Listener Mail VII: The Inbox Awakens

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Listener Mail VII: The Inbox Awakens

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May 21, 2021

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With our hearts and inboxes full, we turn again to the stories y'all have sent us, including but not limited to Old Bay and root beer controversies, tyrannical milk tea, squid poems, crab massacres, and geese. Geese!
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May 21, 2021

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Savor digs into how people live and how they eat – and why. Hosts Anney Reese and Lauren Vogelbaum interview the culinary creators and consumers of the world, exploring the science, history, and culture of food and drink, all with a key question in mind: Why do we like what we like, and how can we find more of those things?

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Listener Mail VII: The Inbox Awakens

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