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Radiolab

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Radiolab

WNYC Studios

Natural Sciences, History, Documentary, Science, Society & Culture

4.644.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2016

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Tuck your napkin under your chin.  We’re about to serve up a tale of love, loss, and lamb chops.  For as long as she can remember, Amy Pearl has loved meat in all its glorious cuts and marbled flavors. And then one day, for seemingly no reason, her body wouldn’t tolerate it.  No steaks. No brisket. No weenies.  It made no sense to her or to her doctor: why couldn’t she eat something that she had routinely enjoyed for decades? Something our evolutionary forebears have eaten since time immemorial? The answer involves mysterious maps, interpretive dance, and a collision of three different species. Support Radiolab by becoming a member today at Radiolab.org/donate.

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0:00.0

Oh, wait, you're listening?

0:03.1

Okay.

0:04.4

All right.

0:05.6

Okay.

0:07.0

All right.

0:08.5

You're listening to Radio Lab.

0:11.4

Radio Lab.

0:11.9

From W. N. Y.

0:13.9

C.

0:14.8

See?

0:15.1

Yeah.

0:15.2

Good.

0:25.7

Is your mic on?

0:27.2

Yeah.

0:28.1

I'm getting, this is making me nervous.

0:31.9

Maybe I should get my EpiPen.

0:33.9

Are you allergic to radio greatness?

0:36.2

Not that I know of.

0:56.1

I haven't been really exposed to it yet. Anyway, let's go. Are we rolling? We're good? We're going. We're rolling. Okay. I'm Robert Krollwich. This is Radio Lab. And today we're going to begin with a conversation between Dan Pashman. Okay. Host of a podcast here at WNYC called The Sporkful.

0:58.2

It's about food and Amy Pearl.

0:58.6

Amy.

0:59.2

Yes.

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