He’s the host of WNYC’s The Sporkful podcast and he is solidly in the square pie camp. Listen as he explains why in the first installment of our 2016 Piecast or watch his “Should Pie Be Square Instead ...

If the circumference of a pie pan is π * D, and if the standard pie pan is 9 inches in diameter, that means you have, with a typical pie, about 28 inches worth of ideal-crust space.

By making pie SQUARE. Is Dan right? Should we all throw out our pie plates right now and replace them with square cake pans? Watch the video above to find out the winner in our round vs. square ...