Season 1

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  7.1/10182 votes

  Fire

  Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 2/19/2016

  With help from Aboriginal hunters and a barbecue pit master, Pollan shows how fire shaped human gastronomy, and weighs our duty to the animals we eat.

  Director: Alex Gibney

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.7/10150 votes

  Water

  Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/19/2016

  Pollan looks to the kitchens of India for a lesson in the value of pot cooking and examines the consequences of eating highly processed food.

  Director: Caroline Suh

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.3/10150 votes

  Air

  Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2/19/2016

  Visit food labs and Moroccan fields as Pollan delves into the science of bread-making and the nature of gluten.

  Director: Ryan Miller

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.9/10129 votes

  Earth

  Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/19/2016

  Discover how microbes help turn raw ingredients into delicacies like chocolate and cheese as Pollan tackles the mysterious process of fermentation.

  Director: Peter Bull

  Writer: Unknown