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Join finance journalist and digital storyteller, Chris Kohler, as he delves into the corporate moments that were too ridiculous to make up, but too important to ignore. The deals that collapsed empires. The decisions that accidentally built them. The scandals that still echo through every boardroom today. Tested and refined through millions of social media views, these are the stories that explain why modern business looks the way it does.

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Join finance journalist and digital storyteller, Chris Kohler, as he delves into the corporate moments that were too ridiculous to make up, but too important to ignore. The deals that collapsed empires. The decisions that accidentally built them. The scandals that still echo through every boardroom today. Tested and refined through millions of social media views, these are the stories that explain why modern business looks the way it does.

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Blockbuster stuffed up so badly that the world started walking down a path away from one-off payments and towards subscriptions. And the best part is, Blockbuster's demise was baked in from the start. It just grew so fast the problems were hard to see... for a few years.


0:00 Intro

9:10 The VCR

19:09 The War

24:42 Hello Rental Industry

28:15 Welcome To BlockBuster

36:00 Huizenga

40:27 Viacom Era

44:51 Injured By DVD

48:59 Enter The Wolf

50:43 The Collapse

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Blockbuster stuffed up so badly that the world started walking down a path away from one-off payments and towards subscriptions. And the best part is, Blockbuster's demise was baked in from the start. It just grew so fast the problems were hard to see... for a few years.


0:00 Intro

9:10 The VCR

19:09 The War

24:42 Hello Rental Industry

28:15 Welcome To BlockBuster

36:00 Huizenga

40:27 Viacom Era

44:51 Injured By DVD

48:59 Enter The Wolf

50:43 The Collapse

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]]> How Nazi Brothers Changed Sports Marketing Forever How Nazi Brothers Changed Sports Marketing Forever Mon, 20 Apr 2026 20:00:00 GMT 1:11:06 69e1e3de23929c3a2a18d427 false https://shows.acast.com/howwegothere/episodes/how-adidas-puma-changed-sports-marketing-forever-how-we-got 69e1e3de23929c3a2a18d427 69e050876f0d582d7ae6a8f9 how-adidas-puma-changed-sports-marketing-forever-how-we-got Adidas VS Puma full 1 1 Adidas vs. Puma. Two brothers. One town. A feud that changed sport forever.

 

Adolf and Rudolf began as partners, cobbling shoes together in central Germany before a family fallout split them into bitter rivals. What followed was decades of corporate warfare, played out on the world's biggest stages, that transformed sports marketing into one of the most powerful industries of the 20th century.


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]]> Adidas vs. Puma. Two brothers. One town. A feud that changed sport forever.

 

Adolf and Rudolf began as partners, cobbling shoes together in central Germany before a family fallout split them into bitter rivals. What followed was decades of corporate warfare, played out on the world's biggest stages, that transformed sports marketing into one of the most powerful industries of the 20th century.


Howe We Got Here

 

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]]> Introducing.... How We Got Here Introducing.... How We Got Here Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:47:57 GMT 0:20 69f476ce8dd960ac61ee7ae8 false https://shows.acast.com/howwegothere/episodes/introducing-how-we-got-here 69f476ce8dd960ac61ee7ae8 69e050876f0d582d7ae6a8f9 introducing-how-we-got-here trailer Business history is wilder than you think.

 

Join finance journalist and digital storyteller, Chris Kohler, as he delves into the corporate moments that were too ridiculous to make up, but too important to ignore. The deals that collapsed empires. The decisions that accidentally built them. The scandals that still echo through every boardroom today. Tested and refined through millions of social media views, these are the stories that explain why modern business looks the way it does.

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]]> Business history is wilder than you think.

 

Join finance journalist and digital storyteller, Chris Kohler, as he delves into the corporate moments that were too ridiculous to make up, but too important to ignore. The deals that collapsed empires. The decisions that accidentally built them. The scandals that still echo through every boardroom today. Tested and refined through millions of social media views, these are the stories that explain why modern business looks the way it does.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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