Vox Media right this moment introduced a podcast partnership with American Public Media (APM) that may deliver APM’s James Beard Award-winning meals present, The Splendid Desk, to the Vox Media Podcast Community. Because it launched practically three a long time in the past, The Splendid Desk has launched America to generations of meals dignitaries. The Splendid Desk will proceed to air on public radio, with Vox Media contributing to promotions and assuming gross sales and distribution duties for the podcast model of the present in addition to its The One Recipe spinoff.
“We’re thrilled by this partnership that expands the attain of The Splendid Desk’s prestigious legacy model to Vox Media alongside its famend Gastropod podcast and Eater model,” says American Public Media Group’s vp of income technique, Thomas De Napoli. “Leveraging these top-tier platforms, we goal to drive viewers development and to develop multi-channel entry to trusted content material and experiences liked by individuals from all walks of life. Revolutionary collaborations like this guarantee The Splendid Desk continues to thrive and evolve in an ever-changing media panorama.”
Hosted by award-winning meals author, Francis Lam, The Splendid Desk is an unique weekly companion that celebrates the intersection of meals and life. The present explores totally different cultures, cuisines and concepts, in addition to the small private tales that come out of the expansive world of the desk. The previous Eat columnist for The New York Instances Journal, Lam has been a presence on The Splendid Desk since 2010. Along with internet hosting The Splendid Desk, Lam is vp and editor-in-chief at Clarkson Potter, a division inside Penguin Random Home that may be a chief in cookbook publishing. He has written for publications that embody Connoisseur, Bon Appétit, Meals & Wine, Fortunate Peach, Saveur, Salon, Males’s Journal, and the Monetary Instances.
In 2022, The Splendid Desk launched its spinoff present, The One Recipe. Hosted by Eater senior editor Jesse Sparks, the present options conversations with cooks and gifted cooks from everywhere in the world in regards to the one recipe they hold of their again pocket.
“The Splendid Desk’s enduring success is a testomony to the present’s persistently inquisitive and considerate conversations round meals which have delighted audiences for many years,” says Vox Media’s govt director of the podcast enterprise, Lillian Xu. “We’re so excited to associate with The Splendid Desk to discover the various methods we are able to develop collectively, particularly alongside the main meals manufacturers and exhibits inside the Vox Media ecosystem.”