Omnivore - Season 1

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Chile

1 - Chile

Air Date: July 18, 2024

Mild, medium, hot...inferno. From paprika to ghost pepper, discover how chile has firmly rooted itself into parts of our identity.

Tuna

2 - Tuna

Air Date: July 18, 2024

Once undesirable but now a sought-after luxury, bluefin tuna has one of the food world's most tumultuous stories.

Salt

3 - Salt

Air Date: July 18, 2024

The food we eat. The sweat on our skin. Salt shapes everything around us—its history is our history.

Banana

4 - Banana

Air Date: July 18, 2024

There are over 1,500 varieties of bananas, and yet most of us have only tasted one. Why? And what do we lose when a single banana wins out?

Pig

5 - Pig

Air Date: July 18, 2024

In western Spain lies a quaint village called La Alberca, where locals celebrate one animal unlike anywhere else in the world: the pig.

Rice

6 - Rice

Air Date: July 18, 2024

For millennia, rice has fueled humanity. But as global demand skyrockets, the future of rice production grows more dire by the day.

Coffee

7 - Coffee

Air Date: July 18, 2024

Follow a coffee bean from tree to cup to uncover the complicated history, extraordinary craft, and unique collaboration behind the brew.

Corn

8 - Corn

Air Date: July 18, 2024

No longer just a plant, corn is a building block of modern society. But what does its domination mean for the future of food—and for us?