November 27, 2020

Turkey in a Face Mask

For Thanksgiving weekend, stories about food, and people who set out on very particular missions with food.

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Transcript

Prologue

Vertamae Grosvenor, shows Ira how to tell a chicken is done simply by listening to the sound of the grease. (5 minutes)

By

Ira Glass

Act One

Dead Ringer

A while ago, a farmer walked through a pork processing plant in Oklahoma with a friend who managed it. He came across boxes stacked on the floor with labels that said "artificial calamari." Ben investigates the physical resemblance between two very different types of food. (24 minutes)