Leah Eden speaks with Dr. Lucy Long, folklorist and the Director of the Center for Food and Culture, about the foundation of food studies and her first exposure to food scholarship.

Learn brewing secrets from Firestone Walker's Matt Brynildson and homebrew expert Fritz Fernow on this week's Fuhmentaboudit! Chris Cuzme and Mary Izett begin the show by sharing an interview they recently conducted with Matt Brynildson at the Craft Brewer's Conference. Listen in to hear Matt talk about the evolution of Firestone Walker, and how the company became a favorite of beer nerds. Hear why Firestone Walker began aging, and how certain ingredients really accentuate the bitterness or malt qualities of beer! Fritz joins Chris and Mary in the studio to talk about brewing IPAs. Learn how Fritz blends different hops in order to create unique IPA flavors, and why such flavors are so hard to replicate. How does Fritz incorporate rye into his brews? Learn how to use hops during different states of the brewing process on this week's Fuhmentaboudit! This program has been sponsored by Cain Vineyard & Winery.

"It's hard not to fall in love with German pilsner brewing... The pilsner is a light beer that showcases hops; it's not that different than an IPA." [12:45] -- Matt Brynildson on Fuhmentaboudit!

"I always tell people to be fearless (with hops)... at the dry hopping stage of the game, you can pretty much go crazy and use as much as you can handle." [23:00] -- Fritz Fernow on Fuhmentaboudit!

Dylan Thuras joins Grace Bonney in the studio for this week's installment of After the Jump! Dylan is the co-founder of Atlas Obscura, a website dedicated to all things esoteric and unique in travel. Tune into this episode to hear Dylan and Grace talk about the idea of discovery in the age of the Internet, and what is really left to be discovered. Dylan talks about some of his concerns about publicizing some of these hidden gems, and how he has confronted this issue. How has Atlas Obscura affected the communities and areas that it spotlights? Hear about some of Dylan's revelations that induced his love for traveling. Where would Dylan take some Atlas Obscura users in Brooklyn? Find out on this week's episode of After the Jump! This program has been brought to you by Clarkson Potter Publishers.

"A lot of times, I'm talking about some exotic, crazy places, but there's a place a mile from you- where ever you are. There's some amazing thing quite close." [7:25]

"The whole point of the Atlas is that it's not just about these crazy far away places... it's about digging deep, knowing the context, and realizing that there's discovery to be made all around you." [13:20]

-- Dylan Thuras on After the Jump