Grand Theft Food

Move over protein, it's time to fibermaxx! Fiber has always been the neglected stepchild of nutrients: it's never been seen as essential, and some of its earliest enthusiasts were poop-obsessed oddballs. Take the inventor of cornflakes, John Harvey Kellogg. Inspired by the gorill ...  Show more

For tens of thousands of years, North America was bison country. Millions of these giant, shaggy animals—also known as buffalo—roamed from the far north to the Gulf and from the east coast to the west. They defined the land and its people: the animals provided food, clothing, and ...  Show more

We love food, don't we folks? It's delicious, it nourishes us, it brings us together. Some of it is kind of expensive. And as we all know, where there's worth, there's crime. Join us on a culinary adventure across continents and food groups as we discover sticky situations, fishy ...  Show more

Danelle tells the story of the most talented dine and dashers that steal thousands of dollars worth of high end meals, while John goes into a scam affecting California's Central Valley, and his favorite nuts! All that plus mini stories about a meat suitcase and "little brother" t ...  Show more

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The daylight robbery of precious crown jewels from the Louvre museum in Paris has us stealing your attention to inspect heists and crime scenes in science.We explore how stealthy spiders use tricks and deceit to rob precious prey from one another, and we look at how seagulls and ...  Show more