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Part-Time Genius

How Did the Avocado Conquer the World?

Part-Time Genius

iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope

Society & Culture

4.52K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2026

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Will and Mango dive deep into the world of avocados to determine why they took so long to catch on, and what Baywatch Nights has to do with their popularity. (Spoiler: Very little.)

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:02.7

Guaranteed Human.

0:06.2

Hey there, this is Josh from Stuff You Should Know with a message that could change your life.

0:12.1

The Stuff You Should Know Think Spring podcast playlist is available now.

0:16.5

Whether spring has sprung in your neck of the woods yet or not.

0:19.9

The Stuff You Should Know Think Spring playlist will make you want to get your overalls on, get outside, and get your hands in the dirt. You can get the stuff you should know think spring playlist on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Guess what, Mango? What's that, Will? Well, I know you like to turn to me to keep up with like the coolest things going on in the world or like trends happening.

0:43.0

So I wanted to let you in a little secret.

0:45.7

Have you heard about the coolest way to use an avocado right now?

0:50.0

So I'm not really up on super hip avocado trends.

0:59.4

Like I saw a restaurant ridiculed online for serving this deconstructed avocado toast, which was just half an avocado on one side of the play and then a piece of toast on the other.

1:04.4

And they didn't even do the work of smashing them together.

1:06.7

It was just like overpriced laziness.

1:08.7

But I don't know.

1:10.7

What trend are you talking about?

1:12.2

It's actually not a dish. So the coolest thing you can do right now with an avocado is to

1:16.9

propose with one. And I'm not kidding about this. So the knot, Cosmo, and all these other places

1:22.5

have declared that the avocado proposal, it's here, Mango, it's here. I'm excited, but I don't know what it is. Tell me.

1:31.2

All right. So basically, people are slicing an avocado in half, taking out the pit, and then sticking a

1:36.5

little ring in so it stands up right there. Actually, this is kind of grossing me out, but I'm trying

1:40.7

to go with it. And so then the moment is right and you just cue up cold play,

1:45.2

you get down on one knee, you take that avocado out of your back pocket. I don't know why

1:49.7

they're suggesting to keep it in your back pocket. And then you crack it open like a ring box.

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