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Bringing Salmon Home: The Story of the World's Largest Dam Removal Project
The Klamath River on the California-Oregon border was once the third largest salmon river in the continental U.S. There were so many fish, indigenous…
1 year, 7 months ago
Potatoes in Space! (encore)
Today, a half century after Neil Armstrong took one small step onto the surface of the Moon, there are still just ten humans living in space—the crew…
1 year, 7 months ago
Absinthe: The World's Most Dangerous Drink?
To painters and poets in late-1800s France, absinthe was "the green muse" or the "green fairy," an almost magical potion that promised vivid dreams, …
1 year, 8 months ago
From Trash to Treasure: Why's It So Hard to Save Restaurant Leftovers From the Dumpster?
Every day, at the end of service, restaurants throw away tons of entirely edible food: heaps of pastries and whole loaves of bread, vegetables choppe…
1 year, 8 months ago
Smashing Pumpkin Myths: What's Big, Orange, and Having an Identity Crisis?
It’s already begun: that time of the year now known across the land as Decorative Gourd Season. Squash are everywhere—carved into jack o’lanterns on …
1 year, 8 months ago
Meet the Queen of Kiwi: The 96-Year-Old Woman Who Transformed America's Produce Aisle (ENCORE)
The produce section of most American supermarkets in the 1950s was minimal to a fault, with only a few dozen fruits and vegetables to choose from: pe…
1 year, 9 months ago
Deli is Short For Delicious—But Are Your Pastrami and Bologna Sandwiches Giving You Cancer?
School’s back in session, and kids are boarding the bus with lunchboxes in tow. Many of them contain sandwiches stuffed with turkey and ham slices, b…
1 year, 9 months ago
What's the Buzz on Eating Bugs? Can Insects Really Save the World?
About ten years ago, insects were constantly being hyped as the future of food. Headlines proclaimed that, within the decade, everyone would be eatin…
1 year, 9 months ago
The Billion Dollar War Behind U.S. Rum (Planet Money)
When you buy a bottle of rum in the United States, by law nearly all the federal taxes on that rum must be sent to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Is…
1 year, 10 months ago
The Interstitium (Radiolab)
Guest episode: In this episode we introduce you to a part of our bodies that was invisible to Western scientists until about five years ago; it’s cal…
1 year, 10 months ago