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but history is so much more interesting than that. It's the stories of the men and women

who made those places an event matter. It's the story of the farmer in the field as much

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History is in just a bunch of names and dates and facts. It's the collection of all the

stories throughout human history that explain how and why we got here. Welcome to the History

and Plug podcast, where we look at the forgotten, neglected, strange, and even counterfactual stories

that made our world what it is. I'm your host, Scott Rank.

If you had to choose a job that represented what America was, a sort of a mascot of America,

which one would you choose? A lot of people would say something like a cowboy, maybe a soldier,

maybe a policeman, or a baseball player, or you might choose something else like a competitive

food eater, sort of like a guy, Fieri, or someone who just goes to random dive restaurants.

You could also choose jobs that are unique to the strange corporate culture of the United

States, maybe a vice president, something that sounds like it's important, but really

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