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Feb 2022
30m 26s

The Experiment: Uncle Spam

THE ATLANTIC
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This episode is the first in a new three-part miniseries from The Experiment—“SPAM: How the American Dream Got Canned.”  During World War II, wherever American troops spread democracy, they left the canned meat known as SPAM in its wake. When American GIs landed overseas, they often tossed cans of SPAM out of trucks to the hungry people they sought to libera ... Show More
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