Pistachios (Replay)

We reach for it twice a day — without thinking about the decades of research and engineering that went into that squeezable tube of minty goo. Zachary Crockett extracts the last bit. This episode was originally published on March 30th, 2025. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz compa ... Show More

When a Fortune 500 company needs a new leader, it turns to a well-connected headhunter who assesses candidates with psychological tests and mock TV interviews. Zachary Crockett activates his network. This episode was originally published on March 23rd, 2025. Hosted by Simplecast, ... Show More

Security guards make malls feel safer, but what can they do when there’s trouble? Zachary Crockett observes and reports. This episode was originally published on March 16th, 2025. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection a ... Show More

Macadamias are delicious and nutritious in small servings, but they're also the most expensive nuts in the world. Learn what they are and how they're grown in this episode of BrainStuff. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/li ... Show More

Unlike many other nuts, pistachios are often sold roasted and seasoned in their shells. Learn why in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://recipes.howstuffworks.com/why-pistachios-are-sold-in-their-shells.htm Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.ih ... Show More

Thanks to a recent wave of innovation, pretzels are one of the hottest categories in snacks, pulling in $1.7B in a 12-month period ending in August. That’s up 16% from last year. What’s driving the demand? Join our hosts Zachary Crockett and Rob Litterst as they take you through ... Show More

Ed Butler travels to northern Ghana in search of one of the country’s growing exports. Cashew nuts have become a feature of crop production, but there are problems. How does Ghana best add value to cashews in a way that benefits the country and doesn’t just see it exploited overs ... Show More

The story of a family business in Texas that invented ballpark nachos and, nearly 50 years later, still controls a substantial chunk of the market. Zachary Crockett and Mark Dent (Writer at The Hustle) take a closer look at the industry of nachos and how they came to be a popular ... Show More

Uncrustables is close to $1B in annual sales… Biggest fan of these PB&J snacks? NFL players. How to explain stocks? We have a “Mullet Market”... Fundamentals in the front, crypto party in the back.Klarna is the most intense user of Artificial Intelligence we’ve ever seen… 1 chatb ... Show More

A century ago, Jeff Braverman’s grandfather opened a peanut shop in Newark, New Jersey. By the early 2000s, the family business was doing $1M in sales and struggling to stay afloat. Jeff had a high-paying job in finance, but walked away from it to reinvent the business. His strat ... Show More

Nerds’ candy sales have surged 10x to become the #1 top selling sugar candy in America — So we’re explaining why Nerds is doing its 1st Super Bowl ad.The Las Vegas Sphere just shared its first full quarter of earnings… and actually had a profit — Because The Sphere is the nuclear ... Show More

In the last decade, almonds have turned up everywhere. Even at the Super Bowl, where a commercial showed actor Jeremy Renner supercharged by almond milk. Even so, California almond producers have been struggling. Growers have in some ways been the victims of their own success - a ... Show More