This week we conclude the Coney Island summer series with the story of how 3 rival entrepreneurs pushed each other to the limit in a battle for the public's attention and how, in true Coney Island fashion, it culminated in a gigantic fire. A listener email explains why you always feel the need to "crunch out a butt steak" as soon as you walk into a bookstore.

Episode Tabs:

Coney Island Was Once Full of Dueling, Backstabbing Theme Parks

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/coney-island-history

Listener Tabs:

A Doctor Explains Why Bookstores Make Some People Feel the Need to Poop

https://www.menshealth.com/health/a35767860/bookstores-poop-mariko-aoki-phenomenon-doctor-explains/

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