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Uploaded February 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
America, shall I compare thee to a can of SPAM?
In this three-part series from The Experiment podcast, some of the meatiest questions the United States faces about how we work for the food we eat play out in the story of special processed American meat.
The Experiment embarks on a remarkable journey to the heart of SPAM —from remote Philippine provinces, where American GIs disseminated the American dream through cans of SPAM, to Austin, Minnesota, SPAMtown U.S.A., where SPAM employed generations of meatpackers, and tore the town apart. SPAM inspired aspirations and opened wounds in the American worker’s psyche that we still yearn for and ache from today.
Listen to SPAM: How the American Dream Got Canned from The Experiment: link.chtbl.com/theexperiment?sid=youtube
Each week, The Experiment podcast tells the story of what happens when individual people confront deeply held American ideals in their own lives. We're interested in the cultural and political contradictions that reveal who we are. Hosted by Julia Longoria and produced by The Atlantic and WNYC Studios.
🎨: Adam Maida
🎥: Nicole Blackwood
America, shall I compare thee to a can of SPAM?
In this three-part series from The Experiment podcast, some of the meatiest questions the United States faces about how we work for the food we eat play out in the story of special processed American meat.
The Experiment embarks on a remarkable journey to the heart of SPAM —from remote Philippine provinces, where American GIs disseminated the American dream through cans of SPAM, to Austin, Minnesota, SPAMtown U.S.A., where SPAM employed generations of meatpackers, and tore the town apart. SPAM inspired aspirations and opened wounds in the American worker’s psyche that we still yearn for and ache from today.
Listen to SPAM: How the American Dream Got Canned from The Experiment: link.chtbl.com/theexperiment?sid=youtube
Each week, The Experiment podcast tells the story of what happens when individual people confront deeply held American ideals in their own lives. We're interested in the cultural and political contradictions that reveal who we are. Hosted by Julia Longoria and produced by The Atlantic and WNYC Studios.
🎨: Adam Maida
🎥: Nicole Blackwood
![SPAM: How the American Dream Got Canned, A Miniseries from The Experiment Podcast [Trailer]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gUZEQkS0vpo/mqdefault.jpg "SPAM: How the American Dream Got Canned, A Miniseries from The Experiment Podcast [Trailer]
America, shall I compare thee to a can of SPAM?
In this three-part series from The Experiment podcast, some of the meatiest questions the United States faces about how we work for the food we eat play out in the story of special processed American meat.
The Experiment embarks on a remarkable journey to the heart of SPAM —from remote Philippine provinces, where American GIs disseminated the American dream through cans of SPAM, to Austin, Minnesota, SPAMtown U.S.A., where SPAM employed generations of meatpackers, and tore the town apart. SPAM inspired aspirations and opened wounds in the American worker’s psyche that we still yearn for and ache from today.
Listen to SPAM: How the American Dream Got Canned from The Experiment: https://link.chtbl.com/theexperiment?sid=youtube
Each week, The Experiment podcast tells the story of what happens when individual people confront deeply held American ideals in their own lives. Were interested in the cultural and political contradictions that reveal who we are. Hosted by Julia Longoria and produced by The Atlantic and WNYC Studios.
🎨: Adam Maida
🎥: Nicole Blackwood")
