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MONDAY/TUESDAY KETCHUP: Bezos and Biden bicker over gas prices, Google deletes abortion data, and S&P 500 corporate ethics codes are literally copied and pasted
FRIDAY WRAP: Harvard moves reunions to the metaverse, Mark Cuban deals cheap(er) drugs, and the EPA has even less oversight than before
WOKE WEDNESDAY: Tesla doesn't have enough desks or parking spots for the employees they're forcing to work in-person
TUESDAY NUGGETS: CEOs' favorite interview questions and a live GreenBiz conference check-in with Correspondent Moscardi
FRIDAY WRAP: A Chipotle in Maine files for a union vote, Jay Z's new "Bitcoin Academy" goes over poorly, and Roe v. f***ing Wade
QUIZ THURSDAY: Redfin enriches its executives and announces layoffs, Starbucks is getting a new CEO, and Amazon announces Alexa's new voice-mimicking feature (it's exactly as creepy as it sounds)
WOKE WEDNESDAY: Beyonce is the new face of The Great Resignation, no one seems to think that Bobby Kotick should lose his Activision board seat, and pilots protest Southwest Airlines
TUESDAY NUGGETS: Credit card companies enabling gun sales, Jay-Z founds a "bitcoin school," and corporate team-building ends turns into an episode of "The Office" gone arwry
MONDAY KETCHUP: Geniuses unionize, crypto crashes, and the fines for illegally hunting animals in the US are pathetic
FRIDAY WRAP: Normalizing crazy wins the week, Rabbis for Repro are goodliest, B-shares are assholes, Dan Snyder irritates, and predictions
FRIDAY WRAP: Normalizing crazy wins the week, Rabbis for Repro are goodliest, B-shares are assholes, Dan Snyder irritates, and predictions
QUIZ THURSDAY: Ryanair's racism "doesn't make sense" now, #pride whoppers, MicroStrategy CEO pleads stupidity, and ESG has been easy until now
QUIZ THURSDAY: Ryanair's racism "doesn't make sense" now, #pride whoppers, MicroStrategy CEO pleads stupidity, and ESG has been easy until now
WOKE WEDNESDAY: Blue Apron is suspiciously woke, Lululemon votes yes on feather-sourcing disclosure, and a Montana senator defends HSBC's anti-woke prince Stuart Kirk
MONDAY KETCHUP: SEC v Goldman Sachs ESG, Tesla recall risk, Metaversity, Sandberg dump, and NERD ALERT: your name is a liability.
MONDAY KETCHUP: SEC v Goldman Sachs ESG, Tesla recall risk, Metaversity, Sandberg dump, and NERD ALERT: your name is a liability.
FRIDAY WRAP: Panic at the economic disco, woman win boards in the EU, Punks & Pinstripes minute, Glass Lewis loves Activision, and driverless toilet paper
FRIDAY WRAP: Panic at the economic disco, woman win boards in the EU, Punks & Pinstripes minute, Glass Lewis loves Activision, and driverless toilet paper
QUIZ THURSDAY: Lufthansa's handwritten apology, Amazon's median pay, ESG a "virtue bubble" or "bubble", and climate change vs. pizza
QUIZ THURSDAY: Lufthansa's handwritten apology, Amazon's median pay, ESG a "virtue bubble" or "bubble", and climate change vs. pizza
WOKE WEDNESDAY: The NFL is bullshit, proxy voting roundup, and update on the anti-woke movement
WOKE WEDNESDAY: The NFL is bullshit, proxy voting roundup, and update on the anti-woke movement
NUGGETS: Adam Neumann's carbon goddess cult, deepfake lettuce, dude justice on YouTube, Elon's employee hug, and Texas probes... Twitter bots over mass shootings?
NUGGETS: Adam Neumann's carbon goddess cult, deepfake lettuce, dude justice on YouTube, Elon's employee hug, and Texas probes... Twitter bots over mass shootings?
NBA's black coach SOLUTION, Musk's flaming Twitter diaper, billionaire pig problems, and EGGHEADS SAY climate change second order effects are weird...
NBA's black coach SOLUTION, Musk's flaming Twitter diaper, billionaire pig problems, and EGGHEADS SAY climate change second order effects are weird... including no more happy gas, glacier weddings, missing sand, and grolar bears?
FRIDAY SHOW: Sheryl Sandberg should've been CEO of Facebook, Stefan Hoops should be the CEO of nothing, and Elon Musk wants to be the CEO of everything
The Sheryl Show: An ode to Sheryl Sandberg's time as Deputy Democracy Destroyer in Chief
Did you know that Twitter can resurrect the dead? Just ask Egon Durban, shareholders voted him off the board and Twitter brought him back!
ALSO! Our weekly story follow-ups and a new “Eggheads Say So” from Matt. TW: firearms, mass shooting, sexual assault.
FRIDAY SHOW: What do union-busting, firing employees en masse, and speaking at an NRA conference days after a school shooting have in common? Inappropriate pre-recorded messages!
Also! Greg Larkin is back with another Punks and Pinstripes Minute: ESG ratings edition.
Twitter and Meta are starting their spring cleaning by throwing some dusty, old board members in the trash
Also! Matt and Emma go through some comments.
It's pretty grim when a "Moral Money Summit" includes an presentation from a Head of Responsible Investing entitled, "Why investors need not worry about climate change"
I scream, you scream, we all scream at Walmart for being problematic once again: Ice cream edition!
Damion exposes some recent corporate HR fails, Matt yells at headline writers, and Emma runs a stakeholder-themed quiz!
Abbott Laboratories gives new parents two baby formula options: poisonous formula or no formula... tough choice.
Damion tackles some updates on stories we've covered, Matt presents a more scholarly take on Elon Musk, and Emma reminds you that everyone is suing each other all the time.
FRIDAY SHOW: Mark Zuckerberg is the ultimate free speech advocate... unless his employees want to talk about abortions at the office, of course.
Thanks to a ruling in the UK, British men's bald heads now have more rights than American women's entire bodies
Reasons why we're moving to Spain: 1. Government-mandated menstrual leave 2. Elon Musk doesn't live there
Weather is different at Walmart CFO Brett Biggs' house, Elon Musk is still TechnoTrump, and live reports from the S&P Sustainable1 Summit include snack reviews!
Weather is different at Walmart CFO Brett Biggs' house, Elon Musk is still TechnoTrump, and live reports from the S&P Sustainable1 Summit include snack reviews!
Welcome to Texas: Friend to fetuses, lover of oil, enemy to facial recognition software, and defender of a**holes on Twitter
ALSO! Is Amazon responsible for tragedies being live-streamed on Twitch? And is McDonald's self-removal from Russia admirable or suspicious?
FRIDAY SHOW: We're mad at meat manufacturers, airplanes, and the 1600s. Just the usual.
ALSO! A Punks and Pinstripes Minute with Greg Larkin on the issue with technological utopianism.
McDonald's is rolling out a new grading system for employees in the middle of The Great Resignation. Genius.
Breaking the glass ceiling is all fun and games until you're the CEO of a major company getting told by a shareholder that you have great housekeeping skills
ALSO! ESG questions inspired by ESG haters and getting to know the new Elizabeth Holmes.
What kind of maniac calls the police to report a pro-abortion chalk drawing on a public sidewalk?? Oh hey, Senator Susan Collins.
ALSO! Elon thinks he understands EU social media regulations, Meta blames Apple for its woes, and a former Whatsapp executive cries tears of regret into his pool of rubies.
Corporations can be more than one thing: they can pay for employee abortion travel AND keep donating to the politicians who made it illegal!
ALSO! Jamie Dimon is officially the longest tenured Wall Street CEO and we're playing a Dimon-themed quiz to celebrate (or mourn).
FRIDAY SHOW: Our normal nonsense + a MINI GOOD GAME! ft. ~Fancy Expert~ Rachel Alembakis
ALSO! Introducing our first REGULAR Fancy Expert, Greg Larkin with his first edition of “A Punks and Pinstripes Minute.”
Texas' list of anti-oil enemies includes the biggest financier of fossil fuels in the country. We're confused too.
Headline catch-up for absentee podcast hosts (and you too)
Snapchat CEO bans the word "metaverse," Wikipedia gives crypto the stiff arm, and Munger loves to watch Robinhood fail
Twitter goes to VOTE with shareholders, plus Parag and puppet CEOs
Twitter goes to VOTE with shareholders, plus Parag and puppet CEOs
Countries Elon Musk could've have bought, the OTHER hostile takeover, Amazon's Staten Island circular economy, and our guide to metaverse tourism: BIZ NUGGETS STYLE!
Countries Elon Musk could've have bought, the OTHER hostile takeover, Amazon's Staten Island circular economy, and our guide to metaverse tourism: BIZ NUGGETS STYLE!
Is Elon Musk actually... good at leading anything? Plus, we were right on Twitter.
Is Elon Musk actually... good at leading anything? Plus, we were right on Twitter.
FRIDAY SHOW: Between mask mandates, banned textbooks, and war with Disney...Florida is really having itself a week
FRIDAY SHOW: Between mask mandates, banned textbooks, and war with Disney...Florida is really having itself a week
Super specific, overpaid CEO quiz time! Ft. The highest paid CEO of 2021 (so far)
ALSO! Stuff you missed: Mad Libs edition.
