I'm David Farrier in New Zealand are accidentally marooned in America, and I want to figure out what makes this country tick.

Now we've done a few food episodes in this show because let's face it, Americans love eating.

From pizza to hot dogs to burgers, America is as passionate about its diet

as it is about its flag.

But there's been an important food item missing

from the flightless bird food chain. A hole, so to speak. A donut

hole, if you will. Oh no. Go nuts.

Hmm.

Oh, how hot.

Hey, Thomas, slow down, you're gonna choke or something.

Don't tell me how do we do it.

Oh, gosh. It's a cold hard fact that Americans eat over 10 billion donuts every year.

Each American listening to this podcast will gobble down an average of 63 donuts each over the coming year.

I wanted to understand America's relationship to the donut, from the giant chains to the smallest standalone stores. I wanted to know if cops... and Duncan Donuts products in public, like some kind of donut goblin.

So get ready to fry up some dough and cover it in massive amounts of sugar.

Because this is the Donuts episode.

Flightless.

Flightless.

Flightless bird touch down in America.

I'm a flightless bird touch down in America. Do you have strong feelings on donuts?

Do you have strong feelings on donuts, Monica? Do you eat a lot of donuts? Do you eat 60 plus a year?

That is a staggering statistic. I mean that means people are eating over one a week.

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