Guest Episode: The Umami Mama by Unexplainable

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Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley

Arts, Science, History, Food

4.7 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Gastropod is excited to present this guest episode of Unexplainable. For thousands of years, there have been four basic tastes recognized across cultures. But thanks to Kumiko Ninomiya (a.k.a. the Umami Mama), scientists finally accepted a fifth. So could there be even more? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, Gastropod listeners!
0:04.8	We have something special for you today.
0:06.7	It's an episode from one of our fellow podcasts in the Vox Media Podcast Network, a really
0:11.3	fun show called Unexplainable.
0:13.4	Unexplainable is a science show that explores everything we don't know.
0:18.4	Every week, host Noam Hasenfeld is joined by experts and reporters to take a look at some
0:23.2	of the most fascinating, unanswered questions in science and the mind-bending ways scientists
0:28.9	are trying to answer them.
0:30.8	There's a new episode every Wednesday.
0:32.6	They cover everything from what dinosaurs might have sounded like to why we dream and
0:36.5	whether you should take a DNA ancestry test.
0:39.3	In this episode, Unexplainable takes on the mystery of taste.
0:43.1	Listen now for the story of the woman who campaigned for decades to get Umami accepted
0:47.6	as one of the five basic tastes.
0:49.8	She's the Umami Mama.
0:51.8	And after you listen to her story, you can follow and subscribe to Unexplainable wherever
0:56.5	you get your podcasts.
0:57.8	We will be back in a couple of weeks with a fresh new Gastropod episode.
1:01.7	And now, enjoy Unexplainable.
1:05.4	The new original series, Tulsa King.
1:07.8	What's it Malfi, a copo, doing in Tulsa?
1:10.0	Starring Silvestre Stallone.
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