282 Episodes

  1. Why Are Restaurants So Loud? Plus the Science Behind the Perfect Playlist

    Published: 5/14/2024
  2. The Food Explorer (encore)

    Published: 5/7/2024
  3. Meet the Most Famous American You’ve Never Heard Of: His Legacy is Excellent French Fries and Monsanto

    Published: 4/30/2024
  4. All You Can Eat: The True Story Behind America's Most Popular Seafood

    Published: 4/16/2024
  5. The World Is Your Oyster: How Our Favorite Shellfish Could Save Coastlines Worldwide

    Published: 4/2/2024
  6. Eat This, Not That: The Surprising Science of Personalized Nutrition (encore)

    Published: 3/26/2024
  7. Bam! How Did Cajun Flavor Take Over the World?

    Published: 3/19/2024
  8. Anything's Pastable (Guest Episode)

    Published: 3/12/2024
  9. Can You Patent a Pizza?

    Published: 3/5/2024
  10. Super Fry: The Fight for the Golden Frite (encore)

    Published: 2/27/2024
  11. Dining at the (Other) Top of the World: Hunger, Fruitcake, and the Race to Reach the South Pole

    Published: 2/20/2024
  12. Dining at the Top of the World: Arctic Adaptation, Abundance, and...Ice Cream

    Published: 2/6/2024
  13. Cork Dork: Inside the Weird World of Wine Appreciation (encore)

    Published: 1/23/2024
  14. It's Tea Time: Pirates, Polyphenols, and a Proper Cuppa (encore)

    Published: 1/9/2024
  15. The Case of the Confusing Bitter Beverages: Vermouth, Amaro, Aperitivos, and Other Botanical Schnapps

    Published: 12/19/2023
  16. Rice, Rice Baby

    Published: 12/5/2023
  17. Ask Gastropod: White Chocolate, Jimmies, Chile vs. Mustard Burns, and Asparagus Pee

    Published: 11/21/2023
  18. Pumpkin Spice Hero: The Thrilling But Tragic True Story of Nutmeg

    Published: 11/7/2023
  19. Beans, Beans, the Magical Fruit

    Published: 10/24/2023
  20. Raised and Glazed: Don’t Doubt the Doughnut

    Published: 10/10/2023

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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.