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Dec 2024
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The Best Idea Yet 🏀 Air Jordans: How M...

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Subscribe to The Best Idea Yet here: https://wondery.com/links/the-best-idea-yet/ Episodes drop every Tuesday, free to listen to wherever you get your pods. It’s simply the most popular sneaker in history. With $7B in annual sales today, Nike and Michael Jordan’s shoe deal changed sports, fashion and marketing forever - But it never would’ve happened wi ... Show More
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