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🗓️ 23 April 2025
⏱️ 14 minutes
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On this episode of Our American Stories, many countries have mascots. Canada has Johnny Canuck, Israel has Srulik, the U.K. has John Bull—and the United States has Uncle Sam. But how did he come to be? It turns out it wasn’t the work of an intrepid cartoonist or a government initiative, but barrels full of meat during the War of 1812 that gave the USA its persona. Here’s the story of everything you’ve ever wanted to know about the man in red, white, and blue.
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0:00.0 | If money is a taboo topic and nobody wants to talk about it, how can we be educated on something we're unwilling to talk about? |
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0:32.6 | 70% of Americans are living from paycheck to paycheck. |
0:36.6 | Not black people, not brown people, everybody. |
0:39.0 | And whether you're white, black, red, brown, a yellow, you want to see some more green. |
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