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Behind Tailgate Parties

October 08, 2021

Each year approximately 20 to 50 million Americans come together to celebrate with food and drink in parking lots and open fields. On this episode of allinfoodz, Amit Sharma is joined by Penn State Teaching Professor of Anthropology Kirk French to discuss the cultural phenomena of tailgating. Kirk discusses the history of humans gathering before events for food and drink, tailgating in modern times and his past research on on the subject.