Gastropod (podcast)

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Gastropod
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Presentation
Hosted byNicola Twilley and Cynthia Graber
Genre
  • culinary
  • food
  • history
  • non-fiction
  • science
UpdatesBiweekly
Lengthapproximately 22 to 56 minutes
Production
ProductionNicola Twilley and Cynthia Graber
No. of episodes196 as of September 2022
Publication
Original release2014 
present
Cited for2019 International Association of Culinary Professionals Best Podcast or Radio Show

Gastropod is a podcast about the science and history of food. It has aired since 2014 and is hosted by journalists Nicola Twilley and Cynthia Graber.

Contents

Format and content

Gastropod is an independent podcast produced and hosted by Twilley and Graber, who interview chefs, scientists, and historians to collect stories about the science and history of food. They produce the podcast out of their homes in Somerville, Massachusetts and Los Angeles, California, respectively. Typical stories Twilley and Graber have shared on the show include Leonardo da Vinci inventing the first pasta machine, the effect of gold spoons on the flavor of foods, Jack Daniel learning how to make whiskey from an enslaved person from Africa, and the history of birthday cake. [1] Episodes usually delve deeply into details about the historical, cultural, and scientific background of the episode's subject and feature interviews with multiple experts, [2] sometimes recorded on location at laboratories, farm fields, or archaeological digs. [3] Each episode is approximately fifty minutes and episodes are released every two weeks. [2] In 2017, each episode had about 100,000 downloads. [4]

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