Topic: Soup

The hosts thank Jock10 for the artwork for episode 1820, titled "Tokyo Rose," which featured Abraham Lincoln carving a turkey. They also discuss technical issues with a 3D soup can submission that failed to map text correctly. Listeners are encouraged to use the No Agenda Art Generator while following specific size requirements.

A lawsuit filed by a former Campbell's Soup employee alleges that an executive made disparaging remarks about the company's products, including claims of using 3D-printed or bioengineered chicken. While Campbell's denies the claims as "patently absurd," the Florida Attorney General has opened an investigation into the company's products.

The British radio station LBC criticized Donald Trump's focus on returning to plastic straws, with commentators describing the Oval Office atmosphere as "Ruritania." The segment highlights the perceived absurdity of the President and Elon Musk discussing straw policy. British journalists compared the current administration's style to the satirical Marx Brothers film "Duck Soup."

Whoopi Goldberg accused a Staten Island bakery of refusing her service due to her political beliefs, a claim the establishment later refuted in a press conference. The bakery, identified as Holtermann's Bakery, clarified that their equipment was actually down at the time of the request. The incident drew comparisons to the "Soup Nazi" trope from Seinfeld regarding service refusals in New York.

The hosts discuss their personal Halloween plans, with one opting to watch "Seinfeld" in the dark to avoid trick-or-treaters. They note that in rural Texas, children are more likely to be entrepreneurs selling items than traditional trick-or-treaters. A humorous suggestion is made to give out bowls of soup or THC gummies to visitors, though the latter is quickly dismissed as a joke.

The lockdown has severely impacted volunteerism at organizations like the Ronald McDonald House, where outside groups are no longer allowed to cook for residents. A donor from Kuwait requests various jingles, leading the hosts to perform impressions of Al Pacino's "Scarface" and a generic Arab leader. The segment highlights the difficulty of providing in-person help during the pandemic.

A significant donation from Chef Rob sparks a discussion about several "celebrity" chefs who listen to the program. The segment covers Chef Rob McHugh's new gastro pub in the Upper West Side and a recipe for broccoli soup involving ginger and bergamot orange.

The hosts discuss a private art collection in Amsterdam featuring rare prints by Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. The collection includes seven of the eight Warhol prints of Mick Jagger, with the eighth reportedly owned by Jagger himself. They marvel at the multi-million dollar valuations of these pieces, including Lichtenstein's comic-book-style works and Warhol's iconic soup cans.

The show credits "Stunned by Soup" for the episode artwork and musician Kevin Reeves for a new "No-No-No" jingle. The jingle incorporates audio from both Barack Obama and Donald Trump.

A donation from Sir Anthony Montgomery triggers a discussion on the chemistry of cooking kale. The contributor provides a recipe for Tuscan potato soup that uses fats from cream and sausage to neutralize the foul-tasting sulfurous compounds in the greens. The segment also establishes the "567 Club" for donors contributing to this specific episode number.

The show concludes with a look at Google Glass "Explorer" applications and the controversy surrounding "No Hesitation" shooting targets sold to law enforcement. These targets feature images of pregnant women and children holding guns to train officers to shoot without hesitation. Adam Curry promises a beet soup recipe in the next newsletter and signs off from the Travis Heights Hideout.

A clip from the children's cartoon "Liberty's Kids" features a double entendre regarding Admiral Howe, whom sailors referred to as "Black Dick." The clip was highlighted on the television show "The Soup."

British media reports on unusual new state laws in the U.S., such as a limit on cat ownership in Kansas and a ban on releasing feral hogs in Kentucky. Illinois has also officially banned the sale of shark fin soup.

A modern advertisement for the rheumatoid arthritis drug Orencia is analyzed for its list of severe side effects, including fatal infections and lung cancer. This is contrasted with a 1939 Campbell's Soup commercial from the Orson Welles "Campbell Playhouse" era. The hosts remark on the shift in advertising tone and the "dead voice" style of mid-century radio announcers.

President Obama's holiday address is critiqued for its emphasis on "mutual responsibility" and the concept of being "one's brother's keeper." The hosts mock the contrast between the First Family watching football and the call for citizens to serve in soup kitchens. They further deconstruct the President's attempt to link the holiday's history of hardship to current political gridlock and legislative goals in Washington.

A segment from the cable show "Sports Soup" is played, featuring a montage of sports commentators' phrases edited to sound like sexual double entendres. The hosts find the "Out of Context" concept amusing and suggest a similar edit could be made for their own program.

The FDA previously penalized Campbell's Soup for using marbles in the bottom of soup bowls during commercial shoots to force vegetables to the surface. This deceptive practice made the product appear heartier than the actual consumer version. Similar scrutiny is often applied to fast food companies that use stylized models of burgers in their marketing materials.

The Wall Street Journal reports a surge in the popularity of dandelion greens, which are now selling for $9 a pound at specialty supermarkets. The hosts discuss other "weeds" entering the culinary mainstream, such as purslane and stinging nettles. This leads to a discussion of traditional cooking methods, including the Haida practice of using red-hot rocks to boil water in cedar boxes.