Tempur-Pedic: Bobby Trussell (2018)

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Now onto the show. So over the past several very challenging months Our team has worked really hard to bring you 14 brand new episodes in a row, in addition to our How I Built This Resilience series. So, over the July 4th holiday, we all took a little break, which means that this week we're running a repeat, but this one is such an incredible episode. In fact, Every time I think about Bobby Trussell and the story of Temper Pedic, I still cannot believe it happened.

the way it happened. And you'll see what I mean in just a few moments. This episode first ran. back in October of twenty eighteen. Enjoy.

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