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Ripe for Global Domination: The Story of the Avocado
We’re coming up to AvocadoFest 2026, otherwise known as the Super Bowl, when Americans get fully a fifth of their annual avocado allocation. But how did this humble fruit, originally named after testicles, get from its M...
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Ripe for Global Domination: The Story of the Avocado is an episode from Gastropod by Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley. We’re coming up to AvocadoFest 2026, otherwise known as the Super Bowl, when Americans get fully a fifth of their annual...
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Published Jan 27, 2026, 46:47 long, audio available.
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