Summary: <p>On this week's podcast we’re bringing you a story from our colleagues at <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/experiment">The Experiment</a>.</p> <p>It’s about SPAM: the <em>meaty</em> kind. During World War II, wherever American troops spread democracy, they left the tinned pork-mix in their wake; tossing cans of SPAM out of trucks to the hungry people they sought to liberate. That’s how <em>Experiment</em> producer Gabrielle Berbey’s grandfather first came to know and love SPAM as a kid in the Philippines. Once a classic American product, 80 years later it is now a staple Filipino food: a beloved emblem of Filipino identity. </p> <p>In this episode Gabrielle sets out to understand how SPAM made its way into the hearts of generations of Pacific Islanders, and ends up opening a SPAM can of worms. </p> <p>This episode is the first in a new three-part miniseries from <em>The Experiment—</em>“<em><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/experiment/spam/">SPAM: How the American Dream Got Canned</a></em><em>.</em>”</p> <p> </p>
