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The Closer brings you the inside story of deals changing the world, as told by the people who know how it all went down.
Understand the human motivations behind groundbreaking business decisions, and learn dealmaking lessons through a deep dive into one deal each week, with host Aimee Keane.
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Inside Florida’s home insurance meltdown
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Dec 18, 2023 |
How Modelo became America’s #1 beer. And it’s not what you might think.
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Dec 11, 2023 |
ABC and ESPN made Disney into an entertainment powerhouse. It’s now at a crossroads.
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Dec 04, 2023 |
The fight to lead the world’s largest hedge fund
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Nov 27, 2023 |
The Failed Deal that Led to WeWork’s Downfall
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Nov 20, 2023 |
How Occidental Petroleum beat an oil giant in a high stakes acquisition
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Nov 13, 2023 |
The inside story of how Google went public
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Nov 06, 2023 |
How 90s cool kid Marc Jacobs changed the fashion business
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Oct 30, 2023 |
How one policy wonk convinced the Biden Administration to get into the oil trading business
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Oct 23, 2023 |
How Walmart bought Jet.com and went up against Amazon
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Oct 16, 2023 |
Introducing The Closer: Season 3
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Oct 09, 2023 |
Introducing The Negotiators podcast
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Oct 02, 2023 |
We want to hear from you!
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Sep 22, 2023 |
S2 E6: How Vince McMahon built an entertainment empire
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Jul 17, 2023 |
S2 E5: Inside The Private Equity Deal-Machine That’s Buying Apartments
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Jul 10, 2023 |
S2 E4: Airbnb's pandemic turnaround
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Jul 03, 2023 |
S2 E3: PetSmart & Chewy: A private equity turnaround story
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Jun 26, 2023 |
S2 E2: Who Killed Toys R Us?
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Jun 19, 2023 |
S2 E1: How the US Women’s Soccer Team scored their victory for equal pay
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Jun 12, 2023 |
Introducing The Closer: Season 2
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Jun 05, 2023 |
The Closer Weekly: The Saudis and the Soccer Team
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Jun 02, 2023 |
The Closer Weekly: Discovering Max: HBO's App Gets a New Home
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May 26, 2023 |
The Closer Weekly: How AI is helping solve Japan's succession crisis
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May 19, 2023 |
The Closer Weekly: Leaving for Las Vegas - The A’s are out of Oakland
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May 12, 2023 |
The Closer Weekly: The shape of deals to come
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May 05, 2023 |
The Closer Weekly: Bed Bath & Beyond enters bankruptcy
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Apr 28, 2023 |
The Closer Weekly: A back to the future moment for Netflix
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Apr 21, 2023 |
The Closer Weekly: What's going on with the JetBlue and Spirit Airlines deal?
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Apr 14, 2023 |
The Closer Weekly: The UFC and WWE join forces
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Apr 07, 2023 |
The Closer Weekly: Jack Ma returns, and Alibaba breaks up
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Mar 31, 2023 |
The Closer Weekly: The Case of JP Morgan's 54 Tonnes of Fake Nickel
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Mar 24, 2023 |
The Closer Weekly: The Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank
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Mar 17, 2023 |
S1 E6: The Banker Who Sold David Bowie Bonds
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Mar 13, 2023 |
S1 E5: Ketchup Wars: 3G’s Takeover of Kraft and Heinz
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Mar 06, 2023 |
S1 E4: How Amazon Disrupted The Drug Business With The Help of a Scrappy Startup
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Feb 27, 2023 |
S1 E3: The Inside Story of Facebook’s Biggest Acquisition
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Feb 20, 2023 |
S1 E2: The Failed Deal That Doomed WeWork (no, not the one you're thinking of)
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Feb 13, 2023 |
S1 E1: The Deal That Made The World's Biggest Airline
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Feb 06, 2023 |
Introducing The Closer
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Jan 30, 2023 |