Podcast Episodes

McDonald's vs The Burger Revolution | The Price is Right

Season 116 Episode 2

The “better burger” business has been rapidly expanding across the United States and internationally, with chains like Five Guys and Shake Shack growing at break-neck speed. In response, McDonald’s h…

Published on 1 day, 15 hours ago

McDonald's vs The Burger Revolution | Better Burgers

Season 116 Episode 1

It's the mid-2000s, and new burger chains are popping up across the United States. Places like Five Guys and Shake Shack are touting their higher-quality ingredients. As these chains rapidly expand, …

Published on 1 week, 1 day ago

Can Southwest Airlines Survive? | Bumpy Skies Ahead

Season 115 Episode 3

Southwest Airlines announced some big changes recently, and customers of the “Love Airline” are not feeling it. Joe Guinto, a business reporter who wrote this season, joins David to discuss the airli…

Published on 2 weeks ago

Can Southwest Airlines Survive? | Excess Baggage

Season 115 Episode 2

It’s 2023 and Southwest Airlines’ stock is in a nosedive. With costs ascending, Southwest CEO Bob Jordan freezes hiring and slashes spending. Amid all that, a crisis at Boeing has left Southwest shor…

Published on 2 weeks, 1 day ago

Can Southwest Airlines Survive? | Hard Landing

Season 115 Episode 1

It's 2021 and for the first time in nearly 50 years, Southwest Airlines posts an annual net loss. Amid the crisis, thousands of Southwest workers head for early retirement. The next year, Southwest i…

Published on 3 weeks, 1 day ago

The AOL Time Warner Disaster | TTYL, AOL

Season 114 Episode 4

Can you remember the last time you got mail from an AOL email address? Or fired off an IM? In the 1990s, AOL was the hottest name in cyberspace, but now it’s a digital ghost. Journalist and author Ni…

Published on 4 weeks ago

The AOL Time Warner Disaster | Cold Case

Season 114 Episode 3

The AOL Time Warner merger is done. Now Jerry Levin and Steve Case must deliver on the bold promises. But will disharmony in the ranks and slumping ad sales be the undoing of the merger — or was the …

Published on 4 weeks, 1 day ago

The AOL Time Warner Disaster | The Deal of the Century

Season 114 Episode 2

When AOL and Time Warner find a way around their differences, the biggest merger in history is on. But when rivals attack and tech stocks meltdown, AOL finds it must meet Wall Street expectations or …

Published on 1 month ago

Listen Now: Lawless Planet

It’s not that hard to kill a planet. All it takes is a little drilling, some mining, a generous helping of pollution and voila! Earth over. When you take stock of what’s left, it starts to look like …

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

The AOL Time Warner Disaster | You've Got Mail

Season 114 Episode 1

It’s 1999 and America Online’s the hot stock of the dot.com boom. But when AOL’s CEO Steve Case gets nervous about the future, he settles on a bold plan: to buy media giant Time Warner in the biggest…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago