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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Latest episodes
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How IKEA tricks you... over and over
IKEA is a barn filled with two types of things - furniture... and psychology.The story of the world's biggest furniture business is one filled with tricks and traps that
Sep 6 50 min
Why Uber Eats Is About To Get Even More Expensive
Australia just gave gig delivery workers a legal minimum wage. It's a big win for workers - and it means your Uber Eats order is about to get even more expensive. Here's
Aug 24 53 min
How Housing Became So Broken
Chris and Alan Kohler talk about the housing crisis that is shaping the Australian economy. It's a puzzle, so Chris made Alan a crossword - can he crack it while simultan
Aug 10 1 h 00 min
The Toxic Economy of Gaming
The video game industry makes more money than movies and music combined - and it got there by deploying the greatest hits of dark consumer psychology.
Gambling, paywalls,
Jul 27 50 min
Why Are All Our Movies Ads Now?
When we watch a movie we see 4-5 brands every 10 minutes. The advertising is hidden in plain sight and this episode goes looking for where and how that trick first came t
Jul 13 53 min
Hang on... was Tupperware a pyramid scheme?
Tupperware is one of those words so common we forgot it's a brand. It's also one of the great untold business stories, with a pioneer who was deliberately erased from vie
Jun 29 45 min
Ryanair: How The Bad Guy Won
A cheap flight… that ends up feeling expensive.
This episode: how Ryanair and Michael O'Leary perfected drip pricing and made billions doing it.
Removing olives, lukewa
Jun 15 50 min
How Kodak Engineered Its Own Demise (Literally)
Kodak didn’t make a mistake. The digital camera was invented in their own building but it was missing more than film. It was missing a business model.
0:00 Intro
3:15 Two
Jun 1 48 min
Kellogg’s: The Disturbing Reason Corn Flakes Exist
This episode contains adult topics and themes
Ever wondered how the world's most popular cereal ended up in your breakfast bowl?
The story behind Cornflakes is stranger
May 18 55 min
Blockbuster blew $8 billion. We’re still paying for it
A complete corporate disaster.
Blockbuster stuffed up so badly that the world started walking down a path away from one-off payments and towards subscriptions. And the be
May 4 1 h 01 min
How Nazi Brothers Changed Sports Marketing Forever
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 fami
Apr 20 1 h 11 min
Introducing.... How We Got Here
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 ridiculo
Apr 16 1 min
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Highly enjoyed this episode and love th format you used with the crossword with your Dad. Definitely checking out the rest of the episodes
tenacioustiger1863 · Aug 2026
I don’t even know if Aussies still call Americans Yanks, but as one I can’t speak more highly about Chris’s insight and delivery of the financial issues we all grapple with daily in a manner that is approachable. Fell in love with his satirical shorts on instagram, bought his book on Audible and now love his podcast. Obviously not everything he discusses translates exactly across the pacific, but the issues and questions remain the same and I love listening.
EddieWatson · Aug 2026
Excited for this show to get more episodes. Could honestly listen all day. Really informative, great storytelling, love the humor!
caleb_wagner · Aug 2026
Informational (about both current and historical events) and entertaining. When I watched his content on instagram I almost knew this would be worth a listen. Please keep this up Chris!
Imnotjustjoshin · Aug 2026
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