Episode 28

Chris Baio and Hot Cheetos
Title	Chris Baio and Hot Cheetos
Description	A heated debate on snacks with Chris Baio and Michael Moss.
Date	October 9, 2016
Location	Los Angeles, CA
Hosts	Ezra Koenig Jake Longstreth Seinfeld2000
Guests	Chris Baio (in studio) Michael Moss (via hotline)
Episode Guide
Previous Episode	Episode 27
Next Episode	Episode 29

"Time Crisis. October. This week, we dig deeper than ever into the corporate food industrial complex. We talk to Chris Baio, from Vampire Weekend, about the snack foods that shaped his life. We talk to Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Michael Moss, Seinfeld2000 stops by, plus the Top Five. And a little snack called Hot Cheetos."

Episode

Guests

• Chris Baio - bassist, of Vampire Weekend
• Michael Moss - journalist

Topics

Ezra and Jake talk Rosh Hashanah and having a "sweet" new year before jumping into snack food talk. Baio details his love of sour candy and spicy snacks. A listener sends Jake an email about Hot Cheetos' history and controversial present. Michael Moss calls in to talk about processed foods and their omnipresence in American snack culture. Seinfeld2000 talks about snacks featured in Seinfeld episodes before a Top Five filled with novelty songs from 1976.

Segments

• Mail Bag
• Corporate Food History
• Top Five

Continuity

• Vampire Weekend
• Hannah Fidell
• Bruce Springsteen
• Doritos
• Episode 4 - Jamie Foxx

Music

Top Five

2016

1. "Closer (feat. Halsey)" - The Chainsmokers
2. "Starboy (feat. Daft Punk)" - The Weeknd
3. "Heathens" - twenty one pilots
4. "All We Know (feat. Phoebe Ryan)" - The Chainsmokers
5. "This Town" - Niall Horan

1976

1. "Play That Funky Music" - Wild Cherry
2. "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight" - England Dan Seals & John Ford Coley
3. "A Fifth of Beethoven" - Walter Murphy
4. "Disco Duck" - The Rubix Cube's
5. "Lowdown" - Boz Scaggs

Songs Played

• "One of Us" - ABBA
• "Give Me the Night" - George Benson
• "Bugler" - The Byrds
• "Factory" - Bruce Springsteen
• "Weird Science" - Oingo Boingo
• "Blueberry Hill" - Fats Domino
• "goosebumps" - Travis Scott
• "Hot Cheetos and Takis" - Y.N. RichKids
• "Really Doe (feat. Kendrick Lamar, Ab-Soul & Earl Sweatshirt)" - Danny Brown
• "Brainwash yyrr Face" - Baio
• "Hot Cheetos Megamix" - Proph & Collin
• "Ain't No Half Steppin" - Heatwave
• "Norf Norf" - Vince Staples
• "I'll Be There For You (Long Version)" - The Rembrandts 
• "This Is How We Do It" - Montell Jordan
• "Obvious Bicycle" - Vampire Weekend
• "Lowdown" - Boz Scaggs
• "This Town" - Niall Horan
• "Disco Duck" - The Rubix Cube's
• "All We Know (feat. Phoebe Ryan)" - The Chainsmokers
• "Heathens" - twenty one pilots
• "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight" - England Dan Seals & John Ford Coley
• "Starboy (feat. Daft Punk)" - The Weeknd
• "Play That Funky Music" - Wild Cherry
• "Closer (feat. Halsey)" - The Chainsmokers