Business Wars

By Wondery

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What's Business Wars about?

Netflix vs. HBO. Nike vs. Adidas. Business is war. Sometimes the prize is your wallet, or your attention. Sometimes, it’s just the fun of beating the other guy. The outcome of these battles shapes what we buy and how we live.
Business Wars gives you the unauthorized, real story of what drives these companies and their leaders, inventors, investors and executives to new heights -- or to ruin. Hosted by David Brown, former anchor of Marketplace. From Wondery, the network behind Dirty John and American History Tellers.

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It’s April 2017, and Mark Zuckerberg is issuing a new challenge to Snapchat. By making its face filters open source, the tech giant is coming directly for Snapchat's most popular feature. But founder Evan Spiegel has other things to worry ...

Business Wars episodes:

10.16.2019 Facebook vs Snapchat - Stock Market Tailspin \| 5 It’s April 2017, and Mark Zuckerberg is issuing a new challenge to Snapchat. By making its face filters open source, the tech giant is coming directly for Snapchat's most popular feature. But founder Evan Spiegel has other things to worry ...
10.15.2019 Introducing The Next Big Idea Ideas are coming at you every day from all directions. How can you process it all? You can start with The Next Big Idea. Host Rufus Griscom and legendary thought leaders Malcolm Gladwell, Adam Grant, Dan Pink, and Susan Cain, ...
10.14.2019 Facebook vs Snapchat - Facebook Fights Back \| 4 It's September 2015 and Snapchat has just hit on a game-changer for the young company: filters that augment users' faces. Thanks to some celebrity love, the new feature becomes wildly popular. But Mark Zuckerberg is watching closely, and acquires a ...
10.09.2019 Facebook vs Snapchat - The Offer \| 3 It’s November 2013, and Mark Zuckerberg is about to make Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy an offer he thinks they can't refuse. But when Spiegel and Murphy do the unimaginable, it prompts Facebook to compete — by copying. Snapchat is ...
10.07.2019 Facebook vs Snapchat - Children of Privilege \| 2 It's the new millennium and Mark Zuckerberg is bored in high school. He's a prodigious student so smart he's already taking graduate level coding classes at Mercy College. Soon, he's going to build a product that will change the Internet ...
10.02.2019 Facebook vs Snapchat - Vanishing Act \| 1 It’s April 2011, and Evan Spiegel is about to present his class project. Right now, it's called Picaboo. Soon, it's going to become Snapchat. But for Spiegel, this is more important than grades--at stake are potential investors and the future ...
09.30.2019 WWF vs WCW - The Future of Pro Wrestling \| 7 World Wrestling Entertainment is the dominant name in professional wrestling but new promotions are now challenging the WWE’s dominance. We conclude our series on WWF vs WCW with David Shoemaker, author of The Squared Circle: Life, Death, and Professional Wrestling. ...
09.25.2019 WWF vs WCW - Down for the Count \| 6 It’s 1998 and the slugfest between Vince McMahon’s WWF and Ted Turner’s WCW is reaching a critical juncture. McMahon’s on a mission to pull wrestling fans back to his TV shows with a strategy focused on maximum controversy. And to ...
09.23.2019 WWF vs WCW - Shock Tactics \| 5 It’s 1996 and with Monday Nitro topping the TV ratings, WCW is out to end WWF’s time as the biggest player in the wrestling business. It’s plotting to establish two brands: one that WCW boss Eric Bischoff hopes can suck ...
09.18.2019 WWF vs WCW - New World Order \| 4 It’s 1995 and the Monday Night Wars are underway. WCW’s new show Monday Nitro is grappling with the WWF’s Monday Night Raw to win TV viewers’ attention. WCW isn’t pulling its punches either. Under the command of Eric Bischoff, WCW ...
09.17.2019 Introducing The Lead: Your New Daily Sports Fix From Wondery and The Athletic, The Lead is the first daily sports podcast that will bring you one big story each day from The Athletic's all-star team of local and national sports reporters. Subscribe now to hear new episodes each ...
09.16.2019 WWF vs WCW - Prime Time \| 3 It’s 1994 and WCW is stepping up its game. To get the jump on WWF, Ted Turner is writing big checks to steal away the WWF’s biggest stars and sponsors. And as WCW’s star power increases, so does its popularity ...
09.11.2019 WWF vs WCW - Bulking Up \| 2 It’s the dawn of the 1990s and Vince McMahon’s WWF is the king of wrestling. But trouble’s brewing: a steroids scandal is about to deal a body blow to the WWF and its family-friendly reputation. The scandal will leave WWF ...
09.09.2019 WWF vs WCW - Titan Rising \| 1 It’s the early 1980s and there’s peace in the wrestling business. For years regional wrestling companies have maintained order by sticking to their own slices of US and Canadian territory. But that’s all about to change. Vince McMahon has just ...
09.04.2019 Electric Bikes \| 7 Harley Davidson built its brand on big, loud and heavy bikes. So why is the company staking its future on an electric motorcycle? It turns out Harley's main demographic, baby boomers, are aging out of the motorcycle scene and the ...
09.02.2019 Harley and the Biker Wars - Live to Ride \| 6 By the early 1980s, Harley-Davidson is fighting to survive. Japan has glutted the American market with bikes, creating a war Harley can’t fight alone. The company turns to the U.S. government. It’s something they tried in the ‘50s with no ...
08.29.2019 Get Ready for College Football Season If you’re a fan of all the pageantry and excitement that college football brings, then The Solid Verbal is the podcast for you. Join hosts Dan Rubenstein and Ty Hildenbrandt as they offer insights into each conference, game analysis, and ...
08.28.2019 Harley and the Biker Wars - The Freedom Machine \| 5 It’s 1969, and the iconic film Easy Rider stars Peter Fonda, Jack Nicholson and—most prominently—Harley choppers. It boosts the brand’s cool cred even higher with the American counterculture, much to the chagrin of the aging, conservative company owners in Milwaukee. ...
08.26.2019 Harley and the Biker Wars - Japan Takes No Prisoners \| 4 It’s 1963. After battling the wave of British bikes vying for the high-dollar U.S. motorcycle market, Harley-Davidson is slammed by a tsunami of machines from Japan. Kawasaki, Yamaha, Suzuki and—the biggest, most popular of them all—Honda. It’s a nightmare that ...
08.21.2019 Harley and the Biker Wars - Uneasy Riders \| 3 By the late 1940s, World War II has ended, but Harley’s battle with a few disenfranchised veterans is just beginning. Bored and looking for kicks, these men are forming clubs based around a love of boozing, brawling and Harley Hogs. ...
08.19.2019 Harley and the Biker Wars - The Hog Is Born \| 2 It’s 1903, and Harley-Davidson is entering the spanking new motorcycle market. Of the hundreds of fledgling brands, the bike to beat is Indian, and Harley has the company in its crosshairs. But a decade later, Harley is on the defensive, ...
08.15.2019 Introducing The Jordan Harbinger Show Join Jordan Harbinger with Jason DeFillippo as they get deep into the untapped wisdom of the world's top performers -- from intelligence operatives to legendary musicians, iconoclastic writers to visionary changemakers. They deconstruct the playbooks of the most successful people ...
08.14.2019 Harley and the Biker Wars - The British Invaders \| 1 By the late 1940s, Harley-Davidson has become America’s leading motorcycle manufacturer. The family-owned Milwaukee brand has battled hundreds of companies since its first bike rolled out of a backyard shack in 1903. Now they’re facing the birth of the outlaw ...
08.12.2019 The Latest from Business Wars Daily \| 1 A shakeup in the maple syrup industry. The slowest pizza delivery in the world. Pet food companies cashing in on your love for Fido. On our sister show Business Wars Daily, we bring you breaking news about the business rivalries ...
08.07.2019 Business Battles - Monster vs Beats by Dre \| 1 With all the hype around portable and smart speakers, it’s easy to forget that they didn’t always exist. In fact, it took one fateful meeting with Monster Cables and Interscope Records to really kick the industry off. In this one-episode ...
08.06.2019 Introducing Sean Carroll's Mindscape How big is our galaxy? Why do certain movies make us cry? And what exactly is string theory? Join Sean Carroll's Mindscape to dive deep into the biggest ideas in science, philosophy, culture and much more. Start listening today at ...
08.05.2019 Cereal Wars-The Most Important Meal \| 7 Breakfast is the most important meal of the day! Or is it? While that phrase sounds scientifically and nutritionally sound, it’s origins can be traced back to cereal company marketing departments. We conclude our series on the cereal wars with ...
07.31.2019 Cereal Wars - Going Soggy \| 6 It’s the year 2000 and, for the first time in almost a century, Kellogg’s is no longer America's top cereal maker. Now a new CEO is in the driving seat, and he’s on a mission to win back the cereal ...
07.29.2019 Cereal Wars - Trix of the Trade \| 5 It’s the 1980s and General Mills is making waves with a new cereal based on the world’s hottest video game: Pac-Man. But Kellogg’s is hoping to cash in on a different trend: the growing clamour among adults for healthier breakfasts. ...
07.26.2019 Introducing The Pitch Listen as real entrepreneurs pitch to real investors — for real money. To hear what happens after The Pitch and listen to more episodes, go to gimlet.media/pitch
07.24.2019 Cereal Wars - Cereal Offenders \| 4 It’s the late 1950s and General Mills is playing catch-up. While Kellogg’s and Post are thriving on the back of animated characters and sugary cereals, General Mills’ cereals are looking stale. So now the Cheerios maker is on a mission ...
07.22.2019 Cereal Wars - Sugar Rush \| 3 World War II is in the rearview mirror, and breakfast cereal is on the brink of a new calorific era. Post Cereals decides to break from its healthful past and start sugar coating its cereals. It’s a move that leaves ...
07.17.2019 Cereal Wars - Breakfast of Champions \| 2 It’s 1904 and Quaker Oats is about to make an, ahem, explosive entry into the cold cereal business. With the Kellogg brothers at risk of being left behind, Will Kellogg finally decides it’s time to stand up to his brother. ...
07.15.2019 Cereal Wars - A Divine Mission \| 1 It’s the late 1800s and America is in the grip of a bellyache epidemic. But, thanks to a divine revelation, help is on the way in the form of Dr. John Harvey Kellogg and his sanitarium in Battle Creek, Michigan. ...
07.10.2019 Gibson vs Fender - The Future of the Electric Guitar \| 7 Ian S. Port, author of The Birth of Loud: Leo Fender, Les Paul, and the Guitar-Pioneering Rivalry That Shaped Rock 'n' Roll joins us to talk about the future of the electric guitar as music creation becomes increasingly digital.
07.08.2019 Gibson vs Fender - Attack of the Robot Guitars \| 6 In the '90s and 2000s, new ownership has revitalized both Fender and Gibson and rekindled their rivalry. Through acquisitions, artist endorsements and their rapidly expanding custom shops, both brands are in a heated battle to win the hearts and minds ...
07.03.2019 Gibson vs Fender - Back From the Brink \| 5 It's the early 1980s, and for the first time in 30 years, the U.S. guitar market has gone cold. Bands are switching to synthesizers and kids are ditching their garage bands for computers and video games. A group of employees ...
07.01.2019 Gibson vs Fender - Les Pauls Unleashed \| 4 In the 1960s, rock'n roll's popularity continues to grow. But one of the genre's most popular guitars, the Les Paul, is no longer being made. Now the guitar's namesake must convince an out-of-touch Gibson to put the favorite guitar of ...
06.26.2019 Gibson vs Fender - The Stratocaster Blasts Off \| 3 Gibson's Les Paul sets a new standard for the solid-body electric guitar, and rival guitar maker Fender needs to respond. The company does so in 1954 with a sleek, futuristic guitar unlike anything else on the market: the Stratocaster. It's ...
06.24.2019 Gibson vs Fender - Loud and Clear \| 2 It's 1950, and Fender's first solid-body guitar, the Esquire, is the laughingstock of the music industry. To guitar makers used to elegantly made hollow-body guitars, Fender's thin, simple plank of solid wood is a joke. But its bright, powerful sound ...
06.19.2019 Gibson vs Fender - Les and Leo \| 1 In the 1930s and ’40s the market for electric guitars is growing, but it’s hindered by the instruments’ flawed designs. But a small group of mavericks is rethinking the guitar for the electronic age. One of them, guitarist Les Paul, ...
06.18.2019 Introducing 1865 1865 starts with the moment Lincoln got shot and follows the journey of the Secretary of War, Edwin Stanton. Stanton continues to push through Lincoln’s progressive agenda while dealing with the nuances around the assassination. But the moral gravity of ...
06.17.2019 Anheuser-Busch vs Miller - Fighting the Crocodile \| 6 It’s a new century and the beer industry is changing fast. Beyond America, new brewery empires are forming and they want to buy their way into the lucrative U.S. market. And Miller is the first to fall, bought out by ...
06.12.2019 Anheuser-Busch vs Miller - Surprise Attack Dog \| 5 It’s the 1980s and Miller’s glory days are over. Drinkers are deserting High Life and Anheuser-Busch is about to launch a $50 million attack on Miller Lite. With the pressure mounting, Miller hunts for a way to revive its momentum. ...
06.10.2019 Anheuser-Busch vs Miller - Miller Killers \| 4 It’s the late 1970s and Miller is hurtling towards the top of the brewing industry on the back of High Life and Lite. Anheuser-Busch’s new leader August Busch III knows he must act fast to stop the threat. But before ...
06.05.2019 Anheuser-Busch vs Miller - It’s Miller Time! \| 3 Come the early 1970s, Miller has a new owner: tobacco giant Philip Morris. Armed with the Marlboro maker’s millions and marketing skills, Miller is about to shake up the beer business with a campaign targeting blue-collar workers thirsty for a ...
06.03.2019 Anheuser-Busch vs Miller - Swinging for the Majors \| 2 By 1933 Prohibition is over, and that means the race is on to dominate a beer market that’s been reset. Under the leadership of Anheuser-Busch heir Gussie Busch, the company is out to reclaim the beer throne. But there’s a ...
05.30.2019 Introducing Inside Star Wars Heroes, villains, action... all set in a galaxy far, far away. Join Inside Star Wars and go behind the camera and find out how one of the most iconic series in film history came to be. Listen now at: http://wondery.fm/ISWED
05.29.2019 Anheuser-Busch vs Miller - The Beer Barons \| 1 It’s 1893 and Chicago is about to host The World’s Columbian Exposition. It’s going to be the biggest show the world’s ever seen, and that means it’s time for Adolphus Busch to shine. He’s the owner of Budweiser brewery Anheuser-Busch ...
05.27.2019 Netflix vs Blockbuster Revisited - What’s Next for Digital Streaming \| 9 On today's special interview episode, renowned media futurist Rich Greenfield returns to fill us in on the latest developments in the streaming wars and how these changes might impact viewers in the coming years. Greenfield is a media and tech ...

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10.16.2019 Facebook vs Snapchat - Stock Market Tailspin \| 5 It’s April 2017, and Mark Zuckerberg is issuing a new challenge to Snapchat. By making its face filters open source, the tech giant is coming directly for Snapchat's most popular feature. But founder Evan Spiegel has other things to worry ...
10.15.2019 Introducing The Next Big Idea Ideas are coming at you every day from all directions. How can you process it all? You can start with The Next Big Idea. Host Rufus Griscom and legendary thought leaders Malcolm Gladwell, Adam Grant, Dan Pink, and Susan Cain, ...
10.14.2019 Facebook vs Snapchat - Facebook Fights Back \| 4 It's September 2015 and Snapchat has just hit on a game-changer for the young company: filters that augment users' faces. Thanks to some celebrity love, the new feature becomes wildly popular. But Mark Zuckerberg is watching closely, and acquires a ...
10.09.2019 Facebook vs Snapchat - The Offer \| 3 It’s November 2013, and Mark Zuckerberg is about to make Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy an offer he thinks they can't refuse. But when Spiegel and Murphy do the unimaginable, it prompts Facebook to compete — by copying. Snapchat is ...
10.07.2019 Facebook vs Snapchat - Children of Privilege \| 2 It's the new millennium and Mark Zuckerberg is bored in high school. He's a prodigious student so smart he's already taking graduate level coding classes at Mercy College. Soon, he's going to build a product that will change the Internet ...
10.02.2019 Facebook vs Snapchat - Vanishing Act \| 1 It’s April 2011, and Evan Spiegel is about to present his class project. Right now, it's called Picaboo. Soon, it's going to become Snapchat. But for Spiegel, this is more important than grades--at stake are potential investors and the future ...
09.30.2019 WWF vs WCW - The Future of Pro Wrestling \| 7 World Wrestling Entertainment is the dominant name in professional wrestling but new promotions are now challenging the WWE’s dominance. We conclude our series on WWF vs WCW with David Shoemaker, author of The Squared Circle: Life, Death, and Professional Wrestling. ...
09.25.2019 WWF vs WCW - Down for the Count \| 6 It’s 1998 and the slugfest between Vince McMahon’s WWF and Ted Turner’s WCW is reaching a critical juncture. McMahon’s on a mission to pull wrestling fans back to his TV shows with a strategy focused on maximum controversy. And to ...
09.23.2019 WWF vs WCW - Shock Tactics \| 5 It’s 1996 and with Monday Nitro topping the TV ratings, WCW is out to end WWF’s time as the biggest player in the wrestling business. It’s plotting to establish two brands: one that WCW boss Eric Bischoff hopes can suck ...
09.18.2019 WWF vs WCW - New World Order \| 4 It’s 1995 and the Monday Night Wars are underway. WCW’s new show Monday Nitro is grappling with the WWF’s Monday Night Raw to win TV viewers’ attention. WCW isn’t pulling its punches either. Under the command of Eric Bischoff, WCW ...
09.17.2019 Introducing The Lead: Your New Daily Sports Fix From Wondery and The Athletic, The Lead is the first daily sports podcast that will bring you one big story each day from The Athletic's all-star team of local and national sports reporters. Subscribe now to hear new episodes each ...
09.16.2019 WWF vs WCW - Prime Time \| 3 It’s 1994 and WCW is stepping up its game. To get the jump on WWF, Ted Turner is writing big checks to steal away the WWF’s biggest stars and sponsors. And as WCW’s star power increases, so does its popularity ...
09.11.2019 WWF vs WCW - Bulking Up \| 2 It’s the dawn of the 1990s and Vince McMahon’s WWF is the king of wrestling. But trouble’s brewing: a steroids scandal is about to deal a body blow to the WWF and its family-friendly reputation. The scandal will leave WWF ...
09.09.2019 WWF vs WCW - Titan Rising \| 1 It’s the early 1980s and there’s peace in the wrestling business. For years regional wrestling companies have maintained order by sticking to their own slices of US and Canadian territory. But that’s all about to change. Vince McMahon has just ...
09.04.2019 Electric Bikes \| 7 Harley Davidson built its brand on big, loud and heavy bikes. So why is the company staking its future on an electric motorcycle? It turns out Harley's main demographic, baby boomers, are aging out of the motorcycle scene and the ...
09.02.2019 Harley and the Biker Wars - Live to Ride \| 6 By the early 1980s, Harley-Davidson is fighting to survive. Japan has glutted the American market with bikes, creating a war Harley can’t fight alone. The company turns to the U.S. government. It’s something they tried in the ‘50s with no ...
08.29.2019 Get Ready for College Football Season If you’re a fan of all the pageantry and excitement that college football brings, then The Solid Verbal is the podcast for you. Join hosts Dan Rubenstein and Ty Hildenbrandt as they offer insights into each conference, game analysis, and ...
08.28.2019 Harley and the Biker Wars - The Freedom Machine \| 5 It’s 1969, and the iconic film Easy Rider stars Peter Fonda, Jack Nicholson and—most prominently—Harley choppers. It boosts the brand’s cool cred even higher with the American counterculture, much to the chagrin of the aging, conservative company owners in Milwaukee. ...
08.26.2019 Harley and the Biker Wars - Japan Takes No Prisoners \| 4 It’s 1963. After battling the wave of British bikes vying for the high-dollar U.S. motorcycle market, Harley-Davidson is slammed by a tsunami of machines from Japan. Kawasaki, Yamaha, Suzuki and—the biggest, most popular of them all—Honda. It’s a nightmare that ...
08.21.2019 Harley and the Biker Wars - Uneasy Riders \| 3 By the late 1940s, World War II has ended, but Harley’s battle with a few disenfranchised veterans is just beginning. Bored and looking for kicks, these men are forming clubs based around a love of boozing, brawling and Harley Hogs. ...
08.19.2019 Harley and the Biker Wars - The Hog Is Born \| 2 It’s 1903, and Harley-Davidson is entering the spanking new motorcycle market. Of the hundreds of fledgling brands, the bike to beat is Indian, and Harley has the company in its crosshairs. But a decade later, Harley is on the defensive, ...
08.15.2019 Introducing The Jordan Harbinger Show Join Jordan Harbinger with Jason DeFillippo as they get deep into the untapped wisdom of the world's top performers -- from intelligence operatives to legendary musicians, iconoclastic writers to visionary changemakers. They deconstruct the playbooks of the most successful people ...
08.14.2019 Harley and the Biker Wars - The British Invaders \| 1 By the late 1940s, Harley-Davidson has become America’s leading motorcycle manufacturer. The family-owned Milwaukee brand has battled hundreds of companies since its first bike rolled out of a backyard shack in 1903. Now they’re facing the birth of the outlaw ...
08.12.2019 The Latest from Business Wars Daily \| 1 A shakeup in the maple syrup industry. The slowest pizza delivery in the world. Pet food companies cashing in on your love for Fido. On our sister show Business Wars Daily, we bring you breaking news about the business rivalries ...
08.07.2019 Business Battles - Monster vs Beats by Dre \| 1 With all the hype around portable and smart speakers, it’s easy to forget that they didn’t always exist. In fact, it took one fateful meeting with Monster Cables and Interscope Records to really kick the industry off. In this one-episode ...
08.06.2019 Introducing Sean Carroll's Mindscape How big is our galaxy? Why do certain movies make us cry? And what exactly is string theory? Join Sean Carroll's Mindscape to dive deep into the biggest ideas in science, philosophy, culture and much more. Start listening today at ...
08.05.2019 Cereal Wars-The Most Important Meal \| 7 Breakfast is the most important meal of the day! Or is it? While that phrase sounds scientifically and nutritionally sound, it’s origins can be traced back to cereal company marketing departments. We conclude our series on the cereal wars with ...
07.31.2019 Cereal Wars - Going Soggy \| 6 It’s the year 2000 and, for the first time in almost a century, Kellogg’s is no longer America's top cereal maker. Now a new CEO is in the driving seat, and he’s on a mission to win back the cereal ...
07.29.2019 Cereal Wars - Trix of the Trade \| 5 It’s the 1980s and General Mills is making waves with a new cereal based on the world’s hottest video game: Pac-Man. But Kellogg’s is hoping to cash in on a different trend: the growing clamour among adults for healthier breakfasts. ...
07.26.2019 Introducing The Pitch Listen as real entrepreneurs pitch to real investors — for real money. To hear what happens after The Pitch and listen to more episodes, go to gimlet.media/pitch
07.24.2019 Cereal Wars - Cereal Offenders \| 4 It’s the late 1950s and General Mills is playing catch-up. While Kellogg’s and Post are thriving on the back of animated characters and sugary cereals, General Mills’ cereals are looking stale. So now the Cheerios maker is on a mission ...
07.22.2019 Cereal Wars - Sugar Rush \| 3 World War II is in the rearview mirror, and breakfast cereal is on the brink of a new calorific era. Post Cereals decides to break from its healthful past and start sugar coating its cereals. It’s a move that leaves ...
07.17.2019 Cereal Wars - Breakfast of Champions \| 2 It’s 1904 and Quaker Oats is about to make an, ahem, explosive entry into the cold cereal business. With the Kellogg brothers at risk of being left behind, Will Kellogg finally decides it’s time to stand up to his brother. ...
07.15.2019 Cereal Wars - A Divine Mission \| 1 It’s the late 1800s and America is in the grip of a bellyache epidemic. But, thanks to a divine revelation, help is on the way in the form of Dr. John Harvey Kellogg and his sanitarium in Battle Creek, Michigan. ...
07.10.2019 Gibson vs Fender - The Future of the Electric Guitar \| 7 Ian S. Port, author of The Birth of Loud: Leo Fender, Les Paul, and the Guitar-Pioneering Rivalry That Shaped Rock 'n' Roll joins us to talk about the future of the electric guitar as music creation becomes increasingly digital.
07.08.2019 Gibson vs Fender - Attack of the Robot Guitars \| 6 In the '90s and 2000s, new ownership has revitalized both Fender and Gibson and rekindled their rivalry. Through acquisitions, artist endorsements and their rapidly expanding custom shops, both brands are in a heated battle to win the hearts and minds ...
07.03.2019 Gibson vs Fender - Back From the Brink \| 5 It's the early 1980s, and for the first time in 30 years, the U.S. guitar market has gone cold. Bands are switching to synthesizers and kids are ditching their garage bands for computers and video games. A group of employees ...
07.01.2019 Gibson vs Fender - Les Pauls Unleashed \| 4 In the 1960s, rock'n roll's popularity continues to grow. But one of the genre's most popular guitars, the Les Paul, is no longer being made. Now the guitar's namesake must convince an out-of-touch Gibson to put the favorite guitar of ...
06.26.2019 Gibson vs Fender - The Stratocaster Blasts Off \| 3 Gibson's Les Paul sets a new standard for the solid-body electric guitar, and rival guitar maker Fender needs to respond. The company does so in 1954 with a sleek, futuristic guitar unlike anything else on the market: the Stratocaster. It's ...
06.24.2019 Gibson vs Fender - Loud and Clear \| 2 It's 1950, and Fender's first solid-body guitar, the Esquire, is the laughingstock of the music industry. To guitar makers used to elegantly made hollow-body guitars, Fender's thin, simple plank of solid wood is a joke. But its bright, powerful sound ...
06.19.2019 Gibson vs Fender - Les and Leo \| 1 In the 1930s and ’40s the market for electric guitars is growing, but it’s hindered by the instruments’ flawed designs. But a small group of mavericks is rethinking the guitar for the electronic age. One of them, guitarist Les Paul, ...
06.18.2019 Introducing 1865 1865 starts with the moment Lincoln got shot and follows the journey of the Secretary of War, Edwin Stanton. Stanton continues to push through Lincoln’s progressive agenda while dealing with the nuances around the assassination. But the moral gravity of ...
06.17.2019 Anheuser-Busch vs Miller - Fighting the Crocodile \| 6 It’s a new century and the beer industry is changing fast. Beyond America, new brewery empires are forming and they want to buy their way into the lucrative U.S. market. And Miller is the first to fall, bought out by ...
06.12.2019 Anheuser-Busch vs Miller - Surprise Attack Dog \| 5 It’s the 1980s and Miller’s glory days are over. Drinkers are deserting High Life and Anheuser-Busch is about to launch a $50 million attack on Miller Lite. With the pressure mounting, Miller hunts for a way to revive its momentum. ...
06.10.2019 Anheuser-Busch vs Miller - Miller Killers \| 4 It’s the late 1970s and Miller is hurtling towards the top of the brewing industry on the back of High Life and Lite. Anheuser-Busch’s new leader August Busch III knows he must act fast to stop the threat. But before ...
06.05.2019 Anheuser-Busch vs Miller - It’s Miller Time! \| 3 Come the early 1970s, Miller has a new owner: tobacco giant Philip Morris. Armed with the Marlboro maker’s millions and marketing skills, Miller is about to shake up the beer business with a campaign targeting blue-collar workers thirsty for a ...
06.03.2019 Anheuser-Busch vs Miller - Swinging for the Majors \| 2 By 1933 Prohibition is over, and that means the race is on to dominate a beer market that’s been reset. Under the leadership of Anheuser-Busch heir Gussie Busch, the company is out to reclaim the beer throne. But there’s a ...
05.30.2019 Introducing Inside Star Wars Heroes, villains, action... all set in a galaxy far, far away. Join Inside Star Wars and go behind the camera and find out how one of the most iconic series in film history came to be. Listen now at: http://wondery.fm/ISWED
05.29.2019 Anheuser-Busch vs Miller - The Beer Barons \| 1 It’s 1893 and Chicago is about to host The World’s Columbian Exposition. It’s going to be the biggest show the world’s ever seen, and that means it’s time for Adolphus Busch to shine. He’s the owner of Budweiser brewery Anheuser-Busch ...
05.27.2019 Netflix vs Blockbuster Revisited - What’s Next for Digital Streaming \| 9 On today's special interview episode, renowned media futurist Rich Greenfield returns to fill us in on the latest developments in the streaming wars and how these changes might impact viewers in the coming years. Greenfield is a media and tech ...

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Facebook vs Snapchat - Stock Market Tailspin | 5

Introducing The Next Big Idea

Facebook vs Snapchat - Facebook Fights Back | 4

Facebook vs Snapchat - The Offer | 3

Facebook vs Snapchat - Children of Privilege | 2

Facebook vs Snapchat - Vanishing Act | 1

WWF vs WCW - The Future of Pro Wrestling | 7

WWF vs WCW - Down for the Count | 6

WWF vs WCW - Shock Tactics | 5

WWF vs WCW - New World Order | 4

Introducing The Lead: Your New Daily Sports Fix

WWF vs WCW - Prime Time | 3

WWF vs WCW - Bulking Up | 2

WWF vs WCW - Titan Rising | 1

Electric Bikes | 7

Harley and the Biker Wars - Live to Ride | 6

Get Ready for College Football Season

Harley and the Biker Wars - The Freedom Machine | 5

Harley and the Biker Wars - Japan Takes No Prisoners | 4

Harley and the Biker Wars - Uneasy Riders | 3

Harley and the Biker Wars - The Hog Is Born | 2

Introducing The Jordan Harbinger Show

Harley and the Biker Wars - The British Invaders | 1

The Latest from Business Wars Daily | 1

Business Battles - Monster vs Beats by Dre | 1

Introducing Sean Carroll's Mindscape

Cereal Wars-The Most Important Meal | 7

Cereal Wars - Going Soggy | 6

Cereal Wars - Trix of the Trade | 5

Introducing The Pitch

Cereal Wars - Cereal Offenders | 4

Cereal Wars - Sugar Rush | 3

Cereal Wars - Breakfast of Champions | 2

Cereal Wars - A Divine Mission | 1

Gibson vs Fender - The Future of the Electric Guitar | 7

Gibson vs Fender - Attack of the Robot Guitars | 6

Gibson vs Fender - Back From the Brink | 5

Gibson vs Fender - Les Pauls Unleashed | 4

Gibson vs Fender - The Stratocaster Blasts Off | 3

Gibson vs Fender - Loud and Clear | 2

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