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Today, Farz takes us on a journey through the history of the US Food System. We'll talk about who owns what, what they want you to eat, and why they want you to eat it!

Don't forget to start prepping for your Victory Garden, America! 

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Do you remember October 1987? If you were around, there is no way that you missed the live CNN coverage of Jessica McClure stuck in a well (essentially, an 8-inch pipe; "well" is generous) in Midland, TX. It was the second time that CNN's live reporting attracted millions of viewers (the first was when The Challenger exploded the year before). May we also suggest watching 'Everybody's Baby' the TV movie with Patty Duke! The YouTube we link to has commercials! It's great.

Happy to report that Jessica is thriving today! 

Photos from People -> 

Baby Jessica: 30 Years After Being Rescued From The Well | PEOPLE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksZMIvHNeJ0 - 

Everybody’s Baby - 1989

https://youtu.be/4WVY4evvRaM?si=8IynMR-jFIaB3H9h

this version has COMMERCIALS! 

• News! Tiananmen Square
• VHS players
• Toyota Carola 
• Salon Selectives
• “Real Food” which means beef - with Julia Louis Dreyfus and Lauren Bacall 

Here’s the house - https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/3309-Tanner-Dr-Midland-TX-79703/50140151_zpid/

COLUMN ONE : A Hero’s Fame Leads to Tragedy : Helping to pull little Jessica McClure from a Texas well made firefighter Robert O’Donnell a star. But the limelight soon turned to darkness. - https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-05-24-mn-5474-story.html

Photos from - 

https://www.biography.com/celebrities/baby-jessica

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In today's bonus episode, Taylor talks with formerly incarcerated firefighter Brett Crawford. We reached out to Brett from a comment he left on a very 'gotcha' headline from the NY Times. He graciously spent some time with us to talk about his experiences in prison and in recovery. In times like the LA Fires, the news is so hectic, and we hope this can help us all understand our shared humanity just a little bit better.

Follow Brett here - https://www.instagram.com/brettcrawfordinc/

https://www.surr3al.com/

Learn more about the Delancy Street Foundation - https://www.delanceystreetfoundation.org/

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Let's talk about one of the worst Naval disasters in US history. At the end of WWII, the United States needed to get the uranium for the atomic bomb closer to Japan. Enter the USS Indianapolis - a ship that was just repaired from a kamikaze attack in the Battle of Okinawa. Nobody onboard knew what their mission or cargo was, but it was completed without incident.

HOWEVER, on the way back to Guam they were spotted by a submarine. 6 torpedos, with 2 hits later it's going to be a harrowing 4 days in the water.

There are sharks! There are mental breakdowns! There are insane amounts of human suffering... As Quint said in Jaws "So, eleven hundred men went into the water. 316 men come out, the sharks took the rest."

USS Indianapolis Survivor [Edgar Harrell] Relives Horrifying Experience | Memoirs Of WWII #38 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MiEAkuRV7I

https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/edgar-harrell-obituary?pid=198606682&page=2

Last Podcast on the left - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-461-uss-indianapolis/id437299706?i=1000549629796

Indianapolis: The True Story of the Worst Sea Disaster in U.S. Naval History and the Fifty-Year Fight to Exonerate an Innocent Man - by Lynn Vincent and Sara Vladic - https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/indianapolis-the-true-story-of-the-worst-sea-disaster-in-us-naval-history-and-the-fifty-year-fight-to-exonerate-an-innocent-man_lynn-vincent_sara-vladic/18654203/item/33897014/

https://gcaptain.com/10-things-to-remember-if-youre-shipwrecked/

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Well, well, well! Why do we do all the festivities around a presidential inauguration anyway? Today, let's look at some of the most famous speeches and learn the history behind the US Presidential transfer of power, from Washington's inauguration in downtown NYC to the tradition of leaving a letter for your successor! Some of our favorites will include FDR's jab at Hoover and JFK's subtle nods at Eisenhower! 

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Ew. You've heard this story but not the details! Stella was in New Mexico on Feb 27, 1992 when she stopped for a coffee at McDonald's. She then spilled the coffee in her lap -- and OMG the injuries are horrific. She sued McDonald's (as she should have because, again, OMG)

Then we spent the 90s making fun of her because, of course, coffee is hot. We were terribly terribly wrong. This coffee wasn't hot, the McDonald's coffee of the 90s was lava-level dangerous. Google at your own risk. 

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In an effort to try to understand WTF is going on as Los Angeles burns, Taylor spent a lot of time this week looking for misinformation and trying to find facts in this mess. It's wildly complicated; we're glad we don't work in accounting for a state or large city. One thing is for sure thank you Cal Fire for all you are doing to stop this disaster. 

One thing that stood out is that 800 or so of the firefighters in LA right now are currently incarcerated. We go back to the 13th Amendment, which says that essentially, slavery & indentured servitude can be used as punishment for a crime. This is still the case in California, where just this November, people voted 'No' on Prop 6 that would have removed 'Slavery' from California.

Back in LA, about 800 incarcerated people fight wildfires. They are paid, although very, very little, and they are part of the California Conservation Camp program. It's a tough job, and we are so grateful that they are doing it. It's again back to the budget; where does CA's 130k per prisoner every year go? How can the system support these firefighters to become actual firefighters after they are released? So many other resources are needed to move forward.

Anyway! Let us know what you think! 

GoFundMe Donation Page – https://www.gofundme.com/c/act/wildfire-relief/california

Anti Recidivism - https://antirecidivism.org/

Who caused the LA fires? Blame swirls amid tragedy. - https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/01/10/california-wildfires-who-to-blame/77593196007/

https://www.drought.gov/topics/soil-moisture

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Ana_winds

That’s not right politics - https://www.instagram.com/reel/DErGsZMsU9A/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

LA Times - https://www.instagram.com/reel/DErBUFNRSjH/?igsh=NjZiM2M3MzIxNA==

Lacontroller - https://www.instagram.com/lacontroller/?hl=en

Fire fighters https://www.instagram.com/reel/DEqrBKLvXrq/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

 

Pod save America https://www.instagram.com/p/DEs7XapSIuB/?img_index=1&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DEsnC-eh6BY/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

 

FACT CHECK: Oregon fire engines allowed to fight wildfires in California - https://katu.com/news/local/fact-check-oregon-fire-engines-allowed-to-fight-wildfires-in-california

CA Voter Guide 2024 - https://vig.cdn.sos.ca.gov/2024/general/pdf/complete-vig.pdf

https://voterguide.sos.ca.gov/propositions/6/arguments-rebuttals.htm

California prisoners are battling wildfires in long-running and controversial practice - https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/california-wildfires-incarcerated-firefighters-2025#do-they-completely-choose-what-they-do

https://antirecidivism.org/

https://www.charitynavigator.org/ein/462140915?donateNow=true&source=searchAutocomplete

https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/facility-locator/conservation-camps/

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This is one to sit out if you are scared of the ocean! Today, Farz tells the story behind 'Open Water' and how Tom & Eileen Lonergan went diving at the Great Barrier Reef and never came back.

A nightmare.

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Co-Host Taylor interviews her dad, Mark, who was born in 1953! We talk DDT trucks, the Polio Vaccine, and what it was like to just not have to worry about it anymore! 

Were you at any of our historical events??? We'd love to interview you too! 

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Hello 2025! Let's start talking about all the work that went into the Polio vaccine & our current mostly polio-free world! From an endemic disease that had been around for all time to the resurgence in the 1900s, Polio was a 'childhood' disease that people just expected to happen. Until our dear FDR was afflicted, and the March of Dimes changed philanthropy forever. Learn about fundraising, testing, and the two different polio vaccines this week with us on Doomed to Fail! 

Some sources:

Polio: An American Story by David M. Oshinsky - https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/polio-an-american-story_david-m-oshinsky/278057/item/10370684/#edition=3607391&idiq=3905481

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/health/robert-f-kennedy-jr-polio-vaccines.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1921/09/16/archives/fd-roosevelt-ill-of-poliomyelitis-brought-on-special-car-from.html

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