Banana Republic: Overpriced khaki-wear or bloody capitalist coups d'état? Yes. Nat peels into the sordid history of bananas, republics, and a real life game of monopoly, while Cass follows up with badass broad, Sarah Winnemucca, who just wants the US Government to follow through... just this once.

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Samuel Zemurray Banana Man

Sarah Winnemucca

Leaders of the banana plantations worker’s strike in Colombia

Map of Banana Farms (per Chiquita)

The Fish that Ate The Whale book

SOURCES:

Banana Republics: NPR, Pitt.Edu, Harvard Business Review Cold Call Podcast, Financial Times, Sam O'Nella Academy on Youtube, Medium

Sarah Winnemucca: Smithsonian Magazine, Brittanica, wiki

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Original Theme: Garreth Spinn

Original Art: Sarah Cruz

About this podcast:

Shared History, is a comedy podcast and history podcast in one. Hosted by Chicago comedians, each episode focuses on obscure, overlooked and underrepresented historical events and people.

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