The Man Who Was a Founder AND Mascot: KFC's Colonel Sanders
Our American Stories
iHeartPodcasts
4.6 • 817 Ratings
🗓️ 1 January 2025
⏱️ 9 minutes
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On this episode of Our American Stories, Colonel Sanders did something no other restaurant founder dared to do — he became his company’s mascot and brand ambassador! Here to share the story of KFC and a little about who Colonel Sanders was is Adam Chandler, author of Drive Thru Dreams.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:04.5 | Adventure should never come with a pause button. |
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| 0:11.1 | I'm Bridget Todd, host of There Are No Girls on the Internet. |
| 0:13.9 | And this season, I'm digging into the tech stories we weren't told. |
| 0:17.4 | Starting with Stacey Spikes, the black founder of movie pass who got pushed out of the company |
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| 0:22.8 | Everybody's trying to knock you down and it's not going to work and no one's going to like it. |
| 0:27.3 | And then boom, it's everywhere. |
| 0:29.3 | And that was that moment. |
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| 0:45.0 | Thank you. or wherever you get your podcast. This is Lee Habib, and this is Our American Stories, the show where America is the star and the American people. |
| 0:52.7 | Colonel Harlan David Sanders was an American businessman known for founding the Fast Food Corporation |
| 0:58.2 | Kentucky Fried Chicken. |
| 1:00.2 | Colonel Sanders did something that no other restaurant founder dared to do. |
| 1:03.9 | He became his company's own mascot and brand ambassador. |
| 1:07.6 | Here to share the story of KFC and a little about who Colonel Sanders was is |
| 1:12.1 | Adam Chandler, the author of Drive-Thru Dreams. Take it away, Adam. |
| 1:20.9 | The story of Colonel Sanders and KFC is one of the best stories there is in fast food. |
| 1:30.3 | There's nothing else like it. |
| 1:34.3 | This is a guy who was born into poverty, grew up on a rural farm. |
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