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.

Arts
Food
Science
1
So Hot Right Now: Why We Love the Chile Pepper
44 min
2
Salad Days: A Story of Science, Sexism, and Jell-O
41 min
3
Where There's Smoke, There's...Whiskey, Fish, a...
47 min
4
America's Forbidden Fruit and Forgotten First S...
46 min
5
Bringing Home the Bacon: From Shakespeare to th...
44 min
6
What the Shell? Cracking the Lobster's Mysteries
41 min
7
A Dog's Dinner: What Should We Really Be Feedin...
46 min
8
Feel the Beet: The Most Fascinating Woman You'v...
41 min
9
White vs. Wheat: The Food Fight of the Centuries
49 min
10
Protein, Pyramids, and Politics: The Forgotten ...
51 min
11
Sushi's Extraordinary Evolution: From Pickle to...
41 min
12
SNAP To It! Why Food Stamps Matter To All of Us...
43 min
13
When is a Pancake Not a Pancake?
41 min
14
OXO, Cuisinart, and Julia Child: The Secret (Ac...
47 min
15
Ripe for Global Domination: The Story of the Av...
43 min
16
Canned Tomatoes and the Myth of the San Marzano
46 min
17
Is Your Cinnamon Fake? Where Does Kefir Come Fr...
39 min
18
Forget Plain Vanilla: You'll Never See The Worl...
47 min
19
From Fountain of Youth to Fruit on the Bottom: ...
47 min
20
Yes, You Really Can Make Food From Thin Air—And...
44 min
21
Pizza Pizza!
42 min
22
Everything You Know About Metabolism Is Wrong
44 min
23
Durian Delight and Feijoa Fun: Adventures in Ba...
47 min
24
Talking Taco
39 min
25
Tomatoes: A Love Story
47 min