WorkLife: The science of taste and smell with Rachel Herz
Worklife with Adam Grant
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4.8 • 9.4K Ratings
🗓️ 22 July 2025
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Do you hate the taste of cilantro and chocolate? You might be a super taster! Rachel Herz is a neuroscientist at Brown University who specializes in taste and smell. In this episode, Adam, Rachel, and Adam’s wife Allison Sweet Grant investigate the sources of their different food preferences, uncover the overlooked power of smell, and analyze the effects of the gene that can turn some people into picky eaters.
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Host: Adam Grant (Instagram: @adamgrant | LinkedIn: @adammgrant | Website: adamgrant.net/)
Guest: Rachel Herz (Instagram | LinkedIn: @rachelherz | Website: rachelherz.com/)
Links
Books: Why You Eat What You Eat (2019), That’s Disgusting (2013), The Scent of Desire (2008)
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