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Episodes with AI Summaries (28)
Ferrari: What happens when you staple a luxury brand to a sports team? (Audio)
Apr 14, 2026luxury brandsautomotive industryenzo ferrari
The runaway success of "F1: the Movie" with Brad Pitt
Apr 12, 2026film industrybox office successbrad pitt
Is F1 the only sport where you can be a fan without actually watching?
Apr 11, 2026f1drive to survivesports business
Are F1 teams a good business? Yes, for some of them…
Apr 10, 2026f1 racingmotorsport businesssports economics
Spygate and Crashgate: Formula One's scandals
Apr 9, 2026formula onef1 scandalsmotorsport ethics
Why F1 has had ZERO fatalities since 2014
Apr 8, 2026formula 1f1 safetyfia
The Evolution of Speed in Formula 1
Apr 3, 2026formula 1aerodynamicsground effect
The physics of F1 cars are awesome.
Apr 3, 2026formula 1aerodynamicsdownforce
Why F1 drivers refused to wear their seatbelts... and how the sport got safer
Mar 26, 2026F1racing safetysports history
Why F1 success is all about exploiting gaps in the rules
Mar 22, 2026formula 1motorsportrule exploitation
Senna's death kicked off an era of safety reform in F1
Mar 21, 2026ayrton sennaformula 1f1 safety reform
Why does Red Bull have an F1 team?
Mar 20, 2026formula 1red bullsports marketing
How Ferrari got Michael Schumacher an extra edge with custom tires
Mar 19, 2026formula 1ferrarimichael schumacher
Why do race cars have spoilers?
Mar 16, 2026aerodynamicsrace car engineeringdownforce
F1 cars are unbelievably efficient.
Mar 15, 2026formula 1engine efficiencyautomotive engineering
Building F1 into an empire... without contracts
Mar 14, 2026bernie ecclestoneformula 1business strategy
What's new in F1 for 2026
Mar 13, 2026f1auto racingsports business
Formula One cars are upside-down airplane wings
Mar 12, 2026formula oneaerodynamicsautomotive engineering
How to build a luxury car brand... with racing
Mar 10, 2026luxury carsmotorsportformula 1
Why race cars had cigarette logos all over them
Mar 9, 2026formula 1sports sponsorshiptobacco advertising
This F1 driver won the title after a fatal crash
Mar 8, 2026formula 1motor racingbernie ecclestone
The deadly early years of auto racing
Mar 7, 2026auto racing historyformula 1le mans
The insane stats behind Formula 1
Mar 6, 2026formula 1motorsportengineering
Formula 1 episode is live!
Mar 6, 2026motorsportsformula 1business history
Formula 1 (Audio)
Mar 5, 2026formula 1 businessmotorsport historybernie ecclestone
How SpaceX changed the space industry structure with NASA in 2008
Feb 28, 2026spacexnasaspace industry
How SpaceX's rocket factory is different... and let's them build way cheaper.
Feb 27, 2026spacexrocket manufacturingaerospace engineering
Is the NFL finally going global?
Feb 25, 2026nflglobal expansionmarket saturation
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The massive disparity between the Dallas Cowboys revenue... and every other team.Coming soon
How legal sports betting led to massive increase in NFL viewersComing soon
How the NFL accidentally created the incredible NFL FilmsComing soon
Private Equity can now invest in NFL teams... but with some crazy rules.Coming soon
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The numbers on the NFL's "Taylor Swift Effect”Coming soon
NFL vs. NBA: the stats on how the NFL dwarfs all competitionComing soon
How NFL highlight reels first came to beComing soon