About this podcast
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 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
- How We Got Here: How Nike Destroyed Itself · 44 minIn 2021, Nike was worth five times what it is now. Then one problem became two… then problems started feeding on each other. Now it’s a shadow of its former self and athletes…
- KOHLER & KOHLER: Should childcare be free? · 47 minChris 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.
- BONUS EPISODE: Is Nvidia a bubble? · 48 minChris 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?
- BONUS EPISODE: Where To Next For House Prices? · 45 minChris 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…
- How They Got Us To Pay For Music Again · 48 minNapster 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…
- How IKEA tricks you... over and over · 51 minIKEA 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…
- Why Uber Eats Is About To Get Even More Expensive · 53 minAustralia 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…
- How Housing Became So Broken · 1 h 0 minChris 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…
- The Toxic Economy of Gaming · 50 min · Season 1 Episode 8The 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…
- Why Are All Our Movies Ads Now? · 53 min · Season 1 Episode 7When 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…
- Hang on... was Tupperware a pyramid scheme? · 46 min · Season 1 Episode 6Tupperware 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…
- Ryanair: How The Bad Guy Won · 50 min · Season 1 Episode 5A 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…
- How Kodak Engineered Its Own Demise (Literally) · 49 min · Season 1 Episode 4Kodak 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…
- Kellogg’s: The Disturbing Reason Corn Flakes Exist · 55 min · Season 1 Episode 3This 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…
- Blockbuster blew $8 billion. We’re still paying for it · 1 h 1 min · Season 1 Episode 2A 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…
- How Nazi Brothers Changed Sports Marketing Forever · 1 h 11 min · Season 1 Episode 1Adidas 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…
- Introducing... Kohler Media · 1 minMoney, 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…
