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#155 – Key Takeaways from AIR: The Story of Nike and Michael Jordan

In today’s episode, Wes Moss shares his watch experience of the film Air with Retire Sooner producer, Mallory Boggs. Air is the new movie directed by and starring Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Viola Davis, and others that depicts Nike signing Michael Jordan to one of the most lucrative shoe deals of all time in 1984. Wes and Mallory discuss the film’s relation to fantasy football, Warren Buffett’s concept of the American Tailwind, and how one corporate idea can create a billion-dollar company.

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