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Micro Wave: Why Some Fruits Ripen Faster In A Paper Bag

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πŸ—“οΈ 2 October 2020

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Pomologist Juan Carlos Melgar explains two key factors to why some fruits ripen faster in a paper bag β€” and others don't.

Plus, a bit of listener mail from you! Which you can always send by emailing [email protected].

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey nerds, so today we've got a special guest, short waves very own producer, Britt Hansen

0:13.6

Habrett.

0:14.6

Hello, hello.

0:15.6

This is your first on-air short wave appearance and I am aggressively excited about this.

0:21.9

Oh, I know you are.

0:23.3

Yes, it is.

0:24.3

You're going to do great.

0:26.7

You're going to do great.

0:29.0

But today we've got our latest microwave installment, you know, the snappy episodes with a couple

0:33.6

quick science tidbits, some listener mail, which I very much enjoy reading every morning,

0:38.8

except for when it's mean.

0:40.8

Right, I picture you with your cup of coffee and cats just going through the listener mail.

0:45.8

Exactly.

0:46.8

So you've put your investigative reporting skills to work on from what I can tell is your

0:51.9

favorite topic of all time, peaches.

0:55.5

Yeah, I really, really love peaches.

0:59.0

Yeah.

1:00.0

I don't know if you know this, but I actually eat one standing over my kitchen sink pretty

1:03.4

much every day.

1:04.4

Yeah, I do know that you've told me that multiple times, Britt actually.

1:06.8

I can't stop talking about it.

1:08.8

They're the best part of summer.

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