{"podcast":{"title":"Mad Food","slug":"mad-food-550358","podcast_index_feed_id":550358,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/10e8692b4/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://madfood.substack.com/","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/45286677/888cf80a01a11b22.png","author":"Jordan Okun and Max Shapiro","episode_count":178,"summary":"Comedic food talk covering restaurants, cooking, eating habits, hospitality, and even some respectful interviews with big name chefs, celebrities, and regular schnooks hosted by Jordan Okun and Max Shapiro (the team formerly of Air Jordan: A Food Podcast). Straight outta Los Angeles, but covering the entire mad food world.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-19T12:18:39.786901+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mad-food-550358"},"episode":{"title":"The Best LA Bar: Vandell","slug":"the-best-la-bar-vandell","published_at":"2026-07-08T14:42:05+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mad-food-550358/the-best-la-bar-vandell","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mad-food-550358","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/madfood/episodes/The-Best-LA-Bar-Vandell-e3lqmp2","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/10e8692b4/podcast/play/122558690/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-8%2F20fa67f7-ee8d-41dc-7f08-8aaabdb66194.mp3","summary":"Shawn Lickliter is a co-owner and bar mind behind Vandell, a Los Feliz cocktail bar that Max believes is at the top of the LA game. Jordan and Max first talk a recent visit together, what food they paired with all the beverage, and needing therapy based on what room they like to sit in when drinking. Then, the fellas are joined by Shawn to talk how Vandell came to be, the secrets behind batching and pricing, and one of the only bananas Jordan loves.","meta_description":"Shawn Lickliter is a co-owner and bar mind behind Vandell, a Los Feliz cocktail bar that Max believes is at the top of the LA game. Jordan and Max first t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4554,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mad-food-550358/episodes/the-best-la-bar-vandell/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mad-food-550358/the-best-la-bar-vandell.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}