Episodios

  • S1 E7 - Extra Cheese: Delivered
    Dec 14 2023

    There's someone we've failed to acknowledge in this whole series: the delivery driver. We hear tales from the trails of delivery guys across the state. 

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    19 m
  • S1 E6 - Extra Cheese: A Crust Stuffed with Data
    Dec 13 2023

    Ordering pizza today is nothing short of amazing. With a tap of button, pizza miraculously shows up at our front door. From the Domino's pizza tracker to DoorDash, we look at the big data and technology that's made pizza ready at our fingertips. 

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    19 m
  • S1 E5 - Extra Cheese: Dude, Ranch
    Oct 31 2023

    Ranch is a popular, though controversial American pizza condiment. But for many pizza eaters, it's become a must-have side. In this Dough Dynasty Extra Cheese we give you the brief history of ranch, and try to explain how it evolved as a pizza dipping sauce.   

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    19 m
  • S1 E4 - The Deep Dish on Detroit Style
    Oct 24 2023

    Michigan's pizza chains helped make pizza huge, but they're not the only Michigan bred pizza innovation. We tell the story of the new "it girl" in pizza: Detroit style. Plus you'll meet some of the pizza makers of today breaking the mold.

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    33 m
  • S1 E3 - How They Spent Their Dough
    Oct 17 2023

    Pizza wouldn't be the same today without the chains. But how have the chains shaped our cities, or even our politics?

    Little Caesars founder Mike Ilitch and Domino’s founder Tom Monaghan amassed billions of dollars slinging dough. We tell you how they spent it. Plus we take you down memory lane, and revisit the so called "pizza wars" of the 1980s.

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    34 m
  • S1 E2 - The Secret Sauce of a Pizza Chain
    Oct 10 2023

    Thanks to Michigan’s pizza kings, your favorite chain delivers better, hotter, faster pizza. 

    In the early years of their businesses, Little Caesars founder Mike Ilitch and Domino’s founder Tom Monaghan both developed ways to streamline pizza production. We break down the history of three major industry innovations from Michigan that paved the way for all your favorite pizza chains. 

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    29 m
  • S1 E1 - The Rise of American Pizza
    Oct 3 2023

    Michigan doesn't often come to mind when you think of pizza. But it should.

    Pizza has plenty of origin stories. But there's one we don't talk a lot about: the story of pizza chains. We tell the tale of how pizza traveled from Naples, Italy to Garden City, Michigan. And how two Southeast Michigan men founded two of the largest pizza businesses, Domino's and Little Caesars, and brought pizza to the masses.

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    28 m
  • S1 Presenting: Dough Dynasty
    Aug 14 2023

    Michigan Radio Presents: Dough Dynasty is a limited-run podcast series that tells the story of how Michigan became the pizza chain headquarters of the world, and how these chains shaped pizza as we know it today. 

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    2 m