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Padma Lakshmi's Trojan Horse; Plus, is Michael Jackson un-cancellable?

Brittany Luse talks to <a href="https://www.instagram.com/padmalakshmi/?hl=en">Padma Lakshmi</a> about the second season of her series Taste The Nation. They get into what is "American food" from apple pies (spoiler: nothing in an apple pie is from here) to daal and pancakes. Then Brittany sits down with the hosts of the new investigative podcast <a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/Think-Twice-Michael-Jackson-Podcast/B0C1HN7117">Think Twice</a>. <a href="https://twitter.com/jsmooth995">Jay Smooth</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/leoncrawl">Leon Neyfakh</a> dive into the history of Michael Jackson to show how he controlled his narrative and to answer the question: is Michael Jackson too famous to cancel? You can follow us on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/NPRItsBeenAMin">@NPRItsBeenAMin</a> and email us at <a href="mailto:ibam@npr.org">ibam@npr.org</a>. Learn more about sponsor message choices: <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>

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