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← Weird History Food
2024
2024 · 103 episodes
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E1
The Genetic Reasons Why You Love (or Hate) Certain Foods
Jan 4, 2024
E2
Who Is the "Joe" Behind Trader Joe's?
Jan 7, 2024
E3
Why Did Crystal Pepsi Disappear In the 90s?
Jan 11, 2024
E4
How Safe Or Unsafe Was the Easy Bake Oven?
Jan 15, 2024
E5
Facts About 80s Snacks
Jan 18, 2024
E6
The Dizzying History Of Wine In A Box
Jan 21, 2024
E7
What Popular Foods Originally Tasted Like
Jan 25, 2024
E8
The Bright Green History Of Mountain Dew
Jan 28, 2024
E9
Innovative Foods Born Out Of Cultural Tragedies
Feb 1, 2024
E10
The Delicious History Of McDonald's McRib
Feb 4, 2024
E11
The Savory History Of The McMuffin
Feb 8, 2024
E12
90s Snacks We Want Back
Feb 11, 2024
E13
How Did Food Delivery Really Start?
Feb 15, 2024
E14
The Scorching Origin Of Bagel Bites
Feb 18, 2024
E15
The Real Reason Four Loko Was Banned
Feb 22, 2024
E16
Why Is It Called 7-Eleven?
Feb 25, 2024
E17
Why You Can’t Freeze Vodka
Feb 29, 2024
E18
Everything That's Actually In A Chicken Nugget
Mar 3, 2024
E19
The Greasy History Of Denny's
Mar 7, 2024
E20
The Cult Of Diet Coke
Mar 10, 2024
E21
When Russia LITERALLY Ran Out Of Vodka (And Other Booze Disasters)
Mar 14, 2024
E22
The REAL Reason McDonald's Ice Cream Machines Are Always Broken
Mar 17, 2024
E23
Why Sprite Beat 7UP In The Clear Cola Wars
Mar 21, 2024
E24
Where In The World Did Crumbl Cookies Come From?
Mar 24, 2024
E25
How Bad Breath Became Its Own Industry
Mar 28, 2024
E26
Why Powerade Got Shut Out By Gatorade
Mar 31, 2024
E27
How Lunchables Were Made By And For The 90s
Apr 4, 2024
E28
Every Style Of Burrito We Could Find Across The United States
Apr 7, 2024
E29
Death Of The Mall Food Court
Apr 11, 2024
E30
The Delightfully Orange History Of Sunny Delight
Apr 14, 2024
E31
The Hot And Cool History Of Dairy Queen
Apr 18, 2024
E32
How Jack in the Box Bounced Back From A Deadly Scandal
Apr 21, 2024
E33
How Much Money Is Costco Losing On Its Hot Dogs?
Apr 25, 2024
E34
Why Do Pop Tarts Come In Twos?
Apr 28, 2024
E35
The Real History Behind Outback Steakhouse
May 2, 2024
E36
Every Super Sized Lie in Super Size Me
May 5, 2024
E37
How An Incredibly Bizarre Restaurant Became A Franchise: Medieval Times
May 9, 2024
E38
Why Heart Attack Grill Wants You To Die While Eating There
May 12, 2024
E39
How Shasta Gets Away With Imitating Coke
May 16, 2024
E40
What's Really In A Barf Jelly Belly?
May 19, 2024
E41
The REAL Reason Bagels And Donuts Have Holes
May 23, 2024
E42
The Checkered History Of Pizza Hut
May 26, 2024
E43
How Wonka Became A REAL Candy Company
May 30, 2024
E44
Every Style Of Ice Cream We Could Find Across The United States
Jun 2, 2024
E45
The Surprising Reason Why McDonalds Sells Fish
Jun 6, 2024
E46
How Civilization Was Created By Bread
Jun 9, 2024
E47
What Is A Sandwich?
Jun 13, 2024
E48
Who Was The First Person To Get Drunk Off A Margarita?
Jun 16, 2024
E49
Every McDonald’s Menu Item Since 1955
Jun 20, 2024
E50
Every Style of Taco We Could Find
Jun 23, 2024
E51
Why Is Five Guys So Expensive?
Jun 27, 2024
E52
The Meaty History Of Korean BBQ
Jun 30, 2024
E53
What REALLY Happened To The Rainforest Cafe?
Jul 4, 2024
E54
Every Style Of Nachos We Could Find
Jul 7, 2024
E55
Every Haunted Restaurants In America
Jul 11, 2024
E56
Why Did We All Start Drinking White Claw?
Jul 14, 2024
E57
The Deliciously Greasy History Of Panda Express
Jul 21, 2024
E58
The Rise And Rapid Fall Of Ghost Kitchens
Jul 25, 2024
E59
Is IKEA Actually A Restaurant That Sells Furniture?
Jul 28, 2024
E60
All The Ways Restaurants TRICK You Into Staying
Aug 1, 2024
E61
Everything That’s Actually In A Hot Dog
Aug 4, 2024
E62
What Was The First Beverage We Drank After Water?
Aug 8, 2024
E63
The Death Of Chain Restaurants
Aug 11, 2024
E64
Every Fried Fair Food We Could Find In America
Aug 15, 2024
E65
What Happened To The Kool-Aid Man?
Aug 18, 2024
E66
The Death Of Fast Food Video Game Tie-Ins
Aug 22, 2024
E67
How The FroYo Wars Almost Put Frozen Yogurt Out Of Business
Aug 25, 2024
E68
The Rich, Chocolatey History of Nesquik
Aug 29, 2024
E69
The Biggest Beef In Competitive Eating: Chestnut vs. Kobayashi
Sep 1, 2024
E70
The Incredible Rise And Disastrous Fall Of Fuddruckers
Sep 5, 2024
E71
The Most EXPENSIVE Grocery Store In America.
Sep 8, 2024
E72
What Happened To Barq’s Bite?
Sep 12, 2024
E73
Everything That Went Wrong With Papa Johns Pizza
Sep 15, 2024
E74
Why Isn't Sriracha As Hot As It Used to Be?
Sep 19, 2024
E75
Every Taco Bell Menu Item Since 1962
Sep 22, 2024
E76
How Pasta Was Invented Everywhere At Once
Sep 26, 2024
E77
Why Does Chipotle Keep Making Us Sick?
Sep 29, 2024
E78
The Surprisingly Interesting Science Behind Soda Packaging
Oct 3, 2024
E79
Is There Actually Cheese In Cheez Whiz?
Oct 6, 2024
E80
The Spicy History Of Hot Sauce
Oct 10, 2024
E81
Death Of The Fast Food Play Place
Oct 13, 2024
E82
What Happened To The Taco Bell Chihuahua?
Oct 17, 2024
E83
Everything That's Actually In A Fast Food Hamburger
Oct 20, 2024
E84
Why Is It So Hard To Open A Capri-Sun?
Oct 24, 2024
E85
Why Did Fast Food Become So Expensive?
Oct 27, 2024
E86
Why Sonic Is The Last Drive-In Standing
Oct 31, 2024
E87
How Quiznos Got Toasted
Nov 3, 2024
E88
Death Of The American Steakhouse
Nov 7, 2024
E89
Why Did Tony The Tiger Have To Get Hot?
Nov 10, 2024
E90
Is There Any Grape In "Grape" Flavor?
Nov 14, 2024
E91
Is Betty Crocker A Real Person?
Nov 17, 2024
E92
This Restaurant WANTS You To Have A Terrible Time
Nov 21, 2024
E93
The Bubbly Rise And Shattering Fall Of Jones Soda
Nov 24, 2024
E94
The Deadly Family Feud Behind Zankou Chicken
Nov 28, 2024
E95
Every Wendy's Menu Item Since 1969
Dec 1, 2024
E96
How Del Taco Tried And Failed To Crack Taco Bell
Dec 5, 2024
E97
How Chili’s Got Burned And Came Back
Dec 8, 2024
E98
Which Root Beer Is The Definitive Root Beer?
Dec 12, 2024
E99
Is the Filet-O-Fish Actually Fish?
Dec 15, 2024
E100
The Red Hot Rise and Unfortunate Fall of Red Robin
Dec 19, 2024
E101
How Are Rotisserie Chickens So Cheap?
Dec 22, 2024
E102
Are Fast Food Restaurants Actually Giving Us LESS Food?
Dec 26, 2024
E103
The Secrets Behind Every Secret Sauce
Dec 29, 2024
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