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# The Food Legacy of Mario Games with Sammy Bovitz
- URL: https://couchpotatocook.ghost.io/the-food-legacy-of-mario-games-with/
- Published: 2025-06-04T16:13:22.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-05T01:10:31.000Z
- Description: Red and green mushrooms, fire flowers, and a giant chicken in Mario Odyssey...
- Author: Mallory Carra
- Tags: Podcast, #Migrated-1783213739979, #Import 2026-07-04 18:09

### **A very long-awaited second episode of this podcast (sorry!). Today, my guest is** [**Sammy Bovitz**](https://sammybovitz.com/?ref=couchpotatocook.ghost.io)**.**

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f0/31f04d57-b044-43f8-bd1f-bb4827714897/content/images/2026/07/8a90714f-72c0-49c1-bc8d-42f3748e22a5_2048x2048.webp)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f0/31f04d57-b044-43f8-bd1f-bb4827714897/content/images/2026/07/e9d23695-2e60-4968-ba18-d8009bc39fd2_354x367-jpeg.jpg)

Happy Nintendo Switch 2 release week! After spending most of the semester discussing the upcoming console with Sammy, one of my former USC students, and even having one student comment, “You guys sound like a podcast,” it's now indeed a podcast (episode).

In this episode, I talk to Sammy about the role food plays in the Mario games and its storytelling, the new Mario Kart ($80?!), and Switch 2 expectations.

Sammy is returning to USC in the fall and covers gaming for [Annenberg Media](https://www.uscannenbergmedia.com/people/sammy-bovitz/?ref=couchpotatocook.ghost.io) and the business of entertainment for [*The Daily Trojan*](https://dailytrojan.com/bios/sammy-bovitz/?ref=couchpotatocook.ghost.io)*.*

### **Links Mentioned**

- **Universal Studios Hollywood:** [Super Nintendo World](https://www.universalstudioshollywood.com/web/en/us/things-to-do/lands/super-nintendo-world?ref=couchpotatocook.ghost.io)
- **Nintendo:** [Switch 2](https://www.nintendo.com/us/gaming-systems/switch-2/?ref=couchpotatocook.ghost.io), [Mario Kart World](https://www.nintendo.com/us/gaming-systems/switch-2/featured-games/mario-kart-world/?ref=couchpotatocook.ghost.io), [Mario Party](https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/super-mario-party-switch/?ref=couchpotatocook.ghost.io), [Super Mario Odyssey](https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/super-mario-odyssey-switch/?ref=couchpotatocook.ghost.io)
- **SammyBovitz.com:** [An Attempted Explanation of Embracer Group](https://sammybovitz.com/2025/05/30/an-attempted-explanation-of-embracer-group/?ref=couchpotatocook.ghost.io) and [Predicting The Warner Bros. Discovery SpinCo](https://sammybovitz.com/2025/05/14/predicting-the-warner-bros-discovery-spinco/?ref=couchpotatocook.ghost.io) (these are the two pieces he mentions at the end of the episode).

*This episode uses “Be Right Back” by Heston Mimms from* [*Imuno*](https://imuno.sourceaudio.com/home?ref=couchpotatocook.ghost.io)*.*