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These are the surprising stories behind our biggest, household name brands. Host Charlie Herman finds tales of tragedy, love, strange histories, unintended consequences, and accidental success. And in each episode, we find out how these brands changed our lives – for better or worse.

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61. Kellogg v. Kellogg

60. The Levi's That Came In From the Cold

59. The Pepski Generation

58. The House That Sears Built

57. Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba

56. Pan Am in Vietnam

55. The Polaroid Revolutionary Workers Movement

54. Will The Real Mr. Oreo Please Stand Up?

53. An Essential Oils Investigation

52. The Republic of Samsung

51. Not All Fun and Board Games

50. Let's Talk About Tampax

49. Making Nathan's Famous

48. The Fight for the McDonald's Franchise

47. Drinking Buddies: Jack Daniel and Nearest Green

46. Makin' Whoopee Cushion

45. Heard It Through the Grapevine

44. All That Jazzercise

43. A Tale of Two Spams

42. The Widow Clicquot

41. The Red (M&M) Scare

40. The Marlboro Woman

39. Scoot Over?

38. The Coed Scouts of America

37. Battle of the Brands: Leo Fender vs Les Paul

36. A town called DISH

35. You've got Enron mail!

34. The Legend of the Atari Burial

33. Muzak listening, and Alexa eavesdropping

32. Who owns the Oakland A's?

31. Bill Nye the GMO Guy

30. What does a brand sound like?

29. LaCroix, Canada Goose, and Carhartt are cool. Why?

28. Victoria's Secret is Out

27. Harley-Davidson Rides to Live

26. The Best a Woman Can Gillette

25. The VW Beetle's Dark Past

24. An International Amazon Mystery

23. Apple 1984

22. Martha Stewart in the Middle

21. Crocs: From Punchline to Fashion Line

20. Does Panera Care?

19. Kentucky Fried Christmas

18. Resting Botox Face

17. Better Call Butterball

16. NASA Uncut

15. The Waffle House Index

14. Sears: There Was More For Your Life

13. Gangs? At Disneyland?

12. A Wrench in Tesla

11. The Amway Dream

10. The Macy's Home Department

9. The Mattress Firm Conspiracy Theory

8. The Jell-O Curse

7. The Bodies at the Brooks Brothers

6. Basically Starbucks

5. The Coca-Cola President

4. Trader Joe's No-Buck Chuck

3. The Last Blockbuster

2. Donald and Ivana's Affair (with Pizza Hut)

1. TGI Fridays: The Tinder of the 1960s