Toxic Turkey Day: HISTORY This Week - a podcast by Bowery Boys Media

November 24, 1966. Millions of spectators flood Broadway in New York City to watch the Macy’s Day Parade on Thanksgiving morning.

The iconic floats – Superman, Popeye, Smokey the Bear – are set against a sky that can only be described as noxious. A smog of pollutants is trapped over New York City, and it will ultimately kill nearly 200 people.How did the 1966 Thanksgiving Smog help usher in a new era of environmental protection? And how have we been thinking about environmental disasters all wrong?

This episode comes from one of our favorite podcasts HISTORY This Week from the History Channel.You can listen to more episodes of HISTORY This Week on Apple Podcasts 

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