SatPost by Trung Phan

11 Best Things of 2025

My favourite book, film, podcast, live event, song, meme, purchase and more for the year.

Dec 19 • Trungphan2

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Hayao Miyazaki: 9 Creative Lessons

Notes on the creative process for the legendary Japanese filmmaker and founder of Studio Ghibli.

Dec 6 • Trungphan2

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November 2025

James Cameron On AI in Hollywood

PLUS: Dyson's $3B haircare pivot, Taco Bell's Chief Food Innovation Officer.

Nov 28 • Trungphan2

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Dishoom's $400m Restaurant Playbook

How a former Harvard MBA turned Bain consultant co-founded Dishoom and scaled the Indian fine dining business to $180m in sales and a $400m valuation.

Nov 20 • Trungphan2

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October 2025

Taylor Sheridan's New $1B Deal, Explained

Why TV's biggest rainmaker left Paramount for NBCUniversal.

Oct 30 • Trungphan2

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J.R. Simplot Became A Billionaire Selling Potato Chips (and then Semiconductor Chips)

How J.R. Simplot went from the largest seller of french fries to McDonald's in the 1960s to the largest shareholder of Micron Technology in the 1990s.

Oct 17 • Trungphan2

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September 2025

"One Battle After Another" Review

The latest from Paul Thomas Anderson and Leonardo DiCaprio is probably the best film of the 2020s.

Sep 30 • Trungphan2

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Lee Kuan Yew and the Making of Changi (The World's Best Airport)

The story behind Changi Airport, which Singapore's founding father Lee Kuan Yew called one of the country's best investments ever.

Sep 26 • Trungphan2

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The Day Quentin Tarantino Became A Filmmaker

"Instead of falling back into my routine, I decided to change my life. I [decided] to move to Hollywood and meet other people in the business."

Sep 18 • Trungphan2

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The iPhone 17 and iPhone Air Are New (Enough)

PLUS: SpaceX's $17B Telecom Deal, Larry Ellison's $400B+ HODL.

Sep 11 • Trungphan2

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America’s $37B Football Obsession

The top two sports-leagues by revenue in the world are NFL ($23B)...and College Football ($14B), the latter alone makes more than NBA, MLB or English…

Sep 5 • Trungphan2

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August 2025

How Costco Won In Japan

Costco had to re-think its real estate, merchandising and warehouse design to succeed in Japan, which is now its largest market outside of North…

Aug 29 • Trungphan2

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