#70
Business Wars
Wondery
United States
Business Wars is capitalism’s answer to the gladiator match—a dramatized podcast where brands battle like titans and boardrooms become stages for ego, ambition, and betrayal. It’s storytelling with the sheen of a thriller, turning market share into melodrama and CEOs into flawed, mythic heroes.
"Business Wars showed me that a podcast, as much as we'd like it to is not always for everyone. It also showed me don't judge a book by its cover. Its the one show I check consistently for the topic and if I like it I listen, if I don't I move on. However I never unfollow the show because I know even though one topic isn't for me, another will be. I've also learned I never know what topic will be interesting until I give it a chance."
- Jay Green, QCODE
Business Wars is capitalism rendered as gladiator spectacle—a slick, dramatized chronicle of corporate rivalries where brands clash like mythic heroes in suits. Hosted with theatrical gravitas by David Brown, the podcast reimagines boardroom battles—Nike vs. Adidas, Netflix vs. Blockbuster, Coke vs. Pepsi—not as market shifts but as modern epics, full of ambition, betrayal, and the sweet stink of power.
It’s business reporting dressed in the rhythms of pulp drama, where founders are visionaries or villains and every product launch feels like the first shot in a war. The storytelling is polished, fast-paced, and deliciously unsubtle—history streamlined for narrative impact rather than nuance.
Yet it works, not because it’s meticulous, but because it’s operatic. Business Wars knows that behind every empire is a soap opera of egos and ideas. It's addictive, a binge-worthy portrait of capitalism as blood sport—and yes, it’s fun to root for the winner, even when you shouldn't.