Monosodium glutamate (MSG)

Secretly Incredibly Fascinating

Alex Schmidt

Society & Culture, Comedy, History

4.7 • 720 Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2021

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Alex Schmidt is joined by writers/podcasters David Roth and Andrew Ti for a look at why monosodium glutamate (aka MSG) is secretly incredibly fascinating.

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0:00.0	Hey folks, this is episode number 45 of Secretly Incredibly Fascinating 4.5. I'm doing a membership drive for the run-up to episode 50 of this show, and you're hearing a message about that membership drive because you're listening to the free public feed for the show. I want as many people as possible to be able to hear this show. That's why there's a free public feed for it.
0:22.6	I also depend on the support of people who are able to support it,
0:26.6	because there's a ton of research and editing and labor going into making this show.
0:31.6	I know you can hear that in the episodes, but I feel like I should say so too.
0:36.6	I'm also feeling confident about this membership
0:38.9	drive. This May has been the best month ever for the growth of the show, and that's really
0:44.5	heartening to me. It makes me feel glad about how people feel about this podcast. And if this
0:49.5	membership drive keeps going the way I hope it goes, you know, with help from people like you,
0:53.6	we can get to the digital art for all 50 episodes of the show and then maybe even do
0:59.4	posters of it from there. The full details are at siphpod.fun. Thanks for listening to that plug.
1:04.8	Now please enjoy listening to this whole new episode. And by the way, it's a patron chosen topic.
1:12.9	MSG, known for being in food. Famous for being spooky sounding. Nobody thinks much
1:20.2	about it, so let's have some fun. Let's find out why MSG is secretly incredibly fascinating.
1:54.7	Hey there, folks, welcome to a whole new podcast episode, a podcast all about why being alive is more interesting than people think it is.
2:02.1	My name is Alex Schmidt, and I'm not alone. I have two fantastic guests today, both returning to this show.
2:08.4	David Roth is a writer and co-owner at the incredible sports politics life and more website,
2:14.4	Defector.com. He is also the co-hosts, along with Drew McGarry, of The Distraction, which is the podcast for Defector.com. And you heard Dave on the mustard episode of this show.
2:19.6	I am so glad he is back for a whole other food substance.
2:23.6	And then my other guest is Andrew T, who you heard on the very first episode of this podcast,
2:28.6	who you've heard on many episodes of this podcast.
2:31.8	And I recommend that you go to suboptimalpods.com because you can hear him
2:36.4	and his Yo Is This Racist co-host Tawny Newsom and many other people doing amazing audio there.
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