
EMERGENCY POD! Bob Iger returns as Disney CEO | E1618
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Bob Iger is BACK as Disney CEO, and Bob Chapek has left the company! First, Jason and Molly break down how we got here (11:49) before Lon Harris joins to go deeper on Chapek's missteps and join in on some speculation and predictions for Iger's second stint as CEO! (23:25)
(0:00) J+M tee up today's EMERGENCY POD!
(1:40) Jason and Molly catch up on some wild news from the weekend: Elizabeth Holmes's sentencing, crypto contagion, and more!
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(11:49) Bob Iger is back as Disney CEO as Bob Chapek steps down, Molly's Chapek intuition
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(23:25) Streaming expert Lon Harris joins to break down where Chapek went wrong as Disney CEO
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(34:30) More Chapek missteps, how he could have handled things differently, theories/predictions on Iger's next big swing
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