Episode 19. Bananas

There are lots of fun facts about bananas: They’re radioactive, they may be the oldest fruit in the world, and they’re technically berries! So how did the bright yellow, comedy-inspiring fruit cause massacres, coups, and human rights violations? It’s a colonialist tale as old as time, full of not-so-fun facts about bananas and the men who steamrolled entire countries in order to sell them. Referenceshttps://www.epa.gov/radtown/natural-radioactivity-foodhttps://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2021/02/10329710/how-to-eat-a-banana-correctlyhttps://gardenbetty.com/a-banana-plant-is-an-herb-or-little-known-banana-facts/https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/why-dont-banana-candies-taste-like-real-bananas/https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/monoculturehttps://www.britannica.com/topic/banana-republichttps://abgc.org.au/our-industry-old/history-of-bananas/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cavendish,_6th_Duke_of_Devonshirehttps://revista.drclas.harvard.edu/harvesting-history-the-untold-story-of-united-fruit-in-costa-rica/https://www.unitedfruitcompany.com/biographies/the-seldom-recorded-life-of-minor-cooper-keithhttps://www.maritimeheritage.org/vips/meiggsHenry.htmlhttps://www.unitedfruitcompany.com/timeline/1855-1880https://www.crcdaily.com/p/the-lost-legacy-of-costa-ricas-railroadshttps://library.harvard.edu/collections/united-fruit-company-photographshttps://provincetownindependent.org/history/2020/07/02/wellfleets-most-famous-son-and-a-fateful-partnership/https://www.unitedfruitcompany.com/biographies/lorenzo-dow-bakerhttps://twailr.com/locating-the-united-fruit-company-in-the-history-of-international-law/http://investopedia.com/terms/v/verticalintegration.asphttps://www.unitedfruitcompany.com/timeline/1900-1910https://visitpuertoarmuelles.com/united-fruit-company-the-great-white-fleethttps://greatwhitefleet.com/https://visualizingtheamericas.utm.utoronto.ca/race-1https://hir.harvard.edu/the-dark-side-of-bananas-imperialism-non-state-actors-and-power/https://history.wsu.edu/rci/sample-research-project/https://www.anumuseum.org.il/blog/sam-zemurray/https://www.unitedfruitcompany.com/biographies/samuel-zemurrayhttps://www.thecollector.com/colombia-banana-massacre-1928-story/https://visualizingtheamericas.utm.utoronto.ca/1928-massacre-1https://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/23/tye.phphttps://coha.org/peeling-back-the-truth-on-the-guatemalan-banana-industry/https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/united-fruit-guatemala/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c6pprpd3x96ohttps://www.justice.gov/archive/opa/pr/2007/March/07_nsd_161.html If you know something we can ruin, send the topic and a brief hint at how it's ruined to [email protected]. Let us know if you'd like us to credit you if we choose your topic!Follow us on Patreon for updates, video episodes, and lots of fun bonus content (even for unpaid members). You can also follow us on YouTube and Instagram.You can also follow Kate and Larkin! Kate is on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube. Larkin is on TikTok and Instagram. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.