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Wolfing Down Food Science — 126 episodes
A Great British Baking Show Finalist uses Food to Communicate Chemistry (S9:E11)
Are You an Apocaloptimist? Review of the AI Doc with Adam Yee
Navigating American Nutrition - One Size Fits All? (S9:E11)
Teaching, Toons, and TEDx with Dr. Colleen Kelley!
Live from BakingTECH 2026 with Heather Simpson. We're on a Roll!
Escaping Ordinary Food Safety Training with Escape Rooms!
PodFest Decompress and BakingTECH Preview
Looking Back at 2025: With Special Guests... Ourselves!!!
FORM TUF ABS™ and Build Soft Skills with Arnie Sair
From Rheology to Resilience: Scaling the Ranks of Food Science Leadership (S9:E5)
Stop studying your weakness (S9:E4)
Tell us a story, the connection between storytelling and leading (S9:E3)
Out Standing in Her Field (literally). Science Communication with Dr. Maria Luz "Malu" Zapiola: 1st Bilingual Episode! (S9:E2)
The New Era of WDFS is Here: Now With More to See and Hear! (S9:E1)
Keith's Summer Picks: The World's Dumbest Problem: Food Waste (S9:E5)
Keith's Summer Picks: Being All That You Can Be As a Food Safety Auditor (S9:E4)
Paige's Summer Picks: From a High School Job at McDonalds to a Food Science Career with Arnie Sair (S9:E3)
Paige's Summer Picks: Cruise Ship Viruses and Vomit Machines. Just Another Day at the Office for Dr. Lee-Ann Jaykus (S9:E2)
Paige's Summer Picks: Empowering Your Career Journey with Mandy Taylor (S9:E1)
The Shifting Definition of Success with Yifat (S8:E7)
Having Your Cake & Eating It Too: Food Science, Leadership, and Life Skills with Kenya Hairston (S8:E6)
Joey Stazzone and the Inspiring Origin Story of Cafe Kreyól (S8:E5)
Are You Ready for READYBAR? (S8:E4)
From juice to vino and beyond: Food science in the beverage industry (S8E3)
Engineering sustainable proteins around the world (S8:E2)
Enthusiastically Extending Food Safety Across North Carolina (S8:E1)
WDFS Live! Ultra Processed Foods: What Are They? What Should You Know About Them? (S7E3)
The First Ever WDFS Live event! New (Delicious!) Sources of Sustainable Protein S7E2
Happy Fall Ya'll! Catching up with WDFS (S7:E1)
Top 10 Interviews 2024 #1: Seeing sustainability as a big picture concept (S4:E7)
Top 10 Interviews 2024 #2: Are Americans riddled with nutritional guilt and overwhelmed with scientific information? (S3:E10)
Top 10 Interviews 2024 #3: How a high school job at McDonalds launched a career in food science (S5:E9)
Top 10 Interviews 2024 #4: Texture Talks with Dr. Allen Foegeding (S2:E3)
Top 10 Interviews 2024 #5: The Sometimes Rocky, Sometimes Smooth Road from Student to Scientist (S5:E2)
Top 10 Interviews 2024 #6: Being All That You Can Be As a Food Safety Auditor (S5:E4)
Top 10 Interviews 2024 #7: Nurture vs. Nature - Empowering Individuals in the Career Journey (S5:E6)
Top 10 Interviews 2024 #8: Thinking Way Outside the Box! Adventures in Microwave and Aseptic Processing (S4:E5)
Top 10 Interviews 2024 #9: Dr. Colin Kay talks about finding answers in abundant nutrition data (S3:E9)
Top 10 Interviews 2024 #10: The world’s dumbest problem - Food Waste and Loss (S4:E2)
The Season 6 Wrap Up (S6E16)
Breaking Out of the Healthy Living Paradox (S6E15)
Service with a Smile (S6E14)
A Sales Career in Combat Boots (S6E13)
It Takes Guts to be a Nutrition Research Consultant - Part 2 (S6E12)
It Takes Guts to be a Nutrition Research Consultant - Part 1 (S6E11)
How a Curious Competitive Swimmer Found a Future in Food Science (S6E10
Impossible Journey into the World of Plant Proteins (S6E9)
Food Science and Stand Up Comedy, Now with More Cow Bell (S6E8)
Have a holly jolly food science season! (S6:E7)
Just Plane Unexpected. Food Science Reunion on a Flight Back from Charlotte! (S6:E6)
Wine Not? From NC Entrepreneurs to Califermentation (S6: E5)
Gratefulness Thanksgiving Episode (S6:E4)
Spicing Up Food Science with Storytelling and Travel (S6:E3)
Discovering food science in a coffee lab (S6:E2)
The Grand Re-Opening with Season 6 (S6:E1)
Top 10 Summer 2023 - #1 Where Do Spoilage Microbes Come From? (Rebroadcast)
Top 10 Summer 2023 - #2 Dr. Colin Kay talks about finding answers in abundant nutrition data (Rebroadcast)
Top 10 Summer 2023 - #3 Preservation is not a four letter word. (Rebroadcast)
Top 10 Summer 2023 - #4 Is the water in your food active or on vacation? (Rebroadcast)
Top 10 Summer 2023 - #5 Preservation Chemicals Versus Processing (Rebroadcast)
Top 10 Summer 2023 - #6 Thinking Way Outside the Box! Adventures in Microwave and Aseptic Processing (Rebroadcast)
Top 10 Summer 2023 - #7 Texture Talks with Dr. Allen Foegeding (rebroadcast)
Top 10 Summer 2023 - #8 Being All That You Can Be As a Food Safety Auditor (Rebroadcast))
Top 10 Summer 2023 - #9 The world’s dumbest problem - Food Waste and Loss (Rebroadcast))
Top 10 Summer 2023 - #10 The Sometimes Rocky, Sometimes Smooth Road from Student to Scientist (Rebroadcast))
The Season 5 Finale (S5:E12)
A Joyful Journey Toward Better Food Around the World (S5:E11)
COVID-19, Cruise Ship Viruses, and Vomit Machines. Just Another Day in the Office for Dr. Lee-Ann Jaykus (S5: E10)
How a high school job at McDonalds launched a career in food science (S5:E9)
How ‘Bout Them Apples? (S5:E8)
Becoming an Upstart - Differences between global to start up companies (S5:E7)
Nurture vs. Nature - Empowering Individuals in the Career Journey (S5:E6)
Fiddling with Food Safety (S5:E5)
Being All That You Can Be As a Food Safety Auditor (S5:E4)
Balancing Quality and Quantity: Amena’s QA/QC Career Journey (S5:E3)
The Sometimes Rocky, Sometimes Smooth Road from Student to Scientist (S5:E2)
Stress, strain, and relaxation: The Happy New Year Food Science Career Episode (S5:E1)
Seeing sustainability as a big picture concept (S4:E7)
Interview with a food science rock star who is working toward a better future (S4:E6)
Thinking Way Outside the Box! Adventures in Microwave and Aseptic Processing (S4:E5)
Milk without a cow, you don’t say! (S4:E4)
Finding more energy where we already have it (S4:E3)
The world’s dumbest problem - Food Waste and Loss (S4:E2)
What is sustainability? (S4:E1)
Rebroadcast: Preservation is not a 4 letter word!
Rebroadcast: Preservation Chemicals Versus Processing
Rebroadcast: Where do spoilage microbes come from?
Are Americans riddled with nutritional guilt and overwhelmed with scientific information?
Dr. Colin Kay talks about finding answers in abundant nutrition data (S3:E9)
Are you a humble nutritionist? What we don’t know part 2 (S3:E8)
Are you a humble nutritionist? What we don’t know. Part 1 (S3:E7)
Living Our Best Life: Non-essential nutrients (S3:E5)
When did vitamins become so important? The Funky story of discovery (S3:E4)
What are the macros in your food? (S3:E3)
What’s in a food label? (S3:E2)
Indulging in Valentine’s Day candy? Emotional impacts of food
Fruitcake: A Doorstop or the first energy bar? (S2:E15)
Food Science by the Fireside: What’s the nog in eggnog? (S2:E14)
Gingerbread houses- everything you wanted to know that you didn’t know you wanted to know(S2:E13)
Food Science by the Fireside: Avoiding Thanksgiving Disasters with Dr. Ben Chapman
Food Science by the Fireside: PSL (Pumpkin Spice Latte)
What's crunchier, a carrot or a glass of milk? (S2:E8)
Interview with Chris Vineyard : A Chewing Professional (S2:E7)
Iconic Crunch and LOUDNESS (S2: E6)
Spoon it, slurp it, savor it! Milk in many forms (S2:E5)
Water Works - The relationship between water content and texture
Texture Talks with Dr. Allen Foegeding
Breaking down the textural contrast of s'mores
Are you team crunchy, chewy, or creamy?
Summer Shorts #5 with Audrey - Alternative Protein Sources
Summer Shorts #4 with Audrey - Alternative Protein Sources
Summer Shorts #3 with Audrey - Alternative Protein Sources
Summer Shorts #2 with Audrey - Alternative Protein Sources
Summer Shorts #1 with Audrey - Alternative Protein Sources
Cool Tech Part II: Pressure and Plasma with Dr. Deepti Salvi
Cool Tech Part I: The Power of Light
Preservation Chemicals Versus Processing
Where Do Spoilage Microbes Come From?
Freezing it Faster Keeps it Fresher. Thanks, Clarence Birdseye!
How Heat Preserves Food
The positive power of acids in foods
Since the beginning of time...microorganisms preserve through fermentation Part II
Since the beginning of time...microorganisms preserve through fermentation Part I
Is the water in your food active or on vacation?
Preservation is not a four letter word.
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