Topic: Baguette

2 chapters across the catalog

M-Word
Episode 1076 2:48:18 - 2:50:20

1076: M-Word

The French Love Baguette AIDS Fundraiser

A French nonprofit named Aids launches the "Love Baguette" campaign, where bakers sell ribbon-shaped bread to raise money for HIV screening kits. The hosts joke about the initiative and predict its eventual arrival in the United States.

Jihad Jane Rides Again
Episode 181 2:09:00 - 2:10:19

181: Jihad Jane Rides Again

Large Hadron Collider, Extraterrestrial Sabotage Theory

The ongoing technical failures of the Large Hadron Collider, including a 2009 incident involving a bird dropping a baguette into the machinery, are jokingly attributed to "tall blonde aliens" or future forces preventing the machine from operating. Critics argue the project is a multi-billion dollar waste of resources that should be converted into a tourist attraction rather than a functional particle accelerator.