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Land of the Giants
Land of the Giants
Vulture

Big tech is transforming every aspect of our world. But how, and at what cost? This season of Land of the Giants... more

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Episodes

Disney is a Tech Company?

Streaming didn’t just change the way consumers watched movies and TV shows, it reconfigured how media giants operated, and how... more

14 Aug 2024 · 38 minutes
Disney is Bob Iger's Company

The Walt Disney Company has been led by eight different men in its century of existence. But few would object... more

07 Aug 2024 · 40 minutes
Disney is a Cinematic Universe Company

Marvel and Star Wars are the crown jewels of Disney’s empire. They’re the highest-grossing movie franchises in history, with devoted... more

31 Jul 2024 · 41 minutes
Disney is an Animation Company

Disney’s soul is arguably its animation studio, which has a 100-year track record of creating iconic characters and stories, and... more

24 Jul 2024 · 45 minutes
Disney is a Theme Parks Company

These days the Walt Disney Company is mostly a theme parks company. About 70 percent of its operating income comes... more

17 Jul 2024 · 44 minutes
Disney is a TV Company

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

10 Jul 2024 · 39 minutes
The Disney Dilemma

Over the past 100 years, the Walt Disney Company has grown from a small animation studio to become one of... more

26 Jun 2024 · 2 minutes
Elon Saves Humanity

In October 2022, Elon Musk made the world’s most expensive impulse purchase. His reasons for buying Twitter were murky at... more

15 Nov 2023 · 46 minutes
Havoc On the Platform, and Off

Twitter employees had always imagined the platform would be used for social good. Their idea was that free expression on... more

08 Nov 2023 · 49 minutes
A Million Different Twitters

Twitter was created by its users, who invented features like the retweet and hashtag. These features helped create vibrant communities... more

01 Nov 2023 · 49 minutes
What We All Got Wrong About Twitter

Twitter began life as an accident. In the beginning, even its founders weren’t sure what it was: the internet’s town... more

25 Oct 2023 · 41 minutes
The Twitter Fantasy

A year ago, in what was essentially the world’s most expensive impulse purchase, Elon Musk bought Twitter. That made him... more

17 Oct 2023 · 2 minutes
The Global Race for EV Adoption

Tesla has spurred the EV revolution around the world, most notably in China. So why is the US so far... more

30 Aug 2023 · 31 minutes
The Self-Driving Experiment

Seven years ago, Elon Musk stood on stage and said he “would consider autonomous driving to be basically a solved... more

23 Aug 2023 · 35 minutes
The Human Cost of Ultra Hardcore

“Please prepare yourself for a level of intensity that is greater than anything most of you have ever experienced before,”... more

16 Aug 2023 · 37 minutes
Tesla vs. The Competition

A few years ago Tesla owned roughly 80% of the EV market. But now, the company’s share is down to... more

09 Aug 2023 · 35 minutes
How Tesla Became the Elon Musk Co.

Not many people can name the original founders of Tesla. So how did two guys who wanted to build an... more

02 Aug 2023 · 36 minutes
The Electric Car Goes Mainstream

Before Teslas were everywhere, they were playthings for the rich and famous. Building its first affordable car made Tesla a... more

26 Jul 2023 · 29 minutes
‘The Tesla Shock Wave’ Has Arrived

About a decade ago, Tesla did something extraordinary: it started making electric cars people actually wanted to drive. They were... more

19 Jul 2023 · 2 minutes
AI to IRL: The Future of Dating

Looking ahead, where is dating headed? Is it leaning into artificial intelligence or dating chat bots? Or is it unplugging... more

15 Feb 2023 · 38 minutes
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A few years ago Tesla owned roughly 80% of the EV market. But now, the company’s share is down to 60%. And... more