The Disappearing Spoon: a science history podcast with Sam Kean

The Debaucherous Legacy of Johnny Appleseed

Oct 18, 2022

23:18

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The Johnny Appleseed of Disney fame was complete bunk. He brought not wholesome apples to people, but liquor—and lots of it, all thanks to the bizarre biology of this misunderstood fruit...

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