{"id":340,"date":"2025-10-10T14:29:52","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T14:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/in-the-media\/?p=340"},"modified":"2026-03-24T16:25:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T16:25:18","slug":"dr-mark-johnson-on-jed-jr-mornings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/in-the-media\/2025\/10\/10\/dr-mark-johnson-on-jed-jr-mornings\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Mark Johnson talking bacon on Jed &amp; JR Mornings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dr. Mark Johnson, Assistant Professor of History at UTC, joined Jed &amp; JR Mornings on WGOW 102.3 FM to discuss America\u2019s enduring love for bacon, noting that the average American eats about 18 pounds each year. Johnson, whose forthcoming book is titled <em>American Bacon: The History of a Food Phenomenon<\/em>, explored how bacon evolved into a cultural icon and national obsession, blending history, marketing, and nostalgia into one of America\u2019s most beloved food stories. Interview starts at the 22:30 mark. &gt;&gt;&gt;<a href=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/talk-radio-102-3\/jeff-cate-bacon-and-scenic-city-suds\">Listen<\/a>&gt;&gt;&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Mark Johnson, Assistant Professor of History at UTC, joined Jed &amp; JR Mornings on WGOW 102.3 FM to discuss America\u2019s enduring love for bacon, noting that the average American eats about 18 pounds each year. Johnson, whose forthcoming book is titled American Bacon: The History of a Food Phenomenon, explored how bacon evolved into&hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><span><a class=\"more-link button text\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/in-the-media\/2025\/10\/10\/dr-mark-johnson-on-jed-jr-mornings\/\"><span>Continue Reading <\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2031,"featured_media":104,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,76,581,22,52],"tags":[430,431],"class_list":{"0":"post-340","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-college-of-arts-sciences-topic","8":"category-media","9":"category-subject-matter-expert","10":"category-topic","11":"category-wgow-102-3-fm","12":"tag-department-of-history","13":"tag-dr-mark-johnson","14":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dr. Mark Johnson talking bacon on Jed &amp; JR Mornings - UTC in the Media<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/in-the-media\/2025\/10\/10\/dr-mark-johnson-on-jed-jr-mornings\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dr. Mark Johnson talking bacon on Jed &amp; JR Mornings - UTC in the Media\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dr. Mark Johnson, Assistant Professor of History at UTC, joined Jed &amp; JR Mornings on WGOW 102.3 FM to discuss America\u2019s enduring love for bacon, noting that the average American eats about 18 pounds each year. Johnson, whose forthcoming book is titled American Bacon: The History of a Food Phenomenon, explored how bacon evolved into&hellip; Continue Reading\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/in-the-media\/2025\/10\/10\/dr-mark-johnson-on-jed-jr-mornings\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"UTC in the Media\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-10T14:29:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-24T16:25:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/162\/2025\/07\/WGOW.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"475\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"JAy Blackman\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jed &amp; JR Mornings\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/in-the-media\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/10\\\/dr-mark-johnson-on-jed-jr-mornings\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/in-the-media\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/10\\\/dr-mark-johnson-on-jed-jr-mornings\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"JAy Blackman\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/in-the-media\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/97203dc7c03b98f61f30ae1dcb6730c3\"},\"headline\":\"Dr. Mark Johnson talking bacon on Jed &amp; JR Mornings\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-10T14:29:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-24T16:25:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/in-the-media\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/10\\\/dr-mark-johnson-on-jed-jr-mornings\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":96,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/in-the-media\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/10\\\/dr-mark-johnson-on-jed-jr-mornings\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/app\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/162\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/WGOW.jpg?fit=475%2C400&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"Department of History\",\"Dr. Mark Johnson\"],\"articleSection\":[\"College of Arts &amp; Sciences\",\"Media\",\"Subject Matter Expert\",\"Topic\",\"WGOW 102.3 FM\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/in-the-media\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/10\\\/dr-mark-johnson-on-jed-jr-mornings\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/in-the-media\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/10\\\/dr-mark-johnson-on-jed-jr-mornings\\\/\",\"name\":\"Dr. Mark Johnson talking bacon on Jed &amp; JR Mornings - UTC in the Media\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/in-the-media\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/in-the-media\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/10\\\/dr-mark-johnson-on-jed-jr-mornings\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/in-the-media\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/10\\\/dr-mark-johnson-on-jed-jr-mornings\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/app\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/162\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/WGOW.jpg?fit=475%2C400&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-10T14:29:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-24T16:25:18+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/in-the-media\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/97203dc7c03b98f61f30ae1dcb6730c3\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/in-the-media\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/10\\\/dr-mark-johnson-on-jed-jr-mornings\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/in-the-media\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/10\\\/dr-mark-johnson-on-jed-jr-mornings\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/in-the-media\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/10\\\/dr-mark-johnson-on-jed-jr-mornings\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/app\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/162\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/WGOW.jpg?fit=475%2C400&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/app\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/162\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/WGOW.jpg?fit=475%2C400&ssl=1\",\"width\":475,\"height\":400,\"caption\":\"Talk Radio 102.3 FM WGOW\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/in-the-media\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/10\\\/dr-mark-johnson-on-jed-jr-mornings\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/in-the-media\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Dr. Mark Johnson talking bacon on Jed &amp; JR Mornings\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/in-the-media\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/in-the-media\\\/\",\"name\":\"UTC in the Media\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/in-the-media\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/in-the-media\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/97203dc7c03b98f61f30ae1dcb6730c3\",\"name\":\"JAy Blackman\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/42dd24896b391a0d483f6b42d78b2ab3309769f545a50efbf25cc3808aa29180?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/42dd24896b391a0d483f6b42d78b2ab3309769f545a50efbf25cc3808aa29180?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/42dd24896b391a0d483f6b42d78b2ab3309769f545a50efbf25cc3808aa29180?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"JAy Blackman\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/omny.fm\\\/shows\\\/talk-radio-102-3\\\/jeff-cate-bacon-and-scenic-city-suds\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Dr. Mark Johnson talking bacon on Jed &amp; JR Mornings - UTC in the Media","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/in-the-media\/2025\/10\/10\/dr-mark-johnson-on-jed-jr-mornings\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Dr. Mark Johnson talking bacon on Jed &amp; JR Mornings - UTC in the Media","og_description":"Dr. Mark Johnson, Assistant Professor of History at UTC, joined Jed &amp; JR Mornings on WGOW 102.3 FM to discuss America\u2019s enduring love for bacon, noting that the average American eats about 18 pounds each year. Johnson, whose forthcoming book is titled American Bacon: The History of a Food Phenomenon, explored how bacon evolved into&hellip; Continue Reading","og_url":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/in-the-media\/2025\/10\/10\/dr-mark-johnson-on-jed-jr-mornings\/","og_site_name":"UTC in the Media","article_published_time":"2025-10-10T14:29:52+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-03-24T16:25:18+00:00","og_image":[{"width":475,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/162\/2025\/07\/WGOW.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"JAy Blackman","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jed &amp; JR Mornings","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/in-the-media\/2025\/10\/10\/dr-mark-johnson-on-jed-jr-mornings\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/in-the-media\/2025\/10\/10\/dr-mark-johnson-on-jed-jr-mornings\/"},"author":{"name":"JAy Blackman","@id":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/in-the-media\/#\/schema\/person\/97203dc7c03b98f61f30ae1dcb6730c3"},"headline":"Dr. Mark Johnson talking bacon on Jed &amp; JR Mornings","datePublished":"2025-10-10T14:29:52+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-24T16:25:18+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/in-the-media\/2025\/10\/10\/dr-mark-johnson-on-jed-jr-mornings\/"},"wordCount":96,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/in-the-media\/2025\/10\/10\/dr-mark-johnson-on-jed-jr-mornings\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/162\/2025\/07\/WGOW.jpg?fit=475%2C400&ssl=1","keywords":["Department of History","Dr. Mark Johnson"],"articleSection":["College of Arts &amp; Sciences","Media","Subject Matter Expert","Topic","WGOW 102.3 FM"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/in-the-media\/2025\/10\/10\/dr-mark-johnson-on-jed-jr-mornings\/","url":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/in-the-media\/2025\/10\/10\/dr-mark-johnson-on-jed-jr-mornings\/","name":"Dr. Mark Johnson talking bacon on Jed &amp; JR Mornings - UTC in the Media","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/in-the-media\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/in-the-media\/2025\/10\/10\/dr-mark-johnson-on-jed-jr-mornings\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/in-the-media\/2025\/10\/10\/dr-mark-johnson-on-jed-jr-mornings\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/162\/2025\/07\/WGOW.jpg?fit=475%2C400&ssl=1","datePublished":"2025-10-10T14:29:52+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-24T16:25:18+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/in-the-media\/#\/schema\/person\/97203dc7c03b98f61f30ae1dcb6730c3"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/in-the-media\/2025\/10\/10\/dr-mark-johnson-on-jed-jr-mornings\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/in-the-media\/2025\/10\/10\/dr-mark-johnson-on-jed-jr-mornings\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/in-the-media\/2025\/10\/10\/dr-mark-johnson-on-jed-jr-mornings\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/162\/2025\/07\/WGOW.jpg?fit=475%2C400&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/162\/2025\/07\/WGOW.jpg?fit=475%2C400&ssl=1","width":475,"height":400,"caption":"Talk Radio 102.3 FM WGOW"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/in-the-media\/2025\/10\/10\/dr-mark-johnson-on-jed-jr-mornings\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/in-the-media\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Dr. Mark Johnson talking bacon on Jed &amp; JR Mornings"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/in-the-media\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/in-the-media\/","name":"UTC in the Media","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/in-the-media\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/in-the-media\/#\/schema\/person\/97203dc7c03b98f61f30ae1dcb6730c3","name":"JAy Blackman","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/42dd24896b391a0d483f6b42d78b2ab3309769f545a50efbf25cc3808aa29180?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/42dd24896b391a0d483f6b42d78b2ab3309769f545a50efbf25cc3808aa29180?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/42dd24896b391a0d483f6b42d78b2ab3309769f545a50efbf25cc3808aa29180?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"JAy Blackman"},"url":"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/talk-radio-102-3\/jeff-cate-bacon-and-scenic-city-suds"}]}},"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/162\/2025\/07\/WGOW.jpg?resize=475%2C400&ssl=1","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/162\/2025\/07\/WGOW.jpg?resize=475%2C400&ssl=1","author_info":{"display_name":"Jed &amp; JR Mornings","author_link":"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/talk-radio-102-3\/jeff-cate-bacon-and-scenic-city-suds"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/162\/2025\/07\/WGOW.jpg?fit=475%2C400&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/in-the-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/in-the-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/in-the-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/in-the-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2031"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/in-the-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/in-the-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":342,"href":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/in-the-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340\/revisions\/342"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/in-the-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/in-the-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/in-the-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/in-the-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}