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Food: Sustenance and scandal

Gin and Topics

English - September 22, 2021 23:00 - 31 minutes - 21.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
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It's the early 1900s, and you've just been served a peach daiquiri. Don't drink it. Instead, time travel to the today times and make your own concoction of trepidation, cooking oil and criminal lawsuits. Antibiotics may be required.

Show researched and produced by Skye and Olive
Original music by Balint Molnar

References:


Drunk History - Typhoid Mary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12wh0lfHb2U

Mary's impact on health: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/typhoid-mary-tragic-tale-exposed-health-impacts-super-spreaders

Facts about Typhoid Mary: https://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-typhoid-mary

Swindled podcast on PCA: https://swindledpodcast.com/podcasts/season-5/70-the-outbreak/

PCA lowdown: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanut_Corporation_of_America


CBS interview with PCA employee: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkvbB5yTwJA

The making of Gutter Oil: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrv78nG9R04

Man with piece of fatberg: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/feb/18/dont-feed-fatberg-museum-london-clogging-sewers-oil