Corporate Gossip
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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.
Episódios 87
Jensen Huang's Nfidelity
For sale, leather jacket, covered in honey. A SECOND Jensen Huang affair has been made public, and now in a turn of events no CNBC talking head could have ever predicted, a sloppy CEO's situationships might …
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For sale, leather jacket, covered in honey.
A SECOND Jensen Huang affair has been made public, and now in a turn of events no CNBC talking head could have ever predicted, a sloppy CEO's situationships might tank the US economy.
This is the Corporate Gossip Super Bowl! Becca and Robby are here to take you through all we know about the scandal at Nvidia.
This episode was last updated at 9:00 p.m. ET on November 11th, 2026. Things may have changed by the time you listen.
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A Mystery C.E.O. and Billions in Sales: Is China Buying Banned Nvidia Chips?
Jensen Huang’s Affair Puts A Spotlight On The Family Firm Hiding Inside Nvidia
Nvidia, CEO Huang sued over disclosures related to suspected Chinese spy
Jensen Huang Said to Have Had Relationship With Nvidia Executive Who Reports to Him
With a weak board and no successor, Nvidia confronts a governance crisis
The Kushners: America’s Second Favorite Scammy Family
Today, Robby and Becca psychoanalyze the everloving shit out of the Kushner family. From Charlie's revenge p*rn to Josh's hero complex and Jared's apparent inability to read, the Kushner's messy legacy is as …
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Today, Robby and Becca psychoanalyze the everloving shit out of the Kushner family. From Charlie's revenge p*rn to Josh's hero complex and Jared's apparent inability to read, the Kushner's messy legacy is as juicy as it is terrifying.
Please note, this episode was recorded before the US midterm elections!
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Inside the Kushner Family Civil War
Who is Joshua, the super-rich Kushner who backed Fifa’s World Cup sale?
Jared Kushner’s Father, Charles: Ethics Watchdogs Are ‘Jerks’
Lone Dem Scrambles to Defend Confirming Ivanka’s Father-in-Law
How US envoy Kushner’s ‘incomprehension’ of diplomacy stunned France
Democrats Want Answers About Jared Kushner’s Very Shady Middle East Deal (No, Not the Saudi One!)
Musk: Extremely Long & Incredibly Boring! (Plus Theranos Whistleblower Speaks Out)
Get ad free episodes, bonus content, book club and more on Patreon! Watch on YouTube Corporate Gossip Movie Month wraps up with Alex Gibney's "thing" on Elon Musk. It sucked Grock. We found a few nuggets worth …
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Corporate Gossip Movie Month wraps up with Alex Gibney's "thing" on Elon Musk. It sucked Grock. We found a few nuggets worth talking about in this toilet movie and share them with you so you can save yourself FOUR HOURS of agony.
But first we go back to the House of Fielder, discussing Whistleblower Tyler Schultz's reaction, Nathan's interview with Wired, and comments on our initial movie review. We concede on some points (were we too sympathetic?) and dispute others (WAS Billy's **** smaller than I remembered?).
We're back to our regularly scheduled programming next month, with episodes about the Kushner family, Bill Ackman, and a very sketchy AI elementary school.
I was a Theranos whistleblower. In ‘You Can See Everything,’ Elizabeth Holmes is still lying
Today's small business shoutout is MelissaWalks! NYC Walking Tours
You Can See Everything and We Saw Everything (SPOILERS!)
What was the motivation for Billy to [REDACTED]? Why did we kinda want Nathan and Liz to [REDACTED]? Is [Redacted] delusional about [Redacted]?? We grapple with all of these questions and more on today's …
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What was the motivation for Billy to [REDACTED]? Why did we kinda want Nathan and Liz to [REDACTED]? Is [Redacted] delusional about [Redacted]?? We grapple with all of these questions and more on today's episode about Nathan Fielder's documentary, You Can See Everything.
Disclaimer: We hope you see the movie before being spoiled by us. And if you listen to us first, don't take our word for it! Everyone we spoke to in real life has a different interpretation of what they saw in theaters, which is what makes this film so unbelievable.
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Elizabeth Holmes' Husband Billy Evans: The Trial, Prison & Nathan Fielder’s Documentary
Family of Elizabeth Holmes’ fiancé worry she has ‘brainwashed’ him: source
Elizabeth Holmes' partner raises millions for new biotech testing startup
The Social Breakdown (Bonus)
Coming up this week on the Patreon Robby and I discuss Aaron Sorkin's Stinker, the Social Reckoning. It deviated so much from the source material that I was motived to re-edit our Facebook episodes into this …
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Coming up this week on the Patreon Robby and I discuss Aaron Sorkin's Stinker, the Social Reckoning. It deviated so much from the source material that I was motived to re-edit our Facebook episodes into this supercut that sets the record straight on the two worst people on earth: Sheryl Sandberg (3:00) and Mark Zuckerberg (1:00:00)!
We'll be back later this week with all of our thoughts about Nathan Fielder's You Can See Everything - until then!
Pics from this episode: Sheryl, Mark
It's Time to Break Up Facebook
The Miseducation of Sheryl Sandberg
An Ugly Truth (Book)
Careless People (Book)
Sports Gambling: The Hole Truth
If you or someone you know struggles with problem gambling help is available by calling or texting 1-800-MY-RESET. Becca and Robby extract themselves from deep inside the glory hole to analyze the state of …
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If you or someone you know struggles with problem gambling help is available by calling or texting 1-800-MY-RESET.
Becca and Robby extract themselves from deep inside the glory hole to analyze the state of sports gambling. It turns out, if you unleash high octane mobile money vacuums into everyone's pockets bad things will happen!!
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Gambling disorder diagnoses spike in states that legalized sports betting, study shows
The Cracks in Adam Silver’s NBA Are Spreading Fast
Sports Betting Sites Make It All Too Easy to Lose Everything You’ve Got
My year as a degenerate gambler
Suspicious Betting in Washington Is on the Rise—and Authorities Are Playing Catch-Up
What Sports Gambling Is Learning From Big Tobacco
“What Did Anyone Think Was Going to Happen?”: The NBA Gambling Scandal Hiding in Plain Sight
A Psychiatrist Tried to Quit Gambling. Betting Apps Kept Her Hooked.
Fantasy sports sites like DraftKings and FanDuel trick people into believing everyone wins big
Dave Portnoy: The Tool Behind the Stool
TW: Sexual Assault The man who dared to ask: what if sports were for boys? Dave Portnoy is an irredeemable garbage person but the corporate gossip behind Barstool Sports is objectively fascinating so into the …
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TW: Sexual Assault
The man who dared to ask: what if sports were for boys? Dave Portnoy is an irredeemable garbage person but the corporate gossip behind Barstool Sports is objectively fascinating so into the trash pile we go!
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Links:
Wikipedia article on Barstool Conservatism
'Barstool Blackout' party organizer: Not our fault if you get drunk and pass out
Spurned by ESPN, Barstool Sports Is Staying on Offense
The Barstool Sports, Dave Portnoy, Peter Chernin Deal || Barstool Documentary Series
Barstool Sports CEO Announcement
Dave Portnoy Bought Barstool Back. Can Erika Ayers Badan Keep His Pirate Ship on Course
Flock: The Big Business of Being Big Brother
Flock is going to eliminate crime in America (if you only count the crime you can find in GTA V AND if you don't count the crime that Flock enables OR commits themselves)! Becca and Robby climb up a utility …
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Flock is going to eliminate crime in America (if you only count the crime you can find in GTA V AND if you don't count the crime that Flock enables OR commits themselves)! Becca and Robby climb up a utility pole to peek into the sloppy drama brewing at Flock HQ. They uncover that the best way for Flock CEO Garrett Langley to reduce crime in America is to DO NOTHING AT ALL...
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We investigated Flock cameras and how law enforcement uses them
Flock Safety Employees Watched Kids’ Gymnastics Room to Pitch Surveillance Tech
Why Are Flock Employees Watching Our Children?
Flock's CEO Says its ALPRs Don't Do Video After Repeatedly Announcing They Can
Flock Blocks Itself From Wayback Machine: How Companies Can Erase Their Public History
The Flock Founders Say Their Cameras Would’ve Solved the Nancy Guthrie Case
Inside the growing vigilante movement to knock out Flock surveillance cameras
Embattled Flock CEO Begs for “Compromise” As Backlash Spills Over
Why some cities are ditching their Flock license plate readersHow rogue officers turned a nationwide camera network into a tool for stalking
Phia & Wondermind: Only Scammers in the building
DIVAS DOWN. Phoebe Gates and Selena Gomez are both being accused of fraud! Robby and Becca uncover the venture capital bippity-boppity-boopification at the center of these cases. Will either of these alleged …
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DIVAS DOWN. Phoebe Gates and Selena Gomez are both being accused of fraud! Robby and Becca uncover the venture capital bippity-boppity-boopification at the center of these cases. Will either of these alleged frauds lead to jail time? Would the ghost of Andrew Carnegie understand what's going on here? Is it worse to be a nepobaby or a nepomommy? Listen to find out!
TW: Mention of suicide
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Phoebe Gates’s Phia Drama Is Getting Even Stickier
Wondermind Shareholder Lawsuit
‘Smoke And Mirrors’: How This Entrepreneur Exaggerated And Self-Promoted Her Way Into Turmoil
Selena Gomez Accused of Fraud by Investors in Mental-Health Startup Lawsuit
FIFA Part 2: Governing the Ungovernable
If your audio sounds wonky please try to redownload the episode! Bonus Episode! Friend of the pod and soccer expert and comedian Alexis Guerreros from the Soccer Cooligans and CBS Morning Footy stops by for a …
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If your audio sounds wonky please try to redownload the episode!
Bonus Episode! Friend of the pod and soccer expert and comedian Alexis Guerreros from the Soccer Cooligans and CBS Morning Footy stops by for a follow up episode on the future of FIFA's giant money pit! Will the fans be able to wrestle back control of the game from Gianni Infantino's death grip?? Are corrupt people more fun to party with? And who pays when football executives are fighting? (spoiler: it's women).
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 …
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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!
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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
How the ‘King of Soccer’ Went Rogue, Nearly Lost His FIFA Empire—and Survived
Solving the Male Loneliness Epidemic one Crypto Kidnapping at a Time!
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 …
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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)!
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!!
Crypto kidnapping: How armed gangs are hunting the internet's high rollers
[Patreon Teaser] The Lindberg Babies (Different Lindberg, different baby)
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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"!!
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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
Heated Rivalry: Private Equity vs Human Decency
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 …
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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.
Full Body Scam: The Longevity Influencers
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 …
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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!!)
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 Longevity Influencer Who Went Into 'Withdrawal' Without Jeffrey Epstein
[Patreon Teaser] Forbes 30 under 30 and Kalder: Bull Balls and Bullsh*t
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 …
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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!
Sloppy CEOs: Giving, getting, and breaking the business
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 …
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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???
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Stay tuned to the end for a special segment with our good news correspondent, Elizabeth Liu.
Links:
French company liable after employee dies during sex on business trip
Three Years of American Cheating
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
CaaStle: The Devil Rents Prada
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 …
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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.
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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
CaaStle let CEO remain after learning of alleged fraud
Good News: Libraries are for Everyone: How immigrants are finding community in Massachusetts libraries
[Patreon Teaser] Heated Rivalry: Private Equity vs Human Decency
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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.
World Liberty Financial: The Real House Sons of Fake Money
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 …
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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!!!
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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
[Patreon Exclusive] Musk V. Altman: Between a Grok and a hard place
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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
Live Nation Ticketmaster: Swift Justice for bad Beyhavior
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 …
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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!
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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
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
Palmer Luckey & The Gundo Bros: America Runs on Drunken Drone Nuts
"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 …
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"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
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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
Trevor Milton: Pardon My Fraud
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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!!
Links:
Original Hindenberg Nikola report
Nikola Board Member Says Startup's Skeptics Are Too Focused on Past
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''
Larry Ellison's ABCs: Always Be Colonizing (PLUS a huge announcement!)
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 …
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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
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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
Amway & The DeVos Family: Working Overtime at the Stupid Factory
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 …
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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???
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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:
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
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Good News: Media, the nation's first Fair Trade Town, marks 20 years supporting farmers in the developing world
Life, Liberty, Polymarket & Kalshi
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Please rate and review this podcast!!
For bonus episodes and book club join us on Patreon
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!
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
America's financial markets are ready for a golden age
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Good News: Social media companies face legal reckoning over mental health harms to children
Palantir, Alex Karp & The Right Wing History of Silicon Valley: Standing on J*zzness
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 …
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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!
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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
CEO of Palantir Says He Spends a Large Amount of Time Talking to Nazis.
Central Ohio businesses form mutual aid network to help families impacted by ICE
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 …
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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:
Advertise on the Corporate Gossip Podcast
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
Zappos / Tony Hsieh: The Dark Side of Happiness
Thank you for listening to another season of the podcast! We'll be back in February with new episodes. Got suggestions / thoughts / feedback? Email [email protected] For bonus episodes, book club, and the …
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Thank you for listening to another season of the podcast! We'll be back in February with new episodes. Got suggestions / thoughts / feedback? Email [email protected]
For bonus episodes, book club, and the aftershow, join us on Patreon
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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.
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Timestamps:
2:00 - Intro / show notes
6:00 - Zappos / Tony Hshei story
1:20:00 - Good News & Adam breaks a chair
Links:
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
Iconic Cincinnati company Graeter's to become partially employee-owned
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