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Nov 2024
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Food, Science, and Culture with Anthony ...

NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON
About this episode

How do food, science, and culture collide? For the first time on podcast, we’re airing Neil deGrasse Tyson’s 2018 interview with author and food expert Anthony Bourdain in its entirety. We reflect back on our differences in taste, what food is like in Antarctica, and the importance and universality of food in our lives.

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(Clips of this interview originally aired January 4, 2019)

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