
Over deze podcast
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…
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Gastropod
Over deze podcast
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…
Recente afleveringen
- So Hot Right Now: Why We Love the Chile Pepper18 aug · 48 min
- Salad Days: A Story of Science, Sexism, and Jell-O4 aug · 45 min
- Where There's Smoke, There's...Whiskey, Fish, and Barbecue!21 jul · 51 min
- America's Forbidden Fruit and Forgotten First Soda: Ask Gastropod7 jul · 50 min
- Bringing Home the Bacon: From Shakespeare to the Baconator23 jun · 48 min
- What the Shell? Cracking the Lobster's Mysteries9 jun · 44 min
- A Dog's Dinner: What Should We Really Be Feeding Our Pets?19 mei · 50 min
- Feel the Beet: The Most Fascinating Woman You've Never Heard Of5 mei · 45 min
- White vs. Wheat: The Food Fight of the Centuries21 apr · 53 min
- Protein, Pyramids, and Politics: The Forgotten Stories and Controversial Science Behind Government Dietary Advice7 apr · 55 min