Business History
Hosted by Jacob Goldstein and Robert Smith · Pushkin Industries
4.7from 306 ratings
- 56
- Episodes
- 44
- Transcribed
- 306
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2025
- First episode
About Business History
It’s the history of business. How did Hitler’s favorite car become synonymous with hippies? What got Thomas Edison tangled up with the electric chair? Did someone murder the guy who invented the movies? Former Planet Money hosts Jacob Goldstein and Robert Smith examine the surprising stories of businesses big and small and find out what you can learn from those who founded them.
- Publisher
- Pushkin Industries
- Category
- business · history
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 29 Oct 2025
- Latest episode
- 4 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
44 of 56 episodes have a transcript.
4 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Company That Became a Country
28 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Pigeons That Built a Global News Empire
21 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
How the Company Conquered the World
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The Company That Became a Country
Published 4 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Lawrence River that gets to the shores of Lake Superior. And because they spoke native languages, they were able to get a little business intelligence. There was a tribe called the Cree that had the biggest, most beautiful beaver pelts they had ever seen. And the Cree told them something remarkable. […]
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.6 / 5
- 173 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 133 ratings
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Jacob Goldstein and Robert Smith host the show. Published by Pushkin Industries.
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