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Business Movers

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Behind every successful business is a story. It starts with a vision and a leap of faith. Along the way, leaders make bold decisions, ride booms and busts, and sometimes, they reach new heig...

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An Update About Business Movers | 6

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00:03:28Sep 4, 2025

Howard Hughes Blows Up Hollywood | Author Jeffrey Richardson explores Howard Hughes’s impact on Hollywood and the American film industry | 5

Author Jeffrey Richardson discusses Howard Hughes’s career in Hollywood, and evaluates how far he changed the American film industry. Be the...

00:39:58Aug 28, 2025

Howard Hughes Blows Up Hollywood | The Red Scare | 4

Howard Hughes embarks on an obsessive search for communists that sends RKO into a nosedive. As lawsuits mount and allies abandon him, the hi...

00:33:49Aug 21, 2025

Howard Hughes Blows Up Hollywood | Selling Scandal | 3

After spending big to buy RKO Pictures, Howard Hughes clashes with studio veterans and exploits his own stars. But he soon finds that remaki...

00:34:47Aug 14, 2025

Howard Hughes Blows Up Hollywood | Censored | 2

Howard Hughes embraces sex and violence in his quest to conquer Hollywood. But his sensationalist approach clashes with industry regulators...

00:34:56Aug 7, 2025

Howard Hughes Blows Up Hollywood | Calling the Shots | 1

Teenage millionaire Howard Hughes heads west with dreams of conquering Hollywood. But the bold Texan outsider quickly learns that making a h...

00:31:46Jul 31, 2025

Breaking Bell | Writer Jon Gertner discusses AT&T’s impact on technological innovation | 5

Journalist and author Jon Gertner explores the effects of AT&T’s monopoly and breakup on American telecommunications, and evaluates Bell Lab...

00:48:10Jul 24, 2025

Breaking Bell | The Deal | 4

As AT&T moves closer to being forcibly dismantled by the courts, bosses consider a radical alternative. But even when they press the button...

00:34:47Jul 17, 2025

Breaking Bell | Stuck in a Quagmire | 3

AT&T bosses throw everything at the wall in the hope of getting a federal antitrust lawsuit dismissed. But as the case finally reaches court...

00:33:23Jul 10, 2025

Breaking Bell | Wheelin' & Dealin' | 2

Deals to secure the future of AT&T fall apart as the fight for the future of America’s telephone system turns increasingly fractious, and th...

00:33:48Jul 3, 2025

Breaking Bell | The Decision to Decide | 1

After almost a century of controlling the telecommunications industry in the United States, AT&T’s dominance is threatened by new competitio...

00:35:38Jun 26, 2025

Rehabilitating Porsche | Journalist and author David de Jong explores the legacy of the Nazi era on Porsche | 5

Journalist and author David de Jong explores the impact of the Nazi regime on German businesses and how Ferry Porsche resurrected his father...

00:37:07Jun 19, 2025

Rehabilitating Porsche | The Checkered Flag | 4

Porsche enters a golden age of its history with the launch of an iconic car and victory on the racetrack. But when world events turn car buy...

00:36:41Jun 12, 2025

Rehabilitating Porsche | The Need for Speed | 3

Ferry Porsche steers Porsche in a new direction and his company hits the headlines with a series of remarkable performances on the racetrack...

00:35:57Jun 5, 2025

Rehabilitating Porsche | Stalled | 2

In the aftermath of World War Two, Ferdinand Porsche is arrested for war crimes. As the fate of his company hangs in the balance, only Ferdi...

00:33:45May 29, 2025

Rehabilitating Porsche | Blueprints | 1

Czechoslovak engineer Ferdinand Porsche dreams of a mass-market car that’ll sell in the millions and redefine the automotive industry. But F...

00:35:27May 22, 2025

Former Virgin Mobile USA executive Stacy Schwartz discusses Richard Branson’s spectacular business journey | 5

Marketing consultant and former Virgin Mobile USA executive Stacy Schwartz explores how Richard Branson grew Virgin from a small music retai...

00:43:01May 15, 2025

Virgin Territory: Richard Branson’s Business Beginnings | Flight Path | 4

Virgin Atlantic takes to the sky and upends the aviation industry, but the new venture also throws Richard Branson into battle with one of B...

00:34:30May 8, 2025

Virgin Territory: Richard Branson’s Business Beginnings | Growing Pains | 3

As Richard Branson struggles to deal with the consequences of his arrest for tax evasion, Virgin expands its reach with the help of a breako...

00:34:28May 1, 2025

Virgin Territory: Richard Branson’s Business Beginnings | E for Export | 2

Virgin gets into the music business, but 20-year-old founder Richard Branson is caught in an illegal scheme that threatens the future of his...

00:32:11Apr 24, 2025