Disney Under Siege | The ‘Bob’ of It All | 3
Bob Iger has held the keys to the Disney castle since 2005. The last time this larger-than-life CEO tried to leave, an entire proxy battle broke out under the nose of his successor. Now, with Iger’s c...
25 Dec 202437min
Disney Under Seige | Peltz Strikes Back | 2
When CEO Bob Iger fails to reassure Wall Street about his plans for Disney’s traditional TV operations, Nelson Peltz seizes the chance to launch a fresh attack on the Magic Kingdom. And this time, he ...
18 Dec 202434min
Disney Under Siege | Restore the Magic | 1
It’s 2022 and Disney is in trouble. The combined forces of pandemic shutdowns, box-office bombs and political missteps have hammered Disney’s stock price. Marvel’s jilted former boss sees an opportuni...
11 Dec 202433min
Chuck E Cheese vs ShowBiz Pizza | Where a Kid Can be a Kid | 3
Is nostalgia alone enough to keep Chuck E. Cheese afloat in 2025? As the chain continues to crawl its way out of bankruptcy, they’ll need to win over the next generation of kids — or perhaps, their pa...
4 Dec 202436min
Chuck E Cheese vs ShowBiz Pizza | Broken Robots | 2
It’s 1982, and after months of bitter fighting, Nolan Bushnell of Chuck E. Cheese’s Pizza Time Theater and Robert Brock of ShowBiz Pizza Place finally strike a legal truce. With the video game market ...
27 Nov 202437min
Chuck E Cheese vs ShowBiz Pizza | Rat Pizza | 1
It’s 1976, and Atari founder Nolan Bushnell is on a mission to launch a family arcade disguised as a pizza parlor. He comes up with a name that’s impossible not to smile at—“Chuck E. Cheese”—and combi...
20 Nov 202432min
Slicing Into New York's Pizza | 6
Get ready for a Business Wars pizza party! Sporkful podcast host Dan Pashman and Eater NYC reporter Melissa McCart join David to settle the years long debate: is East Coast pizza really better? Then, ...
14 Nov 202435min
Beyond Meat vs Impossible Burger | Interview | 5
Beyond Meat and Impossible Burger boomed in the 2010s, but changing tastes have turned their sizzle into a fizzle. And as they continue to slide deeper into debt, these companies have struggled to get...
13 Nov 202436min
