How We Got Here with Chris Kohler

Chris Kohler

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Booking Overview

A host-led business-history show primarily uses narrative case studies, with occasional external interviews featuring firsthand participants in consequential corporate or technological stories. Credible pitches include business historians, finance journalists, former executives, founders, and operators with direct experience of major deals, strategic failures, scandals, or innovations; booking is likely medium difficulty and favors guests with distinctive expertise or firsthand involvement.

Metrics

Episodes: 9

Frequency: Biweekly

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: Australia

Instagram: 19.0k followers

Contact Information

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Host

Chris Kohler - Finance journalist and digital storyteller focused on the corporate decisions, deals, scandals, and turning points that shaped modern business.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Firsthand experience in major corporate decisions, notable business transformations, technological innovation, or finance, supported by substantial professional expertise.
Required Achievements:  
Pioneering or influential work in business or technology, Direct involvement in a well-known corporate or market turning point

Recent Guest Discussions

Steve Sasson - Kodak's Invention Of The Digital Camera, Innovation, And The Corporate Decisions Surrounding Digital Photography.

Recent Topics

Business History, Corporate Strategy, Finance, Corporate Governance, Entrepreneurship

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
How We Got Here with Chris Kohler
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The Toxic Economy of Gaming

July 27, 2026

The video game industry makes more money than movies and music combined - and it got there by deploying the greatest hits of dark consumer psychology. Gambling, paywalls, and slowly but surely chiselling ownership out of the hands of their customers. It’s doing so well, in fact, that it’ll start growing outwards.  This episode explores the origin of modern gaming and the moments that ensured it ended up being a sinkhole for money and frustration. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy f...

Why Are All Our Movies Ads Now?

July 13, 2026

When we watch a movie we see 4-5 brands every 10 minutes. The advertising is hidden in plain sight and this episode goes looking for where and how that trick first came to Hollywood. E.T. and a bag of Reese's Pieces, Lois Lane chain smoking Marlboros, Happy Gilmore’s Subway t-shirts… and Jerry McGuire taking Reebok’s money and then screwing them over. All steps on the path to the situation audiences now find themselves in - marketing campaigns dressed up as movies. All that… plus a two truths...

Hang on... was Tupperware a pyramid scheme?

June 29, 2026

Tupperware is one of those words so common we forgot it's a brand. It's also one of the great untold business stories, with a pioneer who was deliberately erased from view. Did she design a pyramid scheme? Not really. There's more to it than that. This is the story of Brownie Wise... and what it costs to build something you don't own. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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