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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    'You're Eating It Wrong'

    There are right ways to do things and wrong ways to do things. Especially when it comes to food. White is for fish, red goes with meat. The fork goes on the outside. When eating sushi, dip the fish in the soy sauce, not the rice. But none of these rules is based on pseudo-scientific research.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Oct 22, 2015 • 1 min read

    There are right ways to do things and wrong ways to do things. Especially when it comes to food. White is for fish, red goes with meat. The fork goes on the outside. When eating sushi, dip the fish in the soy sauce, not the rice. But none of these rules is based on pseudo-scientific research. Thankfully, Dan Pashman has now put on his white lab coat in search of great culinary truths.

    Dan Pahsman, The Sporkful

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    Libya, Putin Biography, and 'You're Eating It Wrong'
    1. 0:00Congressional Hearings
    2. 9:12Libya Today
    3. 16:21Volkswagen Announces New Software Investigation
    4. 26:14The Rise and Reign of Vladimir Putin
    5. 42:06'You're Eating It Wrong'You’re reading this
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Jolie Myers

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    The full episode

    5 of 5
    Libya, Putin Biography, and 'You're Eating It Wrong'
    1. 0:00Congressional Hearings
    2. 9:12Libya Today
    3. 16:21Volkswagen Announces New Software Investigation
    4. 26:14The Rise and Reign of Vladimir Putin
    5. 42:06'You're Eating It Wrong'You’re reading this
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