Gastropod

Gastropod

140 episodes

Food with a side of science and history. Every other week, co-hosts Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley serve up a brand new episode exploring the hidden history and surprising science behind a different food- or farming-related topic, from aquaculture to ancient feasts, from cutlery to chile peppers, and from microbes to Malbec. We interview experts, visit labs, fields, and archaeological digs, and generally have lots of fun while discovering new ways to think about and understand the world through food. Find us online at gastropod.com, follow us on Twitter @gastropodcast, and like us on Facebook at facebook.com/gastropodcast.

Podcasts

From Trash to Treasure: Why's It So Hard to Save Restaurant Leftovers From the Dumpster?

Published: Oct. 1, 2024, 8:25 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 56 seconds

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Smashing Pumpkin Myths: What's Big, Orange, and Having an Identity Crisis?

Published: Sept. 17, 2024, 5:01 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 15 seconds

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Deli is Short For DeliciousBut Are Your Pastrami and Bologna Sandwiches Giving You Cancer?

Published: Sept. 3, 2024, 1 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 19 seconds

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What's the Buzz on Eating Bugs? Can Insects Really Save the World?

Published: Aug. 20, 2024, 5:32 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 25 seconds

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The Billion Dollar War Behind U.S. Rum (Planet Money)

Published: Aug. 6, 2024, 8:32 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 48 seconds

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The Interstitium (Radiolab)

Published: July 23, 2024, 8:57 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 55 seconds

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Are Hush Puppies Racist? Is A2 Milk Really Healthier? And What's Up With Wedding Cake? Ask Gastropod!

Published: July 9, 2024, 6:50 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 37 seconds

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Why Does Everyone Have Food Allergies These Days?

Published: June 25, 2024, 6 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 46 seconds

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The Bagelization of America (encore)

Published: June 18, 2024, 8:08 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 4 seconds

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The Birth of Cool: How Refrigeration Changed Everything

Published: June 11, 2024, 5:24 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 15 seconds

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Omega 1-2-3 (encore)

Published: June 4, 2024, 4:40 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 30 seconds

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Sugar's Dark Shadow

Published: May 28, 2024, 2:05 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 20 seconds

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(Guest) Are Fast Food Jingles Pop Music?

Published: May 21, 2024, 7:53 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 48 seconds

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Why Are Restaurants So Loud? Plus the Science Behind the Perfect Playlist

Published: May 14, 2024, 6:35 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 28 seconds

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The Food Explorer (encore)

Published: May 7, 2024, 5:51 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 57 seconds

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Meet the Most Famous American Youve Never Heard Of: His Legacy is Excellent French Fries and Monsanto

Published: April 30, 2024, 6 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 48 seconds

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All You Can Eat: The True Story Behind America's Most Popular Seafood

Published: April 16, 2024, 7:43 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 21 seconds

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The World Is Your Oyster: How Our Favorite Shellfish Could Save Coastlines Worldwide

Published: April 2, 2024, 4:44 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 22 seconds

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Bam! How Did Cajun Flavor Take Over the World?

Published: March 19, 2024, 7:11 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 1 second

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Anything's Pastable (Guest Episode)

Published: March 12, 2024, 3:07 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 30 seconds

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Can You Patent a Pizza?

Published: March 5, 2024, 2 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 58 seconds

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Super Fry: The Fight for the Golden Frite (encore)

Published: Feb. 27, 2024, 2 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 31 seconds

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Dining at the (Other) Top of the World: Hunger, Fruitcake, and the Race to Reach the South Pole

Published: Feb. 20, 2024, 9:29 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 33 seconds

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Dining at the Top of the World: Arctic Adaptation, Abundance, and...Ice Cream

Published: Feb. 6, 2024, 6:35 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 41 seconds

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The Case of the Confusing Bitter Beverages: Vermouth, Amaro, Aperitivos, and Other Botanical Schnapps

Published: Dec. 19, 2023, 7:53 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 11 seconds

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Rice, Rice Baby

Published: Dec. 5, 2023, 6:01 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 47 seconds

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Ask Gastropod: White Chocolate, Jimmies, Chile vs. Mustard Burns, and Asparagus Pee

Published: Nov. 21, 2023, 5:07 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 16 seconds

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Pumpkin Spice Hero: The Thrilling But Tragic True Story of Nutmeg

Published: Nov. 7, 2023, 9:07 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 58 seconds

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Beans, Beans, the Magical Fruit

Published: Oct. 24, 2023, 6:21 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 28 seconds

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Raised and Glazed: Dont Doubt the Doughnut

Published: Oct. 10, 2023, 8:18 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 25 seconds

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We'd Like to Teach The World to Slurp: The Weird and Wonderful Story of Ramen's Rise to Glory

Published: Sept. 26, 2023, 6 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 33 seconds

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First Foods: Learning to Eat (encore)

Published: Sept. 19, 2023, 2:43 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 9 seconds

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The Keto Paradox: Fad Diet *and* Life-Saving Medical Treatment

Published: Aug. 22, 2023, 3 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 15 seconds

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Secrets of Sourdough (encore)

Published: Aug. 8, 2023, 3:40 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 29 seconds

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Watch It Wiggle: The Jell-O Story (encore)

Published: July 25, 2023, 8:16 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 6 seconds

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Where's the Beef? Lab-Grown Meat is Finally on the Menu

Published: July 11, 2023, 5:34 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 51 seconds

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The Incredible Egg (encore)

Published: June 27, 2023, 3:21 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 56 seconds

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Good Shit: How Humanure Could Save Agricultureand the Planet

Published: June 20, 2023, 2:56 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 3 seconds

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Gettin' Fizzy With It (Encore)

Published: June 13, 2023, 11 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 35 seconds

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Who's Eating Who: Pineapples and You

Published: June 6, 2023, 7:31 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 39 seconds

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You've Lost That Hungry Feeling

Published: May 23, 2023, 5:43 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 22 seconds

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Fish & Chips: Uncovering the Forgotten Jewish and Belgian Origins of the Iconic British Dish

Published: May 9, 2023, 4:57 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 28 seconds

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What Connects Bones, Bird Poop, and Toxic Green Slime? Hint: Without It, Half of Us Wouldn't Be Alive Today

Published: April 25, 2023, 6:21 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 18 seconds

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All the Feels: How Texture Makes Taste

Published: April 11, 2023, 5:46 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 7 seconds

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The Fruit that Could Save the World

Published: March 28, 2023, 2:59 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 58 seconds

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Meet Taro, the Poke Bowl's Missing Secret Ingredient

Published: March 14, 2023, 8:34 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 32 seconds

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Always Coca-Cola: Coca, Kola, and the *Real* Secret Formula

Published: Feb. 28, 2023, 5:47 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 40 seconds

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Here Comes Truffle

Published: Feb. 14, 2023, 4:05 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 9 seconds

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The End of the Calorie (encore)

Published: Jan. 17, 2023, 6:13 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 1 second

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Champagne Wishes: The Tastes of Celebration

Published: Dec. 20, 2022, 3:43 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 23 seconds

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Caviar Dreams: The Tastes of Celebration

Published: Dec. 6, 2022, 1 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 48 seconds

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What Is Native American Cuisine? (Encore)

Published: Nov. 22, 2022, 4:27 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 23 seconds

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That Old Chestnut: A Nutty Tale, of Love, Loss, and Reconnection

Published: Nov. 8, 2022, 9:23 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 7 seconds

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Prescription Dinner: Can Meals Be Medicine?

Published: Oct. 25, 2022, 9:36 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 29 seconds

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Trouble in Paradise: Coconut War Waters and Coconut Oil Controversies

Published: Oct. 11, 2022, 6:54 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 47 seconds

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Does the Western Megadrought Mean the End of Cheap Cheese and Ice Cream?

Published: Sept. 27, 2022, 4 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 12 seconds

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Lunch Gets Schooled (encore)

Published: Sept. 21, 2022, 5:48 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 38 seconds

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What Do Aliens Eat? Food in Sci-Fi and Fantasy

Published: Sept. 13, 2022, 4:56 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 54 seconds

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Guest Episode: The Umami Mama by Unexplainable

Published: Aug. 30, 2022, 2:22 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 25 seconds

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Gut Feeling

Published: Aug. 16, 2022, 5:32 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 31 seconds

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Green Gold: Our Love Affair With Olive Oil (encore)

Published: Aug. 2, 2022, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 54 seconds

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How Ketchup Got Thick

Published: July 20, 2022, midnight
Duration: 46 minutes 39 seconds

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Delivery Wars

Published: July 5, 2022, 3:18 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 5 seconds

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The Milk of Life

Published: June 21, 2022, 6:17 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 57 seconds

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Poultry Power: The Fried Chicken Chronicles (encore)

Published: June 7, 2022, 7:34 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 41 seconds

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Guest episode: Montreal by Not Lost

Published: May 31, 2022, 8:12 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 33 seconds

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Reinventing the Eel

Published: May 16, 2022, 9:20 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 52 seconds

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Monsanto or MonSatan? Howand Whya St. Louis Startup Became a Hated Herbicide Giant

Published: May 3, 2022, 5:52 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 45 seconds

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The Way the Cookie Crumbles

Published: April 19, 2022, 2:53 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 3 seconds

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Black Gold: The Future of Food...We Throw Away

Published: April 5, 2022, 2:42 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 28 seconds

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Gum's the Word: A Sticky Story

Published: March 22, 2022, 8:18 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 50 seconds

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Deja-Brew: How Coffee Got Bad, Then Worse, and, Finally, Good Again

Published: March 8, 2022, 7:44 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 47 seconds

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Grounds for Revolution: the Stimulating Story of How Coffee Shaped the World

Published: Feb. 22, 2022, 1:31 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 14 seconds

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The Fortune Cookie Quest

Published: Feb. 8, 2022, 4:07 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 27 seconds

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Guest Episode: Graveyard Cookies and Dollhouse Crimes

Published: Jan. 25, 2022, 10:15 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 18 seconds

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Guest Episode: Scents and Sensibility

Published: Jan. 11, 2022, 6:28 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 35 seconds

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Your Mystery Date

Published: Dec. 21, 2021, 7:39 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 59 seconds

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The Most Interesting Oil in the World

Published: Dec. 7, 2021, 11:22 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 42 seconds

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Are Plant- and Fungus-Based Meats Really Better than the Real Thing?

Published: Nov. 24, 2021, 1:44 a.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 55 seconds

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Guest Episode: The Doorbell by Nice Try!

Published: Nov. 17, 2021, 12:28 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 39 seconds

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Balls *and* Brains: The Science and History of Offal

Published: Nov. 9, 2021, 10:19 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 12 seconds

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Trick or Treat: Soul Cakes, Candy Corn, and Sugar Skulls Galore!

Published: Oct. 26, 2021, 8:55 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 54 seconds

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Buried Treasure: Weeds, Seeds, and Zombies

Published: Oct. 11, 2021, 9:24 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 36 seconds

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The Barrel That Could Save A Forest

Published: Sept. 28, 2021, 8:11 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 1 second

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Tofu for You: Meet the Cult Leader, the Spy, and the Pioneering Woman Chinese Doctor Who Brought Tofu to the West

Published: Sept. 14, 2021, 5:44 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 13 seconds

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The Great Gastropod Pudding Off (encore)

Published: Aug. 30, 2021, 7 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 11 seconds

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It's All Going to Pot: the Science and Economics of Edibles

Published: Aug. 17, 2021, 7:05 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 59 seconds

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Baked: How Pot Brownies and Pate de Fruits Fueled an Edible Cannabis Revolution

Published: Aug. 3, 2021, 7:07 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 53 seconds

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The Bottle vs. Tap Battle Finale: Alkaline H2O, Lead Pipes, and, Yes, Water Sommeliers

Published: July 20, 2021, 2:21 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 5 seconds

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Bottled Vs. Tap: The Battle to Quench Our Thirst

Published: July 6, 2021, 11:36 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 36 seconds

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Chocpocalypse Now! Quarantine and the Future of Food

Published: June 22, 2021, 5:34 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 42 seconds

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Guest Episode: Immune Boosting, Is It a Bust? | Science Vs

Published: June 8, 2021, 2:46 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 54 seconds

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Guest Episode: How Much Water Do You Actually Need a Day?

Published: June 1, 2021, 2:38 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 54 seconds

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First Class Fare

Published: May 25, 2021, 8:52 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 54 seconds

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Guest Episode: How To Save a Planet

Published: May 18, 2021, 4:29 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 43 seconds

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You're Wrong About Prohibition

Published: May 11, 2021, 9:22 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 38 seconds

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So Hot Right Now: Why We Love the Chile Pepper

Published: April 27, 2021, 6:53 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 17 seconds

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Easy A: The SuperRad Story of Home Economics

Published: April 13, 2021, 8:32 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 20 seconds

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Where There's Smoke, There's ... Whiskey, Fish, and Barbecue!

Published: March 30, 2021, 8:20 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 59 seconds

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Phage Against the Machine

Published: March 16, 2021, 8:40 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 32 seconds

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Guest Episode: Mission: ImPASTAble from The Sporkful

Published: March 9, 2021, 10:10 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 40 seconds

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Why Thai?

Published: March 2, 2021, 10:55 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 17 seconds

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Hot Tips

Published: Feb. 16, 2021, 7:28 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 1 second

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TV Dinners

Published: Feb. 3, 2021, 12:43 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 55 seconds

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The Brightest Bulb

Published: Dec. 22, 2020, 9:36 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 22 seconds

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Like Water in the Desert

Published: Dec. 8, 2020, 10:09 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 22 seconds

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The Magic Cube

Published: Nov. 24, 2020, 8:05 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 15 seconds

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The Big Apple Episode

Published: Nov. 10, 2020, 10:24 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 2 seconds

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The Hangover: Part Gastropod

Published: Oct. 27, 2020, 6:23 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 47 seconds

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Snack Attack!

Published: Oct. 13, 2020, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 46 seconds

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This Spud's For You

Published: Sept. 29, 2020, 9:05 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 21 seconds

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Moo-Dunnit: How Beef Replaced Bison on the American Plainsand Plate

Published: Sept. 15, 2020, 6:57 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 42 seconds

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What the Shell? Cracking the Lobster's Mysteries

Published: Aug. 31, 2020, 9:49 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 19 seconds

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Guest Episode: Rocky Road with Science Diction

Published: Aug. 25, 2020, 3:16 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 6 seconds

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Shatter-Proof: How Glass Took Over the Kitchenand Ended Child Labor

Published: Aug. 17, 2020, 11:53 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 4 seconds

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The Most Dangerous Fruit in America

Published: Aug. 3, 2020, 6:54 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 47 seconds

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Dig for Victory

Published: June 16, 2020, 11:51 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 12 seconds

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Shared Plates: How Eating Together Makes Us Human

Published: June 3, 2020, 3:36 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 49 seconds

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Pizza Pizza!

Published: May 19, 2020, 6:40 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 29 seconds

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Eating the Wild: Bushmeat, Game, and the Fuzzy Line Between Them

Published: May 5, 2020, 9:10 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 42 seconds

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Eating the Rainbow: Or, the Mystery of the Orange Oranges, the Red M&Ms, and the Blue Raspberry

Published: April 21, 2020, 10:40 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 22 seconds

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A Tale To Warm The Cockles Of Your Heart

Published: April 7, 2020, 8:43 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 42 seconds

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White vs. Wheat: The Food Fight of the Centuries

Published: March 24, 2020, 9:36 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 38 seconds

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Licorice: A Dark and Salty Stranger

Published: March 10, 2020, 6:58 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 23 seconds

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To Fight Climate Change, Bank on Soil

Published: Feb. 25, 2020, 11:49 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 28 seconds

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Move Over Gin, Weve Got Tonic Fever

Published: Feb. 11, 2020, 5:45 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 17 seconds

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The United States of McDonalds

Published: Jan. 28, 2020, 1 a.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 20 seconds

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Dinner Plate Invasion: Lionfish, Tiger Shrimp, and Feral Pigs, Oh My!

Published: Jan. 13, 2020, 7:21 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 18 seconds

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Meet the Queen of Kiwi: the 96-Year-Old Woman Who Transformed Americas Produce Aisle

Published: Dec. 17, 2019, 2:39 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 33 seconds

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Are Insect Guts the Secret to the Most Delicious Kimchi?

Published: Dec. 3, 2019, 9:05 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 57 seconds

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Menu Mind Control

Published: Nov. 18, 2019, 11:21 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 5 seconds

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Of Ghost Foods and Culinary Extinction

Published: Nov. 5, 2019, 1:31 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 53 seconds

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Tiki Time!

Published: Oct. 22, 2019, 1:22 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 57 seconds

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Whats CRISPR Doing in our Food?

Published: Oct. 8, 2019, 2:12 a.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 17 seconds

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Happy Birthday to Us: Gastropod Turns Five

Published: Sept. 24, 2019, 6:40 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 4 seconds

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Celebrate Mexicos True National Holiday with the Mysteries of Mole

Published: Sept. 10, 2019, 8:27 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 54 seconds

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Running on Fumes: Strawberrys Dirty Secret

Published: Aug. 27, 2019, 5:19 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 1 second

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Omega 1-2-3

Published: Aug. 13, 2019, 2:52 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 43 seconds

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Meet Sharbat, the Ancestor of Sorbet, Syrup, Shrub, Sherbet, and Pretty Much Everything Else Cool

Published: Aug. 6, 2019, 5:42 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 45 seconds

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Super Fry: The Fight for the Golden Frite

Published: June 19, 2019, 12:50 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 53 seconds

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Eat This, Not That: The Surprising Science of Personalized Nutrition

Published: June 10, 2019, 5:18 a.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 57 seconds

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Guts and Glory

Published: May 21, 2019, 1:44 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 10 seconds

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BONUS: Introducing Science Rules! with Bill Nye

Published: May 16, 2019, 1:23 p.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 18 seconds

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The Great Gastropod Pudding Off

Published: May 6, 2019, 10:44 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 59 seconds

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Potatoes in Space!

Published: April 23, 2019, 7:20 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 3 seconds

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The Curry Chronicles

Published: April 9, 2019, 6:47 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 59 seconds

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The Bagelization of America

Published: March 26, 2019, 8:12 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 25 seconds

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Can Diet Stop Alzheimers?

Published: March 11, 2019, 8:41 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 40 seconds

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Seeds of Immortality

Published: March 4, 2019, 9:22 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 30 seconds

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Pick A Pawpaw: Americas Forgotten Fruit

Published: Feb. 26, 2019, 8:03 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 18 seconds

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Eating to Win: Gatorade, Muscle Milk, and... Chicken Nuggets?

Published: Feb. 12, 2019, 9:36 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 15 seconds

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The Secret History of the Slave Behind Jack Daniels Whiskey

Published: Jan. 28, 2019, 11:51 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 37 seconds

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Sweet and Low (Calorie): The Story of Artificial Sweeteners

Published: Jan. 15, 2019, 7:54 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 40 seconds

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Dirty Tricks and Data: The Great Soda Wars, Part 2

Published: Dec. 18, 2018, 4:13 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 5 seconds

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Souring on Sweet: The Great Soda Wars, Part 1

Published: Dec. 4, 2018, 9:01 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 7 seconds

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The Truth is in the Tooth: Braces, Cavities, and the Paleo Diet

Published: Nov. 19, 2018, 10:47 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 9 seconds

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Who Invented Mac and Cheese?

Published: Nov. 13, 2018, 5:15 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 52 seconds

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How the Carrot Became Orange, and Other Stories

Published: Nov. 6, 2018, 3:28 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 12 seconds

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The Incredible Egg

Published: Oct. 23, 2018, 10:48 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 22 seconds

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Espresso and Whisky: The Place of Time in Food

Published: Oct. 9, 2018, 3:06 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 25 seconds

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Why These Animals?

Published: Sept. 25, 2018, 2:58 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 9 seconds

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Mango Mania: How the American Mango Lost its Flavorand How it Might Just Get it Back

Published: Sept. 11, 2018, 4:49 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 8 seconds

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Keeping it Fresh: Preservatives and The Poison Squad

Published: Aug. 28, 2018, 3:59 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 23 seconds

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Watch It Wiggle: The Jell-O Story

Published: Aug. 14, 2018, 3:01 a.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 21 seconds

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Out of the Fire, Into the Frying Pan

Published: June 19, 2018, 6:51 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 41 seconds

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Hotbox: The Oven From Turnspit Dogs to Microwaves

Published: June 5, 2018, 7:38 a.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 44 seconds

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Feed the World: How the U.S. Became the Worlds Biggest Food Aid DonorAnd Why That Might Not be Such a Great Thing

Published: May 22, 2018, 4:19 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 56 seconds

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Ripe for Global Domination: The Story of the Avocado

Published: May 8, 2018, 3 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 28 seconds

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Meet the Man Who Found, Finagled, and Ferried Home the Foods We Eat Today

Published: April 24, 2018, 3:18 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 1 second

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Who Faked My Cheese?

Published: April 10, 2018, 2:36 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 20 seconds

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Marching on our Stomachs: The Science and History of Feeding the Troops

Published: March 27, 2018, 12:35 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 43 seconds

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Cooking the Books with Yotam and Nigella

Published: March 13, 2018, 12:15 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 41 seconds

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Cutting the Mustard

Published: Feb. 27, 2018, 3:18 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 12 seconds

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Remembrance of Things Pasta: A Saucy Tale

Published: Feb. 13, 2018, 4:04 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 29 seconds

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Weve Lost It: The Diet Episode

Published: Jan. 30, 2018, 10:46 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 24 seconds

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Meet Saffron, the Worlds Most Expensive Spice

Published: Jan. 16, 2018, 3:45 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 39 seconds

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Secrets of Sourdough

Published: Dec. 18, 2017, 8:16 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 40 seconds

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Green Gold: Our Love Affair with Olive Oil

Published: Dec. 5, 2017, 3:07 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 39 seconds

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Women, Food, Power ... and Books!

Published: Nov. 21, 2017, 3:58 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 38 seconds

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Crantastic: The Story of Americas Berry

Published: Nov. 7, 2017, 3:34 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 37 seconds

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Cannibalism: From Calories to Kuru

Published: Oct. 24, 2017, 5:32 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 22 seconds

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Eataly World and the Future of Food Shopping

Published: Oct. 10, 2017, 12:41 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 32 seconds

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What the Fluff is Marshmallow Creme?

Published: Sept. 26, 2017, 1:33 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 44 seconds

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Lunch Gets Schooled

Published: Sept. 11, 2017, 9:50 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 9 seconds

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Sour Grapes: The History and Science of Vinegar

Published: Aug. 29, 2017, 3:15 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 7 seconds

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The Birds and The Bugs

Published: Aug. 15, 2017, 11:32 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 36 seconds

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Its Tea Time: Pirates, Polyphenols, and a Proper Cuppa

Published: Aug. 1, 2017, 2:51 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 3 seconds

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Peanuts: Peril and Promise

Published: June 20, 2017, 8:25 a.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 51 seconds

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Fake Food

Published: June 6, 2017, 12:12 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 16 seconds

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Heres Why You Should Care About Southern Food

Published: May 22, 2017, 9:58 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 13 seconds

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Better Believe Its Butter

Published: May 9, 2017, 12:58 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 10 seconds

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Meet Koji, Your New Favorite Fungus

Published: April 25, 2017, 1:12 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 35 seconds

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V is for Vitamin

Published: April 10, 2017, 9:23 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 18 seconds

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Hacking Taste

Published: March 14, 2017, 1:10 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 59 seconds

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Cork Dork: Inside the Weird World of Wine Appreciation

Published: Feb. 28, 2017, 5:15 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 4 seconds

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To Eat or Not to Eat Meat

Published: Feb. 14, 2017, 7:23 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 50 seconds

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We Heart Chocolate

Published: Jan. 31, 2017, 1:16 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 27 seconds

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Inventing the Restaurant: From Bone Broth to Michelin

Published: Jan. 17, 2017, 1:12 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 1 second

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Gettin Fizzy With It

Published: Dec. 13, 2016, 1:52 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 46 seconds

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The Spice Curve: From Pepper to Sriracha with Sarah Lohman

Published: Nov. 29, 2016, 2:28 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 26 seconds

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The Buzz on Honey

Published: Nov. 15, 2016, 1:17 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 36 seconds

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What is Native American Cuisine?

Published: Nov. 1, 2016, 12:51 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 21 seconds

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Oysters: History and Science on the Half Shell

Published: Oct. 18, 2016, 5:12 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 57 seconds

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Counting Fish

Published: Oct. 4, 2016, 5:43 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 45 seconds

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Seaweed Special

Published: Sept. 13, 2016, 6:51 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 33 seconds

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The Salt Wars

Published: Aug. 23, 2016, 1:09 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 7 seconds

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Kombucha Culture

Published: Aug. 8, 2016, 9:22 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 36 seconds

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Keeping Kosher: When Jewish Law Met Processed Food

Published: July 26, 2016, 1:18 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes

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Poultry Power: The Fried Chicken Chronicles

Published: July 12, 2016, 12:32 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 33 seconds

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Outside the Box: The Story of Food Packaging

Published: June 28, 2016, 12:17 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 9 seconds

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Who Invented the Cherry Tomato?

Published: June 14, 2016, 1:12 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 25 seconds

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Everything Old is Brew Again

Published: May 31, 2016, 12:35 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 57 seconds

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Museums and the Mafia: The Secret History of Citrus

Published: April 19, 2016, 12:14 a.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 44 seconds

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Grand Theft Food

Published: April 5, 2016, 12:59 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 59 seconds

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Caffeine: The Worlds Most Popular Drug

Published: March 21, 2016, 6:15 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 15 seconds

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The Maple Boom

Published: March 8, 2016, 1:20 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 28 seconds

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First Foods: Learning to Eat

Published: Feb. 23, 2016, 12:50 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 27 seconds

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The Food of Love

Published: Feb. 9, 2016, 12:22 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 12 seconds

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The End of the Calorie

Published: Jan. 26, 2016, 2:54 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 25 seconds

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End-Of-Year Feast

Published: Dec. 15, 2015, 6:23 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 56 seconds

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The Mushroom Underground

Published: Nov. 17, 2015, 2:34 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 40 seconds

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Peak Booze

Published: Nov. 3, 2015, 2:24 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 46 seconds

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Mezcal: Everything but the Worm

Published: Oct. 20, 2015, 12:40 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 39 seconds

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The Good, The Bad, The Cilantro

Published: Oct. 6, 2015, 1:25 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 46 seconds

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The Bitter Truth

Published: Sept. 22, 2015, 1:09 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 23 seconds

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The United States of Chinese Food

Published: Aug. 25, 2015, 3:23 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 14 seconds

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The Whole Hog

Published: Aug. 11, 2015, 1:11 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 32 seconds

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The Scoop on Ice Cream

Published: July 28, 2015, 1:28 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 13 seconds

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Crunch, Crackle, and Pop

Published: July 14, 2015, 12:45 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 27 seconds

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Field Recordings

Published: June 30, 2015, 12:43 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 44 seconds

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The Cocktail Hour

Published: May 26, 2015, 12:33 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 43 seconds

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Gastropod on Gastropods

Published: May 4, 2015, 11:58 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 17 seconds

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Savor Flavor

Published: April 21, 2015, 2:28 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 38 seconds

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Say Cheese!

Published: March 23, 2015, 1:46 a.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 43 seconds

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No Scrubs: Breeding a Better Bull

Published: Feb. 17, 2015, 12:56 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 24 seconds

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Breakfast of Champions

Published: Jan. 20, 2015, 2:49 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 4 seconds

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Kale of the Sea

Published: Dec. 9, 2014, 3:43 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 56 seconds

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Bite: Smoked Pigeon and Other Subnatural Delights

Published: Nov. 25, 2014, 12:44 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 24 seconds

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The Microbe Revolution

Published: Nov. 11, 2014, 2:56 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 48 seconds

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Dan Barbers Quest for Flavor

Published: Oct. 14, 2014, 4:14 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 57 seconds

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Episode 1: The Golden Spoon

Published: Sept. 6, 2014, 11:50 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 35 seconds

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