History and Hearsay

Breakfast cereals were invented to CURE sexual urges?!? The WEIRD History of Corn Flakes

December 06, 2023 Christina Season 2 Episode 1
Breakfast cereals were invented to CURE sexual urges?!? The WEIRD History of Corn Flakes
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History and Hearsay
Breakfast cereals were invented to CURE sexual urges?!? The WEIRD History of Corn Flakes
Dec 06, 2023 Season 2 Episode 1
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In today's episode of History and Hearsay, we are discussing how and WHY cornflakes were invented, we will be discussing the life of John Harvey Kellogg, Will Keith Kellogg and the creation of Corn Flakes Breakfast Cereal.

Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:22 - Who was John Kellogg?
2:36 - Dr. John's Career at the Sanitarium
4:50 - John's Medical Treatments & Inventions
10:00 - Treatments for Stopping Sexual Urges
12:28 - What does this have to do with Cereal?
13:50 - John and Will's Relationship
16:35 - Will discovers Flaked Cereal + Makes it successful
19:26 - Corn Flakes Marketing Campaigns + Fighting between brothers
22:45 - The Great Depression + The Kellogg Legacy
25:25 - Outro

 ► Listen on the go - You can find the History & Hearsay PODCAST on Apple, Spotify, wherever you listen to your podcasts, or if you enjoy the visual aspect you can WATCH right here on Youtube every OTHER Friday!  SOURCES:

https://www.myrecipes.com/extracrispy/the-weird-true-story-of-the-kelloggs-brothers  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMsN0fhnq08&list=WL&index=6  

https://www.whatitmeanstobeamerican.org/encounters/how-the-kellogg-brothers-taught-america-to-eat-breakfast/ 

https://thetakeout.com/kelloggs-corn-flakes-history-as-anti-sexual-cereal-1848612151

https://www.thehenryford.org/explore/blog/kellogg-s-breakfast-revolution

https://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/story/news/local/2018/03/13/kelloggs-battling-brothers-battle-creek-john-harvey-keith-medical-history-book/420629002/

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-the-kellogg-brothers-transformed-breakfast-and-pioneered-wellness

https://daily.jstor.org/the-strange-backstory-behind-your-breakfast-cereal/

https://www.businessinsider.com/brought-to-you-by-podcast-btyb-kellogg-brothers

https://conference.kbs.msu.edu/manor-house/manor-house-history/

https://www.michiganradio.org/arts-culture/2017-11-28/a-bitter-brotherly-feud-and-how-kelloggs-corn-flakes-reimagined-american-breakfast

 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-the-kellogg-brothers-transformed-breakfast-and-pioneered-wellness

https://daily.jstor.org/the-strange-backstory-behind-your-breakfast-cereal/

https://www.businessinsider.com/brought-to-you-by-podcast-btyb-kellogg-brothers

https://conference.kbs.msu.edu/manor-house/manor-house-history/

Show Notes

In today's episode of History and Hearsay, we are discussing how and WHY cornflakes were invented, we will be discussing the life of John Harvey Kellogg, Will Keith Kellogg and the creation of Corn Flakes Breakfast Cereal.

Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:22 - Who was John Kellogg?
2:36 - Dr. John's Career at the Sanitarium
4:50 - John's Medical Treatments & Inventions
10:00 - Treatments for Stopping Sexual Urges
12:28 - What does this have to do with Cereal?
13:50 - John and Will's Relationship
16:35 - Will discovers Flaked Cereal + Makes it successful
19:26 - Corn Flakes Marketing Campaigns + Fighting between brothers
22:45 - The Great Depression + The Kellogg Legacy
25:25 - Outro

 ► Listen on the go - You can find the History & Hearsay PODCAST on Apple, Spotify, wherever you listen to your podcasts, or if you enjoy the visual aspect you can WATCH right here on Youtube every OTHER Friday!  SOURCES:

https://www.myrecipes.com/extracrispy/the-weird-true-story-of-the-kelloggs-brothers  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMsN0fhnq08&list=WL&index=6  

https://www.whatitmeanstobeamerican.org/encounters/how-the-kellogg-brothers-taught-america-to-eat-breakfast/ 

https://thetakeout.com/kelloggs-corn-flakes-history-as-anti-sexual-cereal-1848612151

https://www.thehenryford.org/explore/blog/kellogg-s-breakfast-revolution

https://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/story/news/local/2018/03/13/kelloggs-battling-brothers-battle-creek-john-harvey-keith-medical-history-book/420629002/

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-the-kellogg-brothers-transformed-breakfast-and-pioneered-wellness

https://daily.jstor.org/the-strange-backstory-behind-your-breakfast-cereal/

https://www.businessinsider.com/brought-to-you-by-podcast-btyb-kellogg-brothers

https://conference.kbs.msu.edu/manor-house/manor-house-history/

https://www.michiganradio.org/arts-culture/2017-11-28/a-bitter-brotherly-feud-and-how-kelloggs-corn-flakes-reimagined-american-breakfast

 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-the-kellogg-brothers-transformed-breakfast-and-pioneered-wellness

https://daily.jstor.org/the-strange-backstory-behind-your-breakfast-cereal/

https://www.businessinsider.com/brought-to-you-by-podcast-btyb-kellogg-brothers

https://conference.kbs.msu.edu/manor-house/manor-house-history/