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HANDS AND DAYLIGHT

E68: MAKING WICKED WHOOPIE

HANDS AND DAYLIGHT

Peter Roberts

History, Business

5.0765 Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2019

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

Amy Bouchard was working at the Bath Iron Works shipyard when she decided to follow her passion of baking and started making whoopie pies from her kitchen. Her story starts in one of Maine’s oldest mill towns, watching her family work at the factories. With no business experience, a basket in one arm, and a toddler in the other, Amy began her journey. This is her story… 25 years, and 20 million whoopie pies later.

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0:00.0

And so, my fellow Americans, ask not.

0:04.0

Taking back America starts here.

0:07.0

What your country can do for you.

0:10.0

Ask what you can do for your country.

0:13.0

I'm convinced.

0:14.0

The reclamation of America through many hands and daylight.

0:19.0

That's one small step for man.

0:20.9

We as a nation must undergo.

0:23.3

This is our origin.

0:26.8

A radical revolution of value.

0:29.4

Not because they are easy, but because they are hard.

0:33.3

Welcome to Hands and Daylight Podcast.

0:35.5

Good morning, B. Little.

0:37.3

Good morning. We have as. Good morning, B. Little. Good morning.

0:38.1

We have a special guest this morning.

0:40.6

And, man, I can't tell you how excited I am because I have been eating her whoopee pies for the past, I don't know, at least 15 years, maybe 20 years.

0:51.0

But Amy Bouchard from Wicked Whoopies here in Maine who started the main

0:55.8

whoopie pie empire I would say you can't go into a store in Maine without you know

1:01.4

being drawn to one of these whoopies and you know if you're if you're weak-minded

1:06.0

like me and you like sugar-coated lies once once once you have one of these you you just you dream about it

1:14.5

and um our friend uh brandy over at travis mills foundation connected us so thank you brandy for

1:22.8

making that happen i will tell you amy that my that my wife Amanda was not too happy with me.

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