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The Aftermath: Philippines Pepsi Number Fever

The Alarmist

The Alarmist

Comedy, History, Society & Culture

4.42K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

New Guest Expert! On this week’s Aftermath, Rebecca speaks with Rick Pulos about the Philippines Pepsi Number Fever fiasco. Rick is an artist, an educator, and current doctoral student at Texas A&M. He shares some new information about Pepsi’s poor handling of this disaster and reiterates the personal effects this had on the lives of so many Filipino families. After, Producer Clayton Early and Fact Checker Chris Smith stop by to reflect. 

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0:30.1

Each week, we decide who's to blame for historical tragedy.

0:35.1

And each week, you tell us if we got it right.

0:39.1

My name is Rebecca Delgado-Smith,

0:41.1

and this is The Aftermath.

0:44.1

Hey everyone,

0:46.1

thanks for tuning into this episode of The Aftermath.

0:49.1

Today we're speaking with guest expert Rick Poulos.

0:53.1

Rick is a scholar, artist, playwright, theatre producer,

0:56.4

performer, and educator.

0:58.2

He's currently a doctoral student at Texas A&M.

1:01.9

In 2021, he published the article, Pepsi Cola's Number Fever Fiasco,

1:07.0

how the media portrays the actors of a crisis.

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