This Week in Business History
When did the word “robot” enter the English language? When did the famous Sears catalogue finally bid us all adieu? On ‘This Week in Business History,’ host Scott Luton connects the dots as he leads us down memory lane, shining a light on some of the most significant leaders, companies, innovations – and even lessons learned – from our collective business history. Tune in for some of the most relevant business and global supply chain events from years past. You never know when the events of the day from years ago will inspire a new way forward for your business.Podcasts
This Week in Business History LIVE! With Theodora Lau
Published: Sept. 6, 2022, 5 a.m.Duration: 52 minutes 31 seconds
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This Week in Business History for August 30th: The Man with the Red Star Tattoo- R. H. Macy
Published: Aug. 30, 2022, 5 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 56 seconds
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This Week in Business History LIVE! - with Keith Singleton
Published: Aug. 23, 2022, 5 a.m.Duration: 36 minutes
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This Week in Business History for August 16th: Julia Child- "Only a Businesswoman"
Published: Aug. 16, 2022, 5 a.m.Duration: 15 minutes 10 seconds
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This Week in Business History LIVE! With Rob Tiffany
Published: Aug. 9, 2022, 5 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 27 seconds
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This Week in Business History for August 1st: Tasting Stars with Dom Perignon
Published: Aug. 2, 2022, 5 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 18 seconds
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This Week in Business History LIVE! with Scott Luton and Jenny Froome
Published: July 26, 2022, 5 a.m.Duration: 43 minutes 31 seconds
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This Week in Business History for July 19th: Remembering John Wanamaker, Merchant Prince of Philadelphia
Published: July 19, 2022, 5 a.m.Duration: 19 minutes 42 seconds
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This Week in Business History LIVE! with Scott & Allison
Published: July 12, 2022, 5 a.m.Duration: 42 minutes 30 seconds
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This Week in Business History for June 28th: The 1890s Revolution in Home Kitchens & Cooking
Published: June 28, 2022, 5 a.m.Duration: 16 minutes 7 seconds
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This Week in Business History LIVE with Scott and Kelly
Published: June 21, 2022, 5 a.m.Duration: 57 minutes 53 seconds
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This Week in Business History for June 14th: Economics in the Age of Enlightenment: Adam Smith (1723-1790)
Published: June 14, 2022, 5 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 55 seconds
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This Week in Business History for May 31st: 18th Century Supply Chain Disruption- The Boston Port Act
Published: May 31, 2022, 5 a.m.Duration: 15 minutes 39 seconds
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This Week in Business History for May 24th: Transforming American Advertising with Mary Wells Lawrence
Published: May 24, 2022, 5 a.m.Duration: 15 minutes 49 seconds
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This Week in Business History for May 17th: Quality That Never Goes Out of Style- The Levis Story
Published: May 17, 2022, 5 a.m.Duration: 16 minutes 56 seconds
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This Week in Business History for May 10th: Dewey Hecht - The Intriguing Mind Behind Books on Tape
Published: May 10, 2022, 5 a.m.Duration: 16 minutes 37 seconds
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This Week in Business History for May 3rd: Unions, Censorship, & Sound- The Genesis of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Published: May 3, 2022, 5 a.m.Duration: 16 minutes 14 seconds
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This Week in Business History for April 19th: Cross-word Mamma You Puzzle Me
Published: April 19, 2022, 5 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 7 seconds
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This Week in Business History for April 12th: Kickin' A Big Ol' Dent in the Universe- Steve Jobs & John Sculley
Published: April 12, 2022, 5 a.m.Duration: 15 minutes 13 seconds
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This Week in Business History for April 5th: The Sweetest Comeback in the History Of Ever
Published: April 5, 2022, 5 a.m.Duration: 12 minutes 28 seconds
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This Week in Business History for March 29th: What's Up with Wabash & More Tech Business History
Published: March 29, 2022, 5 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 19 seconds
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This Week in Business History for March 22nd: Lovin' an Elevator
Published: March 22, 2022, 5 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 50 seconds
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This Week in Business History for March 15th: 4 Things You Didn't Know About Liz Claiborne Inc
Published: March 15, 2022, 5 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 49 seconds
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This Week in Business History for March 8th: The Buck Starts Here- The History of U.S. Paper Money
Published: March 8, 2022, 5 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 48 seconds
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This Week in Business History for March 1st: 4 Things You Didn't Know About the OREO
Published: March 1, 2022, 5 a.m.Duration: 16 minutes 33 seconds
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This Week in Business History for February 22nd: Drivers! Start... your... engines! The History of NASCAR
Published: Feb. 22, 2022, 5 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 54 seconds
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This Week in Business History for February 15th: The Business of Valentine's Day
Published: Feb. 15, 2022, 5 a.m.Duration: 19 minutes 30 seconds
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This Week in Business History for February 8th: Nobody Ran Like John Deere
Published: Feb. 8, 2022, 5 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 52 seconds
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Business History Classic: 6 Things You Didn't Know About Black History
Published: Feb. 1, 2022, 5 a.m.Duration: 11 minutes 11 seconds
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This Week in Business History for January 25th: Hold My Beer The Genesis of Everyones Favorite Can
Published: Jan. 25, 2022, 5 a.m.Duration: 12 minutes 56 seconds
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This Week in Business History for January 17th: 5 Things You Didn't Know About Reginald F. Lewis
Published: Jan. 18, 2022, 5 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 13 seconds
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This Week in Business History for January 10th: The Truth, Myth, and Legacy of the Bread and Roses Strike (1912)
Published: Jan. 11, 2022, 5 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 16 seconds
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This Week in Business HIstory for January 3rd: National Trivia Day- 5 Things You Didn't Know about Trivial Pursuit
Published: Jan. 4, 2022, 5 a.m.Duration: 18 minutes 8 seconds
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This Week in Business History for December 20th: Bah Humbug- The Economics of Charles Dickens' London
Published: Dec. 20, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 16 minutes 1 second
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This Week in Business History for December 13th: What You Don't Know About the Colonel's Chicken and the Company Behind Cherry Garcia
Published: Dec. 13, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 31 seconds
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This Week in Business History for December 6th: A Birdseye View on the Frozen Foods Industry
Published: Dec. 6, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 33 seconds
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This Week in Business History for November 29th: 5 Things You Didn't Know About the History of Video Games
Published: Nov. 29, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 6 seconds
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This Week in Business History for November 22nd: Talking Turkey- The Business of Thanksgiving
Published: Nov. 22, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 43 seconds
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This Week in Business History for November 15th: Lessons Learned From Wilma Mankiller, Edwin Hubble & Rose Knox
Published: Nov. 15, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 15 minutes 24 seconds
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This Week in Business History for November 8th: From Mary Anderson to Tesla- 120 Years of Windshield Wiper Innovation
Published: Nov. 8, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 12 minutes 23 seconds
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This Week in Business HIstory for November 1st: 5 Things You Didn't Know About the Sandwich Industry
Published: Nov. 1, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 18 minutes 35 seconds
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This Week in Business History for October 25th: The Great (Failed) Social Experiment of Prohibition Begins: The Passage of the Volstead Act
Published: Oct. 25, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 43 seconds
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This Week in Business History for October 18th: 5 Things You Didn't Know About Blockbuster
Published: Oct. 18, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 52 seconds
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This Week in Business HIstory for October 11th: Controversial Nobel Prize Laureates Milton Friedman (1976) and John Nash (1994)
Published: Oct. 11, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 15 minutes 59 seconds
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This Week in Business History for October 4th: 5 Things You Didn't Know About Ray Kroc
Published: Oct. 4, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 18 minutes 26 seconds
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This Week in Business History for September 27th: A Trio of Inventions that Tell Curious Tales
Published: Sept. 27, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 46 seconds
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This Week in Business History for September 20th: The Stories of 3 Unsung Heroes: Olive Ann Beech, Fred Harvey & Bayard Rustin
Published: Sept. 20, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 26 minutes
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This Week in Business History for September 13th: Fixing Edisons Lightbulb: The Story of Lewis Howard Latimer (1848 1928)
Published: Sept. 13, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 12 minutes 42 seconds
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This Week in Business History for September 6th: The History of Labor Day
Published: Sept. 6, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 15 minutes 43 seconds
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This Week in Business Histort for August 30th: Everyone knows its Slinky
Published: Aug. 30, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 16 seconds
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This Week in Business History form August 23rd: 5 Key Components of Dick Rutland's Business Journey
Published: Aug. 23, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 21 minutes 6 seconds
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This Week in Business History for August 16th: Laying the First Transatlantic Telegraph Cable
Published: Aug. 16, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 16 seconds
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This Week in Business History for August 9th: From a Single Air Mattress to $3.4B in Revenue- The Story of Airbnb
Published: Aug. 9, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 1 second
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This Week in Business History for August 2nd: Signs of Progress at the Corner of East 105th Street and Euclid Avenue
Published: Aug. 2, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 8 seconds
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This Week in Business History for July 26th: 6 Cities with Surprising Business Ties You Didn't Know
Published: July 26, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 12 minutes 16 seconds
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This Week in Business History for July 19th: Cooking the Books at WorldCom
Published: July 19, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 51 seconds
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This Week in Business History for July 12th: 6 Things You Didn't Know About Sir Richard Branson
Published: July 12, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 12 minutes 29 seconds
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This Week in Business History for July 5th: "Honest, intelligent, and unprejudiced" - The Wall Street Journal.
Published: July 5, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 15 minutes 19 seconds
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This Week in Business History for June 28th: The History of the U.S. Interstate Highway System
Published: June 28, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 19 minutes 25 seconds
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This Week in Business History for June 21st: 3 Things You May Not Know About Alan Turing, Marie Curie & Ed Bradley
Published: June 21, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 20 minutes 54 seconds
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This Week in Business HIstory for June 14th: Cars, Coasters, & Computers- 3 Ways We Moved Faster
Published: June 14, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 18 minutes 50 seconds
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This Week in Business History for June 7th: Samuel "Slater the Traitor," Father of the American Industrial Revolution
Published: June 7, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 32 seconds
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This Week in Business History for May 24th: Lillian Gilbreth, the Mother of Modern Management
Published: May 24, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 16 minutes 13 seconds
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This Week in Business History for May 17th: 9 Things You Didn't Know About Tina Fey
Published: May 17, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 14 seconds
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This Week in Business History for May 10th: The Rise of the "Oracle of Omaha"
Published: May 10, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 25 seconds
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This Week in Business History for May 3rd: The Birth & Rise of The Clorox Company
Published: May 3, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 16 minutes 38 seconds
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This Week in Business History for April 26th: Sustainability in Action & the History of the COP
Published: April 26, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 12 minutes 34 seconds
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Business History for April 19th: 10 Things You Didn't Know About the Suez Canal
Published: April 19, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 15 minutes 13 seconds
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This Week in Business History for April 12th: And Justice for All Metallica takes Napster to Court
Published: April 12, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 45 seconds
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An Entertainment Industry Pioneer: An Interview with Ellen Snortland
Published: April 5, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 59 seconds
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Business History for March 29th, 2021: Recent Lessons Learned with Troy Montgomery, DBA
Published: March 29, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 35 minutes 26 seconds
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Business History for March 22nd, 2021: The Stories Behind Stuckey's & Liquid Paper
Published: March 22, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 18 minutes 50 seconds
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Business History for March 15th, 2021: The Diesel Engine, Female Pioneers in Medicine & More
Published: March 15, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 12 minutes 23 seconds
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This Week in Business History for March 8th: Ford Mustangs, Coke in Bottles, & the Burst of the Dot Com Bubble
Published: March 8, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 12 minutes 39 seconds
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This Week in Business History for March 1st: 4 Historical Facts That You May Have Forgotten
Published: March 1, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 11 minutes 2 seconds
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This Week in Business History for February 22nd: 6 Things You Didn't Know About Black History
Published: Feb. 22, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 11 minutes 11 seconds
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This Week in Business History for February 15th: 6 Things You Didn't Know About Katherine Johnson
Published: Feb. 15, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 24 seconds
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This Week in Business History for February 8th: Introducing the Word "Robot"
Published: Feb. 8, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 11 minutes 35 seconds
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This Week in Business History: 2020 Year in Review with Dyci Sfregola
Published: Feb. 1, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 25 minutes 35 seconds
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This Week in Business History for Jan 25th: The First Amazon - 6 Things You Didn't Know About Sears
Published: Jan. 25, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 15 minutes 34 seconds
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This Week in Business History for January 18th: 7 Cities That Shaped Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's Journey
Published: Jan. 18, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 21 minutes 29 seconds
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This Week in Business History for January 11th: 10 Things I Bet You Didn't Know About Jeff Bezos
Published: Jan. 11, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 12 minutes 37 seconds
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This Week in Business History for January 4th: The Stories of Katharine Gibbs & Fred Gregory
Published: Jan. 4, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 18 minutes 12 seconds
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This Week in Business History for December 28th: The Origin Story of Stan Lee
Published: Dec. 28, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 15 minutes 39 seconds
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This Week in Business History for December 21st: The Rise of Mary Barra at General Motors
Published: Dec. 21, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 29 seconds
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This Week in Business HIstory for December 14th: What You Didn't Know About the Wright Brothers
Published: Dec. 14, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 48 seconds
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This Week in Business HIstory for December 7th: Grace Hopper & Technology for All
Published: Dec. 7, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 14 seconds
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This Week in Business History for November 30th: The Genius that was Tony Hsieh
Published: Nov. 30, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 23 minutes 13 seconds
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This Week in Business History for November 23rd: The Story of the Macy's Parade
Published: Nov. 23, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 16 minutes 6 seconds
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This Week in Business History for November 16th: The Rise of Rose Knox
Published: Nov. 16, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 15 minutes 52 seconds
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This Week in Business History for November 9th: DeWitt Wallace, Nellie Bly, & More
Published: Nov. 9, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 11 minutes 20 seconds
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This Week in Business History for November 2nd: The Spruce Goose is Loose
Published: Nov. 2, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 4 seconds
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This Week in Business History for October 26th: The Surprising Story of the Erie Canal
Published: Oct. 26, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 8 seconds
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This Week in Business History for October 19th: Alfred Nobel, The Dodge Brothers, Martha Rountree, & More
Published: Oct. 19, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 11 minutes 55 seconds
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This Week in Business History for October 12th: The Jean Nidetch & Weight Watchers Story
Published: Oct. 12, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 47 seconds
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This Week in Business History for October 4th: The Birth & Rise of Instagram
Published: Oct. 5, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 47 seconds
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"This Week in Business History for September 28th: George Washington Jenkins & The Birth of Publix"
Published: Sept. 28, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 20 minutes 26 seconds
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This Week in Business History for September 21st: The Story & Passion Behind Honda Motor Company Ltd
Published: Sept. 21, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 16 minutes 33 seconds
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This Week in Business History for September 14th: JC Penney, Karsten Solheim, & More
Published: Sept. 14, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 45 seconds
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This Week in Business History for September 7th: The Story Behind Labor Day
Published: Sept. 7, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes
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This Week in Business History for August 31st: How Glen Bell Jr. Transformed Fast Food
Published: Aug. 31, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 16 seconds
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This Week in Business History for August 24th: Windows 95, Malvin Russell Goode, & More
Published: Aug. 24, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 16 minutes
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"This Week in Business History for August 17th: Retail & Radio Legends are Born"
Published: Aug. 17, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 18 minutes 18 seconds
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"This Week in Business History for August 10th: Fender, Fred, Free Market, & More"
Published: Aug. 9, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 51 seconds
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"This Week in Business History for August 3rd: Elisha Otis Lifts the World Up"
Published: Aug. 3, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 16 minutes 7 seconds
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"This Week in Business History for July 27th: The Past, Present, & Future of the Cannabis Industry"
Published: July 27, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 56 seconds
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"This Week in Business History for July 20th: The Legacy of the Apollo Program"
Published: July 20, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 21 minutes 23 seconds
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"This Week in Business History for July 13th: Boeing Takes Off in the Pacific Northwest"
Published: July 14, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 22 minutes 8 seconds
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"This Week in Business History for July 6th: The Birth of the Coca-Cola Company"
Published: July 7, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 15 minutes 7 seconds
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"This Week in Business History for June 29th: The U.S. Interstate Highway System"
Published: July 6, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 21 minutes 54 seconds
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"June 22nd- This Week in Business History: The Birth of the Universal Product Code"
Published: July 5, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 18 minutes 42 seconds
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"June 15th- This Week in Business History: Goodyear, IBM, & More"
Published: July 4, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 19 minutes 59 seconds
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