Really well researched well told stories that pull you in. The only thing I find a distraction from the story telling is those weird sound effects and voices you add in. They don’t contribute to the story or its comprehension or create any kind of atmosphere, but instead make the wonderful storytelling sound cliched and cheesy.

Love the show, you should do Texas roadhouse versus whoever Texas roadhouse is up against

Big fan of the show, I listen almost every night while cleaning up and packing my kid’s lunches for the next day. I had some requests for new seasons if possible: 1. The War of the currents (Edison vs Westinghouse) 2. Cloud wars (AWS, Google, Microsoft) 3. Autonomous vehicle wars 4. Disney+ vs Netflix 5. Intel vs NVidia vs AMD Thanks!

Great podcast just getting more woke with each season unfortunately.

Could y’all do a series about AT&T vs. Verizon? I think that would be interesting

Why not mention the New York Post

Really enjoyed the toys r us versus kb toys series. Sometimes I wonder how some of the true life events are necessarily fully accurate but it does make it more believable.

You guys should do a space race series, or maybe a Quick trip vs Casey’s gasoline wars.

The writing for this engrossing show is so well done that even those subjects which on the surface sound like they might be a snoozefest end up being just as engrossing as the no-brainers. The narrator’s manner and delivery is perfectly suited to this podcast, and the way it’s produced in a thorough but relatively stripped down manner means it doesn’t get tiresome with bells and whistles. Just really interesting stories / histories of businesses and their fight for supremacy. It’s funny cuz when I put it like that, it DOES sound like it could be dull, but for any intelligent consumer of podcasts, this one is a sure bet!

What a tasteless ending to the Sun sandwich series. I had to turn off the sandwich tasting episode because it was just awful. I don’t care if those two have a podcast or not, they added absolutely nothing to the series.

This was a great listen! Thanks for sharing the history of each company and the corresponding competition. It seems to me all those 2 companies want to do is outperform each other to be the best/biggest—the common customer/medical patient is of no concern except for the money either “giant” can make off of the regular consumer. Also I didn’t realize the power and influence of the “pharmacy benefit manager” —that “name” or title is so misleading. Thank you for the “deep dive” on this topic!

Brilliant podcast. I really enjoy these! Even the ones I think I won’t like, I always end up learning new things and enjoy the narrator. Great podcast! Wondery has more quality than Netflix and hbo max combined 🫶💪 solid!

Show has turned into nothing but reruns and ads for other Wondery shows

It’s too biased against people who believe that being gay is wrong.

Very well done. The re-enactments are very realistic and believable. The hosts have good pace and voice sounds. David Brown is wonderful!!

On the positive side, the show covers some interesting topics. On the negative side, each episode is thin on content, and is padded it with fictional conversations which sometimes border on insipid. For example, in the second episode about Marvel Comics, there’s a scene in which a couple writers discuss naming a new character which goes something like, “How about Blob, Hunk, hmm.. what about Hulk?” We don’t know verbatim how this conversation actually played out at the time, but it’s a good bet it was nothing like the facile version presented here. Rather than draw this conversation from reliable historical sources, they decided just to make something up, and it ends up sounding like it was written by a third grader. My guess is they wanted to delve into this topic, but did not have enough sources to stretch it out over multiple episodes, so it is stuffed with fictional extra material. Business Wars is advertised as a management podcast, but it does not aim towards management level quality. Also on the negative side, the narrator’s overly folksy style is annoying. It’s a business podcast, not a Cracker Barrel commercial!

I never knew I knew so little!

I like the storytelling but could do without the fake dialogue and bad voice acting. (For goodness sakes, please find a different woman than the one with the nasally voice and vocal fry!)

What can I say, one of the best business history podcasts ever…I always learn so much by listening to each episode. Great content; I love learning about the personality of business leaders and the rise & sometimes fall of businesses.

Just found this series recently and am finding it very interesting. However, it can appear to be a little biased by what it doesn’t ask. How can the show make the safety of Airbnb a major issue and never once present any comparable data for safety in standard hotels? I kept waiting for it and it never came. Looking forward to catching up on the parts episodes!!!

I have learned so much from listening to 3 or 4 seasons of this podcast. Thank you for making this podcast so I can listen to it every day.

i’m 11 years of age and love this

I loved this podcast I do strongly recommend The Ken Coleman Show on Apple Podcasts or wherever you guys or girls get your podcats

Really breaks down each story in a great way

I’m 14 and I love listening to this, because David is such a good story teller and I love the special effects. It’s my favorite story telling podcast around! I love it so much I’ve binged every season! Keep it up!!

Can you guys do athleta vs. lululemon?

I love this. Can you do one with Lululemon vs Athleta? please 🙏

I am 11 years old and I love to listen to this podcast it really inspires me and I find it genuinely interesting

This podcast is great 😀😀😀

This is the best podcast ever

I really like this podcast

I’ve come to this podcast by way of “Flipping the Bird,” which I also enjoyed. Unfortunately, dramatizations that are not comprised of direct quotes weaken the credibility of this series, IMO.

Love BW… but listening to the Tesla season, and if you’re going to have profanity don’t bleep it out. Personally I prefer no language since I like to listen to this in the car with my daughter, but if you’re going to put it in why bleep it? Throws off the listening experience.

Pretty disingenuous review of regulating TikTok by an individual whose entire existence revolves around tying things to Donald Trump. The government is seeking to ban TikTok because of Donald Trumps Tulsa Rally?! I mean come on. I think there might be a little more to it then that. Do better business wars.

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FOR THE LOVE OF GOD GET SOME MORE VOICE ACTERS.

How come in every dialog, one character is really loud and one character is really quiet? The audio levels are ridiculous. If you aren’t right next to your speaker or using earbuds, you won’t make out half the convos. That said it’s still a pretty good podcast. It’s not easy to tell these stories in a way that is fun to listen to and engaging, but this podcast absolutely nails it. Just a tiny bit of historical fiction like filling in convos, but not too much. Very listenable. Great podcast.

The show has interesting topics but I can’t make it thru an episode because of the over dramatization (trying to play parts and voices ) and the annoying duhn duhn duhn music. Just tell the story. The content is interesting enough. You don’t need all the other crap

No

OMG I love Business Wars. I have learned so much and delightfully intrigued by the story telling. Thank you for the amazing stories.

Everything about this podcast is excellent! Very well done. I’ll be switching from Apple Podcast to Amazon music to listen without the commercials for this one podcast.

Straight up propaganda for China. I listen to several episodes and if you can get over the subtle brainwashing you will like it.

Good series but ended with someone who habitually uses the word “like” in all the wrong ways. Very annoying. Read a book on public speaking and break the habit.

Great pod, very interesting…but for the love of God if you’re going to continue putting in the “conversations” that you think people had, please get someone else to voice in addition to the narrator. Listening to his high pitch pretend voice is like fingernails on a chalkboard.

Oversimplified and factually wrong in many places. Dramatic though.

The paywall is garbage and y’all ARE GREEDY. I’ll stick to better alternatives. Hope y’all learn relatively soon that this elitist mindset of wanting to soak people during tough economic times will ultimately lead to your undoing.

Hi Business Wars Team! I love the podcast and have been loving. Excellent story telling and I always learn something new. I subscribed for Season 79 because I love Disney and cannot wait but I keep getting an error message that says “something went wrong” when I try to access all the other episodes. I just paid for a subscription specifically to not wait and now I cannot access the content. It’s really frustrating and I am asking for someone to look into this? Thanks!

This podcast is great. There is really something for everyone here. Living in the south has me relate to this being local in Texas. 5 stars! Also could you do a season on Dkoldies vrs. YouTube? It’s kinda an ongoing battle but I think it would be a great season.

Period.

Season 76 may be episode one at the end, but definitely episode two at the beginning, whoever did the voice overs with the Japanese accent, sounded more like the Cookie Monster. Otherwise love the podcast.