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Can someone be kind enough to provide a TL;DR

by a_c 7y ago

kc0bfv 7y ago
Planet Money is a fantastic podcast that covers a huge variety of interesting topics, and only takes about 20 minutes. I highly recommend it as one of the most informative fun podcasts I've ever heard. But here goes... Fries don't stay delicious very long. You get a couple minutes then they're blech. They don't work great out of drive-throughs, where you might take them home before eating, and now we have food delivery services where fries might sit 40 minutes before being eaten! Double blech. This company made a coating for fries that makes them stay fresh for drive through service. That is old news. If you've had fries from fast food you've probably had these coated fries. People like them and don't know they're coated. But that just covers a couple minutes... Could that company make a coating that keeps fries good for 40 minutes? Awesome lady scientist says yes! Other people say no. Awesome lady scientist says, let's do it anyway! They succeed. NPR Journalist does the Pepsi challenge on them - the fries are good. They're in the process of selling them to companies now.
- Chris_Chambers 7y ago
  Great, now we can get turbo double cancer from already carcinogenic fries cooked in carcinogenic oil now being coated in some brand new carcinogenic mystery substance that no one will know the dangers of for another 10 years. Thanks awesome lady scientist.
khrbrt 7y ago
People are downvoting but I appreciate this request because the transcript is very disorienting to read. Planet Money used to be a great source for learning about the economy but has recently become unlistenable. For example, I tried listening to their Halloween episode about recessions but gave up after ten minutes of bad jokes and audio "fluff".
- a_c 7y ago
  I appreciate very much for the summary, thank you! For one, I haven't heard about Planet Money before. You summary gave me context what the post is about and I subscribed to the podcast because of your reply. I bet many others would find it useful too. Thanks again!
- krallja 7y ago
  Their Halloween episodes have always been campy and difficult to listen to. This year’s was especially bad...bad...bad.... rewind noises

Can someone be kind enough to provide a TL;DR

by a_c 7y ago

Can someone be kind enough to provide a TL;DR

Planet Money is a fantastic podcast that covers a huge variety of interesting topics, and only takes about 20 minutes. I highly recommend it as one of the most informative fun podcasts I've ever heard. But here goes... Fries don't stay delicious very long. You get a couple minutes then they're blech. They don't work great out of drive-throughs, where you might take them home before eating, and now we have food delivery services where fries might sit 40 minutes before being eaten! Double blech. This company made a coating for fries that makes them stay fresh for drive through service. That is old news. If you've had fries from fast food you've probably had these coated fries. People like them and don't know they're coated. But that just covers a couple minutes... Could that company make a coating that keeps fries good for 40 minutes? Awesome lady scientist says yes! Other people say no. Awesome lady scientist says, let's do it anyway! They succeed. NPR Journalist does the Pepsi challenge on them - the fries are good. They're in the process of selling them to companies now.

Chris_Chambers 7y ago
Great, now we can get turbo double cancer from already carcinogenic fries cooked in carcinogenic oil now being coated in some brand new carcinogenic mystery substance that no one will know the dangers of for another 10 years. Thanks awesome lady scientist.

khrbrt 7y ago

People are downvoting but I appreciate this request because the transcript is very disorienting to read. Planet Money used to be a great source for learning about the economy but has recently become unlistenable. For example, I tried listening to their Halloween episode about recessions but gave up after ten minutes of bad jokes and audio "fluff".

a_c 7y ago
I appreciate very much for the summary, thank you! For one, I haven't heard about Planet Money before. You summary gave me context what the post is about and I subscribed to the podcast because of your reply. I bet many others would find it useful too. Thanks again!
krallja 7y ago
Their Halloween episodes have always been campy and difficult to listen to. This year’s was especially bad...bad...bad.... rewind noises