Ahmed Ali Akbar is a James Beard Award-winning food journalist, the former host of Vox Media's "Delivery Wars" and now, the host of Crooked Media and Duolingo's "Radiolingo" podcast, which releases Nov. 15. Prior to becoming a journalist, Ahmed competed in and commentated "Super Smash Bros. Brawl" mod Project M and its successor Project+.

"Everybody can understand through food. It's a basic, fundamental human need that we all share. And you also get exposed to so many different things as a result of food."

You can follow Ahmed here and "Radiolingo" here.

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