Spanx vs Skims | Not Your Grandmother’s Girdle | 1
In 1998, a young office equipment sales rep named Sara Blakely can’t find anything to wear under a pair of tight fitting white pants. Everything she tries on makes her feel unattractive. In a moment o...
19 Maalis 202541min
What Killed Red Lobster? | Chain Reaction | 3
Chain restaurants are making a comeback — from Chili’s to Red Lobster, the spots we once passed over are cool once more. But why? Is it due to TikTok? Inflation? Millennial nostalgia? Eater reporter A...
13 Maalis 202538min
What Killed Red Lobster? | Swimming with Sharks | 2
Red Lobster’s new owners dream up a bold plan to revitalize the chain. And they’ve got a Hail Mary — the lure of endless shrimp. But they’ve failed to recognize just how much shrimp Americans can down...
12 Maalis 202532min
What Killed Red Lobster? | Caught in the Net | 1
Red Lobster redefined American dining habits by making seafood accessible to people living outside the coasts. But its heyday didn’t last. Casual observers believe Red Lobster’s demise was an open-and...
5 Maalis 202540min
TikTok vs the U.S.A. | A Ticking Clock | 4
President Biden signs a law giving ByteDance until January 2025 to divest from TikTok or the app will be banned in the United States. TikTok decides to fight the law in court. Then the case goes all t...
26 Helmi 202532min
TikTok vs the U.S.A. | Too Big to Fail | 3
TikTok realizes its attempts to prove to American lawmakers that the Chinese government doesn’t have access to American user data aren’t working, and they need to change tactics. Becoming more aggress...
19 Helmi 202532min
TikTok vs the U.S.A. | Reeling | 2
TikTok scrambles to respond to President Donald Trump’s executive order requiring ByteDance sell the app to keep TikTok operating in the U.S. But the election of Joe Biden in November 2020 offers the ...
12 Helmi 202533min
TikTok vs the U.S.A. | Trending Upwards | 1
In 2018, Chinese tech company ByteDance launched TikTok in the United States, determined to make the app one of the top entertainment platforms in the country. And by spring 2020, ByteDance achieved i...
5 Helmi 202532min
