Corporate Gossip http://corporategossippod.com/ en 2022 Business news for gossip lovers. From boardroom shakeups to c-suite scandals, the Corporate gossip podcast brings you all the Wall Street tea. CPA scorned Becca Platsky and OOO Reply Guy Robby Slowik are your hosts. https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/dab01210-8b6f-11f1-8394-2f5754b773bf/image/7f8304fe44d2895e4ae45878af9d9a7e.jpeg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress Corporate Gossip http://corporategossippod.com/ yes episodic Nitetoast media Business news for gossip lovers. From boardroom shakeups to c-suite scandals, the Corporate gossip podcast brings you all the Wall Street tea. CPA scorned Becca Platsky and OOO Reply Guy Robby Slowik are your hosts. Becca Platsky becca@nitetoast.com FIFA: The beautiful game of corruption SEASON 8!!! Perhaps one of our most highly requested episodes FIFA, which is equal parts The Godfather, Conclave, and Alan Cumming's Cabaret?? We meet FIFA president Gianni "Johnny" Infantino, or as Tump likes to call him “sort of the king of soccer… I guess… in a certain way.” Infantino calls FIFA the official happiness provider to humanity and BOY IS HE HAPPY! Qatari jets, a $6m salary, and a seemingly unlimited supply of... mattresses and stair masters? Becca and Robby trace the FIFA scandals back through the organization's messy past all the way up to 12 hours before this episode was posted. BUCKLE UP! For 2 bonus episodes every month join us on Patreon Due to a technical glitch there is no YouTube version of this episode Pictures from today's episode Links: The Absurd World Cup The World Cup of Corruption FIFA Explores External Investment With $20 Billion Vehicle⁠ Red Card: How the U.S. Blew the Whistle on the World's Biggest Sports Scandal FIFA scandal dwarfs others in sports world Soccer Rat! The inside story of how Chuck Blazer, ex-U.S. soccer executive and FIFA bigwig, became a confidential informant for the FBI How the ‘King of Soccer’ Went Rogue, Nearly Lost His FIFA Empire—and Survived Fri, 07 Aug 2026 18:18:00 -0000 full 8 1 Nitetoast media SEASON 8!!! Perhaps one of our most highly requested episodes FIFA, which is equal parts The Godfather, Conclave, and Alan Cumming's Cabaret?? We meet FIFA president Gianni "Johnny" Infantino, or as Tump likes to call him “sort of the king of soccer… I guess… in a certain way.” Infantino calls FIFA the official happiness provider to humanity and BOY IS HE HAPPY! Qatari jets, a $6m salary, and a seemingly unlimited supply of... mattresses and stair masters? Becca and Robby trace the FIFA scandals back through the organization's messy past all the way up to 12 hours before this episode was posted. BUCKLE UP! For 2 bonus episodes every month join us on Patreon Due to a technical glitch there is no YouTube version of this episode Pictures from today's episode Links: The Absurd World Cup The World Cup of Corruption FIFA Explores External Investment With $20 Billion Vehicle⁠ Red Card: How the U.S. Blew the Whistle on the World's Biggest Sports Scandal FIFA scandal dwarfs others in sports world Soccer Rat! The inside story of how Chuck Blazer, ex-U.S. soccer executive and FIFA bigwig, became a confidential informant for the FBI How the ‘King of Soccer’ Went Rogue, Nearly Lost His FIFA Empire—and Survived SEASON 8!!!

Perhaps one of our most highly requested episodes FIFA, which is equal parts The Godfather, Conclave, and Alan Cumming's Cabaret?? We meet FIFA president Gianni "Johnny" Infantino, or as Tump likes to call him “sort of the king of soccer… I guess… in a certain way.”

Infantino calls FIFA the official happiness provider to humanity and BOY IS HE HAPPY! Qatari jets, a $6m salary, and a seemingly unlimited supply of... mattresses and stair masters? Becca and Robby trace the FIFA scandals back through the organization's messy past all the way up to 12 hours before this episode was posted. BUCKLE UP!

For 2 bonus episodes every month join us on Patreon

Due to a technical glitch there is no YouTube version of this episode

Pictures from today's episode

Links:

The Absurd World Cup

The World Cup of Corruption

FIFA Explores External Investment With $20 Billion Vehicle⁠

Red Card: How the U.S. Blew the Whistle on the World's Biggest Sports Scandal

FIFA scandal dwarfs others in sports world

Soccer Rat! The inside story of how Chuck Blazer, ex-U.S. soccer executive and FIFA bigwig, became a confidential informant for the FBI

How the ‘King of Soccer’ Went Rogue, Nearly Lost His FIFA Empire—and Survived



]]> 3859 yes Solving the Male Loneliness Epidemic one Crypto Kidnapping at a Time! https://patreon.com/CorporateGossip?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink Becca and Robby are busy researching for future episodes and will be back soon! In the meantime, enjoy another episode from the Patreon stash (with the data analytics playboy)! For TWO bonus episodes every month, access to the chat and quarterly book club, join us on Patreon (use a web browser for the best price)! Pics from today's episode Watch on Youtube Have you ever been a young Italian man who just wants to make new guy friends and then you end up being tortured in a SOHO townhouse by wanna-be army guys for your crypo password? Regardless, this episode has something for EVERYONE! NYC night clubs & Eric Adams, the former child star from First Kid, Caroline Biden, Bitcoin Jesus, and Air-fryer crack!! Links: The Crypto Maniacs and the Torture Townhouse How two men charged with an outrageous kidnapping scheme introduced a new kind of crime to the city. Crypto kidnapping: How armed gangs are hunting the internet's high rollers Crypto bro ratted out partner, begged cops 'call my mom' after torturing Italian millionaire in luxe NYC pad: court docs Fri, 17 Jul 2026 20:20:00 -0000 Solving the Male Loneliness Epidemic one Crypto Kidnapping at a Time! full Nitetoast media Becca and Robby are busy researching for future episodes and will be back soon! In the meantime, enjoy another episode from the Patreon stash (with the data analytics playboy)! For TWO bonus episodes every month, access to the chat and quarterly book club, join us on Patreon (use a web browser for the best price)! Pics from today's episode Watch on Youtube Have you ever been a young Italian man who just wants to make new guy friends and then you end up being tortured in a SOHO townhouse by wanna-be army guys for your crypo password? Regardless, this episode has something for EVERYONE! NYC night clubs & Eric Adams, the former child star from First Kid, Caroline Biden, Bitcoin Jesus, and Air-fryer crack!! Links: The Crypto Maniacs and the Torture Townhouse How two men charged with an outrageous kidnapping scheme introduced a new kind of crime to the city. Crypto kidnapping: How armed gangs are hunting the internet's high rollers Crypto bro ratted out partner, begged cops 'call my mom' after torturing Italian millionaire in luxe NYC pad: court docs Becca and Robby are busy researching for future episodes and will be back soon! In the meantime, enjoy another episode from the Patreon stash (with the data analytics playboy)! For TWO bonus episodes every month, access to the chat and quarterly book club, join us on Patreon (use a web browser for the best price)!

Pics from today's episode

Watch on Youtube

Have you ever been a young Italian man who just wants to make new guy friends and then you end up being tortured in a SOHO townhouse by wanna-be army guys for your crypo password?

Regardless, this episode has something for EVERYONE! NYC night clubs & Eric Adams, the former child star from First Kid, Caroline Biden, Bitcoin Jesus, and Air-fryer crack!!

Links: The Crypto Maniacs and the Torture Townhouse How two men charged with an outrageous kidnapping scheme introduced a new kind of crime to the city.

Crypto kidnapping: How armed gangs are hunting the internet's high rollers

Crypto bro ratted out partner, begged cops 'call my mom' after torturing Italian millionaire in luxe NYC pad: court docs

]]> 3514 yes [Patreon Teaser] The Lindberg Babies (Different Lindberg, different baby) https://patreon.com/CorporateGossip?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink To hear the full episode, join the Corporate Gossip Patreon and get TWO bonus epiosdes every month plus ad free main! If you want even more Corporate Gossip in your life join at the Murdoch's Mates level for access to the group chat and the quarterly book club! Meet Greg Lindberg: a billionaire insurance executive who has 12 children all with different egg donors / surrogates, who hopes to live to 120 years old and collects his own grey hairs for cloning purposes, whose ALSO been accused of an elaborate stalking operation. He was caught on hidden camera trying to bribe the state's insurance commissioner and was recently sentenced to a dozen years in prison for masterminding what federal prosecutors call "one of the biggest insurance frauds in history"!! Links: Listen to Robby's new podcast, The Emily Boys! 'Fueled by greed': Former NC political megadonor Greg Lindberg sentenced to prison Yachts, jets and women: NC billionaire Greg Lindberg to pay for billions he stole (Shout out to the Charlotte Observer for a lot of excellent reporting here) How a Billionaire's 'Baby Project' Ensnared Dozens of Women Active Interest': Insurance Tycoon Spied on Women Who Caught His Eye How Official's Undercover Role Led to Charges Against Billionaire Financier Who Amassed Insurance Firms Diverted $2 Billion Into His Private Empire Insurance Executive Sentenced to 12 Years for 'Massive Fraud,' Bribery Tue, 14 Jul 2026 14:11:00 -0000 [Patreon Teaser] The Lindberg Babies (Different Lindberg, different baby) full Nitetoast media To hear the full episode, join the Corporate Gossip Patreon and get TWO bonus epiosdes every month plus ad free main! If you want even more Corporate Gossip in your life join at the Murdoch's Mates level for access to the group chat and the quarterly book club! Meet Greg Lindberg: a billionaire insurance executive who has 12 children all with different egg donors / surrogates, who hopes to live to 120 years old and collects his own grey hairs for cloning purposes, whose ALSO been accused of an elaborate stalking operation. He was caught on hidden camera trying to bribe the state's insurance commissioner and was recently sentenced to a dozen years in prison for masterminding what federal prosecutors call "one of the biggest insurance frauds in history"!! Links: Listen to Robby's new podcast, The Emily Boys! 'Fueled by greed': Former NC political megadonor Greg Lindberg sentenced to prison Yachts, jets and women: NC billionaire Greg Lindberg to pay for billions he stole (Shout out to the Charlotte Observer for a lot of excellent reporting here) How a Billionaire's 'Baby Project' Ensnared Dozens of Women Active Interest': Insurance Tycoon Spied on Women Who Caught His Eye How Official's Undercover Role Led to Charges Against Billionaire Financier Who Amassed Insurance Firms Diverted $2 Billion Into His Private Empire Insurance Executive Sentenced to 12 Years for 'Massive Fraud,' Bribery To hear the full episode, join the Corporate Gossip Patreon and get TWO bonus epiosdes every month plus ad free main! If you want even more Corporate Gossip in your life join at the Murdoch's Mates level for access to the group chat and the quarterly book club!

Meet Greg Lindberg: a billionaire insurance executive who has 12 children all with different egg donors / surrogates, who hopes to live to 120 years old and collects his own grey hairs for cloning purposes, whose ALSO been accused of an elaborate stalking operation. He was caught on hidden camera trying to bribe the state's insurance commissioner and was recently sentenced to a dozen years in prison for masterminding what federal prosecutors call "one of the biggest insurance frauds in history"!!

Links:

Listen to Robby's new podcast, The Emily Boys!

'Fueled by greed': Former NC political megadonor Greg Lindberg sentenced to prison

Yachts, jets and women: NC billionaire Greg Lindberg to pay for billions he stole (Shout out to the Charlotte Observer for a lot of excellent reporting here)

How a Billionaire's 'Baby Project' Ensnared Dozens of Women

Active Interest': Insurance Tycoon Spied on Women Who Caught His Eye

How Official's Undercover Role Led to Charges Against Billionaire

Financier Who Amassed Insurance Firms Diverted $2 Billion Into His Private Empire

Insurance Executive Sentenced to 12 Years for 'Massive Fraud,' Bribery

]]> 594 no Heated Rivalry: Private Equity vs Human Decency https://patreon.com/CorporateGossip?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink Becca and Robby are busy researching for future episodes and will be back in August. In the meantime, enjoy another episode from the Patreon stash! For TWO bonus episodes every month, access to the chat and quarterly book club, join us on Patreon (use a web browser for the best price)! Listen to the end for good news!! TW: Infant death (26:00), Child Sexual Abuse (37:00) Imagine if Gordon Bombay never had a redemption arc. That's the story of Murry Gunty, owner of Black Bear Sports, a Private Equity company that professionalizes shaking kids down for their lunch money - but you're gonna LOVE how this movie ends. We'll also talk about Jeffrey Epstein associate Josh Harris and heir to the Smurf fortune David Blitzer who use their Blackstone connections and Wharton Business degrees to steal joy from children!! Don't worry, there's a comeuppance for them in this story, too! Due to a technical issue there is no video for this episode. Links: Lord of the Rinks. Meet the hockey CEO cashing in on your kid's team Youth Sports Are a $40 Billion Business. Private Equity Is Taking Notice. Tennessee bill would criminalize harassment of student-athletes As Youth Sports Professionalize, Kids Are Burning Out Fast Private Equity Is Coming for Youth Sports Bill would ban private equity 'vulture investors' from youth sports. Fri, 03 Jul 2026 16:40:00 -0000 Heated Rivalry: Private Equity vs Human Decency full Nitetoast media Becca and Robby are busy researching for future episodes and will be back in August. In the meantime, enjoy another episode from the Patreon stash! For TWO bonus episodes every month, access to the chat and quarterly book club, join us on Patreon (use a web browser for the best price)! Listen to the end for good news!! TW: Infant death (26:00), Child Sexual Abuse (37:00) Imagine if Gordon Bombay never had a redemption arc. That's the story of Murry Gunty, owner of Black Bear Sports, a Private Equity company that professionalizes shaking kids down for their lunch money - but you're gonna LOVE how this movie ends. We'll also talk about Jeffrey Epstein associate Josh Harris and heir to the Smurf fortune David Blitzer who use their Blackstone connections and Wharton Business degrees to steal joy from children!! Don't worry, there's a comeuppance for them in this story, too! Due to a technical issue there is no video for this episode. Links: Lord of the Rinks. Meet the hockey CEO cashing in on your kid's team Youth Sports Are a $40 Billion Business. Private Equity Is Taking Notice. Tennessee bill would criminalize harassment of student-athletes As Youth Sports Professionalize, Kids Are Burning Out Fast Private Equity Is Coming for Youth Sports Bill would ban private equity 'vulture investors' from youth sports. Becca and Robby are busy researching for future episodes and will be back in August. In the meantime, enjoy another episode from the Patreon stash! For TWO bonus episodes every month, access to the chat and quarterly book club, join us on Patreon (use a web browser for the best price)!

Listen to the end for good news!!

TW: Infant death (26:00), Child Sexual Abuse (37:00)

Imagine if Gordon Bombay never had a redemption arc. That's the story of Murry Gunty, owner of Black Bear Sports, a Private Equity company that professionalizes shaking kids down for their lunch money - but you're gonna LOVE how this movie ends.

We'll also talk about Jeffrey Epstein associate Josh Harris and heir to the Smurf fortune David Blitzer who use their Blackstone connections and Wharton Business degrees to steal joy from children!! Don't worry, there's a comeuppance for them in this story, too!

Due to a technical issue there is no video for this episode.

Links:

Lord of the Rinks. Meet the hockey CEO cashing in on your kid's team

Youth Sports Are a $40 Billion Business. Private Equity Is Taking Notice.

Tennessee bill would criminalize harassment of student-athletes

As Youth Sports Professionalize, Kids Are Burning Out Fast

Private Equity Is Coming for Youth Sports

Bill would ban private equity 'vulture investors' from youth sports.

]]> 3541 yes Full Body Scam: The Longevity Influencers https://patreon.com/CorporateGossip?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink This is an UNLOCKED episode from our Patreon stash (also one of Becca's favorite episodes of all time). For two bonus episodes every month, the Corporate Gossip Book club & chat, and more please join us on Patreon. So you want live forever and make a TON of money doing it???? May we suggest starting a longevity company to charge rich people having a midlife crisis $50,000 to make themselves medical guinea pigs?? After all, if billionaires have optimized their own bodies, certainly their perfect health will dribble down onto the rest of us!! TW: we talk about Epstein stuff starting around 52:00 (but right before that we find ourselves in a genuine fit of hysterics the likes of which have never been seen on this podcast!!) Pics from today's episode Watch on YouTube Links: How to Live Forever and Get Rich Doing It The Billionaires Fueling the Quest for Longer Life Kara Swisher Wants to Live Forever - CNN Why Bryan Johnson, Dave Asprey, and the Other Longevity Bros Are Obsessed With Penises The Phoenix Device Reviews The Longevity Influencer Who Went Into 'Withdrawal' Without Jeffrey Epstein Fri, 19 Jun 2026 09:59:00 -0000 Full Body Scam: The Longevity Influencers full Nitetoast media This is an UNLOCKED episode from our Patreon stash (also one of Becca's favorite episodes of all time). For two bonus episodes every month, the Corporate Gossip Book club & chat, and more please join us on Patreon. So you want live forever and make a TON of money doing it???? May we suggest starting a longevity company to charge rich people having a midlife crisis $50,000 to make themselves medical guinea pigs?? After all, if billionaires have optimized their own bodies, certainly their perfect health will dribble down onto the rest of us!! TW: we talk about Epstein stuff starting around 52:00 (but right before that we find ourselves in a genuine fit of hysterics the likes of which have never been seen on this podcast!!) Pics from today's episode Watch on YouTube Links: How to Live Forever and Get Rich Doing It The Billionaires Fueling the Quest for Longer Life Kara Swisher Wants to Live Forever - CNN Why Bryan Johnson, Dave Asprey, and the Other Longevity Bros Are Obsessed With Penises The Phoenix Device Reviews The Longevity Influencer Who Went Into 'Withdrawal' Without Jeffrey Epstein This is an UNLOCKED episode from our Patreon stash (also one of Becca's favorite episodes of all time). For two bonus episodes every month, the Corporate Gossip Book club & chat, and more please join us on Patreon.

So you want live forever and make a TON of money doing it???? May we suggest starting a longevity company to charge rich people having a midlife crisis $50,000 to make themselves medical guinea pigs?? After all, if billionaires have optimized their own bodies, certainly their perfect health will dribble down onto the rest of us!!

TW: we talk about Epstein stuff starting around 52:00 (but right before that we find ourselves in a genuine fit of hysterics the likes of which have never been seen on this podcast!!)

Pics from today's episode

Watch on YouTube

Links:

How to Live Forever and Get Rich Doing It

The Billionaires Fueling the Quest for Longer Life

Kara Swisher Wants to Live Forever - CNN

Why Bryan Johnson, Dave Asprey, and the Other Longevity Bros Are Obsessed With Penises

The Phoenix Device Reviews

The Longevity Influencer Who Went Into 'Withdrawal' Without Jeffrey Epstein

]]> 3984 no [Patreon Teaser] Forbes 30 under 30 and Kalder: Bull Balls and Bullsh*t https://c4e16219-56f0-48d8-aa48-7a6b0a88ad29.libsyn.com/patreon-teaser-forbes-30-under-30-and-kalder-bull-balls-and-bullsht The Corporate Gossip Podcast is supported by listeners like you! To hear the full episode, join us on Patreon (use a web browser for the best price.) A highly requested episode! A deep dive into the Forbes 30 under 30 and a special investigation until the latest 30 under 30 under government surveillance, Gokce Guven of Kalder. Guven just pled guilty to wire fraud and identity theft and is facing 5 years in prison despite being a 2024 covergirl. You can't spell Forbes without ForBS! Fri, 12 Jun 2026 18:37:00 -0000 [Patreon Teaser] Forbes 30 under 30 and Kalder: Bull Balls and Bullsh*t full Nitetoast media The Corporate Gossip Podcast is supported by listeners like you! To hear the full episode, join us on Patreon (use a web browser for the best price.) A highly requested episode! A deep dive into the Forbes 30 under 30 and a special investigation until the latest 30 under 30 under government surveillance, Gokce Guven of Kalder. Guven just pled guilty to wire fraud and identity theft and is facing 5 years in prison despite being a 2024 covergirl. You can't spell Forbes without ForBS! The Corporate Gossip Podcast is supported by listeners like you! To hear the full episode, join us on Patreon (use a web browser for the best price.)

A highly requested episode! A deep dive into the Forbes 30 under 30 and a special investigation until the latest 30 under 30 under government surveillance, Gokce Guven of Kalder. Guven just pled guilty to wire fraud and identity theft and is facing 5 years in prison despite being a 2024 covergirl. You can't spell Forbes without ForBS!

]]> 400 no Sloppy CEOs: Giving, getting, and breaking the business https://patreon.com/CorporateGossip?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink CEOs, they're just like us (but worse??) We curated some of the messiest recent CEO cheating scandals for your enjoyment because you deserve a treat! A Nestle marketing executive having an affair with the chief catches him in the act with another coworker, Vladimir Putin pushes NBC's adulterous CEO into the loving arms of Larry David Ellison, and the head of Johnson Controls cant seem to control his johnson! How's a guy supposed to increase shareholder value in these conditions??? Take this listener survey to help us support the podcast with ads that don't suck! Join us on Patreon For TWO bonus episodes every month, ad-free main, and book club! Watch on YouTube Pictures from today's episode Stay tuned to the end for a special segment with our good news correspondent, Elizabeth Liu. Links: Fired Nestlé CEO Laurent Freixe's mistress caught him cheating with another subordinate in Swiss hotel: report French company liable after employee dies during sex on business trip Three Years of American Cheating Shell Shocked: How a Sex Scandal, Big Egos and Putin Led to Jeff Shell's Sudden, No Payout Exit From NBCU The Gambler at the Center of Jeff Shell's Paramount Departure Swears He's Not Taking a Victory Lap Johnson Controls CEO sees bonus cut because of extramarital affair Manufacturing CEO seeks distance from man convicted in Ponzi Good News: This L.A. bookstore is leading a revolt against 'greedy landlords @SNELAS4ALL Fri, 05 Jun 2026 18:03:00 -0000 Sloppy CEOs: Giving, getting, and breaking the business full 7 10 Nitetoast media CEOs, they're just like us (but worse??) We curated some of the messiest recent CEO cheating scandals for your enjoyment because you deserve a treat! A Nestle marketing executive having an affair with the chief catches him in the act with another coworker, Vladimir Putin pushes NBC's adulterous CEO into the loving arms of Larry David Ellison, and the head of Johnson Controls cant seem to control his johnson! How's a guy supposed to increase shareholder value in these conditions??? Take this listener survey to help us support the podcast with ads that don't suck! Join us on Patreon For TWO bonus episodes every month, ad-free main, and book club! Watch on YouTube Pictures from today's episode Stay tuned to the end for a special segment with our good news correspondent, Elizabeth Liu. Links: Fired Nestlé CEO Laurent Freixe's mistress caught him cheating with another subordinate in Swiss hotel: report French company liable after employee dies during sex on business trip Three Years of American Cheating Shell Shocked: How a Sex Scandal, Big Egos and Putin Led to Jeff Shell's Sudden, No Payout Exit From NBCU The Gambler at the Center of Jeff Shell's Paramount Departure Swears He's Not Taking a Victory Lap Johnson Controls CEO sees bonus cut because of extramarital affair Manufacturing CEO seeks distance from man convicted in Ponzi Good News: This L.A. bookstore is leading a revolt against 'greedy landlords @SNELAS4ALL CEOs, they're just like us (but worse??) We curated some of the messiest recent CEO cheating scandals for your enjoyment because you deserve a treat!

A Nestle marketing executive having an affair with the chief catches him in the act with another coworker, Vladimir Putin pushes NBC's adulterous CEO into the loving arms of Larry David Ellison, and the head of Johnson Controls cant seem to control his johnson! How's a guy supposed to increase shareholder value in these conditions???

Take this listener survey to help us support the podcast with ads that don't suck!

Join us on Patreon For TWO bonus episodes every month, ad-free main, and book club!

Watch on YouTube

Pictures from today's episode

Stay tuned to the end for a special segment with our good news correspondent, Elizabeth Liu.

Links:

Fired Nestlé CEO Laurent Freixe's mistress caught him cheating with another subordinate in Swiss hotel: report

French company liable after employee dies during sex on business trip

Three Years of American Cheating

Shell Shocked: How a Sex Scandal, Big Egos and Putin Led to Jeff Shell's Sudden, No Payout Exit From NBCU

The Gambler at the Center of Jeff Shell's Paramount Departure Swears He's Not Taking a Victory Lap

Johnson Controls CEO sees bonus cut because of extramarital affair

Manufacturing CEO seeks distance from man convicted in Ponzi

Good News: This L.A. bookstore is leading a revolt against 'greedy landlords

@SNELAS4ALL

]]> 4557 yes CaaStle: The Devil Rents Prada https://patreon.com/CorporateGossip?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink If you're in the mood for a classic true crime beach read look no further than the CaaStle fraud! In 2024 Christine Hunsicker was a leather jacket wearing, mohawk donning, Forbes cover girl who made headlines for her clothing subscription service that boasted nearly a billion dollars in annual revenue. Investors were pumping her company full of cash on the promise of infinite hockey stick growth. But had those investors, including Bill Ackman and Peter Theil, used a single brain cell (!!) they would have discovered that Hunsicker's fashion business was a complete fabrication. By the end of the year she would plead guilty to a fraud worth $300m, one of the biggest financial frauds in recent history, and now faces up to 20 years in prison. For TWO bonus episodes every month, ad-free main, and book club join us on Patreon Watch on Youtube Advertise with us Pictures from the episode Links: This Startup Wanted to Revolutionize Fashion. Now It's Under Investigation for Fraud. The Tech Fashion Darling Accused of Swindling Investors Out of $300 Million SEC Indictment CaaStle let CEO remain after learning of alleged fraud Shareholder lawsuit Good News: Libraries are for Everyone: How immigrants are finding community in Massachusetts libraries Fri, 22 May 2026 20:59:00 -0000 CaaStle: The Devil Rents Prada full 7 9 Nitetoast media If you're in the mood for a classic true crime beach read look no further than the CaaStle fraud! In 2024 Christine Hunsicker was a leather jacket wearing, mohawk donning, Forbes cover girl who made headlines for her clothing subscription service that boasted nearly a billion dollars in annual revenue. Investors were pumping her company full of cash on the promise of infinite hockey stick growth. But had those investors, including Bill Ackman and Peter Theil, used a single brain cell (!!) they would have discovered that Hunsicker's fashion business was a complete fabrication. By the end of the year she would plead guilty to a fraud worth $300m, one of the biggest financial frauds in recent history, and now faces up to 20 years in prison. For TWO bonus episodes every month, ad-free main, and book club join us on Patreon Watch on Youtube Advertise with us Pictures from the episode Links: This Startup Wanted to Revolutionize Fashion. Now It's Under Investigation for Fraud. The Tech Fashion Darling Accused of Swindling Investors Out of $300 Million SEC Indictment CaaStle let CEO remain after learning of alleged fraud Shareholder lawsuit Good News: Libraries are for Everyone: How immigrants are finding community in Massachusetts libraries If you're in the mood for a classic true crime beach read look no further than the CaaStle fraud! In 2024 Christine Hunsicker was a leather jacket wearing, mohawk donning, Forbes cover girl who made headlines for her clothing subscription service that boasted nearly a billion dollars in annual revenue. Investors were pumping her company full of cash on the promise of infinite hockey stick growth. But had those investors, including Bill Ackman and Peter Theil, used a single brain cell (!!) they would have discovered that Hunsicker's fashion business was a complete fabrication. By the end of the year she would plead guilty to a fraud worth $300m, one of the biggest financial frauds in recent history, and now faces up to 20 years in prison.

For TWO bonus episodes every month, ad-free main, and book club join us on Patreon

Watch on Youtube

Advertise with us

Pictures from the episode

Links:

This Startup Wanted to Revolutionize Fashion. Now It's Under Investigation for Fraud.

The Tech Fashion Darling Accused of Swindling Investors Out of $300 Million

SEC Indictment

CaaStle let CEO remain after learning of alleged fraud

Shareholder lawsuit

Good News: Libraries are for Everyone: How immigrants are finding community in Massachusetts libraries

]]> 3905 yes [Patreon Teaser] Heated Rivalry: Private Equity vs Human Decency https://patreon.com/CorporateGossip?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink To hear the full episode, join the Corporate Gossip Patreon and get TWO bonus epiosdes every month! If you want even more Corporate Gossip in your life join at the Murdoch's Mates level for access to the group chat and the quarterly book club! Listen to the end for good news!! Imagine if Gordon Bombay never had a redemption arc. That's the story of Murry Gunty, owner of Black Bear Sports, a Private Equity company that professionalizes shaking kids down for their lunch money - but you're gonna LOVE how this movie ends. We'll also talk about Jeffrey Epstein associate Josh Harris and heir to the Smurf fortune David Blitzer who use their Blackstone connections and Wharton Business degrees to steal joy from children!! Don't worry, there's a comeuppance for them in this story, too! Links: Lord of the Rinks. Meet the hockey CEO cashing in on your kid's team Youth Sports Are a $40 Billion Business. Private Equity Is Taking Notice. Tennessee bill would criminalize harassment of student-athletes As Youth Sports Professionalize, Kids Are Burning Out Fast Private Equity Is Coming for Youth Sports Bill would ban private equity 'vulture investors' from youth sports. Fri, 15 May 2026 14:17:00 -0000 [Patreon Teaser] Heated Rivalry: Private Equity vs Human Decency full Nitetoast media To hear the full episode, join the Corporate Gossip Patreon and get TWO bonus epiosdes every month! If you want even more Corporate Gossip in your life join at the Murdoch's Mates level for access to the group chat and the quarterly book club! Listen to the end for good news!! Imagine if Gordon Bombay never had a redemption arc. That's the story of Murry Gunty, owner of Black Bear Sports, a Private Equity company that professionalizes shaking kids down for their lunch money - but you're gonna LOVE how this movie ends. We'll also talk about Jeffrey Epstein associate Josh Harris and heir to the Smurf fortune David Blitzer who use their Blackstone connections and Wharton Business degrees to steal joy from children!! Don't worry, there's a comeuppance for them in this story, too! Links: Lord of the Rinks. Meet the hockey CEO cashing in on your kid's team Youth Sports Are a $40 Billion Business. Private Equity Is Taking Notice. Tennessee bill would criminalize harassment of student-athletes As Youth Sports Professionalize, Kids Are Burning Out Fast Private Equity Is Coming for Youth Sports Bill would ban private equity 'vulture investors' from youth sports. To hear the full episode, join the Corporate Gossip Patreon and get TWO bonus epiosdes every month! If you want even more Corporate Gossip in your life join at the Murdoch's Mates level for access to the group chat and the quarterly book club!

Listen to the end for good news!!

Imagine if Gordon Bombay never had a redemption arc. That's the story of Murry Gunty, owner of Black Bear Sports, a Private Equity company that professionalizes shaking kids down for their lunch money - but you're gonna LOVE how this movie ends.

We'll also talk about Jeffrey Epstein associate Josh Harris and heir to the Smurf fortune David Blitzer who use their Blackstone connections and Wharton Business degrees to steal joy from children!! Don't worry, there's a comeuppance for them in this story, too!

Links:

Lord of the Rinks. Meet the hockey CEO cashing in on your kid's team

Youth Sports Are a $40 Billion Business. Private Equity Is Taking Notice.

Tennessee bill would criminalize harassment of student-athletes

As Youth Sports Professionalize, Kids Are Burning Out Fast

Private Equity Is Coming for Youth Sports

Bill would ban private equity 'vulture investors' from youth sports.

]]> 529 yes World Liberty Financial: The Real House Sons of Fake Money https://patreon.com/CorporateGossip?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink Now with enhanced audio!!! Meet Steve Witkoff, a real estate investor and supreme Trump suck-up turned "peace guy" and his two failsons, Alex and Zach. They're in charge of World Liberty Financial, the "world's fastest growing crypto company" along with the Trump family and crypto hucksters Zak Folkman and Chase Hero. The WLF team might feel invincible, but this week one disgruntled investor filed a lawsuit that might take down the entire operation... This episode has it ALL... a resurfaced body cam video of a Witkoff son being arrested for assaulting a bouncer and cocaine possession, a colon cleanse subscription business, a website called datehottergirls.com, and the 1954 Guatemalan coup!!! Watch on YouTube For TWO bonus episodes every month, ad-free main, and book club join us on Patreon Advertise with us Links: The Trump Family Business Empire Is Growing. We Mapped Out 268 Pieces of It In real estate, Witkoff is royalty. In DC, he's the president's man Where Mideast Envoy Pitched Peace, His Son Pitched Investors The 'Crypto Punks' Behind Trump's Murky New Business Venture Trump's entry into crypto opens new doors for those seeking political influence How Trump's crypto business partners left their old clients in the lurch Anatomy of Two Giant Deals: The U.A.E. Got Chips. The Trump Team Got Crypto Riches Donald Trump Jr. denies rumors World Liberty Financial is falling apart Fri, 08 May 2026 17:52:00 -0000 World Liberty Financial: The Real House Sons of Fake Money full 7 8 Nitetoast media Now with enhanced audio!!! Meet Steve Witkoff, a real estate investor and supreme Trump suck-up turned "peace guy" and his two failsons, Alex and Zach. They're in charge of World Liberty Financial, the "world's fastest growing crypto company" along with the Trump family and crypto hucksters Zak Folkman and Chase Hero. The WLF team might feel invincible, but this week one disgruntled investor filed a lawsuit that might take down the entire operation... This episode has it ALL... a resurfaced body cam video of a Witkoff son being arrested for assaulting a bouncer and cocaine possession, a colon cleanse subscription business, a website called datehottergirls.com, and the 1954 Guatemalan coup!!! Watch on YouTube For TWO bonus episodes every month, ad-free main, and book club join us on Patreon Advertise with us Links: The Trump Family Business Empire Is Growing. We Mapped Out 268 Pieces of It In real estate, Witkoff is royalty. In DC, he's the president's man Where Mideast Envoy Pitched Peace, His Son Pitched Investors The 'Crypto Punks' Behind Trump's Murky New Business Venture Trump's entry into crypto opens new doors for those seeking political influence How Trump's crypto business partners left their old clients in the lurch Anatomy of Two Giant Deals: The U.A.E. Got Chips. The Trump Team Got Crypto Riches Donald Trump Jr. denies rumors World Liberty Financial is falling apart Now with enhanced audio!!!

Meet Steve Witkoff, a real estate investor and supreme Trump suck-up turned "peace guy" and his two failsons, Alex and Zach. They're in charge of World Liberty Financial, the "world's fastest growing crypto company" along with the Trump family and crypto hucksters Zak Folkman and Chase Hero. The WLF team might feel invincible, but this week one disgruntled investor filed a lawsuit that might take down the entire operation...

This episode has it ALL... a resurfaced body cam video of a Witkoff son being arrested for assaulting a bouncer and cocaine possession, a colon cleanse subscription business, a website called datehottergirls.com, and the 1954 Guatemalan coup!!!

Watch on YouTube

For TWO bonus episodes every month, ad-free main, and book club join us on Patreon

Advertise with us

Links:

The Trump Family Business Empire Is Growing. We Mapped Out 268 Pieces of It

In real estate, Witkoff is royalty. In DC, he's the president's man

Where Mideast Envoy Pitched Peace, His Son Pitched Investors

The 'Crypto Punks' Behind Trump's Murky New Business Venture

Trump's entry into crypto opens new doors for those seeking political influence

How Trump's crypto business partners left their old clients in the lurch

Anatomy of Two Giant Deals: The U.A.E. Got Chips. The Trump Team Got Crypto Riches

Donald Trump Jr. denies rumors World Liberty Financial is falling apart

]]> 4205 yes [Patreon Exclusive] Musk V. Altman: Between a Grok and a hard place https://patreon.com/CorporateGossip?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink To hear the full episode, join the Corporate Gossip Patreon and get TWO bonus epiosdes every month! If you want even more Corporate Gossip in your life join at the Murdoch's Mates level for access to the group chat and the quarterly book club! Tragic, the most annoying men on earth are fighting in federal court over "perfidy and deceit of Shakespearean proportions"!!! Robby and Becca crack open their piggy bank and spend all their money downloading electronic court records from the Northern California district court to bring you the juiciest nuggets you won't hear anywhere else! We recorded this episode on Wednesday evening and wanted to get it out quickly because this is an evolving story! Links: Battle of the Billionaires: What's at Stake as Elon Musk and Sam Altman Face Off in Court The unflattering secrets revealed so far in Elon Musk's latest legal feud Thu, 30 Apr 2026 18:21:00 -0000 [Patreon Exclusive] Musk V. Altman: Between a Grok and a hard place full Nitetoast media To hear the full episode, join the Corporate Gossip Patreon and get TWO bonus epiosdes every month! If you want even more Corporate Gossip in your life join at the Murdoch's Mates level for access to the group chat and the quarterly book club! Tragic, the most annoying men on earth are fighting in federal court over "perfidy and deceit of Shakespearean proportions"!!! Robby and Becca crack open their piggy bank and spend all their money downloading electronic court records from the Northern California district court to bring you the juiciest nuggets you won't hear anywhere else! We recorded this episode on Wednesday evening and wanted to get it out quickly because this is an evolving story! Links: Battle of the Billionaires: What's at Stake as Elon Musk and Sam Altman Face Off in Court The unflattering secrets revealed so far in Elon Musk's latest legal feud To hear the full episode, join the Corporate Gossip Patreon and get TWO bonus epiosdes every month! If you want even more Corporate Gossip in your life join at the Murdoch's Mates level for access to the group chat and the quarterly book club!

Tragic, the most annoying men on earth are fighting in federal court over "perfidy and deceit of Shakespearean proportions"!!!

Robby and Becca crack open their piggy bank and spend all their money downloading electronic court records from the Northern California district court to bring you the juiciest nuggets you won't hear anywhere else!

We recorded this episode on Wednesday evening and wanted to get it out quickly because this is an evolving story!

Links:

Battle of the Billionaires: What's at Stake as Elon Musk and Sam Altman Face Off in Court

The unflattering secrets revealed so far in Elon Musk's latest legal feud

]]> 657 yes Live Nation Ticketmaster: Swift Justice for bad Beyhavior https://patreon.com/CorporateGossip?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink This is the potential breakup song of Ticketmaster & Live Nation: a toxic relationship that, according to one lawyer, "essentially defrauds everyone involved." Becca and Robby bring you up to speed on the outcome of the company's fight in a trust-busting trial and then go all the way back to the villain origin story of this Frankenstein of scams. It makes us feel better to know that the founder of Ticketmaster is now miserable and possibly broke! For TWO bonus episodes every month, ad-free main, and book club join us on Patreon Watch on Youtube Thanks to our sponsors Orange Marketing and Des Moines Con Advertise with us Timestamps: 00:00 - Live Nation anti-trust verdict 05:00 - Episode intro 14:00 - History / origin story of Ticketmaster 32:00 - Ticketmaster enabling / encouraging scalpers because "it's called CAPITALISM" 40:00 - Live Nation / Ticketmaster bribes every president EXCEPT Jimmy Carter 56:00 - Kid Rock is Live Nation's pain sponge 58:00 - Takeaways / Pearl Jam 1:09:00 - Good news! Links: Live Nation employee mocks customers as 'so stupid' in internal messages released in court case Train Wreck? A Mogul's Battle Against The Bel-Air Subway Ticketmaster's Dark History How Ticketmaster became the most hated name in music 'A public relations nightmare': Ticketmaster recruits pros for secret scalper program Live Nation reaches settlement in US monopoly case Jury Finds Live Nation Acts as a Monopoly in a Victory for States NYC's plan to tax luxury second homes, explained 5 Things to Know About New York's Proposed Second Home Tax Fri, 24 Apr 2026 20:09:00 -0000 Live Nation Ticketmaster: Swift Justice for bad Beyhavior full 7 7 Nitetoast media This is the potential breakup song of Ticketmaster & Live Nation: a toxic relationship that, according to one lawyer, "essentially defrauds everyone involved." Becca and Robby bring you up to speed on the outcome of the company's fight in a trust-busting trial and then go all the way back to the villain origin story of this Frankenstein of scams. It makes us feel better to know that the founder of Ticketmaster is now miserable and possibly broke! For TWO bonus episodes every month, ad-free main, and book club join us on Patreon Watch on Youtube Thanks to our sponsors Orange Marketing and Des Moines Con Advertise with us Timestamps: 00:00 - Live Nation anti-trust verdict 05:00 - Episode intro 14:00 - History / origin story of Ticketmaster 32:00 - Ticketmaster enabling / encouraging scalpers because "it's called CAPITALISM" 40:00 - Live Nation / Ticketmaster bribes every president EXCEPT Jimmy Carter 56:00 - Kid Rock is Live Nation's pain sponge 58:00 - Takeaways / Pearl Jam 1:09:00 - Good news! Links: Live Nation employee mocks customers as 'so stupid' in internal messages released in court case Train Wreck? A Mogul's Battle Against The Bel-Air Subway Ticketmaster's Dark History How Ticketmaster became the most hated name in music 'A public relations nightmare': Ticketmaster recruits pros for secret scalper program Live Nation reaches settlement in US monopoly case Jury Finds Live Nation Acts as a Monopoly in a Victory for States NYC's plan to tax luxury second homes, explained 5 Things to Know About New York's Proposed Second Home Tax This is the potential breakup song of Ticketmaster & Live Nation: a toxic relationship that, according to one lawyer, "essentially defrauds everyone involved." Becca and Robby bring you up to speed on the outcome of the company's fight in a trust-busting trial and then go all the way back to the villain origin story of this Frankenstein of scams. It makes us feel better to know that the founder of Ticketmaster is now miserable and possibly broke!

For TWO bonus episodes every month, ad-free main, and book club join us on Patreon

Watch on Youtube

Thanks to our sponsors Orange Marketing and Des Moines Con

Advertise with us

Timestamps:

00:00 - Live Nation anti-trust verdict

05:00 - Episode intro

14:00 - History / origin story of Ticketmaster

32:00 - Ticketmaster enabling / encouraging scalpers because "it's called CAPITALISM"

40:00 - Live Nation / Ticketmaster bribes every president EXCEPT Jimmy Carter

56:00 - Kid Rock is Live Nation's pain sponge

58:00 - Takeaways / Pearl Jam

1:09:00 - Good news!

Links:

Live Nation employee mocks customers as 'so stupid' in internal messages released in court case

Train Wreck? A Mogul's Battle Against The Bel-Air Subway

Ticketmaster's Dark History

How Ticketmaster became the most hated name in music

'A public relations nightmare': Ticketmaster recruits pros for secret scalper program

Live Nation reaches settlement in US monopoly case

Jury Finds Live Nation Acts as a Monopoly in a Victory for States

NYC's plan to tax luxury second homes, explained

5 Things to Know About New York's Proposed Second Home Tax

]]> 4428 yes Palmer Luckey & The Gundo Bros: America Runs on Drunken Drone Nuts https://patreon.com/CorporateGossip?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink "Wars would be more effective and less destructive if the people in charge were stupider and hornier" - Donald Rumsfeld Robby and Becca swallow a fistfull of zyns and party with the teenaged Gundo Bros at the center of America's booming defense tech sector. Then, they meet the movement's spiritual leader, Palmer Luckey, whose Power Ranger fantasy company Anduril just secured a $20b contract with the US Army!!! Move fast and break things, America! Due to a technical glitch this epsiode is audio only, but click this link for Pics from the episode Thanks to our sponsor Orange Marketing Advertise with us Links: The Tech Bros Powering Silicon Valley's Military Fever Dream With Energy Drinks, God And Nicotine AMERICA HAS NEVER BEEN SO BACK Investors Gave A Teenager $85 Million To Build Hydrogen Weapons. It's Not Going Well Palmer Luckey: Millennial slayer of U.S. defense giants The Pentagon's Favorite Tech Guy Is This Hawaiian Shirt-Wearing Founder Palmer Luckey's Suicide Headset Is Insane—and a Grim Part of VR's Future Silicon Valley is coming for the Pentagon's $1T budget The Year of the Trillion-Dollar US Military Budget Begins Matt Gaetz's Future Sister-in-Law Says He's a Gaslighting 'Creep' Good News: The Radical Monarchs launch in L.A. to school girls on social justice, Support the Radical Monarchs Time stamps: 4:00 - Meet the Gundo Bros 21:00 Welcome Palmer Luckey, the flip flop wearing, goatee having, erotic anime figurine collecting brother-in-law to accused child sex trafficker former Florida congressmen Matt Gaetz! 50:00 Palmer Luckey was predestined to be a fucking ghoul 1:10:26 Good news about the Radical Monarchs Fri, 10 Apr 2026 21:10:00 -0000 Palmer Luckey & The Gundo Bros: America Runs on Drunken Drone Nuts full 7 6 Nitetoast media "Wars would be more effective and less destructive if the people in charge were stupider and hornier" - Donald Rumsfeld Robby and Becca swallow a fistfull of zyns and party with the teenaged Gundo Bros at the center of America's booming defense tech sector. Then, they meet the movement's spiritual leader, Palmer Luckey, whose Power Ranger fantasy company Anduril just secured a $20b contract with the US Army!!! Move fast and break things, America! Due to a technical glitch this epsiode is audio only, but click this link for Pics from the episode Thanks to our sponsor Orange Marketing Advertise with us Links: The Tech Bros Powering Silicon Valley's Military Fever Dream With Energy Drinks, God And Nicotine AMERICA HAS NEVER BEEN SO BACK Investors Gave A Teenager $85 Million To Build Hydrogen Weapons. It's Not Going Well Palmer Luckey: Millennial slayer of U.S. defense giants The Pentagon's Favorite Tech Guy Is This Hawaiian Shirt-Wearing Founder Palmer Luckey's Suicide Headset Is Insane—and a Grim Part of VR's Future Silicon Valley is coming for the Pentagon's $1T budget The Year of the Trillion-Dollar US Military Budget Begins Matt Gaetz's Future Sister-in-Law Says He's a Gaslighting 'Creep' Good News: The Radical Monarchs launch in L.A. to school girls on social justice, Support the Radical Monarchs Time stamps: 4:00 - Meet the Gundo Bros 21:00 Welcome Palmer Luckey, the flip flop wearing, goatee having, erotic anime figurine collecting brother-in-law to accused child sex trafficker former Florida congressmen Matt Gaetz! 50:00 Palmer Luckey was predestined to be a fucking ghoul 1:10:26 Good news about the Radical Monarchs "Wars would be more effective and less destructive if the people in charge were stupider and hornier" - Donald Rumsfeld

Robby and Becca swallow a fistfull of zyns and party with the teenaged Gundo Bros at the center of America's booming defense tech sector. Then, they meet the movement's spiritual leader, Palmer Luckey, whose Power Ranger fantasy company Anduril just secured a $20b contract with the US Army!!! Move fast and break things, America!

Due to a technical glitch this epsiode is audio only, but click this link for Pics from the episode

Thanks to our sponsor Orange Marketing

Advertise with us

Links:

The Tech Bros Powering Silicon Valley's Military Fever Dream With Energy Drinks, God And Nicotine

AMERICA HAS NEVER BEEN SO BACK

Investors Gave A Teenager $85 Million To Build Hydrogen Weapons. It's Not Going Well

Palmer Luckey: Millennial slayer of U.S. defense giants

The Pentagon's Favorite Tech Guy Is This Hawaiian Shirt-Wearing Founder

Palmer Luckey's Suicide Headset Is Insane—and a Grim Part of VR's Future

Silicon Valley is coming for the Pentagon's $1T budget

The Year of the Trillion-Dollar US Military Budget Begins

Matt Gaetz's Future Sister-in-Law Says He's a Gaslighting 'Creep'

Good News: The Radical Monarchs launch in L.A. to school girls on social justice, Support the Radical Monarchs

Time stamps:

4:00 - Meet the Gundo Bros

21:00 Welcome Palmer Luckey, the flip flop wearing, goatee having, erotic anime figurine collecting brother-in-law to accused child sex trafficker former Florida congressmen Matt Gaetz!

50:00 Palmer Luckey was predestined to be a fucking ghoul

1:10:26 Good news about the Radical Monarchs

]]> 4611 yes Trevor Milton: Pardon My Fraud https://patreon.com/CorporateGossip?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink If you like what you hear, consider joining us on Patreon for bonus episodes, ad-free listening, group discussions, book club, and MORE! Our independent podcast is made possible by support from listeners like you! Trevor Milton is BACK with a brand new scam... a jet with the world's largest toilet (it's true). He's just a human Secretariat living the American Dream baby!! Watch on YouTube Links: Original Hindenberg Nikola report Nikola Board Member Says Startup's Skeptics Are Too Focused on Past Nikola founder Trevor Milton is facing criminal fraud charges. Insiders say a history of lies brought down the billionaire once considered the new Elon Musk. Long Before Nikola Trucks, Trevor Milton Sold Investors on Startups That Faded Pardoned for Fraud, a CEO Mounts His Comeback: 'We Can Trust You Now'' The People Trump Pardoned Are on a Crime Spree Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:36:00 -0000 Trevor Milton: Pardon My Fraud bonus 7 5 Nitetoast media If you like what you hear, consider joining us on Patreon for bonus episodes, ad-free listening, group discussions, book club, and MORE! Our independent podcast is made possible by support from listeners like you! Trevor Milton is BACK with a brand new scam... a jet with the world's largest toilet (it's true). He's just a human Secretariat living the American Dream baby!! Watch on YouTube Links: Original Hindenberg Nikola report Nikola Board Member Says Startup's Skeptics Are Too Focused on Past Nikola founder Trevor Milton is facing criminal fraud charges. Insiders say a history of lies brought down the billionaire once considered the new Elon Musk. Long Before Nikola Trucks, Trevor Milton Sold Investors on Startups That Faded Pardoned for Fraud, a CEO Mounts His Comeback: 'We Can Trust You Now'' The People Trump Pardoned Are on a Crime Spree If you like what you hear, consider joining us on Patreon for bonus episodes, ad-free listening, group discussions, book club, and MORE! Our independent podcast is made possible by support from listeners like you!

Trevor Milton is BACK with a brand new scam... a jet with the world's largest toilet (it's true). He's just a human Secretariat living the American Dream baby!!

Watch on YouTube

Links:

Original Hindenberg Nikola report

Nikola Board Member Says Startup's Skeptics Are Too Focused on Past

Nikola founder Trevor Milton is facing criminal fraud charges. Insiders say a history of lies brought down the billionaire once considered the new Elon Musk.

Long Before Nikola Trucks, Trevor Milton Sold Investors on Startups That Faded

Pardoned for Fraud, a CEO Mounts His Comeback: 'We Can Trust You Now''

The People Trump Pardoned Are on a Crime Spree

]]> 4160 yes Larry Ellison's ABCs: Always Be Colonizing (PLUS a huge announcement!) https://patreon.com/CorporateGossip?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink Larry Ellison has been weirdly lurking in the background for decades, but then he turned 80 and decided that being the second richest man in the world wasn't enough, he also needed attention! Becca and Robby psychoanalyze baby Larry, visit his failed NOBU lettuce farm in Hawaii, and fall into the family's shiny new money pit. We think this could have all been avoided if Larry never discovered samurai swords... TW: mention of suicide, death Welcome to the NEW CO-HOST OF CORPORATE GOSSIP Robby Slowik Thanks to our sponsor Orange Marketing Watch on YouTube Advertise with us Pictures from today's episode For bonus episodes, ad-free main-feed, and book club join us on Patreon Streaming alternatives Cut off the Spigot Timestamps: (00:00) Introducing ROBBY! (05:00) The myth of Oracle & Larry Ellison (20:00) I actually think I can fix Larry Ellison! (30:00) Hi, My name is Larry Ellison, I invented colonization and it's actually not that bad (44:00) Larry's shiny new money pit (Paramount WBD) Links: Larry Ellison's Half-Billion-Dollar Quest to Change Farming Has Been a Bust Oracle CEO Larry Ellison Is Stepping Down to Spend More Time With His Yachts Still No. 1, and Doing What He Wants Larry Ellison Is More Interesting Than Ever at 81 The Son King of Hollywood Everyone Else Must Fail Fri, 27 Mar 2026 22:47:00 -0000 Larry Ellison's ABCs: Always Be Colonizing (PLUS a huge announcement!) full 7 4 Nitetoast media Larry Ellison has been weirdly lurking in the background for decades, but then he turned 80 and decided that being the second richest man in the world wasn't enough, he also needed attention! Becca and Robby psychoanalyze baby Larry, visit his failed NOBU lettuce farm in Hawaii, and fall into the family's shiny new money pit. We think this could have all been avoided if Larry never discovered samurai swords... TW: mention of suicide, death Welcome to the NEW CO-HOST OF CORPORATE GOSSIP Robby Slowik Thanks to our sponsor Orange Marketing Watch on YouTube Advertise with us Pictures from today's episode For bonus episodes, ad-free main-feed, and book club join us on Patreon Streaming alternatives Cut off the Spigot Timestamps: (00:00) Introducing ROBBY! (05:00) The myth of Oracle & Larry Ellison (20:00) I actually think I can fix Larry Ellison! (30:00) Hi, My name is Larry Ellison, I invented colonization and it's actually not that bad (44:00) Larry's shiny new money pit (Paramount WBD) Links: Larry Ellison's Half-Billion-Dollar Quest to Change Farming Has Been a Bust Oracle CEO Larry Ellison Is Stepping Down to Spend More Time With His Yachts Still No. 1, and Doing What He Wants Larry Ellison Is More Interesting Than Ever at 81 The Son King of Hollywood Everyone Else Must Fail Larry Ellison has been weirdly lurking in the background for decades, but then he turned 80 and decided that being the second richest man in the world wasn't enough, he also needed attention! Becca and Robby psychoanalyze baby Larry, visit his failed NOBU lettuce farm in Hawaii, and fall into the family's shiny new money pit. We think this could have all been avoided if Larry never discovered samurai swords...

TW: mention of suicide, death

Welcome to the NEW CO-HOST OF CORPORATE GOSSIP Robby Slowik

Thanks to our sponsor Orange Marketing

Watch on YouTube

Advertise with us

Pictures from today's episode

For bonus episodes, ad-free main-feed, and book club join us on Patreon

Streaming alternatives

Cut off the Spigot

Timestamps:

(00:00) Introducing ROBBY!

(05:00) The myth of Oracle & Larry Ellison

(20:00) I actually think I can fix Larry Ellison!

(30:00) Hi, My name is Larry Ellison, I invented colonization and it's actually not that bad

(44:00) Larry's shiny new money pit (Paramount WBD)

Links:

Larry Ellison's Half-Billion-Dollar Quest to Change Farming Has Been a Bust

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison Is Stepping Down to Spend More Time With His Yachts

Still No. 1, and Doing What He Wants

Larry Ellison Is More Interesting Than Ever at 81

The Son King of Hollywood

Everyone Else Must Fail

]]> 4277 yes Amway & The DeVos Family: Working Overtime at the Stupid Factory https://patreon.com/CorporateGossip?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink Stop your protesting! Stop your organizing! The only thing we need is 🤑 MANIFESTATION 💸 It's time to talk about the Pyramidschemification of America. This episode has so many fun characters: 17th century Puritans, Tammy Faye Baker, Amanda Frances, an MLM hun on a regional jet somewhere over Sandusky, Ohio, and Elizabeth Holmes??? Thanks to our sponsor Orange Marketing Watch on YouTube Advertise with us For bonus episodes and book club join us on Patreon Timestamps: 10:30 - The Puritanical roots of Mulitilevel Marking 21:00 - Stop organizing! Start manifesting! 30:00 - Turns out, Regan pyramidschemified America 35:00 - Betsy Devos putting in 40 hours at the Stupid Idea Factory Links: Little Bosses Everywhere 2023 FTC report on MLMs The Unkillable Appeal of Multilevel Marketing They Spent Their Life Savings on Life Coaching The 'Exciting Business Opportunity' That Ruined Our Lives The Miseducation of Betsy DeVos These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department. DeVos held in contempt for violating judge's order on student loans DeVos-Linked Adoption Agency Exposed Highly Sensitive Children's Medical Data Blackwater Guards Found Guilty in 2007 Iraq Killings Email our good news correspondant with tips: elizabethliu526@gmail.com Good News: Media, the nation's first Fair Trade Town, marks 20 years supporting farmers in the developing world Learn more about Fair Trade Certification Thu, 12 Mar 2026 15:06:00 -0000 Amway & The DeVos Family: Working Overtime at the Stupid Factory full 7 3 Nitetoast media Stop your protesting! Stop your organizing! The only thing we need is 🤑 MANIFESTATION 💸 It's time to talk about the Pyramidschemification of America. This episode has so many fun characters: 17th century Puritans, Tammy Faye Baker, Amanda Frances, an MLM hun on a regional jet somewhere over Sandusky, Ohio, and Elizabeth Holmes??? Thanks to our sponsor Orange Marketing Watch on YouTube Advertise with us For bonus episodes and book club join us on Patreon Timestamps: 10:30 - The Puritanical roots of Mulitilevel Marking 21:00 - Stop organizing! Start manifesting! 30:00 - Turns out, Regan pyramidschemified America 35:00 - Betsy Devos putting in 40 hours at the Stupid Idea Factory Links: Little Bosses Everywhere 2023 FTC report on MLMs The Unkillable Appeal of Multilevel Marketing They Spent Their Life Savings on Life Coaching The 'Exciting Business Opportunity' That Ruined Our Lives The Miseducation of Betsy DeVos These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department. DeVos held in contempt for violating judge's order on student loans DeVos-Linked Adoption Agency Exposed Highly Sensitive Children's Medical Data Blackwater Guards Found Guilty in 2007 Iraq Killings Email our good news correspondant with tips: elizabethliu526@gmail.com Good News: Media, the nation's first Fair Trade Town, marks 20 years supporting farmers in the developing world Learn more about Fair Trade Certification Stop your protesting! Stop your organizing! The only thing we need is 🤑 MANIFESTATION 💸

It's time to talk about the Pyramidschemification of America. This episode has so many fun characters: 17th century Puritans, Tammy Faye Baker, Amanda Frances, an MLM hun on a regional jet somewhere over Sandusky, Ohio, and Elizabeth Holmes???

Thanks to our sponsor Orange Marketing

Watch on YouTube

Advertise with us

For bonus episodes and book club join us on Patreon

Timestamps:

10:30 - The Puritanical roots of Mulitilevel Marking

21:00 - Stop organizing! Start manifesting!

30:00 - Turns out, Regan pyramidschemified America

35:00 - Betsy Devos putting in 40 hours at the Stupid Idea Factory

Links:

Little Bosses Everywhere

2023 FTC report on MLMs

The Unkillable Appeal of Multilevel Marketing

They Spent Their Life Savings on Life Coaching

The 'Exciting Business Opportunity' That Ruined Our Lives

The Miseducation of Betsy DeVos

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

DeVos held in contempt for violating judge's order on student loans

DeVos-Linked Adoption Agency Exposed Highly Sensitive Children's Medical Data

Blackwater Guards Found Guilty in 2007 Iraq Killings

Email our good news correspondant with tips: elizabethliu526@gmail.com

Good News: Media, the nation's first Fair Trade Town, marks 20 years supporting farmers in the developing world

Learn more about Fair Trade Certification

]]> 3598 yes Life, Liberty, Polymarket & Kalshi https://patreon.com/CorporateGossip?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink Please rate and review this podcast!! For bonus episodes and book club join us on Patreon Advertise with us We're willing to bet that there's a 92% chance that Prediction Markets are a pyramid scheme! Prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket are EVERYWHERE. Are the the future of democracy powered by collective wisdom? OR just another product of the 30 under 30 grift factory? Thanks to our sponsor Orange Marketing You should hire Jennifer Tisdale! Pictures Watch on YouTube Timestamps: 00:00 - An orgy at a SF Area tech convention?? WHO COULD HAVE GUESSED!!! 11:30 - BREAKING NEWS: A group of isolated white 20 something men with a high risk appetite have it all figured out! 21:00 - It's not called insider trading, it's called "having an edge" 35:00 - Do you like my new app? I designed it on the toilet 53:00 - Good News: Meta on trial Links: Resources for problem gambling The Wager That Betting Can Change the World The CEOs of Kalshi and Polymarket Are Betting On the Most Hated Experiment in Business They quit their day jobs to bet on current events. A look inside the prediction market mania Polymarket shouldn't allow people to profit by betting on the L.A. firestorm On Polymarket, 'privileged' users made millions betting on war strikes and diplomatic strategy. What did they know beforehand? America's financial markets are ready for a golden age Email our good news correspondant with tips: elizabethliu526@gmail.com Good News: Social media companies face legal reckoning over mental health harms to children Fri, 27 Feb 2026 22:12:00 -0000 Life, Liberty, Polymarket & Kalshi full 7 2 Nitetoast media Please rate and review this podcast!! For bonus episodes and book club join us on Patreon Advertise with us We're willing to bet that there's a 92% chance that Prediction Markets are a pyramid scheme! Prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket are EVERYWHERE. Are the the future of democracy powered by collective wisdom? OR just another product of the 30 under 30 grift factory? Thanks to our sponsor Orange Marketing You should hire Jennifer Tisdale! Pictures Watch on YouTube Timestamps: 00:00 - An orgy at a SF Area tech convention?? WHO COULD HAVE GUESSED!!! 11:30 - BREAKING NEWS: A group of isolated white 20 something men with a high risk appetite have it all figured out! 21:00 - It's not called insider trading, it's called "having an edge" 35:00 - Do you like my new app? I designed it on the toilet 53:00 - Good News: Meta on trial Links: Resources for problem gambling The Wager That Betting Can Change the World The CEOs of Kalshi and Polymarket Are Betting On the Most Hated Experiment in Business They quit their day jobs to bet on current events. A look inside the prediction market mania Polymarket shouldn't allow people to profit by betting on the L.A. firestorm On Polymarket, 'privileged' users made millions betting on war strikes and diplomatic strategy. What did they know beforehand? America's financial markets are ready for a golden age Email our good news correspondant with tips: elizabethliu526@gmail.com Good News: Social media companies face legal reckoning over mental health harms to children Please rate and review this podcast!!

For bonus episodes and book club join us on Patreon

Advertise with us

We're willing to bet that there's a 92% chance that Prediction Markets are a pyramid scheme!

Prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket are EVERYWHERE. Are the the future of democracy powered by collective wisdom? OR just another product of the 30 under 30 grift factory?

Thanks to our sponsor Orange Marketing

You should hire Jennifer Tisdale!

Pictures

Watch on YouTube

Timestamps:

00:00 - An orgy at a SF Area tech convention?? WHO COULD HAVE GUESSED!!!

11:30 - BREAKING NEWS: A group of isolated white 20 something men with a high risk appetite have it all figured out!

21:00 - It's not called insider trading, it's called "having an edge"

35:00 - Do you like my new app? I designed it on the toilet

53:00 - Good News: Meta on trial

Links:

Resources for problem gambling

The Wager That Betting Can Change the World

The CEOs of Kalshi and Polymarket Are Betting On the Most Hated Experiment in Business

They quit their day jobs to bet on current events. A look inside the prediction market mania

Polymarket shouldn't allow people to profit by betting on the L.A. firestorm

On Polymarket, 'privileged' users made millions betting on war strikes and diplomatic strategy. What did they know beforehand?

America's financial markets are ready for a golden age

Email our good news correspondant with tips: elizabethliu526@gmail.com

Good News: Social media companies face legal reckoning over mental health harms to children

]]> 3521 yes Palantir, Alex Karp & The Right Wing History of Silicon Valley: Standing on J*zzness https://patreon.com/CorporateGossip?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink Palantir - a new custom hellscape or same sh*t different toilet? Has Silicon Valley gone completely red-pilled or was technofacism in the valley's DNA all along? Adam and Becca trace the cookie crumbs from a pioneering mid-century nobel prize winning white supremacist to the post-9/11 origins of Palantir and ultimately meet CEO Alex Karp. Lately, he's been hitting the eject button on his own brain and twisting himself into pretzels both physically and metaphorically to justify his belief that he personally should be rich and successful! Toronto Copy Editing (Use code OLD-F for 10% off!) Join us on Patreon Watch on YouTube Pictures on Substack Advertise on the Corporate Gossip Podcast Submit a good news story by email to our good news correspondent elizabethliu526@gmail.com Links: Democrats Drove Silicon Valley Into Trump's Arms How a racist genius created Silicon Valley by being a terrible boss Headed for technofascism': the rightwing roots of Silicon Valley Unlocking Secrets, if Not Its Own Value Trump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans 'ELITE': The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid Palantir CEO Alex Karp Recorded a Video About ICE for His Employees Alex Karp Goes to War CEO of Palantir Says He Spends a Large Amount of Time Talking to Nazis. Tech Workers Coalition Central Ohio businesses form mutual aid network to help families impacted by ICE Minnesota Mutual Aid Fund Instagram of Columbus Mutual Aid Fund: @corazonhilado Immigration and Mutual Aid Resources Fri, 13 Feb 2026 23:46:00 -0000 Palantir, Alex Karp & The Right Wing History of Silicon Valley: Standing on J*zzness full 7 1 Nitetoast media Palantir - a new custom hellscape or same sh*t different toilet? Has Silicon Valley gone completely red-pilled or was technofacism in the valley's DNA all along? Adam and Becca trace the cookie crumbs from a pioneering mid-century nobel prize winning white supremacist to the post-9/11 origins of Palantir and ultimately meet CEO Alex Karp. Lately, he's been hitting the eject button on his own brain and twisting himself into pretzels both physically and metaphorically to justify his belief that he personally should be rich and successful! Toronto Copy Editing (Use code OLD-F for 10% off!) Join us on Patreon Watch on YouTube Pictures on Substack Advertise on the Corporate Gossip Podcast Submit a good news story by email to our good news correspondent elizabethliu526@gmail.com Links: Democrats Drove Silicon Valley Into Trump's Arms How a racist genius created Silicon Valley by being a terrible boss Headed for technofascism': the rightwing roots of Silicon Valley Unlocking Secrets, if Not Its Own Value Trump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans 'ELITE': The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid Palantir CEO Alex Karp Recorded a Video About ICE for His Employees Alex Karp Goes to War CEO of Palantir Says He Spends a Large Amount of Time Talking to Nazis. Tech Workers Coalition Central Ohio businesses form mutual aid network to help families impacted by ICE Minnesota Mutual Aid Fund Instagram of Columbus Mutual Aid Fund: @corazonhilado Immigration and Mutual Aid Resources Palantir - a new custom hellscape or same sh*t different toilet? Has Silicon Valley gone completely red-pilled or was technofacism in the valley's DNA all along? Adam and Becca trace the cookie crumbs from a pioneering mid-century nobel prize winning white supremacist to the post-9/11 origins of Palantir and ultimately meet CEO Alex Karp. Lately, he's been hitting the eject button on his own brain and twisting himself into pretzels both physically and metaphorically to justify his belief that he personally should be rich and successful!

Toronto Copy Editing (Use code OLD-F for 10% off!)

Join us on Patreon

Watch on YouTube

Pictures on Substack

Advertise on the Corporate Gossip Podcast

Submit a good news story by email to our good news correspondent elizabethliu526@gmail.com

Links:

Democrats Drove Silicon Valley Into Trump's Arms

How a racist genius created Silicon Valley by being a terrible boss

Headed for technofascism': the rightwing roots of Silicon Valley

Unlocking Secrets, if Not Its Own Value

Trump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans

'ELITE': The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid

Palantir CEO Alex Karp Recorded a Video About ICE for His Employees

Alex Karp Goes to War

CEO of Palantir Says He Spends a Large Amount of Time Talking to Nazis.

Tech Workers Coalition

Central Ohio businesses form mutual aid network to help families impacted by ICE

Minnesota Mutual Aid Fund

Instagram of Columbus Mutual Aid Fund: @corazonhilado

Immigration and Mutual Aid Resources

]]> 4244 yes Ghosts of Strike-mas Past and Larry Ellison Lore (Full Bonus Episode!) https://c4e16219-56f0-48d8-aa48-7a6b0a88ad29.libsyn.com/ghosts-of-strike-mas-past-and-larry-ellison-lore-full-bonus-episode We'll be back with season 7 on February 13th! This Patreon episode is free for all (no paywall) in solidarity with the National Strike on January 31st. If you like what you hear, please consider joining us on Patreon. It seems that for every person energized to activism this year, there's another three ready to shit on their efforts (it's not organized enough! it's not widespread enough! You'll never make a difference!). They're wrong. We're going to prove it by getting on our mumus and night caps and becoming the ghosts of general strikes past. We take you with us to the Minneapolis General Strike of 1934 (05:50), the Bahamas General Strike of 1958 (16:00), and the NYC Hard Hat Riot of 1970 (27:30). Three events that are essential to understanding where we are today. Hopefully when we deposit you back to the present, you feel jacked up on history and ready to rip in 2026. Then, we'll wash it all down with an investigation into Larry Ellison and the biggest AI deal of 2025 (37:00). Was it a shrewd business move? Or a foolish plot by an old man desperate to conquer his inner demons before he croaks? Links: Watch on YouTube Advertise on the Corporate Gossip Podcast Pictures from the episode Join me in Albany on Feb 25 Q1 Book Club: Little Bosses Everywhere Minneapolis: Labor then and now: 90 years after the Minneapolis Teamsters' strikes Minneapolis Teamsters Strike Documentary Part 1 Minneapolis Teamsters Strike Documentary Part 2 The Citizens Alliance of Minneapolis Bahamas: 60th Anniversary of The General Strike: 19 Days That Changed The Bahamas The 1958 General Strike and the Making of the Modern Bahamas – Bahama Pundit The Bahamas: Bad News for the Boys Hard Hat Riots: The riot that started the culture wars Watch Hard Hat Riot | American Experience - PBS The Coffee Klatch with Robert Reich Larry Ellison: TikTok Is Now Collecting Even More Data About Its Users. Here Are the 3 Biggest Changes TikTok users say they are being censored after change to U.S. ownership Oracle, OpenAI Sign $300 Billion Cloud Deal Larry Ellison Is More Interesting Than Ever at 81 The Billionaire, His Mystery Wife and College Football's Wildest Recruiting Saga Big Tech tax breaks could've funded benefits for millions, Senator Warren finds Sat, 31 Jan 2026 21:48:00 -0000 Ghosts of Strike-mas Past and Larry Ellison Lore (Full Bonus Episode!) bonus Nitetoast media We'll be back with season 7 on February 13th! This Patreon episode is free for all (no paywall) in solidarity with the National Strike on January 31st. If you like what you hear, please consider joining us on Patreon. It seems that for every person energized to activism this year, there's another three ready to shit on their efforts (it's not organized enough! it's not widespread enough! You'll never make a difference!). They're wrong. We're going to prove it by getting on our mumus and night caps and becoming the ghosts of general strikes past. We take you with us to the Minneapolis General Strike of 1934 (05:50), the Bahamas General Strike of 1958 (16:00), and the NYC Hard Hat Riot of 1970 (27:30). Three events that are essential to understanding where we are today. Hopefully when we deposit you back to the present, you feel jacked up on history and ready to rip in 2026. Then, we'll wash it all down with an investigation into Larry Ellison and the biggest AI deal of 2025 (37:00). Was it a shrewd business move? Or a foolish plot by an old man desperate to conquer his inner demons before he croaks? Links: Watch on YouTube Advertise on the Corporate Gossip Podcast Pictures from the episode Join me in Albany on Feb 25 Q1 Book Club: Little Bosses Everywhere Minneapolis: Labor then and now: 90 years after the Minneapolis Teamsters' strikes Minneapolis Teamsters Strike Documentary Part 1 Minneapolis Teamsters Strike Documentary Part 2 The Citizens Alliance of Minneapolis Bahamas: 60th Anniversary of The General Strike: 19 Days That Changed The Bahamas The 1958 General Strike and the Making of the Modern Bahamas – Bahama Pundit The Bahamas: Bad News for the Boys Hard Hat Riots: The riot that started the culture wars Watch Hard Hat Riot | American Experience - PBS The Coffee Klatch with Robert Reich Larry Ellison: TikTok Is Now Collecting Even More Data About Its Users. Here Are the 3 Biggest Changes TikTok users say they are being censored after change to U.S. ownership Oracle, OpenAI Sign $300 Billion Cloud Deal Larry Ellison Is More Interesting Than Ever at 81 The Billionaire, His Mystery Wife and College Football's Wildest Recruiting Saga Big Tech tax breaks could've funded benefits for millions, Senator Warren finds We'll be back with season 7 on February 13th! This Patreon episode is free for all (no paywall) in solidarity with the National Strike on January 31st. If you like what you hear, please consider joining us on Patreon.

It seems that for every person energized to activism this year, there's another three ready to shit on their efforts (it's not organized enough! it's not widespread enough! You'll never make a difference!).

They're wrong. We're going to prove it by getting on our mumus and night caps and becoming the ghosts of general strikes past. We take you with us to the Minneapolis General Strike of 1934 (05:50), the Bahamas General Strike of 1958 (16:00), and the NYC Hard Hat Riot of 1970 (27:30). Three events that are essential to understanding where we are today. Hopefully when we deposit you back to the present, you feel jacked up on history and ready to rip in 2026.

Then, we'll wash it all down with an investigation into Larry Ellison and the biggest AI deal of 2025 (37:00). Was it a shrewd business move? Or a foolish plot by an old man desperate to conquer his inner demons before he croaks?

Links:

Watch on YouTube

Advertise on the Corporate Gossip Podcast

Pictures from the episode

Join me in Albany on Feb 25

Q1 Book Club: Little Bosses Everywhere

Minneapolis:

Labor then and now: 90 years after the Minneapolis Teamsters' strikes

Minneapolis Teamsters Strike Documentary Part 1

Minneapolis Teamsters Strike Documentary Part 2

The Citizens Alliance of Minneapolis

Bahamas:

60th Anniversary of The General Strike: 19 Days That Changed The Bahamas

The 1958 General Strike and the Making of the Modern Bahamas – Bahama Pundit

The Bahamas: Bad News for the Boys

Hard Hat Riots:

The riot that started the culture wars

Watch Hard Hat Riot | American Experience - PBS

The Coffee Klatch with Robert Reich

Larry Ellison:

TikTok Is Now Collecting Even More Data About Its Users. Here Are the 3 Biggest Changes

TikTok users say they are being censored after change to U.S. ownership

Oracle, OpenAI Sign $300 Billion Cloud Deal

Larry Ellison Is More Interesting Than Ever at 81

The Billionaire, His Mystery Wife and College Football's Wildest Recruiting Saga

Big Tech tax breaks could've funded benefits for millions, Senator Warren finds

]]> 3622 no Zappos / Tony Hsieh: The Dark Side of Happiness https://patreon.com/CorporateGossip?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink Thank you for listening to another season of the podcast! We'll be back in February with new episodes. Got suggestions / thoughts / feedback? Email becca@nitetoast.com For bonus episodes, book club, and the aftershow, join us on Patreon Advertise with us Watch on YouTube Trigger warning: suicide, drug use, overdose Tony Hsieh had a life other entrepreneurs dreamed of. He was the wealthy CEO of a wildly successful ecommerce company with a legion of devoted customers and employees, currently on a bus tour to spread the gospel of his unique management style. But under the surface, cracks were starting to show, and Tony was falling into a severe drug and alcohol addiction. Years after his death that bus tour was a clear turning point in Tony's story, but for those around him at the time, it was just Tony being Tony. They had no clue how much darker things could get. See pictures from today's episode on Substack Thank you to our episode sponsors: New York Interventionist Goodword Email our good news correspondant with tips: elizabethliu526@gmail.com Timestamps: 2:00 - Intro / show notes 6:00 - Zappos / Tony Hshei story 1:20:00 - Good News & Adam breaks a chair Links: Wonderboy (Book) Internal Memo: Zappos is offering severance to employees who aren't all in with Holacracy How Tony Hsieh Tried to Single-Handedly Transform Downtown Las Vegas The Rise and Fall of the Management Visionary Behind Zappos The Death of Zappos's Tony Hsieh: A Spiral of Alcohol, Drugs and Extreme Behavior Amazon Changes at Zappos Slowly Dismantle Tony Hsieh's Legacy 'Money's a powerful motivator,' Friends, documents detail Las Vegas entrepreneur Tony Hsieh's final months alive Spinato's Employees Get a "Slice of the Pie" as Spinato Family Transitions 49% of Company Ownership to Eligible Employees Iconic Cincinnati company Graeter's to become partially employee-owned Fri, 21 Nov 2025 22:05:00 -0000 Zappos / Tony Hsieh: The Dark Side of Happiness full 6 9 Nitetoast media Thank you for listening to another season of the podcast! We'll be back in February with new episodes. Got suggestions / thoughts / feedback? Email becca@nitetoast.com For bonus episodes, book club, and the aftershow, join us on Patreon Advertise with us Watch on YouTube Trigger warning: suicide, drug use, overdose Tony Hsieh had a life other entrepreneurs dreamed of. He was the wealthy CEO of a wildly successful ecommerce company with a legion of devoted customers and employees, currently on a bus tour to spread the gospel of his unique management style. But under the surface, cracks were starting to show, and Tony was falling into a severe drug and alcohol addiction. Years after his death that bus tour was a clear turning point in Tony's story, but for those around him at the time, it was just Tony being Tony. They had no clue how much darker things could get. See pictures from today's episode on Substack Thank you to our episode sponsors: New York Interventionist Goodword Email our good news correspondant with tips: elizabethliu526@gmail.com Timestamps: 2:00 - Intro / show notes 6:00 - Zappos / Tony Hshei story 1:20:00 - Good News & Adam breaks a chair Links: Wonderboy (Book) Internal Memo: Zappos is offering severance to employees who aren't all in with Holacracy How Tony Hsieh Tried to Single-Handedly Transform Downtown Las Vegas The Rise and Fall of the Management Visionary Behind Zappos The Death of Zappos's Tony Hsieh: A Spiral of Alcohol, Drugs and Extreme Behavior Amazon Changes at Zappos Slowly Dismantle Tony Hsieh's Legacy 'Money's a powerful motivator,' Friends, documents detail Las Vegas entrepreneur Tony Hsieh's final months alive Spinato's Employees Get a "Slice of the Pie" as Spinato Family Transitions 49% of Company Ownership to Eligible Employees Iconic Cincinnati company Graeter's to become partially employee-owned Thank you for listening to another season of the podcast! We'll be back in February with new episodes. Got suggestions / thoughts / feedback? Email becca@nitetoast.com

For bonus episodes, book club, and the aftershow, join us on Patreon

Advertise with us

Watch on YouTube

Trigger warning: suicide, drug use, overdose

Tony Hsieh had a life other entrepreneurs dreamed of. He was the wealthy CEO of a wildly successful ecommerce company with a legion of devoted customers and employees, currently on a bus tour to spread the gospel of his unique management style. But under the surface, cracks were starting to show, and Tony was falling into a severe drug and alcohol addiction. Years after his death that bus tour was a clear turning point in Tony's story, but for those around him at the time, it was just Tony being Tony. They had no clue how much darker things could get.

See pictures from today's episode on Substack

Thank you to our episode sponsors:

New York Interventionist

Goodword

Email our good news correspondant with tips: elizabethliu526@gmail.com

Timestamps:

2:00 - Intro / show notes

6:00 - Zappos / Tony Hshei story

1:20:00 - Good News & Adam breaks a chair

Links:

Wonderboy (Book)

Internal Memo: Zappos is offering severance to employees who aren't all in with Holacracy

How Tony Hsieh Tried to Single-Handedly Transform Downtown Las Vegas

The Rise and Fall of the Management Visionary Behind Zappos

The Death of Zappos's Tony Hsieh: A Spiral of Alcohol, Drugs and Extreme Behavior

Amazon Changes at Zappos Slowly Dismantle Tony Hsieh's Legacy

'Money's a powerful motivator,' Friends, documents detail Las Vegas entrepreneur Tony Hsieh's final months alive

Spinato's Employees Get a "Slice of the Pie" as Spinato Family Transitions 49% of Company Ownership to Eligible Employees

Iconic Cincinnati company Graeter's to become partially employee-owned

]]> 5338 yes Outdoor Voices: Ty Haney's Groundhog Day (UNLOCKED!) https://patreon.com/CorporateGossip?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink This is an updated and unlocked version of an episode that was earlier published exclusively on Patreon. Join now and enjoy FOUR extra episodes a month for as little as $5! Ty Haney is back at Outdoor voices, the cult athleisure brand she founded. Can she successfully suck us all into her time machine back to 2014? Or will this company's death rattle be loud enough to convince the brand's private equity investors to put OV out of its misery. Today, Adam and Becca try to figure out how the once beloved brand got so weird and shitty and how Ty Haney fell off the top of the Abby Lee Miller girl boss pyramid. All pics can be found on Substack Watch on Youtube Email our good news correspondant with tips: elizabethliu526@gmail.com Advertise on the Corporate Gossip Podcast Links: Outdoor Voices Became A Staple For Millennial Cool Girls Thanks To Its Chill Aesthetic. Employees Say They Were Drowning. Outdoor Voices Founder Ty Haney Has Moved On. Mostly. Three years after her dramatic exit as CEO, she still has some things she'd like to say. How Outdoor Voices, a Start-Up Darling, Imploded Ty Haney is Elon Musk's Reply Guy Outdoor Voices founder Ty Haney accused of defrauding investors in $3M energy drink deal Sat, 08 Nov 2025 00:19:00 -0000 Outdoor Voices: Ty Haney's Groundhog Day (UNLOCKED!) full 6 8 Nitetoast media This is an updated and unlocked version of an episode that was earlier published exclusively on Patreon. Join now and enjoy FOUR extra episodes a month for as little as $5! Ty Haney is back at Outdoor voices, the cult athleisure brand she founded. Can she successfully suck us all into her time machine back to 2014? Or will this company's death rattle be loud enough to convince the brand's private equity investors to put OV out of its misery. Today, Adam and Becca try to figure out how the once beloved brand got so weird and shitty and how Ty Haney fell off the top of the Abby Lee Miller girl boss pyramid. All pics can be found on Substack Watch on Youtube Email our good news correspondant with tips: elizabethliu526@gmail.com Advertise on the Corporate Gossip Podcast Links: Outdoor Voices Became A Staple For Millennial Cool Girls Thanks To Its Chill Aesthetic. Employees Say They Were Drowning. Outdoor Voices Founder Ty Haney Has Moved On. Mostly. Three years after her dramatic exit as CEO, she still has some things she'd like to say. How Outdoor Voices, a Start-Up Darling, Imploded Ty Haney is Elon Musk's Reply Guy Outdoor Voices founder Ty Haney accused of defrauding investors in $3M energy drink deal This is an updated and unlocked version of an episode that was earlier published exclusively on Patreon. Join now and enjoy FOUR extra episodes a month for as little as $5!

Ty Haney is back at Outdoor voices, the cult athleisure brand she founded. Can she successfully suck us all into her time machine back to 2014? Or will this company's death rattle be loud enough to convince the brand's private equity investors to put OV out of its misery.

Today, Adam and Becca try to figure out how the once beloved brand got so weird and shitty and how Ty Haney fell off the top of the Abby Lee Miller girl boss pyramid.

All pics can be found on Substack

Watch on Youtube

Email our good news correspondant with tips: elizabethliu526@gmail.com

Advertise on the Corporate Gossip Podcast

Links:

Outdoor Voices Became A Staple For Millennial Cool Girls Thanks To Its Chill Aesthetic. Employees Say They Were Drowning.

Outdoor Voices Founder Ty Haney Has Moved On. Mostly. Three years after her dramatic exit as CEO, she still has some things she'd like to say.

How Outdoor Voices, a Start-Up Darling, Imploded

Ty Haney is Elon Musk's Reply Guy

Outdoor Voices founder Ty Haney accused of defrauding investors in $3M energy drink deal

]]> 4045 yes Victoria's Secret: Sex pests all the way down https://patreon.com/CorporateGossip?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink The demon living inside Les Wexner's head brings us into the Victoria's Secret gremlin lair! Adam and Becca go back to the early 2000s to tell the story of the rise and fall of this retail behemoth and the corporate crooks who drove it into the ground. CW: Sexual Assault, Suicide Join us on Patreon for bonus episodes and the aftershow Pics from this episode on Substack Watch on YouTube Thanks to our sponsor, Manager Method. Use code GOSSIP for 10% off! Visit the Pullman National Historical Park Email our good news correspondant with tips: elizabethliu526@gmail.com Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro & Ed Razek's creep club 16:30 - The toxic culture inside Victoria's Secret 25:00 - Les Wexner's childhood & mommy issues 42:00 - Jack Fucking Welch shows up!!! The fall of Victoria's Secret Links: Selling Sexy: Victoria's Secret and the Unraveling of an American Icon 'Angels' in Hell: The Culture of Misogyny Inside Victoria's Secret The Mogul and the Monster: Inside Jeffrey Epstein's Decades-Long Relationship With His Biggest Client Fri, 24 Oct 2025 22:05:00 -0000 Victoria's Secret: Sex pests all the way down full 6 7 Nitetoast media The demon living inside Les Wexner's head brings us into the Victoria's Secret gremlin lair! Adam and Becca go back to the early 2000s to tell the story of the rise and fall of this retail behemoth and the corporate crooks who drove it into the ground. CW: Sexual Assault, Suicide Join us on Patreon for bonus episodes and the aftershow Pics from this episode on Substack Watch on YouTube Thanks to our sponsor, Manager Method. Use code GOSSIP for 10% off! Visit the Pullman National Historical Park Email our good news correspondant with tips: elizabethliu526@gmail.com Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro & Ed Razek's creep club 16:30 - The toxic culture inside Victoria's Secret 25:00 - Les Wexner's childhood & mommy issues 42:00 - Jack Fucking Welch shows up!!! The fall of Victoria's Secret Links: Selling Sexy: Victoria's Secret and the Unraveling of an American Icon 'Angels' in Hell: The Culture of Misogyny Inside Victoria's Secret The Mogul and the Monster: Inside Jeffrey Epstein's Decades-Long Relationship With His Biggest Client The demon living inside Les Wexner's head brings us into the Victoria's Secret gremlin lair! Adam and Becca go back to the early 2000s to tell the story of the rise and fall of this retail behemoth and the corporate crooks who drove it into the ground.

CW: Sexual Assault, Suicide

Join us on Patreon for bonus episodes and the aftershow

Pics from this episode on Substack

Watch on YouTube

Thanks to our sponsor, Manager Method. Use code GOSSIP for 10% off!

Visit the Pullman National Historical Park

Email our good news correspondant with tips: elizabethliu526@gmail.com

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro & Ed Razek's creep club

16:30 - The toxic culture inside Victoria's Secret

25:00 - Les Wexner's childhood & mommy issues

42:00 - Jack Fucking Welch shows up!!! The fall of Victoria's Secret

Links:

Selling Sexy: Victoria's Secret and the Unraveling of an American Icon

'Angels' in Hell: The Culture of Misogyny Inside Victoria's Secret

The Mogul and the Monster: Inside Jeffrey Epstein's Decades-Long Relationship With His Biggest Client

]]> 4285 yes [Patreon Exclusive] Scams in the Manosphere part 2: Tai Lopez's Ponzi Scheme https://patreon.com/CorporateGossip?utm_medium=unknown&amp;utm_source=join_link&amp;utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&amp;utm_content=copyLink Listen to the full episode on Patreon. Join today at the Murdoch's Mates level and get FOUR bonus epiosdes every month plus the Corporate Gossip Book Club and group chat! On a chilly October night, I like to cuddle up with a good ponzi scheme. It's my comfort fraud <3 Links: 'Do You Believe I'm a Scam? Haha' Tai Lopez became YouTube famous promising men they too could own a Lamborghini. Then came the alleged Ponzi scheme. Tai Lopez's RadioShack Ponzi Scheme Read the SEC complaint This Clown Is Still Around its always the guy you suspect the most Sun, 19 Oct 2025 16:00:00 -0000 [Patreon Exclusive] Scams in the Manosphere part 2: Tai Lopez's Ponzi Scheme full Nitetoast media Listen to the full episode on Patreon. Join today at the Murdoch's Mates level and get FOUR bonus epiosdes every month plus the Corporate Gossip Book Club and group chat! On a chilly October night, I like to cuddle up with a good ponzi scheme. It's my comfort fraud <3 Links: 'Do You Believe I'm a Scam? Haha' Tai Lopez became YouTube famous promising men they too could own a Lamborghini. Then came the alleged Ponzi scheme. Tai Lopez's RadioShack Ponzi Scheme Read the SEC complaint This Clown Is Still Around its always the guy you suspect the most Listen to the full episode on Patreon. Join today at the Murdoch's Mates level and get FOUR bonus epiosdes every month plus the Corporate Gossip Book Club and group chat!

On a chilly October night, I like to cuddle up with a good ponzi scheme. It's my comfort fraud <3

Links:

'Do You Believe I'm a Scam? Haha' Tai Lopez became YouTube famous promising men they too could own a Lamborghini. Then came the alleged Ponzi scheme.

Tai Lopez's RadioShack Ponzi Scheme

Read the SEC complaint

This Clown Is Still Around

its always the guy you suspect the most

]]> 1006 no Activision Blizzard's Final Boss https://patreon.com/CorporateGossip?utm_medium=unknown&amp;utm_source=join_link&amp;utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&amp;utm_content=copyLink Please Rate and Review this Podcast!! CW: Suicide, Sexual Assault Join the Patreon for the aftershow and tons of bonus content No game developer would even think to create a dungeon troll as sinister as Bobby Kotick. Bobby's life is a video game where gobbling up cash is the mission and when it comes to retribution there is no side quest too small! When the WSJ drops a bombshell report about years of sexual harassment and toxic culture at Activsion Blizard, will Bobby Kotick finally run out of lives? Or will he respawn in the form of a trash goblin who gets bonus points for punching down? Thanks to our sponsor Borough House Creative Advertise on the Corporate Gossip Podcast Watch on YouTube Time Stamps: 00:00 - Background on Activision Blizzard 09:30 - Bobby Kotick meets Daddy Wynnbucks and becomes an adopted nepo baby, starts game publisher Activision and develops expert level skill in suing people less rich than him 29:30 - Blizzard origin story, early reports of sexual harassment 51:00 - Activision Blizzard merger, Bobby Kotick turns the company into the Triangle Shirtwaist factory while board members look the other way 56:00 - Bobby Kotick completes the CEO right of passage - bending over for the CCP! 60:00 - The lights come on and everyone realizes Bobby Kotick is a little dungeon troll Note: Activision Blizzard denied any wrongdoing, and the settlement confirms California Civil Rights Department (CRD) could not substantiate those claims. As part of the settlement, the CRD withdrew the claims related to harassment from its complaint. Links: Play Nice (book) 'Scorched earth' and big profits: How embattled gaming titan Bobby Kotick outlasts his opponents At Blizzard, groping, free-flowing booze and fear of retaliation tainted 'magical' workplace Blizzard Sets Off Backlash for Penalizing Hearthstone Gamer in Hong Kong Activision CEO Bobby Kotick Knew for Years About Sexual-Misconduct Allegations at Videogame Giant A group of Activision workers say their C.E.O. should step down. Parents Say Sexual Harassment at Activision Blizzard Led to Their Daughter's Suicide Fri, 10 Oct 2025 20:08:00 -0000 Activision Blizzard's Final Boss full 6 6 Nitetoast media Please Rate and Review this Podcast!! CW: Suicide, Sexual Assault Join the Patreon for the aftershow and tons of bonus content No game developer would even think to create a dungeon troll as sinister as Bobby Kotick. Bobby's life is a video game where gobbling up cash is the mission and when it comes to retribution there is no side quest too small! When the WSJ drops a bombshell report about years of sexual harassment and toxic culture at Activsion Blizard, will Bobby Kotick finally run out of lives? Or will he respawn in the form of a trash goblin who gets bonus points for punching down? Thanks to our sponsor Borough House Creative Advertise on the Corporate Gossip Podcast Watch on YouTube Time Stamps: 00:00 - Background on Activision Blizzard 09:30 - Bobby Kotick meets Daddy Wynnbucks and becomes an adopted nepo baby, starts game publisher Activision and develops expert level skill in suing people less rich than him 29:30 - Blizzard origin story, early reports of sexual harassment 51:00 - Activision Blizzard merger, Bobby Kotick turns the company into the Triangle Shirtwaist factory while board members look the other way 56:00 - Bobby Kotick completes the CEO right of passage - bending over for the CCP! 60:00 - The lights come on and everyone realizes Bobby Kotick is a little dungeon troll Note: Activision Blizzard denied any wrongdoing, and the settlement confirms California Civil Rights Department (CRD) could not substantiate those claims. As part of the settlement, the CRD withdrew the claims related to harassment from its complaint. Links: Play Nice (book) 'Scorched earth' and big profits: How embattled gaming titan Bobby Kotick outlasts his opponents At Blizzard, groping, free-flowing booze and fear of retaliation tainted 'magical' workplace Blizzard Sets Off Backlash for Penalizing Hearthstone Gamer in Hong Kong Activision CEO Bobby Kotick Knew for Years About Sexual-Misconduct Allegations at Videogame Giant A group of Activision workers say their C.E.O. should step down. Parents Say Sexual Harassment at Activision Blizzard Led to Their Daughter's Suicide Please Rate and Review this Podcast!!

CW: Suicide, Sexual Assault

Join the Patreon for the aftershow and tons of bonus content

No game developer would even think to create a dungeon troll as sinister as Bobby Kotick. Bobby's life is a video game where gobbling up cash is the mission and when it comes to retribution there is no side quest too small!

When the WSJ drops a bombshell report about years of sexual harassment and toxic culture at Activsion Blizard, will Bobby Kotick finally run out of lives? Or will he respawn in the form of a trash goblin who gets bonus points for punching down?

Thanks to our sponsor Borough House Creative

Advertise on the Corporate Gossip Podcast

Watch on YouTube

Time Stamps:

00:00 - Background on Activision Blizzard

09:30 - Bobby Kotick meets Daddy Wynnbucks and becomes an adopted nepo baby, starts game publisher Activision and develops expert level skill in suing people less rich than him

29:30 - Blizzard origin story, early reports of sexual harassment

51:00 - Activision Blizzard merger, Bobby Kotick turns the company into the Triangle Shirtwaist factory while board members look the other way

56:00 - Bobby Kotick completes the CEO right of passage - bending over for the CCP!

60:00 - The lights come on and everyone realizes Bobby Kotick is a little dungeon troll

Note:

Activision Blizzard denied any wrongdoing, and the settlement confirms California Civil Rights Department (CRD) could not substantiate those claims. As part of the settlement, the CRD withdrew the claims related to harassment from its complaint.

Links:

Play Nice (book)

'Scorched earth' and big profits: How embattled gaming titan Bobby Kotick outlasts his opponents

At Blizzard, groping, free-flowing booze and fear of retaliation tainted 'magical' workplace

Blizzard Sets Off Backlash for Penalizing Hearthstone Gamer in Hong Kong

Activision CEO Bobby Kotick Knew for Years About Sexual-Misconduct Allegations at Videogame Giant

A group of Activision workers say their C.E.O. should step down.

Parents Say Sexual Harassment at Activision Blizzard Led to Their Daughter's Suicide

]]> 5123 yes [Patreon Exclusive] Starbucks: Reverse Engineered Vibes (PLUS Charlie Javice Sentencing) https://patreon.com/CorporateGossip?utm_medium=unknown&amp;utm_source=join_link&amp;utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&amp;utm_content=copyLink Listen to the full episode on Patreon. Join today at the Murdoch's Mates level and get FOUR bonus epiosdes every month plus the Corporate Gossip Book Club and group chat! In this episode: Brian Niccol TRIES HIS HARDEST to get us to like Starbucks again as he tries to escape the living ghost of Howard Shultz. I also went to the Charlie Javice Sentencing yesterday - my report starts at 48:15. 7 YEARS!!! I was shocked - I was certain she'd be sentenced to no more than 5. Links: Starbucks is closing more stores and laying off 900 workers Starbucks CEO's turnaround isn't happening fast enough for Wall Street Howard Schultz says he is a big fan of Brian Niccol's 'brilliant' Starbucks revival strategy Starbucks enters the protein wars with test of new drink option Starbucks to use AI to track inventory, free up baristas to connect Starbucks seeks to slash million-dollar store upgrade costs Write to Starbucks Corporate: https://customerservice.starbucks.com/sbux Starbucks Customer Contact Center: 1 (800) 782-7282 Charlie Javice Sentenced to 85 Months in Prison for Fraud <3333 Thu, 02 Oct 2025 18:08:00 -0000 [Patreon Exclusive] Starbucks: Reverse Engineered Vibes (PLUS Charlie Javice Sentencing) full Nitetoast media Listen to the full episode on Patreon. Join today at the Murdoch's Mates level and get FOUR bonus epiosdes every month plus the Corporate Gossip Book Club and group chat! In this episode: Brian Niccol TRIES HIS HARDEST to get us to like Starbucks again as he tries to escape the living ghost of Howard Shultz. I also went to the Charlie Javice Sentencing yesterday - my report starts at 48:15. 7 YEARS!!! I was shocked - I was certain she'd be sentenced to no more than 5. Links: Starbucks is closing more stores and laying off 900 workers Starbucks CEO's turnaround isn't happening fast enough for Wall Street Howard Schultz says he is a big fan of Brian Niccol's 'brilliant' Starbucks revival strategy Starbucks enters the protein wars with test of new drink option Starbucks to use AI to track inventory, free up baristas to connect Starbucks seeks to slash million-dollar store upgrade costs Write to Starbucks Corporate: https://customerservice.starbucks.com/sbux Starbucks Customer Contact Center: 1 (800) 782-7282 Charlie Javice Sentenced to 85 Months in Prison for Fraud <3333 Listen to the full episode on Patreon. Join today at the Murdoch's Mates level and get FOUR bonus epiosdes every month plus the Corporate Gossip Book Club and group chat!

In this episode:

Brian Niccol TRIES HIS HARDEST to get us to like Starbucks again as he tries to escape the living ghost of Howard Shultz.

I also went to the Charlie Javice Sentencing yesterday - my report starts at 48:15. 7 YEARS!!! I was shocked - I was certain she'd be sentenced to no more than 5.

Links:

Starbucks is closing more stores and laying off 900 workers

Starbucks CEO's turnaround isn't happening fast enough for Wall Street

Howard Schultz says he is a big fan of Brian Niccol's 'brilliant' Starbucks revival strategy

Starbucks enters the protein wars with test of new drink option

Starbucks to use AI to track inventory, free up baristas to connect

Starbucks seeks to slash million-dollar store upgrade costs

Write to Starbucks Corporate: https://customerservice.starbucks.com/sbux

Starbucks Customer Contact Center: 1 (800) 782-7282

Charlie Javice Sentenced to 85 Months in Prison for Fraud

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]]> 510 no Johnson & Johnson: Is the ethical company in the room with us? https://patreon.com/CorporateGossip?utm_medium=unknown&amp;utm_source=join_link&amp;utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&amp;utm_content=copyLink Join the Patreon for the aftershow and tons of bonus content It's the quintessential American company - gaslighting the public, twisting regulators by the balls, and killing consumers in the name of shareholder value! This story is a smorgasbord of deviance - lies, fraud, corruption, cults, and a very sweaty CEO. So put on your lab coats and take out your popcorn as we dive into the pharmaceutical trash heap known as Johnson & Johnson - and yes, we're going to talk about Tylenol. Watch on YouTube Pics from today's episode Thank you to our sponsors: Twin Cities Comic Con Studio Govan Hear YOUR ad on the pod Submit a good news story to our good news correspondent elizabethliu526@gmail.com Timestamps: 00:00 - History of J&J 12:15 - Busting the myths of the 1982 Tylenol cyanide murders 24:00 - Tylenol, liver failure, and the cost of doing business 38:30 - FDA <3 J&J 46:00 - The J&J credo on opposite day (Risperdal kills nursing home patients and gives young boys breasts!) 01:08:00 - Oops! Extra Asbestos (J&J Talc based baby powder) Links: No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson Dose of Confusion How Independent is the FDA How Johnson & Johnson has somehow survived scandal after scandal $8 Billion Verdict in Drug Lawsuit Is Reduced to $6.8 Million Johnson & Johnson knew for decades that asbestos lurked in its Baby Powder Fri, 26 Sep 2025 13:03:00 -0000 Johnson &amp; Johnson: Is the ethical company in the room with us? full 6 5 Nitetoast media Join the Patreon for the aftershow and tons of bonus content It's the quintessential American company - gaslighting the public, twisting regulators by the balls, and killing consumers in the name of shareholder value! This story is a smorgasbord of deviance - lies, fraud, corruption, cults, and a very sweaty CEO. So put on your lab coats and take out your popcorn as we dive into the pharmaceutical trash heap known as Johnson & Johnson - and yes, we're going to talk about Tylenol. Watch on YouTube Pics from today's episode Thank you to our sponsors: Twin Cities Comic Con Studio Govan Hear YOUR ad on the pod Submit a good news story to our good news correspondent elizabethliu526@gmail.com Timestamps: 00:00 - History of J&J 12:15 - Busting the myths of the 1982 Tylenol cyanide murders 24:00 - Tylenol, liver failure, and the cost of doing business 38:30 - FDA <3 J&J 46:00 - The J&J credo on opposite day (Risperdal kills nursing home patients and gives young boys breasts!) 01:08:00 - Oops! Extra Asbestos (J&J Talc based baby powder) Links: No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson Dose of Confusion How Independent is the FDA How Johnson & Johnson has somehow survived scandal after scandal $8 Billion Verdict in Drug Lawsuit Is Reduced to $6.8 Million Johnson & Johnson knew for decades that asbestos lurked in its Baby Powder Join the Patreon for the aftershow and tons of bonus content

It's the quintessential American company - gaslighting the public, twisting regulators by the balls, and killing consumers in the name of shareholder value! This story is a smorgasbord of deviance - lies, fraud, corruption, cults, and a very sweaty CEO. So put on your lab coats and take out your popcorn as we dive into the pharmaceutical trash heap known as Johnson & Johnson - and yes, we're going to talk about Tylenol.

Watch on YouTube

Pics from today's episode

Thank you to our sponsors:

Twin Cities Comic Con

Studio Govan

Hear YOUR ad on the pod

Submit a good news story to our good news correspondent elizabethliu526@gmail.com

Timestamps:

00:00 - History of J&J

12:15 - Busting the myths of the 1982 Tylenol cyanide murders

24:00 - Tylenol, liver failure, and the cost of doing business

38:30 - FDA <3 J&J

46:00 - The J&J credo on opposite day (Risperdal kills nursing home patients and gives young boys breasts!)

01:08:00 - Oops! Extra Asbestos (J&J Talc based baby powder)

Links:

No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson

Dose of Confusion

How Independent is the FDA

How Johnson & Johnson has somehow survived scandal after scandal $8 Billion Verdict in Drug Lawsuit Is Reduced to $6.8 Million

Johnson & Johnson knew for decades that asbestos lurked in its Baby Powder

]]> 5338 yes [Patreon Exclusive] JP Morgan's Big Time Oopsie (It's about Jeffery Epstein) https://patreon.com/CorporateGossip?utm_medium=unknown&amp;utm_source=join_link&amp;utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&amp;utm_content=copyLink We are an independent podcast with no corporate sponsors. The Patreon helps keep the lights on, please consider joining at the Skillling's Sweeties level and get FOUR bonus episodes every month or the Murdoch's Mates level to join our live book club and group chat! Hear the rest of the episode on Patreon TW: Sexual Assault Wallstreets skankiest trash goblin, Jamie Dimon, has had the worst week EVER after a mind-blowing investigation was published by the NYT last week. Some truly flabbergasting revelations had us asking, can Dimon widdle baby his way out of this one? Links (please DM me if you need a gift link!): How Jeffrey Epstein Used the Billionaire Behind Victoria's Secret for Wealth and Women How JPMorgan Enabled the Crimes of Jeffrey Epstein THE TALENTED MR. EPSTEIN Why Didn't Vanity Fair Break the Jeffrey Epstein Story? "She Was Shaking Uncontrollably": Powerful Men, Disturbing New Details in Unsealed Jeffrey Epstein Documents Senators Call for Hearings About JPMorgan's Ties to Jeffrey Epstein Wed, 17 Sep 2025 18:06:00 -0000 [Patreon Exclusive] JP Morgan's Big Time Oopsie (It's about Jeffery Epstein) full Nitetoast media We are an independent podcast with no corporate sponsors. The Patreon helps keep the lights on, please consider joining at the Skillling's Sweeties level and get FOUR bonus episodes every month or the Murdoch's Mates level to join our live book club and group chat! Hear the rest of the episode on Patreon TW: Sexual Assault Wallstreets skankiest trash goblin, Jamie Dimon, has had the worst week EVER after a mind-blowing investigation was published by the NYT last week. Some truly flabbergasting revelations had us asking, can Dimon widdle baby his way out of this one? Links (please DM me if you need a gift link!): How Jeffrey Epstein Used the Billionaire Behind Victoria's Secret for Wealth and Women How JPMorgan Enabled the Crimes of Jeffrey Epstein THE TALENTED MR. EPSTEIN Why Didn't Vanity Fair Break the Jeffrey Epstein Story? "She Was Shaking Uncontrollably": Powerful Men, Disturbing New Details in Unsealed Jeffrey Epstein Documents Senators Call for Hearings About JPMorgan's Ties to Jeffrey Epstein We are an independent podcast with no corporate sponsors. The Patreon helps keep the lights on, please consider joining at the Skillling's Sweeties level and get FOUR bonus episodes every month or the Murdoch's Mates level to join our live book club and group chat!

Hear the rest of the episode on Patreon

TW: Sexual Assault

Wallstreets skankiest trash goblin, Jamie Dimon, has had the worst week EVER after a mind-blowing investigation was published by the NYT last week. Some truly flabbergasting revelations had us asking, can Dimon widdle baby his way out of this one?

Links (please DM me if you need a gift link!):

How Jeffrey Epstein Used the Billionaire Behind Victoria's Secret for Wealth and Women

How JPMorgan Enabled the Crimes of Jeffrey Epstein

THE TALENTED MR. EPSTEIN

Why Didn't Vanity Fair Break the Jeffrey Epstein Story?

"She Was Shaking Uncontrollably": Powerful Men, Disturbing New Details in Unsealed Jeffrey Epstein Documents

Senators Call for Hearings About JPMorgan's Ties to Jeffrey Epstein

]]> 605 yes AOL: Dotcom Dummies https://patreon.com/CorporateGossip?utm_medium=unknown&amp;utm_source=join_link&amp;utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&amp;utm_content=copyLink Please rate and review this podcast! What ever happened to AOL?! We go all the way back to 1999 (home video included) and meet Steve Case, the CEO of, at the time, the largest technology company in America. High on his own supply, he wrangles Time Warner CEO Jerry Levin into a business noogie and manages to destroy a third of a TRILLION DOLLARS in shareholder value almost instantly. TW: murder Pictures Watch on Youtube Join the Patreon for the aftershow and tons of bonus content Thank you to today's sponsors: Aster + Lupine RainBao Food Truck Links: Stealing Time (book) Fools Rush In (book) There Must be a Pony in here Somewhere (book) Gerald M. Levin, Time Warner Chief in a Merger Debacle, Dies at 84 How the AOL-Time Warner Merger Went So Wrong Fri, 12 Sep 2025 20:07:00 -0000 AOL: Dotcom Dummies full 6 4 Nitetoast media Please rate and review this podcast! What ever happened to AOL?! We go all the way back to 1999 (home video included) and meet Steve Case, the CEO of, at the time, the largest technology company in America. High on his own supply, he wrangles Time Warner CEO Jerry Levin into a business noogie and manages to destroy a third of a TRILLION DOLLARS in shareholder value almost instantly. TW: murder Pictures Watch on Youtube Join the Patreon for the aftershow and tons of bonus content Thank you to today's sponsors: Aster + Lupine RainBao Food Truck Links: Stealing Time (book) Fools Rush In (book) There Must be a Pony in here Somewhere (book) Gerald M. Levin, Time Warner Chief in a Merger Debacle, Dies at 84 How the AOL-Time Warner Merger Went So Wrong Please rate and review this podcast!

What ever happened to AOL?! We go all the way back to 1999 (home video included) and meet Steve Case, the CEO of, at the time, the largest technology company in America. High on his own supply, he wrangles Time Warner CEO Jerry Levin into a business noogie and manages to destroy a third of a TRILLION DOLLARS in shareholder value almost instantly.

TW: murder

Pictures

Watch on Youtube

Join the Patreon for the aftershow and tons of bonus content

Thank you to today's sponsors:

Aster + Lupine

RainBao Food Truck

Links:

Stealing Time (book)

Fools Rush In (book)

There Must be a Pony in here Somewhere (book)

Gerald M. Levin, Time Warner Chief in a Merger Debacle, Dies at 84

How the AOL-Time Warner Merger Went So Wrong

]]> 4463 yes Sam Altman & Open AI Part 2: King D*ck of Liar Mountain https://patreon.com/CorporateGossip?utm_medium=unknown&amp;utm_source=join_link&amp;utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&amp;utm_content=copyLink Please rate and review this podcast! We're back with part two of our series on Open AI (we're done after this one for a while). Everyone's making everything up all the time and no one has any idea what will happen in the future. In this episode, we cover the wild claims made about AI and AGI and how those predictions are being used to justify environmental destruction and human exploitation. Also Sam Altman stands on his tippytoes. Listen to the aftershow on Patreon Today's sponsors are Darling Beasts, a book by Michelle Gable and The Talent Spot Advertise with us! Pictures from this episode Submit a good news story by email to our good news correspondent elizabethliu526@gmail.com Links: Empire of AI (Book) 'There was all sorts of toxic behaviour': Timnit Gebru on her sacking by Google, AI's dangers and big tech AI is draining water from Areas that need it most Small Oregon county reckons with fallout from data center scandal Arizona city defeats massive data center project over water, energy concerns Behind the AI boom, an army of overseas workers in 'digital sweatshops' TIME100 AI 2024: Mophat Okinyi Fri, 29 Aug 2025 22:43:00 -0000 Sam Altman &amp; Open AI Part 2: King D*ck of Liar Mountain full 6 3 Nitetoast media Please rate and review this podcast! We're back with part two of our series on Open AI (we're done after this one for a while). Everyone's making everything up all the time and no one has any idea what will happen in the future. In this episode, we cover the wild claims made about AI and AGI and how those predictions are being used to justify environmental destruction and human exploitation. Also Sam Altman stands on his tippytoes. Listen to the aftershow on Patreon Today's sponsors are Darling Beasts, a book by Michelle Gable and The Talent Spot Advertise with us! Pictures from this episode Submit a good news story by email to our good news correspondent elizabethliu526@gmail.com Links: Empire of AI (Book) 'There was all sorts of toxic behaviour': Timnit Gebru on her sacking by Google, AI's dangers and big tech AI is draining water from Areas that need it most Small Oregon county reckons with fallout from data center scandal Arizona city defeats massive data center project over water, energy concerns Behind the AI boom, an army of overseas workers in 'digital sweatshops' TIME100 AI 2024: Mophat Okinyi Please rate and review this podcast!

We're back with part two of our series on Open AI (we're done after this one for a while). Everyone's making everything up all the time and no one has any idea what will happen in the future. In this episode, we cover the wild claims made about AI and AGI and how those predictions are being used to justify environmental destruction and human exploitation. Also Sam Altman stands on his tippytoes.

Listen to the aftershow on Patreon

Today's sponsors are Darling Beasts, a book by Michelle Gable and The Talent Spot

Advertise with us!

Pictures from this episode

Submit a good news story by email to our good news correspondent elizabethliu526@gmail.com

Links:

Empire of AI (Book)

'There was all sorts of toxic behaviour': Timnit Gebru on her sacking by Google, AI's dangers and big tech

AI is draining water from Areas that need it most

Small Oregon county reckons with fallout from data center scandal

Arizona city defeats massive data center project over water, energy concerns

Behind the AI boom, an army of overseas workers in 'digital sweatshops'

TIME100 AI 2024: Mophat Okinyi

]]> 4987 yes OpenAI & Sam Altman's Sad Sack Band of Goons https://patreon.com/CorporateGossip?utm_medium=unknown&amp;utm_source=join_link&amp;utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&amp;utm_content=copyLink Please rate and review this podcast! CW: Child Sexual Assault Meet Sam Altman, one of the most powerful men in tech (also maybe evil Pete Buttigieg??) and his posse of boy pests. We take you deep into the bunkers of Silicon Valley to Sam's inner circle to figure out how he became so rotted. Was it insecurity? Napoleon syndrome? OR SCURVY INDUCED PSYCHOSIS ??? Listen to the aftershow on Patreon Watch on Youtube Today's sponsors are Brick of Chicago and Neurorenew PT Advertise with us! Pictures from the episode Submit a good news story by email to our good news correspondent elizabethliu526@gmail.com Links: You look like a thing and I love you (Book) Empire of AI (Book) The Worst Hard Time (Book) Sam Altman Is the Oppenheimer of Our Age Sam Altman's Manifest Destiny Sam Altman on His Plan to Keep A.I. Out of the Hands of the "Bad Guys" Leaked OpenAI documents reveal aggressive tactics toward former employees Know Your Rights Virtual Workshop Sat, 16 Aug 2025 01:22:00 -0000 OpenAI &amp; Sam Altman's Sad Sack Band of Goons full 6 2 Nitetoast media Please rate and review this podcast! CW: Child Sexual Assault Meet Sam Altman, one of the most powerful men in tech (also maybe evil Pete Buttigieg??) and his posse of boy pests. We take you deep into the bunkers of Silicon Valley to Sam's inner circle to figure out how he became so rotted. Was it insecurity? Napoleon syndrome? OR SCURVY INDUCED PSYCHOSIS ??? Listen to the aftershow on Patreon Watch on Youtube Today's sponsors are Brick of Chicago and Neurorenew PT Advertise with us! Pictures from the episode Submit a good news story by email to our good news correspondent elizabethliu526@gmail.com Links: You look like a thing and I love you (Book) Empire of AI (Book) The Worst Hard Time (Book) Sam Altman Is the Oppenheimer of Our Age Sam Altman's Manifest Destiny Sam Altman on His Plan to Keep A.I. Out of the Hands of the "Bad Guys" Leaked OpenAI documents reveal aggressive tactics toward former employees Know Your Rights Virtual Workshop Please rate and review this podcast!

CW: Child Sexual Assault

Meet Sam Altman, one of the most powerful men in tech (also maybe evil Pete Buttigieg??) and his posse of boy pests. We take you deep into the bunkers of Silicon Valley to Sam's inner circle to figure out how he became so rotted. Was it insecurity? Napoleon syndrome? OR SCURVY INDUCED PSYCHOSIS ???

Listen to the aftershow on Patreon

Watch on Youtube

Today's sponsors are Brick of Chicago and Neurorenew PT

Advertise with us!

Pictures from the episode

Submit a good news story by email to our good news correspondent elizabethliu526@gmail.com

Links:

You look like a thing and I love you (Book)

Empire of AI (Book)

The Worst Hard Time (Book)

Sam Altman Is the Oppenheimer of Our Age

Sam Altman's Manifest Destiny

Sam Altman on His Plan to Keep A.I. Out of the Hands of the "Bad Guys"

Leaked OpenAI documents reveal aggressive tactics toward former employees

Know Your Rights Virtual Workshop

]]> 6624 yes Match.com / Tinder: Boy Boss Amateur Hour https://patreon.com/CorporateGossip?utm_medium=unknown&amp;utm_source=join_link&amp;utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&amp;utm_content=copyLink Why is it that no one wants to see a hot guy succeed?!!!? This is the story of the three best friends, lead by Bell Air Boy Boss Sean Rad. They created Tinder and became the coolest millennials in LA, hosting parties with Jason Derulo and Kristen Doute and preparing their bank accounts for an influx of cash after being acquired by Match.com. But it's hard to read the fine print on a legal document by the light of a glow-stick! And while they were partying, Barry Diller was scheming from his megayacht. Soon, their viral app would be swiped from under them. Join the Patreon for bonus episodes! Watch on Youtube Advertise on Corporate Gossip Pictures from today's episode 10:00 - Intro 23:30 - Corporate Gossip #1: Here, put on this bedsheet and gladiator sandals, we're going to a COLLEGE TOGA PARTY!! FOR BUSINESS!! 37:00 - Corporate Gossip #2: Business daddy issues 46:00 - Corporate Gossip #3: Tinder founders - "we're stupid, BUT we're also sexual harassers, (allegedly)" 51:30 - Corporate Gossip #4: Nanci Jo Sales strikes 56:30 - Corporate Gossip #5: The VC urge to give a bunch of 20 somethings a million dollars and no oversight 1:04:00 - Corporate Gossip #6: Literally Match I Double dog dare you to find someone to be CEO who isn't a dumb creep 1:12:25 - Corporate Gossip #7: Nasty Grams from Blatt 1:15:00 - Corporate Gossip#8: Follow up & Takeaways Links: Mr. (Swipe) Right? 'Sodomy' and scandal: Tinder's thoroughly embarrassing stock-market debut A Tinder Revenge Story The revolutionary dating app made a lot of people rich. Co-founder Sean Rad didn't feel rich enough. An Open Letter to Tinder's Sean Rad from V.F.'s Nancy Jo Sales Thank you to today's sponsors! Karinas Confectioneries Ellin Lolis Fri, 01 Aug 2025 20:02:00 -0000 Match.com / Tinder: Boy Boss Amateur Hour full 6 1 Nitetoast media Why is it that no one wants to see a hot guy succeed?!!!? This is the story of the three best friends, lead by Bell Air Boy Boss Sean Rad. They created Tinder and became the coolest millennials in LA, hosting parties with Jason Derulo and Kristen Doute and preparing their bank accounts for an influx of cash after being acquired by Match.com. But it's hard to read the fine print on a legal document by the light of a glow-stick! And while they were partying, Barry Diller was scheming from his megayacht. Soon, their viral app would be swiped from under them. Join the Patreon for bonus episodes! Watch on Youtube Advertise on Corporate Gossip Pictures from today's episode 10:00 - Intro 23:30 - Corporate Gossip #1: Here, put on this bedsheet and gladiator sandals, we're going to a COLLEGE TOGA PARTY!! FOR BUSINESS!! 37:00 - Corporate Gossip #2: Business daddy issues 46:00 - Corporate Gossip #3: Tinder founders - "we're stupid, BUT we're also sexual harassers, (allegedly)" 51:30 - Corporate Gossip #4: Nanci Jo Sales strikes 56:30 - Corporate Gossip #5: The VC urge to give a bunch of 20 somethings a million dollars and no oversight 1:04:00 - Corporate Gossip #6: Literally Match I Double dog dare you to find someone to be CEO who isn't a dumb creep 1:12:25 - Corporate Gossip #7: Nasty Grams from Blatt 1:15:00 - Corporate Gossip#8: Follow up & Takeaways Links: Mr. (Swipe) Right? 'Sodomy' and scandal: Tinder's thoroughly embarrassing stock-market debut A Tinder Revenge Story The revolutionary dating app made a lot of people rich. Co-founder Sean Rad didn't feel rich enough. An Open Letter to Tinder's Sean Rad from V.F.'s Nancy Jo Sales Thank you to today's sponsors! Karinas Confectioneries Ellin Lolis Why is it that no one wants to see a hot guy succeed?!!!?

This is the story of the three best friends, lead by Bell Air Boy Boss Sean Rad. They created Tinder and became the coolest millennials in LA, hosting parties with Jason Derulo and Kristen Doute and preparing their bank accounts for an influx of cash after being acquired by Match.com. But it's hard to read the fine print on a legal document by the light of a glow-stick! And while they were partying, Barry Diller was scheming from his megayacht. Soon, their viral app would be swiped from under them.

Join the Patreon for bonus episodes!

Watch on Youtube

Advertise on Corporate Gossip

Pictures from today's episode

10:00 - Intro

23:30 - Corporate Gossip #1: Here, put on this bedsheet and gladiator sandals, we're going to a COLLEGE TOGA PARTY!! FOR BUSINESS!!

37:00 - Corporate Gossip #2: Business daddy issues

46:00 - Corporate Gossip #3: Tinder founders - "we're stupid, BUT we're also sexual harassers, (allegedly)"

51:30 - Corporate Gossip #4: Nanci Jo Sales strikes

56:30 - Corporate Gossip #5: The VC urge to give a bunch of 20 somethings a million dollars and no oversight

1:04:00 - Corporate Gossip #6: Literally Match I Double dog dare you to find someone to be CEO who isn't a dumb creep

1:12:25 - Corporate Gossip #7: Nasty Grams from Blatt

1:15:00 - Corporate Gossip#8: Follow up & Takeaways

Links:

Mr. (Swipe) Right?

'Sodomy' and scandal: Tinder's thoroughly embarrassing stock-market debut

A Tinder Revenge Story The revolutionary dating app made a lot of people rich. Co-founder Sean Rad didn't feel rich enough.

An Open Letter to Tinder's Sean Rad from V.F.'s Nancy Jo Sales

Thank you to today's sponsors!

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]]> 5288 yes EMERGENCY EPISODE! The Astronomer CEO scandal and other messy executives https://patreon.com/CorporateGossip?utm_medium=unknown&amp;utm_source=join_link&amp;utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&amp;utm_content=copyLink The CEO of tech company Astronomer was caught at a Coldplay concert canoodling with the head of HR in a video that has since gone mega-viral. And SUDDENLY everyone is interested in what I thought was a niche topic - CEOs behaving badly!! In this emergency episode, I review the latest in the Astronomer scandal and recap my favorite executive cheating scandals that we've covered on the podcast. Correction: In an earlier version of this epiosde, I said Friends and ER were on CBS. They were not, they were on NBC. I also said Rupert Murdoch's wife was "Jerry Halloway" not "Jerry Hall." That's because I'm a millenial and I'm always thinking about the Spice Girls. Timestamps: 00:00 Astronomer 07:25 - Kevin Plank (Under Armour) 13:30 - Sergey Brin (Google) 20:00 - Les Moonves (CBS) 24:30 - SBF (FTX) 26:00 - Jack Welch (GE) 27:20 - Rupert Murdoch (NewsCorp / Fox News) I also touch on Dov Charney (American Apparel), Eddie Antar (Crazy Eddie), The Insys Sales Reps, and Vince McMahon (WWE) Fri, 18 Jul 2025 17:31:00 -0000 EMERGENCY EPISODE! The Astronomer CEO scandal and other messy executives full 5 8 Nitetoast media The CEO of tech company Astronomer was caught at a Coldplay concert canoodling with the head of HR in a video that has since gone mega-viral. And SUDDENLY everyone is interested in what I thought was a niche topic - CEOs behaving badly!! In this emergency episode, I review the latest in the Astronomer scandal and recap my favorite executive cheating scandals that we've covered on the podcast. Correction: In an earlier version of this epiosde, I said Friends and ER were on CBS. They were not, they were on NBC. I also said Rupert Murdoch's wife was "Jerry Halloway" not "Jerry Hall." That's because I'm a millenial and I'm always thinking about the Spice Girls. Timestamps: 00:00 Astronomer 07:25 - Kevin Plank (Under Armour) 13:30 - Sergey Brin (Google) 20:00 - Les Moonves (CBS) 24:30 - SBF (FTX) 26:00 - Jack Welch (GE) 27:20 - Rupert Murdoch (NewsCorp / Fox News) I also touch on Dov Charney (American Apparel), Eddie Antar (Crazy Eddie), The Insys Sales Reps, and Vince McMahon (WWE) The CEO of tech company Astronomer was caught at a Coldplay concert canoodling with the head of HR in a video that has since gone mega-viral. And SUDDENLY everyone is interested in what I thought was a niche topic - CEOs behaving badly!!

In this emergency episode, I review the latest in the Astronomer scandal and recap my favorite executive cheating scandals that we've covered on the podcast.

Correction: In an earlier version of this epiosde, I said Friends and ER were on CBS. They were not, they were on NBC. I also said Rupert Murdoch's wife was "Jerry Halloway" not "Jerry Hall." That's because I'm a millenial and I'm always thinking about the Spice Girls.

Timestamps:

00:00 Astronomer

07:25 - Kevin Plank (Under Armour)

13:30 - Sergey Brin (Google)

20:00 - Les Moonves (CBS)

24:30 - SBF (FTX)

26:00 - Jack Welch (GE)

27:20 - Rupert Murdoch (NewsCorp / Fox News)

I also touch on Dov Charney (American Apparel), Eddie Antar (Crazy Eddie), The Insys Sales Reps, and Vince McMahon (WWE)

]]> 2010 yes State of the show: Summer break, Adam's brilliant idea, good news for birds, MBAs, Amphetamines and more! https://www.corporategossippod.com/ Checking in before our OFFICIAL Corporate Gossip Summer Research Break! We'll be back in July with regular episodes. Join us on Patreon Sign up for the Corporate Gossip Ad program here This Brain Had a Mouth: Lucy Gwin and the Voice of Disability Nation Audubon chapter rejects offer from The Hartford to reinstate coverage BTW - we forgot to mention, but after The Hartford said they'd reinstate coverage, the Audobon chapter told the company to kick rocks! Fri, 16 May 2025 14:19:00 -0000 State of the show: Summer break, Adam's brilliant idea, good news for birds, MBAs, Amphetamines and more! full 5 8 Nitetoast media Checking in before our OFFICIAL Corporate Gossip Summer Research Break! We'll be back in July with regular episodes. Join us on Patreon Sign up for the Corporate Gossip Ad program here This Brain Had a Mouth: Lucy Gwin and the Voice of Disability Nation Audubon chapter rejects offer from The Hartford to reinstate coverage BTW - we forgot to mention, but after The Hartford said they'd reinstate coverage, the Audobon chapter told the company to kick rocks! Checking in before our OFFICIAL Corporate Gossip Summer Research Break! We'll be back in July with regular episodes.

Join us on Patreon

Sign up for the Corporate Gossip Ad program here

This Brain Had a Mouth: Lucy Gwin and the Voice of Disability Nation

Audubon chapter rejects offer from The Hartford to reinstate coverage

BTW - we forgot to mention, but after The Hartford said they'd reinstate coverage, the Audobon chapter told the company to kick rocks!

]]> 2408 yes Facebook Part 2: Mark Zuckerberg & The Curse Of The Baby Bangs https://www.corporategossippod.com/ For bonus content and discussions on each episode join us on Patreon We wrap up this absolute UNIT of a two part episode by examining the Facebook story by stepping into our proverbial blue sequined rompers and seeing the world behind Mark Zuckberg's baby bangs. BUCKLE UP as Becca and Adam try to figure out - did the accumulation of unchecked power and extraordinary wealth over 20 years take ice cream scoops out of Mark Zuckerberg's brain? OR did his unique position on top of business boy mountain give him the freedom to reveal the curly-haired gremlin that was always hiding within?? Links: Pics from the episode The Zuckerberg Files It's Time to Break Up Facebook How Mark Zuckerberg Led Facebook's War to Crush Google Plus Mark Zuckerberg Apparently Didn't Tell Congress the Whole Truth About Facebook An Ugly Truth Careless People Good News: Inside a Union's Fight Against Trump's Federal Job Cuts Got good news? Email our Good News Correspondent elizabethliu526@gmail.com Sat, 03 May 2025 00:53:00 -0000 Facebook Part 2: Mark Zuckerberg &amp; The Curse Of The Baby Bangs full 5 7 Nitetoast media For bonus content and discussions on each episode join us on Patreon We wrap up this absolute UNIT of a two part episode by examining the Facebook story by stepping into our proverbial blue sequined rompers and seeing the world behind Mark Zuckberg's baby bangs. BUCKLE UP as Becca and Adam try to figure out - did the accumulation of unchecked power and extraordinary wealth over 20 years take ice cream scoops out of Mark Zuckerberg's brain? OR did his unique position on top of business boy mountain give him the freedom to reveal the curly-haired gremlin that was always hiding within?? Links: Pics from the episode The Zuckerberg Files It's Time to Break Up Facebook How Mark Zuckerberg Led Facebook's War to Crush Google Plus Mark Zuckerberg Apparently Didn't Tell Congress the Whole Truth About Facebook An Ugly Truth Careless People Good News: Inside a Union's Fight Against Trump's Federal Job Cuts Got good news? Email our Good News Correspondent elizabethliu526@gmail.com For bonus content and discussions on each episode join us on Patreon

We wrap up this absolute UNIT of a two part episode by examining the Facebook story by stepping into our proverbial blue sequined rompers and seeing the world behind Mark Zuckberg's baby bangs. BUCKLE UP as Becca and Adam try to figure out - did the accumulation of unchecked power and extraordinary wealth over 20 years take ice cream scoops out of Mark Zuckerberg's brain? OR did his unique position on top of business boy mountain give him the freedom to reveal the curly-haired gremlin that was always hiding within??

Links:

Pics from the episode

The Zuckerberg Files

It's Time to Break Up Facebook

How Mark Zuckerberg Led Facebook's War to Crush Google Plus

Mark Zuckerberg Apparently Didn't Tell Congress the Whole Truth About Facebook

An Ugly Truth

Careless People

Good News: Inside a Union's Fight Against Trump's Federal Job Cuts

Got good news? Email our Good News Correspondent elizabethliu526@gmail.com

]]> 5963 yes Facebook Part 1: Sheryl Sandberg & The Curse of the BOB https://www.corporategossippod.com/ For bonus content and discussions on each episode join us on Patreon If Sheryl Sandberg & Mark Zuckerberg never encountered one another at a Christmas party in Atherton in 2007 would the world have been a better place? Find out as we go ALLL the way back and trace the story of Sheryl Sandberg's Dr. Frankenstein and her Mark Zuckerberg monster. Was there sexual tension between the two of them (no one explicitly has said that but I PICKED UP ON A FEW THINGS!)??. Were either of them good people who were corrupted? Or were they destined to seek power and destroy once they reached the top? What about now? Do they feel ashamed about the lives they've destroyed, directly or indirectly? Do they hate themselves more than we could ever hate them? Are there ANY heroes in this story at all? What do you think?! Links: Pics from the episode Why Sheryl Sandberg Quit Facebook's Meta "When You Get That Wealthy, You Start to Buy Your Own Bullshit": The Miseducation of Sheryl Sandberg An Ugly Truth Careless People Got good news? Email our Good News Correspondent elizabethliu526@gmail.com Fri, 18 Apr 2025 22:51:00 -0000 Facebook Part 1: Sheryl Sandberg &amp; The Curse of the BOB full 5 6 Nitetoast media For bonus content and discussions on each episode join us on Patreon If Sheryl Sandberg & Mark Zuckerberg never encountered one another at a Christmas party in Atherton in 2007 would the world have been a better place? Find out as we go ALLL the way back and trace the story of Sheryl Sandberg's Dr. Frankenstein and her Mark Zuckerberg monster. Was there sexual tension between the two of them (no one explicitly has said that but I PICKED UP ON A FEW THINGS!)??. Were either of them good people who were corrupted? Or were they destined to seek power and destroy once they reached the top? What about now? Do they feel ashamed about the lives they've destroyed, directly or indirectly? Do they hate themselves more than we could ever hate them? Are there ANY heroes in this story at all? What do you think?! Links: Pics from the episode Why Sheryl Sandberg Quit Facebook's Meta "When You Get That Wealthy, You Start to Buy Your Own Bullshit": The Miseducation of Sheryl Sandberg An Ugly Truth Careless People Got good news? Email our Good News Correspondent elizabethliu526@gmail.com For bonus content and discussions on each episode join us on Patreon

If Sheryl Sandberg & Mark Zuckerberg never encountered one another at a Christmas party in Atherton in 2007 would the world have been a better place? Find out as we go ALLL the way back and trace the story of Sheryl Sandberg's Dr. Frankenstein and her Mark Zuckerberg monster.

Was there sexual tension between the two of them (no one explicitly has said that but I PICKED UP ON A FEW THINGS!)??. Were either of them good people who were corrupted? Or were they destined to seek power and destroy once they reached the top? What about now? Do they feel ashamed about the lives they've destroyed, directly or indirectly? Do they hate themselves more than we could ever hate them? Are there ANY heroes in this story at all? What do you think?!

Links:

Pics from the episode

Why Sheryl Sandberg Quit Facebook's Meta

"When You Get That Wealthy, You Start to Buy Your Own Bullshit": The Miseducation of Sheryl Sandberg

An Ugly Truth

Careless People

Got good news? Email our Good News Correspondent elizabethliu526@gmail.com

]]> 5153 yes Bonus! Charlie Javice vs. PeePaw: The Final Chapter https://www.corporategossippod.com/ This was going to be a Patreon exclusive but I decided to make it free for everyone! If you want to support this indie podcast, consider joining the Patreon. You'll get bonus content twice a month, discussion posts with me and other members, and extra juciy content that didn't make the cut on regular episodes! The jury is now deliberating! What do you think? Guilty or Not Guilty? At the closing arguments of US vs. Charlie Javice, aka the Jose Baez oral rollercoaster. WEEE!!! Highlights include: The Monopoly Man is ACTUALLY J.P. Morgan Jamie Dimons "widdle baby" defense A scorned bank employee hopes to save bank daddies reputation As always, hyper realistic drawings that bring you into the belly of the lower Manhattan District Courthouse Thu, 27 Mar 2025 17:27:00 -0000 Bonus! Charlie Javice vs. PeePaw: The Final Chapter bonus Nitetoast media This was going to be a Patreon exclusive but I decided to make it free for everyone! If you want to support this indie podcast, consider joining the Patreon. You'll get bonus content twice a month, discussion posts with me and other members, and extra juciy content that didn't make the cut on regular episodes! The jury is now deliberating! What do you think? Guilty or Not Guilty? At the closing arguments of US vs. Charlie Javice, aka the Jose Baez oral rollercoaster. WEEE!!! Highlights include: The Monopoly Man is ACTUALLY J.P. Morgan Jamie Dimons "widdle baby" defense A scorned bank employee hopes to save bank daddies reputation As always, hyper realistic drawings that bring you into the belly of the lower Manhattan District Courthouse This was going to be a Patreon exclusive but I decided to make it free for everyone! If you want to support this indie podcast, consider joining the Patreon. You'll get bonus content twice a month, discussion posts with me and other members, and extra juciy content that didn't make the cut on regular episodes!

The jury is now deliberating! What do you think? Guilty or Not Guilty?

At the closing arguments of US vs. Charlie Javice, aka the Jose Baez oral rollercoaster. WEEE!!! Highlights include:

  • The Monopoly Man is ACTUALLY J.P. Morgan

  • Jamie Dimons "widdle baby" defense

  • A scorned bank employee hopes to save bank daddies reputation

  • As always, hyper realistic drawings that bring you into the belly of the lower Manhattan District Courthouse

]]> 2418 yes Etsy: Hipster Bambi vs. VC Villains https://www.corporategossippod.com/ In 2007, the mecca of hipster paradise was the Etsy headquarters in Brooklyn. Etsy epitomized elder-millennial quirk with a sprinkle of digital delusion, and no one personified the vibes quite like their CEO and founder, Rob Kalin. But while Kalin and his friends were building a crafters utopia, a ruthless venture capitalist had another plan for the company: destroy it from the inside out and get SUPER rich doing it. Join the Patreon for bonus episodes and discussion! Pictures now on Patreon (no paywall!) Links: Etsy Wants to Crochet Its Cake, and Eat It Too Etsy Was a Twee Culture Punchline. Now It's a Wall Street Darling. Etsy CEO says company is escaping 'race to the bottom' and getting back to its artisan roots Fri, 21 Mar 2025 20:01:00 -0000 Etsy: Hipster Bambi vs. VC Villains full 5 5 Nitetoast media In 2007, the mecca of hipster paradise was the Etsy headquarters in Brooklyn. Etsy epitomized elder-millennial quirk with a sprinkle of digital delusion, and no one personified the vibes quite like their CEO and founder, Rob Kalin. But while Kalin and his friends were building a crafters utopia, a ruthless venture capitalist had another plan for the company: destroy it from the inside out and get SUPER rich doing it. Join the Patreon for bonus episodes and discussion! Pictures now on Patreon (no paywall!) Links: Etsy Wants to Crochet Its Cake, and Eat It Too Etsy Was a Twee Culture Punchline. Now It's a Wall Street Darling. Etsy CEO says company is escaping 'race to the bottom' and getting back to its artisan roots In 2007, the mecca of hipster paradise was the Etsy headquarters in Brooklyn. Etsy epitomized elder-millennial quirk with a sprinkle of digital delusion, and no one personified the vibes quite like their CEO and founder, Rob Kalin.

But while Kalin and his friends were building a crafters utopia, a ruthless venture capitalist had another plan for the company: destroy it from the inside out and get SUPER rich doing it.

Join the Patreon for bonus episodes and discussion!

Pictures now on Patreon (no paywall!)

Links:

Etsy Wants to Crochet Its Cake, and Eat It Too

Etsy Was a Twee Culture Punchline. Now It's a Wall Street Darling.

Etsy CEO says company is escaping 'race to the bottom' and getting back to its artisan roots

]]> 4966 yes Charlie Javice & The Frank Fraud: Barely Legal https://www.corporategossippod.com/ Please share this podcast with a friend! Charlie Javice is another Forbes 30-under-30 uber-genius-startup-founder (see: SBF, Elizabeth Holmes, or Carlos Watson) who spent about 18 months in the warm center of the venture capital fake-it-till-you-make-it circle jerk before the sisal rug gets pulled out from under her. Once she was exposed as a total phony, every investor immediately covered their own ass and scrub the internet of any trace of themselves slobbering all over her. But one investor, JP Morgan's Jamie Dimon, took it a step further, and (in our opinion) weaponized the United States Justice Department to punish Javice for embarrassing him infront of his big bank friends!!! Pictures from this episode on Substack We're an indie podcast supported by listeners like you! Support us by joining the Patreon, and get two bonus episodes every month! I'm also covering the trial in more detail over there. Got an idea for a good news story? Send an email to our good news correspondant elizabethliu526@gmail.com Links: USA v. Javice How Charlie Javice Got JPMorgan to Pay $175 Million for … What Exactly? Charlie Javice, Millennial CEO Sued by JPMorgan, Was a 'Namedropping' Cool Boss The 8 Most Confusing Things About FAFSA Jamie Dimon Says Frank Acquisition 'Was A Huge Mistake' After JP Morgan Alleges Millions Of Fake Customers Fri, 07 Mar 2025 19:26:00 -0000 Charlie Javice &amp; The Frank Fraud: Barely Legal full 5 4 Nitetoast media Please share this podcast with a friend! Charlie Javice is another Forbes 30-under-30 uber-genius-startup-founder (see: SBF, Elizabeth Holmes, or Carlos Watson) who spent about 18 months in the warm center of the venture capital fake-it-till-you-make-it circle jerk before the sisal rug gets pulled out from under her. Once she was exposed as a total phony, every investor immediately covered their own ass and scrub the internet of any trace of themselves slobbering all over her. But one investor, JP Morgan's Jamie Dimon, took it a step further, and (in our opinion) weaponized the United States Justice Department to punish Javice for embarrassing him infront of his big bank friends!!! Pictures from this episode on Substack We're an indie podcast supported by listeners like you! Support us by joining the Patreon, and get two bonus episodes every month! I'm also covering the trial in more detail over there. Got an idea for a good news story? Send an email to our good news correspondant elizabethliu526@gmail.com Links: USA v. Javice How Charlie Javice Got JPMorgan to Pay $175 Million for … What Exactly? Charlie Javice, Millennial CEO Sued by JPMorgan, Was a 'Namedropping' Cool Boss The 8 Most Confusing Things About FAFSA Jamie Dimon Says Frank Acquisition 'Was A Huge Mistake' After JP Morgan Alleges Millions Of Fake Customers Please share this podcast with a friend!

Charlie Javice is another Forbes 30-under-30 uber-genius-startup-founder (see: SBF, Elizabeth Holmes, or Carlos Watson) who spent about 18 months in the warm center of the venture capital fake-it-till-you-make-it circle jerk before the sisal rug gets pulled out from under her. Once she was exposed as a total phony, every investor immediately covered their own ass and scrub the internet of any trace of themselves slobbering all over her. But one investor, JP Morgan's Jamie Dimon, took it a step further, and (in our opinion) weaponized the United States Justice Department to punish Javice for embarrassing him infront of his big bank friends!!!

Pictures from this episode on Substack

We're an indie podcast supported by listeners like you! Support us by joining the Patreon, and get two bonus episodes every month! I'm also covering the trial in more detail over there.

Got an idea for a good news story? Send an email to our good news correspondant elizabethliu526@gmail.com

Links:

USA v. Javice

How Charlie Javice Got JPMorgan to Pay $175 Million for … What Exactly?

Charlie Javice, Millennial CEO Sued by JPMorgan, Was a 'Namedropping' Cool Boss

The 8 Most Confusing Things About FAFSA

Jamie Dimon Says Frank Acquisition 'Was A Huge Mistake' After JP Morgan Alleges Millions Of Fake Customers

]]> 4567 yes eBay: Dorkfellas https://www.corporategossippod.com/ This is an episode for our true crime lovers! we're talking about a 2019 GANG STALKING SCANDAL that involves the executives at a fortune 500 company criminally stalking a sweet old couple. What made these executives so mad? The chief executives at Ebay so deeply butthurt about a comment the couple made on their niche ecommerce blog that they crashed-out into a goodfellas-esque, rage fueled paranoid spiral, and orchestrated a highly illegal stalking and harassment campaign against them. Pics on Substack Join us over on Patreon for bonus episodes twice a month. Right now I'm also attending the trial of Charlie Javice and providing regular debriefs from the courtroom. We are a 100% ad-free community supported podcast! Links from today's episode (let us know if you need gift links) Elliott Management letter puts eBay on notice to improve stock performance Inside eBay's Cockroach Cult: The Ghastly Story of a Stalking Scandal Silicon Valley elite defend nonprofit CEO with dark past - San José Spotlight A Special Message for EcommerceBytes Readers Sat, 22 Feb 2025 01:17:00 -0000 eBay: Dorkfellas full 5 3 Nitetoast media This is an episode for our true crime lovers! we're talking about a 2019 GANG STALKING SCANDAL that involves the executives at a fortune 500 company criminally stalking a sweet old couple. What made these executives so mad? The chief executives at Ebay so deeply butthurt about a comment the couple made on their niche ecommerce blog that they crashed-out into a goodfellas-esque, rage fueled paranoid spiral, and orchestrated a highly illegal stalking and harassment campaign against them. Pics on Substack Join us over on Patreon for bonus episodes twice a month. Right now I'm also attending the trial of Charlie Javice and providing regular debriefs from the courtroom. We are a 100% ad-free community supported podcast! Links from today's episode (let us know if you need gift links) Elliott Management letter puts eBay on notice to improve stock performance Inside eBay's Cockroach Cult: The Ghastly Story of a Stalking Scandal Silicon Valley elite defend nonprofit CEO with dark past - San José Spotlight A Special Message for EcommerceBytes Readers This is an episode for our true crime lovers! we're talking about a 2019 GANG STALKING SCANDAL that involves the executives at a fortune 500 company criminally stalking a sweet old couple. What made these executives so mad? The chief executives at Ebay so deeply butthurt about a comment the couple made on their niche ecommerce blog that they crashed-out into a goodfellas-esque, rage fueled paranoid spiral, and orchestrated a highly illegal stalking and harassment campaign against them.

Pics on Substack

Join us over on Patreon for bonus episodes twice a month. Right now I'm also attending the trial of Charlie Javice and providing regular debriefs from the courtroom. We are a 100% ad-free community supported podcast!

Links from today's episode (let us know if you need gift links)

Elliott Management letter puts eBay on notice to improve stock performance

Inside eBay's Cockroach Cult: The Ghastly Story of a Stalking Scandal

Silicon Valley elite defend nonprofit CEO with dark past - San José Spotlight

A Special Message for EcommerceBytes Readers

]]> 4326 yes JUUL: Puff Daddies https://www.corporategossippod.com/ Please share this podcast with a friend :) PLUS good news about a health care strike in Oregon! We emerge from the vapor haze of a high school bathroom (how are these kids blowing PERFECT smoke rings??) to tell the tale of two Stanford grads who did what every single-celled-business-ameoba-boy dreamed of doing but was too scared to actually commit to doing - MAKE SMOKING COOL AGAIN!! They undid decades of work by doctors and public health advocates and turned millions of kids who would have never smoked a traditional cigarette into nicotine dependent freakazoids. CA-CHING!! Riddled with RAGING CASES of silliconvalleyitis, Juul's founders market their powerful nicotine delivery device straight to kids while the FDA was taking a well-deserved half-decade nap. They BLITZSCALED their way to a $38billion valuation and made like 50 people a lot of money. But of course, after the BLITZSCALE comes the HYPERFLOP... Research: The Devil's Playbook by Lauren Etter Big Vape by Jamie DuCharme Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. JUUL Labs The Juul Is Too Cool How Juul Got Vaporized Links: See pics on our Substack Join the Patreon Support the pod by buying us a coffee Record YOUR podcast at Producer Mike's studio! E-mail our Good News Correspondent with good news stories! elizabethliu526@gmail.com Fri, 07 Feb 2025 13:00:00 -0000 JUUL: Puff Daddies full 5 2 Nitetoast media Please share this podcast with a friend :) PLUS good news about a health care strike in Oregon! We emerge from the vapor haze of a high school bathroom (how are these kids blowing PERFECT smoke rings??) to tell the tale of two Stanford grads who did what every single-celled-business-ameoba-boy dreamed of doing but was too scared to actually commit to doing - MAKE SMOKING COOL AGAIN!! They undid decades of work by doctors and public health advocates and turned millions of kids who would have never smoked a traditional cigarette into nicotine dependent freakazoids. CA-CHING!! Riddled with RAGING CASES of silliconvalleyitis, Juul's founders market their powerful nicotine delivery device straight to kids while the FDA was taking a well-deserved half-decade nap. They BLITZSCALED their way to a $38billion valuation and made like 50 people a lot of money. But of course, after the BLITZSCALE comes the HYPERFLOP... Research: The Devil's Playbook by Lauren Etter Big Vape by Jamie DuCharme Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. JUUL Labs The Juul Is Too Cool How Juul Got Vaporized Links: See pics on our Substack Join the Patreon Support the pod by buying us a coffee Record YOUR podcast at Producer Mike's studio! E-mail our Good News Correspondent with good news stories! elizabethliu526@gmail.com Please share this podcast with a friend :)

PLUS good news about a health care strike in Oregon!

We emerge from the vapor haze of a high school bathroom (how are these kids blowing PERFECT smoke rings??) to tell the tale of two Stanford grads who did what every single-celled-business-ameoba-boy dreamed of doing but was too scared to actually commit to doing - MAKE SMOKING COOL AGAIN!! They undid decades of work by doctors and public health advocates and turned millions of kids who would have never smoked a traditional cigarette into nicotine dependent freakazoids. CA-CHING!!

Riddled with RAGING CASES of silliconvalleyitis, Juul's founders market their powerful nicotine delivery device straight to kids while the FDA was taking a well-deserved half-decade nap. They BLITZSCALED their way to a $38billion valuation and made like 50 people a lot of money.

But of course, after the BLITZSCALE comes the HYPERFLOP...

Research:

The Devil's Playbook by Lauren Etter

Big Vape by Jamie DuCharme

Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. JUUL Labs

The Juul Is Too Cool

How Juul Got Vaporized

Links:

See pics on our Substack

Join the Patreon

Support the pod by buying us a coffee

Record YOUR podcast at Producer Mike's studio!

E-mail our Good News Correspondent with good news stories! elizabethliu526@gmail.com

]]> 4830 yes 23&Me (&Anne&Sergey&Elon) + State of the pod https://www.corporategossippod.com/ We're BACK and starting off with an absolute banger! Sit back and enjoy the messy escapades of a bunch of horned up teenagers trapped in adult bodies: 23&Me Founder Anne Wojcicki, Google co-founder Sergey Brin, and A Bald Eagle's worst nightmare, Elon Musk. With cameos from RFK Jr (POST Brain Worm) and the corporate scandal Forrest Gump, Diane von Furstenberg, this episode is the WHOSE WHO of Silicon Valley hanky panky. We also update our listeners on the state of the podcast, including exciting changes around 1:11:00 Catch bonus episodes on Patreon View pictures on our Substack Support the pod by buying us a coffee Check out Mike's new studio! Links: The Doyenne of DNA Says: Just Chillax With Your Ex O.K., Glass: Make Google Eyes As 23andMe Struggles, Concerns Surface About Its Genetic Data Fri, 24 Jan 2025 14:00:00 -0000 23&amp;Me (&amp;Anne&amp;Sergey&amp;Elon) + State of the pod full 5 1 Nitetoast media We're BACK and starting off with an absolute banger! Sit back and enjoy the messy escapades of a bunch of horned up teenagers trapped in adult bodies: 23&Me Founder Anne Wojcicki, Google co-founder Sergey Brin, and A Bald Eagle's worst nightmare, Elon Musk. With cameos from RFK Jr (POST Brain Worm) and the corporate scandal Forrest Gump, Diane von Furstenberg, this episode is the WHOSE WHO of Silicon Valley hanky panky. We also update our listeners on the state of the podcast, including exciting changes around 1:11:00 Catch bonus episodes on Patreon View pictures on our Substack Support the pod by buying us a coffee Check out Mike's new studio! Links: The Doyenne of DNA Says: Just Chillax With Your Ex O.K., Glass: Make Google Eyes As 23andMe Struggles, Concerns Surface About Its Genetic Data We're BACK and starting off with an absolute banger! Sit back and enjoy the messy escapades of a bunch of horned up teenagers trapped in adult bodies: 23&Me Founder Anne Wojcicki, Google co-founder Sergey Brin, and A Bald Eagle's worst nightmare, Elon Musk. With cameos from RFK Jr (POST Brain Worm) and the corporate scandal Forrest Gump, Diane von Furstenberg, this episode is the WHOSE WHO of Silicon Valley hanky panky.

We also update our listeners on the state of the podcast, including exciting changes around 1:11:00

Catch bonus episodes on Patreon

View pictures on our Substack

Support the pod by buying us a coffee

Check out Mike's new studio!

Links:

The Doyenne of DNA Says: Just Chillax With Your Ex

O.K., Glass: Make Google Eyes

As 23andMe Struggles, Concerns Surface About Its Genetic Data

]]> 4896 yes S4 Finale! Bob's Red Mill: Porridge Daddy & Listener Questions https://www.corporategossippod.com/ Don't forget to rate and review! Becca and Adam talk about the Giggly Grain Grandpa: Bob Moore of Bob's Red Mill. But don't toss your oats just yet, this is a good episode. We'll teach you how to have a Bob Moore Summer (Perfecting your porridge, socializing the means of production, hyperfixating on hobbies, and being jolly) and restore your faith in CEOs. Then we answer listener questions (37 min mark). THANK YOU! For another great season - we'll see you soon :) Support the pod Pics on substack Links: Bob's Red Mill: Securing The Future Through Employee Ownership Bob Moore, Who Founded Bob's Red Mill, Is Dead at 94 Executive greed is driving the labor shortage, says 93-year-old leader whose workers own 100% of the company Fri, 02 Aug 2024 17:28:00 -0000 S4 Finale! Bob's Red Mill: Porridge Daddy &amp; Listener Questions full 4 11 Nitetoast media Don't forget to rate and review! Becca and Adam talk about the Giggly Grain Grandpa: Bob Moore of Bob's Red Mill. But don't toss your oats just yet, this is a good episode. We'll teach you how to have a Bob Moore Summer (Perfecting your porridge, socializing the means of production, hyperfixating on hobbies, and being jolly) and restore your faith in CEOs. Then we answer listener questions (37 min mark). THANK YOU! For another great season - we'll see you soon :) Support the pod Pics on substack Links: Bob's Red Mill: Securing The Future Through Employee Ownership Bob Moore, Who Founded Bob's Red Mill, Is Dead at 94 Executive greed is driving the labor shortage, says 93-year-old leader whose workers own 100% of the company Don't forget to rate and review!

Becca and Adam talk about the Giggly Grain Grandpa: Bob Moore of Bob's Red Mill. But don't toss your oats just yet, this is a good episode. We'll teach you how to have a Bob Moore Summer (Perfecting your porridge, socializing the means of production, hyperfixating on hobbies, and being jolly) and restore your faith in CEOs.

Then we answer listener questions (37 min mark).

THANK YOU! For another great season - we'll see you soon :)

Support the pod

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Links:

Bob's Red Mill: Securing The Future Through Employee Ownership

Bob Moore, Who Founded Bob's Red Mill, Is Dead at 94

Executive greed is driving the labor shortage, says 93-year-old leader whose workers own 100% of the company

]]> 3564 yes American Apparel & the Millennial Cult of Dov Charney https://www.corporategossippod.com/ Put on your flower crowns and don your skinniest jeans and join us at the center of the Millennial universe: Coachella 2007! Adam & Becca meet the personification of the turn of the century hipster entrepreneur, Dov Charney. Sitting atop a pile of v-neck t-shirts ethically made in the USA, Charney was somewhat of a renegade business oddity on wall-street. But for the 20-something dreamers that clamored for the brand's clothing, he was a captivating revolutionary. Their devotion, along with a bevy of young corporate employees, easily exploited under the guise of "a greater purpose," allowed American Apparel to rapidly expand and IPO in 2007. The stores were everywhere you wanted to be… until they weren't. Eventually, abuse allegations coupled with financial mismanagement threatened Charney's reign as king of t-shirt mountain. With the walls closing in on him, he spiraled out of control… taking the company he founded with him. CW: Sexual abuse Pics on substack Support the pod Links: Read Strip Tees: A Memoir of Millennial Los Angeles Watch Big Rad Wolf The Young Garmentos (and the If Books Could Kill episode on Malcom Gladwell) Meet Your New Boss Dov Charney's Sleazy Struggle for Control of American Apparel Fri, 26 Jul 2024 13:00:00 -0000 American Apparel &amp; the Millennial Cult of Dov Charney full 4 Nitetoast media Put on your flower crowns and don your skinniest jeans and join us at the center of the Millennial universe: Coachella 2007! Adam & Becca meet the personification of the turn of the century hipster entrepreneur, Dov Charney. Sitting atop a pile of v-neck t-shirts ethically made in the USA, Charney was somewhat of a renegade business oddity on wall-street. But for the 20-something dreamers that clamored for the brand's clothing, he was a captivating revolutionary. Their devotion, along with a bevy of young corporate employees, easily exploited under the guise of "a greater purpose," allowed American Apparel to rapidly expand and IPO in 2007. The stores were everywhere you wanted to be… until they weren't. Eventually, abuse allegations coupled with financial mismanagement threatened Charney's reign as king of t-shirt mountain. With the walls closing in on him, he spiraled out of control… taking the company he founded with him. CW: Sexual abuse Pics on substack Support the pod Links: Read Strip Tees: A Memoir of Millennial Los Angeles Watch Big Rad Wolf The Young Garmentos (and the If Books Could Kill episode on Malcom Gladwell) Meet Your New Boss Dov Charney's Sleazy Struggle for Control of American Apparel Put on your flower crowns and don your skinniest jeans and join us at the center of the Millennial universe: Coachella 2007!

Adam & Becca meet the personification of the turn of the century hipster entrepreneur, Dov Charney. Sitting atop a pile of v-neck t-shirts ethically made in the USA, Charney was somewhat of a renegade business oddity on wall-street. But for the 20-something dreamers that clamored for the brand's clothing, he was a captivating revolutionary. Their devotion, along with a bevy of young corporate employees, easily exploited under the guise of "a greater purpose," allowed American Apparel to rapidly expand and IPO in 2007. The stores were everywhere you wanted to be… until they weren't.

Eventually, abuse allegations coupled with financial mismanagement threatened Charney's reign as king of t-shirt mountain. With the walls closing in on him, he spiraled out of control… taking the company he founded with him.

CW: Sexual abuse

Pics on substack

Support the pod

Links:

Read Strip Tees: A Memoir of Millennial Los Angeles

Watch Big Rad Wolf

The Young Garmentos (and the If Books Could Kill episode on Malcom Gladwell)

Meet Your New Boss

Dov Charney's Sleazy Struggle for Control of American Apparel

]]> 4421 yes Crazy Eddie, Fraud Mother? https://www.corporategossippod.com/ NO ONE does fraud like Eddie Antar, and Crazy Eddie is the bizarre story that got Becca hooked on fraud! Adam, Becca, and their Dad Jeff pop a few ludes and drop down the rabbit hole into a 1970's New York City punk rock fever dream. They meet a young Eddie Antar scamming tourists in a seedy Time Square clip joint and follow his journey to become the eccentric millionaire founder of Crazy Eddie Electronics. Antar was a marketing genius, and by the mid 1980's commercials for the chain were inescapable, shoppers were practically screamed at to rush out to Crazy Eddie's because 'HIS PRICES ARE INSANE!!!!' The insane prices, of course, were facilitated by an elaborate criminal racket. Money laundering, insurance fraud, tax evasion, bribery, insider trading… Eddie Antar did it all! But when the cash begins to dry up, Eddie's increasingly desperate and brazen behavior puts him in the crosshairs of the SEC. That's when Eddie Antar became an international fugitive and left his family, who enabled and benefited from his behavior, holding the bag. Support the pod Pics on our Substack Links: Read Retail Gangster: The Insane, Real-Life Story of Crazy Eddie Crazy Eddie commercial from 1982 Remembering Crazy Eddie: His Prices Were Insane Fri, 19 Jul 2024 16:17:00 -0000 Crazy Eddie, Fraud Mother? full Nitetoast media NO ONE does fraud like Eddie Antar, and Crazy Eddie is the bizarre story that got Becca hooked on fraud! Adam, Becca, and their Dad Jeff pop a few ludes and drop down the rabbit hole into a 1970's New York City punk rock fever dream. They meet a young Eddie Antar scamming tourists in a seedy Time Square clip joint and follow his journey to become the eccentric millionaire founder of Crazy Eddie Electronics. Antar was a marketing genius, and by the mid 1980's commercials for the chain were inescapable, shoppers were practically screamed at to rush out to Crazy Eddie's because 'HIS PRICES ARE INSANE!!!!' The insane prices, of course, were facilitated by an elaborate criminal racket. Money laundering, insurance fraud, tax evasion, bribery, insider trading… Eddie Antar did it all! But when the cash begins to dry up, Eddie's increasingly desperate and brazen behavior puts him in the crosshairs of the SEC. That's when Eddie Antar became an international fugitive and left his family, who enabled and benefited from his behavior, holding the bag. Support the pod Pics on our Substack Links: Read Retail Gangster: The Insane, Real-Life Story of Crazy Eddie Crazy Eddie commercial from 1982 Remembering Crazy Eddie: His Prices Were Insane NO ONE does fraud like Eddie Antar, and Crazy Eddie is the bizarre story that got Becca hooked on fraud!

Adam, Becca, and their Dad Jeff pop a few ludes and drop down the rabbit hole into a 1970's New York City punk rock fever dream. They meet a young Eddie Antar scamming tourists in a seedy Time Square clip joint and follow his journey to become the eccentric millionaire founder of Crazy Eddie Electronics. Antar was a marketing genius, and by the mid 1980's commercials for the chain were inescapable, shoppers were practically screamed at to rush out to Crazy Eddie's because 'HIS PRICES ARE INSANE!!!!'

The insane prices, of course, were facilitated by an elaborate criminal racket. Money laundering, insurance fraud, tax evasion, bribery, insider trading… Eddie Antar did it all! But when the cash begins to dry up, Eddie's increasingly desperate and brazen behavior puts him in the crosshairs of the SEC. That's when Eddie Antar became an international fugitive and left his family, who enabled and benefited from his behavior, holding the bag.

Support the pod

Pics on our Substack

Links:

Read Retail Gangster: The Insane, Real-Life Story of Crazy Eddie

Crazy Eddie commercial from 1982

Remembering Crazy Eddie: His Prices Were Insane

]]> 3983 yes Intuit & Turbo Tax: Girlboss, Gaslight, Gatekeep https://www.corporategossippod.com/ Why does doing taxes suck so much? Because Capitalism! Over the past 20 years, the lovable dweebs at the IRS have been on a quest to make filing personal taxes free and easy. They say America should be like other countries, where the government sends you a pre-filled tax return and all you have to do is sign-off. Seems like a no-brainer, right? Like what kind of deranged psychopath wouldn't want that? Enter Intuit, maker of tax preparation software Turbo Tax, and their disgruntled band of lobbyists. Their entire business model depends on you being afraid to screw up your taxes. So they bribe lawmakers to over-complicate tax laws, threaten the government into underfunding the IRS, and run dubious misinformation campaigns alleging that free tax filing is somehow… racist? The nefarious knuckleheads at Intuit would have gotten away with it too if it weren't for the determined efforts of Propublica journalists. They joined forces with the unlikely heroes at the IRS, and from a muggy basement office in Washington they stood up to Big Tax and won. We <3 the IRS and you will too after this episode! Support the pod Pics on our substack Links: How Intuit Reinvents Itself (Fortune) The TurboTax Trap (ProPublica Investigation series) IRS makes free tax return program permanent and is asking all states to join in 2025 Fri, 12 Jul 2024 13:15:00 -0000 Intuit &amp; Turbo Tax: Girlboss, Gaslight, Gatekeep full 4 8 Nitetoast media Why does doing taxes suck so much? Because Capitalism! Over the past 20 years, the lovable dweebs at the IRS have been on a quest to make filing personal taxes free and easy. They say America should be like other countries, where the government sends you a pre-filled tax return and all you have to do is sign-off. Seems like a no-brainer, right? Like what kind of deranged psychopath wouldn't want that? Enter Intuit, maker of tax preparation software Turbo Tax, and their disgruntled band of lobbyists. Their entire business model depends on you being afraid to screw up your taxes. So they bribe lawmakers to over-complicate tax laws, threaten the government into underfunding the IRS, and run dubious misinformation campaigns alleging that free tax filing is somehow… racist? The nefarious knuckleheads at Intuit would have gotten away with it too if it weren't for the determined efforts of Propublica journalists. They joined forces with the unlikely heroes at the IRS, and from a muggy basement office in Washington they stood up to Big Tax and won. We <3 the IRS and you will too after this episode! Support the pod Pics on our substack Links: How Intuit Reinvents Itself (Fortune) The TurboTax Trap (ProPublica Investigation series) IRS makes free tax return program permanent and is asking all states to join in 2025 Why does doing taxes suck so much? Because Capitalism!

Over the past 20 years, the lovable dweebs at the IRS have been on a quest to make filing personal taxes free and easy. They say America should be like other countries, where the government sends you a pre-filled tax return and all you have to do is sign-off. Seems like a no-brainer, right? Like what kind of deranged psychopath wouldn't want that?

Enter Intuit, maker of tax preparation software Turbo Tax, and their disgruntled band of lobbyists. Their entire business model depends on you being afraid to screw up your taxes. So they bribe lawmakers to over-complicate tax laws, threaten the government into underfunding the IRS, and run dubious misinformation campaigns alleging that free tax filing is somehow… racist?

The nefarious knuckleheads at Intuit would have gotten away with it too if it weren't for the determined efforts of Propublica journalists. They joined forces with the unlikely heroes at the IRS, and from a muggy basement office in Washington they stood up to Big Tax and won.

We <3 the IRS and you will too after this episode!

Support the pod

Pics on our substack

Links:

How Intuit Reinvents Itself (Fortune)

The TurboTax Trap (ProPublica Investigation series)

IRS makes free tax return program permanent and is asking all states to join in 2025

]]> 4146 yes BONUS: Interview with Winning Fixes Everything author Evan Drellich https://www.corporategossippod.com/ ANOTHER BONUS EPISODE! Becca & Adam talk to Evan Drellich, the author of Winning Fixes Everything: How Baseball's Brightest Minds Created Sports' Biggest Mess Read Winning Fixes Everything: How Baseball's Brightest Minds Created Sports' Biggest Mess Support the pod Wed, 10 Jul 2024 02:02:00 -0000 BONUS: Interview with Winning Fixes Everything author Evan Drellich bonus 4 7 Nitetoast media ANOTHER BONUS EPISODE! Becca & Adam talk to Evan Drellich, the author of Winning Fixes Everything: How Baseball's Brightest Minds Created Sports' Biggest Mess Read Winning Fixes Everything: How Baseball's Brightest Minds Created Sports' Biggest Mess Support the pod ANOTHER BONUS EPISODE! Becca & Adam talk to Evan Drellich, the author of Winning Fixes Everything: How Baseball's Brightest Minds Created Sports' Biggest Mess

Read Winning Fixes Everything: How Baseball's Brightest Minds Created Sports' Biggest Mess

Support the pod

]]> 2530 yes Astros: McKinsey Strikes Out https://www.corporategossippod.com/ America's pastimes: Baseball and Fraud! What happens when a bunch of fleece-vested jabronis take over a Major League Baseball team? Becca and Adam hop the fence at the stadium formerly known as Enron field and bring you the tea from the front-office of the Houston Astros. Two years after the Astros won the World Series, the Athletic dropped a bombshell: the team had cheated. The public fallout was swift - fines were levied, rules were changed, and championships were threatened. The players and coaches bore the brunt of the blame, while the true schemers at the root of the scandal evaded scrutiny. That is until a group of tenacious reporters uncovered how Astros leadership were infected by the MBA-pilled corporate villains at McKinsey. If you listened to our episode on McKinsey you know what happens next. Values were trashed as profits were maxed by any means possible. Ultimately, the Astros clubhouse became an environment where cheating was acceptable. Because after all, Winning Fixes Everything. Listen to all of Season 4 on Patreon Support the pod Links: Pics on our Substack Read Winning Fixes Everything: How Baseball's Brightest Minds Created Sports' Biggest Mess Watch The Astros Edge The Astros opened baseball ops to McKinsey consultants, from scouting to R&D and the farm The Astros stole signs electronically in 2017 — part of a much broader issue for Major League Baseball Fri, 05 Jul 2024 14:00:00 -0000 Astros: McKinsey Strikes Out full 4 6 Nitetoast media America's pastimes: Baseball and Fraud! What happens when a bunch of fleece-vested jabronis take over a Major League Baseball team? Becca and Adam hop the fence at the stadium formerly known as Enron field and bring you the tea from the front-office of the Houston Astros. Two years after the Astros won the World Series, the Athletic dropped a bombshell: the team had cheated. The public fallout was swift - fines were levied, rules were changed, and championships were threatened. The players and coaches bore the brunt of the blame, while the true schemers at the root of the scandal evaded scrutiny. That is until a group of tenacious reporters uncovered how Astros leadership were infected by the MBA-pilled corporate villains at McKinsey. If you listened to our episode on McKinsey you know what happens next. Values were trashed as profits were maxed by any means possible. Ultimately, the Astros clubhouse became an environment where cheating was acceptable. Because after all, Winning Fixes Everything. Listen to all of Season 4 on Patreon Support the pod Links: Pics on our Substack Read Winning Fixes Everything: How Baseball's Brightest Minds Created Sports' Biggest Mess Watch The Astros Edge The Astros opened baseball ops to McKinsey consultants, from scouting to R&D and the farm The Astros stole signs electronically in 2017 — part of a much broader issue for Major League Baseball America's pastimes: Baseball and Fraud!

What happens when a bunch of fleece-vested jabronis take over a Major League Baseball team? Becca and Adam hop the fence at the stadium formerly known as Enron field and bring you the tea from the front-office of the Houston Astros.

Two years after the Astros won the World Series, the Athletic dropped a bombshell: the team had cheated. The public fallout was swift - fines were levied, rules were changed, and championships were threatened. The players and coaches bore the brunt of the blame, while the true schemers at the root of the scandal evaded scrutiny. That is until a group of tenacious reporters uncovered how Astros leadership were infected by the MBA-pilled corporate villains at McKinsey.

If you listened to our episode on McKinsey you know what happens next. Values were trashed as profits were maxed by any means possible. Ultimately, the Astros clubhouse became an environment where cheating was acceptable. Because after all, Winning Fixes Everything.

Listen to all of Season 4 on Patreon

Support the pod

Links:

Pics on our Substack

Read Winning Fixes Everything: How Baseball's Brightest Minds Created Sports' Biggest Mess

Watch The Astros Edge

The Astros opened baseball ops to McKinsey consultants, from scouting to R&D and the farm

The Astros stole signs electronically in 2017 — part of a much broader issue for Major League Baseball

]]> 4099 yes CBS & Messy Les Moonves https://www.corporategossippod.com/ If you thought Sumner Redstone was a degenerate, just WAIT until you meet his pervy protege, Les Moonves! CBS CEO Les Moonves, aka "Mr. TV" is one of the most powerful men in Hollywood. He transformed CBS from a sleepy granny network into a ratings powerhouse with shows like Survivor, Big Brother, Criminal Minds, and The Big Bang Theory. The business part of this story is one Cheezy Blaster away from being a 30 Rock episode. The action behind closed doors on the other hand, feels more like Law & Order: SVU. CW: Sexual abuse Listen to all of Season 4 on Patreon Support the pod Pics on substack Links: Read Unscripted: The Epic Battle for a Media Empire and the Redstone Family Legacy Les Moonves' spectacular rise before his fall from grace Why Sumner Redstone's men; Leslie Moonves and Philippe Dauman; made a king's ransom Les Moonves and CBS Face Allegations of Sexual Misconduct Paramount+'s Existential Questions Leslie Moonves Fined $11K by L.A. City Ethics Commission for His Role in LAPD Scandal Fri, 28 Jun 2024 16:15:00 -0000 CBS &amp; Messy Les Moonves full 4 5 Nitetoast media If you thought Sumner Redstone was a degenerate, just WAIT until you meet his pervy protege, Les Moonves! CBS CEO Les Moonves, aka "Mr. TV" is one of the most powerful men in Hollywood. He transformed CBS from a sleepy granny network into a ratings powerhouse with shows like Survivor, Big Brother, Criminal Minds, and The Big Bang Theory. The business part of this story is one Cheezy Blaster away from being a 30 Rock episode. The action behind closed doors on the other hand, feels more like Law & Order: SVU. CW: Sexual abuse Listen to all of Season 4 on Patreon Support the pod Pics on substack Links: Read Unscripted: The Epic Battle for a Media Empire and the Redstone Family Legacy Les Moonves' spectacular rise before his fall from grace Why Sumner Redstone's men; Leslie Moonves and Philippe Dauman; made a king's ransom Les Moonves and CBS Face Allegations of Sexual Misconduct Paramount+'s Existential Questions Leslie Moonves Fined $11K by L.A. City Ethics Commission for His Role in LAPD Scandal If you thought Sumner Redstone was a degenerate, just WAIT until you meet his pervy protege, Les Moonves!

CBS CEO Les Moonves, aka "Mr. TV" is one of the most powerful men in Hollywood. He transformed CBS from a sleepy granny network into a ratings powerhouse with shows like Survivor, Big Brother, Criminal Minds, and The Big Bang Theory. The business part of this story is one Cheezy Blaster away from being a 30 Rock episode. The action behind closed doors on the other hand, feels more like Law & Order: SVU.

CW: Sexual abuse

Listen to all of Season 4 on Patreon

Support the pod

Pics on substack

Links:

Read Unscripted: The Epic Battle for a Media Empire and the Redstone Family Legacy

Les Moonves' spectacular rise before his fall from grace

Why Sumner Redstone's men; Leslie Moonves and Philippe Dauman; made a king's ransom

Les Moonves and CBS Face Allegations of Sexual Misconduct

Paramount+'s Existential Questions

Leslie Moonves Fined $11K by L.A. City Ethics Commission for His Role in LAPD Scandal

]]> 5054 yes Paramount / Viacom: Sumner House of Horrors https://www.corporategossippod.com/ The Paramount / Viacom story is just like Bravo's Summer House, but SCARIER! Our main character, Paramount CEO Sumner Redstone, is a horny teenager trapped in the body of a crusty old billionaire. At 92, despite being barely conscious, he was still chairman of TWO publicly traded companies.This real life Weekend at Bernie's scheme was made possible by a group of executive-level lowlifes who took advantage of their absent boss and enriched themselves at the expense of shareholders. It wasn't until a group of unlikely heroes exposed the elder abuse taking place at Sumner's mansion that someone finally pulled the plug. But by then, the stench emanating from the geriatric bachelor pad was too strong for even the most devoted Paramount / Viacom supporters to ignore. Join Becca and Adam as they tell the story of the unlikely rise and fall of Sumner Redstone and Paramount Global. CW: Elder abuse, Sexual abuse Listen to all of Season 4 on Patreon Support the pod Pics on substack Links: Read Unscripted: The Epic Battle for a Media Empire and the Redstone Family Legacy The Cringey Sexcapades of a Horny Billionaire Who Controls Sumner Redstone? Viacom Is Having A Midlife Crisis Spring Owl Activist Investor Deck Thu, 20 Jun 2024 17:37:00 -0000 Paramount / Viacom: Sumner House of Horrors full 4 4 Nitetoast media The Paramount / Viacom story is just like Bravo's Summer House, but SCARIER! Our main character, Paramount CEO Sumner Redstone, is a horny teenager trapped in the body of a crusty old billionaire. At 92, despite being barely conscious, he was still chairman of TWO publicly traded companies.This real life Weekend at Bernie's scheme was made possible by a group of executive-level lowlifes who took advantage of their absent boss and enriched themselves at the expense of shareholders. It wasn't until a group of unlikely heroes exposed the elder abuse taking place at Sumner's mansion that someone finally pulled the plug. But by then, the stench emanating from the geriatric bachelor pad was too strong for even the most devoted Paramount / Viacom supporters to ignore. Join Becca and Adam as they tell the story of the unlikely rise and fall of Sumner Redstone and Paramount Global. CW: Elder abuse, Sexual abuse Listen to all of Season 4 on Patreon Support the pod Pics on substack Links: Read Unscripted: The Epic Battle for a Media Empire and the Redstone Family Legacy The Cringey Sexcapades of a Horny Billionaire Who Controls Sumner Redstone? Viacom Is Having A Midlife Crisis Spring Owl Activist Investor Deck The Paramount / Viacom story is just like Bravo's Summer House, but SCARIER!

Our main character, Paramount CEO Sumner Redstone, is a horny teenager trapped in the body of a crusty old billionaire. At 92, despite being barely conscious, he was still chairman of TWO publicly traded companies.This real life Weekend at Bernie's scheme was made possible by a group of executive-level lowlifes who took advantage of their absent boss and enriched themselves at the expense of shareholders. It wasn't until a group of unlikely heroes exposed the elder abuse taking place at Sumner's mansion that someone finally pulled the plug. But by then, the stench emanating from the geriatric bachelor pad was too strong for even the most devoted Paramount / Viacom supporters to ignore.

Join Becca and Adam as they tell the story of the unlikely rise and fall of Sumner Redstone and Paramount Global.

CW: Elder abuse, Sexual abuse

Listen to all of Season 4 on Patreon

Support the pod

Pics on substack

Links:

Read Unscripted: The Epic Battle for a Media Empire and the Redstone Family Legacy

The Cringey Sexcapades of a Horny Billionaire

Who Controls Sumner Redstone?

Viacom Is Having A Midlife Crisis

Spring Owl Activist Investor Deck

]]> 4570 yes Ain't no party like an Insys party https://www.corporategossippod.com/ Insys was the startup unicorn of the opioid crisis, and boy did they know how to party. Becca & Adam meet Insys CEO John Kapoor and his rowdy band of crooked pharmaceutical reps as they slither their way through doctors offices across the country, pushing their marquee product: Fentanyl! The shady sales reps unleashed the powerful opioid on unsuspecting patients and bribed their doctors to increase dosages through an illegal kickback scheme. Eventually their shameless conspiracies and criminal shakedowns lead to a public meltdown and federal racketeering charges, but not before Kapoor could be crowned Forbes coverboy! CW: Drug abuse Links: Pictures on our Substack The Pain Hustlers - NYT Expose Read Pain Hustlers - the book An Opioid Spray Showered Billionaire John Kapoor In Riches. Now He's Feeling The Pain A potent painkiller, and the drug maker's marketing, are faulted in a woman's death Pharmaceutical Executive John Kapoor Sentenced To 66 Months In Prison In Opioid Trial Tracking the Opioid Settlement Cash Fri, 14 Jun 2024 12:30:00 -0000 Ain't no party like an Insys party full 4 3 Nitetoast media Insys was the startup unicorn of the opioid crisis, and boy did they know how to party. Becca & Adam meet Insys CEO John Kapoor and his rowdy band of crooked pharmaceutical reps as they slither their way through doctors offices across the country, pushing their marquee product: Fentanyl! The shady sales reps unleashed the powerful opioid on unsuspecting patients and bribed their doctors to increase dosages through an illegal kickback scheme. Eventually their shameless conspiracies and criminal shakedowns lead to a public meltdown and federal racketeering charges, but not before Kapoor could be crowned Forbes coverboy! CW: Drug abuse Links: Pictures on our Substack The Pain Hustlers - NYT Expose Read Pain Hustlers - the book An Opioid Spray Showered Billionaire John Kapoor In Riches. Now He's Feeling The Pain A potent painkiller, and the drug maker's marketing, are faulted in a woman's death Pharmaceutical Executive John Kapoor Sentenced To 66 Months In Prison In Opioid Trial Tracking the Opioid Settlement Cash Insys was the startup unicorn of the opioid crisis, and boy did they know how to party.

Becca & Adam meet Insys CEO John Kapoor and his rowdy band of crooked pharmaceutical reps as they slither their way through doctors offices across the country, pushing their marquee product: Fentanyl! The shady sales reps unleashed the powerful opioid on unsuspecting patients and bribed their doctors to increase dosages through an illegal kickback scheme. Eventually their shameless conspiracies and criminal shakedowns lead to a public meltdown and federal racketeering charges, but not before Kapoor could be crowned Forbes coverboy!

CW: Drug abuse

Links:

Pictures on our Substack

The Pain Hustlers - NYT Expose

Read Pain Hustlers - the book

An Opioid Spray Showered Billionaire John Kapoor In Riches. Now He's Feeling The Pain

A potent painkiller, and the drug maker's marketing, are faulted in a woman's death

Pharmaceutical Executive John Kapoor Sentenced To 66 Months In Prison In Opioid Trial

Tracking the Opioid Settlement Cash

]]> 5103 yes BONUS: Interview with Ringmaster author Josie Riesman https://www.corporategossippod.com/ IT'S A BONUS EPISODE, BROTHER! Becca and Adam talk with the author of Ringmaster, Josie Riesman Read Ringmaster by Josie Riesman Follow Josie on Instagram, her website josie.zone, or the book website Josie's article mentioned in the interview: Wrestling turned me cis, then it turned me trans Wed, 12 Jun 2024 12:30:00 -0000 BONUS: Interview with Ringmaster author Josie Riesman bonus 4 2 Nitetoast media IT'S A BONUS EPISODE, BROTHER! Becca and Adam talk with the author of Ringmaster, Josie Riesman Read Ringmaster by Josie Riesman Follow Josie on Instagram, her website josie.zone, or the book website Josie's article mentioned in the interview: Wrestling turned me cis, then it turned me trans IT'S A BONUS EPISODE, BROTHER!

Becca and Adam talk with the author of Ringmaster, Josie Riesman

Read Ringmaster by Josie Riesman

Follow Josie on Instagram, her website josie.zone, or the book website

Josie's article mentioned in the interview: Wrestling turned me cis, then it turned me trans

]]> 2812 yes WWE & Vince McMahon: Worm with a Mustache https://www.corporategossippod.com/ Welcome back brother!! Season 4 is here and ready to SMACKDOWN! WWE style. Binge ALL of Season 4 NOW on Patreon! We've seen this story before - a deeply traumatized child inherits their father's business and fills the void left by the adults that failed them with, what else… MONEY!!!! Rather than spend time examining his emotional shortcomings, Vince McMahon creates an alter ego, Mr. McMahon, to live out his darkest fantasies. But what happens when the CEO of a public company is also the greatest heel of all time? Find out as Becca and Adam step into the Hell in a Cell of the business of professional wrestling and battle through 60 years of the stinkiest secrets of World Wrestling Entertainment. CW: Drugs, Sexual Abuse Links: Support the podcast Pics in our Substack Read Ringmaster by Josie Riesman Now It Can Be Told: Those Pro Wrestlers Are Just Having Fun 2003 Vince McMahon on Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel Federal Prosecutors Investigate Vince McMahon Sex-Trafficking Allegations Fri, 07 Jun 2024 17:43:00 -0000 WWE &amp; Vince McMahon: Worm with a Mustache full 4 1 Nitetoast media Welcome back brother!! Season 4 is here and ready to SMACKDOWN! WWE style. Binge ALL of Season 4 NOW on Patreon! We've seen this story before - a deeply traumatized child inherits their father's business and fills the void left by the adults that failed them with, what else… MONEY!!!! Rather than spend time examining his emotional shortcomings, Vince McMahon creates an alter ego, Mr. McMahon, to live out his darkest fantasies. But what happens when the CEO of a public company is also the greatest heel of all time? Find out as Becca and Adam step into the Hell in a Cell of the business of professional wrestling and battle through 60 years of the stinkiest secrets of World Wrestling Entertainment. CW: Drugs, Sexual Abuse Links: Support the podcast Pics in our Substack Read Ringmaster by Josie Riesman Now It Can Be Told: Those Pro Wrestlers Are Just Having Fun 2003 Vince McMahon on Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel Federal Prosecutors Investigate Vince McMahon Sex-Trafficking Allegations Welcome back brother!! Season 4 is here and ready to SMACKDOWN! WWE style.

Binge ALL of Season 4 NOW on Patreon!

We've seen this story before - a deeply traumatized child inherits their father's business and fills the void left by the adults that failed them with, what else… MONEY!!!! Rather than spend time examining his emotional shortcomings, Vince McMahon creates an alter ego, Mr. McMahon, to live out his darkest fantasies. But what happens when the CEO of a public company is also the greatest heel of all time? Find out as Becca and Adam step into the Hell in a Cell of the business of professional wrestling and battle through 60 years of the stinkiest secrets of World Wrestling Entertainment.

CW: Drugs, Sexual Abuse

Links:

Support the podcast

Pics in our Substack

Read Ringmaster by Josie Riesman

Now It Can Be Told: Those Pro Wrestlers Are Just Having Fun

2003 Vince McMahon on Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel

Federal Prosecutors Investigate Vince McMahon Sex-Trafficking Allegations

]]> 5219 yes Season 3 Finale & Chobani's Anti-CEO https://www.corporategossippod.com/ It's the Season 3 Finale! We answer listener questions and meet the Yogurt King of New York: Chobani's founder, Hamdi Ulkaya. From nomadic Turkish farmer to millionaire milk mogul, Ulkaya became known as the Anti-CEO, prioritizing people over profit and creating one of the fastest growing food companies in America. Correction: We said the Chobani Idaho factory was in Idaho falls. It is actually in Twin Falls. Thanks to the listener who pointed that out! If you liked this season don't forget to RATE AND REVIEW THE PODCAST Support the pod by buying us a coffee Check out our reading list Follow us on youtube, instagram, and tiktok Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com) Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike Support the pod by buying us a coffee Check out our reading list Follow us on youtube, instagram, and tiktok Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com) Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike Timestamps & Links: 01:30 - Listener Questions How did you guys come up with this idea for the podcast? What's the best / juiciest piece of corporate gossip that didn't make the cut? Why are your seasons so short? I would pay for a subscription to get a weekly episode until the end of time! I'm a final year student in finance and I'm worried I have made a terrible mistake studying this degree, as it seems that corporations mostly cause more harm than [good], and benefits an elite few. is there any field you would recommend where I could use my degree for good? Is there a way that finance can be a force for good? Given the intricate web of corporate scandals involving entities like FTX, McKinsey, Koch Industries, SVB, etc. I'm curious to know: What common threads or distinct patterns have you observed across these cases, and how do these scandals reflect broader issues within the corporate landscape? Have there been any surprising twists or unique aspects in these stories that stand out to you guys, providing deeper insights into the world of corporate misconduct 18:00 - Chobani's Anti CEO Links: The Profile Dossier: Hamdi Ulukaya, the Shepherd-Turned-Billionaire CEO Chobani CEO says pulling IPO was one of the best decisions company has made Chobani hired hundreds of refugees at its plants. Average tenure now exceeds industry average Chobani's CEO is giving up to 10 percent of his company to employees Capitalism and Humanitarianism Can Coexist. Chobani's CEO Is Trying to Prove It Fri, 08 Dec 2023 14:25:00 -0000 Season 3 Finale &amp; Chobani's Anti-CEO full 3 9 Nitetoast media It's the Season 3 Finale! We answer listener questions and meet the Yogurt King of New York: Chobani's founder, Hamdi Ulkaya. From nomadic Turkish farmer to millionaire milk mogul, Ulkaya became known as the Anti-CEO, prioritizing people over profit and creating one of the fastest growing food companies in America. Correction: We said the Chobani Idaho factory was in Idaho falls. It is actually in Twin Falls. Thanks to the listener who pointed that out! If you liked this season don't forget to RATE AND REVIEW THE PODCAST Support the pod by buying us a coffee Check out our reading list Follow us on youtube, instagram, and tiktok Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com) Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike Support the pod by buying us a coffee Check out our reading list Follow us on youtube, instagram, and tiktok Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com) Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike Timestamps & Links: 01:30 - Listener Questions How did you guys come up with this idea for the podcast? What's the best / juiciest piece of corporate gossip that didn't make the cut? Why are your seasons so short? I would pay for a subscription to get a weekly episode until the end of time! I'm a final year student in finance and I'm worried I have made a terrible mistake studying this degree, as it seems that corporations mostly cause more harm than [good], and benefits an elite few. is there any field you would recommend where I could use my degree for good? Is there a way that finance can be a force for good? Given the intricate web of corporate scandals involving entities like FTX, McKinsey, Koch Industries, SVB, etc. I'm curious to know: What common threads or distinct patterns have you observed across these cases, and how do these scandals reflect broader issues within the corporate landscape? Have there been any surprising twists or unique aspects in these stories that stand out to you guys, providing deeper insights into the world of corporate misconduct 18:00 - Chobani's Anti CEO Links: The Profile Dossier: Hamdi Ulukaya, the Shepherd-Turned-Billionaire CEO Chobani CEO says pulling IPO was one of the best decisions company has made Chobani hired hundreds of refugees at its plants. Average tenure now exceeds industry average Chobani's CEO is giving up to 10 percent of his company to employees Capitalism and Humanitarianism Can Coexist. Chobani's CEO Is Trying to Prove It It's the Season 3 Finale! We answer listener questions and meet the Yogurt King of New York: Chobani's founder, Hamdi Ulkaya. From nomadic Turkish farmer to millionaire milk mogul, Ulkaya became known as the Anti-CEO, prioritizing people over profit and creating one of the fastest growing food companies in America.

Correction: We said the Chobani Idaho factory was in Idaho falls. It is actually in Twin Falls. Thanks to the listener who pointed that out!

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Timestamps & Links:

01:30 - Listener Questions

  • How did you guys come up with this idea for the podcast?
  • What's the best / juiciest piece of corporate gossip that didn't make the cut?
  • Why are your seasons so short? I would pay for a subscription to get a weekly episode until the end of time!
  • I'm a final year student in finance and I'm worried I have made a terrible mistake studying this degree, as it seems that corporations mostly cause more harm than [good], and benefits an elite few. is there any field you would recommend where I could use my degree for good? Is there a way that finance can be a force for good?
  • Given the intricate web of corporate scandals involving entities like FTX, McKinsey, Koch Industries, SVB, etc. I'm curious to know: What common threads or distinct patterns have you observed across these cases, and how do these scandals reflect broader issues within the corporate landscape?
  • Have there been any surprising twists or unique aspects in these stories that stand out to you guys, providing deeper insights into the world of corporate misconduct

18:00 - Chobani's Anti CEO

Links:

The Profile Dossier: Hamdi Ulukaya, the Shepherd-Turned-Billionaire CEO

Chobani CEO says pulling IPO was one of the best decisions company has made

Chobani hired hundreds of refugees at its plants. Average tenure now exceeds industry average

Chobani's CEO is giving up to 10 percent of his company to employees

Capitalism and Humanitarianism Can Coexist. Chobani's CEO Is Trying to Prove It

]]> 3121 yes Nissan & Carlos Ghosn: D*ck in a Box https://www.corporategossippod.com/ In 2017 Carlos Ghosn was on top of the world, he was a Japanese national hero, renowned for bringing Nissan back to life from the brink of failure. His face was on the cover of magazines, his story was depicted in Manga, he even carried the torch at the Olympics in his home country of Brazil. His sudden arrest in 2018 for financial crimes was an unexpected twist in his story that made him the center of international intrigue. As extraordinary as his life had become, no one could have imagined what would come next... Pictures & links on our substack Support the pod by buying us a coffee Check out our reading list Follow us on youtube, instagram, and tiktok Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com) Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike Timestamps: 5:40 - CG#1: Carlos Ghosn joins the growing number of wayward CEOs with daddy issues 9:15 - CG#2: Meet carlos's car daddy: Francois Michilin 17:40 - CG#3: It's time for Carlos' Makover montage! 31:25 - CG#4: Carlos Ghosn enters his dwight schrute era 36:50 - CG#5: Ghosn follows the CEO playbook - time for an ostentatious company sponsored personal party that definitely will have no negative PR implications whatsoever 49:00 - CG#6: All Partied out!! 52:33 - CG#7: What do they say? You either die a hero or live long enough to be smuggled out of Japan in an equipment box? 56:30 - CG#7: What do they say? You either die a hero or live long enough to be smuggled out of Japan in an equipment box? Fri, 01 Dec 2023 13:47:00 -0000 Nissan &amp; Carlos Ghosn: D*ck in a Box full 3 8 Nitetoast media In 2017 Carlos Ghosn was on top of the world, he was a Japanese national hero, renowned for bringing Nissan back to life from the brink of failure. His face was on the cover of magazines, his story was depicted in Manga, he even carried the torch at the Olympics in his home country of Brazil. His sudden arrest in 2018 for financial crimes was an unexpected twist in his story that made him the center of international intrigue. As extraordinary as his life had become, no one could have imagined what would come next... Pictures & links on our substack Support the pod by buying us a coffee Check out our reading list Follow us on youtube, instagram, and tiktok Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com) Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike Timestamps: 5:40 - CG#1: Carlos Ghosn joins the growing number of wayward CEOs with daddy issues 9:15 - CG#2: Meet carlos's car daddy: Francois Michilin 17:40 - CG#3: It's time for Carlos' Makover montage! 31:25 - CG#4: Carlos Ghosn enters his dwight schrute era 36:50 - CG#5: Ghosn follows the CEO playbook - time for an ostentatious company sponsored personal party that definitely will have no negative PR implications whatsoever 49:00 - CG#6: All Partied out!! 52:33 - CG#7: What do they say? You either die a hero or live long enough to be smuggled out of Japan in an equipment box? 56:30 - CG#7: What do they say? You either die a hero or live long enough to be smuggled out of Japan in an equipment box? In 2017 Carlos Ghosn was on top of the world, he was a Japanese national hero, renowned for bringing Nissan back to life from the brink of failure. His face was on the cover of magazines, his story was depicted in Manga, he even carried the torch at the Olympics in his home country of Brazil. His sudden arrest in 2018 for financial crimes was an unexpected twist in his story that made him the center of international intrigue. As extraordinary as his life had become, no one could have imagined what would come next...

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Timestamps:

5:40 - CG#1: Carlos Ghosn joins the growing number of wayward CEOs with daddy issues

9:15 - CG#2: Meet carlos's car daddy: Francois Michilin

17:40 - CG#3: It's time for Carlos' Makover montage!

31:25 - CG#4: Carlos Ghosn enters his dwight schrute era

36:50 - CG#5: Ghosn follows the CEO playbook - time for an ostentatious company sponsored personal party that definitely will have no negative PR implications whatsoever

49:00 - CG#6: All Partied out!!

52:33 - CG#7: What do they say? You either die a hero or live long enough to be smuggled out of Japan in an equipment box?

56:30 - CG#7: What do they say? You either die a hero or live long enough to be smuggled out of Japan in an equipment box?

]]> 4592 yes Sam Bankman-Fried & FTX: Fraud on top of sh*t mountain https://www.corporategossippod.com/ Becca is joined by Corporate Gossip startup correspondent Aaron Cohn to dip our tube-socked toes into the FTX trial. We meet Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), a rumpled 28-year-old-grown-adult-boy-genius who built a $40 billion crypto empire in less than three years. But his meteoric rise to crypto kingpin was followed quickly by his fall to the bottom of shit-coin mountain. And now, SBF is facing up to 115 years in federal prison for fraud. Check "build a website" off your to-do list with realnice website builder! Pictures & links on our substack Support the pod by buying us a coffee Check out our reading list Follow us on youtube, instagram, and tiktok Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com) Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike Timestamps: 17:40 - Corporate Gossip #1: Sam Bankman Fried raises $420.69m from 69 founders in a "meme" funding round and raises zero red flags 33:45 - Corporate Gossip #2: This guy can't be a criminal… I mean, come on, have you ever seen a criminal in wrinkly cargo shorts??? 45:00 - Corporate Gossip #3: To the moon! 50:00 - Corporate Gossip #4: FTX: Fraud on top of shit mountain 1:09:40 - Corproate Gossip #5: When people stop being polite, and start getting indicted 1:13:30 - Corporate Gossip #6: Will the Smol bean / Widdle baby defense work for Sam? Fri, 03 Nov 2023 11:34:00 -0000 Sam Bankman-Fried &amp; FTX: Fraud on top of sh*t mountain full 3 7 Nitetoast media Becca is joined by Corporate Gossip startup correspondent Aaron Cohn to dip our tube-socked toes into the FTX trial. We meet Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), a rumpled 28-year-old-grown-adult-boy-genius who built a $40 billion crypto empire in less than three years. But his meteoric rise to crypto kingpin was followed quickly by his fall to the bottom of shit-coin mountain. And now, SBF is facing up to 115 years in federal prison for fraud. Check "build a website" off your to-do list with realnice website builder! Pictures & links on our substack Support the pod by buying us a coffee Check out our reading list Follow us on youtube, instagram, and tiktok Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com) Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike Timestamps: 17:40 - Corporate Gossip #1: Sam Bankman Fried raises $420.69m from 69 founders in a "meme" funding round and raises zero red flags 33:45 - Corporate Gossip #2: This guy can't be a criminal… I mean, come on, have you ever seen a criminal in wrinkly cargo shorts??? 45:00 - Corporate Gossip #3: To the moon! 50:00 - Corporate Gossip #4: FTX: Fraud on top of shit mountain 1:09:40 - Corproate Gossip #5: When people stop being polite, and start getting indicted 1:13:30 - Corporate Gossip #6: Will the Smol bean / Widdle baby defense work for Sam? Becca is joined by Corporate Gossip startup correspondent Aaron Cohn to dip our tube-socked toes into the FTX trial. We meet Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), a rumpled 28-year-old-grown-adult-boy-genius who built a $40 billion crypto empire in less than three years. But his meteoric rise to crypto kingpin was followed quickly by his fall to the bottom of shit-coin mountain. And now, SBF is facing up to 115 years in federal prison for fraud.

Check "build a website" off your to-do list with realnice website builder!

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Follow us on youtube, instagram, and tiktok

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Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike

Timestamps:

17:40 - Corporate Gossip #1: Sam Bankman Fried raises $420.69m from 69 founders in a "meme" funding round and raises zero red flags

33:45 - Corporate Gossip #2: This guy can't be a criminal… I mean, come on, have you ever seen a criminal in wrinkly cargo shorts???

45:00 - Corporate Gossip #3: To the moon!

50:00 - Corporate Gossip #4: FTX: Fraud on top of shit mountain

1:09:40 - Corproate Gossip #5: When people stop being polite, and start getting indicted

1:13:30 - Corporate Gossip #6: Will the Smol bean / Widdle baby defense work for Sam?

]]> 5118 yes PG&E: Go girl give us nothing! https://www.corporategossippod.com/ A very haunted episode of the Corporate Gossip Podcast! Becca and adam talk about the House of Villains that is Pacific Gas and Electric. The collection of CEOs that have lead the utility company over the past two decades are are more dubious than Omarosa and more dimwitted than Jax Taylor. On the upside, this episode should cure even the most chronic cases of imposter syndrome. Pictures & links on our substack Support the pod by buying us a coffee Check out our reading list Follow us on youtube, instagram, and tiktok Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com) Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike Timestamps: 11:00 - "You guys need to stop talking about Enron" - said no one ever 15:00 - Peter Darabee is possessed by the ghost of Jack Welch and then gets scammed by Accenture 22:00 - Stay humble Tony Early 31:00 -Geisha Williams is rewarded for her job as pain sponge after the San Bruno explosions and is crowned CEO 46:00 - Bill Johnson, blink and you'll miss him 53:00 - Patti Poppe: New decade, same bullshit Fri, 27 Oct 2023 18:41:00 -0000 PG&amp;E: Go girl give us nothing! full 3 6 Nitetoast media A very haunted episode of the Corporate Gossip Podcast! Becca and adam talk about the House of Villains that is Pacific Gas and Electric. The collection of CEOs that have lead the utility company over the past two decades are are more dubious than Omarosa and more dimwitted than Jax Taylor. On the upside, this episode should cure even the most chronic cases of imposter syndrome. Pictures & links on our substack Support the pod by buying us a coffee Check out our reading list Follow us on youtube, instagram, and tiktok Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com) Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike Timestamps: 11:00 - "You guys need to stop talking about Enron" - said no one ever 15:00 - Peter Darabee is possessed by the ghost of Jack Welch and then gets scammed by Accenture 22:00 - Stay humble Tony Early 31:00 -Geisha Williams is rewarded for her job as pain sponge after the San Bruno explosions and is crowned CEO 46:00 - Bill Johnson, blink and you'll miss him 53:00 - Patti Poppe: New decade, same bullshit A very haunted episode of the Corporate Gossip Podcast! Becca and adam talk about the House of Villains that is Pacific Gas and Electric. The collection of CEOs that have lead the utility company over the past two decades are are more dubious than Omarosa and more dimwitted than Jax Taylor. On the upside, this episode should cure even the most chronic cases of imposter syndrome.

Pictures & links on our substack

Support the pod by buying us a coffee

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Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike

Timestamps:

11:00 - "You guys need to stop talking about Enron" - said no one ever

15:00 - Peter Darabee is possessed by the ghost of Jack Welch and then gets scammed by Accenture

22:00 - Stay humble Tony Early

31:00 -Geisha Williams is rewarded for her job as pain sponge after the San Bruno explosions and is crowned CEO

46:00 - Bill Johnson, blink and you'll miss him

53:00 - Patti Poppe: New decade, same bullshit

]]> 4596 yes McKinsey: This is why we can't have nice things https://www.corporategossippod.com/ It's hard to talk about corporate gossip without talking about McKinsey. They're everywhere! They advise the biggest companies in every industry in practically every company in America (90% of the Fortune 100 companies use Mckinsey). From Las Vegas Casinos to the Vatican, McKinsey consultants, armed with their Thinkbooks and Tumi rollerbags, dispense their advice on maximizing the bottom line under a veil of secrecy. That is until recently, when dogged reporters sifted through thousands of documents made public as part of a series of lawsuits and criminal investigations into the firm. Becca and Adam read through it all and are bringing you the juiciest stories. They find out that when it comes to systemic corporate malfeasance, McKinsey isn't the one who lit the match, but they're often found fanning the flames. Pictures & links on our substack Support the pod by buying us a coffee Check out our reading list Follow us on youtube, instagram, and tiktok Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com) Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike Timestamps: 10:00 - Corporate Gossip #1: McKinsey, this is why we can't have nice things (Intro and background) 30:00 - Corporate Gossip #2: If Jack Welch is Theresa Giudice, McKinsey is Juicy Joe and today's billionaire boss-boys are 4 year-old Melania (How McKinsey influences the world's largest companies) 52:00 - Corporate Gossip #3: McKinsey: Our consultants are happy to provide clean pee for your patients who are addicted to heroin!! (McKinsey's role in the Opiod Crisis) 1:05:00 - Corporate Gossip #4: Enron is basically a McKinsey spinoff in which Jeff Skilling visits Ken Lay at the summer house in Montauk (McKinsey's role in the Enron rise & fall) 1:09:00 - Corporate Gossip #5: If you're looking for the Lizard people controlling the American economy it's not the west coast elites… it's McKinsey! (McKinsey as a Corporate Villian) 1:15:00 - Corporate Gossip #6: Clarence Thomas really went - guys know what would make McKinsey better??? If they had access to more white men!! Hey now… white men who can take me on Yachts. (How the overturning of affirmative action plays into McKinsey's ability to continue weaponizing capitalism) Fri, 20 Oct 2023 15:34:00 -0000 McKinsey: This is why we can't have nice things full 3 5 Nitetoast media It's hard to talk about corporate gossip without talking about McKinsey. They're everywhere! They advise the biggest companies in every industry in practically every company in America (90% of the Fortune 100 companies use Mckinsey). From Las Vegas Casinos to the Vatican, McKinsey consultants, armed with their Thinkbooks and Tumi rollerbags, dispense their advice on maximizing the bottom line under a veil of secrecy. That is until recently, when dogged reporters sifted through thousands of documents made public as part of a series of lawsuits and criminal investigations into the firm. Becca and Adam read through it all and are bringing you the juiciest stories. They find out that when it comes to systemic corporate malfeasance, McKinsey isn't the one who lit the match, but they're often found fanning the flames. Pictures & links on our substack Support the pod by buying us a coffee Check out our reading list Follow us on youtube, instagram, and tiktok Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com) Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike Timestamps: 10:00 - Corporate Gossip #1: McKinsey, this is why we can't have nice things (Intro and background) 30:00 - Corporate Gossip #2: If Jack Welch is Theresa Giudice, McKinsey is Juicy Joe and today's billionaire boss-boys are 4 year-old Melania (How McKinsey influences the world's largest companies) 52:00 - Corporate Gossip #3: McKinsey: Our consultants are happy to provide clean pee for your patients who are addicted to heroin!! (McKinsey's role in the Opiod Crisis) 1:05:00 - Corporate Gossip #4: Enron is basically a McKinsey spinoff in which Jeff Skilling visits Ken Lay at the summer house in Montauk (McKinsey's role in the Enron rise & fall) 1:09:00 - Corporate Gossip #5: If you're looking for the Lizard people controlling the American economy it's not the west coast elites… it's McKinsey! (McKinsey as a Corporate Villian) 1:15:00 - Corporate Gossip #6: Clarence Thomas really went - guys know what would make McKinsey better??? If they had access to more white men!! Hey now… white men who can take me on Yachts. (How the overturning of affirmative action plays into McKinsey's ability to continue weaponizing capitalism) It's hard to talk about corporate gossip without talking about McKinsey. They're everywhere! They advise the biggest companies in every industry in practically every company in America (90% of the Fortune 100 companies use Mckinsey). From Las Vegas Casinos to the Vatican, McKinsey consultants, armed with their Thinkbooks and Tumi rollerbags, dispense their advice on maximizing the bottom line under a veil of secrecy.

That is until recently, when dogged reporters sifted through thousands of documents made public as part of a series of lawsuits and criminal investigations into the firm. Becca and Adam read through it all and are bringing you the juiciest stories. They find out that when it comes to systemic corporate malfeasance, McKinsey isn't the one who lit the match, but they're often found fanning the flames.

Pictures & links on our substack

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Timestamps:

10:00 - Corporate Gossip #1: McKinsey, this is why we can't have nice things (Intro and background)

30:00 - Corporate Gossip #2: If Jack Welch is Theresa Giudice, McKinsey is Juicy Joe and today's billionaire boss-boys are 4 year-old Melania (How McKinsey influences the world's largest companies)

52:00 - Corporate Gossip #3: McKinsey: Our consultants are happy to provide clean pee for your patients who are addicted to heroin!! (McKinsey's role in the Opiod Crisis)

1:05:00 - Corporate Gossip #4: Enron is basically a McKinsey spinoff in which Jeff Skilling visits Ken Lay at the summer house in Montauk (McKinsey's role in the Enron rise & fall)

1:09:00 - Corporate Gossip #5: If you're looking for the Lizard people controlling the American economy it's not the west coast elites… it's McKinsey! (McKinsey as a Corporate Villian)

1:15:00 - Corporate Gossip #6: Clarence Thomas really went - guys know what would make McKinsey better??? If they had access to more white men!! Hey now… white men who can take me on Yachts. (How the overturning of affirmative action plays into McKinsey's ability to continue weaponizing capitalism)

]]> 5187 yes Koch: Toxic Kings (Part 2) https://www.corporategossippod.com/ This is part two of a two part episode. This week, Billy Koch turns into a corporate vigilante, as he takes the Department of Justice and the FBI on a private tour of the grounds where all the Koch corporate secrets are buried. We then tell the story of courtroom fight as dramatic as a Beverly Hills housewives reunion, with siblings rehashing decades-old conflicts and clawing at their share of billions of dollars. Then, Charles Koch continues his campaign to be voted "most-miserly" in the 2008 Billionaire Yearbook by funding an artificial-grassroots organization to promote his libertarian big business-first policies. Meanwhile, Bill Koch's son Wyatt asks the Sharks to invest $100,000 for a 10% stake in his palm-beach-boroque men's blouse line. See the Koch family tree Pictures & links on our substack Support the pod by buying us a coffee Check out our reading list Follow us on youtube, instagram, and tiktok Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com) Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike Timestamps: 02:00 - Corporate Gossip #5: Woke up this mornin' and I got myself some oil from Native American reservations 11:30 - Corporate Gossip #6: Law and Order - Special Boss Bois Unit 21:00 - Corporate Gossip #7: Profit is my religion and regulation is the devil!! 24:15 - Corporate Gossip #8: It's a 45-day plan. 45 days! To get us back, on track. 45 points! It's a 45-day, 45-point, one point per day. We get 45 points, we're back in business! [cheers] And you can take that to the bank! And limo lady! We are going to completely destroy Barak OBAMA! [more cheers] I love you New York! 29:30 - Corporate Gossip #9: Charles Koch: Ooops! Did I do that???? 33:00 - Corporate Gossip #10: Okay That was dark, let's end on a high note - Bill Koch's son's quest to create the ugliest t-shirts of all time Fri, 13 Oct 2023 16:30:00 -0000 Koch: Toxic Kings (Part 2) full 3 4 Nitetoast media This is part two of a two part episode. This week, Billy Koch turns into a corporate vigilante, as he takes the Department of Justice and the FBI on a private tour of the grounds where all the Koch corporate secrets are buried. We then tell the story of courtroom fight as dramatic as a Beverly Hills housewives reunion, with siblings rehashing decades-old conflicts and clawing at their share of billions of dollars. Then, Charles Koch continues his campaign to be voted "most-miserly" in the 2008 Billionaire Yearbook by funding an artificial-grassroots organization to promote his libertarian big business-first policies. Meanwhile, Bill Koch's son Wyatt asks the Sharks to invest $100,000 for a 10% stake in his palm-beach-boroque men's blouse line. See the Koch family tree Pictures & links on our substack Support the pod by buying us a coffee Check out our reading list Follow us on youtube, instagram, and tiktok Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com) Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike Timestamps: 02:00 - Corporate Gossip #5: Woke up this mornin' and I got myself some oil from Native American reservations 11:30 - Corporate Gossip #6: Law and Order - Special Boss Bois Unit 21:00 - Corporate Gossip #7: Profit is my religion and regulation is the devil!! 24:15 - Corporate Gossip #8: It's a 45-day plan. 45 days! To get us back, on track. 45 points! It's a 45-day, 45-point, one point per day. We get 45 points, we're back in business! [cheers] And you can take that to the bank! And limo lady! We are going to completely destroy Barak OBAMA! [more cheers] I love you New York! 29:30 - Corporate Gossip #9: Charles Koch: Ooops! Did I do that???? 33:00 - Corporate Gossip #10: Okay That was dark, let's end on a high note - Bill Koch's son's quest to create the ugliest t-shirts of all time This is part two of a two part episode.

This week, Billy Koch turns into a corporate vigilante, as he takes the Department of Justice and the FBI on a private tour of the grounds where all the Koch corporate secrets are buried. We then tell the story of courtroom fight as dramatic as a Beverly Hills housewives reunion, with siblings rehashing decades-old conflicts and clawing at their share of billions of dollars. Then, Charles Koch continues his campaign to be voted "most-miserly" in the 2008 Billionaire Yearbook by funding an artificial-grassroots organization to promote his libertarian big business-first policies. Meanwhile, Bill Koch's son Wyatt asks the Sharks to invest $100,000 for a 10% stake in his palm-beach-boroque men's blouse line.

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02:00 - Corporate Gossip #5: Woke up this mornin' and I got myself some oil from Native American reservations

11:30 - Corporate Gossip #6: Law and Order - Special Boss Bois Unit

21:00 - Corporate Gossip #7: Profit is my religion and regulation is the devil!!

24:15 - Corporate Gossip #8: It's a 45-day plan. 45 days! To get us back, on track. 45 points! It's a 45-day, 45-point, one point per day. We get 45 points, we're back in business! [cheers] And you can take that to the bank! And limo lady! We are going to completely destroy Barak OBAMA! [more cheers] I love you New York!

29:30 - Corporate Gossip #9: Charles Koch: Ooops! Did I do that????

33:00 - Corporate Gossip #10: Okay That was dark, let's end on a high note - Bill Koch's son's quest to create the ugliest t-shirts of all time

]]> 2578 yes Koch: Toxic Kings (Part 1) https://www.corporategossippod.com/ The only thing more toxic than the emissions spewing from the smokestacks at Koch industries are the relationships between the four adult heirs to the family fortune. This story has EVERYTHING: court battles, private investigators, homosexual blackmail, ANNA NICOLE SMITH, sibling rivalry, and libertarian summer camp! Join Becca and Adam as they wade into the stinky, polluted waters of the Koch family dynasty in this two part episode!! See the Koch family tree Pictures & links on our substack Support the pod by buying us a coffee Check out our reading list Follow us on youtube, instagram, and tiktok Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com) Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike Timestamps: 09:00 - Corporate Gossip #1: Duck, duck, Fred Koch Sr. dies of a heart attack 16:15 - Corporate Gossip #2: Growing up Koch 39:00 - Corporate Gossip #3: Charles is our daddy now and you better believe he's gonna take his unresolved trauma and unexamined political beliefs and make all of our lives miserable 48:00 - Corporate Gossip #4: At the Koch family christmas party, Bill confronts David & Charles over stealing his Dolce & Gabanna lifestyle and wagers a war that will destroy the family Fri, 06 Oct 2023 14:11:00 -0000 Koch: Toxic Kings (Part 1) full 3 3 Nitetoast media The only thing more toxic than the emissions spewing from the smokestacks at Koch industries are the relationships between the four adult heirs to the family fortune. This story has EVERYTHING: court battles, private investigators, homosexual blackmail, ANNA NICOLE SMITH, sibling rivalry, and libertarian summer camp! Join Becca and Adam as they wade into the stinky, polluted waters of the Koch family dynasty in this two part episode!! See the Koch family tree Pictures & links on our substack Support the pod by buying us a coffee Check out our reading list Follow us on youtube, instagram, and tiktok Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com) Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike Timestamps: 09:00 - Corporate Gossip #1: Duck, duck, Fred Koch Sr. dies of a heart attack 16:15 - Corporate Gossip #2: Growing up Koch 39:00 - Corporate Gossip #3: Charles is our daddy now and you better believe he's gonna take his unresolved trauma and unexamined political beliefs and make all of our lives miserable 48:00 - Corporate Gossip #4: At the Koch family christmas party, Bill confronts David & Charles over stealing his Dolce & Gabanna lifestyle and wagers a war that will destroy the family The only thing more toxic than the emissions spewing from the smokestacks at Koch industries are the relationships between the four adult heirs to the family fortune. This story has EVERYTHING: court battles, private investigators, homosexual blackmail, ANNA NICOLE SMITH, sibling rivalry, and libertarian summer camp! Join Becca and Adam as they wade into the stinky, polluted waters of the Koch family dynasty in this two part episode!!

See the Koch family tree

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Timestamps:

09:00 - Corporate Gossip #1: Duck, duck, Fred Koch Sr. dies of a heart attack

16:15 - Corporate Gossip #2: Growing up Koch

39:00 - Corporate Gossip #3: Charles is our daddy now and you better believe he's gonna take his unresolved trauma and unexamined political beliefs and make all of our lives miserable

48:00 - Corporate Gossip #4: At the Koch family christmas party, Bill confronts David & Charles over stealing his Dolce & Gabanna lifestyle and wagers a war that will destroy the family

]]> 3873 yes David Zaslav's Flop Era https://www.corporategossippod.com/ David Zaslav is having the worst summer ever. He was heckled by thousands of graduates during his Boston University commencement address, publically shamed for holding a hunger games style gala in france, and had to fire his best friend! Oh and to top it all off, all of the workers he extracts his wealth from are on strike. Why doesn't anyone want to work anymore!! Pictures & links on our substack Support the pod by buying us a coffee Check out our reading list Follow us on youtube, instagram, and tiktok Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com) Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike Timestamps: 6:30 - Corporate Gossip #1: With friends like David Zaslav, who needs enemies? Zas fires his pain sponge, Chris Licht, on their morning walk in Central Park under the apocalyptic orange-haze of the Canadian Wildfires. 15:00 - Corporate Gossip #2: In the year 2023 - the same year that CEOs have pissed away $44bn on a social media app, killed 5 people in an ill fated trip to the Titanic, and challenged each other to a cage match, David Zaslav is STILL in the running for dumbest CEO of the year… 27:00 - Corporate Gossip #3: I think David Zaslav is just here for the zipline 40:15 - Corporate Gossip #4: C'mon guys, don't strike, I had plans this summer! I was gonna hang out! 52:45 - Corporate Gossip #5: You can't keep getting away with this Zaslav *shakes fist in air* Fri, 29 Sep 2023 15:00:00 -0000 David Zaslav's Flop Era full 3 2 Nitetoast media David Zaslav is having the worst summer ever. He was heckled by thousands of graduates during his Boston University commencement address, publically shamed for holding a hunger games style gala in france, and had to fire his best friend! Oh and to top it all off, all of the workers he extracts his wealth from are on strike. Why doesn't anyone want to work anymore!! Pictures & links on our substack Support the pod by buying us a coffee Check out our reading list Follow us on youtube, instagram, and tiktok Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com) Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike Timestamps: 6:30 - Corporate Gossip #1: With friends like David Zaslav, who needs enemies? Zas fires his pain sponge, Chris Licht, on their morning walk in Central Park under the apocalyptic orange-haze of the Canadian Wildfires. 15:00 - Corporate Gossip #2: In the year 2023 - the same year that CEOs have pissed away $44bn on a social media app, killed 5 people in an ill fated trip to the Titanic, and challenged each other to a cage match, David Zaslav is STILL in the running for dumbest CEO of the year… 27:00 - Corporate Gossip #3: I think David Zaslav is just here for the zipline 40:15 - Corporate Gossip #4: C'mon guys, don't strike, I had plans this summer! I was gonna hang out! 52:45 - Corporate Gossip #5: You can't keep getting away with this Zaslav *shakes fist in air* David Zaslav is having the worst summer ever. He was heckled by thousands of graduates during his Boston University commencement address, publically shamed for holding a hunger games style gala in france, and had to fire his best friend! Oh and to top it all off, all of the workers he extracts his wealth from are on strike. Why doesn't anyone want to work anymore!!

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Timestamps:

6:30 - Corporate Gossip #1: With friends like David Zaslav, who needs enemies? Zas fires his pain sponge, Chris Licht, on their morning walk in Central Park under the apocalyptic orange-haze of the Canadian Wildfires.

15:00 - Corporate Gossip #2: In the year 2023 - the same year that CEOs have pissed away $44bn on a social media app, killed 5 people in an ill fated trip to the Titanic, and challenged each other to a cage match, David Zaslav is STILL in the running for dumbest CEO of the year…

27:00 - Corporate Gossip #3: I think David Zaslav is just here for the zipline

40:15 - Corporate Gossip #4: C'mon guys, don't strike, I had plans this summer! I was gonna hang out!

52:45 - Corporate Gossip #5: You can't keep getting away with this Zaslav *shakes fist in air*

]]> 3910 yes Ted Turner: Captain Outrageous https://www.corporategossippod.com/ Content warning: this episode references child abuse and suicide Ted Turner has more BDE in his pencil mustache than Zuck and Musk combined. In the span of 5 years he captained a champion sailing yacht through the deadly celtic sea, pulled out an underdog win in the America's cup, bought two professional sports teams, and created the first ever 24-hour news network: CNN. His life is what LinkedIn Lunatics fantasize about. He created TBS, TNT, TCM, Cartoon Network, AND the iconic environmental superhero cartoon, "Captain Planet." He is cherished by unproblematic icons Jimmy Carter and Jane Fonda and despised by degenerate psychopath Rupert Murdoch. Turner disrupted the media industry and spent years on top, but like so many of the characters in our podcast, he couldn't conquer his inner demons. Deep pain from a traumatic childhood and unaddressed mental health issues destroyed his marriage and threatened his fortune. In this episode, Becca & Adam attempt to trace the life of the chaos cowboy while expertly pronouncing the word "documentary." Pictures & links on our substack Support the pod by buying us a coffee Check out our reading list Follow us on youtube, instagram, and tiktok Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com) Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike Cover art: Creative director @laurensubers Photographer @danielcanophoto @instajasp Props / Wardobe @__julesrose__ @mellerycellery Makeup / Hair @mardeaubeauty Timestamps: 8:40 - Corporate Gossip #1: In terms of Corporate Villains, David Zaslav, who we'll discuss next week, is the straight up evil, sociopathic type. But the other Corporate Villian in this story, Ted Turner, is more like the villain with a heart of gold. 36:50 - Corporate Gossip #2: Would you believe that the reason we have a 24 hour news cycle in America is because of Ted Turners undiagnosed mania? 48:10 - Corporate Gossip #3: Now it's time for Jimmy Carter to make an appearance as the empathetic king and Ted Turner's daddy figure (by the end of this segment, Jimmy Carter will be all of our dads). 59:10 - Corporate Gossip #5: As Ted's professional life is unraveling, Queen Jane Fonda throws in the towel and Ted lives out our collective fantasy - taking revenge on a boss that did you dirty. 1:04:20 - Corporate Gossip #6: Let's meet back up with Ted in present day as David Zaslav is meticulously picking apart his legacy with his hands and licking his little fingies like he's elbow deep in a pile of buffalo ribs. Fri, 22 Sep 2023 16:15:00 -0000 Ted Turner: Captain Outrageous full 3 1 Nitetoast media Content warning: this episode references child abuse and suicide Ted Turner has more BDE in his pencil mustache than Zuck and Musk combined. In the span of 5 years he captained a champion sailing yacht through the deadly celtic sea, pulled out an underdog win in the America's cup, bought two professional sports teams, and created the first ever 24-hour news network: CNN. His life is what LinkedIn Lunatics fantasize about. He created TBS, TNT, TCM, Cartoon Network, AND the iconic environmental superhero cartoon, "Captain Planet." He is cherished by unproblematic icons Jimmy Carter and Jane Fonda and despised by degenerate psychopath Rupert Murdoch. Turner disrupted the media industry and spent years on top, but like so many of the characters in our podcast, he couldn't conquer his inner demons. Deep pain from a traumatic childhood and unaddressed mental health issues destroyed his marriage and threatened his fortune. In this episode, Becca & Adam attempt to trace the life of the chaos cowboy while expertly pronouncing the word "documentary." Pictures & links on our substack Support the pod by buying us a coffee Check out our reading list Follow us on youtube, instagram, and tiktok Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com) Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike Cover art: Creative director @laurensubers Photographer @danielcanophoto @instajasp Props / Wardobe @__julesrose__ @mellerycellery Makeup / Hair @mardeaubeauty Timestamps: 8:40 - Corporate Gossip #1: In terms of Corporate Villains, David Zaslav, who we'll discuss next week, is the straight up evil, sociopathic type. But the other Corporate Villian in this story, Ted Turner, is more like the villain with a heart of gold. 36:50 - Corporate Gossip #2: Would you believe that the reason we have a 24 hour news cycle in America is because of Ted Turners undiagnosed mania? 48:10 - Corporate Gossip #3: Now it's time for Jimmy Carter to make an appearance as the empathetic king and Ted Turner's daddy figure (by the end of this segment, Jimmy Carter will be all of our dads). 59:10 - Corporate Gossip #5: As Ted's professional life is unraveling, Queen Jane Fonda throws in the towel and Ted lives out our collective fantasy - taking revenge on a boss that did you dirty. 1:04:20 - Corporate Gossip #6: Let's meet back up with Ted in present day as David Zaslav is meticulously picking apart his legacy with his hands and licking his little fingies like he's elbow deep in a pile of buffalo ribs. Content warning: this episode references child abuse and suicide

Ted Turner has more BDE in his pencil mustache than Zuck and Musk combined. In the span of 5 years he captained a champion sailing yacht through the deadly celtic sea, pulled out an underdog win in the America's cup, bought two professional sports teams, and created the first ever 24-hour news network: CNN. His life is what LinkedIn Lunatics fantasize about. He created TBS, TNT, TCM, Cartoon Network, AND the iconic environmental superhero cartoon, "Captain Planet." He is cherished by unproblematic icons Jimmy Carter and Jane Fonda and despised by degenerate psychopath Rupert Murdoch.

Turner disrupted the media industry and spent years on top, but like so many of the characters in our podcast, he couldn't conquer his inner demons. Deep pain from a traumatic childhood and unaddressed mental health issues destroyed his marriage and threatened his fortune. In this episode, Becca & Adam attempt to trace the life of the chaos cowboy while expertly pronouncing the word "documentary."

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Cover art:

Creative director @laurensubers Photographer @danielcanophoto @instajasp Props / Wardobe @__julesrose__ @mellerycellery Makeup / Hair @mardeaubeauty

Timestamps:

8:40 - Corporate Gossip #1: In terms of Corporate Villains, David Zaslav, who we'll discuss next week, is the straight up evil, sociopathic type. But the other Corporate Villian in this story, Ted Turner, is more like the villain with a heart of gold.

36:50 - Corporate Gossip #2: Would you believe that the reason we have a 24 hour news cycle in America is because of Ted Turners undiagnosed mania?

48:10 - Corporate Gossip #3: Now it's time for Jimmy Carter to make an appearance as the empathetic king and Ted Turner's daddy figure (by the end of this segment, Jimmy Carter will be all of our dads).

59:10 - Corporate Gossip #5: As Ted's professional life is unraveling, Queen Jane Fonda throws in the towel and Ted lives out our collective fantasy - taking revenge on a boss that did you dirty.

1:04:20 - Corporate Gossip #6: Let's meet back up with Ted in present day as David Zaslav is meticulously picking apart his legacy with his hands and licking his little fingies like he's elbow deep in a pile of buffalo ribs.

]]> 4526 yes The Murdochs: Schmucksession https://nitetoast.substack.com/p/the-murdochs-schmucksession Bonus Episode!! It's like Jaws if everyone in Jaws worked for Jaws! It's the true story of Rupert Murdoch's main hustle (News Corp) and his side hustle (emotionally and financially manipulating his children). We trace Rupert's (aka RuMu) rise from under the thumb of his father, the original Murdoch Megalomaniac, to become an Australian media mogul. Then, he journeys to the UK and the US, leaving a stinky trail of editorial corruption wherever he goes. Strapped on his back are three of his grown children, Elisabeth, Lachlan, and James, who are pulling and poking at one another as they battle for daddy's treasure: the top spot of the Murdoch Empire! We're on Youtube!! Pictures of the Murdochs and research links are on our Substack!! Support the pod by buying us a coffee Check out our reading list Instagram: @corporategossippod Tiktok: @corporategossippod Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com) Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike Sat, 10 Jun 2023 15:00:00 -0000 The Murdochs: Schmucksession full 2 9 Nitetoast media Bonus Episode!! It's like Jaws if everyone in Jaws worked for Jaws! It's the true story of Rupert Murdoch's main hustle (News Corp) and his side hustle (emotionally and financially manipulating his children). We trace Rupert's (aka RuMu) rise from under the thumb of his father, the original Murdoch Megalomaniac, to become an Australian media mogul. Then, he journeys to the UK and the US, leaving a stinky trail of editorial corruption wherever he goes. Strapped on his back are three of his grown children, Elisabeth, Lachlan, and James, who are pulling and poking at one another as they battle for daddy's treasure: the top spot of the Murdoch Empire! We're on Youtube!! Pictures of the Murdochs and research links are on our Substack!! Support the pod by buying us a coffee Check out our reading list Instagram: @corporategossippod Tiktok: @corporategossippod Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com) Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike Bonus Episode!!

It's like Jaws if everyone in Jaws worked for Jaws! It's the true story of Rupert Murdoch's main hustle (News Corp) and his side hustle (emotionally and financially manipulating his children). We trace Rupert's (aka RuMu) rise from under the thumb of his father, the original Murdoch Megalomaniac, to become an Australian media mogul. Then, he journeys to the UK and the US, leaving a stinky trail of editorial corruption wherever he goes. Strapped on his back are three of his grown children, Elisabeth, Lachlan, and James, who are pulling and poking at one another as they battle for daddy's treasure: the top spot of the Murdoch Empire!

We're on Youtube!!

Pictures of the Murdochs and research links are on our Substack!!

Support the pod by buying us a coffee

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Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com)

Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike

]]> 5407 no Season 2 Finale & Costco: Kings of Kirkland https://www.corporategossippod.com/ SEASON 2 FINALE!! Thanks for your support this season, we'll be back with Season 3 later this summer!! Don't forget to rate and review this podcast. Becca and Adam flew close to the sun last week and decided to end the season on a high note. We answer some listener questions and crown our 2023 Corporate Cutie before getting into some feel-good Corporate Gossip. The Costco story (18:45) is straight from a Jack Welch nightmare. Low CEO pay, a modest corporate headquarters, and no private jets?!!! Despite skimping on executive perks, Costco became a retail giant, peaking at #11 on the Fortune 500 list. And they did it without layoffs, downsizing, or offshoring… suck it McKinsey!! This episode has no strip clubs, accounting fraud, or subterfuge… BUT it does have threats of MURDER!! We're on Youtube Support the pod by buying us a coffee Check out our reading list Tiktok: @corporategossippod Instagram: @corporategossippod Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com) Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike Timestamps: 01:00 - Intro (Confirmation that John Flannery is, in fact, still alive and thriving!! and our close encounter with Andy Cohen and why we're wrapping season 2 06:00 - Listener Questions 15:00 - Corporate cutie awards 2023 18:45 - Costco: Kings of Kirkland Links: Weddings by Costco Costco foodcourt challenge Costco CEO Craig Jelinek Leads the Cheapest, Happiest Company in the World Link to chart with revenue / salary Amazon and Walmart have raked in billions in additional profits during the pandemic, and shared almost none of it with their workers (Brookings institute expose) Fri, 12 May 2023 17:00:00 -0000 Season 2 Finale &amp; Costco: Kings of Kirkland full 2 8 Nitetoast media SEASON 2 FINALE!! Thanks for your support this season, we'll be back with Season 3 later this summer!! Don't forget to rate and review this podcast. Becca and Adam flew close to the sun last week and decided to end the season on a high note. We answer some listener questions and crown our 2023 Corporate Cutie before getting into some feel-good Corporate Gossip. The Costco story (18:45) is straight from a Jack Welch nightmare. Low CEO pay, a modest corporate headquarters, and no private jets?!!! Despite skimping on executive perks, Costco became a retail giant, peaking at #11 on the Fortune 500 list. And they did it without layoffs, downsizing, or offshoring… suck it McKinsey!! This episode has no strip clubs, accounting fraud, or subterfuge… BUT it does have threats of MURDER!! We're on Youtube Support the pod by buying us a coffee Check out our reading list Tiktok: @corporategossippod Instagram: @corporategossippod Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com) Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike Timestamps: 01:00 - Intro (Confirmation that John Flannery is, in fact, still alive and thriving!! and our close encounter with Andy Cohen and why we're wrapping season 2 06:00 - Listener Questions 15:00 - Corporate cutie awards 2023 18:45 - Costco: Kings of Kirkland Links: Weddings by Costco Costco foodcourt challenge Costco CEO Craig Jelinek Leads the Cheapest, Happiest Company in the World Link to chart with revenue / salary Amazon and Walmart have raked in billions in additional profits during the pandemic, and shared almost none of it with their workers (Brookings institute expose) SEASON 2 FINALE!!

Thanks for your support this season, we'll be back with Season 3 later this summer!!

Don't forget to rate and review this podcast.

Becca and Adam flew close to the sun last week and decided to end the season on a high note. We answer some listener questions and crown our 2023 Corporate Cutie before getting into some feel-good Corporate Gossip.

The Costco story (18:45) is straight from a Jack Welch nightmare. Low CEO pay, a modest corporate headquarters, and no private jets?!!! Despite skimping on executive perks, Costco became a retail giant, peaking at #11 on the Fortune 500 list. And they did it without layoffs, downsizing, or offshoring… suck it McKinsey!! This episode has no strip clubs, accounting fraud, or subterfuge… BUT it does have threats of MURDER!!

We're on Youtube

Support the pod by buying us a coffee

Check out our reading list

Tiktok: @corporategossippod

Instagram: @corporategossippod

Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com)

Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike

Timestamps:

01:00 - Intro (Confirmation that John Flannery is, in fact, still alive and thriving!! and our close encounter with Andy Cohen and why we're wrapping season 2

06:00 - Listener Questions

15:00 - Corporate cutie awards 2023

18:45 - Costco: Kings of Kirkland

Links:

Weddings by Costco

Costco foodcourt challenge

Costco CEO Craig Jelinek Leads the Cheapest, Happiest Company in the World

Link to chart with revenue / salary

Amazon and Walmart have raked in billions in additional profits during the pandemic, and shared almost none of it with their workers (Brookings institute expose)

]]> 3525 yes Enron Rules https://www.corporategossippod.com/ Don't forget to rate and review this podcast!! This is a true Corporate Gossip Exclusive: The ONLY comparative exploration of Enron and Vanderpump Rules. On a summer day in 2012 in a restaurant garden in Weho, waitress Schena Shay confronts Housewife Brandi Glanville about the rumors of infidelity surrounding Brandi's husband, Eddie Cibrian. Narratively, this scene breaks the seam between the women of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and the servers who tend to them. And television's crown jewel is born: Vanderpump Rules. Few know that there was another cosmic seam that ripped at the same moment, and merged two dimensions along thematic parallels: cheating, fraud, topless bars, uppers, women's rights, and women's wrongs. If you're a Vanderpump girlie who wants to get into Enron or an Enron bro who wants to get into Vanderpump - this is ENRON RULES! We explore the Enron collapse by meeting each of the main players and following them throughout the Enron story. We'll start with the villains who commanded the corporate clusterfuck and then meet the heroes who had the guts to defy them. This episode also features our DAD! @Jeffplatsky We're on Youtube Support the pod by buying us a coffee Check out our reading list Tiktok: @corporategossippod Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com) Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike Timestamps / Cast of characters: 6:00 - Introducing our DAD, the original corporate gossiper! 10:00ish - The Enron Scandal as told through the eys of the villains and the heroes: The Villains: Enron CEO Ken Lay aka Tom Schwartz Enron COO / CEO Jeff Skilling aka Jax Taylor Enron CFO Andy Fastow aka Tom Sandoval Bonus Villain! The Analysts aka Ken Todd and Lisa Vanderpump The Heroes: Enron Whistleblower Sherron Watkins aka Kristen Doute Enron Whistleblower Margaret Ceconi aka Lala Kent Fortune Journalist Bethany McLean aka Schena Shay Links: How Enron Blew It The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron (Book) The Smartest Guys in the Room (Movie) You're Wrong About: Enron (Podcast) JUST DESERTS? / A year ago, Francine Cavanaugh tossed a pie at Jeffrey Skilling for gouging Californians now the former Enron CEO is under fire in Washington Fri, 05 May 2023 14:00:00 -0000 Enron Rules full 2 7 Nitetoast media Don't forget to rate and review this podcast!! This is a true Corporate Gossip Exclusive: The ONLY comparative exploration of Enron and Vanderpump Rules. On a summer day in 2012 in a restaurant garden in Weho, waitress Schena Shay confronts Housewife Brandi Glanville about the rumors of infidelity surrounding Brandi's husband, Eddie Cibrian. Narratively, this scene breaks the seam between the women of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and the servers who tend to them. And television's crown jewel is born: Vanderpump Rules. Few know that there was another cosmic seam that ripped at the same moment, and merged two dimensions along thematic parallels: cheating, fraud, topless bars, uppers, women's rights, and women's wrongs. If you're a Vanderpump girlie who wants to get into Enron or an Enron bro who wants to get into Vanderpump - this is ENRON RULES! We explore the Enron collapse by meeting each of the main players and following them throughout the Enron story. We'll start with the villains who commanded the corporate clusterfuck and then meet the heroes who had the guts to defy them. This episode also features our DAD! @Jeffplatsky We're on Youtube Support the pod by buying us a coffee Check out our reading list Tiktok: @corporategossippod Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com) Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike Timestamps / Cast of characters: 6:00 - Introducing our DAD, the original corporate gossiper! 10:00ish - The Enron Scandal as told through the eys of the villains and the heroes: The Villains: Enron CEO Ken Lay aka Tom Schwartz Enron COO / CEO Jeff Skilling aka Jax Taylor Enron CFO Andy Fastow aka Tom Sandoval Bonus Villain! The Analysts aka Ken Todd and Lisa Vanderpump The Heroes: Enron Whistleblower Sherron Watkins aka Kristen Doute Enron Whistleblower Margaret Ceconi aka Lala Kent Fortune Journalist Bethany McLean aka Schena Shay Links: How Enron Blew It The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron (Book) The Smartest Guys in the Room (Movie) You're Wrong About: Enron (Podcast) JUST DESERTS? / A year ago, Francine Cavanaugh tossed a pie at Jeffrey Skilling for gouging Californians now the former Enron CEO is under fire in Washington Don't forget to rate and review this podcast!!

This is a true Corporate Gossip Exclusive: The ONLY comparative exploration of Enron and Vanderpump Rules.

On a summer day in 2012 in a restaurant garden in Weho, waitress Schena Shay confronts Housewife Brandi Glanville about the rumors of infidelity surrounding Brandi's husband, Eddie Cibrian. Narratively, this scene breaks the seam between the women of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and the servers who tend to them. And television's crown jewel is born: Vanderpump Rules.

Few know that there was another cosmic seam that ripped at the same moment, and merged two dimensions along thematic parallels: cheating, fraud, topless bars, uppers, women's rights, and women's wrongs. If you're a Vanderpump girlie who wants to get into Enron or an Enron bro who wants to get into Vanderpump - this is ENRON RULES!

We explore the Enron collapse by meeting each of the main players and following them throughout the Enron story. We'll start with the villains who commanded the corporate clusterfuck and then meet the heroes who had the guts to defy them.

This episode also features our DAD! @Jeffplatsky

We're on Youtube

Support the pod by buying us a coffee

Check out our reading list

Tiktok: @corporategossippod

Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com)

Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike

Timestamps / Cast of characters:

6:00 - Introducing our DAD, the original corporate gossiper!

10:00ish - The Enron Scandal as told through the eys of the villains and the heroes:

The Villains:

Enron CEO Ken Lay aka Tom Schwartz

Enron COO / CEO Jeff Skilling aka Jax Taylor

Enron CFO Andy Fastow aka Tom Sandoval

Bonus Villain! The Analysts aka Ken Todd and Lisa Vanderpump

The Heroes:

Enron Whistleblower Sherron Watkins aka Kristen Doute

Enron Whistleblower Margaret Ceconi aka Lala Kent

Fortune Journalist Bethany McLean aka Schena Shay

Links:

How Enron Blew It

The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron (Book)

The Smartest Guys in the Room (Movie)

You're Wrong About: Enron (Podcast)

JUST DESERTS? / A year ago, Francine Cavanaugh tossed a pie at Jeffrey Skilling for gouging Californians now the former Enron CEO is under fire in Washington

]]> 5252 yes Jack Welch & GE: Daddy Issues https://www.corporategossippod.com/ A SUPERSIZED EPISODE!! Two pods in one!!! Jack Welch is our collective Corporate Villain origin story. Potentially the most famous American CEO, Welch, like so many of the leaders we cover on this pod, possesses a dangerous combination of ruthlessness and incompetency. Adam and Becca trace his meteoric rise and salacious downfall before passing the reins of turd mountain (GE) to a series of doomed successors. Our apologies in advance to the fine people of Massachusets for our repeated unsuccessful attempts at a Boston accent. P.S. John Flannery if you're reading this right now we love you please come on the pod <3333 Don't forget to rate and review this podcast! We're on Youtube Support the pod by buying us a coffee Check out our reading list Tiktok: @corporategossippod Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com) Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike Links: How Jack Welch's Reign at G.E. Gave Us Elon Musk's Twitter Feed Was Jack Welch the Greatest C.E.O. of His Day—or the Worst? Jack Welch: Managerial Genius Who Made One Disastrous Mistake Harvard Editor Faces Revolt Over Handling of Welch Story Pic of Welch and Suzy making out Former GE CEO Jeff Immelt on his controversial legacy: 'I don't want to hide' GE Cuts Larry Culp's 2022 Pay After Shareholder Protest Corrections: GE is still the largest manufacturer of jet engines. Rolls Royce is #2 in the industry. Fri, 28 Apr 2023 18:00:00 -0000 Jack Welch &amp; GE: Daddy Issues full 2 6 Nitetoast media A SUPERSIZED EPISODE!! Two pods in one!!! Jack Welch is our collective Corporate Villain origin story. Potentially the most famous American CEO, Welch, like so many of the leaders we cover on this pod, possesses a dangerous combination of ruthlessness and incompetency. Adam and Becca trace his meteoric rise and salacious downfall before passing the reins of turd mountain (GE) to a series of doomed successors. Our apologies in advance to the fine people of Massachusets for our repeated unsuccessful attempts at a Boston accent. P.S. John Flannery if you're reading this right now we love you please come on the pod <3333 Don't forget to rate and review this podcast! We're on Youtube Support the pod by buying us a coffee Check out our reading list Tiktok: @corporategossippod Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com) Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike Links: How Jack Welch's Reign at G.E. Gave Us Elon Musk's Twitter Feed Was Jack Welch the Greatest C.E.O. of His Day—or the Worst? Jack Welch: Managerial Genius Who Made One Disastrous Mistake Harvard Editor Faces Revolt Over Handling of Welch Story Pic of Welch and Suzy making out Former GE CEO Jeff Immelt on his controversial legacy: 'I don't want to hide' GE Cuts Larry Culp's 2022 Pay After Shareholder Protest Corrections: GE is still the largest manufacturer of jet engines. Rolls Royce is #2 in the industry. A SUPERSIZED EPISODE!! Two pods in one!!!

Jack Welch is our collective Corporate Villain origin story. Potentially the most famous American CEO, Welch, like so many of the leaders we cover on this pod, possesses a dangerous combination of ruthlessness and incompetency. Adam and Becca trace his meteoric rise and salacious downfall before passing the reins of turd mountain (GE) to a series of doomed successors. Our apologies in advance to the fine people of Massachusets for our repeated unsuccessful attempts at a Boston accent.

P.S. John Flannery if you're reading this right now we love you please come on the pod <3333

Don't forget to rate and review this podcast!

We're on Youtube

Support the pod by buying us a coffee

Check out our reading list

Tiktok: @corporategossippod

Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com)

Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike

Links:

How Jack Welch's Reign at G.E. Gave Us Elon Musk's Twitter Feed

Was Jack Welch the Greatest C.E.O. of His Day—or the Worst?

Jack Welch: Managerial Genius Who Made One Disastrous Mistake

Harvard Editor Faces Revolt Over Handling of Welch Story

Pic of Welch and Suzy making out

Former GE CEO Jeff Immelt on his controversial legacy: 'I don't want to hide'

GE Cuts Larry Culp's 2022 Pay After Shareholder Protest

Corrections:

  • GE is still the largest manufacturer of jet engines. Rolls Royce is #2 in the industry.

]]> 5570 yes Subway: Never go against the fahmily https://www.corporategossippod.com/ If Theresa Giudice opened a mediocre fast casual sandwich shop it would look like Subway restaurants. Founded in part by a 17 year old from the Bronx named Fred Deluca, Subway would become the world's largest fast-food chain. But while Deluca's family was raking in that sweet meatball money, their franchisees were in honey ham hell. Once the sandwich king, Subway now faces serious lawsuits and FTC investigations amid dwindling sales. How did this chain, known for its "definitely 100% real, seriously guys I promise it really is tuna" sandwiches tumble to the bottom of the food chain? Find out on this episode of Corporate Gossip! Don't forget to rate and review this podcast! We're on Youtube Support the pod by buying us a coffee Check out our reading list Tiktok: @corporategossippod Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com) Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike Timestamps: 1:50 - Fred Deluca opens the first Subway with $1,000 and a bag of tuna and quickly realizes that making franchise royalties is wayyyyy easier than making a hot italian sandwhich. 5:15 - Deluca is Tiny Time vibes with a Scrooge personality. 7:40 - The most haunted calendar of all time is created by Deluca and his colleagues. They literally take pictures of themselves shirtless around the office. Deluca is Mr. January. 12:30 - Subway becomes the LuLaRoe of fast food restaurants. 16:00 - Wokeup this mornin' and I got myself a sub.... Subway's hitmen set their targets on francisees. 22:30 - J*red F*gle, I don't think I need to say anymore. 26:00 - After his death, Deluca gives his estranged wife the ultimate anniversary present... half of a dying sandwhich company! 31:50 - Subway's requirement for a new CEO? Sharing the majority of the founder's DNA. 37:00 - You know what they say about mixing business with family? It literally always works every time! You should def do it! 40:00 - Subway spends millions of dollars on a rebrand and a ton of celebrity influencers but their sandwhiches still suck. 44:20 - Subway's future looks as grey as their tuna. 45:45 - Find out what fast food restaurant you are based on your zodiac sign. Links: SubCon 2023! (Subway Convention) Subway cofounder Fred DeLuca ruled the company like a demigod and pursued wives of franchisees. How one man sent the world's biggest fast-food chain into a tailspin Subway does franchisee damage control after John Oliver segment: memos Subway Got Too Big. Franchisees Paid a Price Inside the 2 secretive billionaire families that own Subway, as they face backlash from furious franchisees Judge rules Subway can be sued over claims that its tuna sandwiches contain other fish species or animal products New Subway sandwich menu items taste just as vile as the old ones What fast food are you based on your zodiac Fri, 14 Apr 2023 16:00:00 -0000 Subway: Never go against the fahmily full 2 5 Nitetoast media If Theresa Giudice opened a mediocre fast casual sandwich shop it would look like Subway restaurants. Founded in part by a 17 year old from the Bronx named Fred Deluca, Subway would become the world's largest fast-food chain. But while Deluca's family was raking in that sweet meatball money, their franchisees were in honey ham hell. Once the sandwich king, Subway now faces serious lawsuits and FTC investigations amid dwindling sales. How did this chain, known for its "definitely 100% real, seriously guys I promise it really is tuna" sandwiches tumble to the bottom of the food chain? Find out on this episode of Corporate Gossip! Don't forget to rate and review this podcast! We're on Youtube Support the pod by buying us a coffee Check out our reading list Tiktok: @corporategossippod Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com) Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike Timestamps: 1:50 - Fred Deluca opens the first Subway with $1,000 and a bag of tuna and quickly realizes that making franchise royalties is wayyyyy easier than making a hot italian sandwhich. 5:15 - Deluca is Tiny Time vibes with a Scrooge personality. 7:40 - The most haunted calendar of all time is created by Deluca and his colleagues. They literally take pictures of themselves shirtless around the office. Deluca is Mr. January. 12:30 - Subway becomes the LuLaRoe of fast food restaurants. 16:00 - Wokeup this mornin' and I got myself a sub.... Subway's hitmen set their targets on francisees. 22:30 - J*red F*gle, I don't think I need to say anymore. 26:00 - After his death, Deluca gives his estranged wife the ultimate anniversary present... half of a dying sandwhich company! 31:50 - Subway's requirement for a new CEO? Sharing the majority of the founder's DNA. 37:00 - You know what they say about mixing business with family? It literally always works every time! You should def do it! 40:00 - Subway spends millions of dollars on a rebrand and a ton of celebrity influencers but their sandwhiches still suck. 44:20 - Subway's future looks as grey as their tuna. 45:45 - Find out what fast food restaurant you are based on your zodiac sign. Links: SubCon 2023! (Subway Convention) Subway cofounder Fred DeLuca ruled the company like a demigod and pursued wives of franchisees. How one man sent the world's biggest fast-food chain into a tailspin Subway does franchisee damage control after John Oliver segment: memos Subway Got Too Big. Franchisees Paid a Price Inside the 2 secretive billionaire families that own Subway, as they face backlash from furious franchisees Judge rules Subway can be sued over claims that its tuna sandwiches contain other fish species or animal products New Subway sandwich menu items taste just as vile as the old ones What fast food are you based on your zodiac If Theresa Giudice opened a mediocre fast casual sandwich shop it would look like Subway restaurants. Founded in part by a 17 year old from the Bronx named Fred Deluca, Subway would become the world's largest fast-food chain. But while Deluca's family was raking in that sweet meatball money, their franchisees were in honey ham hell. Once the sandwich king, Subway now faces serious lawsuits and FTC investigations amid dwindling sales. How did this chain, known for its "definitely 100% real, seriously guys I promise it really is tuna" sandwiches tumble to the bottom of the food chain? Find out on this episode of Corporate Gossip!

Don't forget to rate and review this podcast!

We're on Youtube

Support the pod by buying us a coffee

Check out our reading list

Tiktok: @corporategossippod

Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com)

Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike

Timestamps:

1:50 - Fred Deluca opens the first Subway with $1,000 and a bag of tuna and quickly realizes that making franchise royalties is wayyyyy easier than making a hot italian sandwhich.

5:15 - Deluca is Tiny Time vibes with a Scrooge personality.

7:40 - The most haunted calendar of all time is created by Deluca and his colleagues. They literally take pictures of themselves shirtless around the office. Deluca is Mr. January.

12:30 - Subway becomes the LuLaRoe of fast food restaurants.

16:00 - Wokeup this mornin' and I got myself a sub.... Subway's hitmen set their targets on francisees.

22:30 - J*red F*gle, I don't think I need to say anymore.

26:00 - After his death, Deluca gives his estranged wife the ultimate anniversary present... half of a dying sandwhich company!

31:50 - Subway's requirement for a new CEO? Sharing the majority of the founder's DNA.

37:00 - You know what they say about mixing business with family? It literally always works every time! You should def do it!

40:00 - Subway spends millions of dollars on a rebrand and a ton of celebrity influencers but their sandwhiches still suck.

44:20 - Subway's future looks as grey as their tuna.

45:45 - Find out what fast food restaurant you are based on your zodiac sign.

Links:

SubCon 2023! (Subway Convention)

Subway cofounder Fred DeLuca ruled the company like a demigod and pursued wives of franchisees. How one man sent the world's biggest fast-food chain into a tailspin

Subway does franchisee damage control after John Oliver segment: memos

Subway Got Too Big. Franchisees Paid a Price

Inside the 2 secretive billionaire families that own Subway, as they face backlash from furious franchisees

Judge rules Subway can be sued over claims that its tuna sandwiches contain other fish species or animal products

New Subway sandwich menu items taste just as vile as the old ones

What fast food are you based on your zodiac

]]> 3734 yes Fixing Capitalism in 60 Minutes or Less or Your Money Back with Nathan Macintosh https://www.corporategossippod.com/ This episode is Not Safe For Work / Your Harvard MBA class Professional Canadian... sorry, Professional COMEDIAN, Nathan Macintosh joins Becca to fix capitalism. It's so easy it literally took us less than an hour guys. We discuss a few interesting proposals to address capitalism's systemic problems, AND plan the first EVER Corporate Gossip Cruise / Davos for the rest of us. Don't forget to rate and review this podcast! We're on Youtube Support the pod by buying us a coffee Check out our reading list Tiktok: @corporategossippod Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com) Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike Timestamps: 10:00 You Better Work Betch: Full employment guarantee 20:00 Go back in time and destroy Reagan! 31:00 YOU can get a house without waiting for your parents to unalive 42:00 A cult classic: The Four Day Work Week! Links: Nathan Macintosh: Money Never Wakes National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933 (Aka the Works Progress Administration) The Accountable Capitalism Act of 2018 Investment Firms Aren't Buying All the Houses. But They Are Buying the Most Important Ones Opinion: Bernie Sanders is right about capitalism Fri, 07 Apr 2023 18:30:00 -0000 Fixing Capitalism in 60 Minutes or Less or Your Money Back with Nathan Macintosh full 2 4 Nitetoast media This episode is Not Safe For Work / Your Harvard MBA class Professional Canadian... sorry, Professional COMEDIAN, Nathan Macintosh joins Becca to fix capitalism. It's so easy it literally took us less than an hour guys. We discuss a few interesting proposals to address capitalism's systemic problems, AND plan the first EVER Corporate Gossip Cruise / Davos for the rest of us. Don't forget to rate and review this podcast! We're on Youtube Support the pod by buying us a coffee Check out our reading list Tiktok: @corporategossippod Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com) Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike Timestamps: 10:00 You Better Work Betch: Full employment guarantee 20:00 Go back in time and destroy Reagan! 31:00 YOU can get a house without waiting for your parents to unalive 42:00 A cult classic: The Four Day Work Week! Links: Nathan Macintosh: Money Never Wakes National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933 (Aka the Works Progress Administration) The Accountable Capitalism Act of 2018 Investment Firms Aren't Buying All the Houses. But They Are Buying the Most Important Ones Opinion: Bernie Sanders is right about capitalism This episode is Not Safe For Work / Your Harvard MBA class

Professional Canadian... sorry, Professional COMEDIAN, Nathan Macintosh joins Becca to fix capitalism. It's so easy it literally took us less than an hour guys. We discuss a few interesting proposals to address capitalism's systemic problems, AND plan the first EVER Corporate Gossip Cruise / Davos for the rest of us.

Don't forget to rate and review this podcast!

We're on Youtube

Support the pod by buying us a coffee

Check out our reading list

Tiktok: @corporategossippod

Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com)

Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike

Timestamps:

10:00 You Better Work Betch: Full employment guarantee

20:00 Go back in time and destroy Reagan!

31:00 YOU can get a house without waiting for your parents to unalive

42:00 A cult classic: The Four Day Work Week!

Links:

Nathan Macintosh: Money Never Wakes

National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933 (Aka the Works Progress Administration)

The Accountable Capitalism Act of 2018

Investment Firms Aren't Buying All the Houses. But They Are Buying the Most Important Ones

Opinion: Bernie Sanders is right about capitalism

]]> 3496 yes Are you there Herb? It's me, Southwest https://www.corporategossippod.com/ Join Becca and Adam on a journey that starts in in a smoky Texas hotel lobby in 1967. We'll pass trough a decomposing sportatorium off the Dallas freeway in 1992 and end at a contentious company sponsored JoJo concert in 2022. Once a shining star in the skies over the Texas Plains, Southwest experienced a slow and then sudden descent after the departure of it's distinctive founder. Executive would try to repair the damage, but for many it was "Too Little, Too Late." Don't forget to rate and review this podcast! We're on Youtube Support the pod by buying us a coffee Check out our reading list Tiktok: @corporategossippod Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com) Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike Links: Video of the Malice in Dallas Southwest Airlines Engine Explodes in Flight, Killing a Passenger Column: The guilty parties evading blame for the Southwest meltdown are its board members Southwest store Southwest Airlines Faces Tough Questions From Senators Video of Pilots walking out of the Southwest Employee Rally Fri, 31 Mar 2023 20:00:00 -0000 Are you there Herb? It's me, Southwest full 2 3 Nitetoast media Join Becca and Adam on a journey that starts in in a smoky Texas hotel lobby in 1967. We'll pass trough a decomposing sportatorium off the Dallas freeway in 1992 and end at a contentious company sponsored JoJo concert in 2022. Once a shining star in the skies over the Texas Plains, Southwest experienced a slow and then sudden descent after the departure of it's distinctive founder. Executive would try to repair the damage, but for many it was "Too Little, Too Late." Don't forget to rate and review this podcast! We're on Youtube Support the pod by buying us a coffee Check out our reading list Tiktok: @corporategossippod Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com) Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike Links: Video of the Malice in Dallas Southwest Airlines Engine Explodes in Flight, Killing a Passenger Column: The guilty parties evading blame for the Southwest meltdown are its board members Southwest store Southwest Airlines Faces Tough Questions From Senators Video of Pilots walking out of the Southwest Employee Rally Join Becca and Adam on a journey that starts in in a smoky Texas hotel lobby in 1967. We'll pass trough a decomposing sportatorium off the Dallas freeway in 1992 and end at a contentious company sponsored JoJo concert in 2022. Once a shining star in the skies over the Texas Plains, Southwest experienced a slow and then sudden descent after the departure of it's distinctive founder. Executive would try to repair the damage, but for many it was "Too Little, Too Late."

Don't forget to rate and review this podcast!

We're on Youtube

Support the pod by buying us a coffee

Check out our reading list

Tiktok: @corporategossippod

Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com)

Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike

Links:

Video of the Malice in Dallas

Southwest Airlines Engine Explodes in Flight, Killing a Passenger

Column: The guilty parties evading blame for the Southwest meltdown are its board members

Southwest store

Southwest Airlines Faces Tough Questions From Senators

Video of Pilots walking out of the Southwest Employee Rally

]]> 3825 yes SVB: Silly Con Valley Boss Bois https://www.corporategossippod.com/ It's a bank run, dummies! The SVB collapse is true corporate gossip catnip, and we couldn't resist bringing you this ~very special~ episode about the biggest corporate shitshow of the year (so far). Aaron Cohn, business professor and scorned ex-lover of venture capital, joins Becca to recap the bank's meltdown and subsiquent VC temper tantrum. Aaron is fresh off the plane from SXSW and ready to spill all the tea on venture capital. It's a little bit cringe, a little bit spooky, but mostly a good reminder to never trust a billionare and that NOTHING MATTERS ANYMORE :) Don't forget to rate and review this podcast! We're on Youtube Support the pod by buying us a coffee Check out our reading list Tiktok: @corporategossippod Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com) Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike Links: The Incredible Tantrum Venture Capitalists Threw Over Silicon Valley Bank Silicon Valley Bank Fails After Run on Deposits EXCLUSIVE: Aloha suckers! Silicon Valley Bank's failed CEO Gregory Becker escapes to his $3.1million Hawaiian hideaway days after being fired, leaving the chaos of the collapse in the dust Fri, 24 Mar 2023 18:00:00 -0000 SVB: Silly Con Valley Boss Bois full 2 2 Nitetoast media It's a bank run, dummies! The SVB collapse is true corporate gossip catnip, and we couldn't resist bringing you this ~very special~ episode about the biggest corporate shitshow of the year (so far). Aaron Cohn, business professor and scorned ex-lover of venture capital, joins Becca to recap the bank's meltdown and subsiquent VC temper tantrum. Aaron is fresh off the plane from SXSW and ready to spill all the tea on venture capital. It's a little bit cringe, a little bit spooky, but mostly a good reminder to never trust a billionare and that NOTHING MATTERS ANYMORE :) Don't forget to rate and review this podcast! We're on Youtube Support the pod by buying us a coffee Check out our reading list Tiktok: @corporategossippod Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com) Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike Links: The Incredible Tantrum Venture Capitalists Threw Over Silicon Valley Bank Silicon Valley Bank Fails After Run on Deposits EXCLUSIVE: Aloha suckers! Silicon Valley Bank's failed CEO Gregory Becker escapes to his $3.1million Hawaiian hideaway days after being fired, leaving the chaos of the collapse in the dust It's a bank run, dummies! The SVB collapse is true corporate gossip catnip, and we couldn't resist bringing you this ~very special~ episode about the biggest corporate shitshow of the year (so far). Aaron Cohn, business professor and scorned ex-lover of venture capital, joins Becca to recap the bank's meltdown and subsiquent VC temper tantrum. Aaron is fresh off the plane from SXSW and ready to spill all the tea on venture capital. It's a little bit cringe, a little bit spooky, but mostly a good reminder to never trust a billionare and that NOTHING MATTERS ANYMORE :)

Don't forget to rate and review this podcast!

We're on Youtube

Support the pod by buying us a coffee

Check out our reading list

Tiktok: @corporategossippod

Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com)

Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike

Links:

The Incredible Tantrum Venture Capitalists Threw Over Silicon Valley Bank

Silicon Valley Bank Fails After Run on Deposits

EXCLUSIVE: Aloha suckers! Silicon Valley Bank's failed CEO Gregory Becker escapes to his $3.1million Hawaiian hideaway days after being fired, leaving the chaos of the collapse in the dust

]]> 3330 yes Boeing Blows It https://www.corporategossippod.com/ Boeing is the quintessential american company. For decades it was the destination of choice for America's brightest minds in engineering. Pilots revered the institution, "if it aint Boeing, I'm not going," they'd often say. But by the turn of the century, Boeing's engineering supremacy was replaced with a relentless devotion to shareholder value. Passengers... you can kick rocks! Boeing execs have got a company to plunder in the name of shareholder value maximization!!! Don't forget to rate and review this podcast! We're on Youtube Support the pod by buying us a coffee Check out our reading list Tiktok: @corporategossippod Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com) Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike Timestamps: 9:30 The airline deregulation act: L or W? Becca's take will SHOCK you! 16:30 Boeing catches shareholder value maximiziation-itis and Boeing fish starts to rot from the nose down 20:00 Boeing execs are giving big Dr. Evil energy 27:00 Capitalism Kills - the Boeing 737 Max Crashes 30:00 Boeing: "Shareholders are my main chick and the flying public is my sidepiece" 35:30 The FAA & Boeing are like the Abby Lee Dance Company and the Candy Apple Dancers 33:00 The aftermath of the Boeing 737 Max crashes Spoiler alert - Boeing leadership = Dickless losers and a rare Ted Cruz W 49:30 If life couldn't get worse for the plane crash victims… here comes Tom Girrardi and all the other vultures 54:30 Latest updates on Boeing Links: Read Flying Blind: The 737 Max Tragedy and the Fall of Boeing Watch Flight / Risk on Amazon Report on Boeing 787 Dreamliner Battery Flaws Finds Lapses at Multiple Points Final report on Boeing 737 MAX crash sparks dispute over pilot error Boeing Reaches $200 Million Settlement With Regulators Over Its 737 Max Families of Boeing Crash Victims Can Challenge U.S. Settlement, Judge Rules Whistle-blower settles case (Gary Eastman) House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure members The Senate Subcommittee on Aviation Safety, Operations, and Innovation members Fri, 17 Mar 2023 20:00:00 -0000 Boeing Blows It full 2 1 Nitetoast media Boeing is the quintessential american company. For decades it was the destination of choice for America's brightest minds in engineering. Pilots revered the institution, "if it aint Boeing, I'm not going," they'd often say. But by the turn of the century, Boeing's engineering supremacy was replaced with a relentless devotion to shareholder value. Passengers... you can kick rocks! Boeing execs have got a company to plunder in the name of shareholder value maximization!!! Don't forget to rate and review this podcast! We're on Youtube Support the pod by buying us a coffee Check out our reading list Tiktok: @corporategossippod Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com) Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike Timestamps: 9:30 The airline deregulation act: L or W? Becca's take will SHOCK you! 16:30 Boeing catches shareholder value maximiziation-itis and Boeing fish starts to rot from the nose down 20:00 Boeing execs are giving big Dr. Evil energy 27:00 Capitalism Kills - the Boeing 737 Max Crashes 30:00 Boeing: "Shareholders are my main chick and the flying public is my sidepiece" 35:30 The FAA & Boeing are like the Abby Lee Dance Company and the Candy Apple Dancers 33:00 The aftermath of the Boeing 737 Max crashes Spoiler alert - Boeing leadership = Dickless losers and a rare Ted Cruz W 49:30 If life couldn't get worse for the plane crash victims… here comes Tom Girrardi and all the other vultures 54:30 Latest updates on Boeing Links: Read Flying Blind: The 737 Max Tragedy and the Fall of Boeing Watch Flight / Risk on Amazon Report on Boeing 787 Dreamliner Battery Flaws Finds Lapses at Multiple Points Final report on Boeing 737 MAX crash sparks dispute over pilot error Boeing Reaches $200 Million Settlement With Regulators Over Its 737 Max Families of Boeing Crash Victims Can Challenge U.S. Settlement, Judge Rules Whistle-blower settles case (Gary Eastman) House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure members The Senate Subcommittee on Aviation Safety, Operations, and Innovation members Boeing is the quintessential american company. For decades it was the destination of choice for America's brightest minds in engineering. Pilots revered the institution, "if it aint Boeing, I'm not going," they'd often say. But by the turn of the century, Boeing's engineering supremacy was replaced with a relentless devotion to shareholder value. Passengers... you can kick rocks! Boeing execs have got a company to plunder in the name of shareholder value maximization!!!

Don't forget to rate and review this podcast!

We're on Youtube

Support the pod by buying us a coffee

Check out our reading list

Tiktok: @corporategossippod

Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com)

Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike

Timestamps:

9:30 The airline deregulation act: L or W? Becca's take will SHOCK you!

16:30 Boeing catches shareholder value maximiziation-itis and Boeing fish starts to rot from the nose down

20:00 Boeing execs are giving big Dr. Evil energy

27:00 Capitalism Kills - the Boeing 737 Max Crashes

30:00 Boeing: "Shareholders are my main chick and the flying public is my sidepiece"

35:30 The FAA & Boeing are like the Abby Lee Dance Company and the Candy Apple Dancers

33:00 The aftermath of the Boeing 737 Max crashes Spoiler alert - Boeing leadership = Dickless losers and a rare Ted Cruz W

49:30 If life couldn't get worse for the plane crash victims… here comes Tom Girrardi and all the other vultures

54:30 Latest updates on Boeing

Links:

Read Flying Blind: The 737 Max Tragedy and the Fall of Boeing

Watch Flight / Risk on Amazon

Report on Boeing 787 Dreamliner Battery Flaws Finds Lapses at Multiple Points

Final report on Boeing 737 MAX crash sparks dispute over pilot error

Boeing Reaches $200 Million Settlement With Regulators Over Its 737 Max

Families of Boeing Crash Victims Can Challenge U.S. Settlement, Judge Rules

Whistle-blower settles case (Gary Eastman)

House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure members

The Senate Subcommittee on Aviation Safety, Operations, and Innovation members

]]> 3847 no Ozy Media: Corporate Catfish https://c4e16219-56f0-48d8-aa48-7a6b0a88ad29.libsyn.com/ozy-media-corporate-catfish Don't forget to rate and review this podcast!! Carlos Watson has it all: an Ivy League pedigree, an electric personality, and a media empire called "Ozy." There's only one problem… Watson is a prolific bullshit artist. When he and his co-founder are caught catfishing Goldman Sachs executives, his empire begins to crumble and his throne of lies is exposed. The Ozy story is truly wild and includes feuds with Sharon Osbourne, a Fyre Fest knockoff, and millennial-era side bangs! We're on Youtube!! Support the pod by buying us a coffee Check out our reading list Tiktok: @corporategossippod Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com) Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike Vignette edited by: Becky Nanns Beckysaysitall.com Timestamps: 03:33 - Ozy Media background and Becca's side bang regret 10:15 - Ozy becomes the most popular website of all time!! More readers than the Bible!!! 15:40 - Carlos Watson's catfish practice with A&E 24:15 - The Ozy Media Fyre Fest that almost was 31:25 - Don't F* with Sharon Osbourne 33:54 - Carlos Watson: World's Best Boss 38:00 - Carlos & Samir catfish Goldman Sachs & the Ozy downfall 44:35 - Ozy 2.0: The Return of the Carlosfish 50:50 - Takeaways Links: Goldman Sachs, Ozy Media and a $40 Million Conference Call Gone Wrong Ozy Built a TV Show on a False Claim, Says Its Former Producer How Ozy Fest Was About To Become The Next Fyre Festival — Until A Heat Wave (And Insurance Claim) Bailed Them Out 18-hour days and panic attacks: Former Ozy staffers allege an abusive environment Fri, 30 Dec 2022 16:30:00 -0000 Ozy Media: Corporate Catfish full 1 7 Nitetoast media Don't forget to rate and review this podcast!! Carlos Watson has it all: an Ivy League pedigree, an electric personality, and a media empire called "Ozy." There's only one problem… Watson is a prolific bullshit artist. When he and his co-founder are caught catfishing Goldman Sachs executives, his empire begins to crumble and his throne of lies is exposed. The Ozy story is truly wild and includes feuds with Sharon Osbourne, a Fyre Fest knockoff, and millennial-era side bangs! We're on Youtube!! Support the pod by buying us a coffee Check out our reading list Tiktok: @corporategossippod Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com) Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike Vignette edited by: Becky Nanns Beckysaysitall.com Timestamps: 03:33 - Ozy Media background and Becca's side bang regret 10:15 - Ozy becomes the most popular website of all time!! More readers than the Bible!!! 15:40 - Carlos Watson's catfish practice with A&E 24:15 - The Ozy Media Fyre Fest that almost was 31:25 - Don't F* with Sharon Osbourne 33:54 - Carlos Watson: World's Best Boss 38:00 - Carlos & Samir catfish Goldman Sachs & the Ozy downfall 44:35 - Ozy 2.0: The Return of the Carlosfish 50:50 - Takeaways Links: Goldman Sachs, Ozy Media and a $40 Million Conference Call Gone Wrong Ozy Built a TV Show on a False Claim, Says Its Former Producer How Ozy Fest Was About To Become The Next Fyre Festival — Until A Heat Wave (And Insurance Claim) Bailed Them Out 18-hour days and panic attacks: Former Ozy staffers allege an abusive environment Don't forget to rate and review this podcast!!

Carlos Watson has it all: an Ivy League pedigree, an electric personality, and a media empire called "Ozy." There's only one problem… Watson is a prolific bullshit artist. When he and his co-founder are caught catfishing Goldman Sachs executives, his empire begins to crumble and his throne of lies is exposed. The Ozy story is truly wild and includes feuds with Sharon Osbourne, a Fyre Fest knockoff, and millennial-era side bangs!

We're on Youtube!!

Support the pod by buying us a coffee

Check out our reading list

Tiktok: @corporategossippod

Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com)

Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike

Vignette edited by: Becky Nanns Beckysaysitall.com

Timestamps:

03:33 - Ozy Media background and Becca's side bang regret

10:15 - Ozy becomes the most popular website of all time!! More readers than the Bible!!!

15:40 - Carlos Watson's catfish practice with A&E

24:15 - The Ozy Media Fyre Fest that almost was

31:25 - Don't F* with Sharon Osbourne

33:54 - Carlos Watson: World's Best Boss

38:00 - Carlos & Samir catfish Goldman Sachs & the Ozy downfall

44:35 - Ozy 2.0: The Return of the Carlosfish

50:50 - Takeaways

Links:

Goldman Sachs, Ozy Media and a $40 Million Conference Call Gone Wrong

Ozy Built a TV Show on a False Claim, Says Its Former Producer

How Ozy Fest Was About To Become The Next Fyre Festival — Until A Heat Wave (And Insurance Claim) Bailed Them Out

18-hour days and panic attacks: Former Ozy staffers allege an abusive environment

]]> 3493 yes Under Armour: Business Bros https://www.corporategossippod.com/ Don't forget to rate and review this podcast!! Under Armour is what happens when a group of perpetually rowdy frat bros is at the helm of a multi-billion dollar company. Starting with a single sewing machine in his grandma's basement, Ken Plank grew the UA brand to market dominance over two decades, and then oversaw its demise over two years. This story has it all: A+ list athletes, strip club scandals, Twitter PR disasters, adulterous adventures on a private jet, and Becca's favorite: light accounting fraud! We're on Youtube!! Support the pod by buying us a coffee Check out our reading list Tiktok: @corporategossippod Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com) Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike Vignette written by: Becky Nanns Beckysaysitall.com Timestamps: 06:16 - Kevin Plank creates the first moisture-wicking athletic T-shirt and founds Under Armour from his Grandma's basement. The company, with the help of lucrative movie cameos and athletic partnerships, is valued at $157m by 2005 and grows to $17B 10 years later. 15:34 - Under Armour produces a series of uggo shoes that are blasted on Twitter. 20:02 - As Plank becomes increasingly distracted with his side hustles, UA sales slump. The UA team employ a series of questionable accounting practices to hide the truth, and their actions result in a $9m class-action shareholder lawsuit. 27:00 - HR revokes one of the c-suite's favorite perks: free strip clubs. After that, it's one buzzkill after another for UA executives. 35:00 - Turns out the culture at the top of Under Armour wasn't exactly... conducive to not being a huge dirtbag. 43:15 - Has your boss ever brought his paramour - sorry - "strategic advisor" to a business meeting? If so, you might be working for Ken Plank!! 49:00 - Where does UA stand today? Links: Steph Curry's new Under Armour sneakers lit Twitter on fire with Dad jokes, memes Under Pressure at Under Armour, CEO Says His Eye Is on the Ball Under Armour founder sold $138 million in stock during time period company allegedly misled investors about slowing sales Under Armour's #MeToo Moment: No More Strip Clubs on Company Dime Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank 'was allegedly having an affair with MSNBC host Stephanie Ruhle and sought her advice over that of his board while flying her around on private jet' Fri, 16 Dec 2022 16:15:00 -0000 Under Armour: Business Bros full 1 6 Nitetoast media Don't forget to rate and review this podcast!! Under Armour is what happens when a group of perpetually rowdy frat bros is at the helm of a multi-billion dollar company. Starting with a single sewing machine in his grandma's basement, Ken Plank grew the UA brand to market dominance over two decades, and then oversaw its demise over two years. This story has it all: A+ list athletes, strip club scandals, Twitter PR disasters, adulterous adventures on a private jet, and Becca's favorite: light accounting fraud! We're on Youtube!! Support the pod by buying us a coffee Check out our reading list Tiktok: @corporategossippod Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com) Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike Vignette written by: Becky Nanns Beckysaysitall.com Timestamps: 06:16 - Kevin Plank creates the first moisture-wicking athletic T-shirt and founds Under Armour from his Grandma's basement. The company, with the help of lucrative movie cameos and athletic partnerships, is valued at $157m by 2005 and grows to $17B 10 years later. 15:34 - Under Armour produces a series of uggo shoes that are blasted on Twitter. 20:02 - As Plank becomes increasingly distracted with his side hustles, UA sales slump. The UA team employ a series of questionable accounting practices to hide the truth, and their actions result in a $9m class-action shareholder lawsuit. 27:00 - HR revokes one of the c-suite's favorite perks: free strip clubs. After that, it's one buzzkill after another for UA executives. 35:00 - Turns out the culture at the top of Under Armour wasn't exactly... conducive to not being a huge dirtbag. 43:15 - Has your boss ever brought his paramour - sorry - "strategic advisor" to a business meeting? If so, you might be working for Ken Plank!! 49:00 - Where does UA stand today? Links: Steph Curry's new Under Armour sneakers lit Twitter on fire with Dad jokes, memes Under Pressure at Under Armour, CEO Says His Eye Is on the Ball Under Armour founder sold $138 million in stock during time period company allegedly misled investors about slowing sales Under Armour's #MeToo Moment: No More Strip Clubs on Company Dime Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank 'was allegedly having an affair with MSNBC host Stephanie Ruhle and sought her advice over that of his board while flying her around on private jet' Don't forget to rate and review this podcast!!

Under Armour is what happens when a group of perpetually rowdy frat bros is at the helm of a multi-billion dollar company. Starting with a single sewing machine in his grandma's basement, Ken Plank grew the UA brand to market dominance over two decades, and then oversaw its demise over two years. This story has it all: A+ list athletes, strip club scandals, Twitter PR disasters, adulterous adventures on a private jet, and Becca's favorite: light accounting fraud!

We're on Youtube!!

Support the pod by buying us a coffee

Check out our reading list

Tiktok: @corporategossippod

Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com)

Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike

Vignette written by: Becky Nanns Beckysaysitall.com

Timestamps:

06:16 - Kevin Plank creates the first moisture-wicking athletic T-shirt and founds Under Armour from his Grandma's basement. The company, with the help of lucrative movie cameos and athletic partnerships, is valued at $157m by 2005 and grows to $17B 10 years later.

15:34 - Under Armour produces a series of uggo shoes that are blasted on Twitter.

20:02 - As Plank becomes increasingly distracted with his side hustles, UA sales slump. The UA team employ a series of questionable accounting practices to hide the truth, and their actions result in a $9m class-action shareholder lawsuit.

27:00 - HR revokes one of the c-suite's favorite perks: free strip clubs. After that, it's one buzzkill after another for UA executives.

35:00 - Turns out the culture at the top of Under Armour wasn't exactly... conducive to not being a huge dirtbag.

43:15 - Has your boss ever brought his paramour - sorry - "strategic advisor" to a business meeting? If so, you might be working for Ken Plank!!

49:00 - Where does UA stand today?

Links:

Steph Curry's new Under Armour sneakers lit Twitter on fire with Dad jokes, memes

Under Pressure at Under Armour, CEO Says His Eye Is on the Ball

Under Armour founder sold $138 million in stock during time period company allegedly misled investors about slowing sales

Under Armour's #MeToo Moment: No More Strip Clubs on Company Dime

Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank 'was allegedly having an affair with MSNBC host Stephanie Ruhle and sought her advice over that of his board while flying her around on private jet'

]]> 3452 yes Disney Drama Kings (Part 2) https://c4e16219-56f0-48d8-aa48-7a6b0a88ad29.libsyn.com/disney-drama-kings-part-2 Hi, Hi, Hiya! The Disney Drama continues as Michael Eisner hires his Hollywood buddy, super-agent Michel Ovitz, as president of the company. 434 days later he's fired and a contentious lawsuit brings the executive suite to court where Eisner alleges that Ovitz was acting like a jerk at his Mom's funeral (seriously... you can't make this stuff up). We then meet up with Bob Iger in 2022 as he's relentlessly trash talking Bob Chapeck over lunches in LA. Ultimately, a fairy grants him his wish and he's returned to the throne at Disney HQ. Will King Bob I be the hero Disney needs? Find out on this episode of Corporate Gossip! P.S. We make a lot of Heavyweights references in this episode. You can watch it on most streaming platforms. We're on Youtube!! Support the pod by buying us a coffee Check out our reading list Tiktok: @corporategossippod Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com) Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike Timestamps: 01:13 Michael Ovitz, hollywood honcho, becomes president of Walt Disney for 434 days 06:40 Bob Iger (aka Tony Perkis) takes over summer camp. Attention campers. Lunch has been canceled due to lack of hustle. Deal with it. 11:45 Bob Iger hastily departs Disney seconds before Covid hits the states and puts Bob Chapek at the helm for less than two years. After trash talking his successor for months, Bob Iger returns! Time to wake up, campers! Today is evaluation day. The key word here is 'value.' Do you have any? Not yet! But before summer's over, this camp's gonna be filled with skinny winners! 15:00 What's next for Iger & Disney. If the main players in this story were characters in Heavyweights, who would they be? Links: Ovitz and Eisner: A Kids' Story Disney's Robert Iger Loomed Over Bob Chapek After Ceding CEO Role, Creating Tensions The Ride Of A Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company by Bob Iger Remember to Rate and Review this podcast! Fri, 09 Dec 2022 16:15:00 -0000 Disney Drama Kings (Part 2) full 1 5 Nitetoast media Hi, Hi, Hiya! The Disney Drama continues as Michael Eisner hires his Hollywood buddy, super-agent Michel Ovitz, as president of the company. 434 days later he's fired and a contentious lawsuit brings the executive suite to court where Eisner alleges that Ovitz was acting like a jerk at his Mom's funeral (seriously... you can't make this stuff up). We then meet up with Bob Iger in 2022 as he's relentlessly trash talking Bob Chapeck over lunches in LA. Ultimately, a fairy grants him his wish and he's returned to the throne at Disney HQ. Will King Bob I be the hero Disney needs? Find out on this episode of Corporate Gossip! P.S. We make a lot of Heavyweights references in this episode. You can watch it on most streaming platforms. We're on Youtube!! Support the pod by buying us a coffee Check out our reading list Tiktok: @corporategossippod Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com) Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike Timestamps: 01:13 Michael Ovitz, hollywood honcho, becomes president of Walt Disney for 434 days 06:40 Bob Iger (aka Tony Perkis) takes over summer camp. Attention campers. Lunch has been canceled due to lack of hustle. Deal with it. 11:45 Bob Iger hastily departs Disney seconds before Covid hits the states and puts Bob Chapek at the helm for less than two years. After trash talking his successor for months, Bob Iger returns! Time to wake up, campers! Today is evaluation day. The key word here is 'value.' Do you have any? Not yet! But before summer's over, this camp's gonna be filled with skinny winners! 15:00 What's next for Iger & Disney. If the main players in this story were characters in Heavyweights, who would they be? Links: Ovitz and Eisner: A Kids' Story Disney's Robert Iger Loomed Over Bob Chapek After Ceding CEO Role, Creating Tensions The Ride Of A Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company by Bob Iger Remember to Rate and Review this podcast! Hi, Hi, Hiya! The Disney Drama continues as Michael Eisner hires his Hollywood buddy, super-agent Michel Ovitz, as president of the company. 434 days later he's fired and a contentious lawsuit brings the executive suite to court where Eisner alleges that Ovitz was acting like a jerk at his Mom's funeral (seriously... you can't make this stuff up).

We then meet up with Bob Iger in 2022 as he's relentlessly trash talking Bob Chapeck over lunches in LA. Ultimately, a fairy grants him his wish and he's returned to the throne at Disney HQ. Will King Bob I be the hero Disney needs? Find out on this episode of Corporate Gossip!

P.S. We make a lot of Heavyweights references in this episode. You can watch it on most streaming platforms.

We're on Youtube!!

Support the pod by buying us a coffee

Check out our reading list

Tiktok: @corporategossippod

Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com)

Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike

Timestamps:

01:13 Michael Ovitz, hollywood honcho, becomes president of Walt Disney for 434 days

06:40 Bob Iger (aka Tony Perkis) takes over summer camp. Attention campers. Lunch has been canceled due to lack of hustle. Deal with it.

11:45 Bob Iger hastily departs Disney seconds before Covid hits the states and puts Bob Chapek at the helm for less than two years. After trash talking his successor for months, Bob Iger returns! Time to wake up, campers! Today is evaluation day. The key word here is 'value.' Do you have any? Not yet! But before summer's over, this camp's gonna be filled with skinny winners!

15:00 What's next for Iger & Disney. If the main players in this story were characters in Heavyweights, who would they be?

Links:

Ovitz and Eisner: A Kids' Story

Disney's Robert Iger Loomed Over Bob Chapek After Ceding CEO Role, Creating Tensions

The Ride Of A Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company by Bob Iger

Remember to Rate and Review this podcast!

]]> 1508 no Disney Drama Kings (Part 1) https://www.corporategossippod.com/ The drama in the C-suite at Disney's HQ in Burbank makes the Real Housewives of Orange County look like an episode of Mickey Mouse's clubhouse. Each CEO transition is messier than the next as these execs wrestle for the top spot in Cinderella's castle. This is part 1 of a 2 part episode. We're on Youtube!! Support the pod by buying us a coffee Check out our reading list Tiktok: @corporategossippod Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com) Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike Timestamps: 03:47 Bob Chapeks sudden and surprise departure in November of 2022 08:40 Bob Igers complicated and codepedent relationship with Disney 17:00 Disney's price hikes makes vacation for the average family out of reach 22:05 Abigail Disney debuts a scathing documentary on Disney's employee experience 32:13 3 grown men getting in a fight for the top role at Disney that will ultimately cost the company half a billion dollars 37:00 Disney's epically bad theme park that almost was Links discussed: Inside Bob Iger's return to Disney: A senior executive's outreach to the former chief followed months of complaints to the board about CEO Bob Chapek 'Prison food': Disney fans slam skimpy, overpriced, 'disgusting' grub at theme parks Abigail Disney turns critical lens on her family's company in new doc Ovitz and Eisner: A Kids' Story A Deep Dive Into the Bloody Battle for 'Disney's America', the Theme Park That Never Was Images from Bob Iger's book, The Ride of a Lifetime Send us a message becca@nitetoast.com Fri, 02 Dec 2022 16:15:00 -0000 Disney Drama Kings (Part 1) full 1 4 Nitetoast media The drama in the C-suite at Disney's HQ in Burbank makes the Real Housewives of Orange County look like an episode of Mickey Mouse's clubhouse. Each CEO transition is messier than the next as these execs wrestle for the top spot in Cinderella's castle. This is part 1 of a 2 part episode. We're on Youtube!! Support the pod by buying us a coffee Check out our reading list Tiktok: @corporategossippod Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com) Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike Timestamps: 03:47 Bob Chapeks sudden and surprise departure in November of 2022 08:40 Bob Igers complicated and codepedent relationship with Disney 17:00 Disney's price hikes makes vacation for the average family out of reach 22:05 Abigail Disney debuts a scathing documentary on Disney's employee experience 32:13 3 grown men getting in a fight for the top role at Disney that will ultimately cost the company half a billion dollars 37:00 Disney's epically bad theme park that almost was Links discussed: Inside Bob Iger's return to Disney: A senior executive's outreach to the former chief followed months of complaints to the board about CEO Bob Chapek 'Prison food': Disney fans slam skimpy, overpriced, 'disgusting' grub at theme parks Abigail Disney turns critical lens on her family's company in new doc Ovitz and Eisner: A Kids' Story A Deep Dive Into the Bloody Battle for 'Disney's America', the Theme Park That Never Was Images from Bob Iger's book, The Ride of a Lifetime Send us a message becca@nitetoast.com The drama in the C-suite at Disney's HQ in Burbank makes the Real Housewives of Orange County look like an episode of Mickey Mouse's clubhouse. Each CEO transition is messier than the next as these execs wrestle for the top spot in Cinderella's castle. This is part 1 of a 2 part episode.

We're on Youtube!!

Support the pod by buying us a coffee

Check out our reading list

Tiktok: @corporategossippod

Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com)

Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike

Timestamps:

03:47 Bob Chapeks sudden and surprise departure in November of 2022

08:40 Bob Igers complicated and codepedent relationship with Disney

17:00 Disney's price hikes makes vacation for the average family out of reach

22:05 Abigail Disney debuts a scathing documentary on Disney's employee experience

32:13 3 grown men getting in a fight for the top role at Disney that will ultimately cost the company half a billion dollars

37:00 Disney's epically bad theme park that almost was

Links discussed:

Inside Bob Iger's return to Disney: A senior executive's outreach to the former chief followed months of complaints to the board about CEO Bob Chapek

'Prison food': Disney fans slam skimpy, overpriced, 'disgusting' grub at theme parks

Abigail Disney turns critical lens on her family's company in new doc

Ovitz and Eisner: A Kids' Story

A Deep Dive Into the Bloody Battle for 'Disney's America', the Theme Park That Never Was

Images from Bob Iger's book, The Ride of a Lifetime

Send us a message becca@nitetoast.com

]]> 2906 yes Bed Bath & Broke https://www.corporategossippod.com/ No it's not an episode of succession, but it feels like one. This story has billionaires, nepotism, betrayal, criminal accusations, and COUPONS! We're on Youtube!! Support the pod by buying us a coffee Check out our reading list Tiktok: @corporategossippod Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com) Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike Timestamps: 01:00 - Background 04:12 - BBBY CEO Steve Tamaras stupidly overpaid 08:00 - Activist investors kick out the CEO 14:15 - Nepotism!! 19:50 - Activist investors kick out ANOTHER CEO 26:50 - BBBY as a meme stock and r/wallstreetbets 40:50 - SEC investigations, death of BBBY CFO 44:50 - Takeaways Thank you for listening!! Please send me an email becca@nitetoast.com Fri, 04 Nov 2022 14:02:00 -0000 Bed Bath &amp; Broke full 1 3 Nitetoast media No it's not an episode of succession, but it feels like one. This story has billionaires, nepotism, betrayal, criminal accusations, and COUPONS! We're on Youtube!! Support the pod by buying us a coffee Check out our reading list Tiktok: @corporategossippod Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com) Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike Timestamps: 01:00 - Background 04:12 - BBBY CEO Steve Tamaras stupidly overpaid 08:00 - Activist investors kick out the CEO 14:15 - Nepotism!! 19:50 - Activist investors kick out ANOTHER CEO 26:50 - BBBY as a meme stock and r/wallstreetbets 40:50 - SEC investigations, death of BBBY CFO 44:50 - Takeaways Thank you for listening!! Please send me an email becca@nitetoast.com No it's not an episode of succession, but it feels like one. This story has billionaires, nepotism, betrayal, criminal accusations, and COUPONS!

We're on Youtube!!

Support the pod by buying us a coffee

Check out our reading list

Tiktok: @corporategossippod

Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com)

Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike

Timestamps:

01:00 - Background

04:12 - BBBY CEO Steve Tamaras stupidly overpaid

08:00 - Activist investors kick out the CEO

14:15 - Nepotism!!

19:50 - Activist investors kick out ANOTHER CEO

26:50 - BBBY as a meme stock and r/wallstreetbets

40:50 - SEC investigations, death of BBBY CFO

44:50 - Takeaways

Thank you for listening!! Please send me an email becca@nitetoast.com

]]> 3029 yes Peloton: Riding off a cliff (Part 2) https://www.corporategossippod.com/ Activist investors take a stake in Peloton and dunk on John Foley via powerpoint deck as loyal riders hang up their shoes and get back outside. We're on Youtube!! Support the pod by buying us a coffee Check out our reading list Tiktok: @corporategossippod Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com) Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike Fri, 21 Oct 2022 01:49:00 -0000 Peloton: Riding off a cliff (Part 2) full 1 2 Nitetoast media Activist investors take a stake in Peloton and dunk on John Foley via powerpoint deck as loyal riders hang up their shoes and get back outside. We're on Youtube!! Support the pod by buying us a coffee Check out our reading list Tiktok: @corporategossippod Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com) Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike Activist investors take a stake in Peloton and dunk on John Foley via powerpoint deck as loyal riders hang up their shoes and get back outside.

We're on Youtube!!

Support the pod by buying us a coffee

Check out our reading list

Tiktok: @corporategossippod

Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com)

Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike

]]> 1823 yes Peloton: Riding off a cliff (Part 1) https://www.corporategossippod.com/ Has Peloton spun off the track? How did this coveted brand crash and burn? And why didn't founder John Foley hit the breaks? In this two part episode, we follow the rise of this pandemic-era darling and identify how the wheels started to wobble. We're on Youtube!! Support the pod by buying us a coffee Check out our reading list Tiktok: @corporategossippod Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com) Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike Fri, 21 Oct 2022 01:46:00 -0000 Peloton: Riding off a cliff (Part 1) full 1 1 Nitetoast media Has Peloton spun off the track? How did this coveted brand crash and burn? And why didn't founder John Foley hit the breaks? In this two part episode, we follow the rise of this pandemic-era darling and identify how the wheels started to wobble. We're on Youtube!! Support the pod by buying us a coffee Check out our reading list Tiktok: @corporategossippod Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com) Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike Has Peloton spun off the track? How did this coveted brand crash and burn? And why didn't founder John Foley hit the breaks? In this two part episode, we follow the rise of this pandemic-era darling and identify how the wheels started to wobble.

We're on Youtube!!

Support the pod by buying us a coffee

Check out our reading list

Tiktok: @corporategossippod

Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com)

Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike

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