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But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids

Who invented pizza?

But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids

Vermont Public

Nature, Language, Kids & Family, Science

4.44.9K Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

How is pizza dough made? How does gluten-free dough rise? Who invented pizza? Is there pizza in every country? Is yeast alive?! Kids love pizza and they have questions! We get answers from Frank Pinello of Best Pizza in Williamsburg and Scott Wiener of Scott’s Pizza Tours.

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0:00.0

Hi But Why Families, I'm Myra Flynn, the host of another podcast from Vermont public called Homegoings.

0:07.0

It's a show where we talk to brown and black people about some pretty difficult but important things.

0:13.2

We talk about music and art, and also race and identity.

0:17.2

It's sometimes funny, sometimes messy,

0:19.8

but always inspiring.

0:21.6

So tell an adult in your life to check out homegoings, wherever you find podcasts and at homegoings.CO. The This is, but why, a podcast for Curious Kids from Vermont Public.

0:54.4

I'm Jane Lindholm.

0:56.0

On this show, we take questions from Curious Kids Like You, and we find interesting people

1:00.9

to answer them.

1:02.3

Going through all your amazing questions really makes me hungry,

1:06.0

and so today we're going to give into temptation and grab a bite to eat.

1:11.0

The food we're going to be talking about is something a lot of kids love, and adults

1:16.1

love it too, so much so that this food might be aiming for world's

1:25.0

Domination. Do you think pizza could be the world's most popular food?

1:29.0

We can't find any stats to prove it,

1:32.0

but judging by how many people rank pizza among their favorite

1:35.3

things to eat, it seems at least possible.

1:39.1

You can get pizza in almost every country in the world in one form or another,

1:43.6

and different cultures and communities take advantage of local

1:46.9

ingredients to really make pizza their own.

1:49.6

What's your favorite kind of pizza?

1:51.8

While pizza may have originated in... your favorite kind of pizza?

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