Podcasts about Fast Food Nation

La comida rápida no es solo un tipo de restaurante: es un imperio global que ha cambiado para siempre nuestras ciudades, nuestra salud y hasta nuestras relaciones sociales. En este episodio de Días Extraños, desentrañamos los orígenes del fast food, desde los antiguos romanos hasta la revolución industrial de los hermanos McDonald. Descubrimos la estrategia inmobiliaria oculta de los arcos dorados, las políticas gubernamentales que usaron las hamburguesas como herramienta de control social y el inquietante futuro de automatización que nos espera. Prepárate para no volver a ver igual ese combo de patatas y refresco. Y además: Preguntas sobre el cerebro, con Pablo Fuente. Una Semana Santa diferente, con Francisco Contreras. Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

The Shuffle Bois return to you with another fun one, taking a look at three cultural products from the 2000s centered around where our food comes from - the muckraking non-fiction book Fast Food Nation, its dramatic film adaptation by Richard Linklater, and the lib documentary Food Inc. They trace food production from factory farm to bolted-down McDonalds table and analyze how these 2000s era works identified problems and offered neoliberal, consumer-based solutions. Huge thanks to Isaac Eger for guesting on this episode. Check him out @gluten_daddy on instagram, as well as his podcast, Coexist Inc., here: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=6112951 Isaac's podcast, COEXIST INC. can be found here : ⁠Give Remember Shuffle a follow on Twitter⁠⁠ And on Instagram⁠ ⁠@RememberShufflePod⁠⁠ to interact with the show between episodes. It also makes it easier to book guests.

THIS EPISODE IS FREE!We're back with everyones favourite recurring guest Lauren Armstrong! In this episode we discuss getting shadow banned, soup vs chowder, serving smoked fish at parties, Nick visiting Montreal for the first time in ten years, Dic Annes, the Tom Green documentary, Cinnamon Bun Oreos, the return of McDonalds, Quiznos, Panera Bread, fast food vs fast casual, Tim Hortons 'Hot Smoothies', vegetarians who love Taco Bell, getting bullied for ordering a Filet-O-Fish, Long John Silvers, 'Charged Lemonade', Burger King's Whopper, Wendy's salads, In N Out, Waffle House, The White Lotus season 3 and more!We also cold call Lisette Dunin-Markiewicz, Justin Leon, Brittany Shepherd, Eric Farber and Lauren's parents.Josh McIntyreNick MarianLauren Armstrong----COLD PODSUPPORT THIS PODCASThttps://www.patreon.com/c/coldpod

Acclaimed as one of the finest films of the 2000s, Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood was - at one stage - a movie people weren't keen to pay for. The movie though has an unlikely link to the book Fast Food Nation, and Anderson dropped a different idea to go with it. Then, there was the small matter of the first two weeks of filming having to be pretty much re-done from scratch. The second half of the episode is a career-spanning chat with filmmaker Mike Leigh, that takes in his new movie - Hard Truths, landing in UK cinemas on 31st January 2025 - but also goes back some 60 years to the start of his famous process... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Richard Linklater is a hit man, but not in the assassin sense of the word. No, the hits he trades in are of the movie variety – stylish cult classics that vary in genre and form, but always manage to ignite something powerful in viewers. It's been that way for three and a half decades now: among his hits, dating back to 1990, are Dazed and Confused, Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Before Midnight, Boyhood, School of Rock, A Scanner Darkly, Slacker, Waking Life, Everybody Wants Some, Fast Food Nation… the list goes on. No wonder the Texan is one of the most respected names in modern American cinema – a force both prolific and patient, as his multiple movies shot across numerous decades prove. 2014 coming-of-age drama Boyhood was filmed across twelve years, with Merrily We Roll Along – a Paul Mescal-starring Sondheim adaptation, to be shot across twenty years – among his current projects.Earlier this year, he released Hit Man – a romantic comedy of sorts, with a hint of thriller thrown in for good measure, about a bashful college professor with a unique side hustle. Gary, played by the film's co-writer Glen Powell, has a recurring gig with the New Orleans police force, pretending to be an contract killer. He wears a wire to meet with people seeking to order a hit on their spouses, their work colleagues, their parents and so on. It's a gig that's going smoothly for Gary, until he meets Madison, played by Adria Arjona – a woman trying to escape an abusive husband, who Gary begins to fall for. What follows is Linklater in full-blown crowd-pleasing mode.In the conversation you're about to hear, we discuss what it was about this true-ish story, adapted from a newspaper article by journalist Skip Hollandsworth, that spoke to Richard. We talk about the baseball injury that put him on a path to filmmaking (and how it might have led to the unstoppable pace with which he makes movies). And we break down every detail of Hit Man, one of the movies of 2024, in spoiler-filled detail.Script Apart is hosted by Al Horner and produced by Kamil Dymek. Follow us on Instagram, or email us on thescriptapartpodcast@gmail.com.Support for this episode comes from ScreenCraft, Final Draft and WeScreenplay.To get ad-free episodes and exclusive content, join us on Patreon.Support the show

We've been on a food & farming run this week. First, we talked with America's “lunatic farmer,” Joel Salatin, about how regenerative agriculture can regenerate the United States. And we followed that up with the food blogger and writer Nicola Twilley who explained about how refrigeration has transformed not only our food, and our planet, but also ourselves. Our guest today, Andrea Freeman, makes food policy central to the politics of America from its foundations to today. Her provocative new book, Ruin Their Crops On the Ground is intended as a kind of Fast Food Nation for the Black Lives Matter era. From the genocidal Trail of Tears to the anything but “free” school lunches in America today, Freeman argues that food has been always used by American corporate and political interests as a weapon of conquest and control.Andrea Freeman, a pioneer in the field of food politics, is a professor at Southwestern Law School. A Fulbright scholar and author of Skimmed: Breastfeeding, Race, and Injustice, Freeman has published and appeared in the Washington Post, Salon, The Takeaway, Here & Now, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Black Agenda Report, and more. She lives in Los Angeles.Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children.Keen On is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit keenon.substack.com/subscribe

Join our bonus episode as we drop some Fast Food Nation follow-up discussions, Oceans 12, Dune Messiah and what some folks are referring to as the "Kendo's Surprise". We'll be back with another regular episode soon, but here's some content in the meantime to tide you over. Thanks everyone!

Join our bonus episode as we drop some Fast Food Nation follow-up discussions, Oceans 12, Dune Messiah and what some folks are referring to as the "Kendo's Surprise". We'll be back with another regular episode soon, but here's some content in the meantime to tide you over. Thanks everyone! =) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/willis-way/support

Publishing veteran Eamon Dolan—currently Vice President and Executive Editor at Simon & Schuster—has edited hundreds of books, including Eric Schlosser's FAST FOOD NATION, Richard Dawkins' THE GOD DELUSION, and Mary L. Trump's TOO MUCH AND NEVER ENOUGH. He makes his debut as an author next year with THE POWER OF PARTING - which draws on his own experience of physical and psychological abuse in childhood, as well as research on trauma and interviews with other survivors.  In one of Eamon's first interviews about his upcoming book, he discusses the difficult topic and what drew him to it, as well as what it's like to write his own book after thirty years of editing others'; what he looks for in a proposal; and what all the books he acquires have in common. 

Before McDonalds, there was the Horn & Hardart Automat - a chain restaurant featuring  coin-operated glass windows, which opened its first branch in Philadelphia on 12th June, 1902. The business would grow to serve 800,000 people per day. Customers exchanged nickels for dishes including meatloaf, mashed potatoes, and cherry pie. Beautifully designed with marble counters, stained glass, and chrome fixtures, the venues had an upscale ambiance, but catered mainly to working people, with a notable cult following among struggling artists. In this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly explain how union pickets and fast food formats eventually caught up with the enterprise; consider the intense nostalgia still strongly felt by the chain's former customers; and reveal how the whole concept was inspired by a visit to Berlin Zoo… Further Reading: • ‘Meet Me at the Automat' (Smithsonian Magazine, 2001): https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/meet-me-at-the-automat-47804151/ • ‘The Automat: Birth of a Fast Food Nation' (HISTORY, 2012): https://www.history.com/news/the-automat-birth-of-a-fast-food-nation • ‘Hitchcock's Monologue - The Problem With Automat Diners' (CBS, 1958): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE9euHvuhYU Love the show? Support us!  Join 

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Ravi kicks off the episode with a round-up of breaking news: from the latest in Donald Trump's New York hush money trial to OpenAI's new model of GPT and the controversy surrounding Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito and his wife. Then, Eric Schlosser, author of "Fast Food Nation," joins the show to discuss his new documentary, "Food, Inc. 2." They dive into everything from the consolidation and corporate power in the food industry, the role of government subsidies in supporting factory farms, and the negative impact on small and medium-sized farmers to the need for stronger antitrust enforcement and getting money out of politics to address these issues. Leave us a voicemail with your thoughts on the show! 321-200-0570 Subscribe to our feed on Spotify: http://bitly.ws/zC9K Subscribe to our Substack: https://thelostdebate.substack.com/ Follow The Branch on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebranchmedia/ Follow The Branch on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thebranchmedia Follow The Branch on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thebranchmedia The Branch website: http://thebranchmedia.org/ The Branch channel: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/the-branch/id6483055204  Lost Debate is also available on the following platforms:  Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-lost-debate/id1591300785 Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vTERJNTc1ODE3Mzk3Nw  iHeart: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-lost-debate-88330217/ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/752ca262-2801-466d-9654-2024de72bd1f/the-lost-debate

Fast Food Nation author Eric Schlosser says mergers and acquisitions have created food oligopolies that are inefficient, barely regulated and sometimes dangerous. His new documentary with Michael Pollan is Food, Inc. 2. Also, Justin Chang reviews the film The Beast. Keep up with Fresh Air, learn what's coming next week, and get staff recommendations by subscribing to our weekly newsletter. For sponsor-free episodes of Fresh Air — and exclusive weekly bonus episodes, too — subscribe to Fresh Air+ via Apple Podcasts or at https://plus.npr.org/freshairLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Fast Food Nation author Eric Schlosser says mergers and acquisitions have created food oligopolies that are inefficient, barely regulated and sometimes dangerous. His new documentary with Michael Pollan is Food, Inc. 2. Also, Justin Chang reviews the film The Beast. Keep up with Fresh Air, learn what's coming next week, and get staff recommendations by subscribing to our weekly newsletter. For sponsor-free episodes of Fresh Air — and exclusive weekly bonus episodes, too — subscribe to Fresh Air+ via Apple Podcasts or at https://plus.npr.org/freshairLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

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In Episode 353, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about fast food and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect: We finally have Vegas stadium renderings. We also have questions. 2. Everybody Hurts, Springtime: A long list of preseason injuries to go through.3. Zunino TV: Remebering Mike Zunino and I guess the 2013 Mariners.4. Around the Horn: A Brayan Bello extension, minor league deals, and a pitcher still seeking a major league one5. Patrick remembers even more 2013 Mariners in today's game. Five and Dive is listener-supported, you can join our Patreon at patreon.com/fiveanddive. If you want to get in contact with the show, the e-mail address is fiveanddive@baseballprospectus.com.Our theme tune is by Jawn Stockton. You can listen to him on Spotify and Apple Music Spotify: http://bit.ly/JawnStockton_SpotifyApple Music: http://bit.ly/JawnStockton_AM

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This week Dave & Jess dig into the streaming releases to uncover an indie release called How To Blow Up a Pipeline (2022), which the couple paired with a Mezcal Old Fashioned cocktail.  This film made waves on the festival circuit, but does that translate into a good movie to watch on a date night?  Or should this film be blown up by well-meaning if misguided ecoterrorists?With a title like that the movie's sometimes-heavyhanded messaging take up the bulk of the discussion about the movie, but the movie itself is given plenty of coverage as well.  Dave reveals how he first heard about this film through his subscription to the website Defector.com, the movie's similarities to other films such as Fast Food Nation, and other work by the producers included Cam on Netflix.The temps are still hovering around 110 Fahrenheit, but the couple makes plans for spooky season and discuss whether 30 Night of Horror is in the cards this year or not.Thanks for listening! We hope you enjoyed the episode. Please take time to rate the show wherever you listen to your podcasts and follow us on Instagram at DateNightInPodcast. We welcome feedback, suggestions, and cocktail recipes at DateNightInPodcast@gmail.com. Our intro song is from Royalty Free Music from Tunetank.comTrack: Summer Vibes by RedNotehttps://tunetank.com/track/865-summer-vibes/

In this weeks episode I speak to what I have learned from the author of Fast Food Nation, Maester Eric Matthew Schlosser.I wanted to speak to his teachings because in my perspective knowledge is true power, over our bodies and our own volition.   His teaches all aspects of the fast food industry; from its historical perspective, to its business aspects and the humanistic fallout from father industries need for low wage labor. He wrote three books:1.     Fast food2.     Reefer madness3.     Command control: nuclear weapons, the Damascus accident and the illusion of safety that he wrote in 2013This Maester is an American investigative journalist along the lines of the great Upton Sinclair. He was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for history for his most recent book. I speak to what I have learned from his teachings and highly recommended his books.(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Schlosser , 2023) Note: Camino de Santiago Le Puy, communal dining with Victoria at Gite d'etape St. Andre- FranceLet's go, let's get it done. Get more information at: http://projectweightloss.org

To hear the full episode, subscribe at patreon.com/TrueAnonPod ---------- Jared Fogle goes to college — and against all decency and good taste, becomes the Führer of Fast Food Nation. Plus: porno rentals, stalking rumors, a brief history of Subway, Black Jareds, health halos, and more.

A man recently lost 60 pounds eating only McDonalds for 90 days. How did he do it? An iconic brand Jenny Craig is closing its doors. Dietitian Dad discusses the fast food industry and how fast food can be included in your lifestyle. And why the weight loss Industry is in the verge of huge changes. Book recommendation: Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser.

Welcome back for another episode of Nick's Non-fiction with your host Nick Muniz Kids love fast food. And the fast food industry definitely loves kids. But where do fast food hamburgers come from? And what makes those fries taste so good? When Eric Schlosser's best-selling book, Fast Food Nation, was published for adults in 2001, many called for his groundbreaking insight to be shared with young people. Now Schlosser, along with co-writer Charles Wilson, has investigated the subject further, uncovering new facts kids and teens need to know. In Chew On This, they share the fascinating and sometimes frightening truth about what lurks between those sesame seed buns. Subscribe, Share, Mobile links & Time-stamps below! 0:00 Introduction 6:30 About the Author 10:40 Ch1: The Youngster Business 18:05 Ch2: McJobs 26:20 Ch3: The Secret Fries 34:45 Ch4: Meet Your Meat 42:50 Ch5: Have It Your Way 44:10 Next Time & Goodbye! YouTube: https://youtu.be/D3Ze0pBxDQk Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheNiche

In this episode, I will reflect upon the operating processes of the financial planning and wealth management sector as compared to that of fast food production.Important note: Understanding a client's need for returns as well as his ability and his willingness to bear risks must be done before any recommendations are given.The host, Christopher Tan, is Chief Executive Officer of Providend, Singapore's first fee-only wealth advisory firm and author of the book “Money Wisdom: Simple Truths for Financial Wellness”. View the full list of podcast episodes published: https://providend.com/providends-money-wisdom-podcast/ Music courtesy of ItsWatR.

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 577, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: This 'N' That 1: Although born in Florida, Missouri, Mark Twain grew up in this city on the Mississippi River. Hannibal. 2: This reddish spice can be sold in both ground and stick form. Cinnamon. 3: In England the unit of volume roughly equivalent to a quart is spelled this way. Litre. 4: Legend says the Dannebrog, now this country's flag, dropped from heaven during a 1219 battle. Denmark. 5: "It Pays To Enrich Your Word Power" is a feature in this monthly magazine. Reader's Digest. Round 2. Category: Julia Child Says 1: They're easily peeled and the whites are tender when done in a pressure cooker. eggs. 2: "Pain Francais", it goes well with a salad nicoise. French bread. 3: People on diets can cook with wine since this which "carries the calories", gets cooked out. alcohol. 4: If a turkey breast is tough, this was probably done too soon after slaughter. freezing. 5: This French term translates as "high-class cooking". haute cuisine. Round 3. Category: Nyc Street Foods 1: (Sofia is on Park Avenue, enjoying a pretzel, when....) Oops! I forgot to get a side of this traditional yellow condiment. mustard. 2: (Sofia is tasting a Mediterranean delicacy.) This pita contains little balls of this, a deep-fried Mideast treat made from chickpeas or fava beans. falafel. 3: (Sofia is enjoying a foreign potato product.) From the Ukranian for "dumpling", it's the name of the potato product I'm eating. knish. 4: (Sofia holds up a slice of thin-crust pizza.) You can get pizza New York-style or in this thicker style named for an Italian island. Sicilian. 5: (Sofia wraps up our taste of the Big Apple--with a stomache--and a bottle of a well-known product for curing such.) Fortunately, also available in New York is this Procter and Gamble tummy-soothing liquid. Pepto-Bismol. Round 4. Category: The Fall 2001 Tv Season 1: "Criminal intent" is NBC's latest spin-off of this series. Law and Order. 2: The agency in CBS's "The Agency" and behind ABC's "Alias". the Central Intelligence Agency. 3: This actress "Blue" off "NYPD" and headed to "Philly". Kim Delaney. 4: Mr. Holland on film, he became Max Bickford on TV. Richard Dreyfuss. 5: Rose McGowan is the new Halliwell sister on this WB series. Charmed. Round 5. Category: Dynasties 1: "New Yorker" humorist Robert begat novelist Nathaniel, who begat "Jaws" author Peter. Benchleys. 2: Oil magnate John D. begat philanthropist John D., Jr., who begat N.Y. Gov. Nelson, Ark. Gov. Winthrop, etc.. the Rockefellers. 3: Movie producer Darryl begat movie producer Richard. Zanuck. 4: Oscar-winner Ed begat frequent Emmy nominee Ed Jr.. Begley. 5: Louisiana Governor Huey P. begat Louisiana Senator Russell B.. the Longs. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia! Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/ Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 576, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: May Days 1: On May 22, 1992 an era in late-night television ended when he hosted his last "Tonight Show". Johnny Carson. 2: He and Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay conquered Mount Everest May 29, 1953. Sir Edmund Hillary. 3: Partly to e

TV Turned Film, Fast Food Nation, The Top Fast Food Chains in America, and The Hardest Question in the World!

Marcus and Marcelo go back in time to cover the 2006 Cannes Film Festival! That's right, we're talking about the festival where Southland Tales made its debut, and where it was notoriously booed at its screening. They talk about a handful of films there were in competition with Richard Kelly's film that year, including Volver, Fast Food Nation, Pan's Labyrinth, Marie Antionette, Babel, and The Wind that Shakes the Barley. Finally, they give out their own awards!

As Americans, we eat more fast food than any other nation. Cheap, fast, and devastating to our long term health. Variations of the fast food model seem to line every new complex with a new concept disguising themselves as healthy alternatives to the traditional fast food chains we grew up with. But has the lure of the fast food model once reserved for grabbing a quick bite on the go spilled over to every aspect of our lives? The media we consume, the products we purchase, even our relationships have all been given the Fast Food Makeover as we long for quick takes on tradition that used to make this country great. We're slowly transforming into a Fast Food Nation. Have you had your break today? It's time to Disconnect.

As Americans, we eat more fast food than any other nation. Cheap, fast, and devastating to our long term health. Variations of the fast food model seem to line every new complex with a new concept disguising themselves as healthy alternatives to the traditional fast food chains we grew up with. But has the lure of the fast food model once reserved for grabbing a quick bite on the go spilled over to every aspect of our lives? The media we consume, the products we purchase, even our relationships have all been given the Fast Food Makeover as we long for quick takes on tradition that used to make this country great. We're slowly transforming into a Fast Food Nation. Have you had your break today? It's time to Disconnect.

#GeekingOutSeries/Safety101/ChemicalsinFood/1This post is part of the Geeking Out series which presents data-driven information on food and farming, safety in the kitchen, practical science for cooks, cooking techniques and processes and other relevant nerdy stuff that every cook should know.  For the next few weeks, we will be covering topics from the chapter, Safety 101. This is the first of four parts.While the idea of pathogens posing a danger to our health is established knowledge-- we’ve all learned about it in elementary science for one, my reference to many chemicals that are in our food system as “poison” may raise some eyebrows.  I’m referring to three kinds: toxic chemicals that go on our crops such as fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides; are present in our meat and poultry like steroids and antibiotics, and are in ultra processed foods like sugar additives and preservatives. While there’s a growing body of woke citizens, health professionals, scientists, environmental groups and even government agencies like the CDC that acknowledge the toxicity in our food production system, most Americans don’t realize the gravity of the situation for a number of reasons.It’s fairly new. Widespread chemical use in agribusiness is relatively recent, gaining traction only in the mid twentieth century.  The adverse effects caused by chemical fertilizers and additives in our food were not easily identified or immediately apparent, sometimes taking years to diagnose. It’s only in the last decade there’s been broad consensus that sugars, particularly high fructose corn syrup, are linked to obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart disease and cancer.      Corporate greed.  The main reason for the use of chemicals in our food system is to increase efficiency and lower production costs (but not environmental and public health costs), which means bigger profits for companies. Big Business loves its bottom line and will do anything to protect it. Large amounts of money are spent trying to convince the public their products are great or that studies showing harmful effects are conflated. Sound familiar?  We’ve been down this road before with the tobacco industry denying for decades that smoking cigarettes causes cancer. Human nature.  Our tendency towards the path of least resistance means it’s easier not to change old habits or question previously established beliefs, despite growing available data that should convince us otherwise.  Plus, it’s not easy keeping up with food trends --margarine was in, now it’s out; wine was out, now in; coffee is…what now? It doesn’t help we’re bombarded with billions of dollars in unhealthy food advertising, brainwashing us since we were children. Sorting through the muck of false or misleading information is overwhelming.  To top it all, we’re not hardwired to be on red alert if we think the danger posed is far away.  Unlike e coli which could make you sick right away, toxic chemicals in our food system are a slow poison and it’s easy to believe we’re okay until we’re not.  Just like a lobster unaware it’s slowly boiling to death (also a good metaphor for why we’re not all panicking about global warming).Knowledge is key.  Stories can put things in perspective and convince us to take action. I hope that understanding how and why America’s food system is in crisis might be the nudge we all need to make food choices that benefit the planet and ourselves, and not just Big Business.Chemical Fertilizers, Herbicides and PesticidesIt’s impossible to overemphasize the danger posed by many chemicals in our food system.  They are not only toxic to us, but to other animals, the soil, the environment. Why the US is able to legally serve its populace harmful food comes down to corporate greed, how big money can influence government regulations, and insidious marketing that’s shaped culture and tastes predisposed to unhealthy food that keeps corporate coffers full.  For a detailed understanding of America’s food system from production to consumption,  I will defer to a few books that have strongly influenced me over the years:  Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser, Third Plate by Dan Barber and Micheal Pollan’s  Omnivore’s Dilemma and Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation.Monoculture America:  An OverviewMost commercial farming practices monoculture, the cultivation of a single crop in an area.  Think of those sweeping fields of Idaho corn or row after row of potatoes.  It’s ubiquitous and you could be forgiven for thinking this is how farming always was.  But that’s not right.  American Indians and other farmers practiced polyculture, planting diverse crops which were mutually beneficial not only to each other, but to maintaining and building soil health. The Three Sisters of Native American agriculture is one such well-known companion planting of corn, beans and squash. Jo Robinson in her book, Eating on the Wild Side describes:‘The Wyandot people, renamed Hurons by the French were masters of this art.  Each spring, the Wyandot women would walk to a cleared field and spread a mound of fish waste every three or four feet.  They covered the fish with dirt and then planted a few corn seeds in the center of each mound. When the corn leaves reached hand height, they planted beans next to the corn, then sprinkled pumpkin seeds between the mounds. The corn stalks grew tall and sturdy, providing support for the limply twining beans.  The beans made their contribution by drawing nitrogen dioxide out of the air and converting it to a stable form of nitrogen that could be used by all three plants, but especially by the nitrogen-hungry corn.  The broad squash leaves fanned out beneath the corn and beans, preventing weeds from growing, cooling the soil, and slowing the evaporation of water.”The function of the beans to draw out nitrogen dioxide from the air and convert it into a kind of nitrogen plants can use (ammonia and nitrate) is what’s called nitrogen-fixing.  Legumes, clover, lupines are some of the nitrogen-fixers commonly used to replenish the soil.  Another popular companion planting example is the home gardener’s tomatoes-basil combination.  According to the Farmer’s Almanac, not only do they taste good together, but the basil helps increase tomato yield and repels pests like mosquitoes, flies and aphids.In companion planting, not only is there a symbiotic relationship between plants, but the diversity provides insurance of crop survival. Blight might take down corn, but maybe the squash will survive. And when planting is diverse, it’s harder for pests to home in on their favorite food. Vast swaths of single crops are an all-you-can eat buffet waiting to happen.But in the 20th century, a confluence of events propelled America and much of the world’s agriculture into a monoculture landscape dependent on chemical fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides.     In 1909, A German chemist named Fritz Haber discovered a chemical way of “fixing” nitrogen, which is to produce liquid ammonia, the raw material for making nitrogen fertilizer. By 1913, the Haber-Bosch process was used to produce liquid fertilizers in greater quantities and by the time World War II was over, munitions factories which used ammonium nitrate for explosives, could find a new lease in life producing chemical fertilizers, thereby increasing supply and lowering costs to farmers.In the mid-50’s, another scientist, Norman Borlaug bred a variety of dwarf wheat that tripled yield with the use of fertilizers.  The wheat variety, regimen of fertilizers and single crop cultivation (monoculture) were tested in Mexico and then later in India, which was on the brink of a famine. With the template for breeding high-yield crops dependent on fertilizers a huge success, The Green Revolution of the 60’s was born and exported to many parts of the world, including the Philippines, where “miracle” rice, another fast yielding crop, was developed. And this is how monoculture agriculture dependent on chemicals became the norm in American Agriculture.The Ravages of Monoculture AgricultureThe Green Revolution had noble intentions and was a miracle with its bountiful yields, earning Borlaug the 1970 Nobel Peace Prize.  But decades later, we’ve learned what it has cost us. Forcing land to produce more than nature intended with chemical fertilizers is like me having to put in 70 hour work weeks on uppers.  Eventually, both the land and I are going to self-destruct, affecting everything in our wake.  Artificially propped up by speed, I may be able to function temporarily on this mad schedule. But besides the adverse effects on body and mind (if you don’t know what I’m talking about, you need a refresher on Breaking Bad), I’d probably be an insufferable maniac to co-workers and family. It’s a vicious cycle.  An organism builds tolerance over time, so after the initial productivity, more chemicals are required.Land stripped of nutrients and toxic with chemicals becomes sick and unable to protect itself;  plants that grow in this environment are stressed and susceptible to diseases like blight.  Pollinators that feed on the toxic plants become sick and die. Declining bee population is largely linked to pesticides and habitat loss and in the US, winter losses commonly reach 30-50%. And drift-prone weed-killers like dicamba kill valuable food sources for bees—weeds.  Bees have been in serious decline over the last decade.  Pollinators, especially honeybees, are responsible for one in every three bites of food we take, according to the USDA.  You get the picture.  All these fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides are killing our pollinators.But they’re also killing us.  200,000 people die every year of acute pesticide poisoning worldwide, according to a UN report released in 2017.  That doesn’t include chronic illnesses and other diseases attributed to indirect exposure such as in contaminated food. And then there’s Roundup.To be continued…Interested to learn more? Read my companion posts on Cooking Subversive:I Cook to Reclaim My Health Superpowers of the Garden Get full access to Cooking Subversive at cookingsubversive.substack.com/subscribe

We were joined by chief culture reporter for the Independent and co-host of Lost Boys podcast, Jacob Stolworthy, to discuss Richard Linklater's 2006 film, Fast Food Nation. Fast Food Nation stars Paul Dano, Greg Kinnear, Luis Guzmàn, Wilmer Walderrama, Patricia Arquette, Catalin Sandino Moreno, Ethan Hawke, Ana Claudia Talancón, Bruce Willis, Ashley Johnson, Bobby Cannavale, Kris Kristofferson, Avril Lavigne, Esai Morales and more!  You can find Jacob on Twitter (@Jacob_Stol) Please drop us a Five Star Review us at Apple Podcasts. Find us on Twitter and Instagram (@ispauldanook), and drop us an email at ispauldanook@gmail.com

Phil and Jake are joined by returning guest Matt Hock (from Space Cadet & The Explosion) to rank In-N-Out Burger, and word mash-ups aka portmanteaus on the List of Every Damn Thing.Get Space Cadet's record “Lion On A Leash” on Wiretap Records, listen to them on Spotify, and follow them on Instagram (@space_cadet_band). And go to one of their upcoming shows!If you have something to add to the list, email it to list@everydamnthing.net (or get at us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook).SHOW NOTES: In the episode, Phil talks about @tweakseason on TikTok. Phil doesn't have TikTok but he has a summary of @tweakseason's activities on his desk every Monday morning. Here's a youtube compilation it's in the genre of "guy walking around NYC". Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser is a book about fast food in America. We read it a long time ago but we remember it was heavy on the Carl's Jr. One of the last chapters is about how everything they just said about how bad the industry is doesn't really apply to In-N-Out - they pay their workers better, produce better quality food, etc. Shake Shack is a fast-casual hamburger chain based in NYC (which is now nationwide). According to Phil, the burger is better than In-N-Out but it costs three times as much.  We mention Taqueria Diana in Williamsburg again. Go there. Dick's is the place where the cool hang out. The swass like to play, and the rich flaunt clout. It's a burger place in Seattle. In an alternate universe it took off in popularity instead of In-N-Out. Sir Mix-A-Lot is a Seattle-based rapper and HAM radio enthusiast. Waffle House is an all-day breakfast chain based in the Southeast. When fights happen at Waffle House, they often end up on social media. Veggie Grill is a vegetarian fast food chain on the West Coast, as well as in New York and Massachusetts. It's pretty much wherever coastal elites like to be, and it's good food. Taco Time is a Mexican fast food chain in the western U.S., but not California. El Pollo Loco deserves to be ranked later. It's Phil's favorite fast-food chain. "Thighvertising" came up in Phil's search for portmanteaus. He admits Jake was right it should be called “adverthighsing”. James Joyce coined the term “Scandiknavery” in Finnegan's Wake'. It's pretty specific but we're looking forward to using it.  Phil thinks “pegacorn is” a bad one because "Winged Unicorn" just sounds better. Other portmanteaus discussed include “bodacious”, “throuple”, “guesstimate” and “chillax”. After plugging his own shows, Matt makes sure to plug our good friend Dave Hause's upcoming shows in November. ALSO DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:Jesus Christ * Animal Style * French fries * anti-vaxxers * * Popeye's chicken * Steven Seagal * QAnon * war * the Jersey Shore * Alice in Wonderland * Pompeii * goats * Jessica Rabbit * skorts * jorts * jeggings * Watchmen (TV series) * Below are the Top Ten and Bottom Top items on List of Every Damn Thing as of this episode (for the complete up-to-date list, go here).TOP TEN: Dolly Parton - person interspecies animal friends - idea sex - idea Clement Street in San Francisco - location Prince - person It's-It - food Cher - person Pee-Wee Herman - fictional character Donald Duck - fictional character Hank Williams - person BOTTOM TEN:204. Jenny McCarthy - person205. Jon Voight - person206. Hank Williams, Jr - person207. British Royal Family - institution208. Steven Seagal - person209. McRib - food210. war - idea211. cigarettes - drug212. QAnon - idea213. transphobia - ideaTheme song by Jade Puget. Graphic design by Jason Mann. This episode was produced & edited by Jake MacLachlan, with audio help from Luke Janela. Show notes by Jake MacLachlan & Phil Green.Our website is everydamnthing.net and we're also on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.Email us at list@everydamnthing.net. 

The Girls explore the great debate: McDonald's vs Burger King. Amy's ten years old, on the Interstate,  back in the day...ahead is a McDonald's and a Burger King. Where will Amy stop? Was it all about the french fries? Robbie-Ann reports that McDonald's fries were formerly fried in beef tallow but since 1990 fried in vegetable oil, but wait what the heck is beef tallow. Robbie-Ann does a deep dive into beef tallow, literally, and can't unlearn what she found out.  Sidebar: admit you tried eating dog food at least once. Robbie-Ann announces her ten year old self would stop at Burger King on the Interstate, but McDonald's is okay too. Robbie-Ann's mother loving the little onions on the McDonald's burger. Morgan Spurlock's "Super Size Me" backfiring on Robbie-Ann and driving her straight to McDonald's. The magnitude of the McDonald's brand. The Great Fast Food Dream: a Burger King burger with McDonald's fries. Amy discusses the importance of ratio, in fry size, and crunch. The Girls both veto "disc ice" over pebble ice. "Fast Food Nation" - a must read. The fast food business model. The commercials! Robbie-Ann recalls the Bicentennial 1976 Burger King commercial in way too much detail. The grill marks - are they real? Amy explains why a vegan would go in Burger King. The McDonald's Gang: from The Hamburglar to Grimace. Amy's McDonald's Birthday in 1977.  The late night fast food ads that make your mouth water. Ketchup: yes or no? Desserts - the pie slices, the cookies, McDonald's infamous mouth-searing hot apple pies. The McDonald's sundae. The devastation of not getting the dipping sauce with your McNuggets. McDonald's Tempura-like McNuggets vs. Shake N Bake-ish Chicken Tenders at Burger King. Sidebar: honey mustard, worst flavor ever? The fabled 1970s-1980s Burger King Yumbo ham and cheese sub sandwich. The Burger King guy and his various incarnations. Is Ronald McDonald extinct? Robbie-Ann does a deep-dive. Fancy Mayor McCheese. The dual marketing campaigns for kids and adults. Fat Burger King and Hot Burger King. A study of the McDonald's characters. Grimace. His eyebrows, his ambiguous species debated and analyzed worldwide. Back to the burgers. Robbie-Ann's modern day go-to McDonald's order. The giant, hard McDonald's plastic straw. The final word: the Whopper vs. the Big Mac, and "modernizing" the iconic restaurant brand logos.

Bryan is joined by journalist and author Eric Schlosser to discuss the 20th anniversary of his book ‘Fast Food Nation.' They talk through the process of turning his magazine story into a book (2:49), discuss what it was like reporting on the fast food industry from talking to the founder of Carl's Jr. to going undercover at a slaughterhouse (30:20), and then consider how this book has aged 20 years later (1:00:35). Host: Bryan Curtis Guest: Eric Schlosser Associate Producer: Erika Cervantes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Career Q&A with Bobby Cannavale, currently starring in The Lifespan of a Fact moderated by Broadway World's Richard Ridge of "Backstage with Richard Ridge!" New York theatre credits include The Hairy Ape (Drama Desk nomination), The Big Knife, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Motherf**ker With the Hat (Tony nomination, Drama Desk Award), Mauritius (Tony nomination), Hurlyburly, F**king A and The Gingerbread House. He is a member of Labyrinth Theater Company. Cannavale's film credits include I, Tonya; Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle; Ferdinand; Daddy's Home; Ant-Man; Spy; Danny Collins; Annie; Chef; Blue Jasmine; Win Win; The Station Agent; Fast Food Nation; and Romance and Cigarettes. He appears in the upcoming films The Irishman, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Boundaries and Going Places. TV credits include “Mr. Robot,” “Master of None,” “Vinyl,” “Boardwalk Empire” (Emmy Award, SAG nomination), “Nurse Jackie” (two Emmy nominations, SAG nomination) and “Will and Grace” (Emmy Award). Cannavale will soon appear on TV in “Homecoming” and “Angie Tribeca.”

Currently filming and starring opposite Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible 7 (2022) and Mission Impossible 8 (2023), Esai Morales’ robust acting career, starting in the early 80s, includes performing in more than sixty tv shows and sixty movies. Born and raised in Brooklyn, he heard his mother's conversations as a union activist, involved with the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, from an early age. Over the years, Esai has advocated for countless charities and causes including literacy, environment, health, immigration, arts funding, and social justice causes. He currently serves on the Board of Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and was recently a candidate for president of SAG. Esai, a self-proclaimed foodie, believes that food is critical to health which provided interesting conversation and common ground to be uncovered in this episode with host Brad Johnson. Topics of conversation included spending time in Puerto Rico enjoying his cultural roots, how to talk yourself down from the feeling of envy in the world of glamour and fame aka Hollywood, philosophy about life and the meaning of success, appreciation for failures, his process for evaluating what food to eat and the value of detoxing, and the message of Fast Food Nation. * * * Instagram Corner Table Talk and Post and Beam Hospitality LinkedIn Brad Johnson Medium Corner Table Media E.mail brad@postandbeamhospitality.com Corner Table™ is a trademark of Post & Beam Hospitality LLC © Post & Beam Hospitality LLC See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the tradition of Fast Food Nation and The Omnivore's Dilemma, an extraordinary investigation into the human lives at the heart of the American grocery store. The American supermarket is an everyday miracle. But what does it take to run one? What are the inner workings of product delivery and distribution? Who sets the price? And who suffers for the convenience and efficiency we've come to expect? In this rollicking exposé, author Benjamin Lorr pulls back the curtain on this highly secretive industry. Combining deep sourcing, immersive reporting, and compulsively listenable prose, Lorr leads a wild investigation to: Learn the secrets of Trader Joe's success from Trader Joe himself Drive with truckers caught in a job they call “sharecropping on wheels”; Break into industrial farms with activists to learn what it takes for a product to earn certification labels like “rain forest friendly” and “fair trade”; Follow entrepreneurs as they fight for shelf space, learning essential tips, tricks, and traps for any new food business; Journey with migrants to examine shocking forced labor practices through their eyes. The result is a compelling portrait of an industry in flux, filled with the passion, ingenuity, and inequity required to make this piece of the American dream run. The product of five years of research and hundreds of interviews across every level of the industry, The Secret Life of Groceries is essential listening for those who want to understand our food system - delivering powerful social commentary on the inherently American quest for more and compassionate insight into the lives that provide it.

Mike Callicrate is an independent cattle producer, business entrepreneur and political activist. He serves as an outspoken leader in addressing the rural, social and cultural impacts of current economic trends. A native of Evergreen, Colorado, he earned a bachelor's degree in animal science from Colorado State University in 1975 and later moved to St. Francis, Kansas, where he started farming and ranching. In 2000, he formed a value-added meat company called Ranch Foods Direct. The fabrication plant and retail store processes and markets high quality all-natural beef in Colorado Springs and over the Internet at www.ranchfoodsdirect.com. Since the mid-1990s, Mike has been actively involved in social and political efforts to improve the welfare of family farms and to restore effective publicly-regulated markets. Mike has been an advisor for the films Food Inc. and FRESH, and is cited in several books including The Omnivore's Dilemma and Fast Food Nation. You can find him at

A Story Club: Global Politics S2 E1streamed live on FB from the US (San Francisco), India (Dehra Dun) and Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean, Thursdays 12pm EDT | 9am PDT | 9:30pm ISTrepeated Friday on the UNC Network in Trinidad and Tobago 6pm ASTWelcome to Season 2 Episode 1 of A Story Club: Global Politics & Cultures brought to you by Bulletproof Podcast Formula.This is a unique venture, streaming simulataneously from Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean, Dehra Dun in India, and San Franciso in the United States.We speak with people around the world, trying to understand different issues and problems relevant to my own country, Trinidad and Tobago, and also to people in sometimes very similar and sometimes very different situations, cultures, histories, politics, sociology, etc.The goal is to learn from each other, build networks, widen our perspectives, and work for solutions while remaining grounded in our distinctive contexts.Today's episode is titled, "Global and National Food Security in a Post-Covid World"During this covid crisis, it is said that we are all in the same boat. Unfortunately, this is not true: we are all only in the same storm. Some have yachts, others have rafts, and others are drowning.The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) currently puts the number of people at risk of starvation at more than 270 million. This is double the pre-pandemic figure. The COVID crisis has greatly exacerbated the situation for those already suffering from poverty, armed conflict, and other material insecurity.While we track the 12,000+ global daily deaths from coronavirus, we have ignored the 20,000+ globaly daily deaths from hunger that have been deepened by the covid lockdowns.Global food supply chains have been disrupted, as well as the global production and distribution of food. Food security is a major issue.What does this mean for food self-sufficiency? For farmer security? The relative roles of large corporate agriculture and smaller family farms? Food exports and food imports?Today I am honoured to have as my guests Mike Callicrate and Ved Seereeram.Mike Callicrate is an independent cattle producer, business entrepreneur and political activist from Boulder, CO, USA. Mike is a founding member of several farm advocacy groups including the Organization for Competitive Markets, R-CALF and the Kansas Cattlemen's Association. He also was a lead plaintiff in a class action lawsuit against the world's largest meatpacker, IBP, now part of Tyson Foods, alleging unfair and discriminatory marketing practices.Mike has been an advisor for the films Food Inc. and FRESH, and is cited in several books including The Omnivore's Dilemma and Fast Food Nation. He is revered as the “go-to expert” for understanding negative consequences of trends in the modern meat industry.Ved Seereeram is owner of Inverness Sugar Estates, and a former banking executive and financial consultant, from Trinidad and Tobago. Ved worked with Citibank for 8 years and was Managing Director of Citicorp Merchant Bank, before he called them out for banking fraud in the early 2000s, and was featured in Time magazine.Ved has since served in the Senate of Trinidad and Tobago and on several State Boards. He now owns and runs a small sugar estate which produces pancake syrup, muscovado sugar and jaggery/panela, and is very interested in issues of agriculture and social, economic and environmental sustainability. 

In the latest episode of What's Your Limp? Jordan interviews one of his oldest friends, actor Cherami Leigh - who you have seen in Shameless, New Girl, The Mist, Fast Food Nation and more. But her real claim to fame is her extensive voice-over resumé. Cherami has voiced character for Pokemon, Sailor Moon, Borderlands, Street Fighter and, most recently, provided the female player's voice in Cyberpunk 2077.Cherami and Jordan go way back. In fact, they both had the same first paid on-screen acting gig - playing orphans in a Christmas episode of Walker Texas Ranger in the mid-90's. Since then, they crossed paths several times until they starred in an indie film together in 2010 - Beyond the Farthest Star. That's when they really got to know each other and have stayed close friend ever since.Cherami joins Jordan in this episode to discuss her journey as an actor and how she navigated through body insecurities that were a result of unrealistic standards that this industry (and our society) have placed on women. And not just adult women either. The first time Cherami was asked to lose weight for a role was when she was 9... 

The billionaires get down, dirty, and dives (Guy Fieri reference, LOOK IT UP) and learn even more about Fast Food Nation! Sometimes we learn too much and fly too close to the sun but that's the price you pay for great podcasting.

Ben and CJ read "Fast Food Nation"! It's education but daunting! Super fun episode! We talk about Yogi Beat, The Great Emu War, Flamingos with Cankles, Camel Toe is coming back, Schizophrenics and the Matrix, Michael Jordan's Hitler 'stache, homeless Meow Wolf, hot dogs are asses and beaks Ketchup as lube.

Will the real Lady A please stand up? Okay, we are suing you! Moron(s) of the week, a tribute to Mike Golic, and a power tower on Fast Food Restaurants!

Mike Callicrate is the owner Ranch Foods Direct, Callicrate Banders and Callicrate Cattle Company. He is an independent cattle producer, business entrepreneur and political activist, who serves as an outspoken leader in addressing the rural, social and cultural impacts of current economic trends. Since the mid-1990s, Mike has been active in social and political efforts to improve the welfare of family farms and to restore effective publicly regulated markets. He was a founding member of several farm advocacy groups including the Organization for Competitive Markets, R-CALF and the Kansas Cattlemen's Association . He also was a lead plaintiff in a class action lawsuit against the world's largest meatpacker, IBP, now part of Tyson Foods, alleging unfair and discriminatory marketing practices. In recognition of his efforts, he has received the "Westerner of the Year" award from Western Ranchers Beef Cooperative; the first ever Legacy Award from the Kansas Cattlemen's Association; and the Carl L. King Distinguished Service Award from the American Corn Growers Association. Mike has been an advisor for the films Food Inc. and FRESH , and is cited in several books including The Omnivore's Dilemma and Fast Food Nation . He is revered as the "go-to expert" for understanding negative consequences of trends in the modern meat industry. You can find Mike at http://www.mikecallicrate.com/, FB: https://www.facebook.com/mikecallicrate/, Twitter: @MikeCallicrate, and Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/MikeCallicrate.

Mike Callicrate is the owner Ranch Foods Direct, Callicrate Banders and Callicrate Cattle Company. He is an independent cattle producer, business entrepreneur and political activist, who serves as an outspoken leader in addressing the rural, social and cultural impacts of current economic trends. Since the mid-1990s, Mike has been active in social and political efforts to improve the welfare of family farms and to restore effective publicly regulated markets. He was a founding member of several farm advocacy groups including the Organization for Competitive Markets, R-CALF and the Kansas Cattlemen's Association . He also was a lead plaintiff in a class action lawsuit against the world's largest meatpacker, IBP, now part of Tyson Foods, alleging unfair and discriminatory marketing practices. In recognition of his efforts, he has received the "Westerner of the Year" award from Western Ranchers Beef Cooperative; the first ever Legacy Award from the Kansas Cattlemen's Association; and the Carl L. King Distinguished Service Award from the American Corn Growers Association. Mike has been an advisor for the films Food Inc. and FRESH , and is cited in several books including The Omnivore's Dilemma and Fast Food Nation . He is revered as the "go-to expert" for understanding negative consequences of trends in the modern meat industry. You can find Mike at http://www.mikecallicrate.com/, FB: https://www.facebook.com/mikecallicrate/, Twitter: @MikeCallicrate, and Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/MikeCallicrate. This episode is hosted by MeatRx coach Amber. Find her at https://meatrx.com/product/amber-w/

What does a still photographer do on a film set? That's the question we dive into on this week's episode. We are thrilled this week to be joined by Matt Lankes, the photographer behind the book Boyhood: Twelve Years on Film. Matt has worked on a number of movies including Boyhood (2014), A Scanner Darkly (2006) and Fast Food Nation (2006). He tells Andrew some of his favorite experiences from the set of Boyhood, and what exactly his job is on a film production. LINKS Matt Lankes on IMDB Matt Lankes on Instagram MattLankes.com Boyhood: Twelve Years on Film on Amazon Boyhood - Criterion Collection Boyhood on IMDB Stream Boyhood on Netflix OUR SPONSOR Apauling Productions www.apaulingproductions.com CONNECT WITH US Instagram Facebook Twitter Stardust Andrew's Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/asweat08/ Drew's Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/drewfoote91/ Support the show Email us at Andrew@ArthouseGarage.com

Unlike what's said in highly dramatized Hollywood shockumentaries, fast food is not especially unhealthy.