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Is life in the fast lane catching up with you? Perhaps you’d like to slow down, enjoy life more and truly eat “well.” Join Food Sleuth Radio host a...
- Added: Oct 17, 2013
- Length: 28:00
If the food industry adds an ingredient to our food, it has to be pre-tested and determined safe, right? Not always. Join Food Sleuth Radio host an...
- Added: Oct 03, 2013
- Length: 28:00
Uncovering what makes a New York Bagel so special and how a worldwide chain like Dunkin' Donuts competes in the city.
- Added: Sep 12, 2013
- Length: 05:17
Soil. We treat it like dirt, yet it holds vibrant communities of microscopic organisms that affect public health. Join Food Sleuth Radio host and ...
- Added: Sep 06, 2013
- Length: 28:00
Bigger doesn’t always mean better. Case in point: fruits and vegetables. Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn...
- Added: Aug 30, 2013
- Length: 28:00
My sincere but silly attempt to live without plastic for a week.
- Added: Aug 27, 2013
- Length: 06:36
Fran Moore talks about various ways that farmers in Europe have adjusted to higher temperatures in recent years, and sheds light on the difficulty ...
- Added: Aug 26, 2013
- Length: 33:29
If metal isn’t supposed to go in microwave ovens, why do some of them have metal racks?
Bought by KREV-LP
- Added: Aug 23, 2013
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 1
Grapefruit can interact in potentially dangerous ways with a variety of prescription medications.
- Added: Aug 16, 2013
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 2
Today, we take a little bit of break from talking about science to instead talk about how media covers science, particularly the reporting on genet...
- Added: Aug 15, 2013
- Length: 29:15
Only a farmer can describe the boots-on-the-ground realities of raising our nation's food supply. Howard Vlieger is a farmer and crop nutrition ad...
- Added: Aug 02, 2013
- Length: 28:00
Meet Harvey Washington Wiley, the mastermind behind this experiment where young government employees were fed poison-laced foods months on end. He...
Bought by WHYY, New Hampshire Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Hark!, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more
- Added: Jul 16, 2013
- Length: 08:03
- Purchases: 8
With so many dietary supplements to choose from, it’s hard for consumers to sort through marketing claims, assorted ingredients and whether there’s...
- Added: May 23, 2013
- Length: 28:00
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will ask, "Who is the top predator here?" and, "If certain endangered species do in fact con...
- Added: May 20, 2013
- Length: 04:57
If you’re curious about where and how our taste preferences originate, and other mysteries about our sense of taste, then Join Food Sleuth Radio h...
- Added: Apr 21, 2013
- Length: 28:00
Where there’s fermentation, there’s culture. Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Sando...
- Added: Apr 15, 2013
- Length: 28:00
Author/researcher Al Watson explains why Statin drugs are killing us and why the low-fat, high-carb diet is making us fat.
- Added: Apr 12, 2013
- Length: 58:00
A look at the trend of developing rapidly-aged whiskeys.
Bought by Marfa Public Radio, KLCC, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Apr 10, 2013
- Length: 04:07
- Purchases: 3
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
Pulitzer Prize-winning Michael Moss describes “bliss point” and “mouth feel,” two of the terms common in the trillion-dollar processed food industr...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KCMJ Community Radio, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
- Added: Mar 21, 2013
- Length: 10:00
- Purchases: 3
In this interview on food security and the environment, Dave Lobell explains the global food system, the monkey-wrench of climate change, and the p...
- Added: Mar 20, 2013
- Length: 33:25
Biologist Peter Vitousek discusses the serious impacts humankind has had on the nitrogen cycle and how that relates to our food system. He expands ...
- Added: Mar 20, 2013
- Length: 26:12
WTIP's Ann Possis spoke Mar. 15 with Dr. Mark Pereira, professor of epidemiology & community health at the U of MN School of Public Health, about a...
- Added: Mar 19, 2013
- Length: 09:52
First, building on a collaborative research project conducted by the NIH and AARP, Dr. John Whyte gives several weight loss plans and advises diet ...
Bought by WCNY
- Added: Mar 19, 2013
- Length: 59:54
- Purchases: 1