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Award-winning podcast co-hosted by @cagraber & @nicolatwilley. Food with a side of science & history. At @voxmediapods in partnership with @eater & @punch_drink
Joined June 2014
#Maize is life, identity, & tradition! Excited to have had @Gastropodcast visit @CIMMYT’s genebank at our global HQs, where we conserve over 28K accessions from 80+ countries for a sustainable future. Together, we’re working to ensure global food security! https://t.co/DZyI5OEfwT
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This month, the #SciFriBookClub has been reading “Frostbite” by @nicolatwilley. Join us this Thursday, July 31, at 8:00 PM ET for our "Ask the Author" virtual event. Come with your queries and wonderings. RSVP Here: https://t.co/DCI2AS3dBm
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Talking bananas again on this week’s @Gastropodcast podcast with hosts @nicolatwilley and Cynthia Graber. #bananas
#food
#eating
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A podcast about food with a side of history and science. Hosted by Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley.
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Sam hopped on the latest episode of @Gastropodcast to chat Ancient Ales while diving deeper into what came first: baking or brewing grains. Give it a listen here or on your favorite podcast app. 🌀🍻 #AncientAles #DogfishHead #30OffCenteredYears
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The story of beer's origins, the debate over whether humanity domesticated grains for brewing or for baking, and why beer was so essential to the smooth functioning of the world's first cities and...
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It was fun to participate in this episode of @Gastropodcast on nutrition science along with @marionnestle, Dariush Mozaffarian, and Saul Newman.
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If you're confused about what nutrition science has to say about which foods are healthy and which are not, you're not alone. This episode: how nutrition research actually gets done—and what that...
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We heart this! Gastropod has been nominated for "Best Food Podcast" in the 2025 @iheartradio podcast awards. We're so thankful for the nomination and look forward to the awards in March!!
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iHeartRadio is giving the podcast industry the visibility and recognition it deserves at the iHeartPodcast Awards on Monday, March 10, 2025.
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Ranch is a cultural phenomenon, showing up not only next to veggies, pizza & wings but on TV shows, in viral TikToks, and even in jeweled royal wedding-worthy bottles. In our new Ask Gastropod, ranch’s origins & how it became a de facto symbol of America: https://t.co/BmTJBGlHpy
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We all know the sluggish feeling after a big holiday meal. But why do “food comas” happen? Our latest Ask Gastropod has answers, including how eating can change test scores & what actual slugs tell us about the evolutionary importance of food comas:
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Podcast Episode · Gastropod · 12/17/2024 · 51m
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Ötzi the Iceman died in the Alps 5,300 years ago, but his final meal is still teaching us about his life—and death. In our newest episode, how this mummy’s stomach provides a window into past climates, human history, and a *very* cold case: Ötzi’s murder. https://t.co/BmTJBGlHpy
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What's the origin of ranch dressing? What did Europe’s oldest human mummy have in his stomach? And just in time for the holidays, why do we get “food comas” after a big meal? We answer these great listener questions in the newest Ask Gastropod:
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Podcast Episode · Gastropod · 12/17/2024 · 51m
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Peppermint mocha might be a standard at every coffee shop these days, but there was a time when mint was so valuable it made three American entrepreneurs into “peppermint kings.” The story of the forgotten American mint monarchy in our latest episode:
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We shared the delicious experience of cooking (and eating!) salmon the Yurok way in our latest column for @Eater — read on for the last salmon recipe you'll ever need!
In Northern California, the Gensaw brothers — members of the Yurok tribe — host an outdoor salmon cookout to celebrate a huge ecological victory
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In September, Nicky and Cynthia visited the Klamath to see what it looks like when you free a river. The transformation since dam removal is amazing—but the work to make this river home for salmon again is just beginning. We’ve got the story in our new ep: https://t.co/ekXnvmynOE
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Salmon don't just feed people and animals: they also feed ecosystems. For our newest episode on the return of salmon to the newly un-dammed Klamath river, Nicky and Cynthia explored the length of this beautiful river & met massive trees fed by these fish: https://t.co/0pdsfgYSnD
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From Scotland to Omaha, Nebraska, the fight to undam the Klamath was a long & winding road. In our latest, how Indigenous tribes, fishermen & environmental activists made people in power listen—and how a bitter Republican-led Congress nearly sank the deal:
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The story of the world's largest dam removal project—and why it matters for indigenous food sovereignty.
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In the summer of 2002, something happened that changed the conversation around the Klamath River: the largest-ever die-off of adult salmon in the US. How this tragedy sparked a movement to undam the Klamath. https://t.co/0pdsfgZqdb
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Salmon go through an incredible evolutionary glow-up, from little brown fish in fresh water to massive silver saltwater fish. We’ve got the science of this transformation in our latest ep—plus, how salmon biology helps them recolonize long-dammed rivers: https://t.co/ekXnvmyVEc
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This is honestly one of my favourite @gastropodcast episodes! A huge win by an inspiring coalition whose story can help us imagine how to do it again and continue the work of restoring at least some of what we've damaged
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Podcast Episode · Gastropod · 11/04/2024 · 59m
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This salmon is much more than a salmon: it’s the first step towards bringing fish back to what was the 3rd largest salmon river in the US—and restoring the food sovereignty & cultural richness this fish brings. This incredible success story in our latest:
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The story of the world's largest dam removal project—and why it matters for indigenous food sovereignty.
Here is a short video of one of the 1st Klamath River salmon to make it to the tributaries above the former Iron Gate Dam. The clip was recorded last Friday by Yurok Fisheries Dept Geologist Kayah Ray, who is part of a team surveying salmon in the newly undammed river reach.
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Today, absinthe can be found behind nearly every bar, despite the fact that countries around the world banned it for nearly a century. In our latest episode, why we have the Czech to thank for the modern-day absinthe revival.
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What's the deal: is absinthe just a drink, or is it actually deadly? The story behind the myths, from witchy distillers to women on bicycles, and military rations to pre-ban bottles.
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