Happy Birthday to Us: Gastropod Turns Five

Gastropod

Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley

Arts, Science, History, Food

4.7 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2019

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

We launched Gastropod in September 2014, which means we’re turning five this month, and that’s approximately 100 in podcast years. We’re celebrating our birthday with a special episode featuring highlights from the past five years’ worth of episodes, as chosen by you, our listeners—served up alongside a generous slice of cake science and history. Join the party and listen in now as we revisit fan favorites and behind-the-scenes highlights from our first half-decade, and then sit down with this souvenir list: 25 of our favorite fun facts from Gastropod, or five for each of the five years we’ve been making the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Antica formula, the world's first sweet vermouth, is the perfect formula for your perfect cocktail.
0:08.3	Rare herbs and spices including vanilla, saffron, warm wood, and burnt sugar come together
0:13.5	to deliver a unique taste in aroma that perfectly balances complimentary spirits like bourbon
0:19.2	or gin.
0:20.7	After all, your Manhattan or Nagroney are only as good as your sweet vermouth.
0:25.6	Antica formula is the bartenders go to brand for high quality, expertly crafted cocktails.
0:31.2	Bring the finest bar experience home for a drink tonight.
0:34.1	Must be 21 to drink. Please drink responsibly.
0:38.6	My favorite episode is probably the one on saffron.
0:43.2	Second favorite, analyzing cheese microbes. Drink.
0:47.0	Hi, this is Bill from New York City.
0:49.4	If I had to pick just one of the many excellent episodes, I'd pick the one on locks and bagels.
0:54.4	I've grown up with this food for over 50 years, but I had no idea of the history.
0:58.8	The episode about cocktails is my favorite.
1:01.3	I use the facts from that, especially that pinch of salt every time that I mix one up.
1:06.7	And when I recommend all to people, I tell them they absolutely have to listen to this episode.
1:12.2	The golden spoon captured my attention and interest like no other premiere episode of a podcast
1:18.5	ever has before or since.
1:21.9	We asked you to tell us your favorite episodes because as you all know by now,
1:26.2	it's our fifth birthday and we're celebrating all those years ago when we released our very first episode.
1:32.2	Who could have dreamed we'd reach the grand old age of five?
1:36.2	I'm fairly sure there's no chance you even imagined this when you sent me that email suggesting we join forces.
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