Fierce Rivalries

Selena Gomez swears there is no rivalry with Hailey Bieber—wife to Justin Bieber, international pop star and ex-boyfriend to Selena—but their respective fans say otherwise. From Jelena to Jailey, from "Love Yourself" to "Lose You to Love Me," and from the Met Gala to, of course, eyebrow-gate, the stars' fans have been reading into every moment of this love triangle and finding evidence for a rival...

U-Haul isn't just a classic punchline and lifeline to our trucking dreams—it is also a multibillion-dollar family business. But behind U-Haul's success, the Shoen family was plagued by a Succession-style struggle for power that pitted brother against brother, and father against son. Nepotism, fistfights, and even murder accusations play out at work and in the family—and threaten to bring everythin...

Two dudes with too much money and too much time get into a battle over a bird—the lowly turkey vulture, to be precise. World famous bird-lover John James Audubon (the Audubon Society anyone?) faces off with fellow ornithologist Charles Waterton to prove the other wrong as they obsess about how vultures find their food—by sight or by smell? To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcast...

Ectoplasm isn't from Ghostbusters; it's from spiritualism—the belief that people can communicate with their dead loved ones through mediums—and it came into vogue after the Civil War. But are spiritualists for real, or were they playing tricks? The great illusionist Harry Houdini knew a lot about tricks, and he was obsessed with proving that anyone taking money for talking to spirits is actually j...

From dynamite to falling boulders, Wile E. Coyote tried everything to best the Road Runner. And nothing worked! The tragic coyote’s failure seemed guaranteed. But were the mishaps all his fault or is Acme, the company who supplied him with all those faulty deathtraps, to blame? Delta and Kelsey explore what would happen if Wile E. Coyote tried to take Acme to court for all those faulty products. T...

Creative clashes, body oil and two competing shows taking the world by storm—it's not Vegas, it's the evolution of Irish dancing in the 1990s. What started as a one-off performance blossomed into the culture phenomenon Riverdance. But what followed was a nasty battle between creators and tapping star Michael Flatley to have the best show in town. To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email ...

Identical twins become rival advice columnists, battling it out to be the most syndicated, most reliable advice giver in all of America. Their rivalry extends to marriage, plastic surgery, underselling each other, and even spills over to the next generation. To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at son...

Aged with secrets, bold notes of sibling betrayal and hints of a bitter lawsuit. From the plentiful hills of California, a rivalry between brothers and a legal battle that threatens to stain the family name. To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts Learn more about your ad choice...

When Richard Branson first got into the flying business, his playful approach to marketing set Virgin Atlantic apart. But his gimmicks did not amuse the head of stuffyBritish Airways, Lord King. What would follow was a secret inside job to ruin Virgin Atlantic. To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at ...

Barbie’s enviable fashion, dream house, and career prowess catapulted her to global toy mega stardom. But after a 42-year reign, in 2001, 4 sassy newcomers hit the doll scene. Bratz and Barbie would go head-to-head generating sales, trends, and a lot of controversy. To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainmen...

The owners of Bar Pitti and Da Silvano—neighboring Italian restaurants in New York’s Greenwich Village—hate each other like only people who used to love each other can. The accusations include stolen profits...and stolen meatball recipes. To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts...

This 4th of July, we recognize competitive eating royalty, one hotdog at a time.  Japanese competitor Takeru Kobayashi and American Joey Chestnut are both legends who go head-to-head swallowing as many hot dogs as quickly as humanly possible—no matter what happens. To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment...

From coveted opera boxes to million-dollar parties with champagne-guzzling monkeys—an obsessive battle between two filthy rich women for the “most popular” title winds up shaping all of New York City in the Gilded Age. To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts Learn more about you...

Bandmates and friends Morrissey and Johnny Marr quickly soared to chart-topping success in the 80s with their beloved rock band, The Smiths. But creative differences, press spats, and fierce resentment hurled them towards a break-up and decades-long rivalry just as fast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Two of the twentieth century’s greatest American authors—Truman Capote and Gore Vidal—fight over fame, talent, and what it means to be gay in the Mad Men era. To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about...

Anti-lesbian Lesbians, Greek yogurt and Sapphic poetry. One man from the Isle of Lesbos attempts to reclaim the word “Lesbian." To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastc...

Wilt Chamberlain and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s friendship began off the court, when Kareem was just 14. But when the young star started competing eye-to-eye with Wilt, his friend became his foe. To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphon...

Before Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan, there was American sweetheart Debi Thomas vs East German communist skater Katarina Witt. They even skated to the same music! But what should have been an Olympic talent showdown instead became a proxy war for each country’s social system—and the drama ate up two young athletes in the process. To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales...

A measuring contest that will forever mark the New York City skyline. When two business partners turned frenemies compete to build the world’s tallest building, every inch matters. To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adcho...

A small-town Texas mom obsesses about her daughter becoming a cheerleader and will do anything to stop a rival mom and her daughter from standing in their way...including taking a hit out on them. To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit me...

Van Gogh famously cut off his own ear—or did he? Was his frenemy Gauguin the true culprit? World-famous painters and terrible roommates bicker over everything from artistic expression to messiness—with unrequited love at the root of it all. To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcast...

Who could possibly rival Oprah? Only something as big as Texas! After Oprah says she won’t eat another burger, the Texas cattle industry sues her for libel, so Oprah moves her show to the heart of beef country while they battle it out in court. To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/pod...

In a rivalry of epic proportions, teenage queen Cleopatra does whatever it takes to stay in power, including killing her own siblings.   To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com   Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. V...

Iconic queer icons feud publicly in Hollywood for more than half a century-- over leading roles, men,  Oscars, and maybe even a secret love for each other. To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about you...

When does competition become obsession? Stories of the wildest fights, feuds, and frenemies are brought to you each week on Fierce Rivalries with Delta Work and Kelsey Padgett, as they explore how petty and dramatic things can get when two people want nothing more than to beat the other. A Sony Music Entertainment and Somethin' Else production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainmen...