How Coke Killed the Refillable Bottle

Hamburgers From a Petri Dish

Lora, Rebecca and Heather are cautiously open-minded — hopeful about the technology's potential but concerned about the FBS issue, safety unknowns, and whether lab-grown meat can replicate the taste of traditionally raised animals. The conversation drifts into food waste, preservatives, Impossible Meat, black bean burgers, and cooking habits.

How Coke Killed the Refillable Bottle

Join Rebecca, Lora, and Heather, where Heather discusses how Coca-Cola and the broader beverage industry deliberately dismantled the environmentally superior refillable glass bottle system in favor of single-use plastic.  References: Why Coke Stopped Using Glass Bottles By Susan Messer Environmental historian Bart Elmore from Ohio State University. Story of Stuff website

Grave Robbing

Rebecca hosts the episode where the sisters talk about both historical and modern instances of grave robbing. Rebecca tells the story of the theft of Charlie Chaplin's body for ransom, William Cobbett's well-intentioned but misguided relocation of Thomas Paine's remains, two Pakistani brothers arrested for grave robbing and cannibalism, and a Pennsylvania man caught selling over 100 sets of human remains online. The conversation then broadens into discussions of archaeological grave robbing in the name of science, the black market for donated bodies, and cultural attitudes toward death — including an Indonesian tradition of exhuming ancestors to celebrate them — before wrapping up with a lighthearted tangent about their great-grandmother, hyenas, orcas, and a philosophical musing on why Western culture fears death so much. Sources 6abc Philadelphia. “Court Docs Reveal Accused Grave Robber’s Plot to Steal Human Remains.” YouTube, 9 Jan. 2026, www.youtube.com/watch?v=xygNM9jtJtM. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026. July 2015, Stephanie Pappas 17. “The 6 Most Gruesome Grave Robberies.” Livescience.com, 2 Nov. 2021, www.livescience.com/51591-gruesome-grave-robberies.html. Khan, M Ilyas. “Pakistan Cannibal Brothers Jailed for 12 Years.” BBC News, 11 June 2014, www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-27801252.

The Moon Part II

This episode with hosts Lora, Heather and Rebecca covers Artemis missions breakdown, recap and highlights, also Voyager 1 & 2 and future space missions to Mars. The hosts reflect on how space exploration unites humanity, drawing parallels to the turbulent 1960s. A post-recorded note confirms the Artemis II crew made it home safely.

The Moon Part I

This is Part 1 of "The Moon" episode from the podcast Is This the Norm?, hosted by Lora, Heather, and Rebecca. Lora leads an educational deep-dive into the history of moon exploration, prompted by the ongoing Artemis missions. The episode covers all the Apollo missions.Throughout, Heather and Rebecca offer comic relief and genuine reactions to the drama. The episode ends with a teaser for Part 2 covering the Artemis program.