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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Crypto Wars | The Great Slo...

10.27.2021

It’s 2013 and bitcoin’s gaining traction at last. But just as crypto reaches for credibility, bitcoin is blindsided by high-profile arrests, corporate collapses and multi-million-dollar hacks. But as the leading lights of the bitcoin industry crash and burn, Coinbase senses ...

Business Wars episodes:

10.27.2021 Crypto Wars \| The Great Slow Motion Swindle \| 3 It’s 2013 and bitcoin’s gaining traction at last. But just as crypto reaches for credibility, bitcoin is blindsided by high-profile arrests, corporate collapses and multi-million-dollar hacks. But as the leading lights of the bitcoin industry crash and burn, Coinbase senses ...
10.25.2021 Crypto Wars \| The Untouchables \| 2 It’s 2011, and Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss are trying to move on from their legal battle with Mark Zuckerberg over who created Facebook. And their nemesis is about to derail the twins’ dreams again. But then a chance encounter on ...
10.20.2021 Crypto Wars \| Generate Coins \| 1 It’s 2009 and in a modest suburban home, a monetary revolution is beginning. It’s called bitcoin and it arrives with a whimper. There’s just no compelling reason to swap dollars for this worthless digital token. But then, a wannabe crime ...
10.18.2021 Fast Fashion \| Can Fast Fashion Sustain Itself? \| 6 Fast fashion has a crisis on its hands. The industry is wreaking havoc on the environment, and even the execs are starting to notice. Massive amounts of pollution and textile waste have taken a toll on the planet as these ...
10.13.2021 Fast Fashion \| Long Haul \| 5 It’s 2019, and the internet is overflowing with videos of satisfied customers showing off their Shein hauls. But it’s not all smooth sailing when allegations go viral that the company steals from independent designers. Meanwhile, former Topshop brand director Jane ...
10.11.2021 Fast Fashion \| Dress for Excess \| 4 It’s 2018, and H&M is drowning in billions of dollars worth of unsold inventory. Brick and mortar stores are struggling. But on the internet, Shein is thriving, capitalizing on social media trends to get desirable, ultra-cheap clothing made and into ...
10.07.2021 Introducing: Who, When, WOW! Created by Tinkercast and hosted by Rebecca Sheir (Circle Round), “Who, When, Wow!” is an auditory journey into the lives of unsung heroes, unknown heroines and amazing humans. Each 20 minute “cartoon-for-the-ear” episode immerses kids and their grown-ups in a ...
10.06.2021 Fast Fashion \| Clothes Call \| 3 It’s 2010, and a series of deadly tragedies at factories in Bangladesh paint H&M and the fast fashion industry in a negative light. In response, the company doubles down on sustainability, launching a new eco-friendly line. Meanwhile, Forever 21 goes ...
10.04.2021 Fast Fashion \| Stitch by Stitch \| 2 It’s 1974 and Amancio Ortega, determined to break the cycle of poverty he experienced growing up in Spain, uses his background in retail and manufacturing to found future fast fashion giant Zara. Meanwhile, Topshop is born as a small section ...
09.29.2021 Fast Fashion \| Fire Sale \| 1 It’s 1987 and Jane Shepherdson, a star buyer for retail chain Topshop, is using her keen ability to predict trends to put the company on the map as the go-to shopping destination for young British women. But when the company ...
09.27.2021 Death Row Records vs Bad Boy Records \| Life After Wartime \| 6 The battle between Death Row and Bad Boy Records wasn't long, but it was intense. Rather than staying on wax, the beef came off the records and into the streets, resulting in a deadly macho dust-up between hip hop's biggest ...
09.22.2021 Death Row Records vs Bad Boy Records \| You’re Nobody ‘til Somebody Kills You \| 5 The rivalry between the East and West Coasts of hip-hop has become an all out war, with Death Row and Bad Boy on the front lines of the conflict. Within six months, the war claims the lives of Tupac Shakur ...
09.20.2021 Death Row Records vs Bad Boy Records \| Hit ‘Em Up \| 4 By the time Biggie Smalls meets Tupac Shakur, Tupac is already a big star. He hasn’t yet signed with Death Row, but he’s already sold millions of records and starred in two feature films. Biggie, on the other hand, is ...
09.15.2021 Death Row Records vs Bad Boy Records \| Ready to Die \| 3 In the 70 and 80s, the founders of Death Row and Bad Boy are coming of age. In the Los Angeles neighborhood of Compton, a young Dre is spinning records before he even learns to read. Dre desperately wants to ...
09.13.2021 Death Row Records vs Bad Boy Records \| Interns & Intimidation \| 2 This episode contains explicit language. In the 70 and 80s, the founders of Death Row and Bad Boy are coming of age. In the Los Angeles neighborhood of Compton, a young Dre is spinning records before he even learns to ...
09.08.2021 Death Row Records vs Bad Boy Records \| Life After Death \| 1 This episode contains explicit language. In the 1990s, the landscape of American music was changed forever by two titans of hip hop: Death Row and Bad Boy. The rivalry between these iconic rap labels would go on to become as ...
09.06.2021 Summer Food Frenzy: Best of Business Wars Daily Summer is a time for barbecues, picnics, and maybe even a stiff drink. When it’s warm out, the business of food really starts booming. That’s why we decided to bring you a roundup of some of our favorite recent food ...
09.01.2021 The Birth of Vegas \| Can Sin City Survive? \| 7 From a turn-of-the-century railroad stopover to a glamorous entertainment oasis, the evolution of Las Vegas has been one for the books. Casino moguls replaced crime bosses as the kings of the castle, giving "Sin City" the more family-friendly vibe we ...
08.30.2021 The Birth of Vegas \| Gambling on the Future \| 6 Sin City shapeshifts from its long-held ranking as the supreme adult playground on the planet to a bizarre family-friendly amusement park. Steve Wynn sets a redesign trend that emphasizes Vegas visitors who come for things other than gambling. It’s a ...
08.25.2021 The Birth of Vegas \| Sharks In the Lobby \| 5 The mob’s longtime stranglehold on Las Vegas is weakening as the feds press down harder than ever. Just a few years ago, no one built anything on the Strip without gangster involvement. Now, as the late ‘80s unfold into the ...
08.23.2021 The Birth of Vegas \| Casino Combat \| 4 Vegas is getting a bad rap in the press, thanks to the increasing spotlight on the mob’s control. The legitimate powers in the halls of Nevada government need something—or someone--to spread a veneer of respectability over Sin City. That someone ...
08.18.2021 The Birth of Vegas \| Nevada Doubles Down \| 3 The mob faces its biggest threat yet when Nevada governor Grant Sawyer wants control of the state’s top-grossing industry—gambling. The attack includes a strictly-enforced gangster blacklist to keep hoods out of their own casinos. Things get worse when Attorney General ...
08.16.2021 The Birth of Vegas \| The Feds Get Fed Up \| 2 Backing from a legitimate Mormon banker creates major funding for the Vegas mob infrastructure. The underworld is coming out on top in Sin City. But there’s a challenger out for blood: the United States government. A U.S. senator launches an ...
08.11.2021 The Birth of Vegas \| Sunrise on Sin City \| 1 In 1931, the massive Hoover Dam project brings thousands of workers to Nevada. They have paychecks and nowhere to spend them. The state legalizes gambling, setting a small, dusty town called Las Vegas on its way to becoming an unsurpassed ...
08.09.2021 Häagen-Dazs vs Ben & Jerry's \| Big Chunks O'Love \| 1 It's the '70s and best buddies Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield are about to open an ice cream parlor. These hungry hippies only want to have fun making ice cream. But as their business grows, they're going to find themselves ...
08.04.2021 Bacardi vs Pernod Ricard \| Does Cuba Still Love Havana Club? \| 7 For Cubans, rum is more than just a drink. It's become a symbol of identity, culture and politics, and each bottle has a lot to say — especially when it's labeled "Havana Club." As Bacardi and Pernod Ricard battle it ...
08.02.2021 Bacardi vs Pernod Ricard \| Last Call \| 6 Pernod Ricard believes it’s just a matter of time before Cuba’s embargo is dropped. It dramatically expands its distilleries in Cuba for the moment when it can delug the US market with its Havanista rum. But politics will make this ...
07.28.2021 Bacardi vs Pernod Ricard \| Rum Punch Politics \| 5 Bacardi manages to best Pernod Ricard by using both the courts and Capitol Hill to keep the embargo in place against Pernod Ricard’s rum of the same name, Havana Club. But as relations between the U.S. and Cuba warm, negotiations ...
07.26.2021 Bacardi vs Pernod Ricard \| The Liquor Lobby \| 4 Bacardi has one-upped Pernod Ricard by deploying a U.S. trade embargo to block imports of Pernod Ricard and Cuba’s rum. So Castro announces that Cuba will make copycat products of American companies, ignoring their U.S. trademarks. Listen to new episodes ...
07.21.2021 Bacardi vs Pernod Ricard \| The Bat Out of Hell \| 3 Bacardi is now America’s favorite rum, but two former French spirits rivals -- Ricard and Pernod -- have joined forces to challenge Bacardi. And to gain the upper hand in security rights to Havana Club, the French company turns to ...
07.19.2021 Bacardi vs Pernod Ricard \| Hunter or Prey \| 2 Before they were billion-dollar behemoths owning many of today’s biggest booze brands, Bacardi and Pernod Ricard were three tiny, family-run companies. Pernod makes absinthe so well it became synonymous with the substance that causes a frenzy in Europe before being ...
07.14.2021 Bacardi vs Pernod Ricard \| Rum and Revolution \| 1 When family-run rum maker Bacardi was kicked out of Cuba in 1960, it vowed to go to extremes to get revenge on Fidel Castro. So when French spirits conglomerate Pernod Ricard cuts a deal with Castro’s government to share in ...
07.12.2021 Encore: Southwest vs American Airlines \| Free LUV \| 6 Thanks to deregulation, no-frills knock offs of Southwest take to the skies like crows. About 120 airlines have gone out of business or filed for bankruptcy since the industry was deregulated in 1978. American’s SABRE system optimizes...everything. It manages ticket ...
07.08.2021 Wondery Presents Business Movers \| General Motors: Back from the Dead Behind every successful business is a story. From Wondery and Lindsay Graham comes Business Movers, a weekly podcast that brings you the true stories of the brilliant but all-too-human businesspeople who risked it all. On the latest season, you'll hear ...
07.07.2021 Encore: Southwest vs American Airlines \| The Cult of Herb \| 5 Everyone loves Herb Kelleher—even FAA regulators. The onetime corporate counsel-turned-CEO is coming into his own at the helm of Southwest. But his latest challenge is coming up with a way to skirt the FAA’s pesky “slot” system, designed to limit ...
07.05.2021 Encore: Southwest vs American Airlines \| The Darling of Deregulation \| 4 As deregulation dawns, Southwest Airlines’ founder and CEO are locked in a power struggle. In the middle is Herb Kelleher, Southwest’s corporate attorney. And after 18 months serving as a punching bag for the company’s top brass, he’s had enough. ...
06.30.2021 Encore: Southwest vs American Airlines \| Aviation Cyber Wars \| 3 The computer age is on the horizon, and American Airlines has a secret weapon: SABRE. Sure, the airline is top of the heap under the current pen-and-paper reservation system — the one where travel agents use a massive phonebook to ...
06.28.2021 Encore: Southwest vs American Airlines \| Dogfight Over Dallas \| 2 Baniff and Southwest battled in court for domination over the skies. Southwest came out on top for a little while, but Baniff pushed back with prices Southwest just couldn't beat. The only way Southwest could fight back was to give ...
06.23.2021 Encore: Southwest vs American Airlines \| Clearing the Runway \| 1 In Texas in the 1960s, Rollin King had a crazy idea. He wanted to create a no-frills airline service that served San Antonio, Dallas and Houston. All he and his lawyer had to do was convince the Federal Regulations Bureau ...
06.21.2021 Food Delivery Wars \| Can Food Apps Ever Deliver Profits? \| 5 In the wake of the unexpected jolt of the COVID-19 pandemic, food delivery app businesses are looking for stability and profitability any way they can find it. With Uber’s purchase of Postmates and DoorDash buying Caviar, consolidation has become all ...
06.16.2021 Food Delivery Wars \| Just Deserts \| 4 It's July 2019. DoorDash is finally bigger than Grubhub, but it's coming under fire for pocketing tips from its drivers. Now DoorDash needs to rehab its image, or risk losing customers to its competitors. When a California proposition threatens to ...
06.14.2021 Food Delivery Wars \| Deliver or Die \| 3 It's December 2014, and Grubhub's Matt Maloney is feeling the heat. Competitors are eating away at his market share, so he decides to change direction. Grubhub finally starts delivering food with its own drivers. But will it be enough to ...
06.09.2021 Food Delivery Wars \| Who's The Boss? \| 2 It's 1990 in Champaign, Illinois, and 15-year-old Tony Xu is washing dishes in the Chinese restaurant his mother manages. He wants to help people like his Mom, but it'll be many years before he hits on his solution for small ...
06.07.2021 Food Delivery Wars \| Hot Ticket \| 1 It's December 2011 in San Francisco. Bastian Lehmann is getting ready to launch his courier app, Postmates. But when he and his co-founders discover people want food delivered, not objects, they pivot to a business already cornered by Grubhub. Meanwhile, ...
06.02.2021 Encore: WWF vs WCW \| How AEW Dynamite Reignited the Wrestling War \| 7 WWE might have thwarted WCW’s effort to claim the pro wrestling crown, but after 20 years of unchallenged supremacy, a new competitor has entered the ring. Bankrolled by a billionaire sports owner and airing weekly on TNT, All Elite Wrestling ...
05.31.2021 Encore: 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 ...
05.26.2021 Encore: 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 ...
05.24.2021 Encore: 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 ...
05.19.2021 Encore: 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 ...
05.17.2021 Encore: 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 ...

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10.27.2021 Crypto Wars \| The Great Slow Motion Swindle \| 3 It’s 2013 and bitcoin’s gaining traction at last. But just as crypto reaches for credibility, bitcoin is blindsided by high-profile arrests, corporate collapses and multi-million-dollar hacks. But as the leading lights of the bitcoin industry crash and burn, Coinbase senses ...
10.25.2021 Crypto Wars \| The Untouchables \| 2 It’s 2011, and Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss are trying to move on from their legal battle with Mark Zuckerberg over who created Facebook. And their nemesis is about to derail the twins’ dreams again. But then a chance encounter on ...
10.20.2021 Crypto Wars \| Generate Coins \| 1 It’s 2009 and in a modest suburban home, a monetary revolution is beginning. It’s called bitcoin and it arrives with a whimper. There’s just no compelling reason to swap dollars for this worthless digital token. But then, a wannabe crime ...
10.18.2021 Fast Fashion \| Can Fast Fashion Sustain Itself? \| 6 Fast fashion has a crisis on its hands. The industry is wreaking havoc on the environment, and even the execs are starting to notice. Massive amounts of pollution and textile waste have taken a toll on the planet as these ...
10.13.2021 Fast Fashion \| Long Haul \| 5 It’s 2019, and the internet is overflowing with videos of satisfied customers showing off their Shein hauls. But it’s not all smooth sailing when allegations go viral that the company steals from independent designers. Meanwhile, former Topshop brand director Jane ...
10.11.2021 Fast Fashion \| Dress for Excess \| 4 It’s 2018, and H&M is drowning in billions of dollars worth of unsold inventory. Brick and mortar stores are struggling. But on the internet, Shein is thriving, capitalizing on social media trends to get desirable, ultra-cheap clothing made and into ...
10.07.2021 Introducing: Who, When, WOW! Created by Tinkercast and hosted by Rebecca Sheir (Circle Round), “Who, When, Wow!” is an auditory journey into the lives of unsung heroes, unknown heroines and amazing humans. Each 20 minute “cartoon-for-the-ear” episode immerses kids and their grown-ups in a ...
10.06.2021 Fast Fashion \| Clothes Call \| 3 It’s 2010, and a series of deadly tragedies at factories in Bangladesh paint H&M and the fast fashion industry in a negative light. In response, the company doubles down on sustainability, launching a new eco-friendly line. Meanwhile, Forever 21 goes ...
10.04.2021 Fast Fashion \| Stitch by Stitch \| 2 It’s 1974 and Amancio Ortega, determined to break the cycle of poverty he experienced growing up in Spain, uses his background in retail and manufacturing to found future fast fashion giant Zara. Meanwhile, Topshop is born as a small section ...
09.29.2021 Fast Fashion \| Fire Sale \| 1 It’s 1987 and Jane Shepherdson, a star buyer for retail chain Topshop, is using her keen ability to predict trends to put the company on the map as the go-to shopping destination for young British women. But when the company ...
09.27.2021 Death Row Records vs Bad Boy Records \| Life After Wartime \| 6 The battle between Death Row and Bad Boy Records wasn't long, but it was intense. Rather than staying on wax, the beef came off the records and into the streets, resulting in a deadly macho dust-up between hip hop's biggest ...
09.22.2021 Death Row Records vs Bad Boy Records \| You’re Nobody ‘til Somebody Kills You \| 5 The rivalry between the East and West Coasts of hip-hop has become an all out war, with Death Row and Bad Boy on the front lines of the conflict. Within six months, the war claims the lives of Tupac Shakur ...
09.20.2021 Death Row Records vs Bad Boy Records \| Hit ‘Em Up \| 4 By the time Biggie Smalls meets Tupac Shakur, Tupac is already a big star. He hasn’t yet signed with Death Row, but he’s already sold millions of records and starred in two feature films. Biggie, on the other hand, is ...
09.15.2021 Death Row Records vs Bad Boy Records \| Ready to Die \| 3 In the 70 and 80s, the founders of Death Row and Bad Boy are coming of age. In the Los Angeles neighborhood of Compton, a young Dre is spinning records before he even learns to read. Dre desperately wants to ...
09.13.2021 Death Row Records vs Bad Boy Records \| Interns & Intimidation \| 2 This episode contains explicit language. In the 70 and 80s, the founders of Death Row and Bad Boy are coming of age. In the Los Angeles neighborhood of Compton, a young Dre is spinning records before he even learns to ...
09.08.2021 Death Row Records vs Bad Boy Records \| Life After Death \| 1 This episode contains explicit language. In the 1990s, the landscape of American music was changed forever by two titans of hip hop: Death Row and Bad Boy. The rivalry between these iconic rap labels would go on to become as ...
09.06.2021 Summer Food Frenzy: Best of Business Wars Daily Summer is a time for barbecues, picnics, and maybe even a stiff drink. When it’s warm out, the business of food really starts booming. That’s why we decided to bring you a roundup of some of our favorite recent food ...
09.01.2021 The Birth of Vegas \| Can Sin City Survive? \| 7 From a turn-of-the-century railroad stopover to a glamorous entertainment oasis, the evolution of Las Vegas has been one for the books. Casino moguls replaced crime bosses as the kings of the castle, giving "Sin City" the more family-friendly vibe we ...
08.30.2021 The Birth of Vegas \| Gambling on the Future \| 6 Sin City shapeshifts from its long-held ranking as the supreme adult playground on the planet to a bizarre family-friendly amusement park. Steve Wynn sets a redesign trend that emphasizes Vegas visitors who come for things other than gambling. It’s a ...
08.25.2021 The Birth of Vegas \| Sharks In the Lobby \| 5 The mob’s longtime stranglehold on Las Vegas is weakening as the feds press down harder than ever. Just a few years ago, no one built anything on the Strip without gangster involvement. Now, as the late ‘80s unfold into the ...
08.23.2021 The Birth of Vegas \| Casino Combat \| 4 Vegas is getting a bad rap in the press, thanks to the increasing spotlight on the mob’s control. The legitimate powers in the halls of Nevada government need something—or someone--to spread a veneer of respectability over Sin City. That someone ...
08.18.2021 The Birth of Vegas \| Nevada Doubles Down \| 3 The mob faces its biggest threat yet when Nevada governor Grant Sawyer wants control of the state’s top-grossing industry—gambling. The attack includes a strictly-enforced gangster blacklist to keep hoods out of their own casinos. Things get worse when Attorney General ...
08.16.2021 The Birth of Vegas \| The Feds Get Fed Up \| 2 Backing from a legitimate Mormon banker creates major funding for the Vegas mob infrastructure. The underworld is coming out on top in Sin City. But there’s a challenger out for blood: the United States government. A U.S. senator launches an ...
08.11.2021 The Birth of Vegas \| Sunrise on Sin City \| 1 In 1931, the massive Hoover Dam project brings thousands of workers to Nevada. They have paychecks and nowhere to spend them. The state legalizes gambling, setting a small, dusty town called Las Vegas on its way to becoming an unsurpassed ...
08.09.2021 Häagen-Dazs vs Ben & Jerry's \| Big Chunks O'Love \| 1 It's the '70s and best buddies Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield are about to open an ice cream parlor. These hungry hippies only want to have fun making ice cream. But as their business grows, they're going to find themselves ...
08.04.2021 Bacardi vs Pernod Ricard \| Does Cuba Still Love Havana Club? \| 7 For Cubans, rum is more than just a drink. It's become a symbol of identity, culture and politics, and each bottle has a lot to say — especially when it's labeled "Havana Club." As Bacardi and Pernod Ricard battle it ...
08.02.2021 Bacardi vs Pernod Ricard \| Last Call \| 6 Pernod Ricard believes it’s just a matter of time before Cuba’s embargo is dropped. It dramatically expands its distilleries in Cuba for the moment when it can delug the US market with its Havanista rum. But politics will make this ...
07.28.2021 Bacardi vs Pernod Ricard \| Rum Punch Politics \| 5 Bacardi manages to best Pernod Ricard by using both the courts and Capitol Hill to keep the embargo in place against Pernod Ricard’s rum of the same name, Havana Club. But as relations between the U.S. and Cuba warm, negotiations ...
07.26.2021 Bacardi vs Pernod Ricard \| The Liquor Lobby \| 4 Bacardi has one-upped Pernod Ricard by deploying a U.S. trade embargo to block imports of Pernod Ricard and Cuba’s rum. So Castro announces that Cuba will make copycat products of American companies, ignoring their U.S. trademarks. Listen to new episodes ...
07.21.2021 Bacardi vs Pernod Ricard \| The Bat Out of Hell \| 3 Bacardi is now America’s favorite rum, but two former French spirits rivals -- Ricard and Pernod -- have joined forces to challenge Bacardi. And to gain the upper hand in security rights to Havana Club, the French company turns to ...
07.19.2021 Bacardi vs Pernod Ricard \| Hunter or Prey \| 2 Before they were billion-dollar behemoths owning many of today’s biggest booze brands, Bacardi and Pernod Ricard were three tiny, family-run companies. Pernod makes absinthe so well it became synonymous with the substance that causes a frenzy in Europe before being ...
07.14.2021 Bacardi vs Pernod Ricard \| Rum and Revolution \| 1 When family-run rum maker Bacardi was kicked out of Cuba in 1960, it vowed to go to extremes to get revenge on Fidel Castro. So when French spirits conglomerate Pernod Ricard cuts a deal with Castro’s government to share in ...
07.12.2021 Encore: Southwest vs American Airlines \| Free LUV \| 6 Thanks to deregulation, no-frills knock offs of Southwest take to the skies like crows. About 120 airlines have gone out of business or filed for bankruptcy since the industry was deregulated in 1978. American’s SABRE system optimizes...everything. It manages ticket ...
07.08.2021 Wondery Presents Business Movers \| General Motors: Back from the Dead Behind every successful business is a story. From Wondery and Lindsay Graham comes Business Movers, a weekly podcast that brings you the true stories of the brilliant but all-too-human businesspeople who risked it all. On the latest season, you'll hear ...
07.07.2021 Encore: Southwest vs American Airlines \| The Cult of Herb \| 5 Everyone loves Herb Kelleher—even FAA regulators. The onetime corporate counsel-turned-CEO is coming into his own at the helm of Southwest. But his latest challenge is coming up with a way to skirt the FAA’s pesky “slot” system, designed to limit ...
07.05.2021 Encore: Southwest vs American Airlines \| The Darling of Deregulation \| 4 As deregulation dawns, Southwest Airlines’ founder and CEO are locked in a power struggle. In the middle is Herb Kelleher, Southwest’s corporate attorney. And after 18 months serving as a punching bag for the company’s top brass, he’s had enough. ...
06.30.2021 Encore: Southwest vs American Airlines \| Aviation Cyber Wars \| 3 The computer age is on the horizon, and American Airlines has a secret weapon: SABRE. Sure, the airline is top of the heap under the current pen-and-paper reservation system — the one where travel agents use a massive phonebook to ...
06.28.2021 Encore: Southwest vs American Airlines \| Dogfight Over Dallas \| 2 Baniff and Southwest battled in court for domination over the skies. Southwest came out on top for a little while, but Baniff pushed back with prices Southwest just couldn't beat. The only way Southwest could fight back was to give ...
06.23.2021 Encore: Southwest vs American Airlines \| Clearing the Runway \| 1 In Texas in the 1960s, Rollin King had a crazy idea. He wanted to create a no-frills airline service that served San Antonio, Dallas and Houston. All he and his lawyer had to do was convince the Federal Regulations Bureau ...
06.21.2021 Food Delivery Wars \| Can Food Apps Ever Deliver Profits? \| 5 In the wake of the unexpected jolt of the COVID-19 pandemic, food delivery app businesses are looking for stability and profitability any way they can find it. With Uber’s purchase of Postmates and DoorDash buying Caviar, consolidation has become all ...
06.16.2021 Food Delivery Wars \| Just Deserts \| 4 It's July 2019. DoorDash is finally bigger than Grubhub, but it's coming under fire for pocketing tips from its drivers. Now DoorDash needs to rehab its image, or risk losing customers to its competitors. When a California proposition threatens to ...
06.14.2021 Food Delivery Wars \| Deliver or Die \| 3 It's December 2014, and Grubhub's Matt Maloney is feeling the heat. Competitors are eating away at his market share, so he decides to change direction. Grubhub finally starts delivering food with its own drivers. But will it be enough to ...
06.09.2021 Food Delivery Wars \| Who's The Boss? \| 2 It's 1990 in Champaign, Illinois, and 15-year-old Tony Xu is washing dishes in the Chinese restaurant his mother manages. He wants to help people like his Mom, but it'll be many years before he hits on his solution for small ...
06.07.2021 Food Delivery Wars \| Hot Ticket \| 1 It's December 2011 in San Francisco. Bastian Lehmann is getting ready to launch his courier app, Postmates. But when he and his co-founders discover people want food delivered, not objects, they pivot to a business already cornered by Grubhub. Meanwhile, ...
06.02.2021 Encore: WWF vs WCW \| How AEW Dynamite Reignited the Wrestling War \| 7 WWE might have thwarted WCW’s effort to claim the pro wrestling crown, but after 20 years of unchallenged supremacy, a new competitor has entered the ring. Bankrolled by a billionaire sports owner and airing weekly on TNT, All Elite Wrestling ...
05.31.2021 Encore: 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 ...
05.26.2021 Encore: 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 ...
05.24.2021 Encore: 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 ...
05.19.2021 Encore: 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 ...
05.17.2021 Encore: 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 ...

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Crypto Wars | The Great Slow Motion Swindle | 3

Crypto Wars | The Untouchables | 2

Crypto Wars | Generate Coins | 1

Fast Fashion | Can Fast Fashion Sustain Itself? | 6

Fast Fashion | Long Haul | 5

Fast Fashion | Dress for Excess | 4

Introducing: Who, When, WOW!

Fast Fashion | Clothes Call | 3

Fast Fashion | Stitch by Stitch | 2

Fast Fashion | Fire Sale | 1

Death Row Records vs Bad Boy Records | Life After Wartime | 6

Death Row Records vs Bad Boy Records | You’re Nobody ‘til Somebody Kills You | 5

Death Row Records vs Bad Boy Records | Hit ‘Em Up | 4

Death Row Records vs Bad Boy Records | Ready to Die | 3

Death Row Records vs Bad Boy Records | Interns & Intimidation | 2

Death Row Records vs Bad Boy Records | Life After Death | 1

Summer Food Frenzy: Best of Business Wars Daily

The Birth of Vegas | Can Sin City Survive? | 7

The Birth of Vegas | Gambling on the Future | 6

The Birth of Vegas | Sharks In the Lobby | 5

The Birth of Vegas | Casino Combat | 4

The Birth of Vegas | Nevada Doubles Down | 3

The Birth of Vegas | The Feds Get Fed Up | 2

The Birth of Vegas | Sunrise on Sin City | 1

Häagen-Dazs vs Ben & Jerry's | Big Chunks O'Love | 1

Bacardi vs Pernod Ricard | Does Cuba Still Love Havana Club? | 7

Bacardi vs Pernod Ricard | Last Call | 6

Bacardi vs Pernod Ricard | Rum Punch Politics | 5

Bacardi vs Pernod Ricard | The Liquor Lobby | 4

Bacardi vs Pernod Ricard | The Bat Out of Hell | 3

Bacardi vs Pernod Ricard | Hunter or Prey | 2

Bacardi vs Pernod Ricard | Rum and Revolution | 1

Encore: Southwest vs American Airlines | Free LUV | 6

Wondery Presents Business Movers | General Motors: Back from the Dead

Encore: Southwest vs American Airlines | The Cult of Herb | 5

Encore: Southwest vs American Airlines | The Darling of Deregulation | 4

Encore: Southwest vs American Airlines | Aviation Cyber Wars | 3

Encore: Southwest vs American Airlines | Dogfight Over Dallas | 2

Encore: Southwest vs American Airlines | Clearing the Runway | 1

Food Delivery Wars | Can Food Apps Ever Deliver Profits? | 5

Food Delivery Wars | Just Deserts | 4

Food Delivery Wars | Deliver or Die | 3

Food Delivery Wars | Who's The Boss? | 2

Food Delivery Wars | Hot Ticket | 1

Encore: WWF vs WCW | How AEW Dynamite Reignited the Wrestling War | 7

Encore: WWF vs WCW | Down for the Count | 6

Encore: WWF vs WCW | Shock Tactics | 5

Encore: WWF vs WCW | New World Order | 4

Encore: WWF vs WCW | Prime Time | 3

Encore: WWF vs WCW | Bulking Up | 2

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