The naked truth about hot dogs
Happy To Be Here
Greta Johnsen
4.6 • 924 Ratings
🗓️ 2 June 2023
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
This week, scholar, author, and organizer Eve Ewing joins forces with X-Ray Vision podcast co-host Jason Concepcion to talk about Netflix’s password-sharing crackdown and the importance of soft pants.
Then, podcast host and TV writer Jamie Loftus stops by to tell us about her new book Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs. It’s a travelogue with a slice of American history, a squirt of capitalist critique, and a dollop of relish on top!
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| 1:40.7 | Coming up, Jamie Loftus tells us about how she spent the summer of 2021 driving across the country, |
| 1:44.6 | eating four hot dogs a day. And then I had a peanut butter and jelly hot dog once, and that was pretty unpleasant. But first, it's our chance to sit back and |
| 1:49.2 | unwind from the week that was with two excellent humans. With us this week is the co-host of the |
| 1:54.5 | Crooked Media podcast X-ray Vision and a writer on the new freebie show Primo, Jason Concepcion. Jason, |
| 1:59.9 | hello. Hello, thanks for having me. |
| 2:02.3 | Thanks for coming on. Also here is scholar, community organizer, author, and all around excellent |
| 2:06.9 | nerd Eve Ewing, Eve. Hello. Hi, I'm here at two of my faves. Oh, yay. This is so much fun. |
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