Gastropod

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 through food. Find us online at gastropod.com, follow us on Twitter @gastropodcast, and like us on Facebook at facebook.com/gastropodcast.

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Food
Science
1
Free Food: The Rise, Fall, and Return of Foraging
44 min
2
The Big Apple Episode
54 min
3
Fibermaxxing FTW: Meet the Neglected Nutrient T...
48 min
4
Eat Bison to Save Bison
44 min
5
Plant Milk Proliferation: Oat, Soy, Almond, and...
45 min
6
So Hot Right Now: Why We Love the Chile Pepper
44 min
7
Salad Days: A Story of Science, Sexism, and Jell-O
41 min
8
Where There's Smoke, There's...Whiskey, Fish, a...
47 min
9
America's Forbidden Fruit and Forgotten First S...
46 min
10
Bringing Home the Bacon: From Shakespeare to th...
44 min
11
What the Shell? Cracking the Lobster's Mysteries
41 min
12
A Dog's Dinner: What Should We Really Be Feedin...
46 min
13
Feel the Beet: The Most Fascinating Woman You'v...
41 min
14
White vs. Wheat: The Food Fight of the Centuries
49 min
15
Protein, Pyramids, and Politics: The Forgotten ...
51 min
16
Sushi's Extraordinary Evolution: From Pickle to...
41 min
17
SNAP To It! Why Food Stamps Matter To All of Us...
43 min
18
When is a Pancake Not a Pancake?
41 min
19
OXO, Cuisinart, and Julia Child: The Secret (Ac...
47 min
20
Ripe for Global Domination: The Story of the Av...
43 min
21
Canned Tomatoes and the Myth of the San Marzano
46 min
22
Is Your Cinnamon Fake? Where Does Kefir Come Fr...
39 min
23
Forget Plain Vanilla: You'll Never See The Worl...
47 min
24
From Fountain of Youth to Fruit on the Bottom: ...
47 min
25
Yes, You Really Can Make Food From Thin Air—And...
44 min