Robert Smith

B-A-N-A-N-A-S. I'm Jacob Goldstein.

I'm Robert Smith, and this is Business History, a show about the history of bananas and the banana business.

Yeah, and we're basically gonna be focusing on late 1800s, first half of the 1900s, which is a story of, of the US, of Latin America, really of international business in the Western Hemisphere in the 20th century.

And, you know, the arc of this story is, is largely for decades you have US companies battling in Central America for, for banana supremacy, but then by the middle of the 20th century, you really start to see the people of Central America fight back.

It's America's little imperialist play, frankly.

You know, the Monroe Doctrine goes way back by this point.

Robert Smith, the last time on our show when I did a pop quiz and asked you who was president in a given year, a listener wrote in and said, "Don't play dumb on the show.

Surely you know who was president in 1877." And I did not know, to be honest, that it was Rutherford B.

And in particular, they allege that even though the non-discrimination requirement is categorical on its face, Colorado, in fact, has granted exemptions to schools that serve only particular groups, including families from the LGBTQ community, while refusing similar exemptions to religious schools.

And in a case called Employment Division v. Smith, the Supreme Court held decades ago that a neutral and generally applicable rule need not give way to religious exemptions.

But several justices on the court have criticized the Smith case, and this case will test the application of that principle.

And here the challengers argue that the Smith principle should at least give way where a state has granted exemptions to a law that is generally applicable on its face.

Religion is really an area where the conservative justices have flexed their muscles on the court, so the real question in this case may be how far the court decides to go.

So how much would the case from 2022, Carson versus Macon, where the court ruled six to three that Maine's exclusion of religious private schools from its public tuition assistance program violates the First Amendment? I mean, how much does that play in here?

And in prior cases where the Supreme Court has seen situations in which it has concluded that religion is really being singled out and discriminated against, this court has acted very strongly against that.

I feel like if religion is a factor at the court these days, religion wins.

Jacob Goldstein.

And I'm Robert Smith.

And this is Business History, otherwise known as Boy Boy Podcast.

Otherwise known as a show about the history of business.

And our showrunner is Ryan Dilley.

I'm Jacob Goldstein.

And I'm Robert Smith.

We'll be back next week with another episode of Business History.

I'm Jacob Goldstein.

I'm Robert Smith, and this is Business History.

A show about the history.

So why don't we go way back? Of business.

Our showrunner and editor is Ryan Dilley.

I'm Jacob Goldstein.

And I'm Robert Smith.

This is Business History.

You got it.

Robert Smith.

Yes, sir.

Today's show is about Wayne Huizenga, a man who got into the garbage business in the 60s when it was rough and tumble, mom and pop shops with a couple of trucks.

I'm Jacob Goldstein.

I'm

Robert Smith, and this is Business History.

What would you say this? What is it about? It's hard to tell, but I think it is a show about the history of business.