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Gastropod

Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley

EN573 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 (573)

Trouble in Paradise: Coconut War Waters and Coconut Oil Controversies

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Oct 11, 202247:47pending

Does the Western Megadrought Mean the End of Cheap Cheese and Ice Cream?

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Sep 27, 202251:12pending

Lunch Gets Schooled (encore)

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Sep 21, 202253:38pending

What Do Aliens Eat? Food in Sci-Fi and Fantasy

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Sep 13, 202246:54pending

Guest Episode: The Umami Mama by Unexplainable

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Aug 30, 202239:25pending

Gut Feeling

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Aug 16, 202249:31pending

Green Gold: Our Love Affair With Olive Oil (encore)

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Aug 2, 202250:54pending

How Ketchup Got Thick

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Jul 20, 202244:39pending

Delivery Wars

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Jul 5, 202236:05pending

The Milk of Life

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Jun 21, 202251:57pending

Poultry Power: The Fried Chicken Chronicles (encore)

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Jun 7, 202246:41pending

Guest episode: Montréal by Not Lost

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May 31, 202250:33pending

Reinventing the Eel

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May 16, 202246:52pending

Monsanto or MonSatan? How—and Why—a St. Louis Startup Became a Hated Herbicide G...

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May 3, 202250:45pending

The Way the Cookie Crumbles

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Apr 19, 202251:03pending

Black Gold: The Future of Food...We Throw Away

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Apr 5, 202250:28pending

Gum's the Word: A Sticky Story

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Mar 22, 202249:50pending

Déjà-Brew: How Coffee Got Bad, Then Worse, and, Finally, Good Again

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Mar 8, 202255:47pending

Grounds for Revolution: the Stimulating Story of How Coffee Shaped the World

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Feb 22, 202249:14pending

The Fortune Cookie Quest

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Feb 8, 202240:27pending

Guest Episode: Graveyard Cookies and Dollhouse Crimes

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Jan 25, 202233:18pending

Mango Mania: How the American Mango Lost its Flavor—and How it Might Just Get it...

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Jan 18, 202239:10pending

Guest Episode: Scents and Sensibility

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Jan 11, 202242:35pending

Your Mystery Date

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Dec 21, 202148:59pending

The Most Interesting Oil in the World

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Dec 7, 202150:42pending

Are Plant- and Fungus-Based Meats Really Better than the Real Thing?

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Nov 24, 202153:55pending

Guest Episode: The Doorbell by Nice Try!

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Nov 17, 202145:39pending

Balls *and* Brains: The Science and History of Offal

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Nov 9, 202149:12pending

Trick or Treat: Soul Cakes, Candy Corn, and Sugar Skulls Galore!

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Oct 26, 202149:54pending

Buried Treasure: Weeds, Seeds, and Zombies

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Oct 11, 202147:36pending

The Barrel That Could Save A Forest

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Sep 28, 202149:01pending

Tofu for You: Meet the Cult Leader, the Spy, and the Pioneering Woman Chinese Do...

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Sep 14, 202149:13pending

The Great Gastropod Pudding Off (encore)

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Aug 30, 202155:11pending

It's All Going to Pot: the Science and Economics of Edibles

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Aug 17, 202159:59pending

Baked: How Pot Brownies and Pate de Fruits Fueled an Edible Cannabis Revolution

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Aug 3, 202154:53pending

The Bottle vs. Tap Battle Finale: Alkaline H2O, Lead Pipes, and, Yes, Water Somm...

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Jul 20, 202147:05pending

Bottled Vs. Tap: The Battle to Quench Our Thirst

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Jul 6, 202145:36pending

Chocpocalypse Now! Quarantine and the Future of Food

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Jun 22, 202151:42pending

Guest Episode: Immune Boosting, Is It a Bust? | Science Vs

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Jun 8, 202135:54pending

Guest Episode: How Much Water Do You Actually Need a Day?

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Jun 1, 202136:54pending

First Class Fare

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May 25, 202146:54pending

Guest Episode: How To Save a Planet

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May 18, 202148:43pending

You're Wrong About Prohibition

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May 11, 202152:38pending

So Hot Right Now: Why We Love the Chile Pepper

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Apr 27, 202148:17pending

Easy A: The SuperRad Story of Home Economics

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Apr 13, 202151:20pending

Where There's Smoke, There's ... Whiskey, Fish, and Barbecue!

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Mar 30, 202150:59pending

Phage Against the Machine

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Mar 16, 202148:32pending

Guest Episode: Mission: ImPASTAble from The Sporkful

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Mar 9, 202130:40pending

Why Thai?

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Mar 2, 202143:17pending

Hot Tips

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Feb 16, 202154:01pending
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