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The Face on the Milk Carton: A Xennial Re-Read
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Did your amateur detective skills take shape around your breakfast table?
Did a love of milk make you extra afraid of strangers as a kid?
If you analyzed the young adult fiction book The Face on the Milk Carton as a school assignment, you might be a Xennial. And we are too.
Join Dani & Katie as they discuss the concept of "faces" on milk cartons in the 1980s, and how the book series based on that concept fares today.
This episode was made possible by:
The Face on the Milk Carton (young adult book and audiobook)
The Face on the Milk Carton TV movie on YouTube
The Face on the Milk Carton via Wikipedia
History of faces on milk cartons, via MissingKids.org
Missing kids and milk cartons, via Wikipedia
The disappearance of Etan Patz, via Crime and Coffee Couple podcast
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Chapters
1. Intro: True Crime at the Breakfast Table (00:00:00)
2. Reliving Our Xennial Reading Past (00:07:45)
3. Introducing The Face on the Milk Carton (00:18:11)
4. What Inspired Today’s Discussion? (00:35:14)
5. The Milk Carton Phenomenon: A Bit of History (00:51:19)
6. Thanks to Our Supportive Listeners (01:08:17)
7. The History & Significance of Milk Cartons (01:21:35)
8. A Trip Down Memory Lane: Personal Stories (02:57:41)
9. Conclusion: Reflecting on the Episode’s Themes (05:40:35)
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