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67. Does Your Burger Care About You? ft. Matt Cole

Happy Labor Day! This week, host Tom Zalatnai (@tomzalatnai) calls up longtime friend of the show Matt Cole (@mc_dj_mc) to talk burger history, fast food, and the beauty of a Cowboy Burger! We also get into complicated feelings around nostalgia for capitalist chain restaurants, the value of reading history through a modern lens, and the importance of recognizing the biases that come with that. PLUS, some Hamburger History True or False, and an exciting announcement about the future of No Bad Food!

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99 – Top 5 Dinosaurs

Ranking finds a way. Long before humans walked this little blue planet, there were prehistoric reptiles of all shapes and sizes that happily roamed the Earth (well at least until…

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68 – Top 5 Interesting People You’ve Never Heard About

History may have forgotten them, but we haven’t.

Thanks to the internet and some high school classes, there have been historical people and their accomplishments that have stood the test of time. However, most of the time there are amazing individuals who slip through the cracks and are forgotten forever….until now! This week join Tuong La and Wikipedia Wizards Sarah Finn, Catherine Ballachey, and Axandre Lemours who put their Googling skills to the test as they research and rank Top 5 Interesting People You’ve Never Heard About.

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36 – Top 5 Canadian Celebrities of All Time

Ohhh Ranked-a-da!

Our favorite little country up in the north of the world is turning 151 and we are here to celebrate! When we think of our favorite celebrities, it’s funny how a lot of them happen to be Canadian eh? So sit back, cozy up on your favorite chesterfield, grab some Timmies, and join Tuong La and Crazy Cool Canucks Leslie Cserepy, Angus MacDonald, and Laura Gordon as we rank our favourite Canadians of ALL TIME!

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