Chicago Midway Airport: From World's Busiest to Empty and Back Again
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Chicago Midway began in 1923 as Chicago Air Park, a 320-acre field with one cinder runway used m...
21 Okt 22min
Cargill: The 1937 Corn Squeeze and America's Largest Private Company
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Cargill began in 1865 in Conover, Iowa, where William Wallace Cargill and his brothers built gra...
21 Okt 19min
Bayer: Aspirin, Heroin Cough Syrup, IG Farben and the Monsanto Gamble
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Bayer began in 1863 in Barmen, Germany, when dye salesman Friedrich Bayer and master dyer Johann...
21 Okt 24min
AbbVie: Humira's Patent Cliff and a $100 Billion Immunity Deal
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!AbbVie was born in 2012 as a spinoff from Abbott Laboratories, its name joining Abbott with "vie...
21 Okt 21min
The Las Vegas Strip: How a 1950 Annexation Fight Kept It Out of Las Vegas
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The 4.2-mile Las Vegas Strip, home to the Bellagio and Caesars Palace, lies outside the city of ...
19 Okt 21min
Merkava Tank: A Front-Mounted Engine, a Canceled Chieftain Deal and Trophy
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The Merkava, Hebrew for chariot, is the main battle tank of the Israeli Armored Corps, and it ex...
19 Okt 20min
Leopard 1 Tank: A 20-Minute Engine Swap, Bosnia's UN Ambush and Ukraine
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The Leopard 1 was West Germany's answer to a 1956 problem. The new Bundeswehr relied on aging Am...
19 Okt 25min
Arleigh Burke Destroyer: The Belknap Fire, Aegis and the Zumwalt Reversal
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer was designed in the 1980s, commissioned its lea...
19 Okt 22min
