Podcasts about mcdonald's fortune

This edition of KVC-Arts has Emmanuel Rogers in conversation with Lisa Napoli about her book, Ray and Joan: The Man Who Made the McDonald's Fortune and the Woman Who gave it All Away. Beyond Ray and Joan, we hear about the original McDonald brothers, and the site of the original McDonald's, on E street in San Bernardino. We'll also have a brief radio essay from Miles Johnson, talking about rap and hip hop producer, Frank Ocean.

Ray Kroc took the family burger stand of Dick and Mac McDonald and turned the fast food restaurant into a franchise juggernaut. New York Times and MSNBC reporter Lisa Napoli joins The Steve Fast Show to discuss Ray Kroc as well has his wife Joan. Napoli is author of "Ray and Joan: The Man Who Made the McDonald's Fortune and the Woman Who Gave It All Away."

– Mark talks with Lisa Napoli author of "RAY & JOAN: The Man Who Made the McDonald's Fortune and the Woman Who Gave It All Away". – Mark talks about the swearing in of the NEW San Diego City Council.

HIGHLIGHT of the hour - MORE this hour with Hugh Hewitt. Guest this hour - Lisa Napoli (author). - Mark talks about the life of Ray and Joan Kroc. Mark has MORE this hour with Hugh Hewitt. – Mark talks with Lisa Napoli author of "RAY & JOAN: The Man Who Made the McDonald's Fortune and the Woman Who Gave It All Away". – Mark talks about the swearing in of the NEW San Diego City Council. The Mark Larson Show - mornings 6-9, on AM 1170 "The Answer".

Think about those things that are usually the most personal, the most intimate and complex. A few of them are what goes on inside a marriage, why and how people give away money (there is a reason many do it anonymously) and the degree to which the business of America is business. These are the elements that make up the story of Ray and Joan Kroc. A story that is part Edward Albee, part Fortune magazine and part political, in the sense that the personal is indeed political. Ray Kroc was the driving and force that made McDonald's bloom throughout the world and Joan Kroc was one of our most liberal and generous philanthropists of our times. An unlikely combination, and an unlikely but compelling story told by Lisa Napoli in Ray & Joan: The Man Who Made the McDonald's Fortune and the Woman Who Gave It All Away. My conversation with Lisa Napoli: