285 Episodes

  1. Pumpkin Spice Hero: The Thrilling But Tragic True Story of Nutmeg

    Published: 11/7/2023

  2. Beans, Beans, the Magical Fruit

    Published: 10/24/2023

  3. Raised and Glazed: Don’t Doubt the Doughnut

    Published: 10/10/2023

  4. We'd Like to Teach The World to Slurp: The Weird and Wonderful Story of Ramen's Rise to Glory

    Published: 9/26/2023

  5. First Foods: Learning to Eat (encore)

    Published: 9/19/2023

  6. All Aboard the Tuna Rollercoaster! Join the King of Fish for a Wild Ride that Involves Ernest Hemingway and (of course) Jane Fonda

    Published: 9/5/2023

  7. The Keto Paradox: Fad Diet *and* Life-Saving Medical Treatment

    Published: 8/22/2023

  8. Secrets of Sourdough (encore)

    Published: 8/8/2023

  9. Watch It Wiggle: The Jell-O Story (encore)

    Published: 7/25/2023

  10. Where's the Beef? Lab-Grown Meat is Finally on the Menu

    Published: 7/11/2023

  11. The Incredible Egg (encore)

    Published: 6/27/2023

  12. Good Shit: How Humanure Could Save Agriculture—and the Planet

    Published: 6/20/2023

  13. Gettin' Fizzy With It (Encore)

    Published: 6/13/2023

  14. Who's Eating Who: Pineapples and You

    Published: 6/6/2023

  15. You've Lost That Hungry Feeling

    Published: 5/23/2023

  16. Fish & Chips: Uncovering the Forgotten Jewish and Belgian Origins of the Iconic British Dish

    Published: 5/9/2023

  17. What Connects Bones, Bird Poop, and Toxic Green Slime? Hint: Without It, Half of Us Wouldn't Be Alive Today

    Published: 4/25/2023

  18. All the Feels: How Texture Makes Taste

    Published: 4/11/2023

  19. The Fruit that Could Save the World

    Published: 3/28/2023

  20. Meet Taro, the Poke Bowl's Missing Secret Ingredient

    Published: 3/14/2023

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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.