{"podcast":{"title":"Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Radio","slug":"christopher-kimball-s-milk-street-radio-960955","podcast_index_feed_id":960955,"rss_url":"https://publicfeeds.net/f/9135/feed-rss.xml","website_url":"http://www.177milkstreet.com/radio/about","image_url":"https://f.prxu.org/9135/images/a256505c-f95c-4f1f-a898-a71a522c0f78/show-cover.jpg","author":"Milk Street Radio (feeds@cpkkitchen.com)","episode_count":534,"summary":"Every week, Milk Street Radio travels the world to find the most fascinating stories about food—a detective who tracks down food thieves and a look inside the most famous (and often scandalous) restaurant kitchens—and interviews with culinary icons such as José Andrés, Padma Lakshmi, Jacques Pépin, and Marcus Samuelsson. And on Milk Street Radio you can always find the unexpected: the comedian who ranks apples using an elaborate 100-point system, the scientists who study if vegetables have souls, and the journalist who reveals the world’s 10 biggest food lies. We also answer our listeners’ cooking questions, find out how to make the perfect cup of coffee, and share how to eat your way through Italy.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/christopher-kimball-s-milk-street-radio-960955"},"episode":{"title":"Smuggling Baby Eels: The New Black Market","slug":"smuggling-baby-eels-the-new-black-market","published_at":"2026-04-17T07:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/christopher-kimball-s-milk-street-radio-960955/smuggling-baby-eels-the-new-black-market","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/christopher-kimball-s-milk-street-radio-960955","url":"https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_9135_926cded2-e951-43e9-8017-d5f60506bc74&uf=https%3A%2F%2Fpublicfeeds.net%2Ff%2F9135%2Ffeed-rss.xml","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/dovetail.prxu.org/9135/926cded2-e951-43e9-8017-d5f60506bc74/MSR821RR_Podcast.mp3","summary":"This week: suitcases full of contraband, a smuggler who writes poetry in jail and the chance to make thousands of dollars in a single night. Reporter Otis Gray brings us the story of America’s eel fishing boom, and what happened when it got out of hand. Plus, Kenji López-Alt discusses the surprising science of salting scrambled eggs, and we make kefta in a creamy tahini sauce. (Originally aired September 27, 2024.) Get this week’s recipe for Baked Kefta with Tahini here . Listen to Otis Gray’s “Sleepy” podcast here . Music in Otis Gray’s piece is by Blue Dot Sessions. Listen to Milk Street Radio on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify","meta_description":"This week: suitcases full of contraband, a smuggler who writes poetry in jail and the chance to make thousands of dollars in a single night. Reporter Otis…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3000,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/christopher-kimball-s-milk-street-radio-960955/episodes/smuggling-baby-eels-the-new-black-market/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/christopher-kimball-s-milk-street-radio-960955/smuggling-baby-eels-the-new-black-market.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}