CLASSIC: The Curious Rise of SPAM
Ridiculous History
iHeartPodcasts
4.3 • 4.4K Ratings
🗓️ 21 June 2025
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Nowadays the iconic 'SPAM' logo is recognized around the world -- whether you're traveling in the US state of Minnesota or Busan, Korea, you'll more often than not run into a couple of Spam cans in the local grocery store. But what made this particular processed meat so popular? Join Ben, Noel and special guest, Savor cohost Anney Reese as they explore the strange circumstances that paved the way for the rise of Spam in this week's Classic episode.
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| 0:00.0 | fellow ridiculous historians, we're going to say it. |
| 0:03.0 | We hope this doesn't ruffle too many feathers. |
| 0:05.6 | We are big fans of spam. |
| 0:07.6 | Boy, are we ever. |
| 0:09.5 | Just, I don't know, man. |
| 0:10.5 | I don't love it to eat necessarily, but I love the concept of it. |
| 0:14.1 | And I did recently have a spam musubi, which is like a little Hawaiian kind of spam sushi roll situation. |
| 0:21.0 | Yeah, spam musubi is crazy good. |
| 0:24.0 | And if you've ever spent time in Hawaii or maybe in Korea or even Japan, |
| 0:30.5 | you know that spam is a global phenomenon. |
| 0:34.5 | It is darn near ubiquitous in Hawaii. And yeah, it's not for everyone. It is a processed meat. |
| 0:42.8 | And learning about how that meat is processed may turn you off of the stuff. But luckily, in today's |
| 0:49.8 | classic episode, we are joined with our legendary, dear friend of our show, dear friend in our |
| 0:57.1 | personal lives, the co-host and co-creator of Saver, Annie Reese. She's going to help us understand |
| 1:03.8 | just how ridiculous the origin of spam actually is. It is indeed. So let's roll that beautiful spam footage. |
| 1:13.2 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 1:17.8 | In 2012, 16-year-old Brian Herrera was gunned down in broad daylight on his way to do homework. |
| 1:24.9 | No suspects. |
| 1:25.9 | No witnesses. |
| 1:27.0 | No justice. I would ask my husband, do you want me to stop? He was like, homework. No suspects. No witnesses. No justice. |
| 1:28.1 | I would ask my husband, |
| 1:29.2 | do you want me to stop? |
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