Episodio 52: La repubblica delle banane (Stag...

Assieme a Francesca Grazioli, già autrice di “Capitalismo carnivoro”, facciamo un viaggio tra continenti, epoche e sistemi economici, per scoprire come il riso rappresenti una delle chiavi per comprendere le trasformazioni del mondo moderno.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy ...  Show more

Gli gnocchi sono sempre stati come li intendiamo oggi? Quando sono entrate in scena le patate? Dall’antica Roma al medioevo, fino ai giorni nostri, ripercorriamo la storia di una preparazione che ha avuto (e ha tuttora) decine di varianti.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy i ...  Show more

On this episode of Our American Stories, if you think of the quintessential American fruit, it would probably have to be the apple. But apples are not our cheapest fruit—bananas are! But why? Here’s the History Guy with the story of the banana. Support the show ( https://www.ouram ...  Show more

In the Watermelon episode, Chuck and Josh stumbled into a bit of little-known history about why artificial banana flavor doesn’t taste like bananas. Turns out it does; it just tastes like a banana you’ve probably never eaten.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

From monkey lifehacks, to Victorian shame about bananas to why slipping on a peel became the go-to gag, Will and Mango are ready to dish on the Cavendish. Featuring the International Banana Club’s Top Banana, Ken Bannister.

The banana is a staple of the American diet and has been for generations. But how did this exotic tropical fruit become so commonplace? How one Brooklyn-born entrepreneur ruthlessly created the modern banana industry and the infamous banana republics.See pcm.adswizz.com for infor ...  Show more