Thanksgiving! It’s the biggest Dinner Table Talk of the year and we talk all about it! Homemade green bean casserole, unplanned trips to the grocery store, secret ingredients, Okja, honey-roasted radishes, an Aislynn editorial, green congealed salads in green bowls, rocks in your wine, corn casseroles, jalapeno-cranberry sauce, stuffing v. dressing, rocks in your bra, riding ponies, fresh-cured hams, meat-filled charcuterie, being proud of your brother, pro-shit-to, ET olive fingers, when Courtl...
Dec 09, 2019•46 min•Ep. 13
We love talking music with our kids. We influence them and, even better, they influence us. We talk about why we knew the words to every 90s country song that came on at the BBQ place and the two stop process that broke that horrible lapse in judgment. That leads us into a talk about Tyler the Creator, Drake, booing and then you know how it goes...we talk about everything else. Homemade ranch dressing, Saturday Night Live when you were in high school, mercurial swordfish, tilapia feedback, soy l...
Dec 02, 2019•42 min•Ep. 13
We love food festivals and our local Greek Festival is one of the stars of the show this week providing Aislynn’s favorite meal of the week. That leads us into a talk about gyros, doner kebabs, our Food Journey lunch group and then you know how it goes...we talk about everything else. Thick Mahi, pussyfooting, prohibition, al pastor, shawarma, frozen hamburger discs, mussels off a truck, municipal composting, family-style Chinese dinners, toxic methane, chicken nuggets, a soy/grain American diet...
Nov 25, 2019•43 min•Ep. 12
Joe always says, “We’ve eaten 21 meals since the last time we got together,” but is that accurate? We start about who skips which meals and quickly move into a delicious 4-course meal at our favorite local restaurant. This we talk about getting donged, the joys of hyperthyroidism, raising backyard chickens and what we do with the eggs, Farm TV, Hurricane Harvey, what the best restaurateurs do (as opposed to chain restaurants), eating fish with a spoon, GROW Local South Texas, spontaneous meals w...
Nov 18, 2019•42 min
Chili dogs, chicken wings, parties, politics and Fleabag. This Dinner Table Talk is a 100-course meal. Exactly one year after Aislynn’s mayoral campaign, we reflect on the ins and outs of that election while saving room to talk about a launch plan, how we find podcasts, wonderful invitations, asking friends for help, the ingredients of a hot dog, future guests, age gaps, the birth of the chicken wing, stimulating discussions about pop culture, personal paparazzi, the partisan stew that makes Joe...
Nov 11, 2019•53 min•Ep. 10
Is there any more comfortable situation than talking S-E-X with your kids? Well, it came up this week and we tell you all about it. We talk about shitterdams, left hand/right hand etiquette, the Breakfast Taco Capital of the World, a Joe’s Treatise on Balding recap, man boobs, Aislynn’s irrational hatred of classic Italian sauces, Homecoming angst, late-night teen parties, the female equivalent of Axe Body Spray, homemade brisket and bbq sauce, Joe’s fear of beans...and then the sex talk. Joe gi...
Nov 02, 2019•54 min•Ep. 9
It’s Day Two at Austin City Limits Music Festival (ACL). We talk food, fun, family, music and balding in a whirlwind Austin, TX weekend. Looking for Joe's Treatise on Balding that every balding man should listen to? It begins at 38:46. Our first (and only?) 'explicit' episode, ACL Day Two elicits the first appearance of real tears while we talk about brunch in Austin, that Queso Is Life, Velveeta, Kombucha Girl, stage/crowd disparities, Childish Gambino perfection, a daughter's lullaby, mothers ...
Oct 27, 2019•59 min•Ep. 8
Joe, Aislynn and the whole family went to weekend one of the Austin City Limits Music Festival (ACL). This episode details the food, fun, family, music and claustrophobia of Day One. Next week: Day Two. We talk about Ethiopian food, blisters, never saying 'meta' again, a midnight run to Magnolia Cafe, Aislynn's love of Thom Yorke, Tame Impala claustrophobia, managing teenage girls, saying words that aren't real words, our preferred breakfast tacos, how Siete Foods will sponsor us someday, the po...
Oct 18, 2019•48 min
When you're in a silly mood....record! Raw oysters, gumbo and pulled pork reign supreme as Joe and Aislynn talk about their favorite meals and favorite dinner conversations of the week. Pull up a chair and learn more about being fake, being meta, stingers, unanswered questions, hashtags, bebos, pebos, #JHAC, how boring instant pot talk is, the necessary talks about aging and death, Bob Ross Halloween costumes and why Aislynn ran for mayor (in under a minute). This week's dinner talk question: Ho...
Oct 12, 2019•31 min
Tromboncino squash is the star of the show as we pull up to the dinner table and talk about global population, women's volleyball, ferris wheels, recipe tag teams, boullion cubes, fart-smelling broth, Inglorious Basterds, 'The Italians,' craft cocktail binging and the first thing Joe's buying when we win the lottery. This week's dinner talk question: What's your favorite ride at an amusement park?
Oct 08, 2019•42 min•Ep. 5
A deep dive into how we eat, shop and cook...a little too deep? The running time says maybe. As the upcoming Austin City Limits Music Festival dominates our dinner table, we talk about our partnership in the kitchen, seasonal availability, Aislynn's shifting attitude toward restaurant meat, Lemon Parmesan Chicken with Squash, a trip down ACL memory lane, Voodoo Donuts, alcoholic ice cream, BBQ, Indian food, and youthful trips through Europe. This dinner table talk is jammed-packed. Coming soon: ...
Oct 07, 2019•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 4
This week's dinner table talks run the gamut from BBQ to out-of-town salmon, rule-breaking to rule-setting, Aislynn's new rules about meat in restaurants and Joe's relationship with rules that don't make sense . This week's dinner talk question: What do you most admire about your parents?
Sep 30, 2019•39 min•Ep. 3
In our first full-length episode, we take a deep dive into the best of this week's dinner table meals and talks including: pho, King Ranch chicken, bidets-as-gifts, college-age drinking, alternative uses of cauliflower, breakfast tacos, standing up to local leaders and much, much more. Our dinner talk question of the week: Have you ever stood up for something you believe in?
Sep 26, 2019•41 min
In the first episode of Dinner Table Talks, Aislynn and Joe explain the origin of the podcast with a little background about who they are and why the dinner table has played such an important part of their lives together. Pull up a chair. Dinner's ready.
Sep 25, 2019•15 min•Ep. 1
