Awesomesauce

In this episode of Awesomesauce, we dig in to the world of dumpster diving. We learn who's doing it and why. We even went dumpster diving ourselves! Tune in to see what we found on our dive and how this episode can change the way we look at food and food waste.

Last Month, the annual World Happiness Report was released. It ranks over 130 countries in order of their overall happiness. In this episode of Awesomesauce, we share the top 10 countries and try to learn some secrets to happiness that we can apply to our own lives. Tune in or be less happy for the rest of your life! (Okay, that was a little dramatic. But seriously!)

As the world's population explodes to nearly 10 billion over the next 25 years, the planet is going to experience a protein shortage. Not to worry, insects are here to save the world. In this episode of Awesomesauce, we discuss why eating insects is the perfect solution to our protein problem. And if we're doing a podcast on eating insects, we have to – you guessed it �

Sci-fi movies make space travel seem excellent and real-ish (maybe not that hot tub time movie!), but is it really possible? In this episode of Awesomesauce we discuss Einstein's thinking on the subject – along with other physicists – to see if traveling back and forth in time is total fiction or maybe for real.

In addition to the regular full episodes of Awesomesauce, we will be recording shorter segments that feature a positive, funny, awesome news story. These shorter episodes will be called Awesomesauce News. In this first news segment, we highlight a story about a raccoon that has found his butt in a little trouble and how he gets out of it with the help from some human friends.

The rockets that transport astronauts into space represent the pinnacle of technology. The bathrooms aboard these spaceships, though, not so much. Until now.In this premier episode of Awesomesauce, we cover the history of pooping in space and how astronauts aboard the International Space Station now take care of their business in near zero gravity class.