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Glass Dads
Episode 435 • Published Aug 06, 2021

It’s like just running into your robot waiter while drinking a root beer float instead of meticulously brewed coffee.

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Links and Show Notes

Intro

COFFEE

Headlines

Follow up:

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Tech/Food Headlines

Robot Waiters Have Descended on Silicon Valley

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Today’s Special

International Beer Day

Tell us how much you like beer, Kyle.

National Root Beer Float Day

1876 - Pharmacist Charles Elmer Hires debuts a commercial version of root beer at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition.

1919 - Ray Allen opens a root beer stand in Lodi, California, which would eventually become the A&W restaurant chain.

1920s - The popularity of non-alcoholic root beer explodes during Prohibition.

1960 - The FDA bans safrole, the aromatic oil that initially gave root beer its distinctive flavor. The ingredient caused liver damage during animal testing.

What’s your favorite Root Beer?

Kyle - Canned Dad’s

Kenny - Bottled Dad’s