
Gastropod
Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley
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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Does the Western Megadrought Mean the End of Cheap Cheese and Ice Cream?
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Lunch Gets Schooled (encore)
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What Do Aliens Eat? Food in Sci-Fi and Fantasy
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Guest Episode: The Umami Mama by Unexplainable
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Gut Feeling
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Green Gold: Our Love Affair With Olive Oil (encore)
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How Ketchup Got Thick
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Delivery Wars
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The Milk of Life
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Poultry Power: The Fried Chicken Chronicles (encore)
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Guest episode: Montréal by Not Lost
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Reinventing the Eel
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Monsanto or MonSatan? How—and Why—a St. Louis Startup Became a Hated Herbicide G...
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The Way the Cookie Crumbles
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Black Gold: The Future of Food...We Throw Away
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Gum's the Word: A Sticky Story
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Déjà-Brew: How Coffee Got Bad, Then Worse, and, Finally, Good Again
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Grounds for Revolution: the Stimulating Story of How Coffee Shaped the World
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The Fortune Cookie Quest
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Guest Episode: Graveyard Cookies and Dollhouse Crimes
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Mango Mania: How the American Mango Lost its Flavor—and How it Might Just Get it...
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Guest Episode: Scents and Sensibility
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Your Mystery Date
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The Most Interesting Oil in the World
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Are Plant- and Fungus-Based Meats Really Better than the Real Thing?
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Guest Episode: The Doorbell by Nice Try!
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Balls *and* Brains: The Science and History of Offal
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Trick or Treat: Soul Cakes, Candy Corn, and Sugar Skulls Galore!
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Buried Treasure: Weeds, Seeds, and Zombies
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The Barrel That Could Save A Forest
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Tofu for You: Meet the Cult Leader, the Spy, and the Pioneering Woman Chinese Do...
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The Great Gastropod Pudding Off (encore)
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It's All Going to Pot: the Science and Economics of Edibles
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Baked: How Pot Brownies and Pate de Fruits Fueled an Edible Cannabis Revolution
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The Bottle vs. Tap Battle Finale: Alkaline H2O, Lead Pipes, and, Yes, Water Somm...
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Bottled Vs. Tap: The Battle to Quench Our Thirst
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Chocpocalypse Now! Quarantine and the Future of Food
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Guest Episode: Immune Boosting, Is It a Bust? | Science Vs
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Guest Episode: How Much Water Do You Actually Need a Day?
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First Class Fare
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Guest Episode: How To Save a Planet
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You're Wrong About Prohibition
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So Hot Right Now: Why We Love the Chile Pepper
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Easy A: The SuperRad Story of Home Economics
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Where There's Smoke, There's ... Whiskey, Fish, and Barbecue!
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Phage Against the Machine
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Guest Episode: Mission: ImPASTAble from The Sporkful
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Why Thai?
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Hot Tips
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