Our Favorite Things, Short Wave-style

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🗓️ 27 December 2021

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It's "My Favorite Things" week on Short Wave! Through December 30th, we'll dive into our archive to bring y'all some of our personal faves — including behind-the-scenes stories from the team.

First up, a throwback from November 2019: Imagine having your Thanksgiving meal in microgravity? That's the reality for the six astronauts aboard the International Space Station. Today, we look at the evolution of astronaut food and a planned attempt to bake chocolate chip cookies in space. (Encore episode)

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0:00.0	Howdy howdy y'all!
0:02.4	Shortwave producer Thomas Lu here and this week we're digging into the shortwave archive
0:06.6	to bring you some of our personal faves.
0:09.5	So forget raindrops and roses and whiskers on kittens, how about bright bubbling beakers
0:14.9	and warm wavy wavy links.
0:17.5	My favorite things, shortwave style.
0:19.7	If you've been listening to the show for a while, you know that I love me some ice cream
0:24.4	and space themed episodes.
0:26.5	So here's one that's sweet and out of the swirl.
0:30.4	Quick note that this episode originally aired in November 2019 around Thanksgiving.
0:35.2	A lot has changed in the world since, but I hope this delightful episode will inspire you
0:39.4	to bake some cookies and look forward to the new year.
0:43.2	Enjoy!
0:44.2	You're listening to Shortwave from NPR.
0:49.7	Hey everybody, Maddie Sivai here with Shortwave reporter Emily Kwong.
0:53.8	Hey there.
0:54.8	So we know a lot of you are prepping for Thanksgiving.
0:57.6	Brining the turkey, mashing them tatos, making last minute trips to the grocery store,
1:02.7	but six people in the human race got their food delivered weeks ago from a very long distance.
1:09.8	Three, two, one.
1:15.2	On November 2nd NASA and Northrop Grumman launched a resupply mission to the International
1:20.3	Space Station.
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