Gastropod is an independent podcast that looks at food through the lens of history and science. Every other week, hosts Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley take listeners on a tour of the hidden history and surprising science behind a different food and/or farming-related topic, from aquaculture to ancient feasts, from cutlery to chile peppers, and from microbes to Malbec. We interview experts, visit labs, fields, and archaeological digs, and generally have lots of fun while discovering new ways to understand the world through food.