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| Title | Pub. Date | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|
| How Disney Became the Juggernaut | 25 Feb 2026 | 00:15:56 | |
The unique decisions that transformed a simple cartoon company into an entertainment empire. | |||
| Can Amtrak Be Profitable? | 30 Jan 2026 | 00:12:52 | |
Amtrak is compared to the other top-performing passenger railways in the world. | |||
| Why the United States Doesn't Have High-speed Rail | 30 Dec 2025 | 00:09:18 | |
The data behind the largest rail system in the world. | |||
| How Much is a 30-second Ad on The Late Show? | 29 Nov 2025 | 00:12:34 | |
An attempt to quantify the economics behind advertising on the top late night television show. | |||
| Is Money Meaningless? | 24 Sep 2025 | 00:10:50 | |
The real data behind the gold standard and the effects on the global economy from fiat currency. | |||
| COVID Did Not Kill the Movie Industry | 20 Aug 2025 | 00:13:34 | |
The truth behind movie studio and theater data reveals a different story than the media keeps touting about the state of the film industry. | |||
| Pepsi Looks More Like Number One | 30 Jun 2025 | 00:12:03 | |
While the media bemoans Pepsi-Cola's fall to number four in the U.S. soft drink market, they're missing the larger data picture. | |||
| Can Spotify Save Itself? | 31 Jul 2024 | 00:08:41 | |
Spotify changed how the world consumes music and rescued a failing industry, but at a huge cost that it may not be able to sustain. | |||
| Tesla's Future Looks Like the Past | 27 Jun 2024 | 00:13:46 | |
Tesla's performance and valuation are compared to the early years of GM and Ford when those companies were similar in size. | |||
| Who Killed the Post Office? | 25 May 2024 | 00:18:25 | |
The United States Postal Service is often derided as one of the most inefficient businesses, but its unique requirements and the particulars of the United States reveal a more complex story. | |||
| College on a Curve | 20 Apr 2024 | 00:12:30 | |
Exploring the relationships of American college tuition, enrollment, and GPAs. | |||
| The Olympics Bankruptcy Machine | 27 Mar 2024 | 00:14:26 | |
Are the Olympics truly bad business for a host city, or do they simply amplify a deep-seated problem with our own psychology? | |||
| Untying the Data from The Knot | 23 Feb 2024 | 00:09:08 | |
Investigating the disparaging differences in reported spending on engagement rings. | |||
| Kodak's Wild Ride | 15 Jan 2024 | 00:11:24 | |
A different look at how Kodak went from a $20 billion company to bankrupt in 20 years. | |||
| Introducing The Data Behind the Business | 20 Dec 2023 | 00:01:25 | |
Introducing The Data Behind the Business, a podcast that looks at hard numbers and statistics to get a better understanding of how industries are actually shaped. | |||
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