Flightless Bird: Laundromats

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

Armchair Umbrella

Tv & Film, Music, Comedy

4.6 • 68.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

This week on Flightless Bird David Farrier investigates whether we have America to thank for the modern laundromat. After all, there are over 30,000 laundromats in the US - employing 39,000 people, making $5 billion in revenue each year. To help him in his investigation David meets with Brain Wallace of the Coin Laundry Association to discuss how on April 18th,1934 a Texan named CA Tannahill opened the world's first coin-operated laundromat. David then discovers how laundromats mean different things to different people in America. He then talks with Jason Sowell, who is very enthusiastic about the importance of the American laundromat and runs a non-profit called “Current Initiatives” which helps people do their washing. David also learns why Americans have a phobia of clotheslines. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm David Farrier in New Zealander accidentally marooned in America, and I want to figure
0:05.3	out what makes this country tick.
0:07.3	Now, a big part of being a human being is trying to stay clean, washing our bodies, and
0:12.8	the things we put on them, clothes.
0:15.4	And as I've wandered around the United States, I've noticed that many Americans love washing
0:19.9	their clothes at a laundromat.
0:22.6	I raised this with Monica previously, putting forward my theory that laundromats are as
0:27.2	American as Apple Pie.
0:29.3	She violently disagreed.
0:31.2	Laundromats.
0:32.2	Laundromats.
0:33.2	No, no, no.
0:34.2	Laundromats are not American.
0:36.0	Today, I'm hearing an attempt to prove Monica's thesis wrong.
0:40.9	Laundromats are American.
0:42.8	I proposed that laundromats are as American as flying the American flag or eating a juicy
0:48.5	cheeseburger.
0:50.1	After all, there are over 30,000 laundromats in the US, employing 39,000 people, making
0:56.3	$5 billion in revenue each year.
0:59.9	So, grab your disgusting smelly clothes in a handful of quarters, because this is the
1:05.6	laundromats episode.
1:07.6	Flag this.
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