Rachael Ray Announces New Podcast I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead: ‘It’s Unscripted, Raw and Real Talk’ (Exclusive)

Rachael Ray isn’t slowing down anytime soon — just look to her new podcast name as evidence.

The celebrity cook and TV host, 56, debuts her first podcast, I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead, on Tuesday, Oct. 15, PEOPLE can reveal exclusively. Jenny Mollen joins Ray for the premiere episode.

I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead focuses on “what fuels us — our drive, resilience, and how we face life’s challenges,” according to a press release. It will feature a “melting pot” of conversations with celebrities, chefs, artists, musicians and other familiar faces — with ”no topic off-limits.”

The announcement adds that Ray will touch on “the highs and lows of hard work, sharing raw, honest stories with people she knows and those she’s meeting for the first time.”

“I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead (quite literally!) is about life’s journeys and what keeps us going,” Ray said in a statement. “It’s unscripted, raw, and real talk. Working fuels me, connecting with people fuels me, and this platform allows for connection and conversation on a more personal level, which really fuels me.” 

Ray and Mollen discuss love, marriage and how “having no filter has sometimes landed them in hot water.” Upcoming on Oct. 22, episode 2 will feature Ray’s chat with The Morning Show actor Billy Crudup. Future episodes will include visits from Bob Harper, Anne Burrell, Harlan Coben, Jacques Pepin, Jeremy Sisto, and Billy Porter.

Ray has stayed busy since bidding farewell to her syndicated daytime talk show, The Rachael Ray Show, in May 2023. (Oprah Winfrey, Donnie Wahlberg and Jenny McCarthy all sent well wishes on air when she ended the show after 17 seasons.) Earlier this year, her production company, Free Food Studios, partnered with A&E Networks to bring “in the kitchen” content and new shows from Ray and other talent.

Ray told PEOPLE in January that she’s “not really good with downtime.”

“I love to work. I love it. I love to have my brain very active, and if I’m not writing shows, I’m drawing ‘foodles’ I call them — recipes on paper — and writing books and things,” she said. “I don’t like being idle. I’ve never been good at it.”

That incredible work ethic not only resulted in I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead — but also inspired it’s subject matter.

“I want to know what drives people I admire — what drives them, what makes them so happy to work extra hard,” she says in a trailer for the series. “I think there’s a lot of valuable lessons in that.”

I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead is available to stream on all major podcast platforms.