Talking Of Giants

What happens when you put a populace unwillingly to give in, an era of prohibition and a boatload of great cars in one jar? A great race, apparently. Join me as we look at the story of the thrilling origins of the famous stock car racing brand, NASCAR. From moonshine alcohol to police chases to savvy bootleggers, we've got it all.

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A huge bag of money lands from the Japanese God of venture capital, Masayoshi Son. The WeWork story of what happens when turbocharging a faulty startup growth engine. This episode explores the story of the Neumann era pinnacle for WeWork and the fall from grace.

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Adam Neumann's gets back in the real estate game with WeWork. He wants to create spaces that nurture community and value its spirit. But underneath, there are glaring conflicts of interest. Conflicts which start showing visible cracks as they grow bigger. That story, in this week's episode.

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Adam Neumann is a man in Israel with a dream of making money. He moves to America and ends up creating a real estate behemoth masquerading as a tech company. This week we look at the start of the journey that took WeWork to extreme highs and then delivered a correspondingly gruesome fall.

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Cocoa butter, removed for years as a harmful product creating indigestion for cocoa powder consumers, becomes a savior. Replaces the protagonist of the story itself actually. The story of how Dairy Milk went from something that had a small shot at a narrow crowd to being the beloved brand it is. The Cadbury story continues...

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The abysmal working conditions of 1800s industrial Birmingham is not one to bring cheerful thoughts to any. But what if there was chocolate? What if this town created a much-beloved chocolate that would be an Easter egg staple and Valentine's day must for generations to come? This week, the story of the chocolatey goodness of the Cadbury brand.

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What does a startup do to make enough noise to introduce not just a product but a whole new industry? Are there opportunities that underdogs can exploit that are just are not in the reach of giants? The story of how Salesforce used those chances to become the giant it is today, is today's story.

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Can someone be famous for being famous? Do you really have travel lust or is Instagram telling you so? The rise of the influencer put culture and our understanding of it in the hands of individuals with monetary incentives. What that means and how we could navigate it, in our second round talking about Instagram.

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What if pictures became a window into the lives of people? What if social media helped us follow strangers from blazing cosmopolitan cities to the breezy Peruvian mountainsides? The story of the start of an app that had this dream and the events that followed.

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Towards the end of the 19th-century banks consolidated a great deal of power over American business. The dawn of the new century would put them at odds with politicians who saw an urgent need to rein them in. Already n his 70s, JP Morgan has one last breath of air to defend his kingdom - and to leave behind a powerful legacy. The final chapter in the three-part series about the JP Morgan empire.

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