In the first episode of 2026, Josh and Eli join in the celebration of National Soup Month! Where did this holiday come from, and why do we celebrate it to this day? What does any of this have to do with unhinged racist rants about bioengineered meats and poor people? All this plus more sordid tales from the soup crime files in this episode's edition of Soup News. Then on the history front, find out what an acclaimed Japanese chef has in common with gas stations in the American south, and how a complicated colonial history led to a Haitian new year soup.

The episode so nice we named it twice! After a brief hiatus to let some of our tougher topics simmer a little bit, we're back in the broth with more soup than you can shake a spoon at. Featuring soup crimes on the personal and industrial scale, and the ambiguous historical legacy of a beloved soup ingredient. All this plus more fictional soup restaurants and and the list of dangerous soup ingredients grows ever longer!

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In this episode our fearless soup explorers bring you more news from the soup crimes division and discuss whether or not The Campbell's Company can separate itself from its soupy origins. They also put on their tin foil time travel helmets to bring you the spicy history of chili and get into some sticky situations with portable soup. All this plus more fictional soup restaurants and a couple musical numbers!