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Mar 2023
18m 7s

Wild Chocolate with Rowan Jacobsen

SiriusXM and Atlas Obscura
About this episode
Dylan chats with Rowan Jacobsen, a food journalist and host of the podcast called OBSESSION: Wild Chocolate. And he takes us on a journey that follows his multiyear quest into the Amazon rainforest to learn more about a mythical chocolate that has a dark history and the potential to save parts of the rainforest. LEARN MORE: Check out Rowan's podcast here. 
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