Yes, We Have No Bananas (Encore)

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt

History, Education

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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In the late 19th century, bananas, a fruit that had been popular for thousands of years, suddenly became a mass-market sensation. However, just a few decades after it was popularized, the industry had to completely change what was grown due to a pestilence. As a result, the bananas that most people eat today are very different than the bananas that everyone ate before the second world war. Learn more about bananas, and why your grandparents didn’t eat the same kind, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Newspapers.com Newspapers.com is like a time machine. Dive into their extensive online archives to explore history as it happened. With over 800 million digitized newspaper pages spanning three centuries, Newspapers.com provides an unparalleled gateway to the past, with papers from the US, UK, Canada, Australia and beyond. Use the code “EverythingEverywhere” at checkout to get 20% off a publisher extra subscription at newspapers.com. Noom Noom is not just another diet or fitness app. It’s a comprehensive lifestyle program designed to empower you to make lasting changes and achieve your health goals. With Noom, you’ll embark on a personalized journey that considers your unique needs, preferences, and challenges. Their innovative approach combines cutting-edge technology with the support of a dedicated team of experts, including registered dietitians, nutritionists, and behavior change specialists. Noom’s changing how the world thinks about weight loss. Go to noom.com to sign up for your trial today! Rocket Money Rocket Money is a personal finance app that finds and cancels your unwanted subscriptions, monitors your spending, and helps you lower your bills—all in one place. It will quickly and easily find your subscriptions for you –and for any you don’t want to pay for anymore, just hit “cancel,” and Rocket Money will cancel it for you. It’s that easy. Stop throwing your money away. Cancel unwanted subscriptions – and manage your expenses the easy way – by going to RocketMoney.com/daily Subscribe to the podcast! https://link.chtbl.com/EverythingEverywhere?sid=ShowNotes -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Peter Bennett & Thor Thomsen Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The following is an encore presentation of everything everywhere daily.
0:04.0	In the late 19th century, Bananas, a fruit that had been popular for thousands of years,
0:12.0	suddenly became a mass market
0:13.9	sensation.
0:14.9	However, just a few decades after it was popularized, the industry had to completely
0:19.1	change what was grown due to a pestilence.
0:21.8	As a result, the bananas that most people eat today
0:24.1	are very different than the bananas that everyone ate before the Second World War.
0:27.4	Learn more about bananas and why your grandparents didn't eat the same kind
0:31.8	on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. There's a great deal of uncertainty regarding the origin of the banana.
0:53.4	It isn't as if there's a whole lot of archaeological evidence of bananas,
0:57.0	and if you've ever had bananas in your kitchen for more than a few days,
1:00.3	you probably understand why. The location that most people agree was probably the home to the banana was Papua New Guinea
1:07.0	and it might first have been domesticated around 10,000 years ago.
1:10.0	The domestication of the banana probably occurred well before the domestication of rice.
1:15.6	Bananas are actually pretty easy to grow in tropical climate so long as you have reasonably good soil.
1:21.2	While the banana plant may have originated in Poppa in New Guinea, that wasn't where it was popularized and spread.
1:27.0	The best guess, and again, it's a guess, as is everything about early bananas, is that the banana found their way to what is today the
1:33.6	Philippines and from there rapidly spread throughout Southeast Asia and
1:37.2	Oceania around 10,000 to 7,000 years ago. The spread of the banana is very
1:42.2	difficult to track but we do know that wherever it went, people created new hybrids and varietals.
1:48.0	Most people aren't aware of it, but there are a large number of banana varietals around the world.
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