Podcast Birthplace Of Kool Aid
This quintessentially American soft drink has its own annual festival in Hastings, Nebraska. Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. Walk with me for a bit through the halls of the Hastings Museum in South Central Nebraska. You can see models of the dinosaurs that once roamed the Great Plains. There’s giant rocks and crystals that can be found in the area. And of course, there’s an endless collection of historical dioramas. But there’s one thing in this museum’s collection that really jumps out. It’s this big, round fiberglass mascot suit. Teresa Kreutzer-Hodson: I’m gonna say it’s probably about five feet in diameter. It’s pretty good size. So it is a hard shell. It has a metal frame harness in it that you would put across the top of your shoulders. We actually had one of our staff members get into it. And he’s like, “Oh my gosh, this is so heavy.” A
