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Business Movers

Wondery

Behind every successful business is a story. It starts with a vision and a leap of faith. Along the way, leaders make bold decisions, ride booms and busts, and sometimes, they reach new heights. From Wondery, the makers of the hit series Business Wars, and Lindsay Graham, the host of American History Tellers and American Scandal, comes a weekly podcast that brings you the true stories of the brilliant but all-too-human businesspeople who risked it all. From Walt Disney’s creation of a theme park in Orlando, to the colossal failure of New Coke, Business Movers will explore the triumphs, failures and ideas that transformed our lives. Wondery+ subscribers get 1-week early access to new episodes. Listen ad-free on Wondery+ or on Amazon Music with a Prime membership or Amazon Music Unlimited subscription.

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Behind every successful business is a story. It starts with a vision and a leap of faith. Along the way, leaders make bold decisions, ride booms and busts, and sometimes, they reach new heights. From Wondery, the makers of the hit series Business Wars, and Lindsay Graham, the host of American History Tellers and American Scandal, comes a weekly podcast that brings you the true stories of the brilliant but all-too-human businesspeople who risked it all. From Walt Disney’s creation of a theme park in Orlando, to the colossal failure of New Coke, Business Movers will explore the triumphs, failures and ideas that transformed our lives. Wondery+ subscribers get 1-week early access to new episodes. Listen ad-free on Wondery+ or on Amazon Music with a Prime membership or Amazon Music Unlimited subscription.

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English


Episodes
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Steering Cunard Off the Rocks | Bon Voyage | 4

5/16/2024
Cunard’s new luxury liner takes to the seas, but her debut is marred by mechanical troubles. And after working tirelessly to restore Cunard’s profits, Basil Smallpeice is left helpless as a new threat emerges to end Cunard’s independence once and for all. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Duration:00:34:41

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Steering Cunard Off the Rocks | The New Queen | 3

5/9/2024
Basil Smallpeice navigates Cunard through a costly strike, while trying to ensure that the company’s new liner is completed on time. On the cargo side of the business, Basil looks for opportunities to expand - and finds them on the other side of the world. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Duration:00:35:51

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Listen Now: Once Upon a Beat

5/6/2024
Get ready to hear your favorite stories remixed with beats and hooks that you can’t find in books! In Once Upon a Beat, host DJ Fyütch and his sidekick/turntable Baby Scratch drop the needle on classic stories, spinning them up with a hip-hop twist. They’re turning the tables on your favorite fables – putting the Rap in Rapunzel, letting Goldilocks rock out, and helping the Ugly Duckling march to his own beat! Where hip hop and fables meet, It's Once Upon a Beat! Listen to new episodes of Once Upon a Beat here. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Duration:00:06:56

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Steering Cunard Off the Rocks | Containing the Comet | 2

5/2/2024
Cunard’s business is devastated by the advent of the passenger jet airliner. The company’s unlikely savior is Basil Smallpeice, a senior airline accountant who moves to Cunard in the hopes of rescuing the ship he helped hole beneath the waterline. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Duration:00:38:13

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Steering Cunard Off the Rocks | Full Head of Steam | 1

4/25/2024
In the 19th Century, Samuel Cunard wins a contract to deliver mail from Britain to North America by steamship - a new technology that will make transatlantic travel faster than ever before. His company goes on to become the Cunard Line. It will carry millions of immigrants to the new world, serve in two world wars, and dominate the transatlantic passenger business - until another new technology emerges to threaten the illustrious company’s future. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Duration:00:38:15

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Listen Now: The Price of Paradise

4/21/2024
When ex-Bunny girl Jayne Gaskin spots the desert island of her dreams for sale online, she decides to risk it all. Trading in their English village home, Jayne and her family relocate to their own private paradise, just off the coast of Nicaragua. And a reality TV crew follows them to film a new show, No Going Back. But soon they all discover that paradise has its secrets. The locals claim the island belongs to them, and it’s been sold illegally. Jayne’s not leaving without a fight. A fight that will soon turn deadly. Hosted by Alice Levine. Listen to The Price of Paradise on the Wondery App or wherever you get your podcasts. You can binge all episodes early and ad-free on Wondery+. Join Wondery+ in the Wondery App or on Apple Podcasts. Start your free trial by visiting https://wondery.com/links/the-price-of-paradise/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Duration:00:06:41

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Henry Ford’s Paradise Lost | Director Marcos Colón Discusses His Documentary “Beyond Fordlandia" | 5

4/18/2024
Dr. Marcos Colón, Director of the documentary film “Beyond Fordlandia”, shares his experiences of filming in the Amazon and witnessing the legacy of the Ford Motor Company there firsthand. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Duration:00:38:21

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Henry Ford’s Paradise Lost | The End of an Idea | 4

4/11/2024
Time seems to be running out for Fordlandia. But neither Henry Ford nor plantation manager, Archibald Johnston, are giving up yet. With a new site at Belterra, Archie is still sure he can get rubber trees growing. The world around him, however, is about to change dramatically - and finally bring the curtain down on Henry Ford’s ambitions in the Amazon. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Duration:00:34:51

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Henry Ford’s Paradise Lost | Progress | 3

4/4/2024
In the wake of the Christmas riot of 1930, another new manager arrives in Fordlandia. Archibald “Archie” Johnston brings a change of approach and starts to see progress across the site. But what he needs more than anything is the same as his predecessors: for the rubber trees to finally grow. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Duration:00:35:16

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Henry Ford’s Paradise Lost | Birth Pains | 2

3/28/2024
A series of luckless managers try their best to fulfill Henry Ford’s ambitions for his Brazilian rubber plantation, but deadly diseases and an outbreak of violence in Fordlandia threaten to undo what little has been achieved so far. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Duration:00:35:21

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Henry Ford’s Paradise Lost | A Man and His Machine | 1

3/21/2024
Industrialist Henry Ford looks for a new way to supply his factories with rubber without having to pay the prices dictated by the global market. But his decision to build a rubber plantation deep in the Amazon Rainforest comes with a great many complications. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Duration:00:34:31

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Pepsi: Doing Good Business | Dr. Hank Boyd on Race in Marketing and The Legacy of Pepsi's Special Markets Team | 5

3/14/2024
Marketing expert Professor Hank Boyd discusses the wider significance of the Pepsi special markets team and its work, the progress in corporate racial equality in the years since and the challenges that still remain. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Duration:00:43:19

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Pepsi: Doing Good Business | Forging the Future | 4

3/7/2024
Pepsi undergoes a massive restructure that leaves the fate of Ed Boyd and the special markets sales team uncertain. Meanwhile, the American Civil Rights Movement picks up steam, resulting in more integrated workplaces but also rising racial tensions that put one leading Pepsi salesman in the firing line. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Duration:00:35:10

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Pepsi: Doing Good Business | Change for the Machine | 3

2/29/2024
Pepsi special markets sales manager Ed Boyd is forced to lay off half of his sales team, as changes at the top of the company leave Ed questioning whether his division has any future at all, and a new front opens in the “Cola Wars” with arch-rivals Coca-Cola. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Duration:00:34:41

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Pepsi: Doing Good Business | Leaders in their Field | 2

2/22/2024
Despite limited resources, Ed Boyd builds his special markets sales team at Pepsi and plots a revolutionary ad campaign. But tough times are coming for Pepsi. As the company struggles, Ed risks his job to stand up for his principles. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Duration:00:35:06

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Pepsi: Doing Good Business | Special Markets | 1

2/15/2024
In 1940, Pepsi President Walter Mack makes headlines by hiring a team of Black salesmen to target African American customers in a new “special markets” division. The pioneering sales team ventures into the Jim Crow south, where they build Pepsi’s brand loyalty among the Black community, despite the challenges of rampant segregation. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Duration:00:36:04

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Hatching Penguin | Publishing Expert Dr. Jane Potter on the Challenges Faced by the Modern Publishing Industry | 5

2/8/2024
Publishing expert Dr Jane Potter discusses the impact of internet shopping and self-publishing on the book industry, and what modern publishing can learn from the story of Allen Lane and Penguin. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Duration:00:38:41

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Hatching Penguin | King Penguin | 4

2/1/2024
As Allen Lane begins the last decade of his life, he’s just as determined as ever to dominate all aspects of the publishing industry – but his strong-willed nature sees him fall out with once-trusted allies and leaves Penguin facing an uncertain future. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Duration:00:36:12

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Hatching Penguin | Penguin's Millions | 3

1/25/2024
As Penguin faces increased competition from new paperback publishers, Allen Lane seeks new ways to keep his books at the top of the best sellers charts – including a risky plan that might put him behind bars. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Duration:00:36:07

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Hatching Penguin | Penguin at War | 2

1/18/2024
Although Penguin’s new business model is popular among book buyers, it must expand quickly to become profitable – but one of the three Lane Brothers who co-founded the company will not survive World War Two to see the results. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Duration:00:34:34