Today on the show, we welcome one of our favorite writers in the game, Jason Diamond. Jason runs the wonderful newsletter The Melt and has written two books, Searching for John Hughes and The Sprawl: Reconsidering the Weird American Suburbs. In this action-packed episode, we cover a great many topics: Spago Rock, time travel, forgotten foods of Chicago, burger night in the Diamond household, and the enigmatic restaurateur Keith McNally. This is only a fraction of what we discuss, and I really hope you enjoy our talk.

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More from Jason Diamond:

• That Wolfgang Puck Sound [The Melt]

• Auteurcore: How Vintage Movie Merch Became Cool [GQ]

• Is PJ Clarke’s the Perfect NYC Dining Experience? [The Melt]

• A Kinder, Gentler Explorecore [The Melt]