Science Diction

How Did The ‘Cosmic Crisp’ Apple Get Its Name?


Listen Later

This fall, there’s a new apple all around town. After 20 years of development, the Cosmic Crisp has landed.

In this episode, we’re bringing you a special collaboration with another podcast called The Sporkful. They’re a James Beard Award-winning show that uses food as a lens to talk about science, history, race, culture, and the ideal way to layer the components of a PB&J. 

This episode is all about the Cosmic Crisp, how scientists developed it, and how it got that dazzling name.

Guests: 

Helen Zaltzman is the host of The Allusionist podcast. 

Dan Charles is a food and agriculture reporter at NPR. 

Kate Evans is a horticulturist and the leader of the pome fruit breeding program at Washington State University.

Kathryn Grandy is Chief Marketing Officer for Proprietary Variety Management.

Footnotes & Further Reading: 

For more episodes, subscribe to The Sporkful podcast.

Credits: 

The Sporkful is produced by Dan Pashman, Emma Morgenstern, Andres O'Hara, Jared O'Connell and Harry Huggins.

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Science DictionBy Science Friday and WNYC Studios

  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7

4.7

599 ratings


More shows like Science Diction

View all
Radiolab by WNYC Studios

Radiolab

43,986 Listeners

Freakonomics Radio by Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher

Freakonomics Radio

32,139 Listeners

99% Invisible by Roman Mars

99% Invisible

26,194 Listeners

The Allusionist by Helen Zaltzman

The Allusionist

3,017 Listeners

Outside/In by NHPR

Outside/In

1,479 Listeners

Big Picture Science by Big Picture Science

Big Picture Science

946 Listeners

Gastropod by Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley

Gastropod

3,644 Listeners

Imaginary Worlds by Eric Molinsky | QCODE

Imaginary Worlds

1,992 Listeners

Science Vs by Spotify Studios

Science Vs

12,200 Listeners

Science Friday by Science Friday and WNYC Studios

Science Friday

6,341 Listeners

Sidedoor by Smithsonian Institution

Sidedoor

2,185 Listeners

Twenty Thousand Hertz by Dallas Taylor

Twenty Thousand Hertz

4,155 Listeners

What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law by Roman Mars

What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law

3,973 Listeners

Unexplainable by Vox

Unexplainable

2,298 Listeners

The Atlas Obscura Podcast by SiriusXM and Atlas Obscura

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

1,712 Listeners