99 Percent Invisible: The White Castle System of Eating Houses
16 September - 32 mins
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Planet Money
Today we have a guest episode from 99 Percent Invisible.
It is about White Castle, the burger chain. Even if you haven't visited, you have tasted its influence because, as we will learn in this episode, White Castle is really the proto-burger chain.
Our friends at the excellent podcast 99 Percent Invisible bring us the origin story of White Castle and trace its influence on the business of fast food, and on American eating habits. The story is about one man who had an idea for a world where you could get a slider anywhere in the country and get the same tasty, onion-y quality each time. Think of this as a forebear of the modern global economy of sameness.
This episode is hosted by Roman M...
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