Thanksgiving Smorgasbord: Turkey, Wishbones and Gravy
Stuff To Blow Your Mind
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4.3 • 6K Ratings
🗓️ 26 November 2020
⏱️ 81 minutes
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Summary
In recognition of Thanksgiving, Robert and Joe devote this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind to the very topics that might float through your head at the dinner table: What is a wishbone, why do we pull it apart and what does it have to do with dinosaurs? Are turkeys messengers of the gods? What is gravy and is it ever considered sacred? Find out...
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| 0:00.0 | What's up y'all? I'm Guillermo Diaz and I played hook on Scandal. |
| 0:04.0 | And I'm Katie Loes, aka Quinn Perkins, and we're the hosts of Unpacking the Toolbox, |
| 0:09.8 | the Scandal Rewatch podcast where we're talking about all the best moments of the show. |
| 0:14.1 | With guests like Tony Goldwyn who always amped up the fire as President Fitzgerald Grant. |
| 0:19.2 | Grab your scandal swag, your du belay, and join us on Unpacking the Toolbox every Thursday. |
| 0:25.3 | Listen to Unpacking the Toolbox on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you listen to podcasts. |
| 0:55.3 | And anybody who uses the word pining, let me know, because I don't think it's very |
| 1:00.8 | substantial to the middle ages. Very common word. |
| 1:03.2 | In 1968, five black girls were picked up by police after running away from a reform school |
| 1:09.2 | in Mount Meg's Alabama. I'm writer and reporter Josie Defi Rice. |
| 1:13.4 | And in a new podcast, I investigate the abuse that thousands of black children suffered |
| 1:18.5 | at the Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children and how those five girls changed everything. |
| 1:25.2 | Listen to Unreformed on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 1:37.6 | Hello listeners, this is Seth, the audio producer for Stuff to Blow Your Mind. |
| 1:41.9 | This is just a quick note to let you know that in this episode, Robert's microphone stands |
| 1:46.8 | a little different compared with our normal episodes. |
| 1:50.3 | But it's just a one time thing, little glitch in the old technology during these COVID times. |
| 1:56.8 | But do not worry, we've cleaned it up as best we can and should be still a very pleasant listening experience. |
| 2:04.2 | And we'll be back to normal next week. Thank you very much and enjoy the show. |
| 2:08.0 | Welcome to Stuff to Blow Your Mind, a production of I Heart Radio. |
| 2:20.2 | Hey, welcome to Stuff to Blow Your Mind. My name is Robert Lam. |
| 2:23.9 | And I'm Joe McCormick and today we're going to be talking about some American Thanksgiving food. |
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