MD Foodie Boyz exclusive first interview

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If you've spent time in hyper online corners of the internet over the past month, you've likely encountered the MD Foodie Boyz, a group of middle schoolers who have a podcast where they rate and review food. The four boys started the podcast a few months ago on YouTube, but it's really taken off on Instagram. Clips of the show have amassed millions of views. Brandon Wenerd, publisher of BroBible, the MD Foodie Boyz "a cultural reset" and "the next viral sensation." After the "Talk Tuah" podcast went dark following host Hailey Welch's crypto scandal, the official Talk Tuah companion podcast, Talking Talk Tuah, pivoted to covering the MD Foodie Boyz. There's something unintentionally hilarious about the juxtaposition of the young boys' extremely basic reviews and the high quality podcast studio they're filming in and slick editing on their clips, (their parents have access to a podcast studio and one of their older brother's produces the clips). Their content falls into the broader genre of brain rot content, similar to the Costco Guys, or MrBeast. It's content unquestionably for children, but simultaneously hyper-optimized for the internet and formatted to go viral. The boys are from Hartford County, MD and have been friends for years. Their names are Jackson, 13, Ryan, 14, Peyton, 13, Emmet, 14, and each has amassed a distinct fandom. Ryan is the most gregarious, but Peyton, who doesn't eat vegetables, is also a breakout star due to the fact that he looks kind of like the character McLovin from the movie SuperBad. Jackson and Emmet aren't as talkative, but provide crucial takes on cuisine for the pod. Until now, the MD Foodie Boyz have never spoken publicly outside their podcast. I reached out to them to chat about what it's becoming a viral sensation in middle school, where they hope to take their podcast, who their dream collab would be, and how they see the future of food media.