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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

CLASSIC: The Wide World of Food Conspiracies, Part II

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.211K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2026

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Food is one of the few things that unites the human species -- so it's no surprise the world of food is chock-full of conspiracies. In today's episode, the guys return to the world of conspiracy and cuisine, fielding some of the strangest, most disturbing urban legends and rumors about everything from fast food to livestock and more.

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0:00.0

fellow conspiracy realist, this one is for everybody who likes to have a snack while they're listening to their favorite podcast.

0:07.6

Gotta eat, Ben says, via checkers.

0:10.5

You don't have to eat checkers, but you do have to eat to sustain your body.

0:15.8

Yes.

0:16.9

Guys, honestly, I can't remember all the stuff we talk about in this one.

0:19.9

I do recall as a bit of a grab bag from all of the things we had been hearing over the course of most of that year in 2020.

0:29.8

There's so many different rumors about food.

0:32.5

2020.

0:33.0

They found their way onto social media, and particularly because we're all going through

0:39.1

this weird pandemic thing for a while and we're thinking more about the food, how it gets

0:43.5

in our house.

0:44.4

Do you wash it?

0:45.6

Doesn't the pandemic just seem charming comparatively now?

0:48.5

I don't know.

0:49.2

Maybe that's a hot take.

0:50.6

I am going to say it.

0:52.1

Bring me back to the golden days of the pandemic.

0:55.2

If you are in our audience, we trust you in transparency is key.

1:00.9

Having a bunch of people locked inside their houses was actually very good for podcasting.

1:05.7

It was great for podcasting.

1:06.9

I don't mean to make light.

1:07.8

I know people lost their lives and it was a horrific time.

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