Saint Flavorburg, Russia

Published: May 12, 2020, 4 p.m.

This week, we try to imagine a world without salt. Dishes are tasteless. Exfoliants are all but useless. When a cocky young merchant Ivan and his drunken crew breeze through port with a whole ship full of it, the Tzar will trade anything for that flaky mineral bounty. First Ivan gets the salt, then he gets the power, and then he gets the women\u2014but it won't end there. This one's not over till the giant sings. Join us as we learn the price of salt, literally.

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