by 1UpMedia
If you love Business Wars, you'll love this! From 1UpMedia, Empires is an immersive storytelling that dives deep into the history of the most successful businesses in Asia. Every Monday, you'll learn the history of its leaders, the decisions that have rippled across the industry, and the factors that allowed them to become the empire's that they are today. From triumph and victories, to monumental failures - Empires gets you behind the scenes of some of the most successful companies in Asia.
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October 6, 2025
<p>Apple changed how we use technology. Grameen changed how the poor use money.</p><p>From one man’s frustration in famine-stricken Bangladesh to a global revolution in microcredit, Muhammad Yunus turned a $27 experiment into one of the world’s most powerful engines of poverty reduction.</p><p>He wasn’t supposed to succeed. Banks refused him. Bureaucrats mocked him. Critics swore the poor could never repay loans.</p><p>But Yunus proved everyone wrong.</p><p>From the paddy fields of Jobra to the slums of Chicago, Grameen spread an idea that dignity, not charity, was the path out of poverty. Along the way, it became more than a bank. It became a movement.</p><p>This is the story of Grameen Bank. Of how compassion and credit reshaped lives, industries, and the very meaning of wealth.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Episode 1: The First Deposit</strong>In famine-stricken Bangladesh, a young economist lends $27 to 42 villagers. What happens next sets in motion a financial revolution.</p><p><strong>Episode 2: Promise to the Poor</strong></p><p>Banks dismiss his idea as madness. So Yunus signs his name as collateral and invents a radical new kind of banking.</p><p><strong>Episode 3: Business is War</strong>To prove microcredit works beyond one village, Grameen expands into Tangail - a district plagued by violence, rumors, and armed revolutionaries.</p><p><strong>Episode 4: Growth before the Storm </strong></p><p>Grameen becomes an independent bank. But just as it grows into a national force, one of the deadliest cyclones in history threatens to wipe it all away.</p><p><strong>Episode 5: Beyond Banking</strong></p><p>From fish ponds to textiles, from cell phones to America’s welfare system, Yunus takes the Grameen model global, imagining a future where poverty belongs only in museums.</p><p>-</p><p>Want to showcase your brand to listeners with a combined net worth of over $1 billion and a network of 100,000+ employees and industry contacts? </p><p>Drop us an email: sales@1upmediapodcast.com</p><p>-</p><p>We're looking to grow our team! Support our productions by <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/1upmedia">buying us a coffee.</a></p><p>-</p><p>Want to meet the team? <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/guang-jin/">Follow me here!</a></p><p>-</p><p>If you love the style of Empires, and want similar content, check out:</p><p>📝💕 "Post, Love", Essays on Love, Life and Everything in Between. (On <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/2QGiCN7OjAm7nnfhBjTTXG">Spotify</a>/ <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/post-love/id1685142897">Apple</a>)</p><p>🔪🩸 "Heinous", A Revive Look at the Most Heinous Crimes in Asia. (On <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/2Mili7tbSbD3z4ZpqB9jVe">Spotify/</a><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/sg/podcast/heinous-an-asian-true-crime-podcast/id1616597133">Apple</a>)</p>
September 29, 2025
<p>Apple changed how we use technology. Grameen changed how the poor use money.</p><p>From one man’s frustration in famine-stricken Bangladesh to a global revolution in microcredit, Muhammad Yunus turned a $27 experiment into one of the world’s most powerful engines of poverty reduction.</p><p>He wasn’t supposed to succeed. Banks refused him. Bureaucrats mocked him. Critics swore the poor could never repay loans.</p><p>But Yunus proved everyone wrong.</p><p>From the paddy fields of Jobra to the slums of Chicago, Grameen spread an idea that dignity, not charity, was the path out of poverty. Along the way, it became more than a bank. It became a movement.</p><p>This is the story of Grameen Bank. Of how compassion and credit reshaped lives, industries, and the very meaning of wealth.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Episode 1: The First Deposit</strong>In famine-stricken Bangladesh, a young economist lends $27 to 42 villagers. What happens next sets in motion a financial revolution.</p><p><strong>Episode 2: Promise to the Poor</strong></p><p>Banks dismiss his idea as madness. So Yunus signs his name as collateral and invents a radical new kind of banking.</p><p><strong>Episode 3: Business is War</strong>To prove microcredit works beyond one village, Grameen expands into Tangail - a district plagued by violence, rumors, and armed revolutionaries.</p><p><strong>Episode 4: Growth before the Storm </strong></p><p>Grameen becomes an independent bank. But just as it grows into a national force, one of the deadliest cyclones in history threatens to wipe it all away.</p><p><strong>Episode 5: Beyond Banking</strong></p><p>From fish ponds to textiles, from cell phones to America’s welfare system, Yunus takes the Grameen model global, imagining a future where poverty belongs only in museums.</p><p>-</p><p>Want to showcase your brand to listeners with a combined net worth of over $1 billion and a network of 100,000+ employees and industry contacts? </p><p>Drop us an email: sales@1upmediapodcast.com</p><p>-</p><p>We're looking to grow our team! Support our productions by <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/1upmedia">buying us a coffee.</a></p><p>-</p><p>Want to meet the team? <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/guang-jin/">Follow me here!</a></p><p>-</p><p>If you love the style of Empires, and want similar content, check out:</p><p>📝💕 "Post, Love", Essays on Love, Life and Everything in Between. (On <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/2QGiCN7OjAm7nnfhBjTTXG">Spotify</a>/ <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/post-love/id1685142897">Apple</a>)</p><p>🔪🩸 "Heinous", A Revive Look at the Most Heinous Crimes in Asia. (On <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/2Mili7tbSbD3z4ZpqB9jVe">Spotify/</a><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/sg/podcast/heinous-an-asian-true-crime-podcast/id1616597133">Apple</a>)</p>
September 22, 2025
<p>Apple changed how we use technology. Grameen changed how the poor use money.</p><p>From one man’s frustration in famine-stricken Bangladesh to a global revolution in microcredit, Muhammad Yunus turned a $27 experiment into one of the world’s most powerful engines of poverty reduction.</p><p>He wasn’t supposed to succeed. Banks refused him. Bureaucrats mocked him. Critics swore the poor could never repay loans.</p><p>But Yunus proved everyone wrong.</p><p>From the paddy fields of Jobra to the slums of Chicago, Grameen spread an idea that dignity, not charity, was the path out of poverty. Along the way, it became more than a bank. It became a movement.</p><p>This is the story of Grameen Bank. Of how compassion and credit reshaped lives, industries, and the very meaning of wealth.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Episode 1: The First Deposit</strong>In famine-stricken Bangladesh, a young economist lends $27 to 42 villagers. What happens next sets in motion a financial revolution.</p><p><strong>Episode 2: Promise to the Poor</strong></p><p>Banks dismiss his idea as madness. So Yunus signs his name as collateral and invents a radical new kind of banking.</p><p><strong>Episode 3: Business is War</strong>To prove microcredit works beyond one village, Grameen expands into Tangail - a district plagued by violence, rumors, and armed revolutionaries.</p><p><strong>Episode 4: Growth before the Storm </strong></p><p>Grameen becomes an independent bank. But just as it grows into a national force, one of the deadliest cyclones in history threatens to wipe it all away.</p><p><strong>Episode 5: Beyond Banking</strong></p><p>From fish ponds to textiles, from cell phones to America’s welfare system, Yunus takes the Grameen model global, imagining a future where poverty belongs only in museums.</p><p>-</p><p>Want to showcase your brand to listeners with a combined net worth of over $1 billion and a network of 100,000+ employees and industry contacts? </p><p>Drop us an email: sales@1upmediapodcast.com</p><p>-</p><p>We're looking to grow our team! Support our productions by <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/1upmedia">buying us a coffee.</a></p><p>-</p><p>Want to meet the team? <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/guang-jin/">Follow me here!</a></p><p>-</p><p>If you love the style of Empires, and want similar content, check out:</p><p>📝💕 "Post, Love", Essays on Love, Life and Everything in Between. (On <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/2QGiCN7OjAm7nnfhBjTTXG">Spotify</a>/ <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/post-love/id1685142897">Apple</a>)</p><p>🔪🩸 "Heinous", A Revive Look at the Most Heinous Crimes in Asia. (On <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/2Mili7tbSbD3z4ZpqB9jVe">Spotify/</a><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/sg/podcast/heinous-an-asian-true-crime-podcast/id1616597133">Apple</a>)</p>
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If you love Business Wars, you'll love this!
From 1UpMedia, Empires is an immersive storytelling that dives deep into the history of the most successful businesses in Asia.
Every Monday, you'll learn the history of its leaders, the decisions that have rippled across the industry, and the factors that allowed them to become the empire's that they are today.
From triumph and victories, to monumental failures - Empires gets you behind the scenes of some of the most successful companies in Asia.
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