Gastropod
By Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley
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Subscribers: 4718
Reviews: 22
Episodes: 252
May 12, 2024
Apr 10, 2024
BKM
Aug 3, 2023
This is my favorite podcast. I love it! I have pretty much listened to everything available and relistened to some of my favorites. Wonderful! They leave me hungry for more podcasts and often just super hungry!
Jun 3, 2023
College Prof
Jun 7, 2022
FANTASTIC. The episodes are well-researched for a podcast by and normal, non-scholarly folks. Episodes features actual PhD & MA/MS degree holders, journalists, etc. Some reviews must be from racist white men who don't like women's voices.
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Dishwashing Debates: The Soapy Science Behind Everyone's Favorite Chore
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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V is for Vitamin (encore)
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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Bringing Salmon Home: The Story of the World's Largest Dam Removal Project
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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Potatoes in Space! (encore)
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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Absinthe: The World's Most Dangerous Drink?
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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From Trash to Treasure: Why's It So Hard to Save Restaurant Leftovers From the Dumpster?
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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Smashing Pumpkin Myths: What's Big, Orange, and Having an Identity Crisis?
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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Meet the Queen of Kiwi: The 96-Year-Old Woman Who Transformed America's Produce Aisle (ENCORE)
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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Deli is Short For Delicious—But Are Your Pastrami and Bologna Sandwiches Giving You Cancer?
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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What's the Buzz on Eating Bugs? Can Insects Really Save the World?
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Aug 20, 2024 |
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The Billion Dollar War Behind U.S. Rum (Planet Money)
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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The Interstitium (Radiolab)
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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Are Hush Puppies Racist? Is A2 Milk Really Healthier? And What's Up With Wedding Cake? Ask Gastropod!
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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Why Does Everyone Have Food Allergies These Days?
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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The Bagelization of America (encore)
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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The Birth of Cool: How Refrigeration Changed Everything
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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Omega 1-2-3 (encore)
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Jun 04, 2024 |
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Sugar's Dark Shadow
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May 28, 2024 |
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(Guest) Are Fast Food Jingles Pop Music?
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May 21, 2024 |
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Why Are Restaurants So Loud? Plus the Science Behind the Perfect Playlist
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May 14, 2024 |
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The Food Explorer (encore)
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May 07, 2024 |
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Meet the Most Famous American You’ve Never Heard Of: His Legacy is Excellent French Fries and Monsanto
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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All You Can Eat: The True Story Behind America's Most Popular Seafood
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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The World Is Your Oyster: How Our Favorite Shellfish Could Save Coastlines Worldwide
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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Eat This, Not That: The Surprising Science of Personalized Nutrition (encore)
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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Bam! How Did Cajun Flavor Take Over the World?
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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Anything's Pastable (Guest Episode)
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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Can You Patent a Pizza?
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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Super Fry: The Fight for the Golden Frite (encore)
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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Dining at the (Other) Top of the World: Hunger, Fruitcake, and the Race to Reach the South Pole
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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Dining at the Top of the World: Arctic Adaptation, Abundance, and...Ice Cream
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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Cork Dork: Inside the Weird World of Wine Appreciation (encore)
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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It's Tea Time: Pirates, Polyphenols, and a Proper Cuppa (encore)
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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The Case of the Confusing Bitter Beverages: Vermouth, Amaro, Aperitivos, and Other Botanical Schnapps
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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Rice, Rice Baby
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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Ask Gastropod: White Chocolate, Jimmies, Chile vs. Mustard Burns, and Asparagus Pee
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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Pumpkin Spice Hero: The Thrilling But Tragic True Story of Nutmeg
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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Beans, Beans, the Magical Fruit
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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Raised and Glazed: Don’t Doubt the Doughnut
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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We'd Like to Teach The World to Slurp: The Weird and Wonderful Story of Ramen's Rise to Glory
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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First Foods: Learning to Eat (encore)
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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All Aboard the Tuna Rollercoaster! Join the King of Fish for a Wild Ride that Involves Ernest Hemingway and (of course) Jane Fonda
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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The Keto Paradox: Fad Diet *and* Life-Saving Medical Treatment
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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Secrets of Sourdough (encore)
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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Watch It Wiggle: The Jell-O Story (encore)
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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Where's the Beef? Lab-Grown Meat is Finally on the Menu
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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The Incredible Egg (encore)
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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Good Shit: How Humanure Could Save Agriculture—and the Planet
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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Gettin' Fizzy With It (Encore)
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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Who's Eating Who: Pineapples and You
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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You've Lost That Hungry Feeling
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May 23, 2023 |
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Fish & Chips: Uncovering the Forgotten Jewish and Belgian Origins of the Iconic British Dish
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May 09, 2023 |
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What Connects Bones, Bird Poop, and Toxic Green Slime? Hint: Without It, Half of Us Wouldn't Be Alive Today
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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All the Feels: How Texture Makes Taste
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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The Fruit that Could Save the World
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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Meet Taro, the Poke Bowl's Missing Secret Ingredient
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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Always Coca-Cola: Coca, Kola, and the *Real* Secret Formula
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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Here Comes Truffle
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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Museums and the Mafia: The Secret History of Citrus (encore)
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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The End of the Calorie (encore)
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Jan 17, 2023 |
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Champagne Wishes: The Tastes of Celebration
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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Caviar Dreams: The Tastes of Celebration
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Dec 06, 2022 |
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What Is Native American Cuisine? (Encore)
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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That Old Chestnut: A Nutty Tale, of Love, Loss, and Reconnection
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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Prescription Dinner: Can Meals Be Medicine?
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Oct 25, 2022 |
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Trouble in Paradise: Coconut War Waters and Coconut Oil Controversies
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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Does the Western Megadrought Mean the End of Cheap Cheese and Ice Cream?
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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Lunch Gets Schooled (encore)
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Sep 21, 2022 |
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What Do Aliens Eat? Food in Sci-Fi and Fantasy
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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Guest Episode: The Umami Mama by Unexplainable
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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Gut Feeling
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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Green Gold: Our Love Affair With Olive Oil (encore)
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Aug 02, 2022 |
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How Ketchup Got Thick
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Jul 20, 2022 |
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Delivery Wars
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Jul 05, 2022 |
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The Milk of Life
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Jun 21, 2022 |
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Poultry Power: The Fried Chicken Chronicles (encore)
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Jun 07, 2022 |
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Guest episode: Montréal by Not Lost
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May 31, 2022 |
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Reinventing the Eel
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May 16, 2022 |
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Monsanto or MonSatan? How—and Why—a St. Louis Startup Became a Hated Herbicide Giant
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May 03, 2022 |
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The Way the Cookie Crumbles
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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Black Gold: The Future of Food...We Throw Away
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Apr 05, 2022 |
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Gum's the Word: A Sticky Story
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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Déjà-Brew: How Coffee Got Bad, Then Worse, and, Finally, Good Again
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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Grounds for Revolution: the Stimulating Story of How Coffee Shaped the World
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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The Fortune Cookie Quest
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Feb 08, 2022 |
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Guest Episode: Graveyard Cookies and Dollhouse Crimes
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Jan 25, 2022 |
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Mango Mania: How the American Mango Lost its Flavor—and How it Might Just Get it Back (encore)
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Jan 18, 2022 |
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Guest Episode: Scents and Sensibility
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Jan 11, 2022 |
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Your Mystery Date
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Dec 21, 2021 |
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The Most Interesting Oil in the World
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Dec 07, 2021 |
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Are Plant- and Fungus-Based Meats Really Better than the Real Thing?
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Nov 24, 2021 |
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Guest Episode: The Doorbell by Nice Try!
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Nov 17, 2021 |
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Balls *and* Brains: The Science and History of Offal
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Nov 09, 2021 |
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Trick or Treat: Soul Cakes, Candy Corn, and Sugar Skulls Galore!
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Oct 26, 2021 |
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Buried Treasure: Weeds, Seeds, and Zombies
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Oct 11, 2021 |
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The Barrel That Could Save A Forest
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Sep 28, 2021 |
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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
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Sep 14, 2021 |
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The Great Gastropod Pudding Off (encore)
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Aug 30, 2021 |
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It's All Going to Pot: the Science and Economics of Edibles
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Aug 17, 2021 |
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Baked: How Pot Brownies and Pate de Fruits Fueled an Edible Cannabis Revolution
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Aug 03, 2021 |
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The Bottle vs. Tap Battle Finale: Alkaline H2O, Lead Pipes, and, Yes, Water Sommeliers
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Jul 20, 2021 |
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Bottled Vs. Tap: The Battle to Quench Our Thirst
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Jul 06, 2021 |
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Chocpocalypse Now! Quarantine and the Future of Food
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Jun 22, 2021 |
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Guest Episode: Immune Boosting, Is It a Bust? | Science Vs
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Jun 08, 2021 |
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Guest Episode: How Much Water Do You Actually Need a Day?
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Jun 01, 2021 |
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First Class Fare
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May 25, 2021 |
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Guest Episode: How To Save a Planet
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May 18, 2021 |
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You're Wrong About Prohibition
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May 11, 2021 |
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So Hot Right Now: Why We Love the Chile Pepper
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Apr 27, 2021 |
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Easy A: The SuperRad Story of Home Economics
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Apr 13, 2021 |
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Where There's Smoke, There's ... Whiskey, Fish, and Barbecue!
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Mar 30, 2021 |
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Phage Against the Machine
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Mar 16, 2021 |
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Guest Episode: Mission: ImPASTAble from The Sporkful
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Mar 09, 2021 |
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Why Thai?
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Mar 02, 2021 |
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Hot Tips
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Feb 16, 2021 |
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TV Dinners
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Feb 03, 2021 |
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The Brightest Bulb
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Dec 22, 2020 |
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Like Water in the Desert
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Dec 08, 2020 |
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The Magic Cube
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Nov 24, 2020 |
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The Big Apple Episode
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Nov 10, 2020 |
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The Hangover: Part Gastropod
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Oct 27, 2020 |
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Snack Attack!
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Oct 13, 2020 |
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This Spud's For You
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Sep 29, 2020 |
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Moo-Dunnit: How Beef Replaced Bison on the American Plains—and Plate
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Sep 15, 2020 |
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What the Shell? Cracking the Lobster's Mysteries
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Aug 31, 2020 |
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Guest Episode: Rocky Road with Science Diction
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Aug 25, 2020 |
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Shatter-Proof: How Glass Took Over the Kitchen—and Ended Child Labor
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Aug 17, 2020 |
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The Most Dangerous Fruit in America
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Aug 03, 2020 |
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Dig for Victory
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Jun 16, 2020 |
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Shared Plates: How Eating Together Makes Us Human
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Jun 03, 2020 |
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Pizza Pizza!
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May 19, 2020 |
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Eating the Wild: Bushmeat, Game, and the Fuzzy Line Between Them
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May 05, 2020 |
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Eating the Rainbow: Or, the Mystery of the Orange Oranges, the Red M&Ms, and the Blue Raspberry
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Apr 21, 2020 |
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A Tale To Warm The Cockles Of Your Heart
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Apr 07, 2020 |
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White vs. Wheat: The Food Fight of the Centuries
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Mar 24, 2020 |
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Licorice: A Dark and Salty Stranger
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Mar 10, 2020 |
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To Fight Climate Change, Bank on Soil
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Feb 25, 2020 |
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Move Over Gin, We’ve Got Tonic Fever
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Feb 11, 2020 |
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The United States of McDonald’s
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Jan 28, 2020 |
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Dinner Plate Invasion: Lionfish, Tiger Shrimp, and Feral Pigs, Oh My!
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Jan 13, 2020 |
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Meet the Queen of Kiwi: the 96-Year-Old Woman Who Transformed America’s Produce Aisle
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Dec 17, 2019 |
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Are Insect Guts the Secret to the Most Delicious Kimchi?
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Dec 03, 2019 |
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Menu Mind Control
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Nov 18, 2019 |
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Of Ghost Foods and Culinary Extinction
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Nov 05, 2019 |
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Tiki Time!
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Oct 22, 2019 |
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What’s CRISPR Doing in our Food?
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Oct 08, 2019 |
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Happy Birthday to Us: Gastropod Turns Five
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Sep 24, 2019 |
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Celebrate Mexico’s True National Holiday with the Mysteries of Mole
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Sep 10, 2019 |
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Running on Fumes: Strawberry’s Dirty Secret
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Aug 27, 2019 |
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Omega 1-2-3
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Aug 13, 2019 |
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Meet Sharbat, the Ancestor of Sorbet, Syrup, Shrub, Sherbet, and Pretty Much Everything Else Cool
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Aug 06, 2019 |
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Super Fry: The Fight for the Golden Frite
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Jun 19, 2019 |
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Eat This, Not That: The Surprising Science of Personalized Nutrition
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Jun 10, 2019 |
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Guts and Glory
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May 21, 2019 |
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BONUS: Introducing Science Rules! with Bill Nye
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May 16, 2019 |
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The Great Gastropod Pudding Off
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May 06, 2019 |
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Potatoes in Space!
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Apr 23, 2019 |
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The Curry Chronicles
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Apr 09, 2019 |
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The Bagelization of America
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Mar 26, 2019 |
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Can Diet Stop Alzheimer’s?
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Mar 11, 2019 |
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Seeds of Immortality
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Mar 04, 2019 |
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Pick A Pawpaw: America’s Forgotten Fruit
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Feb 26, 2019 |
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Eating to Win: Gatorade, Muscle Milk, and… Chicken Nuggets?
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Feb 12, 2019 |
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The Secret History of the Slave Behind Jack Daniel’s Whiskey
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Jan 28, 2019 |
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Sweet and Low (Calorie): The Story of Artificial Sweeteners
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Jan 15, 2019 |
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Dirty Tricks and Data: The Great Soda Wars, Part 2
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Dec 18, 2018 |
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Souring on Sweet: The Great Soda Wars, Part 1
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Dec 04, 2018 |
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The Truth is in the Tooth: Braces, Cavities, and the Paleo Diet
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Nov 19, 2018 |
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Who Invented Mac and Cheese?
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Nov 13, 2018 |
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How the Carrot Became Orange, and Other Stories
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Nov 06, 2018 |
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The Incredible Egg
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Oct 23, 2018 |
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Espresso and Whisky: The Place of Time in Food
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Oct 09, 2018 |
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Why These Animals?
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Sep 25, 2018 |
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Mango Mania: How the American Mango Lost its Flavor—and How it Might Just Get it Back
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Sep 11, 2018 |
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Keeping it Fresh: Preservatives and The Poison Squad
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Aug 28, 2018 |
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Watch It Wiggle: The Jell-O Story
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Aug 14, 2018 |
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Out of the Fire, Into the Frying Pan
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Jun 19, 2018 |
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Hotbox: The Oven From Turnspit Dogs to Microwaves
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Jun 05, 2018 |
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Feed the World: How the U.S. Became the World’s Biggest Food Aid Donor—And Why That Might Not be Such a Great Thing
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May 22, 2018 |
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Ripe for Global Domination: The Story of the Avocado
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May 08, 2018 |
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Meet the Man Who Found, Finagled, and Ferried Home the Foods We Eat Today
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Apr 24, 2018 |
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Who Faked My Cheese?
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Apr 10, 2018 |
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Marching on our Stomachs: The Science and History of Feeding the Troops
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Mar 27, 2018 |
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Cooking the Books with Yotam and Nigella
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Mar 13, 2018 |
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Cutting the Mustard
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Feb 27, 2018 |
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Remembrance of Things Pasta: A Saucy Tale
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Feb 13, 2018 |
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We’ve Lost It: The Diet Episode
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Jan 30, 2018 |
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Meet Saffron, the World’s Most Expensive Spice
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Jan 16, 2018 |
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Secrets of Sourdough
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Dec 18, 2017 |
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Green Gold: Our Love Affair with Olive Oil
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Dec 05, 2017 |
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Women, Food, Power … and Books!
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Nov 21, 2017 |
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Crantastic: The Story of America’s Berry
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Nov 07, 2017 |
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Cannibalism: From Calories to Kuru
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Oct 24, 2017 |
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Eataly World and the Future of Food Shopping
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Oct 10, 2017 |
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What the Fluff is Marshmallow Creme?
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Sep 26, 2017 |
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Lunch Gets Schooled
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Sep 11, 2017 |
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Sour Grapes: The History and Science of Vinegar
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Aug 29, 2017 |
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The Birds and The Bugs
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Aug 15, 2017 |
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It’s Tea Time: Pirates, Polyphenols, and a Proper Cuppa
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Aug 01, 2017 |
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Peanuts: Peril and Promise
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Jun 20, 2017 |
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Fake Food
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Jun 06, 2017 |
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Here’s Why You Should Care About Southern Food
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May 22, 2017 |
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Better Believe It’s Butter
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May 09, 2017 |
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Meet Koji, Your New Favorite Fungus
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Apr 25, 2017 |
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V is for Vitamin
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Apr 10, 2017 |
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Hacking Taste
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Mar 14, 2017 |
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Cork Dork: Inside the Weird World of Wine Appreciation
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Feb 28, 2017 |
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To Eat or Not to Eat Meat
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Feb 14, 2017 |
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We Heart Chocolate
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Jan 31, 2017 |
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Inventing the Restaurant: From Bone Broth to Michelin
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Jan 17, 2017 |
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Gettin’ Fizzy With It
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Dec 13, 2016 |
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The Spice Curve: From Pepper to Sriracha with Sarah Lohman
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Nov 29, 2016 |
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The Buzz on Honey
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Nov 15, 2016 |
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What is Native American Cuisine?
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Nov 01, 2016 |
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Counting Fish
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Oct 04, 2016 |
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Seaweed Special
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Sep 13, 2016 |
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The Salt Wars
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Aug 23, 2016 |
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Kombucha Culture
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Aug 08, 2016 |
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Keeping Kosher: When Jewish Law Met Processed Food
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Jul 26, 2016 |
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Poultry Power: The Fried Chicken Chronicles
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Jul 12, 2016 |
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Outside the Box: The Story of Food Packaging
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Jun 28, 2016 |
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Who Invented the Cherry Tomato?
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Jun 14, 2016 |
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Everything Old is Brew Again
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May 31, 2016 |
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Museums and the Mafia: The Secret History of Citrus
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Apr 19, 2016 |
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Grand Theft Food
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Apr 05, 2016 |
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Caffeine: The World’s Most Popular Drug
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Mar 21, 2016 |
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The Maple Boom
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Mar 08, 2016 |
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First Foods: Learning to Eat
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Feb 23, 2016 |
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The Food of Love
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Feb 09, 2016 |
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The End of the Calorie
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Jan 26, 2016 |
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End-Of-Year Feast
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Dec 15, 2015 |
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The Mushroom Underground
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Nov 17, 2015 |
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Peak Booze
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Nov 03, 2015 |
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Mezcal: Everything but the Worm
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Oct 20, 2015 |
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The Good, The Bad, The Cilantro
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Oct 06, 2015 |
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The Bitter Truth
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Sep 22, 2015 |
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The United States of Chinese Food
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Aug 25, 2015 |
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The Whole Hog
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Aug 11, 2015 |
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The Scoop on Ice Cream
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Jul 28, 2015 |
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Crunch, Crackle, and Pop
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Jul 14, 2015 |
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Field Recordings
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Jun 30, 2015 |
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The Cocktail Hour
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May 26, 2015 |
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Gastropod on Gastropods
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May 04, 2015 |
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Savor Flavor
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Apr 21, 2015 |
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Say Cheese!
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Mar 23, 2015 |
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No Scrubs: Breeding a Better Bull
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Feb 17, 2015 |
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Breakfast of Champions
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Jan 20, 2015 |
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Kale of the Sea
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Dec 09, 2014 |
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Bite: Smoked Pigeon and Other Subnatural Delights
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Nov 25, 2014 |
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The Microbe Revolution
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Nov 11, 2014 |
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Dan Barber’s Quest for Flavor
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Oct 14, 2014 |
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Episode 1: The Golden Spoon
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Sep 06, 2014 |