Nostalgia Trap - Episode 227: The Political Economy of Flavortown w/ Rax King and Danny Bessner (PREVIEW)

Published: Oct. 29, 2020, 8:52 p.m.

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Writer Rax King\\u2019s deservedly celebrated recent piece, \\u201cLove, Peace, and Taco Grease: How I Left My Abusive Husband and Found Guy Fieri,\\u201d is both an incredible feat of writing and a compelling take on the unlikely charm and cultural power of the yellow-haired star of the Food Network\\u2019s flagship program, Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives (or, the \\u201cTriple D\\u201d). She joins David and Danny for a discussion of millennial food culture, the aesthetic evolution of food TV, the connections between cheeseburgers and climate change, the ethics of eating at restaurants during COVID, and of course, the complicated cultural legacy of Guy Fieri\\u2019s undeniably addictive tour of American foodlust. Visit patreon.com/nostalgiatrap for full episode.

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