Cheddar cheese known for being orangey.

Famous for being British, maybe.

Nobody thinks much about it, so let's have some fun.

Let's find out why cheddar alive is more interesting than people think it is.

My name is Alex Schmidt, and I'm very much not alone because I'm joined by my co-host Katie Golden.

Katie, hello. Hello. Hello. And we are thrilled to be joined by an additional wonderful person.

He's an award-winning comedy writer. He's a co-host of

three bean salad, and he's the creator of the Beef and Dairy Network podcast right here on Maximum Fun.

Hello, Ben Partridge. Hi.

Hello. Thank you so much for having me. I'm very pleased to be here.

Good. That was my hope. I've always like, are people going to have a good time? And here we are.

Well, that remains to be seen, but I'm hopeful.

We'll have to see. Well, we don't know. He might have a terrible time.

I wouldn't say I'm too polite, though, so you'll never know if I had a terrible time.

But there'll be clues.

But seriously, I'm pleased to be here, and I'm excited to learn something about the world.

We have gotten a lot of requests from listeners for episodes about cheeses.

There's one long ago episode about American cheese.

And if people want to hear it, it's interesting because cheddar gets involved.

But today is all about cheddar cheese. And Ben, what's interesting because cheddar gets involved, but today is all about

cheddar cheese. And Ben, what's your relationship to or opinion of cheddar cheese?

Well, you mentioned American cheese. And I think if there was a cheese that was called British

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