Bottled Water

Flightless Bird

David Farrier

Comedy, Flightless Bird, Documentary, Society & Culture, David Farrier

5 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

This week on Flightless Bird, David sets out to understand America’s obsession with bottled water. Joined by Monica, he tries to figure out why tap water just won’t cut it in many US States, leading Americans to spend billions on bottled water every year. David talks to author and scientist Peter Gleick about tap water myths, and how some bottled water companys have accidentally added things like arsenic and cricket parts to their bottled creations. We discover why a new sports stadium purposefully didn’t install enough public water fountains, and get to the bottom of whether carcinogenic chemicals leech from plastic bottles creating a deathtrap.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	I'm David Ferrier, a New Zealander who ended up accidentally marooned in America, and I want to grasp what makes this country tick.
0:08.5	Now ever since I got here, I can't stop thinking about America's obsession with bottled water.
0:14.3	Every time I go to get groceries, I can guarantee I'll see someone struggling with a massive
0:18.7	crate of Disani's.
0:20.5	Middle-aged mother of four throwing liters of the stuff into the back of their
0:23.8	SUV like they're prepping for the apocalypse.
0:26.8	You get to a hotel, open the fridge, and there they are,
0:30.5	bottles and bottles of branded water.
0:34.7	Since Pirier first arrived in the 1970s, bottled water continues to sort to new heights.
0:41.0	An American guzzles back about 45 gallons of this stuff every year.
0:45.6	It's the most popular American beverage and it's big business.
0:49.9	Every year the two biggest brands generate more than a billion dollars each.
0:54.3	Land of the free?
0:55.6	No, this is the land of expensive bottled water.
0:59.5	And I want to understand why everyone is paying five dollars for something that's literally free from the tap.
1:06.2	So get those parched lips ready to take a great big sip of H2O.
1:11.2	This is the Bottled Water episode.
1:14.0	Flightless.
1:16.0	Flightless.
1:18.0	Bird Touchdown in America.
1:22.0	I'm a fly-less bird touchdown in America.
1:24.0	I'm a fly-less bird touch down in America.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from David Farrier, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of David Farrier and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.