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How Ketchup Got Thick
Ketchup is the crowd-pleaser of condiments—a ubiquitous accessory on dinner tables throughout the United States, and, increasingly, the world. But th…
3 years, 10 months ago
Delivery Wars
Big tech is changing every aspect of our world. But how? And at what cost? Gastropod is excited to share the first episode of a special four-part Lan…
3 years, 11 months ago
The Milk of Life
No matter what your diet’s like today, we all likely started life eating the same thing: breast milk, formula milk, or a bit of both. But both of the…
3 years, 11 months ago
Poultry Power: The Fried Chicken Chronicles (encore)
Juicy, crispy, crunchy...fried chicken is undoubtedly delicious. But it's also complicated, in ways that go far deeper than the science behind that p…
4 years ago
Guest episode: Montréal by Not Lost
Gastropod is excited to present this guest episode of Not Lost, called Montréal: Voyage Voyage. When both his popular culture podcast and long-term r…
4 years ago
Reinventing the Eel
Aristotle thought they were born out of mud. A young Sigmund Freud dedicated himself to finding their testicles (spoiler alert, he failed). And a leg…
4 years, 1 month ago
Monsanto or MonSatan? How—and Why—a St. Louis Startup Became a Hated Herbicide Giant
A chemical that kills the plants you don’t want—weeds—and keeps the plants you do—food!—seems kind of like magic. After all, weeds are the bane of fa…
4 years, 1 month ago
The Way the Cookie Crumbles
If you’ve baked up a batch of chocolate chip cookies, enjoyed a nice cup of tea and biscuits, or somehow scarfed a sleeve of Oreos, you will know tha…
4 years, 1 month ago
Black Gold: The Future of Food...We Throw Away
For a few weeks in 1987, trash was temporarily headline news: a barge filled with waste that would no longer fit in New York City's overflowing landf…
4 years, 2 months ago
Gum's the Word: A Sticky Story
It’s sticky, it’s breath-freshening, and, according to the FDA, it’s technically food—this episode, we’re chewing on the science and history of gum! …
4 years, 2 months ago