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Jan 2021
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EP9: Single Mother Trucking Company, Pep...

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On today's episode we bring you the stories of how a 19-year old single mother built the largest female-owned trucking company,  what happened when a kid sued Pepsi for a Harrier Jet, and when Clark Gable, who was beyond the draft age in WWII, enlisted as a 41 year-old Private.

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