Elise Hu

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Food waste has about five times the greenhouse gas footprint of the entire aviation industry.

It might be safe to say that most of us have seen the chocolate guy on social media.

You know, the one who makes elaborate, gorgeous, intricate, edible structures all out of chocolate.

The ones whose videos have amassed literally billions of views over the years.

Well, we have a tasty treat for you on today's episode.

Omari Gishaw, considered by some as the world's most creative pastry chef, joins Lateef Nasser, co-host of Radiolab and a guest curator at TED 2025, for a talk and demonstration and the important role food plays in the creation of wonder.

He shows us how he manages to captivate the entire world with only one ingredient and without ever speaking a word.

Hey all, Elise here to give you some context for what you're hearing.

As Amaury describes what goes into making the coffee clock and the reasons behind doing the work that he does,

There's a video behind him on stage of him working on all of the elements of this delicate edible clock.

At this point in Amory's conversation with Latif, someone has wheeled a cart on stage with all of the ingredients needed to make this coffee clock in real time.

A camera is pointed down on the cart so we can see the details of what's on it.

And we see intricate, tiny pieces of a clock.

I'm talking about all of the gears, the clock hands painted in metallic colors.