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Health & Fitness

The Empty Bowl

by Justin McElroy
Health & Fitness

Today: #179 in Health & Fitness on our combined chart.

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Ranking history · United States

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Episode releases
#113#133#153#173#193Chart rankOct 15Oct 18Oct 21Oct 24Oct 27#179Episode released Oct 20: One Hundred and Thirty Six
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DateCombined RankApple PodcastsCastbox
Oct 27#179#160—
Oct 26#131#108—
Oct 25#123#98#98
Oct 24#139#117—
Oct 23#146#122—
Oct 22#169#146—
Oct 21#145#122—
Oct 20#152#129—
Oct 19#179#160—
Oct 18#163#143—
Oct 17—#196—
Oct 15—#189—
Oct 14#183#162—

Latest episodes

  • One Hundred and Thirty Six

    October 20, 2026 · 40 min

    This is the one-hundred and thirty-sixth episode of The Empty Bowl, in which Cinnamon Toast Crunch goes BIG, Nissin goes nuts, and both Dan & Justin share what cereals they'd go back in time to try sooner.

  • One Hundred and Thirty Five

    September 20, 2026 · 40 min

    This is the one-hundred and thirty-fifth episode of The Empty Bowl, in which Dan gets a little kooky, Justin gets a new favorite spoon, and our show gets a new URL. Catch up on our cereal rankings at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠tinyurl…

  • One Hundred and Thirty Four

    September 2, 2026 · 43 min

    This is the one-hundred and thirty-fourth episode of The Empty Bowl, in which there's much abuzz about Pop-Tarts, Dan gushes about granola, and we pit The Most Divisive Cereal of Today against some of The Most Divisive Cereals in…

  • One Hundred and Thirty Three

    August 10, 2026 · 47 min

    This is the one hundred and thirty-third episode of The Empty Bowl, in which HUNTR/X breaks a curse, Dan determines whether Backflip Cereal stuck the landing, and Justin discovers the funniest cereal mail-in premium of all time. Catch up…

  • One Hundred and Thirty Two

    July 27, 2026 · 50 min

    This is the one hundred and thirty-second episode of The Empty Bowl, in which Count Chocula soft-launches his return, Magic Spoon parasitizes Pop-Tarts, and we (extra) boldly go where no Empty Bowl episode has gone before. Catch up on our…

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  • One Hundred and Thirty One

    June 22, 2026 · 41 min

    This is the one-hundred and thirty-first episode of The Empty Bowl, in which Justin questions HUNTR/X's business sense, Dan recounts a cereal miracle, and we both try our best to assign an objective value to Cap'n Crunch's shovelware…

  • One Hundred and Thirty

    May 19, 2026 · 47 min

    This is the one-hundred and thirtieth episode of The Empty Bowl, in which Tony skips the butter, Cinnamon Toast Crunch puts strong roots in newly broken ground, and Dan shares the best cereal he picked up on vacation. Catch up on our…

  • One Hundred and Twenty Nine

    April 20, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min

    This is the one-hundred and twenty-ninth episode of The Empty Bowl, in which Cap'n Crunch has got to be kidding us, Dan tries the world's first cereal made from...yeugh...and Pop-Tarts finally does what people have been asking them to do…

  • One Hundred and Twenty Eight

    March 23, 2026 · 44 min

    This is the one-hundred and twenty-eighth episode of The Empty Bowl, in which Gabe Fonseca returns to sub in for Justin, inform Dan about a Dollar Tree-exclusive cereal, and count down Cap'n Crunch's greatest/weirdest hits! Catch up on our…

  • One Hundred and Twenty Seven

    February 16, 2026 · 46 min

    This is the one-hundred and twenty-seventh episode of The Empty Bowl, in which Dan boldly names the most beautiful cereal box ever, Justin finds his new favorite uncanny mascot, and we both reevaluate our veneration of Neutron…

  • One Hundred and Twenty Six

    January 24, 2026 · 39 min

    This is the one-hundred and twenty-sixth episode of The Empty Bowl, in which Trolls Trix refuse to be forgotten, Justin does a (very) last-minute taste test, and we both put our heads together to solve Cap'n Crunch's big mystery. Catch up…

  • One Hundred and Twenty Five

    December 31, 2025 · 39 min

    This is the one-hundred and twenty fifth episode of The Empty Bowl, in which we count down the most delicious and despicable new cereals of 2025. This time, our lists diverge more than ever, a cereal company outside of the Big 4 dominates…

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About the show

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