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Interview Archives: Business History
Thursday May 31, 2012, 10:06 AM
Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power
Steve Coll, President of the New America Foundation; Staff Writer for The New Yorker; Award-Winning Writer
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Business History
Monday March 05, 2012, 11:06 AM
Inside Apple: How America's Most Admired -- and Secretive -- Company Really Works
Adam Lashinsky, Senior Editor at Large, Fortune Magazine
Host: David Inge
Apple is the richest company in the world. Apple is also one of the world’s most secretive companies. By all accounts it’s not a very nice place to work. As journalist Adam Lashinsky says, employees are expected to follow orders, not offer opinions. At the same time, Apple employees are very loyal, and the company has done very well. It’s the richest company in the world. What is the secret to Apple’s success? And should others take it as a model? We’ll explore these and other questions as we talk with the author of the book "Inside Apple."
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Categories: Business and Economy • Business History
Friday November 11, 2011, 11:06 AM
The Great A & P and the Struggle for Small Business in America
Marc Levinson, Journalist
Host: David Inge
This is a repeat broadcast from Monday, September 12, 2011, 10 am
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Categories: Business History
Tuesday May 24, 2011, 10:06 AM
Chocolate Wars: The 150-Year Rivalry Between the World's Greatest Chocolate Makers
Deborah Cadbury, Writer and Award-Winning Documentary Producer for the BBC
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Business History
Thursday May 19, 2011, 10:06 AM
Tangled Webs How False Statements Are Undermining America: From Martha Stewart to Bernie Madoff
James B. Stewart, J.D., Pulitzer-Prize Winning Journalist; Editor at Large, SmartMoney; the Bloomberg Professor of Business Journalism, Columbia University
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Behavior • Business and Economy • Business History • Ethics
Friday April 15, 2011, 11:06 AM
Remembering Robeson's: Champaign's Department Store
Kyle and Phyllis Robeson, Owners of Robeson's Department Store, Champaign, Illinois
Eric Robeson, Chairman of the Board of Robeson's Incorporated
Host: Celeste Quinn
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Thursday February 17, 2011, 11:06 AM
The Futures: The Rise of the Speculator and the Origins of the World's Biggest Markets
Emily Lambert, Senior Writer for Forbes
Host: Celeste Quinn
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Tuesday January 04, 2011, 11:06 AM
Death of a Pirate: British Radio and the Making of the Information Age
Adrian Johns, Ph.D., Professor of History, University of Chicago; Prize Winning Writer
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Business History • Crime • Entertainment • History • Politics • Europe • United Kingdom
Friday December 17, 2010, 11:06 AM
The Gilded Age (1869-1896): Parallels with Today's Events
David M. Kennedy, Ph.D., Donald J. Mclachlan Professor of History, Emeritus Co-Director, The Bill Lane Center for the American West Senior Fellow, Woods Institute for the Environment
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Business History • Cultural Studies • Economics • Government • History • United States history • Politics
Thursday July 29, 2010, 11:06 AM
Colossus: Hoover Dam and the Making of the American Century
Michael Hiltzik, Award-Winning Journalist with the Los Angelest Times
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Business History • Ecology • Environment • Government • History • United States history
