Attack of the Killer Tomatoes - A New England Legends Podcast

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4.6 • 627 Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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In the early 1800s, most New Englanders believed tomatoes were deadly poison. Then Newport, Rhode Island, artist Michele Felice Cornè dared to prove everyone wrong—changing American diets forever. But was there more to the story of this so-called “killer fruit”? Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore Cornè’s legacy, his home that still stands today, and how one brave man took on centuries of superstition—one bite at a time. Attack of the Killer Tomatoes - A New England Legends Podcast Listen ad-free plus get early access and bonus episodes at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/NewEnglandLegends⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For more episodes join us here each Monday or visit their website to catch up on the hundreds of tales that legends are made of. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ournewenglandlegends.com/category/podcasts/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Jeff Belanger here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://jeffbelanger.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ PLEASE SUPPORT THE ADVERTISERS THAT SUPPORT THIS SHOW Happiness Experiment - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://go.happinessexperiment.com/begin-aff-o2?am_id=podcast2025&utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=michael⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Factor Meals - Get 50% off your first order & Free Shipping at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.FactorMeals.com/p6050off⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & use code: P6050off at checkout Mint Mobile - To get your new wireless plan for just $15 a month, and get the plan shipped to your door for FREE, go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.MintMobile.com/P60⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Shadow Zine - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://shadowzine.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Love & Lotus Tarot - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://lovelotustarot.com/

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0:00.0	This is it. The world, as you know, it is over. Completely done. It's not about to be over. It's over.
0:09.1	Some of the scientists who helped build AI are now sounding the alarm.
0:13.5	I was selling AI as a great thing for decades, and I was wrong. I was wrong. There's a longer term existential threat
0:24.4	that will arise when we create digital beings that are more intelligent than ourselves. We have
0:30.1	no idea whether we can stay in control. While others say that AI will usher in unfathomable abundance,
0:36.6	I've always believed that it's going to be
0:38.2	the most important invention that humanity will ever make.
0:41.2	This really will be a world of abundance.
0:44.0	And among these fears and these fantasies,
0:46.6	we seek the story of our future.
0:49.4	Listen to the last invention
0:51.2	on Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music,
0:53.5	or wherever you get your podcast.
1:01.5	Ooh, nice garden, Jeff.
1:03.1	Thank you so much.
1:04.3	I do this every year, and I always start in the spring, and I've got so much ambition.
1:09.3	You know, imagining I could definitely be a farmer post-apocalypse. Yeah, I'm sure you'd be great at that. Well, at least the tomatoes are coming in nicely. Even I can't mess that up. Oh, I love garden fresh tomatoes. So do I, which is why I usually plant the most of those. And there's nothing like them, right? I mean, John Denver even wrote a song called Homegrown Tomatoes. Little salt, little pepper. Mmm, the best. I agree. And it's why we do the work
1:33.9	each summer. Uh, so Ray, would you like a tomato? Sure. They look great. Are you sure? Well, I think so.
1:44.8	Why? Well, there think so. Why?
1:49.6	Well, there was a time not that long ago when people thought tomatoes were poisonous.
1:50.8	Come on.
1:52.6	No, they did. They were sure of it.
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