World Central Kitchen
Founded in 2010 by Chef José Andrés, World Central Kitchen (WCK) is a nonprofit organization that is first to the frontlines providing fresh meals in response to crises. Applying our model of quick action, leveraging local resources, and adapting in real time, WCK has served more than 600 million nourishing meals around the world. When disaster strikes, WCK’s Relief Team mobilizes with the urgency of now to start cooking and serving meals to people in need. By partnering with organizations on the ground and activating a network of local restaurants, food trucks, or emergency kitchens, WCK serves comforting meals to survivors of disasters quickly and effectively. To support regional economies, WCK prioritizes purchasing local ingredients to cook with or distribute directly to families in need. We know that good food provides not only nourishment, but also comfort and hope, especially in times of crisis. Learn more at wck.org.www.wck.org
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Oct 27, 2026
Jonathan NezGUEST
Well, I appreciate that, Brian.
Jonathan NezGUEST
And I do remember we were working with Sean and you all getting the message out, working with Chef Andreas, World Central Kitchen.
Jonathan NezGUEST
You know, those were tough times.
Jonathan NezGUEST
But I felt, you know, well, let me tell you what our elders would always say.
CaseyHOST
And of course, the main causes that we are highlighting, championing, spotlighting are...
CaseyHOST
World Central Kitchen, and Doctors Without Borders.
CaseyHOST
If you want to know more about these causes, why we're supporting them, what they mean to us, check out idlingintheempire.com. There's a page there called Cause is Cause with all the details.
CaseyHOST
So with that, we will say a huge thank you to Gilda for joining us.
ZaydenHOST
Oh.
ZaydenHOST
I'm going to talk about him because he founded an organisation called World Central Kitchen, which has delivered more than half a billion meals to people affected by earthquakes, hurricanes, floods and wars.
ZaydenHOST
Wow.
ZaydenHOST
And what's remarkable is the organisation doesn't just feed hungry people.
ZaydenHOST
He later recalled learning from the Haitian women how to prepare black beans according to their traditions.
ZaydenHOST
That experience had helped shape an idea.
ZaydenHOST
What if, when a disaster struck, you can mobilise chefs, restaurants and food suppliers the same way emergency services mobilise firefighters and rescue workers? Together with his wife, Patricia, he founded World Central Kitchen in 2010.
ZaydenHOST
Its basic philosophy was simple.
Shug EmeryGUEST
And, you know, like with these tragedies that go on in the world, whether it's a natural disaster or, you know, war, political stuff.
Shug EmeryGUEST
I look at World Central Kitchen.
Shug EmeryGUEST
That guy goes in there.
Shug EmeryGUEST
When they had Hurricane Helene here, they were there.
speaker_0HOST
As DiCaro recounts, Ahmed draws a direct comparison to Lyndon Johnson and the architects of the Vietnam War, highly credentialed officials who closed their eyes to what was in front of them.
speaker_0HOST
Biden had the tools to restrain Prime Minister Netanyahu, DiCaro writes, but used them only once, briefly, after Israeli drones killed aid workers from Jose Andres' World Central Kitchen.
speaker_0HOST
That episode showed U.S. leverage worked when applied, but such moments were rare.
speaker_0HOST
DiCaro concludes that Biden's failure to restrain Israel in 2023 and 2024 accelerated the regional instability he claimed to prevent and paved the road to the current American war with Iran.
GlennHOST
I don't really know who these one-shots are for or what the overall point is.
GlennHOST
I'm not sure if proceeds go towards the World Central Kitchen or anything.
GlennHOST
I don't know.
GlennHOST
I
Theo VonHOST
Palantir allegedly enables Israel AI targeting in Gaza, raising concerns over war crimes.
Theo VonHOST
Earlier this month – And this says, allegedly, earlier this month saw a continuation of that effort with the targeting of three well-marked or fully approved aid vehicles belonging to World Central Kitchen, killing their seven occupants and ensuring that the food would never reach those dying of starvation.
Theo VonHOST
The targeting was precise, placing missiles dead center in the aid agency's rooftop logos.
Theo VonHOST
Israel, however, said it was simply a mistake, similar to the mistaken killings of nearly 200 other aid workers in just a matter of months.
Christy CaldwellGUEST
Oh, yes.
Christy CaldwellGUEST
We ended up doing a piece for World Central Kitchen.
Christy CaldwellGUEST
Wow.
Christy CaldwellGUEST
It kind of helped when they were designing that chef feeds chef kind of program, we were one of the early adopters to that.
Anna VoloshynaGUEST
I had this book that was in print and what can I do? And I decided either I'm staying at home crying all the time or I'm fundraising for my country.
Anna VoloshynaGUEST
And I started fundraising for World Central Kitchen.
Anna VoloshynaGUEST
The whole community in San Francisco came to help me.
Anna VoloshynaGUEST
All my chefs and mentors and teachers and my agent, Leslie, everybody came to support.
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Paula MohammedHOST
But yes, we're filming.
Paula MohammedHOST
I'd be so interested to see that.
Paula MohammedHOST
World Central Kitchen, are you working with them? Their presence in Ukraine is not
Anna VoloshynaGUEST
as big as it was when the war just started because the need was much bigger at that time.
John PageHOST
And so how dramatically did that impact your restaurants?
Eric SchefferGUEST
Again, I have this angel on my shoulder, but, um, Without a relationship I had with World Central Kitchen and Jose Andres when they came to town, I don't know that I'd be here today.
Eric SchefferGUEST
They had reached out to me and they knew about me.
Eric SchefferGUEST
And I had met Jose years ago when he was here in Nashville and not friends, but we have come across each other's paths before.
Eric SchefferGUEST
It was just, I wanted to make sure it was like perfect.
Eric SchefferGUEST
And then I said, yeah, but now I can't have the tanker sitting in my lot every single day.
Eric SchefferGUEST
What are we going to do? And so I put Bobby in touch with somebody who had these big 4,000 gallon, and actually World Central Kitchen was using them too, these 4,000 gallon tanks.
Eric SchefferGUEST
you know, uh, black water tanks.
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