16 Feb 2019

Whatever Happened to Pizza at McDonald's?

From The Podcast Hour, 12:15 pm on 16 February 2019
Whatever Happened To Pizza At McDonald's logo (Supplied)

Whatever Happened To Pizza At McDonald's logo (Supplied) Photo: Supplied

For a while, back in the 1980s and 90s, McDonald's sold pizza at some of its restaurants. Then it stopped doing so.

These simple facts have propelled Brian Thompson into an investigation spanning years and 105 podcast episodes as he tries to answer the question- 'Whatever Happened to Pizza at McDonald's?'

Now with this kind of brief you might expect some kind of a linear detective narrative, but if you do you'll certainly be disappointed! Because Brian takes this mundane-sounding question seriously, perhaps a little bit too seriously, and he also tends to get easily sidetracked along the way.

We speak to Brian and play an excerpt from Episode 72 of the show. And as well as being a self-taught investigative journalist, Brian is a writer, performer, actor and comedian based in Los Angeles.

Brian Thompson enjoying a rarely spotted McDonald's pizza (Supplied)

Brian Thompson enjoying a rarely spotted McDonald's pizza (Supplied) Photo: Supplied

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