No Substitutions, Please

About No Substitutions, Please

A show about food and the things people do to it. Every week, Noah McKinnon and Louisa Herron pick a dish, define its most important elements, and then sit down to find out what the Internet thinks about it.

Publisher

Noah McKinnon and Louisa Herron

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

4 Sept 2022

Latest episode

16 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

154 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   16 Aug 2026

   Episode 153: Refried Beans

   The beans so nice, they fried them twice—is what you say, when you don't know how they're actually made. Noah and Louisa talk about how that brownish-grayish scoop of paste on your taco is just the first stage in leguminous excellence. Join our Patreon! Our theme is Street Food, by FASSounds, and is governed by the Simplified Pixabay License.

2. 

   26 Jul 2026

   Episode 152: Noah’s Grand Tour

   Noah returns from his sojourn around the sun-kissed shores of the Mediterranean to tell stories of the weird creatures he encountered, the heavenly foods they eat, and the strange sights he saw. Robert Pattinson's not in this version, though. Join our Patreon! Our theme is Street Food, by FASSounds, and is governed by the Simplified Pixabay License.

3. 

   12 Jul 2026

   Episode 151: Louisa v. Louisa

   Noah is still on his long journey home after the Trojan War (how do we feel about: The Noahmad as a title? We'll workshop it), so Louisa is home alone. After the requisite pizza party with a cardboard cutout of Michael Jordan, she sits down with herself to really get to the heart of what Louisa's whole deal is. Join our Patreon! Our theme is Street Food, by FASSounds, and is governed by the Simplified Pixabay License.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 56 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

88

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

60

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