The Culture File Weekly Dec 19th: Harold McGee's Nose Dive (XXL podcast-only edition)

Published: Dec. 17, 2020, noon

Harold McGee, arguable the world's most influential food writer, has just finished a decade-long dive into the world of smell, from prehistoric carrion to the art of listening to fragrance, from chemistry to neuroscience, from flatulence to perfume. In this extended interview, he guides us through the extraordinary everyday of smell.