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Lunch Debt & Meat Slurry: Inside America's Cafeteria Crisis

Lunch Debt & Meat Slurry: Inside America's Cafeteria Crisis

Update: 2025-07-16
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In this episode of Deep Dives in the Shallow End, Donovan takes us behind the sneeze guard to expose the tragic comedy of American school lunches. From Cold War cheese hoarding to modern-day lunch debt collectors, we explore how a system meant to nourish kids became a showcase for processed shame, outdated policy, and corporate leftovers.

We ask: How did ketchup become a vegetable? Why are children shamed for being hungry? And what does it say about our national values when feeding kids is seen as optional?

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Lunch Debt & Meat Slurry: Inside America's Cafeteria Crisis

Lunch Debt & Meat Slurry: Inside America's Cafeteria Crisis

Deep Dives in the Shallow End