Cranberry Sauce | From Controversy to Canned Creation (TSB132)
Release Date: 11/22/2018
Update on the show + Audiobook link
The Story Behind
Thank you to everyone who came by over the past few months while I recorded the audiobook of The Story Behind. The audiobook is available on Audible and you can get that at this link: In addition, for those who saw the Live recordings in The Story Behind Discussion Group, you know I realized there were a number of errors in the printed book as I was reading through it. I am so grateful to my publishers who will be updating future printed copies with the corrections, as well as the eBook versions. While I wish the actual podcast could continue as it once was, I...
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Every time I use the subject of today’s episode, my husband is quick to point out how I shouldn’t. He loves to tell me about all the injuries this common household item causes, and as much as a lot of what I do depends on my hearing, I can’t help but continue to use it now and again. And I’m sure you do too. You’re listening to The Story Behind: The Extraordinary History of the Ordinary. I’m your host, Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind Cotton Swabs. Let's get social! The Story Behind Discussion Group: The Story Behind Facebook Page: The Story Behind on Instagram: The...
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Son of a Gun - Operation Switcharoo
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info_outlineThis past year has been one of the busiest I’ve ever had. I could never have imagined two years ago that starting this podcast would have brought me the most amazing listeners in the world or that they would go from listeners to the best book launch team I could have imagined.
Since we’re celebrating Thanksgiving in the United States this week, I wanted to take a moment to tell you how thankful I am for everything you’ve done for me and this podcast.
From sharing the show with your friends and family, to writing such kind words and Amazon reviews for The Story Behind book, to supporting the show on Patreon, and for all those times you’ve shared trivia you’ve learned on the show or shared trivia back with me.
I hope your holiday season is a happy one. And I look forward to seeing where The Story Behind goes in 2019, because you’ve proven that even though I write and produce the show, you are actually what makes the show great. So, thank you!
I hope listeners in the United States had a lovely Thanksgiving and hopefully can have some fun conversation about today’s topic while eating the leftovers.
You’re listening to The Story Behind: The Extraordinary History of the Ordinary. I’m your host, Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind Cranberry Sauce.
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- This Man Made the First Canned Cranberry Sauce - Smithsonian
- Cranberries: The Most Intriguing Native North American Fruit - The American Phytopathological Society
- Canned cranberry sauce, explained - Vox
- Cranberries, a Thanksgiving Staple, Were a Native American Superfood - National Geographic
- Made in Jersey - Cranberries: New Jersey's contribution to Thanksgiving dinner - NJ.com
- 10 facts you may not know about N.J. cranberries - NJ.com
- The Cranberry Industry and Ocean Spray Cooperative: Lessons in Cooperative Governance - Food System Research Group
- How Canned Cranberry Jelly Became a Thanksgiving Icon - Kitchn
- The dark and sordid history behind America’s obsession with cranberries - Quartz
- History of Our Thanksgiving Meal - Organic Authority
- Beatles Myths - The Internet Beatles Album
- Cranberries - Band Name Explained
- The Cranberries - AllMusic
- The Great Thanksgiving Cranberry Scare Of 1959 - Forbes
- The Great Cranberry Scare of 1959 - The New Yorker
- Could The Delaney Clause Rear Its Head Yet Again? - The FDA Law Blog
- The 1st Great Chemical Cancer Scare? Cranberries, Thanksgiving 1959 - American Council on Science and Health
- Cranberry Study Shows Flaws in Research - Healthline
- 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Cranberries and Cranberry Bogs Slideshow - The Daily Meal
- Irrigation Return Flow or Discrete Discharge? Why Water Pollution From Cranberry Bogs Should Fall Within the Clean Water Act’s NPDES Program - Environmental Law Review
- Your Thanksgiving cranberry sauce is poisoning Native American lands - The Guardian
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