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.
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Reinventing the Eel
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2022-05-16
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Monsanto or MonSatan? How—and Why—a St. Louis Startup Became a Hated Herbicide Giant
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2022-05-03
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The Way the Cookie Crumbles
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2022-04-19
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Black Gold: The Future of Food...We Throw Away
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2022-04-05
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Gum's the Word: A Sticky Story
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2022-03-22
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Déjà-Brew: How Coffee Got Bad, Then Worse, and, Finally, Good Again
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2022-03-08
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Grounds for Revolution: the Stimulating Story of How Coffee Shaped the World
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2022-02-22
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The Fortune Cookie Quest
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2022-02-08
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Guest Episode: Graveyard Cookies and Dollhouse Crimes
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2022-01-25
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Mango Mania: How the American Mango Lost its Flavor—and How it Might Just Get it Back (encore)
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2022-01-18
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Guest Episode: Scents and Sensibility
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2022-01-11
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Your Mystery Date
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2021-12-21
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The Most Interesting Oil in the World
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2021-12-07
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Are Plant- and Fungus-Based Meats Really Better than the Real Thing?
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2021-11-24
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Guest Episode: The Doorbell by Nice Try!
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2021-11-17
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Balls *and* Brains: The Science and History of Offal
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2021-11-09
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Trick or Treat: Soul Cakes, Candy Corn, and Sugar Skulls Galore!
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2021-10-26
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Buried Treasure: Weeds, Seeds, and Zombies
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2021-10-11
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The Barrel That Could Save A Forest
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2021-09-28
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Tofu for You: Meet the Cult Leader, the Spy, and the Pioneering Woman Chinese Doctor Who Brought Tofu to the West
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2021-09-14
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