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Kohler Media

Kohler Media

16 episodes

Money, business and the economy, with a few laughs along the way.

More about the show

Kohler Media is home to two podcasts:

How We Got Here: Chris Kohler tells the weird and wild business stories that shaped the economy we're all now trudging through. The deals that collapsed empires, the blunders that accidentally built them, and why it still matters to your wallet.

Kohler & Kohler: A father-and-son finance and economics podcast. Alan Kohler is one of Australia's best-known finance journalists, with decades of experience. Chris brings… less experience… but plenty of good vibes.

Episodes

  1. KOHLER & KOHLER: Should childcare be free?

    · 47 min

    Chris and Alan look at whether childcare could be made free… and what sort of impacts that would have. Then again, maybe Chris is just trying to score some extra babysitting.

  2. BONUS EPISODE: Is Nvidia a bubble?

    · 48 min

    Chris sits down with veteran IG Markets analyst Tony Sycamore to discuss the dizzying valuations being achieved by Nvidia to ask the technical question… is this a bubble?

  3. BONUS EPISODE: Where To Next For House Prices?

    · 45 min

    Chris sits down with Mortgage Choice CEO Anthony Waldron for a 'randomised' chat that gives advice on how to navigate falling house prices, rising interest rates and changing government rules.

  4. How They Got Us To Pay For Music Again

    · 48 min

    Napster made music free in 2000 and the music industry was never the same. So why are we still paying for music decades later? Chris talks to Osher Günsberg and consumer behaviour expert Dr Paul Harrison about Shawn…

  5. How IKEA tricks you... over and over

    · 51 min

    IKEA is a barn filled with two types of things - furniture... and psychology.The story of the world's biggest furniture business is one filled with tricks and traps that are designed to exist just below our awareness.…

  6. Why Uber Eats Is About To Get Even More Expensive

    · 53 min

    Australia just gave gig delivery workers a legal minimum wage. It's a big win for workers - and it means your Uber Eats order is about to get even more expensive. Here's how UberEats built an empire on the bait... and…

  7. How Housing Became So Broken

    · 1 h 01 min

    Chris and Alan Kohler talk about the housing crisis that is shaping the Australian economy. It's a puzzle, so Chris made Alan a crossword - can he crack it while simultaneously explaining why nobody can afford homes…

  8. The Toxic Economy of Gaming

    · 50 min · S1 E8

    The video game industry makes more money than movies and music combined - and it got there by deploying the greatest hits of dark consumer psychology. Gambling, paywalls, and slowly but surely chiselling ownership out…

  9. Why Are All Our Movies Ads Now?

    · 53 min · S1 E7

    When we watch a movie we see 4-5 brands every 10 minutes. The advertising is hidden in plain sight and this episode goes looking for where and how that trick first came to Hollywood. E.T. and a bag of Reese's Pieces,…

  10. Hang on... was Tupperware a pyramid scheme?

    · 46 min · S1 E6

    Tupperware is one of those words so common we forgot it's a brand. It's also one of the great untold business stories, with a pioneer who was deliberately erased from view. Did she design a pyramid scheme? Not really.…

  11. Ryanair: How The Bad Guy Won

    · 50 min · S1 E5

    A cheap flight… that ends up feeling expensive. This episode: how Ryanair and Michael O'Leary perfected drip pricing and made billions doing it. Removing olives, lukewarm off-brand soft drinks, expensive wheelchair…

  12. How Kodak Engineered Its Own Demise (Literally)

    · 49 min · S1 E4

    Kodak didn’t make a mistake. The digital camera was invented in their own building but it was missing more than film. It was missing a business model. 0:00 Intro 3:15 Two Truths & A Lie 4:15 The Man Who Gave…

  13. Kellogg’s: The Disturbing Reason Corn Flakes Exist

    · 55 min · S1 E3 · Explicit

    This episode contains adult topics and themes Ever wondered how the world's most popular cereal ended up in your breakfast bowl? The story behind Cornflakes is stranger than you'd think, meet John Harvey Kellogg, the…

  14. Blockbuster blew $8 billion. We’re still paying for it

    · 1 h 01 min · S1 E2

    A complete corporate disaster. Blockbuster stuffed up so badly that the world started walking down a path away from one-off payments and towards subscriptions. And the best part is, Blockbuster's demise was baked in…

  15. How Nazi Brothers Changed Sports Marketing Forever

    · 1 h 11 min · S1 E1

    Adidas vs. Puma. Two brothers. One town. A feud that changed sport forever. Adolf and Rudolf began as partners, cobbling shoes together in central Germany before a family fallout split them into bitter rivals. What…

  16. Introducing... Kohler Media

    · 0:28 · Trailer

    Money, business and the economy, with a few laughs along the way. Kohler Media is home to two podcasts: How We Got Here: Chris Kohler tells the weird and wild business stories that shaped the economy we're all now…

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