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McDonald's Before McDonald's (from HISTORY This Week)

May 12, 2025 - 29:23

America’s Restaurants Meet the Michelin Man (from HISTORY This Week)

Feb 17, 2025 - 27:54

Find HISTORY This Week wherever you listen to podcasts! February 23, 2005. New York City's culinary elite...View more

Nixon Does Whatever It Takes to Win in ’68 (from HISTORY This Week)

Sep 16, 2024 - 35:12

This is a brand-new episode from HISTORY This Week, available wherever you listen to podcasts! September...View more

Taco Bell

Jul 13, 2022 - 26:18

In the mid-50s, a San Bernardino man named Glen Bell is fixated on McDonald’s. His own burger stand is in...View more

Pop Stars

Jul 6, 2022 - 21:31

Popcorn may very well be the oldest snack food on the planet, but for much of its modern history it was s...View more

Let Them Eat Snack Cake

Jun 29, 2022 - 22:41

Nowadays, grocery stores and gas stations are filled with Little Debbie products. In the 1950s, though, s...View more

Cookie Fortunes

Jun 22, 2022 - 23:06

In the mid 1970s, a woman who wants to be more than just a housewife, is tired of living in her husband’s...View more

Chain Reaction

Jun 15, 2022 - 36:29

In the mid-60s, a single perfume salesman finds himself struggling to meet women to date. So, he goes to...View more