{"podcast":{"title":"The Journal.","slug":"the-journal-547598","podcast_index_feed_id":547598,"rss_url":"https://video-api.wsj.com/podcast/rss/wsj/the-journal","website_url":"https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/the-journal","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/b84f9932-8174-11e9-bbd8-7f261513f0c9/image/d84a4f4d55158df9d14f6f2d4b219a28.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"The Wall Street Journal","episode_count":300,"summary":"The most important stories about money, business and power. Hosted by Ryan Knutson and Jessica Mendoza. The Journal is a co-production of Spotify and The Wall Street Journal. Get show merch here: https://wsjshop.com/collections/clothing","last_synced_at":"2026-08-01T08:20:41.229944+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-journal-547598"},"episode":{"title":"McDonald’s and Coke's Marriage Might Need a Refresher","slug":"mcdonald-s-and-coke-s-marriage-might-need-a-refresher","published_at":"2026-06-25T20:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-journal-547598/mcdonald-s-and-coke-s-marriage-might-need-a-refresher","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-journal-547598","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/WSJ8153453814.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/WSJ8153453814.mp3","summary":"For 70 years, McDonald’s and Coca-Cola have teamed up as fast food juggernauts. WSJ’s Heather Haddon and Laura Cooper explore how changing consumer tastes and increasing competition are challenging their iconic brand partnership. Imani Moise hosts. Further Listening: - McDonald’s Wants To Offer Quality And Value. Can It Do Both? - 'It Came out of Nowhere': The Rise of Dr Pepper - KFC Got Fried in the Chicken Wars. Can It Come Back? Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"For 70 years, McDonald’s and Coca-Cola have teamed up as fast food juggernauts. WSJ’s Heather Haddon and Laura Cooper explore how changing consumer tastes…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1198,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-journal-547598/episodes/mcdonald-s-and-coke-s-marriage-might-need-a-refresher/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-journal-547598/mcdonald-s-and-coke-s-marriage-might-need-a-refresher.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}