WWF vs WCW - Down for the Count | 6
25 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s 1998 and the slugfest between Vince McMahon’s WWF and Ted Turner’s WCW is reaching a crit...
WWF vs WCW - Shock Tactics | 5
23 Sep 2019
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...
WWF vs WCW - New World Order | 4
18 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s 1995 and the Monday Night Wars are underway. WCW’s new show Monday Nitro is grappling with ...
WWF vs WCW - Prime Time | 3
16 Sep 2019
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...
WWF vs WCW - Bulking Up | 2
11 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the dawn of the 1990s and Vince McMahon’s WWF is the king of wrestling. But trouble’s bre...
WWF vs WCW - Titan Rising | 1
09 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the early 1980s and there’s peace in the wrestling business. For years regional wrestling c...
Electric Bikes | 7
04 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Harley Davidson built its brand on big, loud and heavy bikes. So why is the company staking its futu...
Harley and the Biker Wars - Live to Ride | 6
02 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
By the early 1980s, Harley-Davidson is fighting to survive. Japan has glutted the American market wi...
Harley and the Biker Wars - The Freedom Machine | 5
28 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s 1969, and the iconic film Easy Rider stars Peter Fonda, Jack Nicholson and—most prominently...
Harley and the Biker Wars - Japan Takes No Prisoners | 4
26 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s 1963. After battling the wave of British bikes vying for the high-dollar U.S. motorcycle mark...
Harley and the Biker Wars - Uneasy Riders | 3
21 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
By the late 1940s, World War II has ended, but Harley’s battle with a few disenfranchised veterans...
Harley and the Biker Wars - The Hog Is Born | 2
19 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s 1903, and Harley-Davidson is entering the spanking new motorcycle market. Of the hundreds of ...
Harley and the Biker Wars - The British Invaders | 1
14 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
By the late 1940s, Harley-Davidson has become America’s leading motorcycle manufacturer. The famil...
Business Battles | Monster vs Beats by Dre | 1
07 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
With all the hype around portable and smart speakers, it’s easy to forget that they didn’t alway...
Cereal Wars-The Most Important Meal | 7
05 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day! Or is it? While that phrase sounds scientifically a...
Cereal Wars - Going Soggy | 6
31 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the year 2000 and, for the first time in almost a century, Kellogg’s is no longer America's...
Cereal Wars - Trix of the Trade | 5
29 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the 1980s and General Mills is making waves with a new cereal based on the world’s hottest ...
Cereal Wars - Cereal Offenders | 4
24 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the late 1950s and General Mills is playing catch-up. While Kellogg’s and Post are thriving...
Cereal Wars - Sugar Rush | 3
22 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
World War II is in the rearview mirror, and breakfast cereal is on the brink of a new calorific era....
Cereal Wars - Breakfast of Champions | 2
17 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s 1904 and Quaker Oats is about to make an, ahem, explosive entry into the cold cereal business...
Cereal Wars - A Divine Mission | 1
15 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the late 1800s and America is in the grip of a bellyache epidemic. But, thanks to a divine re...
Gibson vs Fender - The Future of the Electric Guitar | 7
10 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Ian S. Port, author of The Birth of Loud: Leo Fender, Les Paul, and the Guitar-Pioneering Rivalry Th...
Gibson vs Fender - Attack of the Robot Guitars | 6
08 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the '90s and 2000s, new ownership has revitalized both Fender and Gibson and rekindled their riva...
Gibson vs Fender - Back From the Brink | 5
03 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It's the early 1980s, and for the first time in 30 years, the U.S. guitar market has gone cold. Band...
Gibson vs Fender - Les Pauls Unleashed | 4
01 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the 1960s, rock'n roll's popularity continues to grow. But one of the genre's most popular ...
Gibson vs Fender - The Stratocaster Blasts Off | 3
26 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Gibson's Les Paul sets a new standard for the solid-body electric guitar, and rival guitar maker Fen...
Gibson vs Fender - Loud and Clear | 2
24 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It's 1950, and Fender's first solid-body guitar, the Esquire, is the laughingstock of the music indu...
Gibson vs Fender - Les and Leo | 1
19 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the 1930s and ’40s the market for electric guitars is growing, but it’s hindered by the instr...
Anheuser-Busch vs Miller - Fighting the Crocodile | 6
17 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s a new century and the beer industry is changing fast. Beyond America, new brewery empires are...
Anheuser-Busch vs Miller - Surprise Attack Dog | 5
12 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the 1980s and Miller’s glory days are over. Drinkers are deserting High Life and Anheuser-B...
Anheuser-Busch vs Miller - Miller Killers | 4
10 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the late 1970s and Miller is hurtling towards the top of the brewing industry on the back of ...
Anheuser-Busch vs Miller - It’s Miller Time! | 3
05 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Come the early 1970s, Miller has a new owner: tobacco giant Philip Morris. Armed with the Marlboro m...
Anheuser-Busch vs Miller - Swinging for the Majors | 2
03 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
By 1933 Prohibition is over, and that means the race is on to dominate a beer market that’s been r...
Anheuser-Busch vs Miller - The Beer Barons | 1
29 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s 1893 and Chicago is about to host The World’s Columbian Exposition. It’s going to be the ...
Netflix vs Blockbuster Revisited - What’s Next for Digital Streaming | 9
27 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On today's special interview episode, renowned media futurist Rich Greenfield returns to fill us in ...
Netflix vs Blockbuster Revisited - Streamers Everywhere | 8
22 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s spring 2019, and the Mouse House is determined to challenge Netflix for streaming supremacy. ...
Netflix vs Blockbuster Revisited - Break the Wheel | 7
20 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Netflix goes from being a streaming company to a movement in which consumers all over the world deci...
Netflix vs Blockbuster Revisited - Binge | 6
15 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hollywood execs thought Netflix was crazy to give up advertising and spin off opportunities by letti...
Netflix vs Blockbuster Revisited - HBO Gets in the Game | 5
13 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We take a step back to explore how a little company called Home Box Office went from serving B-movie...
Netflix vs Blockbuster Revisited - The Digital Divide | 4
08 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
You know the expression “content is king”? Well it turns out, sometimes it’s not. Sometimes it...
Netflix vs Blockbuster Revisited - Dirty Tricks | 3
06 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Thinking like your enemy is the best way to beat them, and during the war, Blockbuster tried every t...
Netflix vs Blockbuster Revisited - Origins | 2
01 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
After Hastings pleaded with Antioco to buy Blockbuster online, Antioco agreed to present Hasting’s...
Netflix vs Blockbuster Revisited - Sudden Death | 1
29 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The way we watch is changing so rapidly that we’ve decided to revisit our very first and most popu...
Ferrari vs. Lamborghini - The Future of Cars | 4
24 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Electric. Diesel. Driverless. Automobile Magazine’s New York Bureau Chief, Jamie Kitman, joins to ...
Ferrari vs. Lamborghini - Supercar Speed Freaks | 3
22 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It is 1997. For decades, Lamborghini has struggled to survive as a company, and to compete with its ...
Ferrari vs. Lamborghini - Lamborghini Spawns an Icon | 2
17 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s 1970. At his factory in Italy, Ferruccio Lamborghini is desperate to build a car that can out...
Ferrari vs. Lamborghini - The Gauntlet | 1
15 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the early 1960s. In Maranello, Italy, Enzo Ferrari has made a name for himself building the m...
Hasbro vs Mattel - Today's Toys | 7
10 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Bratz. Monster High. Funko. These are the toys that rule the roost in 2019. Veteran toy industry ana...
Hasbro vs Mattel - Screen Dreams | 6
08 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
With the world plugging into the Internet, toys are under pressure. Kids are swapping plastic play f...
Hasbro vs Mattel - The Shotgun Wedding | 5
03 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A few months ago, Mattel’s revenues were just fifty million dollars behind Hasbro’s. But now tha...
Hasbro vs Mattel - Resurrection Joe | 4
01 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the early 1980s and things are not looking good for Hasbro. The company hasn’t had a hit si...
Hasbro vs Mattel - The House of Cards | 3
27 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sizzlers, Mattel’s new motorized Hot Wheels, were supposed to be the top toy this Christmas. But s...
Hasbro vs Mattel - Boy Toy | 2
25 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the 1960s and Hasbro is struggling. The pencil manufacturer turned toymaker hasn’t had a ma...
Hasbro vs Mattel - Dream Doll | 1
20 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the late 1940s and two small toymakers are taking their first uneasy steps. The names of thes...
USFL vs NFL - Risky Business | 7
25 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Pesca, Slate, joins to talk about the biggest risks facing the NFL, whether the Patriots are go...
USFL vs NFL - Football Day in Court | 6
20 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The battle between the NFL and the USFL finally comes to a head. Donald Trump has bullied his way to...
USFL vs NFL - The Empire Strikes Back | 5
18 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
For nearly two full years, the mighty NFL sat idly by as the upstart USFL tried to chip away at its ...
USFL vs NFL - Making Spring Football Great Again | 4
13 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Description: It’s 1984, and at USFL franchise offices across the country, multi-million dollar con...
USFL vs NFL - A Challenge to the King | 3
11 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
By most measures, the USFL’s debut season is a success. The games post solid numbers--in both tick...
USFL vs NFL - A General Triumph | 2
06 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Description: The NFL has faced rival leagues in the past, and routinely squashed them without breaki...
USFL vs NFL - Birth of a Spring Football League | 1
04 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
For years, David Dixon has been trying to convince the National Football League to launch an expansi...
McDonald’s vs Burger King - Breakfast Wars | 7
28 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Egg McMuffins, Croissan’wiches and coffee. Today’s fast food fight is all about breakfast time. ...
McDonald’s vs Burger King - Super Fan Supernova | 6
23 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s a new century and times are tough for the burger giants. Burger King’s in a rut and McDonal...
McDonald's vs Burger King - Battle of the Burgers | 5
21 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Burger King is under pressure. McDonald’s is wowing the nation with a new way to eat chicken and W...
McDonald’s vs Burger King - Have It Your Way | 4
16 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the 1970s, and the burger barons are turning to TV advertising to propel profits skyward. McD...
McDonald’s vs Burger King - Feeding Frenzy | 3
14 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
By the mid-1960s, Americans have developed a taste for fast, delicious, affordable food — and they...
McDonald’s vs Burger King - Cooking with Gas | 2
09 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the late 1950s and fry cooks are flipping as fast as they can. But McDonald’s and Insta-Bur...
McDonald’s vs Burger King - Fastest Burger in the West | 1
07 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s 1948, and somewhere around the edge of the Mojave Desert, a drive-in restaurant is making wav...
Zankou Chicken Murders - The Death of an American Dream | 2
20 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Mardiros Iskenderian was known for two things: the unbelievable generosity he showed to the Armenian...
Zankou Chicken Murders - Out of Beirut | 1
18 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It’s January 14th, 2003, and 56-year-old Mardiros Iskenderian, the founder of the family-owned cha...
Browser Wars - Even When They Lose They Win | 6
13 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Microsoft has officially won the battle against Netscape, but for Bill Gates, the browser war is far...
Browser Wars - Microsoft on the Hot Seat | 5
11 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
To compete with Netscape, Bill Gates is forced to do the one thing he hates most: give tech away for...
Browser Wars - An Offer They Can’t Refuse | 4
06 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It’s summer 1995, and Bill Gates is worried about the sudden rise of the Internet. In the world of...
Browser Wars - Poker Face | 3
04 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It’s 1974, and a young programmer named Paul Allen has just caught a glimpse of the world’s firs...
Browser Wars - The Birth of a Dot Com Giant | 2
29 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Two disgruntled tech whizzes, Jim Clark and Marc Andreessen, join forces to exact revenge on the com...
Browser Wars - Kickstarting a Revolution | 1
27 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It’s 1992, and in the basement of the chemistry building at the University of Illinois at Urbana-C...
Red Bull vs Monster - Buzzkill | 3
20 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
As the extreme marketing battle between Red Bull and Monster reaches unprecedented heights (128,000 ...
Red Bull vs Monster - Beast Gores Bull | 2
15 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
As Red Bull plans its U.S. invasion, an unlikely upstart vies to beat it to market. Led by branding ...
Red Bull vs Monster - Get Your Wings | 1
13 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the early 1980s, and in Bangkok, Thailand, a jet-lagged toothpaste marketing exec named Dietr...
Napster vs The Record Labels - Interview with Mikael Wood | 7
08 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Host David Brown sits down with L.A. Times pop music critic Mikael Wood to talk about how Napster ch...
Napster vs The Record Labels - Fight to the Death | 6
06 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Napster is approaching its death throes. The file sharing company has one shot left: Bertelsmann, th...
Napster vs The Record Labels - A Fatal Email | 5
01 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Some of the biggest names in music have gathered to duke it out over the future of Napster. The Sena...
Napster vs The Record Labels - Battle of the Bands | 4
30 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
As the game of cat and mouse heats up with the record labels. The labels know that unless Napster is...
Napster vs The Record Labels - Free is Costly | 3
25 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Napster co-founders Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker finally get to Silicon Valley, where their dream f...
Napster vs The Record Labels - Silicon Valley or Bust | 2
23 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Naysayers tell Shawn Fanning that only an experienced Silicon Valley software engineer solve all the...
Napster vs The Record Labels - The Beginning of the End | 1
18 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It’s 2000, and the record industry is just waking up to a major threat to its business model: an o...
Xbox vs Playstation - Interview with Tristan Donovan | 4
16 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Host David Brown sits down with Tristan Donovan, series writer and author of Replay: The History of ...
Xbox vs Playstation - Tear Down This Wall | 3
11 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
As Nintendo burns with the failure of Wii U, Sony can’t woo PS2 users to the new Playstation 3. It...
Xbox vs Playstation - The Red Ring of Death | 2
09 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Microsoft put all its efforts into it’s new console, the Xbox 360 to beat combat Sony’s market s...
Xbox vs Playstation - The Biggest Cannon in the World | 1
04 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sony was preparing Playstation to eventually replace personal computers. Microsoft sees that co...
Southwest vs American - Interview with Joseph Guinto | 7
02 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Host David Brown chats with freelance journalist and series writer Joseph Guinto about the 22 years ...
Southwest vs American - Free LUV | 6
27 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks to deregulation, no-frills knock offs of Southwest take to the skies like crows. About 1...
Southwest vs American - The Cult of Herb | 5
25 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Everyone loves Herb Kelleher—even FAA regulators. The onetime corporate counsel-turned-CEO is comi...
Southwest vs American - The Darling of Deregulation | 4
20 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
As deregulation dawns, Southwest Airlines’ founder and CEO are locked in a power struggle. In the ...
Southwest vs American - Aviation Cyber Wars | 3
18 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The computer age is on the horizon, and American Airlines has a secret weapon: SABRE. Sure, the airl...
Southwest vs American - Dogfight Over Dallas | 2
13 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Baniff and Southwest battled in court for domination over the skies. Southwest came out on top for a...
Southwest vs. American - Clearing the Runway | 1
11 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In Texas in the 1960s, Rollin King had a crazy idea. He wanted to create a no-frills airline service...
Coke vs Pepsi - Interview with Tristan Donovan | 7
06 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Host David Brown chats with series writer Tristan Donovan, author of Fizz: How Soda Shook Up the Wor...
Coke vs Pepsi - The Soda Revolt | 6
04 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Coke continues to grapple with Pepsi’s winning ads, but as Y2K nears both companies realize this i...
Coke vs Pepsi - No Sacred Cows | 5
30 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
With the Pepsi Challenge under attack by Coke, Pepsi needs a new ad campaign. So the company turns f...