
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)
Seaweed Special
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The Salt Wars
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Kombucha Culture
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Keeping Kosher: When Jewish Law Met Processed Food
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Poultry Power: The Fried Chicken Chronicles
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Outside the Box: The Story of Food Packaging
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Who Invented the Cherry Tomato?
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Everything Old is Brew Again
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Museums and the Mafia: The Secret History of Citrus
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Grand Theft Food
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Caffeine: The World’s Most Popular Drug
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The Maple Boom
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First Foods: Learning to Eat
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The Food of Love
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The End of the Calorie
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End-Of-Year Feast
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The Mushroom Underground
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Peak Booze
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Mezcal: Everything but the Worm
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The Good, The Bad, The Cilantro
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The Bitter Truth
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The United States of Chinese Food
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The Whole Hog
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The Scoop on Ice Cream
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Crunch, Crackle, and Pop
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Field Recordings
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The Cocktail Hour
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Gastropod on Gastropods
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Savor Flavor
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Say Cheese!
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No Scrubs: Breeding a Better Bull
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Breakfast of Champions
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Kale of the Sea
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Bite: Smoked Pigeon and Other Subnatural Delights
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The Microbe Revolution
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Dan Barber’s Quest for Flavor
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Episode 1: The Golden Spoon
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