You take a totally normal trip to the supermarket to buy some totally normal meat. But what you purchase comes in a geometric shape that looks nothing like the animal that it originally came from. In this episode, we learn that modern meat-buying is utterly bizarre when compared to the meat-acquisition experiences of virtually all humans for virtually all of our species' past.
Discover how and when our animal products turned into disks. And cylinders. And cubes. And oozy concentrates. And--hot soda?
Learn more about this rogue, underdog, Hail Mary pass of a project at findyourselfinhistory.com !
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