A&W Canada with Jessica McKenna and Zach Reino (LIVE)
Doughboys
Headgum / Doughboys Media
4.8 • 5.4K Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2020
⏱️ 103 minutes
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Summary
The 'boys are joined by Jessica McKenna and Zach Reino (Off Book) to review the Canadian burger and root beer institution, A&W. Plus, a Canadian Snack or Wack. Recorded live at the Rio Theatre in Vancouver.
Sources for this week's intro:
Making Medicare: The History of Health Care in Canada, 1914-2007
https://www.historymuseum.ca/cmc/exhibitions/hist/medicare/medic01e.html
The Birth of Medicare
https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/the-birth-of-medicare
A Not-So-Straight Story
https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/28/a-not-so-straight-story/
Canada & The United States (Bizzarre Borders Part 2)
https://www.cgpgrey.com/blog/canada-the-united-states-bizarre-borders-part-2
A&W Restaurant History!
http://www.aw-drivein.com/aw-restaurant-history/
A&W wants cage-free eggs in 2 years and that means rapid change for farmers
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/aw-cage-free-1.3487744
Restaurant chain celebrates 50 years of rings, root beer
The National Zero Waste Council
http://www.nzwc.ca/about/council/Pages/default.aspx
Our Story, Is A Good One.
https://web.aw.ca/en/our-values
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is a head gum podcast. |
| 0:03.4 | Hey Mitch, cold turkey may be great on sandwiches, but there's a better way to break your bad habits. |
| 0:09.9 | Well I like turkeys great on sandwiches, I love it on there, but hey, we're not talking about some weird mind voodoo from your crazy neighbor or you're knowing auntie. |
| 0:18.8 | That's right. |
| 0:19.8 | Food this way. |
| 0:20.8 | And shut up. |
| 0:22.2 | Shut up. |
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| 1:20.5 | Looks nice. |
| 1:21.2 | Looks nice as hell. |
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