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EPISODE · Oct 30, 2025 · 1H 2M

S1E5: Food Conspiracy! MSG Part I

from Focused on Nothing · host Ted and Nick

This week on Focused on Nothing we dive into our first food conspiracy! MSG...is it good? Is it bad? It is certainly delicious., and very possibly best served on tortilla chips. We had so much fun recording part I, you can join us next week for part II !As always, intro music prod. Ty Cobb can be found Herehttps://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/scientists-engineer-yeast-to-create-honey-bee-superfood-colonies-grew-15-fold/HEY TACO WORKS, WE’RE STILL OUT CHERE IF YOU HAVE SOME SPARE CHIPS. [email protected]://www.sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/the-rotten-science-behind-the-msg-scare/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kikunae_Ikedahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umamihttps://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-msg-got-a-bad-rap-flawed-science-and-xenophobia/

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