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CSU's The Audit

CSU's The Audit

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 Colorado State University’s podcast — The Audit — features conversations with CSU faculty on everything from research to current events. Just as auditing a class provides an opportunity to explore a new subject or field, The Audit allows listeners to explore the latest works from the experts at CSU.@ 2023 CSU's The Audit Social Sciences
Episodes
  • Why does chocolate taste so good and other sweet mysteries answered (ENCORE EPISODE)

    Why does chocolate taste so good and other sweet mysteries answered (ENCORE EPISODE)
    Jan 7 2026

    CSU food scientist Caitlin Clark explains what makes us love chocolate, why "healthy" chocolate isn't necessarily all it's cracked up to be and how much that chocolate bar should actually cost.
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    22 mins
  • Was grandma right about eating liver? The ‘offal’ truth about that and other 'icky' topics (ENCORE EPISODE)

    Was grandma right about eating liver? The ‘offal’ truth about that and other 'icky' topics (ENCORE EPISODE)
    Dec 22 2025

    It may not be considered "polite conversation," but Jordan Kraft Lambert thinks we all need to be talking more about poop. In fact, the director of ag innovation at CSU’s Spur campus has made it her mission to bring this and other “icky” topics to the table – figuratively and literally. In this encore episode, Lambert talks about how poop is actually a pretty powerful commodity, and why liver gets such a bad (and largely undeserved) rap.
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    29 mins
  • The bumpy history of Colorado's ski industry (ENCORE EPISODE)

    The bumpy history of Colorado's ski industry (ENCORE EPISODE)
    Dec 15 2025

    From voters saying no to hosting the Winter Olympics to the Earth Liberation Front's attack on Vail ski resort, Colorado State University Associate Professor and author Michael Childers says it hasn't been all powder for Colorado's snow business. In this encore episode, Childers talks about Colorado's bumpy path to becoming a ski haven. (Originally aired March 2023)
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    26 mins
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