On this week's Trafficking Issues, Dave and Nastassia have been abandoned by Jean, who is on jury duty.

This week on Native, host Briana Kurtz is sitting down with Ralf Kuettel, chef and owner of Trestle on Tenth and Rocket Pig in NYC.

This week, on the very first episode of Native, host Briana Kurtz welcomes Robyn Eckhardt to the program. Robyn is known for her food and travel writing, specifically in Turkey and Asia, and today Briana chats with Robyn about the cuisine of the Black Sea Coast in Turkey.

Robert Sousa's career all started at the age of 14 when he rescued a friend's unwanted pet- a Corn snake. That's when he began building his collection of exotics. At one time, he maintained and cared for a collection of more than 500 animals.

Eataly is expanding to Chicago; tune into this week's episode of The Main Course to hear Patrick Martins talk meat and cheese with Eataly's cheesemonger and salumi buyer, Greg Blais.