SPAM on the Range
Podcast |
The Experiment
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
History
Society & Culture
USA
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Documentary
Government
History
Society & Culture
Publication Date |
Jan 27, 2022
Episode Duration |
00:02:04

America, shall I compare thee to a can of SPAM? Thou art more decadent, salty and sweet, container of even greater mystery. In this three-part series, some of the meatiest questions the United States faces about how we work for the food we eat play out in the story of special processed American meat. The Experiment embarks on a remarkable journey to the heart of SPAM—from remote Philippine provinces, where American GIs disseminated the American dream through cans of SPAM, to Austin, Minnesota, SPAMtown U.S.A., where SPAM employed generations of meatpackers, and tore the town apart. SPAM inspired aspirations and opened wounds in the American worker’s psyche that we still yearn for and ache from today. 

SPAM: How the American Dream Got Canned. New weekly episodes start February 3.

A transcript of this episode is available. 


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