Jimmy John's 2 with Mary Sohn

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4.8 • 5.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2024

⏱️ 143 minutes

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Mary Sohn (@maroldswan, Hey Randy) joins the 'boys to talk blood, hair treatments, and working at Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. before a review of Jimmy John's.

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https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/432.Ayn_Rand

https://www.roarkcapital.com/name

https://www.restaurantbusinessonline.com/power-20-2018/roark-capital

https://www.nrn.com/mergers-acquisitions/roark-capital-acquires-majority-stake-jimmy-john-s

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ayn-rand-social-security/

https://www.pourosry.com/about-us/history/index.htm

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0:00.0	This is a HeadGum Podcast.
0:06.0	Want to watch this episode?
0:08.0	Check it out on her YouTube channel at YouTube.
0:10.0	Com slash DoBce Media. Freedom noun.
0:16.7	To ask nothing.
0:18.1	To expect nothing.
0:19.4	To depend on nothing.
0:22.2	This insipid drivel comes from the fountainhead, an interminable
0:25.6	tome that tragically became one of the most influential books of the 20th century.
0:30.5	Written by founder of Objectivism, Ein Rand, the Fountainhead is so revered among hardcore libertarians that its
0:35.8	protagonist, Howard Rourke, is the namesake of Rourke Capital, an Atlanta private equity firm
0:41.0	founded in 2001. Today, Rourke Capital owns a vast swath of chain restaurants
0:46.2	including Arby's, Buffalo Wild Wings, Carl's Jr. Hardies, Duncan, Sonic Drive-In,
0:51.5	and a sandwich chain founded in 1983 in Charleston, Illinois by then
0:55.3	19-year-old J.J. Lieto.
0:57.8	At its launch, the shop offered four sandwiches of store-bought deli meats on home-baked
1:01.6	bread and quickly
1:02.6	innovated the then novelty of sandwich delivery, becoming a favorite of Illinoisans.
1:07.3	The brand began franchising in 1994 and then grew exponentially with 100 stores in
1:11.9	2001, 500 stores in 2007, and 1,000 stores in 2010.
1:17.0	In 2016, Rourke swallowed the company whole like a giant naboo sea creature,
1:22.0	and the sandwichery has only become a bigger fish today
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