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Nov 2024
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The Best Idea Yet đŸŒ¶ïžSriracha: From Refu...

Nick & Jack Studios
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Follow our The Best Idea Yet, our 2nd podcast series, to get episodes like this every week: https://wondery.com/links/the-best-idea-yet/  Chances are you’ve got a bottle of Sriracha chilling in your fridge right now, but have no idea who invented it — and the spicy story of how he did it.  Entrepreneur David Tran fled Vietnam in the late 70s, smuggling ... Show More
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