Hi there, this is your internet uncle dad to say that this is an episode of Smaller Gs,

which is when we take a long, weird, not-for-kids episode and we whittle it into something that is

classroom safe and filthless for smaller gights. So it's shorter, hence it's called Smaller Gs.

So grownups, if you want something a little spicier and much more thorough, the full length

episode link is right in the show notes, you can go straight to that. But if you want something

short and safe, onward, here we go. Oh hey, it's that lady who wants to sample three gelatoes,

but can only bear to make the gelato person give her two samples and then just buys the flavor that

she always gets. Allieboard, back with another episode of allergies. Okay, so speaking of eating,

actually, you're about to change the way you look at food and the future. So finally,

the power to change the planet, it's in your hands, dog, and it's in your smoothies and it's in your

mouths. Get ready for some bug science, some human history, and some dare I say hope, entomophagy,

anthropology. Let's just get the heck into it. So entomon, in Greek, means insect,

phage, means to eat, and anthropology, of course, is a study of human peoples. So I'm so stoked

about this episode. And thisologist, perhaps the leading expert on planet earth about this topic.

She got her bachelors at Northern Illinois University in anthropology. She got a masters and a

PhD in anthropology at University of Michigan. And she's an assistant professor of anthropology

in Wayne State University in Detroit. She wrote the literal book about humans eating bugs. It's

titled edible insects and human evolution. I first saw a video of hers where she referred to eating

insects as just eating very tiny animals. And I was just charmed. And I needed to make her my

friend. And we had a lovely time chatting about gateway bugs, grasshopper tacos, abandoning,

learned cultural fears, anxious scorpions, termite farts, food security concerns. So open up and say,

I answer for entomophagy anthropologist Dr. Julie Lesnick. So I started studying tools first.

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