Moon Rocks Wanted (guest episode)

Gastropod

Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley

Science, Food, History, Arts

4.7 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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(Guest episode) On September 18, 1998, an unusual ad ran in USA Today — a company called John's Estate Sales was looking to buy a moon rock. But the phone number on the ad didn't lead to, say, a store front in a strip mall. Instead, the phone number belonged to Special Agent Joe Gutheinz at NASA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, listeners. You're listening to Gastropod, the podcast that looks at food through the lens of science and history. I'm Nicola Twilly. And I'm Cynthia Graber. We are spending this month creating some mouth-watering new episodes for 2025. If you're sober curious or doing a dry January thing or even just want to know what all the fuss is about,
0:21.1	we have an episode coming up just for you.
0:23.9	If you've ever wondered how on earth they get the booze out of beer, wine, and cocktails,
0:29.4	we've got the answers.
0:30.4	Plus, we can't report on alcohol-free booze without actually tasting it.
0:34.0	If you've been wondering how it tastes, so did we.
0:36.0	And we have the scoop.
0:37.2	And that's just
0:38.0	one of the smorgasbord of fabulous new episodes we're cooking up for you. Coming up, we've got
0:43.7	Andean so-called superfoods. We've got the world's most popular fruit. We've got an astonishing
0:50.0	story of sacrifice and seeds. And we've got the scoop on the newest research about ultra-processed foods.
0:56.8	What are they and what might they be doing to you?
0:59.1	But while we get busy tasting, chatting with experts, and going behind the scenes,
1:03.3	we've got a little something to keep you going in between.
1:06.7	A guest episode from our friends at Criminal.
1:09.1	Criminal is a podcast about crime with stories of people who've done wrong, being wronged,
1:14.0	or who got caught somewhere in the middle.
1:16.4	And this particular episode is a banger.
1:19.8	It's about moon rocks.
1:21.6	Actual rocks from the moon.
1:23.8	Need I say more?
1:24.6	Definitely give it a listen.
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