Local Podcasts
There’s More to That from Smithsonian magazine: The Foods and Flavors That Make Our Holidays Delicious
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December 20, 2025
Host Ari Daniel drops into two homes to explore two holiday traditions. We start with Elisa Hough, an editor at the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, and the Filipino torta recipe that her mother prepared every Christmas. Now during the holidays, Elisa is the one making torta. And it’s the time of the year when she connects most closely to her Filipino heritage.
Then we head to Jamaica where we meet Vaughn Stafford Gray, an independent journalist and former chef, who explains the history of jerk and what it means in contemporary Jamaican culture.
New to WCNY is There’s More to That from Smithsonian magazine. What’s the local connection? WCNY’s Genevieve Sponsler is the executive producer of There’s More to That, which is produced by PRX Productions.
