From the Vault: Our Fast Food Nation

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From the Vault: Our Fast Food Nation
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PZ0673.026
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“Well, heart disease is already a major public health problem in this country, and a major source of death. In thirty years — after 30 years of a generation eating this kind of food, what is the public health profile of the American population going to look like?”
~Interviewer Abraham Aig
“Its going to continue to be of epidemic proportions.”
~George Christakis, Royal Palm Cardiovascular Clinic – Florida

Taken from “Junk Food Junket,” a 1976 radio documentary.

This fall, the movie adaptation of Eric Schlosser’s best-selling book “Fast Food Nation” will hit theaters around the country. There will be interviews with Schlosser and the actors attached to the project, and they will undoubtedly talk about the ‘evils’ of fast food — the calories, the fat, the rampant obesity in America, and the huge corporations behind it all. It is not the first movie to explore this topic, and it certainly won’t be the last, as this issue is once again pushed to the forefront of the American conscious.

Of course, remember, we’ve heard these arguments before in one form or another for the last couple of decades; mostly in movies or print, and sometimes on the radio. While the cry for action may have been getting louder and louder in more recent years, all along Pacifica Radio has been exploring the fast food and obesity dilemma with clarity and balance, resulting in some really fantastic radio programming, programming that was wisely filed away in the Pacifica Radio Archives for special occasions just like this. So, this week on From the Vault, its time to cash in on that posterity and preview our savory collection of recordings from decades past that address the ideas of food and health sciences in America. Indeed, the message hasn’t changed…

The first half of this week’s episode will feature selections from Junk Food Junket(1976), and You Are What You Eat (1972); the premonition of these recordings is absolutely astounding! The second half features a recording entitled A Healthy Diet for the New Millennium (2000) by “The Mad Cowboy” Howard Lymon, a cattle rancher who grabbed international attention with his accusations of unsafe meat in the United States– particularly the peculiarities Mad Cow Disease. So sit back, relax, and enjoy a super-sized helping of classic inflammatory Pacifica Radio!

Total duration (All reels): 
59
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Los Angeles : Pacifica Radio Archive, 1975.
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