America Is Divided Over Everything But Chicken: Big Take Podcast

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Americans love beef. But more recently, chicken has become the meat that they actually eat. Bloomberg’s Matt Townsend and Leslie Patton join this episode to explain how poultry came to dominate the American diet. Historian Emelyn Rude weighs in on the history of the chicken industry and where it goes from here.

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This episode was produced by: Supervising Producer: Vicki Vergolina, Senior Producer: Kathryn Fink, Producer: Federica Romaniello, Associate Producer: Zaynab Siddiqui. Sound Design/Engineers: Raphael Amsili.

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