Fake Fruit, Preservation and Consequences: The Wide World of Produce Conspiracies
Stuff They Don't Want You To Know
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4.2 • 11K Ratings
🗓️ 4 September 2024
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Modern civilization is far from perfect, but it's still pretty amazing how we can often order produce from around the world, right to our doors, even if it's out of season. How does this happen? What makes it possible to preserve fruit far past its natural time -- and are there hidden consequences involved? In tonight's episode, Ben, Matt and Noel explore the wide world of produce conspiracies.
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| 0:00.0 | From UFOs to psychic powers and government conspiracies history is riddled with unexplained events. |
| 0:07.0 | You can turn back now or learn the stuff they don't want you to know. |
| 0:12.0 | A production of I-Heart Radio. Hello welcome back to the show my name is Matt my name is no. They call me Ben. We're joined as always with our super producer Paul Mission Control Decott. Most importantly, you are you, you are here. That makes this the stuff they don't want you to know. We were talking about this a little bit off air. What is your |
| 0:46.2 | favorite fruit, gentlemen? I like a raspberry, a nice fresh raspberry, fresh in quotation fingers I guess today but I have I usually don't have too much |
| 0:56.3 | trouble with getting a nice juicy raspberry I also used to be really kind of |
| 0:59.8 | freaked out by strawberries but now I love them when they're when they're right |
| 1:03.8 | Mm I'm not gonna explain what freaked me out of it's too to random |
| 1:08.1 | Okay, well I'm scared of strawberries |
| 1:12.1 | I'm changing mind from our discussion by the way because I forgot about a |
| 1:16.2 | delicious juicy incredible black or red grape that is probably one of my favorites I don't F with grapes I don't have with grapes |
| 1:27.6 | something about the pop it it's a texture thing for me yeah it gets to me. to me. |
| 1:33.0 | A naturally ripened grape. |
| 1:35.0 | The caviar of the vine, they call it. |
| 1:38.0 | No one calls it that. |
| 1:40.0 | It's someone might. |
| 1:41.0 | You do. |
| 1:42.0 | What's yours, Ben? Oh gosh, well I'm super basic, Matt. |
| 1:45.0 | I'm glad you asked, obviously the Pineapple. |
| 1:48.0 | Good choice. |
| 1:50.0 | That's not basic at all. |
| 1:51.0 | That's the fanciest of fruits. |
| 1:53.0 | We'll get into it later. |
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