Podcasts Culture Freakonomics Radio 375. The Most Interesting Fruit in the World

375. The Most Interesting Fruit in the World

Published: April 18, 2019, 3 a.m.

b'The banana used to be a luxury good. Now it\\u2019s the most popular fruit in the U.S. and elsewhere. But the production efficiencies that made it so cheap have also made it vulnerable to a deadly fungus that may wipe out the one variety most of us eat. Scientists do have a way to save it \\u2014 but will Big Banana let them?'