Andrew Zimmern: 5/24/16




The Moment with Brian Koppelman show

Summary: Andrew Zimmern is best known as the creator and host of the <em>Bizarre Foods</em> franchise on Travel Channel. New episodes of <em>Bizarre Foods</em> begin June 21st at 9PM and his new show, <em>Driven By Food</em>, premieres in August. On today's show, Andrew talks about the transformative power of travel (7:00), a life changing trip to Madagascar (15:00), and the decision he made to be himself, rather than a character of himself, on <em>Bizarre Foods</em> (27:00). Plus, Andrew and Brian discuss his love of tussling with the network (35:00), a story behind the first episode of his new show, <em>Driven By Food </em>(47:00), and how show business is the perfect business for Andrew to grow spiritually and artistically (55:00).<br><br>Shownotes: <a href="http://Slate.com/TheMoment">Slate.com/TheMoment</a><br>Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/briankoppelman">@BrianKoppelman</a><br>iTunes: <a href="http://itunes.com/themoment">itunes.com/themoment</a>