Disney Cruise Line: Bugs Bunny's Snub, Castaway Cay and Yellow Lifeboats
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Disney first went to sea in 1985 by licensing its characters to Premier Cruise Line, which ran t...
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Denny's: Doors Without Locks, Googie Diners and a $54.4 Million Settlement
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!When Denny's decided to close for Christmas in 1988 for the first time, managers found that many...
21 Okt 24min
Cunard Line: Samuel Cunard's Mail Contract, Hull 534 and 186 Years Afloat
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Samuel Cunard, a Halifax ship owner with coal, whaling and timber interests, won a British Admir...
21 Okt 22min
Sabre: How a Cold War SAGE Computer Became the Backbone of Air Booking
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1953, on a Los Angeles to New York flight, American Airlines president C.R. Smith sat next to...
21 Okt 23min
Code Red Worm: Mountain Dew, 359,000 Servers and a White House Siege
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The Code Red worm was released on July 13, 2001, and by July 19 it had hijacked about 359,000 co...
21 Okt 17min
Chengdu J-20 Mighty Dragon: Canards, WS-15 Engines and the Twin-Seat J-20S
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In January 2011, while U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates was in Beijing, China's Chengdu J-20 ...
21 Okt 23min
Charter Spectrum: Bankruptcy, Time Warner Cable and the Disney Blackout
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Charter Communications traces back to a cable operation Charles H. Leonard set up in Barry Count...
21 Okt 21min
Carnival: The $1 Buyout, a Hostile Princess Takeover and a Move to Bermuda
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Carnival Cruise Line was started in 1972 by Ted Arison and Meshulam Riklis, and by 1974 it was s...
21 Okt 22min
