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Fri. 07/08 - The Breakfast Episode

Cool Stuff Daily

Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

Tech News, News, Science, Society & Culture

4.6739 Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2022

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to our accidental breakfast episode. First, how did orange juice become our go-to breakfast beverage of choice? Plus, Waffle House’s in-house record label. And, someone’s been eating their Wheatie’s, how major sports tournaments are using AI to improve the game and the fan experience. Sponsors: Indeed, Get a free $75 credit PLUS earn up to $500 extra in sponsored job credits with Indeed’s Virtual Interviews at Indeed.com/goodnews Calm, Get 40% off a Calm Premium Subscription calm.com/coolstuff Links: How orange juice took over the breakfast table (BBC Future) Misunderstanding Orange Juice as a Health Drink (The Atlantic, 2014) Coronavirus: orange juice weekly sales growth US 2020. (Statista) A B-Side With Your Bacon? Waffle House Has Its Own Music Label (NPR) Waffle House Has Its Own Record Label (Great Big Story, YouTube) Waffle House has its own record label and the songs are in the restaurant jukeboxes (Boing Boing) Waffle House Records (Spotify) Waffle House Music - scroll down for music videos  Wimbledon wants to teach its audience about tennis. Luckily, there's an app for that (CNN) FIFA Will Use AI to Track Players' Bodies During World Cup (Gizmodo) Beyonce Joins Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson for This Hot 100 Milestone — As a Solo Artist & With a Group (Billboard) NASA Updates Coverage for Webb Telescope's First Images Reveal (NASA) Jackson Bird on Twitter See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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it's friday july 8th 20 2022. I'm Jackson Bird today. Welcome to our accidental breakfast

0:43.7

episode. First, how did orange juice become our go-to breakfast beverage of choice, plus

0:50.7

Waffle House's in-house record label.

0:56.3

And someone's been eating their Wheaties,

1:02.2

how major sports tournaments are using AI to improve the game and the fan experience.

1:05.8

Okay, I sort of broke with the theme on that last one,

1:09.1

but nonetheless, here is some cool stuff for your ride home.

1:20.6

Every cereal commercial shows a glass of it laid out on a table alongside a slice of toast and a dish of fruit as a part of a balanced breakfast. One brand recognized its presence on the breakfast table as so unquestionable, they created a toothpaste that wouldn't ruin the

1:28.4

taste of it if you drank it right after brushing your teeth. Whether with pulp, added calcium,

1:34.2

or a heavy pour of Prosecco, orange juice has been a staple of the Western breakfast for

1:39.4

as long as any of us have been alive. But its inclusion as a go-to breakfast beverage is still

1:46.0

relatively recent, at least in the history of the meal. And it may not surprise you to hear,

1:52.1

its ubiquitous presence can be traced back to creative marketing agencies in the early 20th century.

1:59.0

In the first few decades of the 20th century, while oranges themselves were quite popular,

2:03.6

the only ways to get orange juice were to squeeze it yourself or buy it in a can.

2:09.6

But canned orange juice, boiled and left on a shelf for weeks, was, as you might imagine, not too tasty, especially compared to juice that

2:19.3

was freshly squeezed in your own kitchen. And according to historian Alyssa Hamilton,

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