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All Episodes

StirredUp — 68 episodes

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The Billion Dollar Hobby Lobby Empire with a Cult Following

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🥇 We're All Going Bananas over Savannah Bananas

3

Youth Travel Sports Turned Childhood Athletics into a Pay-to-Play. Spoiler: Someone gets Rich

4

A Special StirredUp Episode - A Full Hour Dedicated to The Spill Segment

5

Quince: Quiet Luxury or Just a Fancy Temu?

6

Is Sustainability Dead? Let's talk Greenhushing, EPA Cuts, State of Cleaning up Toxic Communities

7

The Subscription Economy: Why you no longer own your movies, heated seats, or software

8

The Casino in Your Pocket: The Rise of Online Gambling

9

$266k Per Second: The Super Bowl Ad Math

10

American Fitness: As Seen Through America's #1 Gym – Planet Fitness

11

Is Private Equity Deleting the American Dream?

12

Surprise! Pop-in Visit Spilling the Thanksgiving Party Tea

13

End of Season 2 - Happy Holidays!

14

End of Season 2 Party: Jessica and Heather talk Donald Trump and Epstein, Kids, Family & Just Chill

15

The Scam Economy: Bigger Than Hollywood, Faster Than AI, and Somehow Unstoppable

16

Ghosts, Grief, and Good Business: Inside the Medium Machine

17

GLP-1: The Shot Heard ’Round America’s Waistline

18

Why We Need AI to Compete... But It’s Competing With Us for Resources

19

The Cost of Confinement: Who Pays for Public and Private Jails?

20

More Than Bake Sales: Following the Money That Builds Brighter Futures for Our Kids

21

From Tamagotchi to Labubu: The Comeback of Cute Capitalism

22

Can You Separate Empowerment from Exploitation in Sex Work? A StirredUp Debate.

23

Alice Little: Inside America’s Legal Sex Work Industry

24

OnlyFans, Escorts, and Economics: The Business of Selling Intimacy

25

Ignored. Underfunded. Misdiagnosed. Welcome to Women’s Healthcare.

26

She Shoots, She Scores: The Business Behind Women’s Sports

27

The Hidden History of How Women Built Economic Independence

28

Reaction to Controversial Dunkin Genetics Ad with Throwback Episode

29

Throwback to First Ever Episode - Levi vs Good American

30

Update on Shein and Flashback Friday Replay From November 2024

31

FBF - An Update on Abercrombie & Fitch and a Replay from 2024

32

The Buc-ee’s Breakdown: Endless Fuel, Fresh Fudge & Clean Flushes

33

Sheer Ambition: The Business, Backlash, and Brand of Lululemon

34

Kicked Off: How a Soccer Cleat Divided a Family

35

From the Vault | Brandy Melville: Cute, Cult-y, Kinda Problematic

36

Taco 'Bout Innovation: How Taco Bell Keeps Reinventing Fast Food

37

Tory Burch: Flats, Fortune, and Female Founders

38

Kim Kardashian and the Billion-Dollar Skims Empire

39

Flavor Drops & Dollar Stops: Decoding Crumbl’s Weekly Hype Machine

40

Dirty Work, Big Profits: The Business Behind America's Trash

41

Affordable Living: The Cultural Vision Behind IKEA

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Handmade, Hungover & Hilarious in Grand Rapids

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From Stigma to Stock Ticker: Weed’s Billion-Dollar Boom

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Dropping the Donuts: How Dunkin’ Brewed a Bold Rebrand

45

How Stanley Leveraged Collabs to Drive Demand - Part 2

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Designed for Forever: Stanley’s Cup That Defined a Lasting Brand (Part 1)

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From Homebrew to History: The Impact of Bell’s Brewing on Craft Beer

48

The Rising Cost of Spring Break – Where’s Your Money Going?

49

How Comfrt Became TikTok’s Fastest-Growing Apparel Brand

50

Quick Break! See you next week!

51

The USPS: America’s Mail Carrier Under Pressure 📬

52

Trader Joe: A Beloved Grocery Giant - But Can We Clink?

53

The NFL’s Billion-Dollar Empire: Why It’s the Most Successful Sports League

54

The TikTok Ban Drama: Should You Be Worried?

55

Carhartt: Farmers, Rappers, and Jason Momoa

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Buffalo Wild Wings (BWW): A Buffalo Chicken Craving Becomes National Sports Bar Titan

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Costco: Defying Corporate Norms to Build a $250 Billion Powerhouse

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Chick-Fil-A: The Chicken Sandwich Legend and Unconventional Franchise Strategy

59

Holiday Special 2024

60

Starbucks: Has the Legendary Coffee Brand Fallen?

61

The CocaCola Company

62

Special Guest! Amy Schmidt on Sustainability

63

Anheuser-Busch Budweiser

64

Thanksgiving Special & Merch Giveaway

65

Dollar General & Dollar Tree

66

Shein

67

Abercrombie & Fitch

68

Levi vs Good American