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Gastropod

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Gastropod

Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley

Science, Food, History, Arts

4.73.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2015

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Why does grape candy taste so fake? What on earth is blue raspberry, anyway? And what is the difference between natural and artificial, at least when it comes to flavor? Join us as we taste the rainbow on this episode of Gastropod, from artificial flavoring’s public debut at the 1851 Crystal Palace exhibition, to the vanilla-burping yeasts of the future. We’ll experiment with Skittles, discover how invented flavors first appeared in our daily diets, and visit a synthetic biology lab, all in our quest to understand what artificial flavor is, was, and might be. Along the way, we’ll learn what exactly goes into designing the perfect pineapple from one of America’s top flavorists, investigate beaver butts, and discover the taste of an extinct banana. Listen now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Barbie has been around for almost 65 years, but Barbie's aesthetic?

0:06.5

You could argue it's been around even longer.

0:08.8

When you kind of put up like timeline of the history of fashion, Barbie Quares always kind

0:14.8

of been there.

0:15.8

We just didn't call it that.

0:17.8

And I think by the time you hit like clueless, super size like Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie,

0:24.4

it became more of a present.

0:27.2

The enduring appeal of Barbie fashion this week on Into It, Vultures Pop Culture Podcast.

0:37.5

On Criminal, we bring you true crime stories, told by people who know them best.

0:43.8

We didn't believe in setting fires because that was too dangerous.

0:46.6

We were kind of gentle, kind of crooks, so to speak.

0:51.3

So the best plan you had was that you'd glass owe it.

0:54.1

Yeah, never imagined I'd use it for a camel.

0:56.5

I'm Phoebe Judge, and this is Criminal.

1:01.8

Did you have to say what was in the box?

1:04.4

Phoebe, we told lies.

1:06.7

Listen to Criminal every week, wherever you get your podcasts.

1:18.7

Lucy Flavors could be juicy fruit, red bull, root beer, blue raspberry.

1:25.5

These are delicious flavors that are consumer-known, but they just don't really exist in the

1:29.9

world.

1:30.9

Meaning you can't just go and squeeze a root beer flower.

1:35.4

That was Michelle Hagen.

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