It's a good question. Fiber plays such an important role in our health, thanks in no small part to our microbes. And it is an integral part of so many amazing foods and cuisines. Yet we often see it as a bland obligation. I talked with Edith Zimmerman of New York Magazine's The Cut about …
NPR’s The Salt gets “Cultured”
What foods feed our microbiome? I dived into this question with NPR's Jonathan Lambert in a recent interview with The Salt. As he notes, "A surge in microbiome research over the past two decades has revealed they do much more than simply digest food. They can mediate weight gain, fight off infection, and even alter our mood." …
Channel 8 Is All About Octopus! Obviously
Yesterday morning, I got to summit Lookout Mountain in West Tulsa to visit the studios of ABC's local television station, KTUL. And what better channel on which to be talking octopus than Channel 8? There, I got to chat live with Good Day Tulsa's Keith Taylor--and explain how a girl from Tulsa ended up writing a …
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LiveScience Dives Into Octopus!
It isn't everyday that someone wants to talk about octopuses for the better part of an hour--even when you've just written a book about the animal. But fortunately LiveScience editor Megan Gannon is just as fascinated with these animals as I am. And she had some awesomely fun questions about them. Our chat has just been posted …
Radio Chat with How On Earth about Octopus!
Yesterday morning I visited the cool studios of KGNU in Boulder to talk with Shelley Schlender on How On Earth about Octopus! The Most Mysterious Creature In the Sea--and all of the amazing things these animals can do. It was the first time I got to do a live radio view in studio (complete with pro mics and …
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