Oh, hey, it's that cup of tea that you forgot about.

And now it's exactly the right temperature, and it's me, I'm back, it's alleyward high.

So what a month or so it's been.

If you're like, what, what happened?

So very quickly, I was in the hospital three times, I had pneumonia, and then I was forced

by my doctors and my loved ones to take some time to stare at an ocean.

And now I'm back.

I'm healthy, I'm feeling refreshed, I've been told I'm glowing, and I'm doing hella better.

So victory is ours.

I could taste it.

Let's get into it.

So your tongue's just sitting there on standby to talk or to tell you if you should swallow

or spit or gag or lick, it's just like a disgusting, naked, muscular drill sergeant that lives

in your mouth.

So we're going to talk to one of the most celebrated experts on the study of taste,

who is it delight to talk to and handled my thousands of questions with a plum.

So I got myself to Philly to do this keynote earlier this summer, and I managed to record

11 interviews for various episodes, and then unshockingly after that I came down with

pneumonia just immediately upon my return.

So lesson learned.

But while I was in Philly, I got myself to the Monel Chemical Senses Center, which you

can locate in Philly via the giant gold nose and mouth sculpture on the exterior steps.

...