Why are Americans so afraid to eat horse? This week on Let's Get Real, Erica Wides is talking about the trendiness of meat, and falsehoods in the industrial food system. Would horse meat be a problem if it weren't hidden in microwavable lasagna? Erica thinks not! Later, tune in to hear Erica talk about the invasion of tattooed and moustachioed butchers in Brooklyn and beyond. Why has working with real food become an identity marker? Shouldn't eating food be the norm? Erica wraps up the show by explaining how foodiness has infiltrated vegetarian and vegan food and made it wholly unhealthy! This episode has been brought to you by Cain Vineyard & Winery.

"While nobody is up in arms about the pesticides, estrogen, antibiotics, or cancer-causing artificial colors and flavors intentionally put in our food, everyone is up in arms, or hooves, that food has been found in our food." [6:00] -- Erica Wides on Let's Get Real

Find out what's "trending now" on this week's episode of Let's Get Real! Erica Wides opens up the show by talking about the immersive advertising at New York City's Columbus Circle subway station. The ads are literally consuming New Yorkers in the streets! Listen in to hear about Colombian supermodels who claim that chicken with added hormones is turning little boys and girls into homosexuals! Find out how this statement is making Tea Partiers across the country feel about their monetary contributions to Chick-Fil-A. Later, Erica goes off on "artisanal cocktails" with eighteen dollar price tags in Cleveland, Ohio. You don't want to miss this one; tune in to hear Erica diss some recent foodiness trends on Let's Get Real! This program has been brought to you by Cain Vineyard & Winery. Thanks to SNOWMINE for today's music.

"If you want to taste the rainbow, and the forest, and the dirt- that's okay! But don't charge me the same amount as an entree for a cocktail!" [29:40] -- Erica Wides on Let's Get Real

We're checking in on what's "trending now" on this week's installment of Let's Get Real. Erica Wides is taking on foodiness beverages. Why are cancer fundraiser walks sponsored by drinks that are filled with aspartame? Tune in to learn about a new enhanced water product - Dream Water. Will drinking water filled with GABA actually help you sleep better, or is it just another corporate plot? And what exactly is a 'snoozberry'? Find out the implications of M&M-flavored honey; trust us, they aren't good! This program has been sponsored by Cain Vineyard & Winery. Thanks to Dead Stars for today's music.

"Instead of spending ten dollars on water that 'helps' you sleep, how about trying exercising for ten minutes a day?" [17:15]

-- Erica Wides on Let's Get Real