274 Episodes

  1. Celebrate Mexico’s True National Holiday with the Mysteries of Mole

    Published: 9/10/2019
  2. Running on Fumes: Strawberry’s Dirty Secret

    Published: 8/27/2019
  3. Omega 1-2-3

    Published: 8/13/2019
  4. Meet Sharbat, the Ancestor of Sorbet, Syrup, Shrub, Sherbet, and Pretty Much Everything Else Cool

    Published: 8/6/2019
  5. Super Fry: The Fight for the Golden Frite

    Published: 6/19/2019
  6. Eat This, Not That: The Surprising Science of Personalized Nutrition

    Published: 6/10/2019
  7. Guts and Glory

    Published: 5/21/2019
  8. BONUS: Introducing Science Rules! with Bill Nye

    Published: 5/16/2019
  9. The Great Gastropod Pudding Off

    Published: 5/6/2019
  10. Potatoes in Space!

    Published: 4/23/2019
  11. The Curry Chronicles

    Published: 4/9/2019
  12. The Bagelization of America

    Published: 3/26/2019
  13. Can Diet Stop Alzheimer’s?

    Published: 3/11/2019
  14. Seeds of Immortality

    Published: 3/4/2019
  15. Pick A Pawpaw: America’s Forgotten Fruit

    Published: 2/26/2019
  16. Eating to Win: Gatorade, Muscle Milk, and… Chicken Nuggets?

    Published: 2/12/2019
  17. The Secret History of the Slave Behind Jack Daniel’s Whiskey

    Published: 1/28/2019
  18. Sweet and Low (Calorie): The Story of Artificial Sweeteners

    Published: 1/15/2019
  19. Dirty Tricks and Data: The Great Soda Wars, Part 2

    Published: 12/18/2018
  20. Souring on Sweet: The Great Soda Wars, Part 1

    Published: 12/4/2018

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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.