<p>This week on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/aysm.show/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Are You Sh!#ing Me?,</a> Something I Learned While Avoiding Real Responsibilities,</p><p><br></p><p>Brett goes solo to unpack one of the weirdest, most unnecessary, and most delightfully chaotic moments in American holiday history: ,</p><p>The Great Cranberry Scare of 1959 — the year the government basically told everyone, “Happy Thanksgiving… maybe don’t eat anything red.”</p><p>Just two weeks before Thanksgiving, officials announced that some cranberries might be contaminated with a weed killer that could cause cancer in rats. The result?</p><p>Panic. Outrage. Angry telegrams. Politicians flexing by chugging cranberry juice on TV. And an entire country looking for emergency backup side dishes (spoiler: it wasn’t pretty).</p><p>President Eisenhower skipped the cranberry sauce. Grocery stores pulled cans off shelves. Life Magazine suggested pickled watermelon rind. AMERICA. LOST. ITS. MIND.</p><p>Buckle up, because I discovered something while procrastinating that sent me into a spiral.</p><p><br></p><p>Brett breaks down:</p><p>• Why the warning happened</p><p>• How bad the science actually was</p><p>• Why Nixon ate four servings on camera like a deranged berry martyr</p><p>• The letters the White House received (including Canadians demanding an apology)</p><p>• And how this panic shaped modern food safety laws</p><p>All that plus jokes, rants, and whatever Brett was supposed to be doing instead of researching 1950s cranberry drama.</p><p><br></p><p>Cheers!</p><p>Brett</p><p><br></p><p>IG =<a href="https://www.instagram.com/aysm.show/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"> https://www.instagram.com/aysm.show/</a></p><p>FB = <a href="https://www.facebook.com/aysm.podcast.show" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.facebook.com/aysm.podcast.show</a></p><p>Untappd = <a href="https://untappd.com/user/aysm_show/friends" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://untappd.com/user/aysm_show/friends</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>________________________________________</p><p>Great Cranberry Scare of 1959</p><p>Cranberry Panic 1959</p><p>Thanksgiving history</p><p>Are You Shitting Me podcast</p><p>AYSM cranberry episode</p><p>Weird Thanksgiving facts</p><p>Food recall history</p><p>Eisenhower cranberry</p><p>Nixon cranberry</p><p>Cranberry contamination 1959</p><p>Delaney Clause history</p><p>Funny history podcast</p><p>Thanksgiving disasters</p><p>AYSMpodcast</p><p>________________________________________</p><ul><li>#AYSM</li><li>#CranberryPanic</li><li>#ThanksgivingHistory</li></ul><ul><li>#AreYouShittingMe</li><li>#CranberryScare1959</li><li>#WeirdHistoryPodcast</li><li>#aysmpodcast</li></ul><ul><li>#ThanksgivingFails</li><li>#FoodHistory</li><li>#PodcastLife</li><li>#HistoryNerd</li><li>#HolidayChaos</li><li>#CranberrySauce</li><li>#Eisenhower</li><li>#Nixon</li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p>

Are You Sh!#ing Me?

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The Great Cranberry Scare of 1959

NOV 19, 20257 MIN
Are You Sh!#ing Me?

The Great Cranberry Scare of 1959

NOV 19, 20257 MIN

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<p>This week on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/aysm.show/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Are You Sh!#ing Me?,</a> Something I Learned While Avoiding Real Responsibilities,</p><p><br></p><p>Brett goes solo to unpack one of the weirdest, most unnecessary, and most delightfully chaotic moments in American holiday history: ,</p><p>The Great Cranberry Scare of 1959 — the year the government basically told everyone, “Happy Thanksgiving… maybe don’t eat anything red.”</p><p>Just two weeks before Thanksgiving, officials announced that some cranberries might be contaminated with a weed killer that could cause cancer in rats. The result?</p><p>Panic. Outrage. Angry telegrams. Politicians flexing by chugging cranberry juice on TV. And an entire country looking for emergency backup side dishes (spoiler: it wasn’t pretty).</p><p>President Eisenhower skipped the cranberry sauce. Grocery stores pulled cans off shelves. Life Magazine suggested pickled watermelon rind. AMERICA. LOST. ITS. MIND.</p><p>Buckle up, because I discovered something while procrastinating that sent me into a spiral.</p><p><br></p><p>Brett breaks down:</p><p>• Why the warning happened</p><p>• How bad the science actually was</p><p>• Why Nixon ate four servings on camera like a deranged berry martyr</p><p>• The letters the White House received (including Canadians demanding an apology)</p><p>• And how this panic shaped modern food safety laws</p><p>All that plus jokes, rants, and whatever Brett was supposed to be doing instead of researching 1950s cranberry drama.</p><p><br></p><p>Cheers!</p><p>Brett</p><p><br></p><p>IG =<a href="https://www.instagram.com/aysm.show/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"> https://www.instagram.com/aysm.show/</a></p><p>FB = <a href="https://www.facebook.com/aysm.podcast.show" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.facebook.com/aysm.podcast.show</a></p><p>Untappd = <a href="https://untappd.com/user/aysm_show/friends" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://untappd.com/user/aysm_show/friends</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>________________________________________</p><p>Great Cranberry Scare of 1959</p><p>Cranberry Panic 1959</p><p>Thanksgiving history</p><p>Are You Shitting Me podcast</p><p>AYSM cranberry episode</p><p>Weird Thanksgiving facts</p><p>Food recall history</p><p>Eisenhower cranberry</p><p>Nixon cranberry</p><p>Cranberry contamination 1959</p><p>Delaney Clause history</p><p>Funny history podcast</p><p>Thanksgiving disasters</p><p>AYSMpodcast</p><p>________________________________________</p><ul><li>#AYSM</li><li>#CranberryPanic</li><li>#ThanksgivingHistory</li></ul><ul><li>#AreYouShittingMe</li><li>#CranberryScare1959</li><li>#WeirdHistoryPodcast</li><li>#aysmpodcast</li></ul><ul><li>#ThanksgivingFails</li><li>#FoodHistory</li><li>#PodcastLife</li><li>#HistoryNerd</li><li>#HolidayChaos</li><li>#CranberrySauce</li><li>#Eisenhower</li><li>#Nixon</li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p>