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Lay It On with Brad Leone

Lay It On with Brad Leone

By: Brad Leone & Studio71
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Lay it On digs into the real stories behind legendary lives—unpacking the pivotal moments, the community, their character and grit that shape and fuel their journeys. Host Brad Leone sits down with chefs, makers, sommeliers, actors, musicians, comedians, and more to explore passions and motivations. With food as a universal language, each episode blends laughs, stories, with authentic conversations and unexpected moments that reveal heart, humor, and humanity behind the craft. It's a laid-back, no-holds-barred chat that leaves you feeling connected to the people shaping the world around us. This podcast lays it all on the table! For advertising opportunities please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com We wanna make the podcast even better, help us learn how we can: https://bit.ly/2EcYbu4 Privacy Policy: https://www.studio71.com/terms-and-conditions-use/#Privacy%20PolicyBrad Leone & Studio71 Art Cooking Food & Wine Social Sciences
Episodes
  • From WWE Legend Braun Strowman to Restaurant-Hopper: Adam Scherr’s Second Act!
    Jan 5 2026
    The incredible Braun Strowman a.k.a Adam Scherr sits down with Brad to talk about his pivot from serving as “The Monster Among Men” to joining chefs from all walks of life around the dinner table. Adam details his journey from amateur strongman competitions in North Carolina to owning the Universal Champion and Money in the Bank WWE titles. After an iconic run and some life-altering ailments, Adam has found new purpose in food and the folks around him. Chapters: 0:00 - BRAD RANT! 3:16 - BRAD ANSWERS YOUR QUESTIONS 5:29 - INTRODUCING ADAM SCHERR Want to be featured on Lay It On? Send a short voice memo sharing your name, where you’re from, and your question for Brad to layitonbradleone@gmail.com, and you might just hear it answered in the next episode! Submit Your Questions: https://forms.gle/pZgjBT3NGbTkKnMe6 Check out USA Network and Braun Strowman team up as he swaps body slams for bite-sized adventures at some of America’s favorite local eateries. USA’s “Everything On The Menu with Braun Strowman” Fridays back-to-back episodes at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT following WWE Smackdown. Follow the pod: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/layitonbradleone YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bradleone Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3mA8KOsgpZMlWeByCxNom6?si=ae0c64f6fd624dc8 Adam Scherr on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adamscherr99 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • From Fine Dining to Viral Vids: Andy Cooks' Recipe for Reinvention
    Dec 29 2025
    Brad sits down with Chef Andy Hearnden, otherwise known as Andy Cooks (Good Food, for Good People) to chat about Andy’s inspiring rise and reinvention. Chef Andy's life took a wild turn from the intense, "militant" kitchens of New Zealand and London, finding sobriety and then, thanks to a COVID layoff, moving in with his partner's parents and accidentally becoming a TikTok sensation with a million followers in six months. Brad and Andy talk ditching the rat race, overcoming addiction, and finding creative success by making the content you actually want to make. CHAPTERS: 0:00 - BRAD RANT! 4:55 - INTRODUCING: ANDY COOKS Want to be featured on Lay It On? Send a short voice memo sharing your name, where you’re from, and your question for Brad to layitonbradleone@gmail.com, and you might just hear it answered in the next episode! Submit Your Questions: https://forms.gle/pZgjBT3NGbTkKnMe6 Follow the pod: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/layitonbradleone YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bradleone Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3mA8KOsgpZMlWeByCxNom6?si=ae0c64f6fd624dc8 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • The Office, Acapella, and Baking Without Fear: Angela Kinsey + Joshua Snyder
    Dec 22 2025
    The Office’s Angela Kinsey and One Tree Hill’s Joshua Snyder sit down with Brad to discuss their new cookbook, You Can Make This, and the complicated dynamic of working together in the kitchen (Josh brings the skill, Angela brings the 'heart and the mess'). Josh reveals his secret history as an acapella star and love of baking, and Angela gets into her atypical childhood growing up in Indonesia and owning her position as the Wildcat high school mascot before hitting the big time. Want to be featured on Lay It On? Send a short voice memo sharing your name, where you’re from, and your question for Brad to layitonbradleone@gmail.com, and you might just hear it answered in the next episode! Submit Your Questions: https://forms.gle/pZgjBT3NGbTkKnMe6 Follow the pod: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/layitonbradleone YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bradleone Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3mA8KOsgpZMlWeByCxNom6?si=ae0c64f6fd624dc8 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 hr and 13 mins
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