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Mike Spear

Mike Spear is a producer for the public radio show This American Life (joined December 2021, rejoining after producing the podcast Dead Eyes) and records music as Old Best Friend.

Oct 12, 2026

This American Life

This American Life

427: Original Recipe

Oct 12 · 1h 1m

Ira Glass
Ira GlassHOST
2:46
Though the reason that most of us think of it as one of the biggest trade secrets in the world is probably because that's the story Coca-Cola likes to tell.
Mike SpearGUEST
2:54
Coke's secret formula.
Mike SpearGUEST
2:56
Only two guys in the world know it.
Mike SpearGUEST
2:58
If something happened to one, the formula would be lost forever.
Mike SpearGUEST
3:02
And then Cokeouts would be catastrophic.

13 MINS LATER

Eric ChastainGUEST
15:42
Wow.
Mike SpearGUEST
15:43
Hmm.
Mike SpearGUEST
15:51
It's kinda tasty.

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