About this episode

This episode explores the transformative moment for Boris Yeltsin during his 1989 visit to a grocery store in Texas.

When Boris Yeltsin came to the United States in 1989 to speak, visit with the President and see the Statue of Liberty, his entire outlook on the world changed in one :20 minute moment. But it wasn't NYC or Miami or President Bush. It was Randall's Grocery Store in Webster Texas. This is the story of the history of that moment. In this episode we cross paths with Marjorie Merriwether Post, IBM, Spectra-Physics, Wrigley's Gum, James J. Hill, Clarence Saudners, Williams Leslie Maxson, Boris Yeltsin and Grape Nuts.

Topics covered

• Boris Yeltsin
• Grocery Revolution
• 1989 US visit
• Cultural exchange
• History of grocery stores

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