427: Original Recipe

Opublikowano: 2026-10-12

We discover what we believe might be the original recipe for Coca-Cola…and share it with you! When this episode first aired in 2011, it made international headlines. This, and another story about telling copies from originals. Visit thisamericanlife.org/lifepartners to sign up for our premium subscription.(00:00:00) Act One: The formula for Coca-Cola is one of the most jealously guarded trade secrets in the world. So we were surprised to find a 1979 newspaper article that appeared to show Coke's original recipe. We spoke with historian Mark Pendergrast, author of For God, Country and Coca-Cola, and were even more surprised to fi...