The Birth of Vegas | Sunrise on Sin City | 1
11 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In 1931, the massive Hoover Dam project brings thousands of workers to Nevada. They have paychecks a...
Häagen-Dazs vs Ben & Jerry's | Big Chunks O'Love | 1
09 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's the '70s and best buddies Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield are about to open an ice cream parlor....
Bacardi vs Pernod Ricard | Does Cuba Still Love Havana Club? | 7
04 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For Cubans, rum is more than just a drink. It's become a symbol of identity, culture and politics, a...
Bacardi vs Pernod Ricard | Last Call | 6
02 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Pernod Ricard believes it’s just a matter of time before Cuba’s embargo is dropped. It dramatica...
Bacardi vs Pernod Ricard | Rum Punch Politics | 5
28 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Bacardi manages to best Pernod Ricard by using both the courts and Capitol Hill to keep the embargo ...
Bacardi vs Pernod Ricard | The Liquor Lobby | 4
26 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Bacardi has one-upped Pernod Ricard by deploying a U.S. trade embargo to block imports of Pernod Ric...
Bacardi vs Pernod Ricard | The Bat Out of Hell | 3
21 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Bacardi is now America’s favorite rum, but two former French spirits rivals -- Ricard and Per...
Bacardi vs Pernod Ricard | Hunter or Prey | 2
19 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Before they were billion-dollar behemoths owning many of today’s biggest booze brands, Bacardi and...
Bacardi vs Pernod Ricard | Rum and Revolution | 1
14 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When family-run rum maker Bacardi was kicked out of Cuba in 1960, it vowed to go to extremes to get ...
Encore: Southwest vs American Airlines | Free LUV | 6
12 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks to deregulation, no-frills knock offs of Southwest take to the skies like crows. About 120 ai...
Encore: Southwest vs American Airlines | The Cult of Herb | 5
07 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Everyone loves Herb Kelleher—even FAA regulators. The onetime corporate counsel-turned-CEO is comi...
Encore: Southwest vs American Airlines | The Darling of Deregulation | 4
05 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As deregulation dawns, Southwest Airlines’ founder and CEO are locked in a power struggle. In the ...
Encore: Southwest vs American Airlines | Aviation Cyber Wars | 3
30 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The computer age is on the horizon, and American Airlines has a secret weapon: SABRE. Sure, the airl...
Encore: Southwest vs American Airlines | Dogfight Over Dallas | 2
28 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Baniff and Southwest battled in court for domination over the skies. Southwest came out on top for a...
Encore: Southwest vs American Airlines | Clearing the Runway | 1
23 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In Texas in the 1960s, Rollin King had a crazy idea. He wanted to create a no-frills airline service...
Food Delivery Wars | Can Food Apps Ever Deliver Profits? | 5
21 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the wake of the unexpected jolt of the COVID-19 pandemic, food delivery app businesses are lookin...
Food Delivery Wars | Just Deserts | 4
16 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's July 2019. DoorDash is finally bigger than Grubhub, but it's coming under fire for pocketing ti...
Food Delivery Wars | Deliver or Die | 3
14 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's December 2014, and Grubhub's Matt Maloney is feeling the heat. Competitors are eating away at h...
Food Delivery Wars | Who's The Boss? | 2
09 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's 1990 in Champaign, Illinois, and 15-year-old Tony Xu is washing dishes in the Chinese restauran...
Food Delivery Wars | Hot Ticket | 1
07 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's December 2011 in San Francisco. Bastian Lehmann is getting ready to launch his courier app, Pos...
Encore: WWF vs WCW | How AEW Dynamite Reignited the Wrestling War | 7
02 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
WWE might have thwarted WCW’s effort to claim the pro wrestling crown, but after 20 years of uncha...
Encore: WWF vs WCW | Down for the Count | 6
31 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s 1998 and the slugfest between Vince McMahon’s WWF and Ted Turner’s WCW is reaching a crit...
Encore: WWF vs WCW | Shock Tactics | 5
26 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s 1996 and with Monday Nitro topping the TV ratings, WCW is out to end WWF’s time as the bigg...
Encore: WWF vs WCW | New World Order | 4
24 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s 1995 and the Monday Night Wars are underway. WCW’s new show Monday Nitro is grappling with ...
Encore: WWF vs WCW | Prime Time | 3
19 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s 1994 and WCW is stepping up its game. To get the jump on WWF, Ted Turner is writing big check...
Encore: WWF vs WCW | Bulking Up | 2
17 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the dawn of the 1990s and Vince McMahon’s WWF is the king of wrestling. But trouble’s bre...
Sponsored: Small Business Stories | Columbia Sportswear | 2
14 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is brought to you by Wondery in partnership with Dell Technologies. In honor of small b...
Encore: WWF vs WCW | Titan Rising | 1
12 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the early 1980s and there’s peace in the wrestling business. For years regional wrestling c...
Sponsored: Small Business Stories | Domino's Pizza | 1
11 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is brought to you by Wondery in partnership with Dell Technologies. In honor of small b...
Vaccine Wars | Big Pharma's Big Gamble Pays Off | 7
10 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
BioNTech, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson, AstraZeneca. These companies are now household names thank...
Vaccine Wars | Arms Race | 6
05 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s late 2020 and the first vaccines are going into arms across the world.With supplies tight, th...
Vaccine Wars | Trials and Tribulations | 5
03 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s fall 2020 and the world’s waiting for the first results from the vaccine trials.But as the ...
Vaccine Wars | Warp Speed | 4
28 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s summer 2020 and with Covid infections surging across America, the Trump administration’s re...
Vaccine Wars | Long Shot | 3
26 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s February 2020 and drugmaker Moderna’s sprinting ahead – its Covid vaccine is already pois...
Vaccine Wars | The Hype Cycle | 2
21 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s 25 years before the pandemic and at the University of Pennsylvania a Hungarian biochemist is ...
Vaccine Wars | This is Not a Drill | 1
19 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s early January 2020, and a mysterious new virus is overtaking the city of Wuhan, China.At firs...
KFC vs Chick-fil-A | The Fried Chicken Future | 7
14 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After decades in KFC’s shadow, Chick-fil-A rode a wave of chicken sandwich obsession to industry d...
David Brown on The Art of Business Wars | 7
13 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Our new book, The Art of Business Wars, takes fans through stories they've heard on Business Wars an...
KFC vs Chick-fil-A | Sandwichmania | 6
12 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the the early 2000’s and the animal rights group PETA accuses KFC of cruelty in their ...
KFC vs Chick-fil-A | The Colonel’s Last Stand | 5
07 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the 1970’s and Kentucky Fried Chicken has yet another new owner: Heublein, the company know...
The Art of Business Wars Lesson 4: Positioning
06 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
oo often in business, taking two positions is the same as taking none. You can only carve out one at...
KFC vs Chick-fil-A | The Henhouse Heats Up | 4
05 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the late 1960s and Kentucky Fried Chicken’s new owner takes the rapidly expanding franchise...
KFC vs Chick-fil-A | The Birth of the Bucket | 3
31 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the 1950s in Kentucky and Harland Sanders faces bankruptcy once again. 65-years-old, broke, u...
KFC vs Chick-fil-A | Fast Fists and Failure | 2
29 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the 1900’s and a young Harland Sanders learns how to cook out of sheer necessity when his w...
KFC vs Chick-fil-A | Guns, Guts, and Gravy | 1
24 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's the Great Depression, and in one of Kentucky’s toughest corners, Harland Sanders defends his ...
Late Night Wars | Late Night for the TikTok Generation | 7
22 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Since the disruption of the broadcast viewing experience, late night comedy has gone through some gr...
Late Night Wars | Late Night Stars Collide | 6
17 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jay Leno takes it on the chin from NBC when the network informs him his future as Tonight Show host ...
Late Night Wars | A Darker Night Ahead | 5
15 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
CBS makes David Letterman a very attractive offer to leave NBC—a move he’s very willing to make—...
Late Night Wars | There Goes Johnny! | 4
10 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When longtime Tonight Show host Johnny Carson shocks NBC with the surpriseannouncement of his depart...
Late Night Wars | Late Night Explodes | 3
08 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Johnny Carson – the man who defined the Tonight show – is nearing retirement. But NBC has yet to...
Late Night Wars | The Dawn of Tonight | 2
03 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The late night saga begins in the uncharted wilderness of after-hours programming. In the early 1950...
Late Night Wars | The Stars Realign | 1
01 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The cutthroat evolution of late-night talk shows is a long and fierce battle for advertising riches,...
Estée Lauder vs L'Oréal | How Influencers Are Changing the Beauty Industry | 7
24 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As the beauty business shifts towards boutique brands and upstarts, traditional titans of the indust...
Estée Lauder vs L'Oréal | Lipstick Lockdown | 6
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s 2007, and the L'Oréal founding family is thrust into the media spotlight when a scandal erup...
Estée Lauder vs L'Oréal | Buying Spree | 5
17 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s 1991, and after the financial crash of 1987, Estée Lauder is looking for a new way to contin...
Estée Lauder vs L'Oréal | Face to Face | 4
15 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s 1979 and Estée Lauder is on top of the world after launching another in-house brand, Prescri...
Estée Lauder vs L'Oréal | Skin in the Game | 3
10 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s 1962, and Estée Lauder is on fire, with well-received new products helping solidify their po...
Estée Lauder vs L'Oréal | Do or Dye | 2
08 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's 1904, and ambitious French chemist Eugène Schueller quits his job as a researcher to focus on ...
Estée Lauder vs L'Oréal | Telephone, Telegraph, Tell-A-Woman | 1
03 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s 1946, and after years of building a cult following thanks to free samples and loyal customers...
SpaceX vs Blue Origin | To Infinity And Beyond | 7
01 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As the Space Race moves into the present day, Elon Musk recoups SpaceX’s losses and edges ahead of...
SpaceX vs Blue Origin | The Next Generation | 6
27 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's 2016 and Virgin Galactic is about to re-enter the space race following its fatal test flight tw...
SpaceX vs Blue Origin | Space War | 5
25 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's 2013 and the long cold war between Blue Origin and SpaceX is about to go nuclear.The clash begi...
SpaceX vs Blue Origin | Rise of the Dragon | 4
20 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's 2009 and a new president is looking to shake up the space world by opening up the stars to priv...
SpaceX vs Blue Origin | Burning Up | 3
18 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's 2005 and SpaceX is about to find itself exiled to a tropical island, but this is no vacation. I...
SpaceX vs Blue Origin | Reaching for the Stars | 2
13 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's 2003 and in the Mojave Desert, renegade aviation genius Burt Rutan is building a spaceship fund...
SpaceX vs Blue Origin | Rocket Men | 1
11 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's 2001 and a 30-year-old Elon Musk has just been fired from Pay-Pal, the company he co-founded. I...
Encore: Hasbro vs Mattel | Screen Dreams | 6
06 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
With the world plugging into the Internet, toys are under pressure. Kids are swapping plastic play f...
Encore: Hasbro vs Mattel | The Shotgun Wedding | 5
04 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A few months ago, Mattel’s revenues were just fifty million dollars behind Hasbro’s. But now tha...
Encore: Hasbro vs Mattel | Resurrection Joe | 4
30 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the early 1980s and things are not looking good for Hasbro. The company hasn’t had a hit si...
Encore: Hasbro vs Mattel | The House of Cards | 3
28 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sizzlers, Mattel’s new motorized Hot Wheels, were supposed to be the top toy this Christmas. But s...
Encore: Hasbro vs Mattel | Boy Toy | 2
23 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the 1960s and Hasbro is struggling. The pencil manufacturer turned toymaker hasn’t had a ma...
Encore: Hasbro vs Mattel | Dream Doll | 1
21 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the late 1940s and two small toymakers are taking their first uneasy steps. The names of thes...
TikTok vs Instagram | The TikTok Effect | 6
16 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With TikTok’s legal future hanging in the balance, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg hasn’t been shy ...
TikTok vs Instagram | Lights Out | 5
14 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's July 2020. TikTok usage has skyrocketed during the COVID-19 pandemic, but it faces an unexpecte...
TikTok vs Instagram | Hitmaker | 4
09 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It’s November 2018. Mark Zuckerberg takes a hit as his copycat TikTok product fails miserably. The...
TikTok vs Instagram | Dance, Dance, Revolution | 3
07 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's August 2016 and Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger are about to pull off the ...
TikTok vs Instagram | Small Place, Big Dream | 2
02 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the mid '90s and Kevin Systrom is editing a video game. It's his first taste of coding, but i...
TikTok vs Instagram | Codename | 1
30 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It’s July 2010, and Kevin Systrom is on holiday in Mexico when he has an idea for how to save his ...
Why Black Friday Will Look Different This Year | 8
25 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Black Friday, the busiest shopping day of the year, will break the mold this year, as the pandemic s...
Denim Wars | Are Your Jeans Blue or Red? | 7
23 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Consumers are increasingly looking to buy from brands whose values match their own, and denim is no ...
Denim Wars | The Unravelling | 6
18 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's 1999 and Levi's is a company in trouble. It's drowning in debt, out of fashion, and hobbled by ...
Denim Wars | Lord of the Flies | 5
16 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's the '80s and Levi's is far out in front in the battle for denim dominance. But Lee owner V...
Denim Wars | From Freak to Chic | 4
11 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's the late '60s and Levi's is seeking to stay on trend by tuning into the flower-power movement t...
Denim Wars | Storming the Castle | 3
09 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's the 1950s and young Americans are idolizing the new wave of Hollywood rebels and horrifying the...
Denim Wars | Old Western Blues | 2
04 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's the mid-1800s and a young wholesaler called Levi Strauss is looking to cash in on the Californi...
Denim Wars | Cowboys & Indigos | 1
02 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's the 1930s and Californian jeans maker Levi Strauss & Co. is struggling. The Great Depressio...
Pandemic Economy: Best of Business Wars Daily | 8
28 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
COVID-19 has flipped the economy on its head. But the pandemic’s new normal has also created new o...
Gallo: Godfathers Of Wine | The Gallo Family Today | 7
26 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When Ernest and Joseph Gallo died in 2007, decades after their brother Julio, it put an end to a fam...
Gallo: Godfathers of Wine | Wine is Thicker Than Blood | 6
21 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the 1980’s and Gallo rockets to the top of the new lucrative wine cooler market with a bril...
Gallo: Godfathers of Wine | The Grapes of Wrath | 5
19 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Heading into the turbulent 1960s, Ernest Gallo attempts to conquer the Midwestern wine market by tak...
Gallo: Godfathers of Wine | Thunderbird | 4
14 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the 1940s and as American soldiers battle the Axis powers overseas, Ernest and Julio Gallo fu...
Gallo: Godfathers of Wine | The Miracle Year | 3
12 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the 1930s and with Prohibition finally over, Americans are eager to drown themselves in booze...
Gallo: Godfathers of Wine | Violence in the Vineyard | 2
07 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the roaring twenties and Joe Gallo Sr.’s two teenage sons, Ernest and Julio, help run the f...
Gallo: Godfathers of Wine | The Gangster and The Grape Grower | 1
05 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's the early 1900’s and two young brothers emigrate from Italy to the US to make their fortunes....
Pizza Hut vs Domino's | Hut In A Rut? | 7
30 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In 2009, Domino’s went into crisis mode after a prank threatened to ruin the brand’s already sub...
Pizza Hut vs Domino's | The Pizza Confession | 6
28 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It’s 2009 and Domino’s is about to risk everything in a daring bid to shake off its reputation a...
Pizza Hut vs Domino's | Slices of Science | 5
23 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the 1990s and Domino’s rapid rise on the back of its 30-minute delivery guarantee is about ...
Sponsored | Seoul Taco Founder David Choi on the ‘Right Way’ to Expand a Business | 2
22 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Last week, we gave you the first half of our interview with Seoul Taco Founder David Choi. If you di...
Pizza Hut vs Domino's | Deliverance | 4
21 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the late 1980s and Domino’s founder Tom Monaghan’s living the high life. After years of s...
Pizza Hut vs Domino's | Delivering the Goods | 3
16 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the ‘80s and Domino’s is gunning for Pizza Hut.Domino’s has kickstarted the speediest e...