Oprah v. Beef Part 1: The Rise of "Veggie Libel"

Maintenance Phase

Aubrey Gordon & Michael Hobbes

History, Science, Health, Health & Fitness, Wellness, Education

4.8 • 16.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2023

⏱️ 64 minutes

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On April 16, 1996, Oprah Winfrey did a show about mad cow disease. Six weeks later, a couple of Texas cattlemen had a cow (sorry). Support us: Hear bonus episodes on PatreonDonate on PayPalGet Maintenance Phase T-shirts, stickers and moreBuy Aubrey's bookListen to Mike's other podcastLinks! Original LawsuitAppealHow Oprah Got Sued for Dissing a BurgerTwo Degrees of Speech Protection Texas Cattle Feeders v. Oprah Winfrey: The First Major Test of the “Veggie Libel Law”Having a Cow: React...

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0:00.0	Hi everybody and welcome to Maintenance Phase, the podcast that dares to answer the question,
0:16.7	where's the beef?
0:17.7	Oh no, you did one of the puns.
0:19.7	I was going to treat you all the headlines with the puns.
0:22.4	I figured I should bring the timeless reference that I could to the show.
0:28.7	The other really good timely one is a lot of the headlines are like, cattleman's association
0:33.2	has a cow over eight or the commons.
0:35.8	That wouldn't even make sense to be playing more.
0:38.1	Well this is also the early 90s when people are like, woo, Bart Simpson.
0:43.0	He's animated but he's bad, incredible.
0:45.9	You can tell by his slingshot and his haircut.
0:48.2	I am Michael Hobbs.
0:49.8	I am Aubrey Gordon.
0:51.6	If you would like to support the show, you can do that at patreon.com slash maintenance phase.
0:55.8	You can also subscribe through Apple podcasts and you can get t-shirts, mugs, tote bags,
1:00.9	all manner of things at T public.
1:03.4	We will link all of that for you in the show notes.
1:05.8	Michael, I am at a loss because I was stalled for tiny interrupting machine and it didn't
1:11.2	happen.
1:12.2	That was like, I was like the best way to fuck with her is to not do anything.
1:16.1	To let her do it.
1:18.0	You were 100% right.
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