W.O. Bentley: Aluminum Pistons, Le Mans and a Secret Rolls-Royce Buyout
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Before World War I, W.O. Bentley and his brother Horace sold French DFP cars in Cricklewood, Nor...
18 Okt 23min
Volkswagen Dieselgate: A Steering-Wheel Defeat Device and $33 Billion
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Volkswagen pushed "clean diesel" cars in the U.S., where strict limits target nitrogen oxides, a...
18 Okt 21min
Versace's Medusa: Gianni's Milan Rise, the Safety Pin Dress and Prada
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Gianni Versace grew up in Reggio Calabria, part of ancient Magna Graecia, learning in his mother...
18 Okt 21min
Van Cleef and Arpels: The Mystery Setting and a Crown Built in Tehran
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Van Cleef & Arpels began in Paris in 1896 when Dutch diamond cutter Alfred van Cleef joined his ...
18 Okt 21min
Trump Tower: Skipped Floors, Bonwit Teller's Sculptures and John Barron
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Donald Trump had long fixed on the corner of 56th Street and Fifth Avenue, home of the Bonwit Te...
18 Okt 18min
Truett Cathy: The Dwarf Grill, a Pressure Fryer and Chick-fil-A's Sundays
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!S. Truett Cathy, born in 1921 and raised Southern Baptist, opened the Dwarf Grill in Hapeville, ...
18 Okt 22min
Timex Group: A Name From Time and Kleenex to Versace Watches and Baupost
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1941 Norwegian businessman Thomas Olsen bought the Waterbury Clock Company and named its watc...
18 Okt 22min
Tiffany's Rise: Cash-Only Stationery, Union Sabers, Avon and LVMH
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1837 Charles Lewis Tiffany and partner John B. Young opened a fancy goods and stationery empo...
18 Okt 22min
