Skip to Content
Talkhouse home
Talkhouse home
Podcast

640: Tariffs, Trends, and Keeping a Brand Spicy with Fly By Jing’s Jing Gao

Note: this podcast contains explicit content.

Episode Info

  • Episode640
Fly By Jing is one of the most exciting brands in food today, and we were lucky to have the company’s founder, Jing Gao, return to the studio for a great conversation. We talk about the company’s incredible trajectory, and how growth (and expansion into new product lines) comes with its own challenges. We also tap into what it’s like to make chili crisps in China, and how the yo-yoing tariff dynamic is keeping the company on its toes. I have so much respect for what Jing is building at Fly By Jing.Also on the show we have a great conversation with Hailee Catalano and Chuck Cruz, recorded live at The Bell House. We talk about softboy foods, beach sandwiches, and what the DMs are looking like.Buy: The Book of Sichuan Chili CrispSubscribe to This Is TASTE: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stay in touch

Sign up for our free newsletter

More from Podcast

Explore Podcast

Finding Nemo with Rebecca Alter

June 21, 2026

aja monet

June 19, 2026

959. – Chris & Jason

June 19, 2026

Ask Me Anything: Music Person’s 1st Birthday Edition

To celebrate Music Person’s very first birthday—June 18—Dylan Tupper Rupert answers your questions for a change! About music, scenes, phones, life, lore, live…laugh..and love… + Dip gives a letter of recommendation.

June 18, 2026