New Kids on the Bock

This ruby-red liqueur gets its color and flavor from the fruit of a plant most often grown as a hedgerow. Anney and Lauren dip into the science and history of sloe gin.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

This leavened flatbread is traditionally cooked up quick, stuck right to the inside of a blistering-hot tandoor oven. Anney and Lauren dig into the science and history behind naan.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Scientists Are Trying To Study Human Neurons… In Rat Brains?

Scientists have a tricky time studying neurons, partially because they are remarkably difficult to grow in a lab. They need other cells around them, and they don’t replicate or reproduce like other cells do. I ...

Guiness beer is famous for its smooth and creamy texture, thanks in part to nitrogen, and also a simplistically brilliant little device called the Guinness widget.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

A lot of science goes into crafting the perfect cocktail. Balancing sweet and bitter notes, providing the right amount of aeration and dilution, getting it to just the right temperature and keeping it that way. And even if you have no interest in cocktails as such, the general pr ...  Show more

If you like booze, you'll love... fungus! Alie goes Rogue and takes a field trip to a brewery in Newport, OR where she smells vats of bubbling beer slop and learns about the microorganisms that are the workhorses of the brewing industry. Learn about yeasts, how beer is made, t ...