S5·E33 Why Sliced Bread Used To Be Controversial

Ever wondered why amazing new innovations are always referred to as “the greatest thing since sliced bread”?

In this Weird History deep dive, we uncover the surprising origin story behind sliced bread, discuss how it revolutionized everyday life and explain why it became the gold standard for innovation.

From the disaster that forced its inventor to invent it twice, to the rise of Wonder Bread, to the World War 2 era ban that took sliced bread off supermarket shelves, this is the strange, fascinating story of how a simple loaf changed the world forever.