Beste Cynthia Graber podcaster (2024)

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Potatoes in Space! (encore) 47:56

22h ago47:56

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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 of the International Space Station. But, after decades of talk, both government agencies and entrepreneurs are now drawing up more concrete plans to return to the Moon, and even travel onward to Mars.…

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Absinthe: The World's Most Dangerous Drink? 45:14

16d ago45:14

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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, wild ideas, and artistic inspiration with every sip. By the 1910s, this once incredibly popular herbal liquor was banned—not only in France, but in countries around the world. Condemned as the cause of…

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From Trash to Treasure: Why's It So Hard to Save Restaurant Leftovers From the Dumpster? 48:56

30d ago48:56

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Every day, at the end of service, restaurants throw away tons of entirely edible food: heaps of pastries and whole loaves of bread, vegetables chopped but not cooked, noodle dough, fish off-cuts, and more. An estimated 20 billion meals's worth of still edible food overall is tossed every year here in the US, and more than 85 percent of it ends up i…

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Smashing Pumpkin Myths: What's Big, Orange, and Having an Identity Crisis? 47:15

1M ago47:15

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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 front porches, adorning our sideboards and porches with strange shapes and autumn colors, and of course, baked into pies for fall celebrations. But get ready to rethink squash, because despite their sl…

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Meet the Queen of Kiwi: The 96-Year-Old Woman Who Transformed America's Produce Aisle (ENCORE) 48:00

2M ago48:00

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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: perhaps one kind of apple, one kind of lettuce, a yellow onion, a pile of bananas. Today, grocery stores routinely offer hundreds of different fruits and vegetables, many of which would be unrecognizable…

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Deli is Short For Delicious—But Are Your Pastrami and Bologna Sandwiches Giving You Cancer? 53:19

2M ago53:19

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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, bologna, even salami—but where did these staples of the lunch break, not to mention the charcuterie platter, come from? Long before the 1900s meat-cute that birthed the deli sandwich, preserved meats we…

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What's the Buzz on Eating Bugs? Can Insects Really Save the World? 57:25

2M ago57:25

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About ten years ago, insects were constantly being hyped as the future of food. Headlines proclaimed that, within the decade, everyone would be eating bugs as part of their daily diet—and saving the planet in the process. But while the buzz on edible insects hasn’t completely turned to crickets, the ento-revolution hasn't proceeded exactly as plann…

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The Billion Dollar War Behind U.S. Rum (Planet Money) 42:48

3M ago42:48

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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 Islands. It's an unusual system that Congress designed decades ago to help fund these two U.S. territories. In 2021 alone, these rum tax payments added up to more than $700 million. Puerto Rico and the V…

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The Interstitium (Radiolab) 59:55

3M ago59:55

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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 called "the interstitium," a vast network of fluid channels inside the tissues around our organs that scientists have just begun to see, name, and understand. Along the way we look at how new technologies…

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Are Hush Puppies Racist? Is A2 Milk Really Healthier? And What's Up With Wedding Cake? Ask Gastropod! 47:37

4M ago47:37

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You asked, and we’re answering—again! Ask Gastropod returns to answer some of our listeners’ most pressing culinary queries: how did elaborate, expensive cakes become the standard dessert for weddings? Did the deep fried cornmeal blobs known as “hush puppies” get their name from Confederate soldiers or racist stories from the plantation-era South? …

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Why Does Everyone Have Food Allergies These Days? 55:46

4M ago55:46

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It's not your imagination, food allergies are really on the rise. One recent study found that severe allergic reactions to food have increased by more than 300 percent over the past decade. And they don't just affect Americans or kids—they're on the rise in adults around the world. Even pets are getting food allergies. So what's going on? Why would…

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The Bagelization of America (encore) 56:04

4M ago56:04

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Today, it’s a breakfast staple, but, as recently as 1960, The New York Times had to define it for readers—as “an unsweetened doughnut with rigor mortis.” That’s right, this episode is all about the bagel, that shiny, ring-shaped, surprisingly dense bread that makes the perfect platform for cream cheese and lox. Where did it come from? Can you get a…

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The Birth of Cool: How Refrigeration Changed Everything 53:15

5M ago53:15

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For as long as we’ve been making Gastropod, co-host Nicky has also been working on another project: writing a book all about refrigeration. Well, time to pop the champagne you’ve had stashed in the icebox, because that book comes out June 25—and we’re giving Gastropod listeners an exclusive preview! This episode, Cynthia and Nicky talk about how a …

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Potatoes in Space! (encore) 47:56

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Absinthe: The World's Most Dangerous Drink? 45:14

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From Trash to Treasure: Why's It So Hard to Save Restaurant Leftovers From the Dumpster? 48:56

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Smashing Pumpkin Myths: What's Big, Orange, and Having an Identity Crisis? 47:15

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Meet the Queen of Kiwi: The 96-Year-Old Woman Who Transformed America's Produce Aisle (ENCORE) 48:00

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Deli is Short For Delicious—But Are Your Pastrami and Bologna Sandwiches Giving You Cancer? 53:19

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What's the Buzz on Eating Bugs? Can Insects Really Save the World? 57:25

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The Billion Dollar War Behind U.S. Rum (Planet Money) 42:48

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The Interstitium (Radiolab) 59:55

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Are Hush Puppies Racist? Is A2 Milk Really Healthier? And What's Up With Wedding Cake? Ask Gastropod! 47:37

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Why Does Everyone Have Food Allergies These Days? 55:46

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The Bagelization of America (encore) 56:04

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The Birth of Cool: How Refrigeration Changed Everything 53:15

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