Episode 103: Potatoes for Saint Patrick

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! In this episode we talk about the saint’s history, then dig into the potato — its etymology, its history, and how it’s changed the world. With some tangents about batteries, famines, and travel in the Roman world.Old Potato CocktailIrish Maid CocktailPotato battery videoMonster videoTalking Turkey, episode 24Season to Taste, episode 35ORBISArticle about Irish Famine Relief by the Choctaw NationTranscript of this episodeThis episode on YouTubeOur Patreon pageRedbubble storeThis podcast is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International LicenseThe Endless Knot RSS