Mike The Mover vs. The Furniture Police

This episode is packed with your best economic ideas from around the world and a penguin interview. It all comes together in this final session of Summer School 2026.Pack your parka, we’re headed to Antarctica.First, we’ll travel back in time to the late 1970s when NPR was a scra ...  Show more

There’s a room where the fates of retail products are decided. Will they make it onto the shelves of the big box stores? Usually the rest of us can’t get inside the room where decisions are made – until now! Today on the show, we pitch the Planet Money game, Sell Me a Sasquatch, ...  Show more

At the age of 18 Mike arrived in Australia with a few hundred dollars in his pocket and a pack on his back. Over the next 8 years he worked for 35 different employers. His business career started with buying and selling goods as a second-hand dealer. Four years later the entrepre ...  Show more

Elisar is a dedicated and hard-working businessman in the industry of logistics & shipping. In his line of work he faces many challenges, but none of his difficult experiences match this one particular client from HELL! This order begins as a simple shipment to Jordan and turns i ...  Show more

Mike started his career in the fitness industry and did well until some unforeseen circumstances came into play and had to switch gears. He eventually started adigital marketing agency with $500 and a phone and now his agency does 7-figures and helps fitness studios around the wo ...  Show more

Starting a Moving Business with entrepreneur Wade Swikle. How to start a moving company and perhaps consider a moving business franchise.

Wade shares his inspirational entrepreneurial story - starting his moving company while in colle ...