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Caption: At a ranch near Mpala, Margaret Kinnaird takes notes about a camel sick with trypanosomiasis as a herder looks on., Credit: Sharon Deem, Saint Louis Zoo
Camels are known for their ability to travel long distances across the desert without water. But they’re also becoming an increasingly important s...

  • Added: May 15, 2013
  • Length: 03:41
Caption: Customers
We all know how sweet it is when our appetites are satisfied, but what's it like to be a satiator?

  • Added: May 10, 2013
  • Length: 02:53
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For my sister, eating a hamburger is a sublime experience. And recently she tried to give them up.

  • Added: May 01, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
Caption: Hymn For Her Presents Lucy & Wayne's Smokin' Flames, Credit: Official Album Cover
Hymn For Her have transitioned into a full-fledged rock band, recording their latest record in Detroit with noteworthy producer, Jim Diamond. The ...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2013
  • Length: 58:00
Caption: Cheesecake
Veteran food writer Marion Kane tells the story of the first recipe she learned to make. It's a touching coming of age story about growing up Jewis...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Apr 05, 2013
  • Length: 05:55
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Eric Toensmeier
This first part of this half-hour is spent with author and professor Philip Ackerman-Leist. In his new book, he shows that people are turning to lo...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 04, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Culinary genius at work, Credit: Wikimedia Commons
THE food for college gets the voxpop treatment from producer Mike Powell.

  • Added: Mar 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:24
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In his well-researched “Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us,” Pulitzer Prize-winning Michael Moss describes “bliss point” and “mouth feel...

  • Added: Mar 21, 2013
  • Length: 10:00
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The food can be good, bad, ugly and gross!

  • Added: Feb 27, 2013
  • Length: 03:48
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Mentioning the Thirsty Ear Pub, which used to be in the basement of what was then the MIT graduate dorm Ashdown House, evokes a wide range of emoti...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2013
  • Length: 02:36
Caption: Jeff Lewellen reads on Tales from the South
Our writers this week all experience the unexpected, with mixed results. Stories by Allie Sumner, Donna Dillahunty, and Jeff Lewellen. True stories...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Calvin Jollimore and his daughter., Credit: Charles McGuigan
Prince Edward Island is known the world over for its mussels. Nothing quite like them and those produced on PEI account for 80 percent of all musse...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2013
  • Length: 27:06
Caption: Yucatan Honey, Credit: John Bock
While visiting Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, I had the good fortune to meet a Maya subsistence farmer named Bartolo. When Bartolo found out I was int...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2012
  • Length: 05:05
Caption: Harbor on Silver Lake, Ocracoke Island, NC, Credit: Charles McGuigan
Ocracoke Island North Carolina is like a republic unto itself, much like Key West, the Conch Republic. On the Scotch Bonnet Republic islanders have...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2012
  • Length: 24:36
Caption: Josh Hardin on "Tales from the South"
In our first outdoor show, we go to the Bernice Garden in downtown Little Rock for stories about Local Food and Gardening. Sponsored by the Arkansa...

  • Added: Nov 18, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Half a placenta being prepared for steaming, the first step in preparation, Credit: Jeff Emtman
A first-hand account of preparing human placenta for a new mother's consumption. Discussion with a medical anthropologist studying human placentop...

  • Added: Nov 11, 2012
  • Length: 09:36
Caption: Frederick Kaufman
In the last five years the world has seen two devastating spikes in the price of food, and according to journalist and professor Frederick Kaufman,...

Bought by KZYX and KCBX


  • Added: Nov 01, 2012
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: My Berlin Kitchen (cover), Credit: Roseanne Serra (jacket design)
Imagine a time in your life when everything is where it should be. Challenging work, a fulfilling love life, and a secure future. Then lurking so...

  • Added: Oct 04, 2012
  • Length: 17:13
Caption: Matt Hall is a brewer at Yards Brewery in Philadelphia., Credit: Alex Lewis
Many people love beer, but few really know what goes into making the stuff. Matt Hall - a brewer at Yards Brewery in Philadelphia, PA - dispels a ...

Bought by KLCC, WAMC, and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Sep 25, 2012
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Julia and Marion in Marion's Kitchen
This is the first part of my Bon Appetit series celebrating the life and legacy of my friend and mentor Julia Child whose 100th birthday would have...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2012
  • Length: 22:13
Caption: Janisse Ray
Across the country, a renaissance of local food, local farming and place based culinary traditions is taking hold. Yet, something small, critically...

  • Added: Aug 07, 2012
  • Length: 28:57
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Attendees of Chick Fil-A Appreciation Day discuss God, chicken sandwiches, gay marriage, and the power of bad words.

Bought by KGNU


  • Added: Aug 07, 2012
  • Length: 07:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Judith Jones
Judith Jones, Julia Child's editor, discusses her favorite author with Canada's food sleuth, Marion Kane.

  • Added: Jun 25, 2012
  • Length: 09:12
Caption: Chef Miles James
Chef Miles James is featured on our Tin Roof Project #20, a monthly special series where well-known Southerners bring their own true stories to lif...

  • Added: Jun 01, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: no bills installation view, Credit: Katie Denny
Jerry Ragusa talks about running Grande Monuments, a tombstone shop in Williamsburg Brooklyn, and his decision to start sell fresh bread in alongsi...

  • Added: May 30, 2012
  • Length: 05:55