Episodes
Six years of tape. Every episode is checked claim by claim and playable.
6 episodes in 2026
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4h 32m Disney: The Renaissance and the Empire · Acquired
In this comprehensive business retrospective, Acquired hosts Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal analyze The Walt Disney Company's forty-year transformation from near-collapse in 1984 to a globa…
96 statements 33 featured 69 assessments 2 contradicted
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4h 31m The Walt Disney Company: The most successful enterprise for monetizing human nostalgia (Audio) · Acquired
In this comprehensive season premiere of Acquired, hosts Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal analyze the founding, business mechanics, and enduring IP flywheel of the Walt Disney Company from Wa…
91 statements 24 featured 70 assessments 3 contradicted
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3h 48m Vanguard: The communist capitalist who saved investors a trillion dollars (Audio) · Acquired
In this episode of Acquired, Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal detail the history of Vanguard and founder Jack Bogle, examining how customer-owned mutualization and low-cost index investing re…
55 statements 20 featured 32 assessments
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3h 59m Ferrari: What happens when you staple a luxury brand to a sports team? (Audio) · Acquired
In this comprehensive business breakdown, Acquired hosts Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal trace Ferrari's history from Enzo Ferrari's pre-war racing roots to its modern status as an independe…
76 statements 23 featured 55 assessments 1 contradicted
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4h 28m Formula 1: Fast cars, celebrities, and B2B software (Audio) · Acquired
In this in-depth Acquired episode, hosts Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal chronicle the history, technical evolution, and business economics of Formula 1. They analyze the sport's transformat…
77 statements 24 featured 66 assessments 2 contradicted
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4h 17m The NFL: How small-town teams became America's most valuable sports empire (Audio) · Acquired
In this remastered deep dive, Acquired hosts Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal explore the business history of the National Football League, examining how small-town barnstorming teams forged …
108 statements 31 featured 88 assessments 6 contradicted