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← Weird History Food
2025
2025 · 152 episodes
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E1
Death Of The Fast Food Salad Bar
Jan 2, 2025
E2
Why Nothing Else Tastes Like McDonalds Fries
Jan 5, 2025
E3
How Bad Is Red Meat For You, Really?
Jan 7, 2025
E4
Is There Actually Fruit In A Fruit Roll-Up?
Jan 9, 2025
E5
How Kevin Hart Tried (And Failed) To Make Fast Food Healthy
Jan 12, 2025
E6
Why Did We Stop Snapping Into Slim Jims?
Jan 14, 2025
E7
How Fruity Pebbles Kept The Flintstones Alive
Jan 16, 2025
E8
The Incredible Rise And Disastrous Fall Of TGI Friday's
Jan 19, 2025
E9
Why Cool Whip Isn't Really Whipped Cream
Jan 21, 2025
E10
Secret Spin-Off Restaurants You Never Knew Existed
Jan 23, 2025
E11
Everything That Went Wrong With Subway
Jan 26, 2025
E12
How A Domino's Pizza Mascot Caused A Hostage Situation
Feb 2, 2025
E13
How The Creators Of South Park Saved Their Favorite Restaurant
Feb 6, 2025
E14
The Well-Deserved Death Of The Ice Cream Truck
Feb 9, 2025
E15
Does Anyone Still Wanta Fanta?
Feb 11, 2025
E16
What Actually Is Blue Raspberry?
Feb 13, 2025
E17
Is 7-11 Food Really That Bad?
Feb 16, 2025
E18
How America Ruined Sushi
Feb 18, 2025
E19
Are These Hollywood Hot Dogs Worth Over $10?
Feb 20, 2025
E20
The Insanely Rapid Rise Of Raising Cane's
Feb 23, 2025
E21
What Really Happened To McDonald's Fried Apple Pie
Feb 25, 2025
E22
Which Ginger Ale Is The Definitive Ginger Ale?
Feb 27, 2025
E23
How Is AriZona Iced Tea So Cheap?
Mar 2, 2025
E24
The Real Reason Eggs Are In EVERYTHING We Eat
Mar 4, 2025
E25
Why Are Eggs So Expensive Right Now?
Mar 9, 2025
E26
Why Did We All Start Hating Guy Fieri?
Mar 11, 2025
E27
Why Does Taco Bell’s Mexican Pizza Keep Disappearing?
Mar 13, 2025
E28
Every Fast Food Secret Menu Item We Could Find
Mar 16, 2025
E29
Why A&W Is Still The #1 Root Beer After 100 Years
Mar 18, 2025
E30
Who Is the Mike in Jersey Mike’s?
Mar 20, 2025
E31
Mochi Donuts Are Secretly American
Mar 23, 2025
E32
Why Does Cap’n Crunch Destroy Your Mouth?
Mar 25, 2025
E33
Can McDonald's Make A Good Chicken Sandwich?
Mar 27, 2025
E34
Is Taco Bell's Meat Really Meat?
Mar 30, 2025
E35
Why Nearly Everyone In Korea Drinks The Same Liquor
Apr 1, 2025
E36
What Exactly Is An Airhead?
Apr 3, 2025
E37
The Minty Fresh History Of McDonald's Shamrock Shake
Apr 6, 2025
E38
The Disastrous Fall Of Tony Roma's
Apr 8, 2025
E39
What Actually Is Bubble Gum Flavor?
Apr 10, 2025
E40
Why Is Shake Shack So Expensive? - V3
Apr 13, 2025
E41
The Wobbly History Of Jell-O
Apr 15, 2025
E42
The Strange Disappearance Of Umami Burger
Apr 17, 2025
E43
The Death Of The Gumball Machine
Apr 20, 2025
E44
When McDonald's Tried (And Failed) To Make Pizza
Apr 22, 2025
E45
How The Pillsbury Doughboy Became The World’s Most Famous Mascot
Apr 24, 2025
E46
How Jollibee Bee-came A Fast Food Titan
Apr 27, 2025
E47
What Actually Is An Orange Julius?
Apr 29, 2025
E48
How Krispy Kreme Went From Half-Baked To Hot Now
May 1, 2025
E49
The Flame-Broiled Fall of Burger King
May 4, 2025
E50
What Exactly Is “Cola” Flavor?
May 6, 2025
E51
Every Crazy McDonald's Item You Can't Get In America
May 8, 2025
E52
The Most EXPENSIVE Restaurant In The World
May 11, 2025
E53
How The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Saved Pizza Hut
May 13, 2025
E54
Is It Safe To Eat Dollar Store Food?
May 15, 2025
E55
The Tangy Reason We All Love Cherry Coke
May 18, 2025
E56
How Man v. Food Bit Off More Than He Could Chew
May 20, 2025
E57
How Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. Worked When It Absolutely Should Have Failed
May 22, 2025
E58
The Disney Magic Behind Dole Whip
May 25, 2025
E59
The Cheesy Reason The Cheesecake Factory's Menu Is That Long
May 27, 2025
E60
How Heavy is A Quarter Pounder Really?
May 29, 2025
E61
Why Nothing Else Tastes Like Movie Popcorn
Jun 1, 2025
E62
Why Do Fast Food Restaurants Sell Milkshakes?
Jun 3, 2025
E63
Is Whole Wheat Bread Really Healthier Than White?
Jun 5, 2025
E64
What Actually Is Yoo-hoo?
Jun 8, 2025
E65
How Din Tai Fung's Soup Dumplings Took Over The World
Jun 10, 2025
E66
What Ever Happened To Tang?
Jun 12, 2025
E67
The Top Pizza Chain In Every Region In America
Jun 15, 2025
E68
Why The Hell Is It Called Ruth's Chris Steak House?
Jun 17, 2025
E69
Were Warheads Ever ACTUALLY Dangerous?
Jun 19, 2025
E70
The Death Of The Ice Cream Parlor
Jun 22, 2025
E71
Why Doesn't Banana Flavor Taste Like Bananas?
Jun 24, 2025
E72
Are Kraft Singles Actually Cheese?
Jun 26, 2025
E73
Why Nothing Else Tastes Like A McDonald’s Bun
Jun 29, 2025
E74
Why Pizza Pockets Completely Owned The ’90s
Jul 1, 2025
E75
Why Is Everyone Obsessed With This Gas Station?
Jul 3, 2025
E76
Is Coke Zero Better For You Than Diet Coke?
Jul 6, 2025
E77
The REAL Reason That Tipping Became A Thing
Jul 8, 2025
E78
Is Luxury Bottled Water Really Better Than Regular Bottled Water?
Jul 10, 2025
E79
What Was The Most Popular Burger Of Each Decade?
Jul 13, 2025
E80
Is This Soda Actually Good For You?
Jul 15, 2025
E81
Everything That Went Wrong With Panera Bread
Jul 17, 2025
E82
Everything That Was Fake About Kitchen Nightmares
Jul 20, 2025
E83
Classic Lunchbox Juices That Almost Killed Us
Jul 22, 2025
E84
The Strange Reason Sour Patch Kids Are Shaped Like Children
Jul 24, 2025
E85
Why Nothing Tastes As Good As A McDonald's Hash Brown
Jul 27, 2025
E86
What Even Is "Flamin' Hot" Flavor?
Jul 29, 2025
E87
Why Cream Soda Never Hit The Big Time
Jul 31, 2025
E88
How MrBeast's Feastables Worked When it Absolutely Should Have Failed
Aug 3, 2025
E89
Why Are Juice Boxes Only For Kids?
Aug 5, 2025
E90
Why The Biggest Mexican Restaurant Of The '80s Suddenly Vanished
Aug 7, 2025
E91
What ACTUALLY Happened To Fruitopia
Aug 10, 2025
E92
Why Are Continental Breakfasts Only At Hotels?
Aug 12, 2025
E93
Are There Actual Clams In Clamato Juice?
Aug 14, 2025
E94
Is Annie’s Mac And Cheese Better For You Than Kraft Mac And Cheese?
Aug 17, 2025
E95
Why Is Everyone Obsessed With This Seafood Spice?
Aug 19, 2025
E96
Is Celsius Better For You Than Red Bull?
Aug 21, 2025
E97
Is Gas Station Sushi Safe To Eat?
Aug 24, 2025
E98
Why Your Favorite "Health" Drink Is Not Healthy At All
Aug 26, 2025
E99
How Soda Fountains Took Over America
Aug 28, 2025
E100
Classic Lunchbox Snacks That Almost Killed Us
Aug 31, 2025
E101
The Ice Cold Death Of The Choco Taco
Sep 3, 2025
E102
How Long Does Beef Jerky ACTUALLY Stay Good?
Sep 4, 2025
E103
Why Nothing Else Tastes Like Baja Blast
Sep 7, 2025
E104
The Red Hot Rise Of Nashville Hot Chicken
Sep 9, 2025
E105
Everything That Went Wrong With Blimpie
Sep 11, 2025
E106
The Secret Behind Red Lobster's Cheddar Bay Biscuits
Sep 14, 2025
E107
How Combos Became The Ultimate Road Trip Snack
Sep 16, 2025
E108
Why All Restaurants Suddenly Look The Same
Sep 18, 2025
E109
Why Vanilla Coke Failed (Then Came Back)
Sep 21, 2025
E110
How Homer Simpson Saved Donuts
Sep 23, 2025
E111
Why Everything Tasted Better In The 90s
Sep 25, 2025
E112
Everything That Went Wrong With Sbarro
Sep 28, 2025
E113
Why Does Some Food Taste Better As Leftovers?
Sep 30, 2025
E114
How Peasant Food Became Fine Dining
Oct 2, 2025
E115
Pepsi Blue Never Actually Went Away
Oct 5, 2025
E116
Why Endless Shrimp Was The Dumbest Deal In Restaurant History
Oct 7, 2025
E117
The Deadliest Foods People Actually Eat
Oct 9, 2025
E118
How Chicken Took Over McDonald's
Oct 12, 2025
E119
The REAL Reason Pringles Come In A Can
Oct 14, 2025
E120
How Can Costco Afford To Give Away So Many Free Samples?
Oct 16, 2025
E121
Is Chicago Deep Dish Actually Pizza?
Oct 19, 2025
E122
How Bennigan's Tried To Be Applebee's . . . And Lost Everything
Oct 21, 2025
E123
Every Style Of Steak We Could Find
Oct 23, 2025
E124
Is Expired Food Actually Dangerous?
Oct 26, 2025
E125
Every Celebrity Liquor Brand We Could Find
Oct 28, 2025
E126
Is "Organic" A Scam?
Oct 30, 2025
E127
Does $1,000 Pizza Actually Taste Better Than $1 Pizza?
Nov 2, 2025
E128
Is it Safe To Eat At A C Grade Restaurant?
Nov 4, 2025
E129
Why Orbitz Was Too Weird To Survive
Nov 6, 2025
E130
The Strange Rise Of BuzzBallz
Nov 9, 2025
E131
How Paul Newman Accidentally Started A Food Empire
Nov 11, 2025
E132
Everything There Is To Know About Sushi Rolls
Nov 13, 2025
E133
What's Actually In A Marshmallow
Nov 16, 2025
E134
How Margaritaville Became The Weirdest Business Empire In America
Nov 18, 2025
E135
The Strange Reinventions Of Slice Soda
Nov 20, 2025
E136
The Unfortunate Downfall Of Hot Dog On A Stick
Nov 23, 2025
E137
What Happens When All Of The Waiters Disappear?
Nov 25, 2025
E138
The Street Foods That Define Every Country
Nov 27, 2025
E139
How In-N-Out Ruined Their Own French Fries
Nov 30, 2025
E140
What Actually Is Wasabi?
Dec 2, 2025
E141
The Truth About Chick-fil-A
Dec 4, 2025
E142
What Prison Meals Really Look Like
Dec 7, 2025
E143
Why Everyone's Obsessed With Mexican Birria Right Now
Dec 9, 2025
E144
The Best Foods To Eat At Every NFL Stadium (AFC Edition)
Dec 11, 2025
E145
The Weird McDonald's Spin-Off That Failed Miserably
Dec 14, 2025
E146
When Did Campbell's Get Chunky?
Dec 16, 2025
E147
What's The REAL Difference Between Carl's Jr. And Hardee's?
Dec 18, 2025
E148
The Soda That Had TOO MUCH Caffeine
Dec 21, 2025
E149
Why Your Favorite Childhood Chocolate Became Illegal
Dec 23, 2025
E150
How Cinnabon Outlasted The Mall
Dec 25, 2025
E151
The Rise And Fall Of Snapple
Dec 28, 2025
E152
The Strange Soda Peru Chose Over Coca-Cola
Dec 30, 2025
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