Episode · Stuff They Don't Want You To Know · 2023-09-06
Books mentioned on How Corn Took Over America
The US is a corn superpower. Over the past few decades, corn has infiltrated all sorts of things, from soda pop and snacks to your own gas tank.
Ben Bowlin discussed An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz and The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
Discussed“according to writings in an indigenous people's History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz uh to quote indigenous American agriculture was based on corn”
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The Omnivore's Dilemma
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan is a widely discussed non-fiction book that explores the modern American food chain and the ethical, ecological, and health consequences of what people choose to eat.
Discussed“Michael Pollock author of a fantastic book called The omnivores dilemma he said it this way in an interview with NPR in 2003 he said our entire diet has been colonized by this one plant”
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