The Empty Bowl

Justin McElroy
The Empty Bowl

A meditative podcast about cereal from cereal eater Justin McElroy and Cerealously creator Dan Goubert.

  1. 2 FEB

    One Hundred and Fourteen

    This is the one-hundred and fourteenth episode of The Empty Bowl, in which everyone in the world tells Justin about a new cereal, Life's newest flavor is a real mouthful, and we answer the age-old question once and for all: Boo Berry or Count Chocula?

    41 min

  2. 5 JAN

    One Hundred and Thirteen

    This is the one-hundred and thirteenth episode of The Empty Bowl, in which we tackle 2025's first new cereals before looking back at 2024's biggest breakfast-aisle wonders and blunders.

    47 min

  3. 16/12/2024

    One Hundred and Twelve

    This is the one-hundred and twelfth episode of The Empty Bowl, in which we investigate a corn puff-ification epidemic, Dan takes on a chocolate trio, and inscrutable cereals of yore come under scrutiny. Check out our Cereal Ranking progress here.

    45 min

  4. 16/11/2024

    One Hundred and Eleven

    This is the one-hundred and eleventh episode of The Empty Bowl, in which General Mills overloads us with new cereal news, Bailey's brings the bite, and we finally make our cereal ranking progress public (check it out at tinyurl.com/TEBrank).

    42 min

  5. 30/10/2024

    One Hundred and Ten

    This is the one-hundred and tenth episode of The Empty Bowl, in which no Squishmallow goes to waste, we ideate the perfect cereal shape, and Dan praises a zeitgeist-defining gorilla.

    39 min

  6. 08/10/2024

    One Hundred and Nine

    This is the one-hundred and ninth episode of The Empty Bowl, in which Life self-nullifies, Carmella meets her match, and we make what is easily our most controversial Cereal Ranking decision yet.

    42 min

  7. 13/09/2024

    One Hundred and Eight

    This is the one-hundred and eighth episode of The Empty Bowl, in which Justin's life is in Jimmy Dean's hands, Dan does some Pop-Tarts geometry, and we both keep ranking old cereals, because it ain't much...but it's honest work.

    52 min

  8. 16/08/2024

    One Hundred and Seven

    This is the one-hundred and seventh episode of The Empty Bowl, in which Toucan Sam explores his final frontier, a Cereal of the Year contender comes out of nowhere, and Dan's Movie Corner returns for an especially Freaky film.

    40 min
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About

A meditative podcast about cereal from cereal eater Justin McElroy and Cerealously creator Dan Goubert.

Information

  • Creator
    Justin McElroy
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2025
  • Episodes
    114
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Justin McElroy
  • Show Website
    The Empty Bowl

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