Chocpocalypse Now! Quarantine and the Future of Food

Gastropod

Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley

Arts, Science, History, Food

4.7 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

We’ve dropped hints and left clues—and now, at long last, Gastropod’s very own Nicola Twilley has published her first book! Co-written with her husband Geoff Manaugh, Until Proven Safe: The History and Future of Quarantine is a captivating chronicle of quarantine across time, space, and species (and yes, they started writing the book long before 2020). Just for you, dear Gastropod listeners, we have a special episode in which, for the first time ever, your intrepid hosts sit on opposite sides of the (virtual) table, as Cynthia interviews Nicky and Geoff about the quarantines that protect our food. Why do 75 billion bees get stopped in the dusty California desert every spring, and why does every single cacao plant that gets shipped around the world have to pass through one town in England? What are sentinel plots, and how are they protecting our wheat supply? And why on earth did Nicky and Geoff get naked, put on Crocs and Tyvek suits, and burn their notes on a reporting trip? All this, plus a video game for quarantine inspectors, in your feeds now! Quarantine: boring to live through, fascinating to listen to—and read about! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:41.9	Well, so I am going to ask the easiest question first, which is if you could both say your name, how you'd like to be identified and the name of your book.
0:51.9	Well, Cynthia, for just to remind you, I'm not sure what your name is, so please, in case you've forgotten.
0:58.9	I'm Nicola Twilly, you call me Nikki.
1:01.9	I am in your Morphe Light moments and I am co-host of Gastropod.
1:06.9	It's an award-winning and popular podcast about the history and science of view the food.
1:11.9	Thank you for putting that right up front. I appreciate it.
1:13.9	And I am co-author of a brand new book called Until Proven Safe, The History and Future of Quarantine.
1:22.9	Wow. I didn't get the subtitle of your own book.
1:26.9	I know it. I just slipped up halfway through.
1:29.9	Way to go. Jeff?
1:31.9	And I am Jeff Meino. I am Nikki's husband.
1:34.9	And I am the co-author of Until Proven Safe, The History and Future of Quarantine.
1:39.9	This, as you might have been able to tell, this is kind of an unusual show for us because we have a bit of a role reversal going on.
1:46.9	I was the one and only interviewer.
1:49.9	And I was getting interviewed along with Jeff, who, as he says, is my husband, as well as my co-author.
1:55.9	He normally has more of a backstage support role here at Gastropod.
2:00.9	And you are not normally in the interviewer hot seat.
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