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The James Altucher Show

833 - Trung Phan: Why are Doritos So Addictive!?

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Education, Business

4.62.7K Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Who doesn't love Doritos, they have been around since 1964! In this episode, I invite Trung Phan, a contributor for SatPost, Bloomberg, and co-hosted the Not Investment Advice (NIA) podcast, to come on to the show to tell me the origin of Doritos, and why are Doritos so addictive? Is it the chemical that they used to manufacture these products? The Flavors? The Brains? Or it's all three?Listen to the episode to find out! Also, you can read his Twitter thread about the Doritos here: https://twitter.com/TrungTPhan/thread/1505575719211991040Also, make sure you follow him on his substack! https://trungphan.substack.com/Visit Notepd.com to read more idea lists, or sign up and create your own idea list!My new book Skip The Line is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever you get your new book!Join You Should Run For President 2.0 Facebook Group, and we discuss why should run for president.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast.Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts:Apple PodcastsStitcheriHeart RadioSpotify Follow me on Social Media:YouTubeTwitterFacebook ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.

0:06.8

This is the James Altiger show.

0:13.3

My kids love Doritos.

0:14.5

I love Doritos as a kid.

0:16.1

Now I can't stand Doritos, but I think the only reason I can't stand them is because

0:20.7

I'm afraid they're too unhealthy for me.

0:22.9

So maybe I'm biased too much for some reason.

0:26.0

So I was looking on Cora, which is like the Q&A site, and there are so many questions

0:30.8

about Doritos.

0:32.4

There's a question, why are Doritos so addictive?

0:34.9

Why are Doritos so popular?

0:36.6

Why do I love Doritos so much?

0:38.8

Is there really a market for lady-friendly Doritos?

0:41.4

Like someone cares enough to write a question I'm Cora about that.

0:44.3

Here's another one.

0:45.3

Can I die from eating Doritos?

0:46.5

I don't know if that's a question from a person who wants to commit suicide or is nervous

0:51.6

about dying.

0:52.6

It could go either way.

0:54.0

Which one is better?

0:56.4

They want to make a correct decision before they make a life choice like this.

1:00.5

Are Doritos good for me?

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