PRX - Pieces for Topic: Food

Can't find it? Try Advanced Search
View by:

25 results


Not Buying Into Food Woo
From: Skeptoid
Series: Skeptoid Radio Hour
Piece image
Brian Dunning examines some interesting beliefs around food and whether or not they are supported by science.

  • Added: Apr 09, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
Hot Farm - :59
From: Food & Environment Reporting Network
Piece image
Climate change is coming for your food. In the American Heartland, farmers are battling increasingly severe weather, with epic floods and heat. Nea...

Bought by KMUN and WXDU


  • Added: Apr 12, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Healthy Soil for a Healthy Planet
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
Piece image
How do we turn agriculture from climate pollution to climate solution?

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WFHB, and KRZA


  • Added: Nov 10, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Business of Elvers
From: Matt Frassica
Caption: Dustin Young holds glass eels worth $2,500 per pound, Credit: Matt Frassica
Why is a tiny fish worth thousands per pound?

  • Added: May 08, 2018
  • Length: 09:27
Episode 78: The Botanist
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
Piece image
In 1993, a man in Steamboat Springs, Colorado was found dead in his home. He’d been burned with a stun gun, hit with a shovel, and shot several tim...

Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 09, 2018
  • Length: 20:56
  • Purchases: 2
A Seafood Phenomenon: the Wonder of Alabama Jubilees (Gravy Ep. 40)
From: Southern Foodways Alliance
Series: Gravy Podcast
Caption: Sunset overlooking Mobile Bay in Fairhope, Alabama. , Credit: Photo by Tina Antolini.
Imagine: crabs, fish, eels—a whole team of sea creatures—rushing towards the shore, and then sitting there, as if waiting to be caught. This isn’t ...

Bought by KVLU and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 16, 2016
  • Length: 22:01
  • Purchases: 2
Food Poisoning
From: FOOLY BOO
Series: This Won't Hurt A Bit
Caption: The medical podcast for your cortex and your funny bone, Credit: Foolyboo Inc
Every year, 1 in 6 people get food poisoning. But, what is food poisoning? What should you do if you get food poisoning? What causes it and how do ...

Bought by WART FM


  • Added: Jun 03, 2016
  • Length: 31:38
  • Purchases: 1
This Bowl Tastes Delicious
From: Loftus Media
Caption: Mark Miodownik shows presenter Quentin Cooper the electroplated spoons he's used to test how different metals can affect the taste of our food., Credit: Hannah Marshall
Does your morning coffee taste better from your favorite mug? Scientists now realize that what we eat is just a small part of our dining experie...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 23, 2015
  • Length: 09:56
  • Purchases: 3
The Fight for Water and Oysters (Gravy Ep. 3)
From: Southern Foodways Alliance
Series: Gravy Podcast
Piece image
Apalachicola Bay in Florida has been renowned for its oysters for generations. But, in the fall of 2012, the oyster population in the Bay collapsed...

Bought by KVLU and WBHM


  • Added: Dec 18, 2014
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 2
This Is Crohn's Disease
From: Jack Rodolico
Piece image
A patient with a nasty case of Crohn’s disease visits the best doctor in the world. That patient is this radio producer's wife.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, Here and Now, KFAI Minneapolis, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 09, 2014
  • Length: 18:15
  • Purchases: 4
How The Tractor Ruined Farming
From: Erik Olesund
Caption: Matt and his dad Larry on the combine. Colorado, 1979
Food has become cheaper and more abundant in the last 150 years, largely thanks to technological advances. Irrigation, fertilizer, pesticides, and ...

Bought by KSJD


  • Added: Jun 29, 2014
  • Length: 22:01
  • Purchases: 1
Obsession
From: Stanford Storytelling Project
Series: State of the Human
Piece image
This week on State of the Human, we're looking at obsessions, the helpful and the debilitating.

Bought by WMUU-LP, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and CHSR-FM 97.9


  • Added: Jun 25, 2014
  • Length: 58:46
  • Purchases: 3
The Business with Bees
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Piece image
An exploration of the causes behind honeybee population declines, featuring discussions with beekeepers and scientists.

Bought by WSKG, WNIJ, Boise State Public Radio, KSFR, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and more


  • Added: May 29, 2014
  • Length: 57:48
  • Purchases: 12
Going plastic free (almost)
From: Veronica Simmonds
Piece image
My sincere but silly attempt to live without plastic for a week.

  • Added: Aug 27, 2013
  • Length: 06:36
The Poison Squad: A Chemist’s Quest for Pure Food
From: Sruthi Pinnamaneni
Caption: The Poison Squad dining room in the basement of the Bureau of Chemistry, Credit: FDA
Meet Harvey Washington Wiley, the mastermind behind this experiment where young government employees were fed poison-laced foods months on end. He...

Bought by WHYY, New Hampshire Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Hark!, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Jul 16, 2013
  • Length: 08:03
  • Purchases: 8
The Challenge of Crafting Ice Wine in Minnesota
From: Radio K
Piece image
The German “eiswein” tradition was created almost by accident. This sweet, powerful wine was discovered when winemakers tried to save grapes that f...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2012
  • Length: 05:05
Nugget Man
From: Marion Kane
Caption: Dr. Robert C. Baker
The story of the late Dr. Robert Baker, famous food scientist at Cornell, who invented the chicken nugget.

  • Added: May 07, 2012
  • Length: 21:53
Food Sleuth Radio, Maria Rodale Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
Piece image
Food Sleuth Radio host, Melinda Hemmelgarn, interviews Maria Rodale, CEO and Chairman of Rodale, Inc., and author of “The Organic Manifesto. Maria...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
Bees: The Threatened Link in Food Security (Encore)
From: Making Contact
Caption: Honey Bee on Winter Aconite, Credit: Tie Guy II/ flickr
Honey bees help pollinate 1 in every 3 bites that we eat. They are vital in our agricultural industry and essential for the survival of the almost ...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Mar 20, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
PaleoDiet: Scientists Club-it-Out
From: SQRadio
Caption: Loren Cordain, Credit: Sheri Quinn
A new health movement called the PaleoDiet is gaining momentum across the world. It advocates eating like a caveman -only plant and animal protein,...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 26:07
Bees: The Threatened Link in Food Security
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Piece image
Honey bees help pollinate 1 in every 3 bites we eat. But they’re fighting to survive, in a world filled with pesticides and parasites. We’ll learn ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 16, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Vertical Farming: Food for the future.
From: Matthew Fidler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Matt Fidler and Dr. Despommier of Columbia University in New York talk about his new concept of Vertical Farming. That is, growing our food in a s...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Nov 26, 2008
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Science Barge
From: Science & the City Podcast Series
Piece image
The floating sustainable greenhouse in New York City

  • Added: Jul 29, 2008
  • Length: 17:07
Home Brewing
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
Piece image
brewing beer in the driveway

Bought by WABE, KUT, KUOW, New Hampshire Public Radio, and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: May 17, 2008
  • Length: 07:34
  • Purchases: 5
Chilling Inspiration: How Clarence Birdseye Launched Frozen Foods
From: Marion Owen
Series: The UpBeet Gardener Series
Piece image
Traveling to the Territory of Alaska as a biologist, Clarence Birdseye observes how the Natives preserved food, inspiring a revolution in the food...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2005
  • Length: 02:00