Business Explains The World
S01:E16 - Airships
S01:É01 - S01:E01 - Abandoned Oil Rigs
Hundreds of oil platforms are rusting in the Gulf of Mexico, and what's lurking underwater is even worse. Can business get us out of this mess?
S01:É02 - S01:E02 - Semi Trucks
How America's trucks became inferior to Europe's.
S01:É03 - S01:E03 - Made in America
What 'Made in America' actually looks like.
S01:É04 - S01:E04 - Dubai
We sent our CEO to Dubai's supercar junkyards.
S01:É05 - S01:E05 - Forestry
How we still have any trees left.
S01:É06 - S01:E06 - Veggies
How America's farms became inferior to Europe's.
S01:É07 - S01:E07 - Violins
I played a $14 million violin to see why it costs so much more than mine.
S01:É08 - S01:E08 - Hospitals
This hospital closed. The CEO has a $40 million yacht.
S01:É09 - S01:E09 - Roller Coasters
How millennials ruined roller coasters
S01:É10 - S01:E10 - Container Ships
How China's ships got too big for American ports.
S01:É11 - S01:E11 - Coal
The real reason we can't quit coal.
S01:É12 - S01:E12 - Diving Boards
Why Americans ripped their diving boards out.
S01:É13 - S01:E13 - Mexico Trade War
How US tariffs made Mexico great again.
S01:É14 - S01:E14 - Khorgos Gateway
Why China is rerouting trade through the desert.
S01:É15 - S01:E15 - Crash Tests
Same car. Different country. Deadlier in a crash. The real reason carmakers keep doing this.
S01:É16 - S01:E16 - Airships
Why airships refuse to die - and who's paying for it.
S01:É17 - S01:E17 - Traffic
Every city is making this same traffic mistake.
S01:É18 - S01:E18 - Basketball
The NBA chose profit. Europe chose passion.
S01:É19 - S01:E19 - Steak
How steakhouses get you to pay more.
S01:É20 - S01:E20 - Old Planes
The broken economics of airplanes.