Big Parma

Ridiculous History

iHeartPodcasts

History, Society & Culture

4.3 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 December 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Stuffed crust pizza. Grilled cheese burritos. How did so much cheese get into so many things? On today's episode, we peel back the curtain on the Dairy Industrial Complex — AKA Big Parma.

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0:00.0	Once upon a time, Amazon Music met audiobooks and listeners everywhere rejoiced.
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0:28.2	start listening terms apply this is an i heart. Welcome back to very special episodes.
0:39.7	So glad you're here.
0:40.8	My name is Jason English.
0:42.4	Today, Dana, Zarin, and I have something extra very special in store for you.
0:47.5	We have two very special guest stars from elsewhere in the IHeart Cinematic Universe.
0:52.3	Our good friends Ben Bolin and Alex French are going to be
0:54.8	taking the mic. This one starts with a simple question. How the f*** did cheese get in everything?
1:01.0	From stuffed crust pizza to Got Milk ads to that famous West Wing episode. These guys cover a ton of
1:06.4	ground. Ben and Alex are a great team. They'll be back on this feed throughout 2025, popping in here and there.
1:14.4	We haven't recorded their next episode yet, or else I would end today's show with a post-credit scene, but I will give you one spoiler.
1:22.3	It starts in a Waffle House. That's a food story for another day. Today, we're talking Big Parma.
1:30.5	The year is 1995. Coolio has a massive radio hit with Gangsta's Paradise. Bruce Willis's
1:39.4	diehard, with a vengeance, is king of the international box office.
1:44.7	The internet is privatized.
1:46.7	AOL and prodigy usher forth the birth of the information age.
1:51.5	OJ is acquitted.
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