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Gastropod

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 Facebo...

Website ↗ Last published 20 October 2026 298 posts collected by Sputnik

Said on Gastropod

“People were not restoring animals that they thought were too rare. If anything, they were still persecuting animals that they thought were too abundant.” — Michelle Nyhaus, Gastropod
Michelle Nyhaus · 22 Sep 2026 Listen →
“It's almost like you are exposing yourself to something that is dangerous, but not really dangerous, right? So it's like a roller coaster ride.” — Cynthia Graber, Gastropod
Cynthia Graber · 18 Aug 2026 Listen →

Hosts

Gastropod is hosted by Brendan Francis Newnam , Dr. Jen Gunter and Jonquilyn Hill .

Recent Episodes

  1. 20 Oct 2026

    The Big Apple Episode

  2. 6 Oct 2026

    Fibermaxxing FTW: Meet the Neglected Nutrient That's the Key to Health

    With Dr Emily Leeming PhD , John Cummings and Howard Markel

  3. 22 Sep 2026

    Eat Bison to Save Bison

    With Jeff Martin , Chad Kramer , Zinkala Rivera , Bam Brewer , Michelle Nyhaus and Rachel Hunter

  4. 8 Sep 2026

    Plant Milk Proliferation: Oat, Soy, Almond, and More, But Which Is Best?

    With Becky Remsing , Brent Kim , Julian McClements and Mike Messersmith

  5. 18 Aug 2026

    So Hot Right Now: Why We Love the Chile Pepper

    With Denise Kuhn , Pam Dalton , Edward Wang and Harold McGee

  6. 4 Aug 2026

    Salad Days: A Story of Science, Sexism, and Jell-O

    With Jim Lugg , Emily Nunn and Laura Shapiro

  7. 21 Jul 2026

    Where There's Smoke, There's...Whiskey, Fish, and Barbecue!

    With Adrian Miller , Harold McGee , Matt Bauman and Keith Sutherland

  8. 7 Jul 2026

    America's Forbidden Fruit and Forgotten First Soda: Ask Gastropod

    With Lily Hislop and Greg Quinn

  9. 23 Jun 2026

    Bringing Home the Bacon: From Shakespeare to the Baconator

    With Mark Essig and Mark Johnson

  10. 9 Jun 2026

    What the Shell? Cracking the Lobster's Mysteries

  11. 19 May 2026

    A Dog's Dinner: What Should We Really Be Feeding Our Pets?

  12. 5 May 2026

    Feel the Beet: The Most Fascinating Woman You've Never Heard Of

Guests

Catherine Price (2 episodes), JoAnn Manson (2 episodes), Francisco Migoya (2 episodes), Tom Gilliford (2 episodes), Tim Buntel (2 episodes), Carol Helstosky (2 episodes), Yan Tsou (2 episodes), Daniel Stone (2 episodes), Harold McGee (2 episodes), Bianca Bosker (2 episodes), Selasi Gbormittah (2 episodes), Sam Bompas (2 episodes), and 93 more.