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Padma Lakshmi tastes the nation; Plus, is Michael Jackson cancelled? : It's Been a Minute Brittany Luse talks to Padma Lakshmi 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 Think Twice. Jay Smooth and Leon Neyfakh 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?

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

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

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Padma Lakshmi and Michael Jackson
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Brittany Luse talks to Padma Lakshmi 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 Think Twice. Jay Smooth and Leon Neyfakh 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 @NPRItsBeenAMin and email us at ibam@npr.org.

This episode was produced by Corey Antonio Rose, Barton Girdwood and Liam McBain. It was edited by Jessica Placzek and Bilal Qureshi. Engineering support came from Maggie Luthar and Neal Rauch. Our executive producer is Veralyn Williams. Our VP of programming is Yolanda Sangweni and our senior VP of programming is Anya Grundmann.