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Government Cheese - Do Go On Mini

Do Go On

Matt Stewart, Jess Perkins & Dave Warneke

History, Comedy, Fact, Facts

4.92.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2020

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Which page of history involves the dairy industry, the welfare system and multiple American presidents? Yes, this one goes all the way to the top, it's Government Cheese!


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References and further reading:

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/wn7mgq/wtf-happened-to-government-cheese

https://www.history.com/news/government-cheese-dairy-farmers-reagan

https://www.tastecooking.com/tyranny-comfort-government-cheese/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_cheese

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/food/1981/12/17/the-big-cheese-storing-the-surplus/0e54d36a-4bd9-416a-a773-55d40ea8fd74/

https://www.nytimes.com/1981/12/23/us/surplus-cheese-goes-to-poor-as-president-signs-farm-bill.html


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0:00.0

Hey mates, Matt here. Just letting you know this is the final episode of our web series of Do-Go-On,

0:06.2

which you can check out on the Stubed Oil Channel link in the show notes. We've done

0:11.7

nine different topics including killer scandals, icons, war heroes and egg boys.

0:17.6

And yeah, listening to them is good fun, I'm sure, but if you want to watch and see our

0:23.9

stupid faces as well as some animations and other things, you can check it out by the link below.

0:30.8

But yes, this is the final episode coming up. I'll let me explain it more in a moment.

0:35.6

I'd also love to let you know that another one of the podcasts from Do-Go-On podcast network

0:42.0

has launched season two today. It's called Listen Now. It's with me, Matt Stewart and my cousin,

0:46.2

Sam Tonkin and we go through classic albums. This season we're going through classic 80s rock albums

0:53.2

and we got listeners to vote on their favourites. So we're counting down the top 20 80s rock albums

0:59.8

as voted for by the listeners. Starting today with Huey Lewis and the news's sports.

1:06.0

Having a look through the 20 albums, it's a wide range. It's going to be a fun ride. So why not

1:11.3

join us over at Listen Now. Potl, I'll put a link to that in the show notes as well. And yes,

1:16.7

anyway, let's get on with this episode of Do-Go-On about government cheese. Take it away me.

1:25.1

Which page of history involves the dairy industry, the welfare system and multiple American

1:30.3

presidents? Yes, this one goes all the way to the top. I'm talking about government cheese.

1:36.6

Oh my gosh, welcome to the show. And my very special guest this week, I've got Jessica Perkins and

1:49.6

David Pornakie. Good evening. And who are you? Oh, I'm Matt Stewart.

1:55.2

Which way is that important? Yeah, Matt Stewart. Yeah, Matt Stewart. Have a right to know.

1:58.9

Oh, well, they have a right to know as much as you are willing to let them know.

2:02.6

Okay, well, I'm going to go and miss to Stewart then. Okay, great. I don't want to let them know

2:06.2

that my first name is Matt. Yeah, cool. Let's not tell them that your first name is Matt.

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