Land of the Giants

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.

Business
Technology
Society & Culture
51
Planet YouTube
47 min
52
Chrome and the Android Wars
38 min
53
The Search Begins
38 min
54
The Google Empire
3 min
55
World War Stream
The streaming wars go global
25 min
56
Money to burn; why Wall Street loves NFLX
Is Netflix a unicorn or a house of cards?
25 min
57
Netflix is Hollywood | Part 2
How the outsider became the status quo
31 min
58
Netflix vs. Hollywood | Part 1
How Hollywood accidentally helped create a monster
26 min
59
Did the algorithm make you watch Tiger King?
Examining who actually decides what you watch on Netflix.
20 min
60
Who really killed Blockbuster Video?
Long before “Netflix and Chill” we had “Blockbuster Nights.” Remember those?
35 min
61
“Netflix is a team, not a family”
Inside the streaming giant’s strange company culture
37 min
62
The Netflix Effect
How a lowly DVD-by-mail service became a cultural institution and the dominant force in Hollywood.
3 min
63
Amazon's Middlewomen
22 min
64
'I love Amazon. Let’s break it up'
25 min
65
Is Amazon Too Big? We Ask Its Sellers
42 min
66
How Amazon Charmed Wall Street
33 min
67
Why the Robot Revolution is Our Fault
35 min
68
When Amazon Leaves Your Town
37 min
69
Alexa, What's Amazon Doing Inside My Home?
30 min
70
Why You’ll Never Quit Amazon Prime
Jason Del Rey explores how Prime came to be, why it’s so effective at keeping us locked into the Amazon ecosystem, and how it became the source of the company’s power.
31 min
71
The Rise of Amazon
Where Amazon got its power, and what it's doing with it, hosted by Jason Del Rey
2 min