Gastropod
Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley
EN582 episodes
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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 throu...
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Episodes (582)
Smashing Pumpkin Myths: What's Big, Orange, and Having an Identity Crisis?
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Meet the Queen of Kiwi: The 96-Year-Old Woman Who Transformed America's Produce...
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Sep 10, 202444:00pending
Deli is Short For Delicious—But Are Your Pastrami and Bologna Sandwiches Giving...
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Sep 3, 202449:19pending
What's the Buzz on Eating Bugs? Can Insects Really Save the World?
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Aug 20, 202453:25pending
The Billion Dollar War Behind U.S. Rum (Planet Money)
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Aug 6, 202438:48pending
The Interstitium (Radiolab)
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Jul 23, 202459:55pending
Are Hush Puppies Racist? Is A2 Milk Really Healthier? And What's Up With Wedding...
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Jul 9, 202447:37pending
Why Does Everyone Have Food Allergies These Days?
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Jun 25, 202451:46pending
The Bagelization of America (encore)
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Jun 18, 202452:04pending
The Birth of Cool: How Refrigeration Changed Everything
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Jun 11, 202449:15pending
Omega 1-2-3 (encore)
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Jun 4, 202445:30pending
Sugar's Dark Shadow
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May 28, 202452:20pending
(Guest) Are Fast Food Jingles Pop Music?
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May 21, 202441:48pending
Why Are Restaurants So Loud? Plus the Science Behind the Perfect Playlist
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May 14, 202444:28pending
The Food Explorer (encore)
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May 7, 202442:57pending
Meet the Most Famous American You’ve Never Heard Of: His Legacy is Excellent Fre...
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Apr 30, 202456:48pending
All You Can Eat: The True Story Behind America's Most Popular Seafood
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Apr 16, 202445:21pending
The World Is Your Oyster: How Our Favorite Shellfish Could Save Coastlines World...
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Apr 2, 202450:22pending
Eat This, Not That: The Surprising Science of Personalized Nutrition (encore)
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Mar 26, 202457:30pending
Bam! How Did Cajun Flavor Take Over the World?
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Mar 19, 202450:01pending
Anything's Pastable (Guest Episode)
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Mar 12, 202448:30pending
Can You Patent a Pizza?
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Mar 5, 202450:58pending
Super Fry: The Fight for the Golden Frite (encore)
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Feb 27, 202444:31pending
Dining at the (Other) Top of the World: Hunger, Fruitcake, and the Race to Reach...
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Feb 20, 202444:33pending
Dining at the Top of the World: Arctic Adaptation, Abundance, and...Ice Cream
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Feb 6, 202452:41pending
Cork Dork: Inside the Weird World of Wine Appreciation (encore)
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Jan 23, 202445:58pending
It's Tea Time: Pirates, Polyphenols, and a Proper Cuppa (encore)
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Jan 9, 202445:21pending
The Case of the Confusing Bitter Beverages: Vermouth, Amaro, Aperitivos, and Oth...
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Dec 19, 202351:11pending
Rice, Rice Baby
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Dec 5, 202351:47pending
Ask Gastropod: White Chocolate, Jimmies, Chile vs. Mustard Burns, and Asparagus...
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Nov 21, 202345:16pending
Pumpkin Spice Hero: The Thrilling But Tragic True Story of Nutmeg
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Nov 7, 202341:58pending
Beans, Beans, the Magical Fruit
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Oct 24, 202349:28pending
Raised and Glazed: Don’t Doubt the Doughnut
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Oct 10, 202348:25pending
We'd Like to Teach The World to Slurp: The Weird and Wonderful Story of Ramen's...
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Sep 26, 202348:33pending
First Foods: Learning to Eat (encore)
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Sep 19, 202350:09pending
All Aboard the Tuna Rollercoaster! Join the King of Fish for a Wild Ride that In...
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Sep 5, 202345:39pending
The Keto Paradox: Fad Diet *and* Life-Saving Medical Treatment
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Aug 22, 202343:15pending
Secrets of Sourdough (encore)
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Aug 8, 202348:29pending
Watch It Wiggle: The Jell-O Story (encore)
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Jul 25, 202349:06pending
Where's the Beef? Lab-Grown Meat is Finally on the Menu
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Jul 11, 202354:51pending
The Incredible Egg (encore)
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Jun 27, 202344:56pending
Good Shit: How Humanure Could Save Agriculture—and the Planet
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Jun 20, 202351:03pending
Gettin' Fizzy With It (Encore)
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Jun 13, 202340:35pending
Who's Eating Who: Pineapples and You
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Jun 6, 202339:39pending
You've Lost That Hungry Feeling
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May 23, 202355:22pending
Fish & Chips: Uncovering the Forgotten Jewish and Belgian Origins of the Iconic...
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May 9, 202344:28pending
What Connects Bones, Bird Poop, and Toxic Green Slime? Hint: Without It, Half of...
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Apr 25, 202346:18pending
All the Feels: How Texture Makes Taste
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Apr 11, 202352:07pending
The Fruit that Could Save the World
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Mar 28, 202338:58pending
Meet Taro, the Poke Bowl's Missing Secret Ingredient
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Mar 14, 202342:32pending
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