Episode 101 Sweet Temptations: How Sugar Captivated Tastebuds and Global Trade Aired: Saturday, January 23rd 2021 SHARE HOSTED BY Caity Moseman Wadler Kat Johnson The desire for sweetness is biologically hardwired in humans, according to Dr. Gary Beauchamp, longtime former director and president of the Monell Chemical Senses Center. It is an evolutionary response that developed way back when sweet things were hard to find in the natural environment. Now, we can find sweets just about anywhere. Part of our global trade mini-series, this episode foc...