Topic: Sweet Corn

General Motors reported selling only 125 Chevy Volts in July, despite heavy promotion of the vehicle as a success for the auto industry bailout. Meanwhile, Rahm Emanuel hosted a high-priced birthday fundraiser for President Obama in Chicago. Monsanto also announced plans to sell GE sweet corn for human consumption.

The maker of aspartame, Ajinomoto, is reportedly rebranding the sweetener as "AmnioSweet" to market it as a natural product. The hosts predict a similar rebranding for high fructose corn syrup in the near future. The episode concludes with a final appeal for listener donations and a sign-off from the Southern California and Silicon Valley studios.