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How Cereal, Sugar, and Big Business Rewired Our Diets

Shane joins Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Michael Moss joins to uncover how cereal sparked the rise of processed foods — and the billion-dollar marketing machine behind it. From sugar-loaded breakfasts to Big Tobacco’s food empire, this segment reveals how modern diets were engineered to override our willpower.
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Clip Season 2 Episode 1 Length 06:24 Premiere: 06/25/25

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Vanishing Act
S2 E6 Length 55:39 Premiere Date 07/30/25

Dammed If You Do
S2 E5 Length 55:08 Premiere Date 07/23/25

The Honey Trap
S2 E4 Length 55:09 Premiere Date 07/16/25

Dressed to Kill
S2 E3 Length 55:09 Premiere Date 07/09/25

The Enemy of My Enemy
S2 E2 Length 55:13 Premiere Date 07/02/25

Shelf Life
S2 E1 Length 55:07 Premiere Date 06/25/25

How Cereal, Sugar, and Big Business Rewired Our Diets
Clip Length 06:24 Premiere Date 06/25/25

The True Cost of Shrimp: What the Grocery Store Doesn’t Show You
Clip Length 13:11 Premiere Date 06/25/25

The Birth of the Supermarket: How Convenience Took Over the Way We Shop
Clip Length 04:18 Premiere Date 06/25/25

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Preview Length 00:30 Premiere Date 06/25/25

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