Mezcal: Everything but the Worm

It’s nearly the Day of the Dead in Mexico, which gives us the
perfect excuse to get familiar with the country’s national spirit:
tequila. Or wait, should that be mezcal? And what’s the difference,
anyway? In this episode of Gastropod, Cynthia and Nicky travel to
Mexico to explore the history and science of distilled agave, and
get tangled up in a complex story of controversies, clones, and
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