Benjamin Lorr / "The Secret Life of Groceries"
Talk of Ages
Mike Tully
4.9 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 5 March 2022
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Author Benjamin Lorr discusses "The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket".
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| 0:00.0 | Okay, you ready to start this show? |
| 0:03.0 | You're supposed to eat me. It's really funny, dude. |
| 0:07.0 | I forgot his last name, but I've seen him before. |
| 0:10.0 | He's really funny. Get up from Mike. |
| 0:13.0 | Yay! |
| 0:16.0 | Coming to you live on tape from an above ground basement |
| 0:21.0 | in rapidly gentrifying Culver City, adjacent California, |
| 0:26.0 | boasting a partially obstructed view of the world-famous Hollywood sign. |
| 0:31.0 | This is The Tully Show. |
| 0:33.0 | I am your host, Mike Tully, joining me today, |
| 0:37.0 | a journalist and author whose most recent book shines a light on both the triumphs |
| 0:42.0 | and the city underbelly of an industry very near and dear to my heart, |
| 0:47.0 | entitled The Secret Life of Rosaries, |
| 0:50.0 | the dark miracle of the American supermarket. |
| 0:54.0 | Hello and welcome, Benjamin Moore. |
| 0:57.0 | Hey, so nice to be here. |
| 1:00.0 | Thank you for joining me. |
| 1:01.0 | I have been so excited. |
| 1:02.0 | I talked to people about books that are about no offense, |
| 1:06.0 | issues that kind of matter in the world, |
| 1:08.0 | and I'm like, when can I get through these |
| 1:10.0 | so I can talk to the guy about Trader Joe's? |
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