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Coffee: How a Hyperactive Goat Accidentally Invented Capitalism
Before coffee, humanity ran on "low battery mode"—mostly beer, wine, and going to bed at sunset. Then, an Ethiopian goat herder noticed his goats were dancing after eating some weird red berries, and suddenly, the world woke up.
In this episode, we pour a fresh cup and trace the history of the world’s favorite legal drug. We cover:
The Goat Origin Story: Did a goat named Kaldi actually discover caffeine, or was he just the first guy to realize his livestock was tweaking?
The "Devil's Drink": How religious leaders tried to ban coffee as "Satan's bitter invention" until the Pope tasted it and…
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