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Short Stuff: The Original Snake Oil Salesman

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🗓️ 14 February 2024

⏱️ 13 minutes

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There’s a great origin story behind snake oil salesmen, and it has to do with just one guy who singlehandedly gave it a bad name.

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0:00.0

Hi everyone I'm Jackie Goldschneider from the Real House Eyes of New Jersey and I'm

0:05.3

Jennifer Fessler also from the Real House Wies of New Jersey.

0:08.2

Welcome to our new podcast to Jersey Jays.

0:12.1

We are going to have lots of fun on this podcast while we discuss

0:15.6

what it's really like to be a real housewife and all the drama that comes

0:20.6

with it. Follow us as we navigate family, friendships, and even her enemies.

0:25.0

Listen to Jersey Jays on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. thinking of Dave right now so his ears are probably burning like flames on the side of his face or in my throat

0:48.1

Yeah Chuck's got a little sore throat but not really what you say you've got some dust in your

0:53.1

throat you know when you just have a little coughing fit because it feels like there's a

0:56.2

tickle in your throat you can't get rid of I always call it you sound like you're

0:59.7

about to cough it's called it dust in my throat. Sure.

1:03.0

Yeah, that's a good description.

1:05.0

We're going to try to muddle through everybody.

1:07.0

I was going to say a great Tom Waits album,

1:08.0

but the joke's dumb, so I'm not going to say it.

1:11.0

Dust in my throat is great.

1:12.0

That is a great joke thing. This one's fun.

1:14.0

You dug this one up.

1:16.0

We have talked over the years a lot about snake oil and what's called patent medicines.

1:22.8

And this is the origin story of snake oil.

1:27.9

Yeah, and it kind of ties into our episode

1:30.3

we just released on meat and food before the FDA came along.

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