World Wrestling Entertainment was just acquired for $9B (fake fight), but now itâs merging with Ultimate Fight Championships (real fighting) into a knockout stock (literally). The fastest-growing app in the US right now? Itâs Lemon8. But Lemon8âs secret Chinese owner is all over the American App Store. And GM just made the most annoying car decision of the y ... Show More
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PART 2 đ° Disneyland: The Fantasy that Almost Flopped
Subscribe to The Best Idea Yet here: https://wondery.com/links/the-best-idea-yet/Who wouldnât want to visit the happiest place on Earth? Well â at the start of the 1950s, it seemed like no one did, at least not when Walt Disney pitched the idea. Sure, Walt had revolutionized anim ... Show More
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PART 1 đ° Disneyland: The Fantasy that Almost Flopped
Subscribe to The Best Idea Yet here: https://wondery.com/links/the-best-idea-yet/Who wouldnât want to visit the happiest place on Earth? Well â at the start of the 1950s, it seemed like no one did, at least not when Walt Disney pitched the idea. Sure, Walt had revolutionized anim ... Show More
22m 2s
Apr 2024
Slate Money: Why Americaâs Internet Sucks
This week, Slate Money hacks the mainframe! Washington Post tech writer Shira Ovide joins Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers to discuss whatâs wrong with Americaâs internet industry, how YouTube became the media empire no one talks about, and the promise and peril of ... Show More
54m 27s
Jun 2022
Back to Business? Consequences of the Assembly and Jules Koundé rumors
On episode 362, Dan and Levon discuss the consequences of the assembly and the votes that approved the sale of both BLM (Barça licensing and marketing) and a portion of the TV rights. They talk about good things that the deals could yield, the unknown pitfalls, the hypothetical s ... Show More
37m 46s
Feb 2024
Nationwide Cyber Attack? Cell Service Outages Reported Across U.S | PBD Podcast | Ep. 369
Patrick Bet-David, Adam Sosnick, Tom Ellsworth, and Vincent Oshana discuss whether nationwide cell outages in the U.S are the result of tech failure or a cyber attack, non-U.S. citizen Kelly Wong being appointed by the San Francisco's Board of Supervisors to city's Electi ... Show More
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