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What Connects Bones, Bird Poop, and Toxic Green Slime? Hint: Without It, Half of Us Wouldn't Be Alive Today
It’s the 13th element on the periodic table, it glows in the dark, and it spontaneously combusts if it gets any hotter than 80 degrees Fahrenheit; li…
3 years, 1 month ago
All the Feels: How Texture Makes Taste
The squish of bananas, the squeak of mushrooms, the pop of a grape: for some people, these textures are a delight—but for others, they’re a total nig…
3 years, 2 months ago
The Fruit that Could Save the World
Can bread really grow on trees? This episode, meet the all-star, super productive, low-maintenance, gluten-free carbohydrate of the future. Did we me…
3 years, 2 months ago
Meet Taro, the Poke Bowl's Missing Secret Ingredient
When Polynesians first arrived in Hawai'i some 1,500 years ago, they found islands that were lush, beautiful...and nearly devoid of anything to eat. …
3 years, 3 months ago
Always Coca-Cola: Coca, Kola, and the *Real* Secret Formula
Coca-Cola's red and white logo is so iconic that supposedly nine out of every ten people on Earth know it on sight. Nearly two billion servings of Co…
3 years, 3 months ago
Here Comes Truffle
This episode, join us on a hunt for buried treasure at a super-secret location in North Carolina. We follow a million-dollar dog wearing adorable sli…
3 years, 4 months ago
Museums and the Mafia: The Secret History of Citrus (encore)
A slice of lime in your cocktail, a lunchbox clementine, or a glass of OJ at breakfast: citrus is so common today that most of us have at least one l…
3 years, 4 months ago
The End of the Calorie (encore)
For most of us, the calorie is just a number on the back of the packet or on the display at the gym. But what is it, exactly? And how did we end up w…
3 years, 5 months ago
Champagne Wishes: The Tastes of Celebration
We pop it at weddings and pour it for the holidays, gift it to congratulate and sip it to celebrate—but, if we're being honest, Gastropod will seize …
3 years, 5 months ago
Caviar Dreams: The Tastes of Celebration
Yachts, private jets, caviar, champagne—all standard ingredients in the lifestyles of the rich and famous. But, every so often, at parties and specia…
3 years, 6 months ago