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Bacardi vs Pernod Ricard | The Bat Out of Hell | 3 from 2021-07-21T09:00
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...
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Facebook vs Snapchat - Snapchat’s Comeback | 6 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s June 2018. Mark Zuckerberg is struggling and morale at the social media giant is low. Facebook has been battered by data breaches and there’s no end in sight. Meanwhile, Evan Spiegel has a cha...
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Facebook vs Snapchat - Stock Market Tailspin | 5 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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 found...
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Facebook vs Snapchat - Facebook Fights Back | 4 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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 ...
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Facebook vs Snapchat - The Offer | 3 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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 ...
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Facebook vs Snapchat - Children of Privilege | 2 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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...
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Facebook vs Snapchat - Vanishing Act | 1 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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...
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WWF vs WCW - The Future of Pro Wrestling | 7 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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, a...
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WWF vs WCW - Down for the Count | 6 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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 focu...
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WWF vs WCW - Shock Tactics | 5 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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 ...
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WWF vs WCW - New World Order | 4 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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...
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WWF vs WCW - Prime Time | 3 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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 it...
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WWF vs WCW - Bulking Up | 2 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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. T...
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WWF vs WCW - Titan Rising | 1 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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 tha...
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Electric Bikes | 7 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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...
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Harley and the Biker Wars - Live to Ride | 6 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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...
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Harley and the Biker Wars - The Freedom Machine | 5 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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 ...
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Harley and the Biker Wars - Japan Takes No Prisoners | 4 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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—th...
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Harley and the Biker Wars - Uneasy Riders | 3 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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...
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Harley and the Biker Wars - The Hog Is Born | 2 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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 d...
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Harley and the Biker Wars - The British Invaders | 1 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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 back...
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Business Battles | Monster vs Beats by Dre | 1 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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 ki...
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Cereal Wars-The Most Important Meal | 7 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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. ...
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Cereal Wars - Going Soggy | 6 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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...
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Cereal Wars - Trix of the Trade | 5 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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 a...
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Cereal Wars - Cereal Offenders | 4 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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 ...
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Cereal Wars - Sugar Rush | 3 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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 ...
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Cereal Wars - Breakfast of Champions | 2 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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...
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Cereal Wars - A Divine Mission | 1 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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 Cr...
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Gibson vs Fender - The Future of the Electric Guitar | 7 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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 creatio...
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Gibson vs Fender - Attack of the Robot Guitars | 6 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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 bra...
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Gibson vs Fender - Back From the Brink | 5 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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 ...
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Gibson vs Fender - Les Pauls Unleashed | 4 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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-touc...
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Gibson vs Fender - The Stratocaster Blasts Off | 3 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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...
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Gibson vs Fender - Loud and Clear | 2 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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...
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Gibson vs Fender - Les and Leo | 1 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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 ag...
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Anheuser-Busch vs Miller - Fighting the Crocodile | 6 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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...
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Anheuser-Busch vs Miller - Surprise Attack Dog | 5 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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 hunt...
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Anheuser-Busch vs Miller - Miller Killers | 4 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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...
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Anheuser-Busch vs Miller - It’s Miller Time! | 3 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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 campai...
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Anheuser-Busch vs Miller - Swinging for the Majors | 2 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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 b...
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Anheuser-Busch vs Miller - The Beer Barons | 1 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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 own...
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Netflix vs Blockbuster Revisited - What’s Next for Digital Streaming | 9 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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 th...
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Netflix vs Blockbuster Revisited - Streamers Everywhere | 8 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s spring 2019, and the Mouse House is determined to challenge Netflix for streaming supremacy. Disney CEO Bob Iger draws gasps at an industry event when he announces the new Disney Plus streamin...
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Netflix vs Blockbuster Revisited - Break the Wheel | 7 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Netflix goes from being a streaming company to a movement in which consumers all over the world decide what to watch, and when and how they watch. The future that Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph en...
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Netflix vs Blockbuster Revisited - Binge | 6 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Hollywood execs thought Netflix was crazy to give up advertising and spin off opportunities by letting viewers flop on a couch and watch a whole season of a show all at once. But Netflix knew it wa...
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Netflix vs Blockbuster Revisited - HBO Gets in the Game | 5 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We take a step back to explore how a little company called Home Box Office went from serving B-movies to 325 homes in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania to become the juggernaut that we know as HBO. In the...
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Netflix vs Blockbuster Revisited - The Digital Divide | 4 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
You know the expression “content is king”? Well it turns out, sometimes it’s not. Sometimes it’s a hard-working algorithm that burrows into customer habits and viewing patterns. With that, Netflix ...
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Netflix vs Blockbuster Revisited - Dirty Tricks | 3 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Thinking like your enemy is the best way to beat them, and during the war, Blockbuster tried every trick in the book to get inside Netflix. Sometimes they succeeded — sending “housewives” into ware...
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Netflix vs Blockbuster Revisited - Origins | 2 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
After Hastings pleaded with Antioco to buy Blockbuster online, Antioco agreed to present Hasting’s proposal to the board. What he didn’t tell him was that he was pushing the board to reject the off...
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Netflix vs Blockbuster Revisited - Sudden Death | 1 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The way we watch is changing so rapidly that we’ve decided to revisit our very first and most popular Business War: Netflix versus Blockbuster. We’re re-airing an expanded eight-part series followi...
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Ferrari vs. Lamborghini - The Future of Cars | 4 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Electric. Diesel. Driverless. Automobile Magazine’s New York Bureau Chief, Jamie Kitman, joins to talk about the latest developments in the car industry and what’s next for Ferrari and Lamborghini....
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Ferrari vs. Lamborghini - Supercar Speed Freaks | 3 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It is 1997. For decades, Lamborghini has struggled to survive as a company, and to compete with its nemesis Ferrari. All that is about to change. Volkswagen buys Lambo and injects it with cash and ...
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Ferrari vs. Lamborghini - Lamborghini Spawns an Icon | 2 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s 1970. At his factory in Italy, Ferruccio Lamborghini is desperate to build a car that can outdo his rival, Enzo Ferrari, whose Ferrari factory is just 20 miles away. With the help of genius de...
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Ferrari vs. Lamborghini - The Gauntlet | 1 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s the early 1960s. In Maranello, Italy, Enzo Ferrari has made a name for himself building the most exotic road cars in the world. But when a dissatisfied customer named Ferruccio Lamborghini sho...
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Hasbro vs Mattel - Today's Toys | 7 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Bratz. Monster High. Funko. These are the toys that rule the roost in 2019. Veteran toy industry analyst Sean McGowan joins to discuss the big business of toys today, how Hasbro and Mattel can comp...
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Hasbro vs Mattel - Screen Dreams | 6 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
With the world plugging into the Internet, toys are under pressure. Kids are swapping plastic play for screen-based entertainment and both Mattel and Hasbro need to adapt. The question is: how? Ma...
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Hasbro vs Mattel - The Shotgun Wedding | 5 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A few months ago, Mattel’s revenues were just fifty million dollars behind Hasbro’s. But now that Hasbro’s swallowed Tonka—the classic maker of Nerf, Play-Doh, and Monopoly—Mattel is half a billion...
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Hasbro vs Mattel - Resurrection Joe | 4 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s the early 1980s and things are not looking good for Hasbro. The company hasn’t had a hit since Hungry Hungry Hippos; its founding CEO Merrill Hassenfeld has just died; now Star Wars dolls have...
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Hasbro vs Mattel - The House of Cards | 3 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Sizzlers, Mattel’s new motorized Hot Wheels, were supposed to be the top toy this Christmas. But sales have fizzled, leaving Mattel $30 million below target. For the last ten years, Mattel’s done e...
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Hasbro vs Mattel - Boy Toy | 2 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s the 1960s and Hasbro is struggling. The pencil manufacturer turned toymaker hasn’t had a major success since Mr. Potato Head hit the shelves in 1952, and it’s starting to lose money. If the co...
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Hasbro vs Mattel - Dream Doll | 1 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s the late 1940s and two small toymakers are taking their first uneasy steps. The names of these young hopefuls are Hasbro and Mattel. One’s an offshoot of a pencil manufacturer. The other a hus...
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USFL vs NFL - Risky Business | 7 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Mike Pesca, Slate, joins to talk about the biggest risks facing the NFL, whether the Patriots are good or bad for the league, and what our culture would look like if football never took off as a pr...
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USFL vs NFL - Football Day in Court | 6 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The battle between the NFL and the USFL finally comes to a head. Donald Trump has bullied his way to the top of the USFL and pressured his league into suing the NFL for violating the Sherman Antitr...
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USFL vs NFL - The Empire Strikes Back | 5 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
For nearly two full years, the mighty NFL sat idly by as the upstart USFL tried to chip away at its status, talent, and reputation as the most powerful sports league on the planet. Now, the NFL is ...
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USFL vs NFL - Making Spring Football Great Again | 4 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Description: It’s 1984, and at USFL franchise offices across the country, multi-million dollar contracts are flowing like Gatorade. As the United States Football League prepares for kickoff on its ...
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USFL vs NFL - A Challenge to the King | 3 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
By most measures, the USFL’s debut season is a success. The games post solid numbers--in both ticket sales and television ratings--offering undeniable proof that there’s an audience for professiona...
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USFL vs NFL - A General Triumph | 2 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Description: The NFL has faced rival leagues in the past, and routinely squashed them without breaking so much as a sweat. The NFL’s powerful commissioner, Pete Rozelle, assumes the USFL will be no...
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USFL vs NFL - Birth of a Spring Football League | 1 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
For years, David Dixon has been trying to convince the National Football League to launch an expansion team in New Orleans, but he always comes up empty-handed. Finally, after one too many letdowns...
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McDonald’s vs Burger King - Breakfast Wars | 7 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Egg McMuffins, Croissan’wiches and coffee. Today’s fast food fight is all about breakfast time. Wall Street Journal reporter Julie Jargon joins to talk about where Burger King and McDonald’s are he...
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McDonald’s vs Burger King - Super Fan Supernova | 6 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s a new century and times are tough for the burger giants. Burger King’s in a rut and McDonald’s is about to report its first loss in nearly 40 years. Both brands need to reinvent themselves fas...
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McDonald's vs Burger King - Battle of the Burgers | 5 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Burger King is under pressure. McDonald’s is wowing the nation with a new way to eat chicken and Wendy’s is quickly closing in on the number two fast food spot. Backed into a corner, Burger King pr...
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McDonald’s vs Burger King - Have It Your Way | 4 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s the 1970s, and the burger barons are turning to TV advertising to propel profits skyward. McDonald’s is betting that a little song and dance can give it the competitive edge, but Burger King i...
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McDonald’s vs Burger King - Feeding Frenzy | 3 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
By the mid-1960s, Americans have developed a taste for fast, delicious, affordable food — and they’re demanding more. U.S. fast food franchises — McDonald’s, Burger King and Burger Chef — know that...
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McDonald’s vs Burger King - Cooking with Gas | 2 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s the late 1950s and fry cooks are flipping as fast as they can. But McDonald’s and Insta-Burger King’s desire for national success far outstrips their ability to deliver. It’s not enough to jus...
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McDonald’s vs Burger King - Fastest Burger in the West | 1 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s 1948, and somewhere around the edge of the Mojave Desert, a drive-in restaurant is making waves. It's called McDonald’s and it’s like no burger joint anyone’s seen before—a carhop-free eatery ...
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Zankou Chicken Murders - The Death of an American Dream | 2 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Mardiros Iskenderian was known for two things: the unbelievable generosity he showed to the Armenian community, and the deep love he expressed for his family—particularly for his mother, whom he tr...
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Zankou Chicken Murders - Out of Beirut | 1 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s January 14th, 2003, and 56-year-old Mardiros Iskenderian, the founder of the family-owned chain of rotisserie restaurants Zankou Chicken, is leaving the house for the first time in months. Tw...
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Browser Wars - Even When They Lose They Win | 6 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Microsoft has officially won the battle against Netscape, but for Bill Gates, the browser war is far from over. The federal government has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft, and called G...
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Browser Wars - Microsoft on the Hot Seat | 5 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
To compete with Netscape, Bill Gates is forced to do the one thing he hates most: give tech away for free. He bundles Internet Explorer with Windows, effectively making his browser ubiquitous--and ...
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Browser Wars - An Offer They Can’t Refuse | 4 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s summer 1995, and Bill Gates is worried about the sudden rise of the Internet. In the world of computers, Gates is used to being in the driver’s seat. Now it seems he’s not even in the car. ? ...
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Browser Wars - Poker Face | 3 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s 1974, and a young programmer named Paul Allen has just caught a glimpse of the world’s first personal computer, the Altair 8800. It has the potential to change the computing landscape forever ...
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Browser Wars - The Birth of a Dot Com Giant | 2 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Two disgruntled tech whizzes, Jim Clark and Marc Andreessen, join forces to exact revenge on the companies that wronged them, building a browser so fast and powerful that it wipes their competitors...
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Browser Wars - Kickstarting a Revolution | 1 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s 1992, and in the basement of the chemistry building at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, two computer science students are working on a new web browser. Up to this point, browsin...
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Red Bull vs Monster - Buzzkill | 3 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
As the extreme marketing battle between Red Bull and Monster reaches unprecedented heights (128,000 feet above sea level, to be precise), a new challenger steps onto the scene. 5-hour Energy, the t...
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Red Bull vs Monster - Beast Gores Bull | 2 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
As Red Bull plans its U.S. invasion, an unlikely upstart vies to beat it to market. Led by branding guru Mark Hall, the wholesome Hansen Beverage Company launches Monster, a grungy, all-American al...
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Red Bull vs Monster - Get Your Wings | 1 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s the early 1980s, and in Bangkok, Thailand, a jet-lagged toothpaste marketing exec named Dietrich Mateschitz has just tasted Krating Daeng, an energy tonic popular with rickshaw drivers. The fl...
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Xbox vs Playstation - Interview with Tristan Donovan | 4 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Host David Brown sits down with Tristan Donovan, series writer and author of Replay: The History of Video Games, just as this console war enters uncharted territory. What’s next for Xbox, PlayStati...
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Xbox vs Playstation - Tear Down This Wall | 3 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
As Nintendo burns with the failure of Wii U, Sony can’t woo PS2 users to the new Playstation 3. It vows to not make that mistake again, and the Playstation 4 prioritizes on what the gamers want: a ...
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Xbox vs Playstation - The Red Ring of Death | 2 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Microsoft put all its efforts into it’s new console, the Xbox 360 to beat combat Sony’s market share and it looked like it was working. Thousands of consoles sold, and then suddenly, mysteriously, ...
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Xbox vs Playstation - The Biggest Cannon in the World | 1 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Sony was preparing Playstation to eventually replace personal computers. Microsoft sees that coming and goes into combat mode. Bill Gates spends more than two billion dollars to launch Microsoft’s ...
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Southwest vs American - Interview with Joseph Guinto | 7 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Host David Brown chats with freelance journalist and series writer Joseph Guinto about the 22 years he’s spent covering Southwest Airlines… including his memories meeting and interviewing Southwest...
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Southwest vs American - Free LUV | 6 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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 19...
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Southwest vs American - The Cult of Herb | 5 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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...
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Southwest vs American - The Darling of Deregulation | 4 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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 ...
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Southwest vs American - Aviation Cyber Wars | 3 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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 ...
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Southwest vs American - Dogfight Over Dallas | 2 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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 Sout...
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Southwest vs. American - Clearing the Runway | 1 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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 Fe...
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Coke vs Pepsi - Interview with Tristan Donovan | 7 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Host David Brown chats with series writer Tristan Donovan, author of Fizz: How Soda Shook Up the World, about some of the juicy tidbits that didn’t make the final series. Like Fanta’s roots in Nazi...
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Coke vs Pepsi - The Soda Revolt | 6 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Coke continues to grapple with Pepsi’s winning ads, but as Y2K nears both companies realize this isn’t just a cola war anymore. There’s more backlash for both companies, this time from schools. Cok...
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Coke vs Pepsi - No Sacred Cows | 5 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
With the Pepsi Challenge under attack by Coke, Pepsi needs a new ad campaign. So the company turns for inspiration to the biggest pop star in the world: Michael Jackson. Meanwhile, Coca-Cola has a ...
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Coke vs Pepsi - The Imitator's Revenge | 4 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Welcome to the Pepsi Generation. As Pepsi fires up a hot new ad campaign, Coca-Cola starts getting nervous. But a sudden plane detour through Ireland gives Coke executive Bill Backer inspiration fo...
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Coke vs Pepsi - Cola über Alles | 3 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
With world war on the horizon, Coca-Cola and Pepsi face a supply crisis. How to get enough sugar to continue bottling their sweet fizzy goodness? One man has the answer -- to secure its supply line...
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Coke vs Pepsi - Candy Monster | 2 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The cola cops are coming. Pepsi, an upstart Coca-Cola imitator, grabs its rival’s attention by serving up its own beverage to unsuspecting soda fountain customers. Coca-Cola moves fast -- but it’s ...
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Coke vs Pepsi - Cocaine is King | 1 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In turn of the century Atlanta, pharmacist John Pemberton has invented a dynamite health tonic with some secret ingredients his customers can’t get enough of. There’s only one problem. With the cit...
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eBay vs PayPal - Interview with Kara Swisher | 7 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We hope you enjoyed our series on eBay vs PayPal. Here to discuss her thoughts on the PayPal mafia alums is Kara Swisher. Swisher is the self-described "grumpy lady of tech" and host of the podcast...
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eBay vs PayPal - Outta the Gate | 6 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
PayPal is running out of time. The online payment service is hauling in new users, but its bottom line is bleeding red. Without a buyer to pump it full of cash soon, the company could go under. Sho...
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eBay vs PayPal - Breaking Up Is Hard To Do | 5 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
By late 2000, PayPal and X.com are yoked together, with X.com CEO Elon Musk leading the newly combined company. But it’s a rocky marriage: PayPal’s founders clash with their new leader over everyth...
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eBay vs PayPal - How Bad Is It? | 4 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Remember the summer of 2000? The Olympics were in full swing and PayPal was under attack. Not from eBay, but Russian hackers. In looking for soft targets in the early days of the untethered Interne...
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eBay vs PayPal - PayPal Goes Viral | 3 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In the midst of the dot-com boom, there's also a lot of dot-com bust. PayPal desperately needed to grow but they companies who'd raised millions more suddenly disintegrate. The solution was so simp...
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eBay vs PayPal - The E-commerce Revolution | 2 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
As eBay gathers steam, a libertarian chess champion and a programmer who fled Communist Ukraine team up to change the world with their encryption software. But when their plan to piggyback on the u...
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eBay vs PayPal - Going Once, Going Twice | 1 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
At the dawn of the dotcom era, a Silicon Valley tech geek on a personal vendetta rolls out the world’s first e-commerce site. Vintage lunchboxes? Second-hand guitars? B-list celebrity autographs? I...
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Hearst vs Pulitzer - Interview with Gabriel Kahn | 7 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Joining us today is Gabriel Kahn, a professor of journalism at the University of Southern California. He’s a former Los Angeles bureau chief for the Wall Street Journal and a frequent commentator o...
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Hearst vs Pulitzer - Days of Atonement | 6 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
By 1900, the days of yellow journalism were already fading, and both William Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer were searching for a new direction even as their newspapers diverged. Hearst tries for a pol...
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Hearst vs Pulitzer - Newsies | 5 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A close up look at a crisis of their own making. One that nearly cost Hearst and Pulitzer their grip on the country’s first media empires. Instead of pitting them against each other, the crisis wou...
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Hearst vs Pulitzer - War Drums | 4 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
What happens when there’s no news? You have to MAKE the news. When Hearst heard from his top reporter that the Spanish-Cuban tension wasn’t looking like anything would happen, Hearst wasn’t just g...
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Hearst vs Pulitzer - The Price of News | 3 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In 1883, 15 years before the Headless Torso Murder, New York City's population was rapidly growing and the newspaper scene was pretty sleepy. The city's nearly 50 daily papers, even the small New Y...
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Hearst vs Pulitzer - The Headless Torso, Part 2 | 2 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In 1897, America looked very different. Carriages rolled through the streets of New York. Mass media was just growing up, and Hearst was convinced that carrier pigeons - hunted to extinction by 191...
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Hearst vs Pulitzer - The Headless Torso, Part 1 | 1 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This is the beginning of a mystery, a great business rivalry, and a look into American history. To tell the story of Hearst vs Pulitzer, we called our friend Lindsay Graham over at American History...
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Gregor Mendel vs the World - American Innovations | 1 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Host David Brown interviews Steven Johnson, the host of the new podcast American Innovations. Support us by supporting our sponsors!
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The First Computer War - Computing Gets Personal | 6 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
After all that IBM has been through over the decades, it would have never in a million years guessed that their undoing would be at the hands of a scrawny and unknown computer nerd named Bill Gates...
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The First Computer War - Betting the Store | 5 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s 1961. Since his father retired 5 years earlier, Thomas Watson Jr pushed to modernize IBM from the top down. New management, new ideas, newer, faster, machines. The company has grown, employing...
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The First Computer War - Abdication | 4 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In Episode 1 the UNIVAC successfully predicted that Eisenhower would win the 1952 election. In Philadelphia, a champagne hangover quickly settled in over the Remington Rand building, the company el...
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The First Computer War - IBM versus The UNIVAC | 3 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
What’s a 16% market share when the public thinks you have more? A potential anti-trust suit, if you’re IBM. Watson Jr. sees a potential lawsuit as a way out from under his father’s control. Sr. see...
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The First Computer War - Father, Son, and The Future | 2 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
How do you really “get ahead” in a war? Sometimes you don’t have to do anything, you just wait for your opponent to fumble. And in the late 1940s, IBM’s CEO Thomas Watson Sr., did. He’s just begin...
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The First Computer War - The Electronic Brain | 1 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
With so much information at our fingertips, it’s hard to remember that we haven’t always walked around with supercomputers in our pockets. In fact, in 1952, CBS thought that Americans would find it...
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Marvel vs DC - Interview with Jason Mewes and Reed Tucker | 7 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
What's that? Up in the sky? It's another episode of Business Wars. Today we're talking to two super guests, Reed Tucker is a journalist living in New York City, and the author of the book Slugfest:...
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Marvel vs DC - The Cinematic Universe | 6 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
After more than 50 years of fighting for the hearts and attention spans of millions of readers, television viewers, and movie-goers - who wins this war? Is it DC, the original comic company company...
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Marvel vs DC - Big Screen Heroes | 5 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Appearances on radio programs, television shows and thousands of comic books - all just another day in the life of a superhero. But to get a larger than life hero onto a larger than life screen, th...
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Marvel vs DC - Schemes, Scans, and Double Crosses | 4 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s 1970 and the unthinkable just happened. Jack Kirby, one of the men who made Marvel, has defected to DC. With him he brought an idea that may just end Marvel for good. But as soon as DC seems t...
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Marvel vs DC - Copycat | 3 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
As Marvel’s richer storylines captivate more readers, DC just can’t keep up, or fully understand Marvel’s success. They even try directly copying Marvel’s style, but go about it in the worst way. J...
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Marvel vs DC - The Fantastic Mr. Lee | 2 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We’ve talked about several wars on this series, but here’s a first: DC and Marvel engaging with each other, sniping, making fun, and getting their fans involved in the argument. A series of editor’...
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Marvel vs DC - Origin Stories | 1 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In the early 1960s, the Space Race was on, Chubby Checkers got everyone doin’ the twist and Superman was turning 25. DC has it all - a legacy comic, the talented writers and illustrators, and plush...
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Nike vs Adidas - Interview with Liz Dolan and David Meltzer | 7 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today we talked to Liz Dolan, former Nike CMO, and David Meltzer, sports marketing guru and agent about this vicious war. If you loved them here, you’ll love their podcasts even more. Liz co-hosts...
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Nike vs Adidas - The Defectors | 6 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The rivalry between Nike and Adidas has been intense for decades, but always respectful. But with intensity comes… defectors. Just three at the beginning, who set out to create a “Disneyland for de...
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Nike vs Adidas - Rebound | 5 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Nike, the late starter struck gold with its “Just Do It” campaign. Launched in 1988, the shoe giant finally had a tagline as good as its shoes. Meanwhile, Adidas, the brand that started and found s...
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Nike vs Adidas - Nike Air | 4 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Every new Nike employee gets a list of principles that serves as the company’s philosophy. One: Our business is change. Two: We’re on offense, all the time. With those principles Nike sprinted ...
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Nike vs Adidas - Walking Billboards | 3 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
As long as there have been professional sports, there have been professional athletes, willing to accept money to wear certain brands, but the biggest endorsement deals were only made possible by a...
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Nike vs Adidas - The Starting Line | 2 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Rudi and Adi Dassler started the “Dassler Business” in the 1920s in their parent’s garage, recycling materials from WWI military gear and uniforms. They got a pair of their track spikes on an athle...
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Nike vs Adidas - Sneakerheads | 1 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In 2015, Kanye West turned his back on Nike, an all out battle in the ongoing war for sneaker supremacy. Nike and Adidas are two multinational companies worth billions in an industry estimated to b...
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Netflix vs Blockbuster - Interview with Rich Greenfield | 8 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Rich Greenfield is a tech and media analyst with BTIG who’s been covering this battle in some capacity for decades. We had the chance to talk to him in depth on today’s episode. Follow Rich on Twi...
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Netflix vs Blockbuster - The Way We Watch | 7 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Netflix goes from being a streaming company to a movement in which consumers all over the world decide what show to watch -- and when and how they watch them. The future that Reed Hastings and Marc...
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Denim Wars | Are Your Jeans Blue or Red? | 7 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Consumers are increasingly looking to buy from brands whose values match their own, and denim is no different. These days, the jeans giants are not only facing down threats from each other, but nav...
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Netflix vs Blockbuster - Binge | 6 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Hollywood execs thought Netflix was crazy to give up advertising and spin off opportunities by letting viewers flop on a couch and watch a whole season of a show all at once. But Netflix knew it wa...
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Denim Wars | The Unravelling | 6 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It's 1999 and Levi's is a company in trouble. It's drowning in debt, out of fashion, and hobbled by sub-par distribution. But while Levi's searches for a way to make a comeback, a new, fast-growin...
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Netflix vs Blockbuster - HBO Gets In The Ring | 5 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We take a step back to explore how a little company called Home Box Office went from serving B-movies to 325 homes in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania to become the juggernaut that we know as HBO. In the...
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Wondery presents Jacked: Rise of the New Jack Sound from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Subscribe today: http://wondery.fm/Jacked_Wondery Hosted by Golden Globe winner Taraji P. Henson. Have you ever had a dream? Something you wanted so bad you just couldn’t let it go? For a group ...
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Netflix vs Blockbuster - The Digital Divide | 4 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
You know that expression “content is king”? Well it turns out, sometimes it’s not. Sometimes it’s a hard-working algorithm that burrows into customer habits and viewing patterns. With that, Netflix...
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Denim Wars | Lord of the Flies | 5 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It's the '80s and Levi's is far out in front in the battle for denim dominance. But Lee owner V.F. Corporation isn't giving up. It's about to make a major move that will pile the pressure on Levi...
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Netflix vs Blockbuster - Dirty Tricks | 3 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Thinking like your enemy is the best way to beat them, and during the war, Blockbuster tried every trick in the books to get inside Netflix. Sometimes they succeeded - sending “housewives” into war...
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Denim Wars | From Freak to Chic | 4 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It's the late '60s and Levi's is seeking to stay on trend by tuning into the flower-power movement taking over San Francisco. But keeping up with the ever-shifting tides of fashion is harder than...
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Netflix vs Blockbuster - Origins | 2 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
After Hastings pleaded with Antioco to buy Blockbuster Online, Antioco agreed to present Hasting’s proposal to the board. What he didn’t tell him was that he was pushing the board to reject the off...
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Denim Wars | Storming the Castle | 3 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It's the 1950s and young Americans are idolizing the new wave of Hollywood rebels and horrifying their parents by wearing jeans. But as these post-war renegades take denim duds out of the workpla...
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Netflix vs Blockbuster - Sudden Death | 1 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This is Episode 1 of an 8-part series on the brutal business battle between Netflix and Blockbuster, and later HBO. It all started around 1997, with a guy named Marc Randolph and his mathematician...
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Denim Wars | Old Western Blues | 2 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It's the mid-1800s and a young wholesaler called Levi Strauss is looking to cash in on the California Gold Rush. But when a wandering tailor approaches Strauss with a revolutionary idea, his busin...
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Introducing: Business Wars from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Netflix-HBO. Nike-Adidas. Business is war. Sometimes the prize is your wallet. Sometimes your attention. Sometimes just the fun of beating the other guy. From Wondery, the network behind Dirty John...
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Denim Wars | Cowboys & Indigos | 1 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It's the 1930s and Californian jeans maker Levi Strauss & Co. is struggling. The Great Depression is destroying jobs and killing demand for its denim workwear. So when a craze for the Old West...
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Pandemic Economy: Best of Business Wars Daily | 61 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
COVID-19 has flipped the economy on its head. But the pandemic’s new normal has also created new opportunities. Against all odds, some businesses are actually thriving -- and we’re not just talking...
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Gallo: Godfathers Of Wine | The Gallo Family Today | 7 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
When Ernest and Joseph Gallo died in 2007, decades after their brother Julio, it put an end to a family saga that had stretched for the better part of a century. But the company the brothers founde...
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Gallo: Godfathers of Wine | Wine is Thicker Than Blood | 6 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s the 1980’s and Gallo rockets to the top of the new lucrative wine cooler market with a brilliant ad campaign for its Bartles and Jaymes brand. But long held resentments, buried secrets and lu...
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Gallo: Godfathers of Wine | The Grapes of Wrath | 5 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Heading into the turbulent 1960s, Ernest Gallo attempts to conquer the Midwestern wine market by taking on a dangerous associate of Al Capone in Chicago. As the company grows, the two Gallos join...
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Gallo: Godfathers of Wine | Thunderbird | 4 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s the 1940s and as American soldiers battle the Axis powers overseas, Ernest and Julio Gallo fulfill lucrative government contracts for jet fuel ingredients made out of ethyl alcohol, known as "...
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Gallo: Godfathers of Wine | The Miracle Year | 3 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s the 1930s and with Prohibition finally over, Americans are eager to drown themselves in booze. Ernest Gallo persuades his reluctant brother, Julio, to partner with him on starting a winery. Er...
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Gallo: Godfathers of Wine | Violence in the Vineyard | 2 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s the roaring twenties and Joe Gallo Sr.’s two teenage sons, Ernest and Julio, help run the family’s extensive vineyards and bootlegging operations. Young Ernest plays a tricky game, dealing wit...
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Gallo: Godfathers of Wine | The Gangster and The Grape Grower | 1 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It's the early 1900’s and two young brothers emigrate from Italy to the US to make their fortunes. In California, they con, grift and bamboozle their fellow immigrants out of thousands of dollars, ...
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Pizza Hut vs Domino's | Hut In A Rut? | 7 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In 2009, Domino’s went into crisis mode after a prank threatened to ruin the brand’s already substandard image. You might say that was a wake up call. The company would go on to invest heavily in t...
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Pizza Hut vs Domino's | The Pizza Confession | 6 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s 2009 and Domino’s is about to risk everything in a daring bid to shake off its reputation as the home of sub-par pizza. But Pizza Hut’s having a hard time too. Its iconic red-roof restaurants...
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Pizza Hut vs Domino's | Slices of Science | 5 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s the 1990s and Domino’s rapid rise on the back of its 30-minute delivery guarantee is about to smash straight into a legal roadblock. And while Domino’s extracts itself from the wreckage, Piz...
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Sponsored | Seoul Taco Founder David Choi on the ‘Right Way’ to Expand a Business | 2 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Last week, we gave you the first half of our interview with Seoul Taco Founder David Choi. If you didn't catch that part of our conversation, we encourage you to go back and check it out. Since st...
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Pizza Hut vs Domino's | Deliverance | 4 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s the late 1980s and Domino’s founder Tom Monaghan’s living the high life. After years of struggle, he’s a billionaire and he’s buying up plenty of status symbols to prove it. But as Pizza Hut...
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Pizza Hut vs Domino's | Delivering the Goods | 3 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s the ‘80s and Domino’s is gunning for Pizza Hut. Domino’s has kickstarted the speediest expansion program in fast-food history and it’s not planning on stopping until it’s planted its flag in ...
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Sponsored | From Food Truck to Franchise: How David Choi Started Seoul Taco | 1 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Before you’re ready for a full-fledged “Business War,” you need to start somewhere. David Choi put it all on the line and drained his bank account to buy his first food truck. Eight years later, ...
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Pizza Hut vs Domino's | Meltdown | 2 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s the dawn of the 1970s and Pizza Hut is about to join America's business elite by floating on the stock exchange. But the Kansas pizza giant’s moment of triumph turns into defeat. But while Pi...
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Pizza Hut vs Domino's | Rolling out | 1 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s 1958 and on the East and West Coasts, all the cool cats are chowing down on pizza. Yet in the heartland, far away from the buzz of New York and LA, pizza is still rarely seen, let alone eaten...
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FedEx vs UPS | FedEx, UPS and Amazon’s Close Ties to the Postal Service | 7 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In our last episode, Amazon had once again taken a financial hit to get ahead in the shipping game, cutting out its need for FedEx and UPS, and turning them into the competition. But there’s one mo...
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FedEx vs UPS | Deal with the Devil | 6 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Both FedEx and UPS are doing a lot of business with e-commerce companies, especially Amazon. But after one disastrous Christmas season when both companies have difficulty delivering in time for Ch...
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FedEx vs UPS | On the Line | 5 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
With UPS expanding aggressively into Europe and other continents, FedEx decides to bet big on China. But it’s a risky strategy that initially looks like it’s going to fall short. Meanwhile, UPS...
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FedEx vs UPS | When in Rome... | 4 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
UPS decides it’s time to expand its market outside North America and makes a big push into Western Europe. But it’s harder than expected to integrate its corporate culture with European norms. ...
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FedEx vs UPS | We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Plane | 3 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Finally financially stable, FedEx takes on the US government to overturn regulations that limit the size of the planes they can fly. Convinced the regulations are limiting its growth, FedEx launch...
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FedEx vs UPS | Vegas or Bust | 2 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
After a disastrous start, FedEx needs to change its sales pitch or it will run out of money before it even has a chance to take off. Smith resorts to surprising means to raise the money to keep hi...
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FedEx vs UPS | Kick the Tire, Light the Fires | 1 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s the early 1970s, and 27-year-old Fred Smith has an idea for a new kind of package delivery service, one that uses its own planes to deliver packages in under 24 hours. Skeptics tell him the s...
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Dating App Wars | Dating Apps Pivot as COVID-19 Continues | 7 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Almost one in three relationships start as online encounters. But the popularity of dating apps isn’t surprising with so many to choose from, and the pandemic may even be boosting dating app use. ...
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Dating App Wars | An App-rehensive Future | 6 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Whitney Wolfe Herd establishes Bumble with a strident anti-misogyny agenda, but that foundation is rocked when shocking accusations of sexual harassment surface against Wolfe Herd’s co-founder. M...
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Dating App Wars | Are You Ready to Bumble? | 5 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Niche apps are kicking into high gear for users with specific criteria, and there’s something for everyone: muzmatch for Muslims, Mouse Mingle for Disney fans, Twindog for canine lovers, Sizzl for ...
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Dating App Wars | Crimes of Passion | 4 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
What seemed like a run of the mill office romance gone very, very wrong will result in a devastating upheaval in the power structure at Tinder. And repercussions will be felt throughout the industr...
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Dating App Wars | The Revolution Will Be Swiped | 3 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A new app aimed at gay users is about to break open an entirely new feature that will redefine the cyber dating business. And a young man emerging from a shower gets his inspiration for a new hooku...
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Dating App Wars | eHarmonic Convergence | 2 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Dr. Neil Clark Warren is a 63-year-old theologian and clinical psychologist with a vision for a site he’s certain can lead to romantic success. eHarmony will be the first to take on the powerful Ma...
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Dating App Wars | Lighting Up Match.com | 1 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s 1995, and computer dating is in its infancy. Most people think it’s a dark, sleazy world for desperate losers and horny perverts. But that’s all about to change. Pioneer site Match.com paves t...
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Diamond Wars | The Future of the Diamond Industry | 8 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today we conclude our Diamond Wars series. These precious stones are known to be undeniably beautiful, rare and a symbol of luxury. But diamonds have also been associated with war, human rights a...
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Diamond Wars | The Alchemists | 7 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s the 2000s and the diamond cartel is dead. Now, De Beers must adjust to its new status as the market leader rather than the monopoly. But the threats to its business aren’t going away. Diamo...
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Diamond Wars | Monopolies Aren’t Forever | 6 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s the late 1990s and rebel armies in Angola, Sierra Leone and Congo are bankrolling campaigns of mass murder and terror with diamonds. Now, after years of turning a blind eye, the diamond-buying...
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Diamond Wars | Blood and Champagne | 5 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s 1966 and De Beers is about to abandon its eleven-year search for diamonds in Botswana. But the geologist behind the search is far from ready to pack up his tools. And De Beers isn’t the only ...
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Diamond Wars | The Shadow World | 4 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s the early 1950s and West Africa’s growing number of diamond smugglers is causing headaches for De Beers. Faced with millions of pounds in losses, the diamond monopoly decides it’s time to ge...
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Diamond Wars | Diamond Dogfight | 3 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s 1940, and the world is at war. The Allies and Axis powers are scrambling to lock down supplies of the industrial diamonds needed to mass produce their tanks, planes and submarines. But when t...
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Diamond Wars | The Puppet Master | 2 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s 1914 and De Beers’s monopoly is under threat. Diamonds have been discovered on the desolate coast of the German colony of South West Africa. So it hired an ambitious diamond expert named Erne...
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Diamond Wars | The Diamond Rush | 1 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s 1869 and diamonds have been found in Cape Colony. Now, diamond hunters from across the world are heading to this remote British outpost in southern Africa, seeking a glittering fortune. And...
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Uber vs Lyft | Examining Toxic Company Culture in the Rideshare Industry | 7 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Uber and Lyft have made their mark as very different brands. Lyft was born out of a need for more environmentally friendly rideshare options. And is also seen as the “friendlier” of the two compan...
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Uber vs Lyft | Evolve or Die | 6 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
New CEO Dara Khosrowshahi is cleaning house after the departure of Travis Kalanick. But after a disappointing IPO, Khosrowshahi has to boost the company’s ailing financials and fight against lawmak...
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Uber vs Lyft | Damage Control | 5 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
February 2017, Super Bowl Sunday. Uber CEO Travis Kalanick is taking a black car home when he gets in an altercation with the driver. LIttle does he know, the entire exchange has been captured on a...
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Uber vs Lyft | Kill or Be Killed | 4 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Uber is facing blowback from all directions — the taxi industry, riders, and the most important man in tech: Apple's Tim Cook. Uber’s been engaged in some disreputable activity, and it's finally ca...
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Uber vs Lyft | Race to the Bottom | 3 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It's 2013, and Lyft's CEO John Zimmer is hosting a little celebration for drivers when some very unwelcome interlopers turn up to crash the party. Uber’s Travis Kalanick wants to destroy Lyft at an...
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Uber vs Lyft | Revenge Business | 2 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It's the late '90s, and Travis Kalanick is hanging out in his dorm room at UCLA. He’s having a file-sharing party with his friends that leads to his first business. But Kalanick’s forced to grow up...
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Uber vs Lyft | Black Cars and Pink Mustaches | 1 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s December 2008, and two friends and fellow tech entrepreneurs, Garrett Camp and Travis Kalanick, can't get a taxi. Camp’s already obsessed with the idea of a service that summons a private driv...
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Business Battles | Toilet Paper Wars: White Gold | 5 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Quarantine restrictions during the coronavirus have induced toilet paper panic-buying as people scratch, claw and punch each other to get rolls. But why? What’s behind the frenzy, and how will that...
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Business Battles | Tetris: Soviet Blocks | 4 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s 1988, and Tetris is making waves. It’s billed as the first Soviet video game, and it’s selling fast. But the man who introduced it to the West harbors a secret: he doesn’t own the rights. And...
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Business Battles | Cola Space Race: One Giant Sip for Mankind | 3 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s 1984 and the cola war is neck and neck. After years of struggle, Pepsi looks ready to triumph over Coca-Cola. So Coke’s striking back by opening a new battlefront in the quest for soda supre...
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Business Battles | Monopoly: Winner Takes All | 2 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It's 1902 and political campaigner Lizzie Magie is fighting a losing battle. For years, she’s pushed the idea of a land-value tax, but fewer and fewer people are listening. So she’s going to try s...
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Amazon vs Walmart | How COVID-19 Could Change the Retail Landscape | 7 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Since the novel coronavirus hit, Amazon and Walmart have seen a rise in profits, unlike many other retailers. But there have also been struggles to keep up with the flood of customer demands during...
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Sponsored: When Small Businesses Think Big - Chobani & Wrigley (Dell Podference) | 2 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This episode is brought to you by Wondery in partnership with Dell Technologies. In honor of small businesses, we’re featuring inspiring stories of successful companies that started out small. In ...
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Amazon vs Walmart - The Stealth Enemy | 6 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
As the COVID-19 virus spreads across the globe and forces people inside their homes for months, the world relies on online shopping more than ever. Amazon and Walmart both struggle to keep up with ...
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Sponsored: When Small Businesses Think Big - Atari & Red Bull (Dell Podference) | 1 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This episode is brought to you by Wondery in partnership with Dell Technologies. In honor of small businesses, we’re featuring inspiring stories of successful companies that started out small. In ...
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Amazon vs Walmart - There’s No Business Like Shoe Business | 4 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Walmart finally decides to focus aggressively on its e-commerce division, but struggles with the best way to use the internet to reach consumers. They decide their best strategy is to buy up succes...
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Amazon vs Walmart - Priming the Public | 3 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
By the mid-2000s, Walmart is starting to show some cracks. They are still successful, but bad press and sluggish growth are taking a toll on their earnings. The company debates the best way to move...
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Amazon vs Walmart - Provoking the Giant | 2 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In the late 1990s, Walmart is happily trucking along, dominating the American retail market. They’re expanding locations and increasing their own backend efficiencies to keep prices low. It’s a for...
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Amazon vs Walmart - The Big Bang Theory of E-Commerce | 1 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ninety-six percent of Americans now shop online, snapping up everything from rare coins to industrial-sized barrels of hand sanitizer. Almost half of those purchases take place on one website: Amaz...
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An Inside Look at The North Face with Former CEO Hap Klopp | 7 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
One of the key players in the story of The North Face is Hap Klopp, who in 1968, bought the then-burgeoning outdoor sports equipment store. He bought the company for the bargain price of $60,000. ...
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The North Face vs Patagonia - Eco-Samurai | 6 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s 2010 and Yvon Chouinard is about to give Patagonia’s executives their toughest challenge yet: telling people to buy less Patagonia gear. Meanwhile, The North Face is playing catch up on envir...
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The North Face vs Patagonia - Rescue Mission | 5 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s the late 1990s and The North Face is seeking to attract mainstream customers by opening hundreds of Summit Shops within the nation’s stores. But when the expected avalanche of sales fails to ...
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The North Face vs Patagonia - Zen and the Art of Business | 4 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s the dawn of the 1990s and Yvon Chouinard is struggling to come to terms with his new status as a successful entrepreneur. He cannot decide what to do with the fast-growing monster he’s created...
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The North Face vs Patagonia - Patagucci | 3 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s the late 1970s and Patagonia’s living hand to mouth and looking for a way to stoke sales. But when founder Yvon Chouinard suggests making a jersey from an unusual fabric, Patagonia creates a m...
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The North Face vs Patagonia - Blazing Trails | 2 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s 1970 and The North Face’s new owner Hap Klopp is on a mission to turn the dirtbag outdoor store he bought into an industry trailblazer. But with outdoor activity still a niche pastime, he’s go...
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The North Face vs Patagonia - Dirtbags | 1 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s the 1960s, and two climbing buddies are about to lay the foundations for a new industry. The older of the two is an outdoorsman and part-time blacksmith Yvon Chouinard. His younger buddy is D...
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Starbucks vs Dunkin - Luckin: China’s Coffee Dark Horse | 7 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
There’s no doubt that Starbucks and Dunkin Donuts have created empires throughout the U.S. and internationally. Starbucks has more than 15,000 locations in the U.S. alone, and Dunkin Donuts is now ...
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Starbucks vs Dunkin - The Cold Rush | 6 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Dunkin and Starbucks are going full on 21st century, doing all they can to top each other with new concept stores, vast emporiums, vegan food options, oat milk lattes and “high- velocity innovation...
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Starbucks vs Dunkin - A Grande Fail | 5 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Great Recession doesn’t play favorites and both Starbucks and Dunkin are hit hard. As more customers make coffee at home, Dunkin leans into its reputation as the “everyman’s brand” to lure them...
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Starbucks vs Dunkin - Trouble is Brewing | 4 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Howard Schultz can hardly believe the mess his company is in, with sales in free fall. To pull out of it, he’ll need to make a radical move. Yet no matter what he does, Starbucks’ problems only get...
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Starbucks vs Dunkin - Schultz vs The Bean Counters | 3 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Howard Schultz has found his mission. He’s burning to turn Starbucks into an espresso bar business, but he can’t convince Starbucks owners to get onboard. Back in the Northeast, Bill Rosenberg is f...
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Starbucks vs Dunkin - Mission Espresso | 2 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
While Dunkin Donuts expands and flourishes, Howard Schultz is bored. But then the 28-year-old New Yorker gets wind of a Seattle company with just four stores that’s selling more coffee makers than ...
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Starbucks vs Dunkin - A Steamy Culture Clash | 1 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A former high school dropout named Bill Rosenberg has big dreams and a passion for coffee. In 1950, in the small town of Quincy, Massachusetts he’s got a thriving coffee and donut shop called Dunki...
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Nintendo vs Sony - No Surrender | 6 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
After years of sitting on the sidelines of the next-generation console war, Nintendo is finally ready to make its move. But, the years it’s spent building it’s reassuring family-friendly reputation...
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Nintendo vs Sony - The Sleeping Giant | 5 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Nintendo decided early on that the Nintendo 64 would be a cartridge console, instead of a CD console. But CDs are much cheaper to make and have much better graphics. Game companies are upset, and d...
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Nintendo vs Sony - Game Time | 4 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This is a story about Sony and Nintendo, but it also involves a little company called Sega. Ever play Sonic the Hedgehog? That’s Sega. And during Nintendo’s domination of the US market, they were t...
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Nintendo vs Sony - Charm Offensive | 3 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
From the moment it began, the PlayStation project was in danger. The problem was none other than PlayStations knight and chief advocate: Kutaragi. He thought the now-iconic handlebar controller des...
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Nintendo vs Sony - Man of Steel | 2 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It's 1949. 22-year old Hiroshi Yamauchi is the heir apparent for his family's playing card company, Nintendo. From humble beginnings as a scrappy street stall founded in Kyoto's back alleys to the ...
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Nintendo vs Sony - Stabbed in the Back | 1 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Once a symbol of 80s teenage nerdom, video games are now as common as television sets in American households. Can you imagine a world where the Sony PlayStation didn’t come out? That’s what almost ...
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Boeing vs Airbus - The Max Controversy | 7 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
For more than 50 years, a version of Boeing's 737 aircraft has sailed the skies, dominating the market for short-range, short-haul domestic planes. The 737 is the best-selling commercial aircraft o...
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Boeing vs Airbus - Mayday | 6 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s 2011 and Airbus and Boeing are battling for the biggest deal in commercial aviation history. American Airlines is looking to buy 460 single-aisle airplanes and with the European jet giant goin...
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Boeing vs Airbus - Losing Altitude | 5 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s the 2000s and after years of talk, Airbus is pushing ahead with its plan to build the biggest passenger jet in the world. But while Airbus is thinking bigger, Boeing’s thinking faster. It’s de...
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Boeing vs Airbus - An Unholy Alliance | 4 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s the late 1980s and following the A320 crash at the Habsheim Air Show in eastern France, the safety of Airbus’s computerized flight system is being called into question. But Boeing’s got troubl...
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Boeing vs Airbus - Air Bandits | 3 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s the late 1970s and Airbus is on cloud nine after securing a breakthrough deal with Eastern Airlines. But Boeing’s not taking the consortium’s intrusion into American airspace lightly. And it’s...
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Boeing vs Airbus - Cleared for Takeoff | 2 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s 1970 and the Boeing 747 is finally airborne. But bringing this behemoth to market has taken Boeing to the edge of collapse. And it will take years of belt-tightening and perseverance to overco...
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Boeing vs Airbus - Get Your Wings | 1 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s the 1950s, the dawn of the jet age. And leading the world into this era of faster, less shaky flights is the British-made De Havilland Comet. But when disaster strikes, a hungry American mili...
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Ford vs Chevrolet - Technology in the Fast Lane | 4 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It's been a hard fought battle for decades, and in the 1970s there's no signs of Ford or Chevrolet slowing down. But this time they're fighting on new grounds, ones dominated by Japanese cars. Hond...
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Ford vs Chevrolet - Fast and Sexy | 3 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In the 1960s, the biggest generation of Americans of all time are reaching driving age. They want cars, and they want them to be fast and powerful, and they want them now. The best showcase for the...
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Ford vs Chevrolet - Detroit Joins the War | 2 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
FDR believed that WWII was a contest of mass production. Whoever could build the most trucks, tanks, guns and airplanes would come out on top. What power could defeat the United States of America a...
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Ford vs Chevrolet - Tin Lizzie Becomes Roadkill | 1 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In 1896, Henry Ford puttered around Detroit streets testing his “Quadricycle.” This was the whimsical beginning to a revolution that redesigned the landscape of America. Cars changed the way Ameri...
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Macy’s vs Gimbels - Last Store Standing | 6 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s the 1960s and as Americans flee cities for the suburbs, Macy’s and Gimbels face tough choices. How do they compete with the rise of discount retailers and the exciting new shopping palaces kno...
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Macy’s vs Gimbels - Wartime Wagers | 5 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In the late 1930s Gimbels makes a risky bet by stockpiling goods likely to be scarce in wartime. They also snap up their rival’s star copywriter, who does the best work of her career at their shop....
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Macy’s vs Gimbels - Diversify or Die | 4 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s the 1920s and wealthy flappers and captains of industry have money to burn for raccoon coats and monogrammed sterling silver hip flasks. Gimbels makes a risky acquisition of Saks Fifth Avenue,...
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Macy’s vs Gimbels - Showdown over Manhattan | 3 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s nearing the turn of the 19th century, and the Straus Brothers now run Macy’s emporium out of a dozen cobbled together stores in lower Manhattan. The next generation of Straus’s pressure the ol...
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Macy’s vs Gimbels - Fathers, Sons, and Civil War | 2 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
As R.H. Macy’s Manhattan emporium and reputation grow during the Civil War, his teenage son rebels and runs away to join the Union army. When the boy goes AWOL, the future of Macy’s burgeoning depa...
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Macy’s vs Gimbels - The Frontiersman and the Whaler | 1 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It's the mid 1800s and two very different young men set out in the world to make their fortunes. A young boy from Nantucket spends four years at sea on a whaling ship, the other becomes an itineran...
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The Raisin Cartels - Gambling the Future | 3 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In the midst of their heated negotiations over the price of raisins, the CEO of Sun-Maid and the head of the Raisin Bargaining Association face off, each making their pitch about the state of the r...
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The Raisin Cartels - A New Sheriff in Raisin Land | 2 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Facing a shrinking raisin market, Sun-Maid hires a new CEO with a mandate to make raisins popular with Millennials. He believes part of the reason consumers are spurning raisins is the price and is...
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The Raisin Cartels: A Desperate Brotherhood | 1 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The humble raisin: it’s hard to imagine that dried grapes are at the center of one of the longest running business wars in the United States. But with almost all of the country’s raisins coming fro...
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Chocolate and Sustainability | 7 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Growing the cocoa needed to produce chocolate on the scale a company like Mars or Hershey needs is an immense undertaking. One serious consequence chocolate producers are now facing is deforestatio...
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Hershey vs Mars - Global Chocolate Domination | 6 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s a new century and Hershey’s facing unexpected trouble at home — a showdown between the company and its biggest shareholder that threatens its independence. Meanwhile, Mars is on a mission to...
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Hershey vs Mars - A Chocolate Rolls Royce | 5 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s the late 1970s and Mars is America’s top confectioner. But Hershey is hungry for a comeback. It’s plotting a return to the top powered by a rush of new candies it hopes can nibble away at Mars...
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Hershey vs Mars - Mars Attacks! | 4 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s 1965 and Forrest Mars has just become the manufacturer of Snickers and M&M’s. He is now – at last – ready to duke it out with Hershey in a battle to become the number one candy maker in Am...
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Hershey vs Mars - A Candy-Coated Prayer | 3 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s the 1940s and Forrest Mars’ plan to create a candy empire is stepping up a gear. He’s plotting to seize control of his dad’s company Mars and turn it into a Hershey killer. First he needs to ...
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Hershey vs Mars - Blast Off | 2 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s 1923 and the Hershey Chocolate Company dominates the candy bar business. With its milk chocolate Hershey bar and bite-sized Kisses, Hershey seems impossible to beat. But in a Chicago police ...
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Hershey vs Mars - Chocolate Town | 1 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s 1886 and in New York City, a young confectioner called Milton Hershey is desperately trying to save his business. He’s been struggling for years. He founded his first candy business in Philad...
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Facebook vs Snapchat - TikTok, The New Social Media Sensation | 7 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The social media world moves fast, and the next big thing is already upon us. It’s called TikTok. A video-based app where users create short clips to share with the world, TikTok is growing at a ra...
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Netflix-HBO. Nike-Adidas. Business is war. Sometimes the prize is your wallet. Sometimes your attention. Sometimes just the fun of beating the other guy. From Wondery, the network behind Dirty J...
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Introducing: Business Wars from 2018-01-19T23:58:16
Netflix-HBO. Nike-Adidas. Business is war. Sometimes the prize is your wallet. Sometimes your attention. Sometimes just the fun of beating the other guy. From Wondery, the network behind Dirty J...
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