3. (Sort of) Off Topic: The Great Molasses Flood

What was Max thinking about this week? Molasses! Listen and rage with us about capitalism (and maybe use the link below to get the recipe for Max's amazing molasses cookies!)

Sources:

• “Why the Great Molasses Flood was So Deadly” by Emily Sohn for the History Channel 
• “‘There was no escape from the wave’: These are the 21 victims of the Great Boston Molasses Flood” by Dialynn Dwyer 
• “Surreal Photos From The Deadly Boston Molasses Flood Of 1919” by John Koroski 
• “The Great Molasses Flood of 1919 was Boston’s strangest disaster” by Mark Shanahan for Boston Globe Magazine 
• "How Boston’s Molasses Flood of 1919 Reformed Big Business in America" by Philip S. Naudas for History of Yesterday 
• “That Time the Tzar’s Wine Ran Through the Streets” by Rose Heichelbech 
• For more info: Stephen Puleo’s book “Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919” 
• And at the WILDLY great risk of being insensitive, my favorite recipe for molasses cookies