Stephen Dubner

Is there any advice you could give generally on the idea of making insects more palatable to people?

Is there any advice you could give generally on the idea of making insects more palatable to people?

Is there any advice you could give generally on the idea of making insects more palatable to people?

So you'll take the ants and the grasshoppers and the ant-flecked guacamole home? Yeah, yeah. Thank you very much, and it was a great meal.

So you'll take the ants and the grasshoppers and the ant-flecked guacamole home? Yeah, yeah. Thank you very much, and it was a great meal.

So you'll take the ants and the grasshoppers and the ant-flecked guacamole home? Yeah, yeah. Thank you very much, and it was a great meal.

That meal I shared with Paul Rosen at the Black Ant was in February of 2020. I'm sorry to report that the Black Ant closed last year. I'm even more sorry to report that Val Curtis, the British hygiene scholar we interviewed, died in October of 2020. She was 62. The cause was cancer. Thank you.

That meal I shared with Paul Rosen at the Black Ant was in February of 2020. I'm sorry to report that the Black Ant closed last year. I'm even more sorry to report that Val Curtis, the British hygiene scholar we interviewed, died in October of 2020. She was 62. The cause was cancer. Thank you.

That meal I shared with Paul Rosen at the Black Ant was in February of 2020. I'm sorry to report that the Black Ant closed last year. I'm even more sorry to report that Val Curtis, the British hygiene scholar we interviewed, died in October of 2020. She was 62. The cause was cancer. Thank you.

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The Freakonomics Radio Network staff includes Alina Kullman, Augusta Chapman, Eleanor Osborne, Ellen Frankman, Elsa Hernandez, Gabriel Roth, Greg Rippin, Jasmine Klinger, Jeremy Johnston, John Schnarz, Morgan Levy, Neil Carruth, Sarah Lilly, Tao Jacobs, and Zach Lipinski. You can find our entire archive on any podcast app, also at Freakonomics.com, where we publish transcripts and show notes.

Our theme song is Mr. Fortune by the Hitchhikers, and our composer is Luis Guerra. As always, thank you for listening.

Our theme song is Mr. Fortune by the Hitchhikers, and our composer is Luis Guerra. As always, thank you for listening.

Our theme song is Mr. Fortune by the Hitchhikers, and our composer is Luis Guerra. As always, thank you for listening.

Are you a chef? Are you a home cook? I can cook. He says reluctantly. I sometimes cook well.

Are you a chef? Are you a home cook? I can cook. He says reluctantly. I sometimes cook well.

Are you a chef? Are you a home cook? I can cook. He says reluctantly. I sometimes cook well.

That feature film was Ratatouille. It's about a rat named Remy who lives in a farmhouse in the French countryside and dreams of becoming a chef.

That feature film was Ratatouille. It's about a rat named Remy who lives in a farmhouse in the French countryside and dreams of becoming a chef.