Gastropod

A podcast by Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley - Tuesdays

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261 Episodes

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

    Published: 4/5/2022
  2. Gum's the Word: A Sticky Story

    Published: 3/22/2022
  3. Déjà-Brew: How Coffee Got Bad, Then Worse, and, Finally, Good Again

    Published: 3/8/2022
  4. Grounds for Revolution: the Stimulating Story of How Coffee Shaped the World

    Published: 2/22/2022
  5. The Fortune Cookie Quest

    Published: 2/8/2022
  6. Guest Episode: Graveyard Cookies and Dollhouse Crimes

    Published: 1/25/2022
  7. Mango Mania: How the American Mango Lost its Flavor—and How it Might Just Get it Back (encore)

    Published: 1/18/2022
  8. Guest Episode: Scents and Sensibility

    Published: 1/11/2022
  9. Your Mystery Date

    Published: 12/21/2021
  10. The Most Interesting Oil in the World

    Published: 12/7/2021
  11. Are Plant- and Fungus-Based Meats Really Better than the Real Thing?

    Published: 11/24/2021
  12. Guest Episode: The Doorbell by Nice Try!

    Published: 11/17/2021
  13. Balls *and* Brains: The Science and History of Offal

    Published: 11/9/2021
  14. Trick or Treat: Soul Cakes, Candy Corn, and Sugar Skulls Galore!

    Published: 10/26/2021
  15. Buried Treasure: Weeds, Seeds, and Zombies

    Published: 10/11/2021
  16. The Barrel That Could Save A Forest

    Published: 9/28/2021
  17. Tofu for You: Meet the Cult Leader, the Spy, and the Pioneering Woman Chinese Doctor Who Brought Tofu to the West

    Published: 9/14/2021
  18. The Great Gastropod Pudding Off (encore)

    Published: 8/30/2021
  19. It's All Going to Pot: the Science and Economics of Edibles

    Published: 8/17/2021
  20. Baked: How Pot Brownies and Pate de Fruits Fueled an Edible Cannabis Revolution

    Published: 8/3/2021

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