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Gastropod

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.

Hacking Taste (encore)

10 December 2024
45:58

V is for Vitamin (encore)

12 November 2024
43:31

Omega 1-2-3 (encore)

04 June 2024
49:30

Sugar's Dark Shadow

28 May 2024
56:20

Can You Patent a Pizza?

05 March 2024
50:58

Rice, Rice Baby

05 December 2023
51:47

Here Comes Truffle

14 February 2023
51:09

Lunch Gets Schooled (encore)

21 September 2022
53:38

Gut Feeling

16 August 2022
51:31

How Ketchup Got Thick

20 July 2022
46:39

Delivery Wars

05 July 2022
38:05

The Milk of Life

21 June 2022
53:57

Reinventing the Eel

16 May 2022
48:52

The Fortune Cookie Quest

08 February 2022
42:27

Your Mystery Date

21 December 2021
50:59

First Class Fare

25 May 2021
48:54

Why Thai?

02 March 2021
45:17

Hot Tips

16 February 2021
56:01

TV Dinners

03 February 2021
53:55

The Brightest Bulb

22 December 2020
52:22

Like Water in the Desert

08 December 2020
55:22

The Magic Cube

24 November 2020
51:15

The Big Apple Episode

10 November 2020
53:02

Snack Attack!

13 October 2020
52:46

This Spud's For You

29 September 2020
44:21

Dig for Victory

16 June 2020
53:12

Pizza Pizza!

19 May 2020
50:29

Menu Mind Control

18 November 2019
52:05

Tiki Time!

22 October 2019
45:57

Omega 1-2-3

13 August 2019
46:43

Guts and Glory

21 May 2019
48:10

Potatoes in Space!

23 April 2019
49:03

The Curry Chronicles

09 April 2019
43:59

Seeds of Immortality

04 March 2019
28:30

The Incredible Egg

23 October 2018
44:22

Why These Animals?

25 September 2018
47:09

Who Faked My Cheese?

10 April 2018
52:20

Cutting the Mustard

27 February 2018
48:12

Secrets of Sourdough

18 December 2017
47:40

Lunch Gets Schooled

11 September 2017
53:09

The Birds and The Bugs

15 August 2017
43:36

Fake Food

06 June 2017
40:16

V is for Vitamin

10 April 2017
43:18

Hacking Taste

14 March 2017
45:59

To Eat or Not to Eat Meat

14 February 2017
46:50

We Heart Chocolate

31 January 2017
43:27

Gettin’ Fizzy With It

13 December 2016
39:46

The Buzz on Honey

15 November 2016
41:36

Counting Fish

04 October 2016
43:45

Seaweed Special

13 September 2016
27:33

The Salt Wars

23 August 2016
41:07

Kombucha Culture

08 August 2016
41:36

Grand Theft Food

05 April 2016
38:59

The Maple Boom

08 March 2016
37:28

The Food of Love

09 February 2016
40:12

The End of the Calorie

26 January 2016
47:25

End-Of-Year Feast

15 December 2015
33:56

The Mushroom Underground

17 November 2015
40:40

Peak Booze

03 November 2015
35:46

The Bitter Truth

22 September 2015
46:23

The Whole Hog

11 August 2015
30:32

Field Recordings

30 June 2015
31:44

The Cocktail Hour

26 May 2015
52:43

Savor Flavor

21 April 2015
55:38

Say Cheese!

23 March 2015
57:43

Breakfast of Champions

20 January 2015
45:04

Kale of the Sea

09 December 2014
38:56

The Microbe Revolution

11 November 2014
40:48

Episode 1: The Golden Spoon

06 September 2014
45:35