Our Tasteless Show

Big Picture Science

Science, Technology

4.5 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2014

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Imagine biting into a rich chocolate donut and not tasting it. That’s what happened to one woman when she lost her sense of smell. Discover what scientists have learned about how the brain experiences flavor, and the evolutionary intertwining of odor and taste. Plus a chef who tricks tongues into tasting something they’re not. It’s chemical camouflage that can make crabgrass taste like basil and turn bitter crops into delicious dishes – something that could improve nutrition world-wide. Meanwhile, are we a tasty treat for aliens? Discover whether we might be attractive snacks for E.T. And, out-of-this-world recipes from a “gAstronomy” cookbook! Guests: Bonnie Blodgett – Author of Remembering Smell: A Memoir of Losing—and Discovering—the Primal Sense Gordon Shepherd – Neurobiologist, Yale University School of Medicine, author of Neurogastronomy: How the Brain Creates Flavor and Why It Matters Homaro Cantu – Chef and owner of restaurants Moto and iNG in Chicago, chairman and founder of Cantu Designs Firm Niki Parenteau – Astrobiologist, SETI Institute Markus Hotakainen – Astronomer, chef, author of gAstronomical Cookbook Descripción en español First released March 11, 2013 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an airwave media podcast.
0:05.0	McDonald's are making small improvements to our classic burgers,
0:08.0	searing our 100% British and Irish beef parties,
0:10.0	so they're even juicier.
0:12.0	And we're serving them hotter for meltier cheese, all in new
0:15.4	toastier buns. The classics, now a little more mmm. comparison with prior classic burgers,
0:20.4	serves after 11 a.m. subject to availability.
0:22.4	Mm-hmm. burgers serves after 11 a to availability.
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1:25.0	Well, Gary and Seth?
1:27.0	Yes.
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