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How We Got Here with Chris Kohler

Kohler Media 4 Episodes Aug 10, 2026

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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How Housing Became So Broken Aug 10, 2026 3658 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 simultaneously explaining why nobody can afford homes anymore? 0:00 Intro 5:05 Supply 17:30 Demand 24:00 Density 26:30 Auction 30:50 Incentives 34:05 Transport 42:30 Investor & Rent 55:00 Summary

The Toxic Economy of Gaming Jul 27, 2026 3005 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, and slowly but surely chiselling ownership out of the hands of their customers. It’s doing so well, in fact, that it’ll start growing outwards.  This episode explores the origin of modern gaming and the moments that ensured

Why Are All Our Movies Ads Now? Jul 13, 2026 3201 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 to Hollywood. E.T. and a bag of Reese's Pieces, Lois Lane chain smoking Marlboros, Happy Gilmore’s Subway t-shirts… and Jerry McGuire taking Reebok’s money and then screwing them over. All steps on the path to the situation audienc

Hang on... was Tupperware a pyramid scheme? Jun 29, 2026 2747 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 view. Did she design a pyramid scheme? Not really. There's more to it than that. This is the story of Brownie Wise... and what it costs to build something you don't own. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ryanair: How The Bad Guy Won Jun 15, 2026 3026 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, lukewarm off-brand soft drinks, expensive wheelchair hire… and the hardest two truths and a lie segment yet. 0:00 Intro 5:05 Two Truths & A Lie 7:10 The Industry That Counts Olives 11:00 Enter The Accountant 16:10 The Southwes

How Kodak Engineered Its Own Demise (Literally) Jun 1, 2026 2921 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 Truths & A Lie 4:15 The Man Who Gave Everyone A Camera 15:40 Advertising Done To Perfection 23:06 Welcome Steve 35:25 The Point 39:15 The Ending 44:10 Two Truths & A lie Madmen Scene - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq3n2sJ43Hg

Kellogg’s: The Disturbing Reason Corn Flakes Exist May 18, 2026 3308 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 than you'd think, meet John Harvey Kellogg, the man whose obsession with gut health and moral purity accidentally changed the way the world eats breakfast. 0:00 Intro 5:40 Two truths and a lie 7:30 The religious pipeline 10:40 Pic

Blockbuster blew $8 billion. We’re still paying for it May 4, 2026 3661 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 best part is, Blockbuster's demise was baked in from the start. It just grew so fast the problems were hard to see... for a few years. 0:00 Intro 9:10 The VCR 19:09 The War 24:42 Hello Rental Industry 28:15 Welcome To BlockBuster 36

How Nazi Brothers Changed Sports Marketing Forever Apr 20, 2026 4266 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 family fallout split them into bitter rivals. What followed was decades of corporate warfare, played out on the world's biggest stages, that transformed sports marketing into one of the most powerful industries of the 20th centur

Introducing.... How We Got Here Apr 16, 2026 20 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 soci

How We Got Here with Chris Kohler

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