City Episodes

Finding Adventure in Pittsburgh: River surfing, mountain biking and Kayaking

By Very Local Staff | March 28, 2022

Join host Kinga Philipps as she travels across the country to help individuals break out of their comfort zones and explore the outdoors. Along the way, Kinga challenges each guest to try new things and to experience how stepping outside of the norm can be scary, but ultimately amazing and transformative.

Meet the couple making unique homes for feral cats

By David Kindervater | March 22, 2022

Along with the help of their design team, CATSA devise products for feline enthusiasts, with profits going to help feral cat populations in the ‘Burgh and beyond.

Finding Adventure in Kansas City: Ziplining, Bowfishing, Indoor Skydiving

By Very Local Staff | March 21, 2022

Jessie Fiacco is a single mother and nurse, who during the pandemic made home visits. But Jessie hasn’t made time for herself. Luckily for her, Kinga is in town to show Jessie she doesn’t have to travel far to get far out.

Blind Kitchen: Schooled

By Kasara Donnelly | March 21, 2022

Blind Kitchen is a quirky food competition series, local chefs recreate each other’s signature dish, but they can only determine what the dish is using their senses of taste, touch and smell. Each chef is blindfolded during a down-and-dirty guessing phase and when the masks come off, the heat is on, with both chefs cooking what they believe is their opponent’s creation. The chefs are competing for bragging rights and a donation to their favorite charity.

Blind Kitchen: Battle of the Titans

By Kasara Donnelly | March 21, 2022

Blind Kitchen” is a quirky food competition series where local chefs recreate each other’s signature dish, but they can only determine what the dish is by using their senses of taste, touch, and smell. Each chef is blindfolded during a down-and-dirty guessing phase, and when the masks come off, the heat is on with both chefs cooking what they believe is their opponent’s creation. The chefs are competing for bragging rights and a donation to their favorite charity.

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My Amazing Cheap Date: Fried chicken, beignets, and a puppet show

By Very Local Staff | March 21, 2022

Fried chicken, beignets and a surprise laundromat puppet show on two cheap blind dates in New Orleans.

Plate It, Pittsburgh!: Yinz Eats

By Very Local Staff | March 21, 2022

“Plate It, Pittsburgh” is a Very Pittsburgh cooking competition show. In each episode, two local chefs speed through a Pittsburgh market and cook up a three-course meal with their purchases. Host Dave Forman and local celebrity judges determine which chef will win bragging rights and a donation to their favorite local nonprofit organization.

My Amazing Cheap Date: A $50 dinner and free date ideas

By Marielle Songy | March 18, 2022

Two couples compete to win the best cheap date, but with a catch: they can spend all their fifty dollars at one location, and all the other activities must be free!

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My Amazing Cheap Date: Creole Cuisine and Cajun Dancing

By Lindsay Patross | March 14, 2022

Local New Orleans eats, levee tours and Cajun and African drum dancing on two cheap dates in New Orleans.

Chef Hunt Chase

Blind Kitchen: Chef Hish Hassan (Chickadee Restaurant) vs. Chef Hunt Chase (The Rabbit Hole)

By Lindsay Patross | March 11, 2022

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Big City Chef Hish Hassan from Chickadees in Boston takes on Small town Chef J. Huntington Chase of The Rabbit Hole in Worthington in an explosion of flavors and techniques. Who will prevail in this Urban vs Rural showdown?