In 1985, Coca-Cola debuted New Coke. It was the company’s effort to remake itself, in the face of competition from other soda companies and lagging sales. But things didn’t really go as planned. Mother Jones senior reporter Tim Murphy pulls back the curtain on what really happened during the bungled launch of New Coke in the 1980s—and how this fascinating piece of history has resonance today. Then some of our reporters do a blind taste-test to see if they can distinguish New Coke from Classic Coke and Pepsi.
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77 – "Bao" Director Domee Shi Gives a Sweet Dumpling a Dark Twist
76 – What It Feels Like to Be Big in America
75 – Cooking Chicken With Beto O’Rourke
74 – The Cult of the Chili Pepper
39 – Songs That Make Food Taste Better
73 – The Five-Second Rule, and Other Food Myths Busted
72 – These Spices Will Transform Your Life
71 – When Food Stamps "Turn Your Life Around"
70 – Sheriff Corndog
69 – Samin Nosrat Gets Salty
68 – The Godfather of Mexican Wine
67 – The Shocking Reason Why Millions of Animals Drowned in North Carolina
66 – The Bizarre Fad Diet Taking the Far Right by Storm
65 – What to Cook for Your Favorite Author
64 – Finding Salvation in Salad
63 – Farmers Are Growing Squash That Actually Taste Good
62 – Just Give People Money
61 – Comic W. Kamau Bell on Getting Coffee While Black
60 – (Not) Eating Animals
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