Diners: The Most American Establishment?

Diners: The Most American Establishment?

Up next

Keeping Time

Today, Chuck and Josh walk you through the history of keeping time, from sticks in the sun to atomic clocks.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Selects: BPD: The Worst Disorder or Not a Disorder at All?

Borderline Personality Disorder has been described as emotional “third degree burns over ninety percent of your body.” It’s as close to a curse as a personality disorder can be: deep fear of being abandoned creates behaviors that end up driving people off. Learn all about it in t ...  Show more

Recommended Episodes

CLASSIC: How White America Tried To Destroy Chinese Restaurants
Ridiculous History

Today Chinese restaurants serve some of the most popular cuisine in the United States, with more than 41,000 restaurants scattered around the country. Yet in the 1900s these restaurants were so controversial that labor unions, hate groups and even politicians joined forces in ...

  Show more

A Brief History of Foreign Food in the U.S.
Stuff You Missed in History Class

One of the most diverse things about the U.S. is its food industry. Foodies obsessively seek out the “authentic” flavors of any given culture. But many of the foods brought to the U.S. via immigration were initially viewed with suspicion and disdain.

Learn more abo ...  Show more

S4E6: What does "Culture" Even Mean and Does the U.S. Even Have One ?
Generally American (A Journey in American English)

Description:

It is hard to know what culture is and how to define, but many people take the you-know-it-when-you-see-it kind of approach. The U.S. has often been accused of not having a culture, or its culture being very young and refined. There is a f ...

  Show more

Back to the USSR
Svetlana! Svetlana!

Svetlana keeps searching for a place that feels like home. Could it be America? Could it be England? Could it be… Russia and the children that she left behind 18 years ago?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.