When A Fruit Became God

Softcore History

Comedy, History, Improv

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2023

⏱️ 74 minutes

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What happens when you eliminate religion during a cultural revolution? Sometimes people, looking to fulfill their spiritual needs, start worshipping mangos. From mango shrines to mango cigarettes, China under Mao went all in on worshiping mangos in the 1960s.SUBSCRIBE to our Patreon for exclusive audio, video, and written content.RSVP knowing you’ve got the perfect look all wedding season long from Indochino. Go to Indochino.com and use code SOFTCORE to get 10% off any purchase of $399 or more.Get 25% off your subscription or try the app FREE at Fitbod.me/SOFTCOREGo to ghostbed.com/drinkinbros and use code DRINKINBROS for 30% off EVERYTHING (Mattresses, Adjustable Base, and more) -- plus a 101 Night Sleep Trial and Mattresses Made in the USA! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Soft Core History.
0:08.0	Hello and welcome back to Soft Core History.
0:11.0	My name is Jake Goldman and I am joined as always by my two
0:15.1	lovely co-hosts, the handsome Dan Regester. Ooh and the adapter. I thought you're
0:20.6	gonna throw a curveball and say Rob first being handsome he is a
0:24.4	handsome fellow. Oh I don't believe you in the hideous rub I mean I believe I
0:29.6	think I'm okay looking but I don't believe that you believe that I think you're pretty average
0:35.2	Dance gonna fade you no matter what but for the Midwest you're like a Midwest eight
0:39.9	I'm at St Louis nine baby I was supposed to see you're a Lincoln 11 and I'm like a Philly 12.
0:45.0	Yeah, that's true.
0:47.0	You could be as long as you maintain your income and employment
0:51.0	you could be in a wheelchair and you're a you would be a filly nine. In filly you really have like three
0:56.5	professional choices. It's booky of. That's number one.
1:03.0	Illegal.
1:04.0	Illegal, yeah. Right.
1:05.0	And then drug dealer?
1:07.0	Illegal.
1:08.0	And aspiring professional wrestler.
1:12.0	Legal.
1:13.0	Well, it starts, kind of illegal probably.
1:15.0	It usually starts illegal.
1:16.0	Well, it starts with backyard operation.
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