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An extra long episode, featuring the history of the M&M’s spokescandies and why we care about them so much. Plus, codebreakers have just decrypted over 50 lost letters from Mary, Queen of Scots. And another Valentine’s Day campaign to help you enact revenge on your ex––this time with a surprise scorpion.

Sponsors:

• ZocDoc, zocdoc.com/coolstuff
• Indeed, Indeed.com/goodnews

Links:

• The History Of M&M's Isn't As Sweet As You Think It Is (All That’s Interesting)
• Gen Z's Favorite Brands 2022 (Morning Consult)
• The Former Creatives Behind M&M's Mascots Believe the Characters Are Adding Fun to Cancel Culture (Ad Week)
• 1954 commercial debut of spokescandies (YouTube)
• Another 1950s M&M commercial (YouTube)
• The History of the M&M Characters – Nostalgia Critic (Channel Awesome, YouTube)
• The Woke Agenda Finally Came For Our Sexy M&M's (BuzzFeed News)
• Pre-Super Bowl is the new April Fools (Jackson Bird, Twitter)
• Next Phase Of M&M's® Super Bowl Lvii Campaign Unveiled (PR News Wire)
• Was the Recent M&M’s Announcement Just a Stunt Leading Up to the Super Bowl? (NY Times)
• Clam commercial (M&Ms, YouTube)
• Codebreakers crack secrets of Mary Queen of Scots’ lost letters (EurkeAlert)
• The Lost Letters of an Imprisoned Queen Have Been Decrypted After 400 Years (Vice)
• A Tip for the Hangman by Allison Epstein
• Topo Chico Hard Seltzer Will Send Your Ex a Scorpion for Valentine's Day 
• Send Your Ex an Edible Scorpion
• green m&m (@greenmfanfic) (Instagram)
• My newsletter, First Draft Theater (Substack)
• Jackson Bird on Twitter

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