About this episode
On April 16, 1996, Oprah Winfrey did a show about mad cow disease. Six weeks later, a couple of Texas cattlemen had a cow (sorry). Support us: Hear bonus episodes on Patreon Donate on PayPal Get Maintenance Phase T-shirts, stickers and more Buy Aubrey's book Listen to Mike's other podcast Links! Original Lawsuit Appeal How Oprah Got Sued for Dissing a Burger Two Degrees of Speech Protection Texas Cattle Feeders v. Oprah Winfrey: The First Major Test of the “Veggie Libel Law” Having a Cow: Reactions To "Veggie Libel" Laws and the Oprah Trials Howard Lyman talk The Unconstitutionality Of Iowa's Proposed Agricultural Food Products Act And Similar Veggie Libel Laws How the Cows Turned Mad Food Safety Vs. Promotion Of Industry: Can The USDA Protect Americans From Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy? Apocalypse Cow GAO report A is for Apple, Alar, and ... Alarmist? Alar Five Years Later Auvil v. CBS 60 Minutes Alar and Apples: Newspaper Coverage of a Major Risk Issue. Thanks to Doctor Dreamchip for our lovely theme song! Support the show