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We know what a berry is, we know what a cranberry is, but what the heck is a "cran?" We enter the sometimes murky world of the cranberry morpheme...
Bought by KRPS
- Added: Jun 27, 2024
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Guest Mauro Peralta describes the traditional Argentine celebration called "asado". And we hear the Tango movement from L'Histoire du soldat.
Bought by WXXI Rochester
- Added: Oct 08, 2021
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
In a pitched battle against voracious tomato fruit worms, (aka. corn earworms or cotton bollworm) tomato plants have one sneaky defense...a wasp. I...
Bought by WRFA-LP and Spokane Public Radio
- Added: May 24, 2021
- Length: 05:03
- Purchases: 2
Either way you spell it, you either love that black candy or can't get away fast enough. Amy dives into why.
Bought by Spokane Public Radio
- Added: Dec 03, 2019
- Length: 06:27
- Purchases: 1
Would you pay eight-thousand dollars to impress your friends with a pineapple? No? Well, the Victorians did.
- Added: Nov 24, 2019
- Length: 08:19
The pretzel, known as a “Brezel” or “Brezn” in German, is not an ordinary pastry. It has a century-old history full of myths and stories. Where did...
Bought by KICI Iowa City and KICI Iowa City
- Added: Apr 03, 2019
- Length: 33:17
- Purchases: 2
Warmer Waters Could Make Shellfish Dangerous
- Added: May 12, 2017
- Length: 02:00
The unnatural history of a carbonated drink.
Bought by WRIR
- Added: Feb 16, 2017
- Length: 13:27
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Feb 10, 2017
- Length: 02:00
Your Genes and Caffeine's Effects
- Added: Feb 06, 2017
- Length: 02:00
Dennis Larson is the lucky guy who chooses new foods each year for the Minnesota State Fair. He chatted with WTIP's Berta Bauer recently about what...
- Added: Jun 28, 2016
- Length: 17:56
Jess Mador goes behind the scenes of a familiar fast food landmark: White Castle building #8.
- Added: Mar 18, 2015
- Length: 04:05
OUCH! Keano's mouth gets burned — by chocolate! Michelle Dutro and Keano Martinez first hear from Lizzie Kirchner's family who explains the process...
- Added: Jan 15, 2015
- Length: 08:20
Kerstin Rodgers aka Ms Marmite Lover - queen of London's underground restaurants - chats with me in her kitchen in Kilburn, North London. Topics du...
- Added: Feb 23, 2014
- Length: 19:24
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2013 Third Coast ShortDocs: Stories Inspired by "Appetite"
Series: 2013 Third Coast ShortDocs: Stories Inspired by "Appetite"
The Sichuan Peppercorn provides a confusing, disorienting and compelling flavor to the spicy cuisine of Sichuan.
- Added: Sep 17, 2013
- Length: 03:00
- Purchases: 3
Three quick angles of life in the cattle business.
- Added: Sep 17, 2013
- Length: 03:00
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2013 Third Coast ShortDocs: Stories Inspired by "Appetite"
Series: 2013 Third Coast ShortDocs: Stories Inspired by "Appetite"
No one has an appetite for perfection and swearing like a Québécois in search of poutine.
Bought by KRPS, North Country Public Radio, WNIJ, and PRX Remix
- Added: Sep 17, 2013
- Length: 02:58
- Purchases: 4
SIPS segment with a tasting of whiskey from Texas and SUDS segment on collaboration beer.
- Added: Jun 08, 2013
- Length: 42:33
SUDS segment with a review of several craft beers and a lively discussion on the validity of the craft beer bubble.
- Added: Jun 08, 2013
- Length: 31:01
SIPS segment- 3 small batch craft distiller gins reviewed by our co-hosts.
- Added: Jun 08, 2013
- Length: 24:02
In this episode we learn how advances in urban agriculture are providing new access to fresh food. First, how hundreds of tons of fishbones are cle...
Bought by WTJU
- Added: Apr 03, 2013
- Length: 18:33
- Purchases: 1
1... 2... 3... Yeah, that's still OK to eat. It's fun! It's got science! Producer Ruth Eddy's take on "the rule" deserves a listen.
- Added: Mar 28, 2013
- Length: 02:09
We continue the three-part series A Day in the Life, spotlighting the common chemistry of morning, noon, and night. In this episode, a look at the ...
- Added: Dec 20, 2012
- Length: 15:38
This wraps up our three-part series Blood, Sweat, and Tears. First, how it feels to lose your ability to cry; then why onions bring on the waterworks.
- Added: Jul 11, 2012
- Length: 15:05
- Added: Jun 01, 2012
- Length: 29:41
- Purchases: 1