The Thai Restaurant Conspiracy

Ridiculous History

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History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 29 January 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Despite being a relatively small country, the South East Asian nation of Thailand is famous across the planet for its unique, delectable cuisine. Heck, nowadays in the United States almost everyone is just a stone's throw away from a Thai restaurant -- so, how did we get here? Why are Thai restaurants suddenly everywhere? As Ben, Noel and Max discover in today's episode: this massive success is the result of a genuine (and delicious) conspiracy.

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0:00.0	Ridiculous History is a production of IHeart Radio. Welcome back to the show.
0:28.0	Fellow ridiculous historians.
0:29.5	Thank you, as always, so much for tuning in.
0:33.2	Let's hear it for the man, the myth, the legend, Max Pad Thai Williams.
0:40.1	Boop.
0:40.6	Mm-hmm.
0:41.3	Max Pad-C-U Williams?
0:44.1	Hey, nice.
0:47.2	Guteo Williams.
0:48.5	That's a good one.
0:49.5	I like a Pad Grapprow.
0:51.2	Hey, there you go.
0:52.5	That's the Basel one.
0:53.4	Max. Boop Williams.
0:54.3	That's not on topic, Max. That's the basil one. Max, Boop, Williams. Well, that's not on topic, Max.
0:56.7	That's not on brand for today.
0:58.5	Max, Nam, Williams.
1:00.0	That's a, they go.
1:01.2	None other than the one and only Mr. Noel Brown.
1:05.6	They call me Ben Bowlin in various parts of the world.
1:09.4	And Noel, I think it's fair to say that we love Thai food, right?
1:13.9	You love a good Thai food dish?
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