Truffles, known for being food, famous for being fancy. Nobody thinks much about them, so let's have some fun. Let's find out why truffles are secretly incredibly fascinating. Hey there, folks, welcome to a whole new podcast episode, a podcast episode. A podcast all about why being alive is more interesting than people think it is. My name is Alex Schmidt, and I'm not alone. My wonderful guest today is Dana Schwartz, who is an amazing podcaster and novelist. She hosts the podcast Noble Blood, where she tells amazing stories of

fascinating royals and nobles and, to my mind, other people who would have eaten today's

topic. Dana's also a number one New York Times bestselling author because her novel,

Anatomy, a love story was a huge hit. It was praised by folks like Neil Gaiman, and she's completing

the cycle of that duology with a new book out in February of 2023. It's called Immortality,

a Love Story. So, you know, check out Anatomy now, and then pre-order immortality, and you'll have

an amazing Gothic romantic adventure. There you go.

Also, I've gathered all of our zip codes and used internet resources like native-land.

coma to acknowledge that I recorded this on the traditional land of the Canarsi and Lenape

peoples. Acknowledged Dana recorded this on the traditional land of the Gabrielino Or Tongva and

Kich and Chewmash peoples.

And acknowledge that in all of our locations, native people are very much still here.

That feels worth doing on each episode.

And today's episode is about truffles.

And truffles might be a little of a mystery to you. Are they a food?

Are they a living thing? Are they from the earth? And that mystery is, I think, everybody's starting point.

That's where we start from and we got a great episode out of it. So please sit back. Or let me know

immediately if you listen to this episode while foraging for truffles.

People still do it and I would be so happy. Just let me know and send me a picture of the pig

or dog, whatever. Either way, here's this episode of Secretly Incredibly Fascinating with

Dana Schwartz. I'll be back after we wrap up. Talk to you then.

Dana Schwartz is so nice to have you on the show And of course, I always start by asking guests

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