1. Alfonos Cuaron's movie, "Gravity" 2. The viral website "40 Days of Dating" 3. The possibility of humans moving to Mars

In this episode your hosts Elizabeth Pan and Juliana Patel invite artist, Tim Hemstreet and non-profit director, Debi Palestina over for dinner to discuss: 1. The Netflix series, "Orange is the New Black" 2. Prepaying for high end, celebrity chef dining 3. How we respond to celebrity deaths

In this episode your hosts Elizabeth Pan and Juliana Patel invite actor Sunil Malhotra and actor Mike Park over for dinner to discuss: 1. "Before Midnight", the third movie in the Before Triology 2. The Abercrombie and Fitch "Cool Kids" controversy and the #FitchtheHomeless backlash 3. The recent trend of elaborate flash mob proposals

In this episode your hosts Elizabeth Pan and Juliana Patel invite writer/lawyer Annie Imes and writer/educator James Perreault over for dinner to discuss: 1. The Baz Luhrman film, "The Great Gatsby" 2. The Dove Real Beauty Sketches campaign 3. Lori Gottleib's article in the Atlantic Monthly, "Marry Him, the Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough"

This inaugural episode features guests: actor Steve Brady and writer Mario Moreno. Topics: -Mark Oppenheimer's article in the NY Times about Dan Savage's views on infidelity in marriages and how they might be a good thing. -House of Cards on netflix.com and the phenomenon of non-traditional companies producing original programming. -The recent trend of using your Facebook profile picture to showcase your political beliefs. Bonus material at end!