salthistory

Explore "salthistory" with insightful episodes like "TASTE BUDDIES: Feeling Salty?", "SYSK Selects: How Salt Works", "How Salt Works" and "The Salt of the Earth (Part 1)" from podcasts like ""Short Wave", "Stuff You Should Know", "Stuff You Should Know" and "StarTalk Radio"" and more!

Episodes (4)

TASTE BUDDIES: Feeling Salty?

Today, we're getting salty as we continue our series "Taste Buddies" — Short Wave's ode to taste buds. In this encore episode, Scientist in Residence Regina G. Barber goes on a salty flavor journey with scientist Julie Yu. Along the way, Julie explains salt's essential role in our daily lives and how it affects our perception of food. Follow Regina on Twitter @ScienceRegina. Reach the show by sending an email to ShortWave@NPR.org.

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SYSK Selects: How Salt Works

A Roman senator once said, "Mankind can live without gold, but not without salt." Right he was. The human body needs salt so much we have developed a taste for it specifically. But too much salt can be toxic. Learn about salt's role in human history and how we get it from the Earth in this classic episode.

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Stuff You Should Know

enNovember 16, 2019