Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2023-11-25
Books mentioned on It Could Happen Here Weekly 108
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Mentioned: The Story of Corn by Betty Fussell, The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan, and The End of Food by Paul Roberts.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Story of Corn
Discussed“Betty Fusel is the author of quote the story of corn which chronicles corn's several thousand-year history. She says it might sound innocuous but the history of corn probably changed the course of humanity.”
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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“As Michael Pollen wrote in his 2006 book, The Omnivore's Dilemma, corn was both the currency traders used to pay for slaves in Africa and the food upon which slaves subsisted on during their passage to America.”
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The End of Food
Discussed“Paul Roberts wrote in his 2009 book, The End of Food, that in the following decades, the number of bushels of corn per acre doubled and then it continued to rise each year.”
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Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Mein Kampf
“Are we sponsored by the new print edition of Mine Comp at this point?”
Passing The Storm Before the Storm
“You are also an author of a whole bunch of books, The Storm Before the Storm, um, which is about a lot of the stuff we've been talking about today.”
Passing Hero of Two Worlds
“Hero of Two Worlds, um, The History of Rome.”