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.
59 – Bonus: Alice Waters
58 – How to Grow Your Own Cocktail
57 - Bonus: Introducing The Mother Jones Podcast
56 – What the Rajneeshee Cult Was Cooking Up
55 – This Is the Best Kind of Milk
54 – Did Drinking Give Me Cancer?
53 – When Sexual Harassment Is on the Menu
52 – This Is Your Dinner on Weed
51 – You Thought You Knew Spam. You Knew Nothing.
50 – The Year's Best Movies Are Secretly About Food
49 – It Shouldn't Be This Hard to Get an Ethical Cup of Coffee
48 – This Science Will Make You Feel Better About What You Eat
47 – Not Just Granola: How Hippies Reinvented American Cuisine
29 – This Simple Advice Completely Changed the Way I Eat
46 – Dinner and a Movie
45 – Restaurant Workers Say #MeToo
44 – When Dinner Gets Awkward
43 – Robin Sloan's Hilarious and Bizarre Food Novel
42 – After Napa’s Inferno, “We’re Still Standing”
41 – Do Farmers Still Love Trump?
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