S2 E3: PetSmart & Chewy: A private equity turnaround story
When private equity-backed PetSmart bought Chewy.com for more than $3bn in 2017, people thought the retailer was doomed. Within just a few years, though, it was one of the most successful private equi...
26 Jun 202329min
S2 E2: Who Killed Toys R Us?
We take you inside the final days of Toys R Us with Lauren Hirsch, the reporter who first revealed the iconic company’s impending bankruptcy, and explain what drove the company out of business. The ...
19 Jun 202335min
S2 E1: How the US Women’s Soccer Team scored their victory for equal pay
The US Women's National Soccer Team is among the most decorated teams in the game but, until recently, was paid a fraction of what the men took home. When the players decided to take up the fight for ...
12 Jun 202338min
Introducing The Closer: Season 2
From Project Brazen and PRX, this is season 2 of The Closer, out now. The Closer returns with six dramatic new stories of groundbreaking deals. An epic fight from soccer's biggest stars, a private e...
5 Jun 20232min
The Closer Weekly: The Saudis and the Soccer Team
A new kind of money is flooding into professional sports: sovereign wealth. Aimee and Ben check in on Saudi Arabia's ownership of Newcastle United – who have now qualified for the Champions League – a...
2 Jun 202317min
The Closer Weekly: Discovering Max: HBO's App Gets a New Home
HBO and Discovery are getting a new streaming home. This week, Warner Bros Discovery rolled out "Max," its new unified app, as part of a push to compete with platforms like Hulu, Netflix and Disney+. ...
26 Mai 202315min
The Closer Weekly: How AI is helping solve Japan's succession crisis
Hundreds of thousands of Japanese companies have a problem – their founders are aging without a successor in sight. One entrepreneur has built his $1.3 billion fortune on a solution. Is there a busine...
19 Mai 202315min
The Closer Weekly: Leaving for Las Vegas - The A’s are out of Oakland
The Oakland A’s are one step closer to a move to Las Vegas, reaching a deal this week for a new plot of land that would house a brand new ballpark. Aimee and Ben discuss the developing deal and what i...
12 Mai 202317min
