Land of the Giants podcast

Land of the Giants

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  Vulture  

Big tech is transforming every aspect of our world. But how, and at what cost? This season of Land of the Giants – The Disney Dilemma – focuses on Disney’s ability to weather the ups and downs of the business cycle and changing tastes and explores what has kept it successful for over 100 years. The entertainment giant has leveraged nostalgia and its intellectual property to build a beloved brand, but after an acquisition spree that included Marvel, Lucasfilm, and 20th Century Fox, can it sustain high quality and brand loyalty on a scale that keeps it growing? Who is Disney now, and can it compete against the tech giants in a battle for our attention and dollars? From Vulture and the Vox Media Podcast Network. New episodes drop every Wednesday.

Big tech is transforming every aspect of our world. But how, and at what cost? This season of Land of the Giants – The Disney Dilemma – focuses on Disney’s ability to weather the ups and downs of the business cycle and changing tastes and explores what has kept it successful for over 100 years. The entertainment giant has leveraged nostalgia and its intellectual property to build a beloved brand, but after an acquisition spree that included Marvel, Lucasfilm, and 20th Century Fox, can it sustain high quality and brand loyalty on a scale that keeps it growing? Who is Disney now, and can it compete against the tech giants in a battle for our attention and dollars? From Vulture and the Vox Media Podcast Network. New episodes drop every Wednesday.

 

#71

Disney is a Tech Company?

Streaming didn’t just change the way consumers watched movies and TV shows, it reconfigure... more

14 Aug 2024

38 MINS

38:09

14 Aug 2024


#70

Disney is Bob Iger's Company

The Walt Disney Company has been led by eight different men in its century of existence. B... more

07 Aug 2024

40 MINS

40:55

07 Aug 2024


#69

Disney is a Cinematic Universe Company

Marvel and Star Wars are the crown jewels of Disney’s empire. They’re the highest-grossing... more

31 Jul 2024

41 MINS

41:37

31 Jul 2024


#68

Disney is an Animation Company

Disney’s soul is arguably its animation studio, which has a 100-year track record of creat... more

24 Jul 2024

45 MINS

45:08

24 Jul 2024


#67

Disney is a Theme Parks Company

These days the Walt Disney Company is mostly a theme parks company. About 70 percent of it... more

17 Jul 2024

44 MINS

44:01

17 Jul 2024


#66

Disney is a TV Company

When you think about Disney, your first thought isn’t “cable television giant.” But Disney... more

10 Jul 2024

39 MINS

39:34

10 Jul 2024


#65

The Disney Dilemma

Over the past 100 years, the Walt Disney Company has grown from a small animation studio t... more

26 Jun 2024

02 MINS

02:52

26 Jun 2024


#64

Elon Saves Humanity

In October 2022, Elon Musk made the world’s most expensive impulse purchase. His reasons f... more

15 Nov 2023

46 MINS

46:21

15 Nov 2023


#63

Havoc On the Platform, and Off

Twitter employees had always imagined the platform would be used for social good. Their id... more

08 Nov 2023

49 MINS

49:35

08 Nov 2023


#62

A Million Different Twitters

Twitter was created by its users, who invented features like the retweet and hashtag. Thes... more

01 Nov 2023

49 MINS

49:00

01 Nov 2023


#61

What We All Got Wrong About Twitter

Twitter began life as an accident. In the beginning, even its founders weren’t sure what i... more

25 Oct 2023

41 MINS

41:44

25 Oct 2023