E533 - National Pumpkin Spice Day? I’m Not Falling for It

Today is National Pumpkin Spice Day, and yeah—I’m here to mock the holiday because pumpkin spice has officially taken over my life. We trace the nonsense back a bit—McCormick was selling pumpkin pie spice in 1934 and then Starbucks dropped their pumpkin spice latte in 2020 and basically rewired fall into a foam-and-oat-milk situation. Fun fact: “pumpkin spice” barely even contains pumpkin—it's cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves and allspice doing all the heavy lifting while pumpkin just stands there taking credit. Now it's in everything from candles and dog treats to soap, Doritos, and yes, someone even made a pumpkin sp...