Other People's Business
by MasterClass
Every industry has a version of itself that never makes the headlines. Every success has a cost that never makes the story. Everything you interact with has a system underneath it, shaping how it works, who profits, and what it actually takes.Other People's Business gets into all of it. The real money. The actual decisions. The machine behind everything you see and don't fully understand.Hosted by David Rogier, Founder and CEO of MasterClass. For more than a decade, he's been inside conversations most people never hear. Other People's Business is built on the questions nobody thinks to ask. And the ones you wish someone would.
Episodes
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Bestselling Author Malcolm Gladwell on the Business of Storytelling
Malcolm Gladwell's latest book began its life as a podcast. His audiobooks can cost upwards of $150,000 to make. And every word he's written for the past decade has been read out loud to a room of eight people first. In this conversation, Malcolm breaks down how storytellers actually build a…
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Mixtape Legend DJ Drama on the Business of Hip-Hop
Hip-hop legend DJ Drama was selling up to 40,000 mixtapes a month, each costing about 30 cents to make. Then came the raid. In this conversation, DJ Drama breaks down the business model behind Gangsta Grillz, the mixtape series that became a required stop on every rap album rollout. He explains…
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The Business of GLP-1s with Ali Furman and Sheila Kahyaoglu
21% of US households now have someone on a GLP-1. PwC's Ali Furman on how Ozempic and other GLP-1s are rewiring the consumer economy. In this conversation, Ali walks through the data PwC pulls from 110,000 households: why apparel is the biggest winner (occasion wear, tailoring, jewelry and...
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Former FBI Lead Hostage Negotiator Chris Voss on the Business of Hostage Taking
Chris Voss spent 24 years as the FBI's lead international hostage negotiator. He says hostage taking isn't a crime of passion, it's a business. In this conversation, Chris breaks down the business model behind the ransom: who gets targeted and why, the org chart of a kidnapping gang (spotters,...
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Stanford Professor Jeffrey Pfeffer on the Business of Power
Hard work won't get you promoted. Stanford professor Jeffrey Pfeffer on the rules of power nobody teaches you. In this conversation, Jeffrey lays out the real sequence: political skill gets you power, power gets you money, and hard work is optional. He explains how to build a power map, why you...
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Lifestyle Mogul Martha Stewart on the Business of Influence
Martha Stewart built the creator economy before it had a name and made $65M a year in royalties on nearly $2B in merchandise. In this conversation, Martha breaks down the business model behind the empire: the Kmart licensing deal that changed everything, why she spread her content across books,...
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Trailer: Other People's Business
Every industry has a version of itself that never makes the headlines. Every success has a cost that never makes the story. Everything you interact with has a system underneath it, shaping how it works, who profits, and what it actually takes. Other People's Business gets into all of it. The real...
About this show
Every industry has a version of itself that never makes the headlines. Every success has a cost that never makes the story. Everything you interact with has a system underneath it, shaping how it works, who profits, and what it actually takes.Other People's Business gets into all of it. The real money. The actual decisions. The machine behind everything you see and don't fully understand.Hosted by David Rogier, Founder and CEO of MasterClass. For more than a decade, he's been inside conversations most people never hear. Other People's Business is built on the questions nobody thinks to ask. And the ones you wish someone would.
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