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Ever been so obsessed with a film or TV series that you wanted to consume every piece of content related to it? We know the feeling—that’s why we’ve put together this list of Wondery podcasts that go perfectly with these contemporary film and TV classics. For those of you who loved The Big Short, Chef with Jon Favreau, Air, A Million Miles Away, Blackberry, and WeCrashed, these podcast recommendations are sure to be your next content to binge – whether it be on your daily commute, while cleaning the house, or on your daily walk.
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Chef (2014): Wondery’s How I Built This
In the acclaimed How I Built This podcast by Wondery, Guy Raz interviews the world’s best-known entrepreneurs to learn how they built their iconic brands. In each episode, founders reveal deep, intimate moments of doubt and failure, and share insights on their eventual success—offering real-life foils to the same story embodied by Carl Casper (played by John Favreau) in Chef, after Casper leaves his prestigious stable gig to take a chance on his food truck dream. How I Built This is a master-class on innovation, creativity, leadership and how to navigate all kinds of challenges on the path to building your own business.
The Big Short (2015): Wondery’s Spellcaster: The Fall of Sam Bankman-Fried:
From Wondery and Bloomberg (the creators behind the award-winning The Shrink Next Door), Spellcaster takes listeners on the unbelievable ride of young crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried, who quickly gained fame and fortune before his business empire came crashing down and was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Thursday, March 28, 2024. Similar to how The Big Short traced the journey of Wall Street’s Michael Burry as he made his wealth in the 2008 housing crisis, Spellcaster takes an in-depth look at how Bankman-Fried combined intuition, luck, and timing to chase the rise (and fall) of crypto with FTX. Hosted by Bloomberg crypto and tech reporter Hannah Miller who’s joined by Bloomberg colleagues Max Chafkin and Annie Massa, Spellcaster was recently awarded at The 2024 Ambies for Best Business Podcast.
WeCrashed (2022): Wondery’s WeCrashed
In 2019, the founders of WeWork seemed like they were on the brink of making history: the company was valued at $47 billion dollars, gearing up for a huge IPO, and its CEO believed he was going to change the world—so where did everything go wrong? If the trials and tribulations of Adam and Rebekah Neumann creating a coworking empire left you on the edge of your seat, you can dive even deeper into their story on Wondery’s WeCrashed: The Director’s Cut. Wondery’s original 2020 WeCrashed podcast directly inspired the Apple TV original series, and their new director’s cut released alongside the TV series offers a complete refresh of the podcast’s original six-part debut—with new interviews and discoveries—hosted by NY Times bestseller and influential entrepreneur, Scott Galloway.
A Million Miles Away (2023): Daily Stoic
Hosted by #1 New York Times bestselling author Ryan Holiday, The Daily Stoic is a daily podcast that brings listeners a new lesson about life and how it can be used in your career and beyond —a fitting extension of A Million Miles Away, the 2023 film based on José Hernández’s inspiring decade-long journey to becoming an astronaut. The podcast series is heavily inspired by the thoughts and writings of great stoic thinkers, like Marcus Aurelius and Seneca the Younger, and spotlights wisdom that can be applied in your life.
Blackberry (2023): Wondery’s The Big Flop
Hosted by comedian and social media personality Misha Brown (who’s well-versed in addressing heavy topics like misogyny, racism and homophobia with humor), Wondery’s The Big Flop focuses on famous failures in pop culture and business—a lighter take on the 2023 film’s themes of how a company can rapidly rise and fall. In each episode, Brown and a lineup of comedic guests—which include names like Sasheer Zamata and DJ EFN—analyze and rank flops from Quibi’s short-lived existence to Crystal Pepsi’s discontinuation, exploring what happens when high expectations lead to disappointing outcomes.
Air (2023): Wondery’s Business Wars
If the story of Sonny Vaccaro staking his Nike career on signing Michael Jordan in 1984 resonated with you, Wondery’s Business Wars will have the stories for you. The acclaimed podcast is a Wondery fan-favorite, and won the Webby and iHeartRadioPodcast Award for the Best Business and Finance Podcast in 2019 and 2020, respectively. Covering everything from rideshare services to food to entertainment, Wondery’s Business Wars puts you in the shoes of the dealmakers, execs, and stakeholders across all kinds of industries—uncovering every bitter feud and brilliant decision behind what drives the world’s biggest companies, their leaders, inventors and executives to new heights—or to ruin.
