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Send a textRecap & Breakdown of HBO's Industry season 4 episode 6,Harper launches her assault on Tender at the Alpha Conference, delivering a devastating short thesis complete with a DCF analysis and sum-of-the-parts valuation. We break down every piece of the finance, from enterprise value vs. equity value, what a price target of zero really means, and the real-world fraud parallels to Enron, Valiant, and Luckin Coffee. We also discuss why Tender's "convertible bond" is actually a putable bond (a la Succession Season 1). Meanwhile, Whitney's relationship with Henry takes some deeply unsettling turns, and cracks in Tender's armor start showing from directions nobody expected. The episode's biggest revelations reshape everything we thought we knew, which would have been unbelievable had it not come directly from the Wirecard scandal. A bunch of our theories come true but sadly...and we discuss new theories and hopes given a shocking exit by one of our characters. With only two episodes left this season, the battle lines are drawn. Whether you're here for the finance masterclass or the character drama, this one has it all.Did you know we have a 25-hour Investment Banking & Private Equity Fundamentals self study that covers exactly what new hires get when they start on Wall Street? Step-by-step modeling, valuation, accounting, and more, delivered by Kristen who taught this exact content at firms including Blackstone, Morgan Stanley and more for over a decade. Check it out here: https://thewallstreetskinny.com/investment-banking-private-equity-fundamentals/#investment-bankingFor a 14 day FREE Trial of Macabacus, click HERE Visit https://iconnections.io/ to learn more about iConnections!Shop our Self Paced Courses: Investment Banking & Private Equity Fundamentals HEREFixed Income Sales & Trading HERE Wealthfront.com/wss. This is a paid endorsement for Wealthfront. May not reflect others' experiences. Similar outcomes not guaranteed. Wealthfront Brokerage is not a bank. Rate subject to change. Promo terms apply. If eligible for the boosted rate of 4.15% offered in connection with this promo, the boosted rate is also subject to change if base rate decreases during the 3 month promo period.The Cash Account, which is not a deposit account, is offered by Wealthfront Brokerage LLC ("Wealthfront Brokerage"), Member FINRA/SIPC. Wealthfront Brokerage is not a bank. The Annual Percentage Yield ("APY") on cash deposits as of 11/7/25, is representative, requires no minimum, and may change at any time. The APY reflects the weighted average of deposit balances at participating Program Banks, which are not allocated equally. Wealthfront Brokerage sweeps cash balances to Program Banks, where they earn the variable APY. Sources HERE.

Crime Talk Store: https://scottreisch.com/crime-talk-store In this special episode of Crime Talk Vault, Scott sits down with Texas trial legend Dan Cogdell to talk about what really happens when the stakes are life, death, and reputation. From the Enron "sole survivor" acquittal to the Waco siege trial of Clive Doyle and the Ken Paxton impeachment defense, Cogdell has made a career winning cases everyone else thought were lost. They break down how juries actually think, why "boring lawyers lose," war stories from the trenches (including the infamous cattle prod demo in front of a jury), and what it takes mentally to stand next to the most hated person in the room and say, "Not guilty." If you care about real trial work—not TV law, but the ugly, brilliant reality—this one's for you. Connect with Dan Cogdell / Cogdell Law Website: https://www.cogdell-law.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CogdellLawUncensored X (Twitter): https://x.com/DanCogdell Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dancogdell/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CogdellLawFirm Subscribe for more deep-dive conversations with the people who actually live in the courtroom, not just talk about it. #CrimeTalk #DanCogdell #TrialTitans #TrueCrime #LegalAnalysis #ScottReisch

For more thoughts, clips, and updates, follow Avetis Antaplyan on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/avetisantaplyan⁠⁠In this episode of The Tech Leader's Playbook, Avetis Antaplyan sits down with Kylee Ingram, a decision science expert and co-founder of Wizer, a platform built to help leaders design better decision-making rooms at scale. Kylee's journey began in sports television and documentary work before pivoting into interactive media and ultimately decision intelligence—a shift inspired by her desire to remove industry gatekeepers and build systems that empower diverse thinking.Kylee unpacks the science behind why good leaders still make bad decisions, revealing how cognitive diversity—not just demographic diversity—is the missing ingredient in most executive teams. She breaks down the three hidden biases that compromise leadership groups (social, information, and capacity bias), why “smart people in the room” isn't enough, and how decision profiles dramatically change communication, hiring, fundraising, and strategic alignment.Through research from Dr. Juliet Burke and real-world examples from organizations like Enron, Kylee illustrates how teams drift toward sameness as companies scale, quietly erasing the diversity of thought needed for innovation. She also shares practical tactics for CEOs to improve decision quality—without slowing down execution—and how leaders can tailor communication to different decision styles for more buy-in, clarity, and outcomes.This episode is a masterclass on designing better rooms, better conversations, and ultimately, better decisions. TakeawaysCognitive diversity—not demographic diversity alone—is what prevents bad decisions in leadership teams.Most CEOs fall into just two decision-making styles, which creates blind spots and groupthink at scale.The “hippo effect” (highest-paid person's opinion) strongly influences decisions unless leaders intentionally speak last.Independence is critical in decision design; decisions made before people enter the room create false consensus.Structured diversity in decision profiles can reduce decision error by 30% and increase innovation by 20%.Decision profiles offer a practical way to identify missing perspectives (e.g., risk-focused, analytical, visionary).Leaders should audit each decision by asking: “Who is missing from this room?”Communication should match decision styles; most organizations inadvertently ignore analyzers, achievers, and risk-oriented leaders.Designing rooms—not relying on gut instinct—is the most reliable way to scale high-quality decisions.Chapters00:00 The Hidden Problem in Leadership Decisions01:12 Kylee's Journey: From TV to Decision Intelligence03:07 Early Wins & The Birth of Wizer04:45 When Gut Instinct Isn't Enough05:40 The Three Biases Undermining Every Leadership Team09:17 The Hippo Effect & Room Dynamics12:22 Cognitive Overload & Oversimplification14:16 Speed vs. Quality: Avoiding Paralysis by Analysis17:38 Cognitive Skew & The Enron Example19:07 The Seven Decision Profiles22:47 Small Teams & Practical Application25:55 Why Personality Tests Don't Work30:34 Cognitive Drift in Scaling Companies33:10 Conflict Entrepreneurs & Modern Culture34:08 Why the Wrong People Keep Making the Decisions36:00 Designing Better Interviews & Panels37:29 Messaging & Decision Styles41:27 Tailoring Communication Without Manipulation43:07 One Thing CEOs Should Implement This Week45:15 Mapping Your Organization with Wizer47:30 Kylee's Aha Moments & Reflections49:06 Closing Thoughts & What's NextKylee Ingram's Social Media Link:https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyleeingram/Resources and Links:⁠⁠⁠https://www.hireclout.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.podcast.hireclout.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/hirefasthireright⁠

Sam Bankman-Fried Biography Flash a weekly Biography.Hey folks, Marcus Marc Ellery here, your slightly disheveled host of Biography Flash, and yeah, Im an AI pieced together by some clever coders which is great because I never spill coffee on the mic or forget a name like I used to with SBF sorry Sam Bankman-Fried. Lets dive into the past few days on the man still making waves from behind bars.In the last 24 hours, no earth-shattering headlines but Mother Jones dropped a bombshell February 2025 interview straight from prison where SBF dished on FTXs so-called bankruptcy calling it a setup by law firm Sullivan and Cromwell who allegedly muscled him out installed Enron guy John Ray III and raked in nearly a quarter billion in fees while handing prosecutors ammo to lock him up. He insists FTX was solvent with 15 billion in assets just needing time to liquidate and those stolen billions? Never gone. SBF even griped about the dumb prison jumpsuit rule only allowed outside 6am to 3pm weekdays whispering hed scramble if guards approached. Classic SBF skirting rules he calls illogical.Fortune reports hes turned prison passion project into giving legal advice to fellow inmates a crypto conman playing lawyer now thats rich. No fresh public appearances or social media mentions hes still at MDC Brooklyn serving 25 years after that 2024 sentencing per Justice Department records. Business wise his teams pushing a longshot Trump pardon bid after a March Tucker Carlson video chat and allies testing waters with the crypto prez. Michael Lewis just inked a Sam Altman book deal per Fortune and admitted AI-testing with an SBF bio prompt tying back to his Going Infinite tale.Speculation swirls on appeal hearings this November but unconfirmed if it sticks. Weighing biographical heft this Sullivan plot twist could rewrite his fraudster legacy as wronged genius or just more excuses.Thanks for tuning in listeners subscribe to never miss an update on Sam Bankman-Fried and search Biography Flash for more great biographies. Catch you next time.And that is it for today. Make sure you hit the subscribe button and never miss an update on Sam Bankman-Fried. Thanks for listening. This has been a Quiet Please production."Get the best deals https://amzn.to/42YoQGIThis content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI

Today we were delighted to welcome Jim Murchie, Co-Founder, Co-Portfolio Manager, and CEO of Energy Income Partners (EIP). Prior to co-founding EIP, Jim's career in power and electricity included establishing Lawhill Capital, serving as a Managing Director at Tiger Management focused primarily on energy, commodities, and related equities, and working as a Principal at Sanford C. Bernstein, where he was a top-ranked energy analyst. He began his career at British Petroleum and holds an MA in Energy Planning from Harvard University. We were thrilled to connect with Jim for an insightful discussion on the power landscape. We covered a lot of ground in our conversation, starting with how EIP navigates macro and market volatility by focusing on regulated monopolies and pipelines with stable, cost-plus earnings, Jim's career path and research philosophy, and how EIP's focus on utilities and pipelines emerged from investor demand for real assets and dividends. Jim provides a history lesson on power markets and how deregulated wholesale markets evolved, Enron-era manipulation, and the early-2000s gas plant buildout that ultimately led to overcapacity and merchant distress. We dig into the three-bucket framework for customer bills (generation, transmission, and distribution/other) and why the public debate often overemphasizes generation, while the biggest driver of residential bill increases has been distribution/other costs (bucket three). Jim explains that the third bucket on power bills often acts as a catch-all for costs that are neither generation nor transmission, even when they aren't distribution in the literal last-mile sense, and that greater billing and policy transparency can clarify what's exogenous versus what's controllable. He describes how the impact of data centers can differ between vertically integrated cost-plus states and deregulated commodity-market states, and unpacks behind-the-meter realities, including how hyperscalers often prefer a grid connection for reliability but still deploy backup generation. We discuss the administration's push for hyperscalers to sign long-term contracts to enable new generation build, policymakers' heightened focus on avoiding blackouts, and why this is often a peaking problem more than a supply problem. Jim emphasizes how incentives, rather than intent, drive investment behavior in regulated versus deregulated markets, challenges the narrative that data centers are inherently driving higher power prices, and highlights the economic value of reliability investments and peak-load management in shaping long-term system costs. It was a wide-ranging discussion, and we look forward to continuing the dialogue with Jim in a future episode. As you will hear, we reference a few items in the discussion. Please find the links below: Energy Income Partners Report: “Power Struggle I – How False Political Narratives Cloud the Drivers of Higher Residential Electricity Prices” (linked here)Energy Income Partners Report: “Power Struggle II – How Market Structure Affects Wholesale Power Price Increases” (linked here)Veriten's COBT episode featuring Thomas Popik, Foundation for Resilient Societies (linked here)Mike Bradley opened the discussion by noting that the 10-year U.S. bond yield looks to be the least volatile asset class at this juncture, with the 10-year bond yield trading very rangebound (around 4.25%). The dominant market theme this week, and for much of the year, has been extreme volatility across commodities (Bitcoin, Energy, and Metals). On the crude oil market front, WTI price is trading at ~$63/bbl, with volatility elevated over t

Cash is the number one reason small businesses fail, and it usually happens quietly. In this episode of Business By The Books, I walk you through four balance sheet red flags I see business owners ignore all the time, even when revenue and profit look strong. We talk about why the income statement alone can create a false sense of security, how debt and owner draws quietly drain cash, and what warning signs to watch for before financial stress takes over. My goal is to help you understand what your balance sheet is actually telling you so you can take action with clarity and confidence as a CEO. By the end of this episode, you'll have a clearer perspective on what it really means to grow into your role as CEO.

Cash is the number one reason small businesses fail, and it usually happens quietly. In this episode of Business By The Books, I walk you through four balance sheet red flags I see business owners ignore all the time, even when revenue and profit look strong. We talk about why the income statement alone can create a false sense of security, how debt and owner draws quietly drain cash, and what warning signs to watch for before financial stress takes over. My goal is to help you understand what your balance sheet is actually telling you so you can take action with clarity and confidence as a CEO. By the end of this episode, you'll have a clearer perspective on what it really means to grow into your role as CEO.

This week, Jimmy and James welcome back Dr. Jackie Le Fèvre—aka “Dr. Values”—to dissect the messy, often hypocritical world of organisational and team values. Spoiler: those shiny plaques in the foyer? Probably bollocks. But don't despair—this episode is your survival guide to navigating the gap between what companies say they value and what they actually do.Jackie pulls no punches: if your boss keeps “second-guessing” your work, it's not (always) about trust—it's about their own values. And if your company's “core values” feel more like corporate wallpaper than a compass, you're not alone. The trio digs into why stated values so rarely match reality, how to spot the difference, and what to do when your personal values clash with your employer's. Turns out, values aren't just fluffy HR buzzwords—they're emotionally charged, stress-buffering, performance-boosting powerhouses. When aligned, they make work feel meaningful. When ignored or faked, they turn offices into soul-sucking pits of disengagement.Key points:Explain yourself: If you're a manager, your quirks (like obsessing over quarterly reports) make sense to your team—if you tell them why.Actions > words: An org that claims to value “innovation” but rewards cost-cutting is lying. Watch what they do, not what they post on the intranet.Team charters, not manifestos: For small teams, a shared “how we work” agreement beats a forced values workshop every time.The Enron effect: Nothing destroys trust faster than a company that preaches integrity while cooking the books.Do it well or don't bother: Half-arsed values initiatives backfire. Either commit to the hard work of alignment, or save everyone the eyerolls.With Jackie's mix of neuroscience, war stories, and dry wit, this episode arms you with the tools to cut through the BS—and maybe even enjoy your job a bit more.Got a question - get in touch. Click here.

John is joined by Christopher D. Kercher and Peter H. Fountain, both partners in Quinn Emanuel's New York office.  They discuss their recent representation of Citadel Securities, one of the world's largest market makers, in connection with a case concerning Mallinckrodt, a pharmaceutical company forced into bankruptcy due to opioid litigation.  The central issue was whether $1.6 billion in stock share buybacks conducted between 2015 and 2018 could be recovered by the bankruptcy estate as fraudulent transfers. The legal theory advanced in the case by a litigation trust formed during the bankruptcy was unprecedented in that it sought to void Mallinckrodt share repurchases on the open market that were made in the ordinary course of business.  The trust contended that, under Irish law (Mallinckrodt was an Irish corporation), these repurchases were void because Mallinckrodt should have recognized that it was insolvent due to substantial opioid-related tort liabilities not reflected on its balance sheet. The litigation trust characterized these sales as constructive fraudulent conveyances, asserting that Mallinckrodt lacked adequate capital when executing the buybacks.  The trust sought to claw back the full $1.6 billion from ordinary market participants who had sold shares years prior, basing their argument on limited precedent from Enron-related cases from the 1980s. The defense successfully challenged these claims by invoking the Section 546(e) bankruptcy safe harbor provision. This provision is intended to preserve finality in financial markets and protect legitimate securities transactions.  The defense emphasized that Citadel and similar market makers qualified as financial participants and that the share repurchases constituted protected settlement payments and transfers pursuant to securities contracts under the safe harbor provision. Accepting the litigation trust's theory would require market makers to investigate not only the published financial statements of every traded company, but also hidden tort liabilities and the corporate laws of each jurisdiction of incorporation before facilitating any transactions.  Both the bankruptcy and district courts recognized that imposing such obligations would paralyze financial markets and defeat the purpose of the safe harbor provision and rejected the trust's novel claims.Podcast Link: Law-disrupted.fmHost: John B. Quinn Producer: Alexis HydeMusic and Editing by: Alexander Rossi

Eugene Soltes, professor at Harvard Business School, studies white-collar crime and has even interviewed convicts behind bars. While most people think of high-profile scandals like Enron, he says every sizable organization has lapses in integrity. He shares practical tools for managers to identify pockets of ethical violations to prevent them from ballooning into serious reputational and financial damage. Soltes is the author of the HBR article “Where Is Your Company Most Prone to Lapses in Integrity?”

Two quick questions:   1.      Do you value independent thinking—from yourself and your team? 2.      How do you create space for it on your team?   Most construction leaders say they value open dialogue, critical thinking, and intelligent, amicable debate . . . yet many unwittingly shut it down.   In this episode, host Bradley Hartmann uncovers the hidden habits that silence your team, the myth of "making people feel safe," and how to rethink your leadership to drive better decisions on the jobsite and in the boardroom.   In this episode you'll:   ·       Learn why independent thinking isn't about being contrarian—and why your team might be holding back. ·       Discover the subtle ways leaders kill creativity (even when trying to be supportive). ·       Examine the new talent on your team and question the risk of potential "organ rejection" ·       Walk away with simple changes to your next meeting that will encourage better input, challenge assumptions, and improve outcomes.   Listen now to discover how to lead with clarity, create space for real thinking, and build a team that speaks up when it matters most.   At Bradley Hartmann & Company, we help construction teams improve sales, leadership,  and communication by reducing miscommunication, strengthening teamwork, and bridging language gaps between English and Spanish speakers. To learn more about our product offerings, visit bradleyhartmannandco.com.   The Construction Leadership Podcast dives into essential leadership topics in construction, including strategy, emotional intelligence, communication skills, confidence, innovation, and effective decision-making. You'll also gain insights into delegation, cultural intelligence, goal setting, team building, employee engagement, and how to overcome common culture problems—whether you're leading a crew or managing an entire organization.   Have topic ideas or guest recommendations? Contact us at  info@bradleyhartmannandco.com.   New podcasts are dropped every Tuesday and Thursday.     This episode is brought to you by The Construction Spanish Toolbox —the most practical way for construction teams to learn jobsite-ready Spanish in just minutes a day over 6 months.      

Spencer and Jamie break down the 10 core principles of Bogleheads investing and show how military service members can apply this simple, low-cost approach to build wealth through the TSP and other accounts. If you're overwhelmed by investing advice or tempted by day trading and crypto, this episode cuts through the noise with a proven strategy that's worked for decades. Hosts: Spencer Reese (former Air Force pilot, 12 years active duty) and Jamie (active duty officer) The 10 Bogleheads Principles Develop a workable plan - Create an investment policy statement (even informal) to guide decisions during market volatility Invest early and often - Automate contributions to remove decision fatigue; increase TSP allocation today Never bear too much or too little risk - Age-appropriate asset allocation; avoid the old G Fund default trap Diversify - Don't put all eggs in one basket; TSP funds cover entire US market plus international exposure Never try to time the market - Time IN the market beats timing the market; market dropped 19% in April 2025, now up 38% from that low Use index funds when possible - TSP offers five low-cost index funds; 90% of active managers can't beat index funds over 20 years Keep costs low - TSP expense ratios under 0.1%; avoid predatory companies charging 1-2%+ fees Minimize taxes - Leverage Roth TSP and Roth IRA; military tax advantages (BAH, BAS, combat zone exclusion) Invest with simplicity - LADS approach (Low-cost, Automated, Diversified, Simple); Warren Buffett's S&P 500 bet crushed hedge funds Stay the course - Measure performance in decades, not days/weeks; don't panic sell during downturns Key Takeaways Why Bogleheads Philosophy Works for Military: Takes power back from financial advisors and complex products Simple enough anyone can succeed with minimal effort Perfect match for TSP's low-cost index fund structure Removes emotion from investing decisions TSP Advantages: Five index funds (C, S, I, G, F) cover nearly entire investable market Lifecycle funds automatically balance risk by retirement year Expense ratios under 0.1% (incredibly low) Now defaults to lifecycle funds instead of G Fund (huge improvement with Blended Retirement System) Common Military Investing Mistakes: Old G Fund default trap - cost retirees millions in missed gains Trying to time the market or day trade Paying high fees to predatory companies Not automating contributions Measuring performance over days/weeks instead of decades The Math That Matters: First $100K took Spencer 4+ years; second $100K took 2 years (compound growth accelerates) Market will drop 30% in next 10 years (guaranteed) - but timing it is impossible S&P 500 gained 125% over 10 years vs. best hedge fund's 87% in Warren Buffett's famous bet April 2025 market drop: 19% down, then 38% up from that low within months Diversification Made Easy: C Fund: 500 largest US companies (S&P 500) S Fund: ~2,000 smaller US companies I Fund: 5,000+ international companies (20+ developed + emerging markets, excludes China/Hong Kong) Combined: Total US and international market exposure Add VXUS in Roth IRA for China/Hong Kong exposure if desired Automation is Your Friend: Log into MyPay once, increase TSP allocation, never think about it again Every promotion or time-in-grade raise = bump allocation by 1% One decision removes 100 future decisions Eliminate decision fatigue and emotional reactions Fee Impact Example: Predatory companies charge 1-2%+ fees TSP: Under 0.1% Fidelity FZROX: 0% expense ratio Vanguard funds: 0.03% Rule of thumb: Stay under 0.25%, ideally under 0.10% Resources Mentioned Books: "The Little Book of Common Sense Investing" by Jack Bogle "The Military Money Manual" by Spencer Reese (available at MWR Library, Libby app, Amazon) Investment Accounts: TSP (Thrift Savings Plan) - Military 401k Roth TSP and Roth IRA (tax-advantaged accounts) Recommended brokerages: Fidelity, Vanguard, Schwab Key Terms: LADS: Low-cost, Automated, Diversified, Simple Index fund vs. active management Expense ratio and basis points Asset location strategy Investment Policy Statement Previous Episodes Referenced: TSP deep dives (search podcast) Roth TSP vs. Roth IRA explanations "Do Better" episode on predatory companies Real-World Examples Lieutenant with $50K in checking account - proves military pay allows saving, just need to invest it Service member paid off all auto and student loans in 3 months of deployment Retirees with $250-500K in G Fund who missed out on millions Enron, WorldCom, Lehman Brothers - why diversification matters MicroStrategy (MSTR) - current example of concentrated risk Who This Episode Is For Military service members at any rank TSP participants unsure how to invest Anyone tempted by day trading, crypto, or "get rich quick" schemes New investors overwhelmed by options Service members paying high fees to financial advisors Anyone who wants a simple, proven wealth-building strategy Quick Action Steps Log into MyPay and increase TSP allocation (even 1% helps) Verify you're in appropriate Lifecycle Fund (birth year + 60-65 years) NOT in G Fund unless near retirement Set automatic annual increases (1% per year) Open Roth IRA at Fidelity, Vanguard, or Schwab Read "The Military Money Manual" (free at base library) Stop checking account daily - check quarterly at most Contact Website: MilitaryMoneyManual.com Instagram: @MilitaryMoneyManual Book: "The Military Money Manual" (Amazon, $3 Kindle, free at MWR libraries) The Bogleheads philosophy has helped millions become millionaires through simple, low-cost index fund investing. As a military service member, you have access to one of the best low-cost investment vehicles in the world - the TSP. Stop overthinking it, automate your investments, and stay the course.  

People in Power Episode 20: Abigail Sawyer talks with Carrie Simpson, vice president of markets for the Southwest Power Pool, about her experience in energy, which goes back to the early 2000s when she worked as an energy trader for Enron. Since then Carrie has been involved in power markets in both the Western and Eastern Interconnection. She is anticipating the expansion of SPP's RTO—which will be the first organized wholesale market to operate in both interconnections—and also preparing for SPP's day-ahead market offering, Markets+, which will begin serving entities in the Western Interconnection in October 2027.

Sean Berkowitz and Kathryn Ruemmler, two of the lead lawyers in the criminal trial of Enron Chairman Ken Lay and Enron CEO Jeff Skilling, look back at the blockbuster case they tried twenty years ago.

ENRON was just the warm-up act. Private Equity has gone full Ponzi Scheme, and when it collapses, working and middle-class Americans will be forced to bail it out with billions in taxpayer dollars. I break down the record-setting private equity bankruptcies already hitting in 2026, expose the ENRON-style accounting tricks being used to delay the collapse, and explain how they plan to walk away rich while you pay the price. We also talk real solutions and practical steps you can take right now to protect your savings, retirement accounts, and your future.SPONSOR:If you are going to shop anyway, use Rakuten and get real cash back so you can steward your resources wisely in a world that keeps trying to take more from you. Sign up for FREE at https://jeffdornik.com/cash.Follow Tiffany Cianci on X - https://x.com/TheVinoMomFollow Jeff Dornik on Pickax - https://pickax.com/jeffdornikTune into The Jeff Dornik Show LIVE daily at 1pm ET on Rumble. Subscribe on Rumble and never miss a show. https://rumble.com/c/jeffdornikBig Tech is silencing truth while farming your data to feed the machine. That's why I built Pickax… a free speech platform that puts power back in your hands and your voice beyond their reach. Sign up today:https://pickax.com/?referralCode=y7wxvwq&refSource=copy

This episode of RiskCellar features a deep dive into the psychology behind jury decisions, covering why verdicts have surged 116% in just one year, alongside a breakdown of the shocking 200-person overnight raid by Howden on Brown & Brown's Minneapolis operations.Host Brandon Schuh and co-host Nick Hartmann examine the litigation chaos while interviewing Christina Marinakis, CEO of Verdict Insight Partners, who reveals how jury composition has fundamentally shifted toward anti-corporate sentiment, particularly among millennial jurors. The conversation exposes the data-driven science of jury selection, the rise of polarized deliberation rooms, and what defense counsel must understand about modern juror psychology in an era where median verdicts have jumped from $21 million to $51 million in just four years.Chapters00:00 - Introduction05:00 - The Howden Raid Breakdown: Brown & Brown Story 14:00 - Hayes Companies History & $750M Acquisition Details 15:00 - Jim Hayes' Journey & Relationship with Howden 18:00 - Minneapolis Benefits Exodus & Covenants Discussion 22:00 - Court Victory & Temporary Restraining Order 25:00 - Settlement Values & Account Damages 28:00 - Howden's Strategy Backfire & Client Relationships 35:00 - Guest Introduction: Christina Marinakis 36:00 - Jury Consultant Background & Gene Hackman Comparison 40:00 - Mock Trials vs. Real Trials & Shadow Juries 45:00 - Verdict Inflation Trends: $21M to $51M in Four Years 50:00 - Locus of Control: Core Predictor of Juror Bias 58:00 - Anti-Corporate Millennial Generation & COVID Impact Takeaways1. Nuclear Verdicts Are Accelerating: 135 nuclear verdicts ($10M+) in 2024 represent a 52% increase over 2023, with the median verdict jumping to $51 million from $21 million in 2020, driven by advertising, social media anchoring, and third-party litigation funding.2. Locus of Control Is the Strongest Predictor: The most reliable indicator of a plaintiff vs. defense juror is internal vs. external locus of control, whether jurors believe individuals or external factors determine outcomes, more predictive than demographics or experience.3. Millennials Are the Anti-Corporate Generation: Millennials experiencing economic hardship (home ownership, debt) and exposed to corporate scandals (Enron, Wells Fargo) now dominate juries with significantly higher anti-corporate bias than prior generations.4. COVID Destroyed Government Credibility Defense: Pre-COVID, "FDA/EPA approved" arguments worked; post-COVID, jurors distrust government agencies and dismiss regulatory compliance as a defense strategy due to shifting messaging around masks, vaccines, and guidance.5. Jury Polarization Is Creating Contentious Deliberation Rooms: Hung juries increased from 2-3 annually (pre-2022) to 12 in 2022 alone, with escalating incidents of jurors being excused due to verbal conflict, reflecting broader societal polarization bleeding into the jury box.Connect with RiskCellar:Website: https://www.riskcellar.com/Christina MarinakisCEO, Verdict Insight PartnersEmail: christina.marinakis@verdictinsight.comWebsite: verdictinsight.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christina-marinakis-18328410Brandon Schuh:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61552710523314LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandon-stephen-schuh/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/schuhpapa/Nick Hartmann:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickjhartmann/

Nick and Dan return to talk Flyers vs Ducks, the Dvorak contract, the 2026 offseason, Briere and Tocchet quotes, more!

This Day in Legal History: January 6 InsurrectionOn January 6, 2021, a significant and unprecedented legal and constitutional crisis unfolded in the United States. As a joint session of Congress convened to certify the Electoral College results of the 2020 presidential election, a mob of supporters of then-President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol. The attack followed weeks of false claims about election fraud and a rally earlier that day in which Trump urged his supporters to “fight like hell.” The violent breach forced lawmakers to evacuate, delayed the certification of Joe Biden's victory, and resulted in deaths, injuries, and extensive property damage.Legally, the event triggered a cascade of consequences. Hundreds of participants were arrested and charged with offenses ranging from unlawful entry and assaulting federal officers to seditious conspiracy. High-profile members of far-right groups like the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys were prosecuted, with some leaders convicted of seditious conspiracy, a Civil War-era charge rarely used in modern times. The attack also led to Trump's second impeachment, the first time in U.S. history a president was impeached twice. He was charged with incitement of insurrection, although the Senate ultimately acquitted him.In the broader legal aftermath, January 6 prompted legislative and judicial scrutiny of the Electoral Count Act of 1887, with Congress passing reforms in 2022 to clarify the vice president's limited role in certifying election results. The attack also raised questions about the limits of First Amendment protections when political speech turns into violent action, and about the potential disqualification from office under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which prohibits insurrectionists from holding public office.Barry Pollack, the U.S. attorney best known for securing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's release deal, is now representing Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro in a high-profile U.S. narcotics case. Maduro, who was captured in a U.S. military operation along with his wife, pleaded not guilty this week in a Manhattan federal court to charges of leading a cocaine trafficking conspiracy involving guerrilla groups and drug cartels. Pollack plans to challenge the legality of Maduro's capture—calling it a “military abduction”—and is also expected to raise arguments about foreign leader immunity.These arguments face steep legal obstacles. The U.S. no longer recognizes Maduro as Venezuela's legitimate president, having rejected the results of his 2018 re-election. Furthermore, U.S. courts have historically been reluctant to dismiss cases based on how a defendant was brought to U.S. soil. Still, Pollack's involvement signals a serious defense strategy grounded in international legal questions and executive immunity claims.Pollack's experience with politically charged and internationally sensitive cases is extensive. He recently helped negotiate Assange's release from a British prison through a plea deal that allowed the WikiLeaks founder to avoid U.S. imprisonment and return to Australia. His track record also includes work on behalf of a former CIA officer and an acquitted Enron executive.Assange's lawyer Barry Pollack to fight Maduro's US narcotics charges | ReutersWith a new Republican majority appointed by President Donald Trump, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is expected to shift sharply away from pro-union policies that defined its recent Democratic era. After nearly a year of paralysis caused by Trump's unprecedented firing of Democrat Gwynne Wilcox—leaving the board without the quorum needed to issue decisions—the Senate confirmed two Republican nominees in December 2025, restoring its ability to act and giving conservatives control of the five-member board for the first time since 2021.Key Biden-era decisions are now vulnerable to rollback. These include expanded union rights such as representation without secret-ballot elections, bans on mandatory anti-union employer meetings, and broader remedies for fired workers. Critics say these moves strayed from precedent; federal courts are reviewing them, but outcomes will vary by jurisdiction unless the Supreme Court weighs in.Union election rules are also likely to change. Under Biden, the NLRB accelerated the election process and made it harder for decertification efforts to proceed—moves unions supported to counter employer delays. Republicans are expected to reverse these rules, potentially making it easier to dissolve existing unions.The board's political independence is also under scrutiny. A court recently upheld Trump's removal of Wilcox, challenging legal protections meant to shield NLRB members from dismissal without cause. If the Supreme Court supports similar arguments in upcoming cases, the NLRB's structural independence could be weakened, raising concerns about politicization and fairness in labor adjudications.Meanwhile, lawsuits by major companies like Amazon and SpaceX are targeting the board's role as both prosecutor and judge in its own cases, claiming constitutional violations. If courts side with these challengers, it could force Congress to restructure the agency—perhaps by limiting its powers or shifting cases to federal courts.NLRB poised for major policy shifts in 2026 with new Trump-appointed majority | ReutersWisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan resigned following her conviction for obstructing the arrest of a migrant in her courtroom, a case that became entangled in broader national tensions over immigration enforcement. Dugan, elected to the Milwaukee County Circuit Court in 2016, was found guilty in December 2025 of helping Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, a Mexican national facing domestic violence charges, evade U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents who were present at the courthouse. She had denied wrongdoing, claiming she followed a courthouse policy requiring staff to notify supervisors of ICE's presence.Her conviction drew sharp criticism from Republican lawmakers, with some calling for impeachment, especially as the Trump administration intensifies efforts to crack down on local interference with federal immigration policy. Dugan had been suspended from her judicial duties during the legal proceedings. Prosecutors framed the case as a warning that public officials are not above the law, highlighting the Justice Department's willingness to pursue charges against judges who obstruct federal enforcement actions.Before serving as a judge, Dugan led a local Catholic Charities chapter that provided refugee resettlement services. Her background and the nature of the charges underscored the ongoing conflict between local protections for immigrants and federal efforts to expand deportations.Wisconsin judge resigns after being convicted of obstructing migrant arrest | ReutersMy column this week is on a novel cruise tax. Hawaii's attempt to expand its transient accommodations tax to include cruise ship passengers hit a temporary roadblock when the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a New Year's Eve stay, pausing enforcement of the new “green fee.” The law, which took effect January 1, aims to place cruise cabins on equal tax footing with hotels by imposing an 11% tax on the portion of a cruise fare linked to overnight stays while docked in Hawaiian ports. Hawaii argues this is a general, nondiscriminatory tax on short-term lodging rather than a fee tied to the ship itself. To bolster its legal case, the state is framing cruise cabins as equivalent to hotel rooms, and emphasizing that the tax is based on services consumed on land, not the ship's movement or port access.The cruise industry, however, contends the tax violates the Constitution's Tonnage Clause, which prohibits states from levying duties on ships for merely entering or staying in port. They've also invoked the Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1884, which restricts port-related charges not linked to specific services. But Hawaii's defense is that the tax is not about access or vessel status—it is a consumption tax on guests staying overnight, regardless of whether the bed is on land or in a moored ship. The policy avoids targeting ships and instead captures revenue from tourism, aligning maritime and land-based lodging under a consistent legal framework.The Department of Justice has joined the cruise industry's challenge, suggesting the issue's seriousness. If litigation continues, the U.S. Supreme Court may ultimately decide whether this tax model is constitutionally sound. Still, Hawaii's approach—drafting a neutral, consumption-based tax rather than a maritime-specific charge—may serve as a blueprint for other coastal states looking to tap into cruise tourism revenue without triggering constitutional violations. This is a public episode. 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Chris Markowski reflects on his extensive experience in the financial industry, sharing insights on investment fraud, the challenges of advising clients, and the ethical dilemmas faced on Wall Street. He draws parallels between his struggles and the myth of Sisyphus, emphasizing the importance of hard work and vigilance in the face of financial scams. Markowski also recounts his early predictions about the dot-com bubble and the Enron scandal, highlighting the need for investors to be cautious and informed.

In this episode, hosts Tom and Simon celebrate the start of Crime Time Inc.'s third season, discussing the new daily podcast format and the importance of listener feedback. They highlight the team's deep dive research into notorious crimes, beginning with the Lockerbie bombing of 1988, sharing personal memories and broader contexts. The conversation also covers other cases such as the Dunblane school massacre, FBI serial killers, and financial crimes like the Enron scandal, emphasizing the diverse range of subjects to be featured in the new season. Listener engagement is encouraged through social media, the website, and various platforms where the episodes are available.00:00 Introduction and Season Three Excitement01:03 New Daily Podcasts and Listener Feedback02:36 Deep Dive Team and Research Quality04:15 Lockerbie Case Recollections07:59 Impact of Lockerbie on Officers23:32 FBI and Serial Killers27:38 Dunblane Tragedy and Gun Law Reforms40:03 Enron Case and White Collar Crime45:46 Conclusion and Future EpisodesAbout Crime Time Inc.Season 5 of Crime Time Inc. broadens its reach across two sides of the Atlantic.This season features cases from Scotland and across the wider UK — rooted in real investigative experience — alongside deep dives into some of the most infamous murder cases in American history.Hosted by former detectives Simon and Tom, with experience in both the UK and the United States, including time working alongside the FBI, the show strips away sensationalism to explain how crime and justice really work.Two crime worlds. One podcast.New episodes released regularly throughout the season.Our Website: https://crimetimeinc.com/If you like this show please leave a review. It really helps us.Please help us improve our Podcast by completing this survey.http://bit.ly/crimetimeinc-survey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From Enron to Agile.Burke Willis quit Enron at the right time, and that experience helped shape a career grounded in integrity and change. He is now helping reshape how internal audit projects are done.We talk about why perfect audit plans don't exist, how two-week cycles accelerate insight, why auditors should tell business stories (not just report numbers), and the power of defining “done” and getting there sooner.

The stock market is where the real gangsters operate — not the streets, not the movies. Wall Street will break you mentally, financially, and emotionally if you don't understand the game. In this video, Wallstreet Trapper breaks down the truth behind Nvidia, Michael Burry's warnings, AI stocks, market manipulation, and what's really happening behind the scenes.We talk about:

Katie and Matt do not discuss themes for 2026 but do discuss closing certainty in merger agreements, revocable trusts, personal guarantees, doing deals over the holidays, double-pledging, amortization of past-due subprime auto loans, angling for cooperation agreements, Enron as a role model, nuclear fusion, access to significant capital and leveraged ETF training videos.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Year-End Money Moves, Market Shifts, and Tax Changes: What's Shaping Retirement Conversations Description: Get ready for a clear, well-structured look at today's widely searched financial and retirement topics. In this episode of the Money Matters Podcast, Wes Moss and Jeff Lloyd provide informational context on market history, tax rules, consumer data, and economic developments—without forecasting or suggesting strategies. Review the Enron collapse as a historical case study and explain how Nvidia's position in the S&P 500 reflects the routine rebalancing and evolution of major market indexes. Outline the Federal Reserve's interest rate cycle and describe recent policy decisions as part of the current economic backdrop. Summarize Black Friday and Cyber Monday spending figures to illustrate how consumer activity is monitored during peak shopping periods. Note how changes in gas prices may affect household cash flow and day-to-day spending considerations. Highlight that all S&P 500 sectors reported positive performance this year and acknowledge the sectors that showed stronger historical results, without implying any future performance or recommendations. Present scheduled 2026 tax provisions and identify areas often reviewed by taxpayers, including SALT deduction parameters and charitable contribution thresholds. Explain updates related to HSA eligibility and outline expanded flexibility introduced within 529 plan guidelines. Clarify the timing requirements associated with the 30% clean energy credit for qualifying home improvements completed within the current tax year. Describe the reinstatement of 100% bonus depreciation for certain types of business equipment under current tax law. This episode offers an informational overview for listeners who want to stay aware of economic and financial topics relevant to retirement planning conversations. Listen and subscribe to the Money Matters Podcast to continue receiving clear, well-framed discussions about markets, taxes, and long-term financial structures.

The stock market is where the real gangsters operate — not the streets, not the movies. Wall Street will break you mentally, financially, and emotionally if you don't understand the game. In this video, Wallstreet Trapper breaks down the truth behind Nvidia, Michael Burry's warnings, AI stocks, market manipulation, and what's really happening behind the scenes. We talk about: 

At NADA Miami 2025, Bad at Sports' Duncan MacKenzie and Ryan Peter Miller sit down with Hilde Lynn Helphenstein, better known to most of the art world as meme-lord and art-world agent provocateur Jerry Gogosian. In a conversation that swings between dead serious and totally unhinged, Hilde traces the unlikely origin story of Jerry: a near-fatal tick bite in Hudson, NY; weeks in the ICU where she went blind, deaf, and lost the use of her hands and feet; and the eight-month bedridden period that led her to start making art-world memes "six or seven a day" just to stay sane.  She explains how Jerry Gagosian—a name cheekily mashed up from Jerry Saltz and Larry Gagosian—became an anonymous voice for the insiders, registrars, assistants, and "world's oldest interns" of the art world. Positioned "at the cutting edge of stating the obvious," Jerry's memes mined the absurdities of art fairs, galleries, power, and self-seriousness, often circulating so widely that even Arne Glimcher at Pace blasted one to the entire staff. For Hilde, the memes were "fast food," while the deeper writing and podcasting they spawned became the real work. The episode also dives into Hilde's hatred of artspeak, her love of Pixar movies as real art, and the gulf between what artists claim their work does in press releases and what's actually visible in the work. She riffs on turning incomprehensible exhibition texts into literal film scripts, skewers academic pretense, and praises the raw "holy" feeling of walking into a gallery without any language or theory at all.  In the second half of the conversation, Hilde talks about going to business school at NYU Stern after years inside galleries and the market. Learning macro- and microeconomics, statistics, and reading things like Enron's 10-K filings gave her a new lens on the art world as a distorted, unsustainable luxury market in a broader service-and-finance-based U.S. economy. From there, she and the hosts push into the hard questions: oversupply and under-demand for art, MFA pipelines, self-censorship, the moral theater of "perfect" artists, and why she believes most art schools should probably be consolidated or shut down. Hilde Lynn Helphenstein / Jerry Gogosian https://www.instagram.com/jerrygogosian/ Jerry Saltz https://www.vulture.com/author/jerry-saltz/ Larry Gagosian https://gagosian.com/ Arne Glimcher https://www.pacegallery.com/artists/arne-glimcher/ Ben Davis https://news.artnet.com/author/ben-davis Kenny Schachter https://www.artnet.com/artists/kenny-schachter/ Magnus Resch https://www.magnusresch.com/ Barbara Kingsley https://www.linkedin.com/in/barbara-kingsley-5b6b2411/ Delvin Duarte https://www.instagram.com/delvinduarte/ Keith Boadwee https://www.keithboadwee.com/ NADA Miami https://www.newartdealersalliance.org/ Art Basel Miami Beach https://www.artbasel.com/miami-beach Pace Gallery https://www.pacegallery.com/ Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) https://www.moca.org/ NYU Stern School of Business https://www.stern.nyu.edu/ San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) https://sfai.edu/ SEC (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission) https://www.sec.gov/ Enron (corporate reference) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enron Vancouver Art Gallery https://www.vanartgallery.bc.ca/ Pixar https://www.pixar.com/ Up (Pixar Film) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1049413/ Inside Out (Pixar Film) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2096673/ Soul (Pixar Film) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2948372/ The Diving Bell and the Butterfly https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0401383/ John Wick https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2911666/

Episode #1260 vom 05.12.2025 Hier geht's zu unserem Wirtschaftskalender: https://www.amazon.de/Ohne-Aktien-Schwer-Wirtschaftskalender-Wirtschaftsgeschichten/dp/3430212111 Aktien hören ist gut. Aktien kaufen ist besser. Bei unserem Partner Scalable Capital geht's unbegrenzt per Trading-Flatrate und auf der hauseigenen European Investor Exchange, die genau auf Privatanleger zugeschnitten ist. Alle weiteren Infos gibt's hier: scalable.capital/oaws. Sparen & Börse war gestern eine gute Kombo. Bei Meta, bei Dollar General, bei Five Below. Autos und Börse auch super. UiPath & Börse ebenso. Ansonsten will Cambricon mehr Chips, was den Gründer reich macht. Kunden wollen immer mehr verschiedene Produkte. Sie wollen immer bessere Produkte. Sie wollen lokal produzierte Produkte. Intertek (WKN: 633526) profitiert. Vor 24 Jahren gab's die bis dahin größte Insolvenz ever. Kurz danach ist ein großer Wirtschaftsprüfer kollabiert. Und paar Jahre später war VW die wertvollste Firma der Welt. OAWS-Geschichtsstunde vor dem Adventswochenende. Diesen Podcast vom 05.12.2025, 3:00 Uhr stellt dir die Podstars GmbH (Noah Leidinger) zur Verfügung.

Back on this day in 2001 Enron filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. KTAR Timeline is brought to you by Beatitudes Campus. 

Ed returns quickly after his last appearance to address Nvidia's apropos-of-almost-nothing reassurance to the world “by the way, we're not Enron.” Also, we read an article about probably one of the worst AI companies going. Get the whole episode on Patreon here!   TF Merch is still available here!   *MILO ALERT* Check out Milo's tour dates here: https://www.miloedwards.co.uk/liveshows Trashfuture are: Riley (@raaleh), Milo (@Milo_Edwards), Hussein (@HKesvani), Nate (@inthesedeserts), and November (@postoctobrist)

Andrew, Ben, and Tom discuss the potential Russia/Ukraine peace deal, Meta in talks to use Alphabet's TPUs, and Nvidia's "We're not Enron" memo.Song: Mountain Music - AlabamaFor information on how to join the Zoom calls live each morning at 8:30 EST, visit:https://www.narwhal.com/blog/daily-market-briefingsPlease see disclosures:https://www.narwhal.com/disclosure

Nine Mistakes Wealthy People Make Episode 359 – A few weeks ago we took an in-depth look at some of the things wealthy people understand that the rest of us tend to miss. Today, we'll take a look at the opposite: some financial mistakes that even wealthy people tend to make, and how we can help avoid them. More SML Planning Minute Podcast Episodes Transcript of Podcast Episode 359 Hello, this is Bill Rainaldi, with another edition of Security Mutual's SML Planning Minute. In today's episode: nine mistakes wealthy people make. A few weeks ago, we took an in-depth look at some of the things affluent people understand that the rest of us seem to miss. But even successful, well-educated people do some dumb things. Today, we'll cover the exact opposite of what we did before: some financial mistakes that even wealthy people tend to make. Here are nine of them: Putting too much money into a single investment. Diversification is one of the cardinal rules of investing, but many wealthy people tend to break it. And it's understandable why. So many of the ultra-rich became that way by starting, or investing in, just one or a handful of companies. Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are great examples of this. At some point, putting too much money into a single investment just creates unnecessary risk. Some employees at companies like Enron and Lehman Brothers put all their retirement savings in their company stock. It worked spectacularly—for a while—but it eventually became almost worthless in a very short time. [1] Very few investors enjoy the measure of success that Musk and Bezos experienced. They can be underinsured. It doesn't really matter how wealthy you are, people make mistakes with their insurance across the board. If you don't have enough homeowner's insurance, it could end up costing you millions if you live in a valuable home.[2] And if you're concerned about your children and grandchildren, life insurance can be an important and efficient way to transfer your wealth to future generations. They have too much personal real estate. Some wealthy people tend to have too many expensive homes in remote places that they rarely visit. And they can be a significant cash drain. If you don't use the place frequently, it may not be worth holding onto it. If you want to vacation in some unusual places, sometimes it may be better to rent.[3] Or if you insist on keeping the place, maybe you should consider renting it out when you're not using it. Trying to keep up with their peers. It's human nature, and the wealthy aren't exempt from keeping up with the Joneses. When we see our friends living it up, it tends to make us want to do the same. And if we're not careful, it could mean significantly less savings and too much debt.[4] Lack of liquidity. Private equity is all the rage these days, but there's a downside. Some people tend to be too optimistic when they buy into illiquid assets. The fact is that for a variety of reasons, most of them don't work out, even if it seems like a great idea. And if it doesn't work out, it can be a drag on your finances for years.[5] Fear of missing out, or “FOMO.” It seems that no one is exempt from this. Believe it or not, a recent study suggested that the wealthy are actually among the worst offenders.[6] Rich people may think they know better than the average investor. But they can be just as susceptible to media hype and/or greed. It pays to keep a long-term perspective and remember the fundamentals. Neglecting estate planning. What do Howard Hughes, Prince, Sonny Bono and Pablo Picasso have in common? They all died with a lot of money but without a will.[7] It seems that the wealthy should all have done at least some rudimentary estate planning. But that's not always the case.Whether you have a lot of money or not, you probably want to make sure it goes to the people or charitable organizations you care the most about. But if you don't have an estate plan, you give up your right to decide these things. And it's not just a will. It can be a succession plan for your business or an advance medical directive.[8] Lifestyle creep. There is a tendency among the wealthy: the more you make, the more you end up spending on things like travel, fancy meals and transportation. There are so many examples of people—such as Michael Jackson or Lindsay Lohan—who overdid it and paid the price later on. The truth is that it's easy to increase your lifestyle, but once you're there, it's much harder to bring it back down. If you're not careful, spending habits can become unsustainable for just about anybody.[9] Not understanding that wealth is about more than money. Newsflash: some of the richest people in the world are terribly unhappy. In the words of author Riley Clendenin, “True financial success isn't just about accumulating wealth—it's about using money as a tool to build a meaningful, balanced life. The smartest investors understand that their financial portfolio is only one part of their overall wealth, and they invest just as much in their health, personal growth, and happiness as they do in their bank accounts.”[10] The ultra-wealthy certainly have the benefit of a bigger cushion when they make a financial error. And they all make mistakes, some big, some little. But the rest of us can also learn something from the errors that wealthy people tend to make, and how to avoid them. [1] Clendenin, Riley. “Millionaire Blunders—13 Costly Mistakes Even Wealthy Investors Make.” Msn.com. https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/investment/millionaire-blunders-13-costly-mistakes-even-wealthy-investors-make/ss-AA1BaDTO#image=3 (accessed October 22, 2025). [2] Maranjian, Selena. “7 Financial and Retirement Mistakes Even the Wealthy Make.” fool.com. https://www.fool.com/retirement/2024/04/28/7-financial-mistakes-even-the-wealthy-make/ (accessed October 22, 2025). [3] Sergeant, Jacqueline. “The Mistakes Rich People Make–And How To Avoid Them.” www.fa-mag.com. https://www.fa-mag.com/news/how-to-avoid-these-common-mistakes-of-the-wealthy-83682.html (accessed October 22, 2025). [4] Maranjian, Selena. “7 Financial and Retirement Mistakes Even the Wealthy Make.” fool.com. https://www.fool.com/retirement/2024/04/28/7-financial-mistakes-even-the-wealthy-make/ (accessed October 22, 2025). [5] Sergeant, Jacqueline. “The Mistakes Rich People Make–And How To Avoid Them.” fa-mag.com. https://www.fa-mag.com/news/how-to-avoid-these-common-mistakes-of-the-wealthy-83682.html (accessed October 22, 2025). [6] Clendenin, Riley. “Millionaire Blunders—13 Costly Mistakes Even Wealthy Investors Make.” Msn.com. https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/investment/millionaire-blunders-13-costly-mistakes-even-wealthy-investors-make/ss-AA1BaDTO#image=3 (accessed October 22, 2025). [7] Phillips Erb, Kelly. “17 Famous People Who Died Without A Will.” Forbes.com. https://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2016/04/27/17-famous-people-who-died-without-a-will/ accessed October 22, 2025). [8] Maranjian, Selena. “7 Financial and Retirement Mistakes Even the Wealthy Make.” fool.com. https://www.fool.com/retirement/2024/04/28/7-financial-mistakes-even-the-wealthy-make/ (accessed October 22, 2025). [9] Sergeant, Jacqueline. “The Mistakes Rich People Make–And How To Avoid Them.” fa-mag.com. https://www.fa-mag.com/news/how-to-avoid-these-common-mistakes-of-the-wealthy-83682.html (accessed October 22, 2025). [10] Clendenin, Riley. “Millionaire Blunders—13 Costly Mistakes Even Wealthy Investors Make.” Msn.com. https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/investment/millionaire-blunders-13-costly-mistakes-even-wealthy-investors-make/ss-AA1BaDTO#image=3 (accessed October 22, 2025). More SML Planning Minute Podcast Episodes This podcast is brought to you by Security Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, The Company That Cares®. The content provided is intended for educational and informational purposes only. Information is provided in good faith. However, the Company makes no representation or warranty of any kind regarding the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of the information. The information presented is designed to provide general information regarding the subject matter covered. It is not to serve as legal, tax or other financial advice related to individual situations, because each individual's legal, tax and financial situation is different. Specific advice needs to be tailored to your situation. Therefore, please consult with your own attorney, tax professional and/or other advisors regarding your specific situation. To help reach your goals, you need a skilled professional by your side. Contact your local Security Mutual life insurance advisor today. As part of the planning process, he or she will coordinate with your other advisors as needed to help you achieve your financial goals and objectives. For more information, visit us at SMLNY.com/SMLPodcast. If you've enjoyed this podcast, tell your friends about it. And be sure to give us a five-star review. And check us out on LinkedIn, YouTube and Twitter. Thanks for listening, and we'll talk to you next time. Tax laws are complex and subject to change. 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“Predictions are hard,” Yogi Berra once quipped, “especially about the future”. Yes they are. But in today's AI boom/bubble, how exactly can we predict the future? According to Silicon Valley venture capitalist Aman Verjee, access to the future lies in the past. In his new book, A Brief History of Financial Bubbles, Verjee looks at history - particularly the 17th century Dutch tulip mania and the railway mania of 19th century England - to make sense of today's tech economics. So what does history teach us about the current AI exuberance: boom or bubble? The Stanford and Harvard-educated Verjee, a member of the PayPal Mafia who wrote the company's first business plan with Peter Thiel, and who now runs his own venture fund, brings both historical perspective and insider experience to this multi-trillion-dollar question. Today's market is overheated, the VC warns, but it's more nuanced than 1999. The MAG-7 companies are genuinely profitable, unlike the dotcom darlings. Nvidia isn't Cisco. Yet “lazy circularity” in AI deal-making and pre-seed valuations hitting $50 million suggests traditional symptoms of irrational exuberance are returning. Even Yogi Berra might predict that. * Every bubble has believers who insist “this time is different” - and sometimes they're right. Verjee argues that the 1999 dotcom bubble actually created lasting value through companies like Amazon, PayPal, and the infrastructure that powered the next two decades of growth. But the concurrent telecom bubble destroyed far more wealth through outright fraud at companies like Enron and WorldCom.* Bubbles always occur in the world's richest country during periods of unchallenged hegemony. Britain dominated globally during its 1840s railway mania. America was the sole superpower during the dotcom boom. Today's AI frenzy coincides with American technological dominance - but also with a genuine rival in China, making this bubble fundamentally different from its predecessors.* The current market shows dangerous signs but isn't 1999. Unlike the dotcom era when 99% of fiber optic cable laid was “dark” (unused), Nvidia could double GPU production and still sell every chip. The MAG-7 trade at 27-29 times earnings versus the S&P 500's 70x multiple in 2000. Real profitability matters - but $50 million pre-seed valuations and circular revenue deals between AI companies echo familiar patterns of excess.* Government intervention in markets rarely ends well. Verjee warns against America adopting an industrial policy of “picking winners” - pointing to Japan's 1980s bubble as a cautionary tale. Thirty-five years after its collapse, Japan's GDP per capita remains unchanged. OpenAI is not too big to fail, and shouldn't be treated as such.* Immigration fuels American innovation - full stop. When anti-H1B voices argue for restricting skilled immigration, Verjee points to the counter-evidence: Elon Musk, Sergey Brin, Sundar Pichai, Satya Nadella, Max Levchin, and himself - all H1B visa holders who created millions of American jobs and trillions in shareholder value. Closing that pipeline would be economically suicidal.Keen On America is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit keenon.substack.com/subscribe

Cam and Dylan are back in the lab spreading talking about one of Jim Carrey's most underrated chaos-fests Fun with Dick and Jane! In this episode, they dive deep into the 2005 comedy where Dick (Carrey) and his wife Jane (Téa Leoni) go from suburban comfort to full-blown heist mode after losing everything thanks to a corrupt company. It's Breaking Bad meets Office Space — but with way more mugging to the camera and less meth. The guys break down the film's wild tone shifts, that early-2000s corporate satire energy, and the pure unhinged joy of watching Jim Carrey rob a bank in a ski mask while grinning like a cartoon character. Expect jokes, nostalgic takes, and a few “what would you do if Enron stole your 401(k)?” moments. By the end, you'll either be ready to rewatch the movie… or start your own Bonnie & Clyde reboot called HR & Payroll. Wanna ask us something?!? Hit us up at Xtrabutta@gmail.com or our Instagram https://instagram.com/xtrabuttapodcast?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Elected officials face huge challenges when it comes to energy policymaking. They have very little time to learn complicated, nuanced issues. They're bombarded by information — some of it from organizations that are tightly aligned with ideological or political movements.  Whether it's from industry or civil society, the information policymakers receive, even if accurate, can often come with an agenda. Plus, translating academic research into policy comes with its own challenges. All of this makes building energy policy based on independent, trusted expertise difficult, especially in a time of deep partisanship.  So how can evidence and analysis best be used to design and build good energy policy? How can philanthropy drive innovative solutions to pressing challenges, like the energy transition? Where are the disconnects between high-quality research and thoughtful policymaking, and how can those efforts be bridged? This week, Jason Bordoff speaks with John Arnold about the hurdles and opportunities for building energy infrastructure and the power of evidence-based policymaking. John Arnold is co-founder and co-chair of Arnold Ventures, a philanthropic organization that supports initiatives in a range of sectors. He is also co-founder of Grid United, which develops high-voltage transmission projects. Previously, John was the CEO of Centaurus Energy. He started his career at Enron, where he oversaw the trading of natural gas derivatives. John is also an advisory board member at the Columbia Center on Global Energy Policy, and serves on the board of other organizations, including Meta. Credits: Hosted by Jason Bordoff and Bill Loveless. Produced by Mary Catherine O'Connor, Caroline Pitman, and Kyu Lee. Engineering by Gregory Vilfranc.  

Democrats, with the help of President Trump, are trying to goad Republicans into getting rid of the filibuster. Plus, AI might be headed the way of Enron.

TJ Rylander, general partner at N47 is exploring the next frontier of artificial intelligence: the physical world. Rylander explains how companies like Luminary Cloud are revolutionizing engineering by merging AI with physics, enabling designers to test and refine aircraft or cars virtually in days instead of months. He also shares how Skydio's autonomous drones, once aimed at consumers, are now helping first responders and the military. Along the way, Rylander reflects on his early career at Enron, his time investing for the CIA's In-Q-Tel, and his passion project on the board of one of America's oldest summer camps—where he says lessons in leadership and “doing your fair share of the work” still guide him today. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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How do we raise the next generation to be financially wise in a world obsessed with “getting rich quick”? In this episode, Lance Roberts sits down with financial writer Benjamin Gran to discuss the right way to teach children about money, work, and investing. From saving before investing, to understanding the true value of work, and avoiding the pitfalls of speculative frenzies — we cover everything from Enron and Kozmo.com to the meme-stock craze and the AI hype cycle on Wall Street. Benjamin and Lance break down how to build long-term investing habits that last, why risk management and time horizons matter more than “hot tips,” and how classic investing wisdom from John Bogle, Warren Buffett, and Charlie Munger still applies today. You'll also hear how parents can instill financial literacy and responsibility early — through chores, jobs, and saving — not just allowances and apps. The real secret? Teaching kids that saving money feels as good as spending it, and that success is built on work ethic, patience, and purpose.

We begin today's show with a roundup of news on Senate negotiations over the government shutdown, as well as the news of Trump deploying troops to Israel to promote aid for Islamic nutcases. Next, we're joined by Brian Jacobson, an expert in training with AI LLMs, for a long discussion about the unsustainable pursuit of “artificial general intelligence.”   He explains how cloud-based AI chatbots are barely bringing in revenue and relying on Enron-style accounting to push a massive bubble without creating external revenue. He also debunks the talking points about data centers being the key to rivalling China and the notion that we are on the cusp of deploying new nuclear technology that can power this bubble. Finally, we discuss the difference between narrow-tailored AI, which is beneficial, profitable, and a useful pursuit, vs. artificial general intelligence, which relies on data centers and other painful “investments.” Brian also explains how we are nowhere near achieving AGI because God's human brain invention is a lot more complicated than we even realize.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send us a textThis week on The Wall Street Skinny, we kick off discussing gold ripping to record highs and unpack why that's happening in a still-high-rate world: sticky inflation keeping real yields muted, central-bank buying, safe-haven demand, and a dash of retail frenzy. We also poke holes in the “25/25/25/25” portfolio meme (equities/bonds/cash/gold) and talk through why allocation can't be one-size-fits-all—age, goals, and cash-flow needs matter.Then we dive into First Brands' Chapter 11 and the alleged “Enron-style” shenanigans behind $2.3B of vanishing assets. We explain collateral, receivables/inventory financing, why overlapping pledges are a five-alarm fire, and who's exposed (private credit funds at Street names like Jefferies and UBS get a mention). Bigger picture: what this says about today's credit boom, looser covenants, and why fraud tends to surface when the cycle turns—plus what two auto-related bankruptcies might signal about the consumer/auto complex.We also decode that viral “Ferrari-loving trader” headline: how a naked short in long bonds around the COVID shock morphed into an 11,000-to-1 leverage debacle and ~$250mm in Street losses—complete with a plain-English walk-through of bond shorting, repo, and settlement. Finally, we react to the Centerview analyst lawsuit over sleep accommodations and the perennial debate over banking culture, expectations, and realistic boundaries. Stick around for what's next: a Distressed Debt 101 primer in November and a packed slate of heavyweight guests.For a 14 day FREE Trial of Macabacus, click HERE Access the free replay of the Masterclass here!Presale access for our newly launched Fixed Income self-paced course here: https://thewallstreetskinny.com/fixed-income-sales-trading-investing/#fixed-income-sales For 20% off Deleteme, use the code TWSS or click the link HERE! Sign up for our LIVE Virtual Bootcamps! 2-Day Financial Modeling Bootcamp Master the technical Excel and accounting skills essential for investment banking, private equity, and fundamental investing. (Learn more HERE) Global Markets & Investing PlaybookA one-day crash course on the financial ecosystem, perfect for anyone seeking a big-picture understanding of how global markets and Wall Street fit together. Our content is for informational purposes only. You should not construe any such information or other material as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advice. (Learn more HERE)

Danielle DiMartino Booth, CEO and Chief Strategist at QI Research, joins Julia La Roche in-studio following the Fed minutes. In this episode, DiMartino Booth highlights how the Fed quietly reclassified nearly $300 billion in loans on a Friday afternoon with no comment, shifting them from stodgy commercial categories into the "black box" of non-depository financial institution (NDFI) lending now totaling $1.7 trillion. She draws parallels to Enron as First Brands bankruptcy exposes what appeared to be an auto supplier was actually a financial using off-balance sheet vehicles, with subprime delinquency rates likely double reported figures. Elsewhere, Booth warns youth unemployment hit 1988 levels but from lack of demand not supply as companies blindly adopt AI without hiring, leaving the Class of 2025 worse off than 2024. She argues gold has become a "meme stock" with Wall Street firms' price targets signaling contrarian risk, while the government shutdown leaves the Fed "flying blind" without official data for their October 29th meeting.Sponsors: Monetary Metals: https://monetary-metals.com/julia⁠ Links: Danielle's Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/dimartinobooth Substack: https://dimartinobooth.substack.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DanielleDiMartinoBoothQIFed Up: https://www.amazon.com/Fed-Up-Insiders-Federal-Reserve/dp/07352116550:00 Hawkish Fed minutes - knife in Miran's back1:44 Fed insider on Miran controversy2:48 Did Fed want September cut?5:08 Shutdown means Fed flying blind October6:04 Gold and NASDAQ flying - unusual7:03 Gold as meme stock - contrarian warning9:50 NDFI loans - $1.7 trillion black box12:21 $250B loan reclassification bombshell13:14 Fed reclassified quietly on Friday14:17 First brands like Enron revelation16:21 Off balance sheet financing returns18:25 Subprime delinquencies likely double20:15 Is this systemic? Fed doesn't know21:28 Fed won't move without official data22:22 Challenger data horror at Fed24:52 Charts need gray recession bars25:12 Fed put born October 198727:32 Youth unemployment demand crisis30:02 AI adoption without hiring32:24 Parents worry kids made redundant33:20 First five years determine career35:48 Not sending kids to college37:11 Put faces on repo statistics38:47 Markets masking K economy39:01 Lowercase i economy concept

In this episode of the Great Trials Podcast, hosts Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey sit down with Jim Tuxbury from Hinckley, Allen and Snyder to discuss the landmark Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower retaliation case of Carlos Domenech vs. Terraform Power and Terraform Global. Case Details: Hinckley Allen secured a historic victory with a $34.5 million recovery in favor of its client, Carlos Domenech Zornoza (Mr. Domenech), marking the culmination of a nine-year legal battle. This is the largest documented recovery for a Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower retaliation claim since the statute was enacted in 2005 following the Enron scandal. (More details on the case) Guest Bio: Jim Tuxbury Jim is a partner and trial lawyer in our litigation practice, focusing primarily on complex commercial business disputes and securities litigation, as well as product liability, white-collar defense, and government investigations. As a trial lawyer, Jim has litigated and tried cases in state and federal court in Massachusetts and throughout the country. Recently, Jim prevailed in the trial of a Sarbanes Oxley Whistleblower case on behalf of the former CEO of Terraform Power Inc. and Terraform Global, Inc. and obtained a $34.5 million recovery for his client after the Court found the defendants were liable for unlawfully terminating their former CEO in retaliation for his whistleblowing activities. Read Full Bio CONNECT WITH OUR GUEST: Jim Tuxbury on LinkedIn LISTEN TO PREVIOUS EPISODES & MEET THE TEAM: Great Trials Podcast Show Sponsors: Legal Technology Services  Harris Lowry Manton LLP - hlmlawfirm.com Production Team: Dee Daniels Media Podcast Production   Free Resources: Stages Of A Jury Trial - Part 1 Stages Of A Jury Trial - Part 2

This week: NVIDIA has announced a $100 billion investment in OpenAI to help build out data centers equipped with NVIDIA chips. Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers, and Emily Peck, joined by Bloomberg's Max Chafkin, examine the complexities of this massive deal and why it might feed the argument that the AI boom is a bubble. Then,Trump has announced a $100,000 fee for H-1B visas.They discuss how the clunky rollout of this plan has caused chaos and what it signals about the administration's immigration goals. And finally, Max explains how a parody of Enron that turned into a memecoin fiasco.  In the Slate Plus episode: Digging into the 0.01% rule Want to hear that discussion and hear more Slate Money? Join Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you'll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Slate Money show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/moneyplus to get access wherever you listen. Podcast production by Jessamine Molli and Cheyna Roth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week: NVIDIA has announced a $100 billion investment in OpenAI to help build out data centers equipped with NVIDIA chips. Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers, and Emily Peck, joined by Bloomberg's Max Chafkin, examine the complexities of this massive deal and why it might feed the argument that the AI boom is a bubble. Then,Trump has announced a $100,000 fee for H-1B visas.They discuss how the clunky rollout of this plan has caused chaos and what it signals about the administration's immigration goals. And finally, Max explains how a parody of Enron that turned into a memecoin fiasco.  In the Slate Plus episode: Digging into the 0.01% rule Want to hear that discussion and hear more Slate Money? Join Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you'll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Slate Money show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/moneyplus to get access wherever you listen. Podcast production by Jessamine Molli and Cheyna Roth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week: NVIDIA has announced a $100 billion investment in OpenAI to help build out data centers equipped with NVIDIA chips. Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers, and Emily Peck, joined by Bloomberg's Max Chafkin, examine the complexities of this massive deal and why it might feed the argument that the AI boom is a bubble. Then,Trump has announced a $100,000 fee for H-1B visas.They discuss how the clunky rollout of this plan has caused chaos and what it signals about the administration's immigration goals. And finally, Max explains how a parody of Enron that turned into a memecoin fiasco.  In the Slate Plus episode: Digging into the 0.01% rule Want to hear that discussion and hear more Slate Money? Join Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you'll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Slate Money show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/moneyplus to get access wherever you listen. Podcast production by Jessamine Molli and Cheyna Roth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week: NVIDIA has announced a $100 billion investment in OpenAI to help build out data centers equipped with NVIDIA chips. Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers, and Emily Peck, joined by Bloomberg's Max Chafkin, examine the complexities of this massive deal and why it might feed the argument that the AI boom is a bubble. Then,Trump has announced a $100,000 fee for H-1B visas.They discuss how the clunky rollout of this plan has caused chaos and what it signals about the administration's immigration goals. And finally, Max explains how a parody of Enron that turned into a memecoin fiasco.  In the Slate Plus episode: Digging into the 0.01% rule Want to hear that discussion and hear more Slate Money? Join Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you'll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Slate Money show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/moneyplus to get access wherever you listen. Podcast production by Jessamine Molli and Cheyna Roth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hi friends, happy Wednesday! I always wanted to date Robbie Sinclair from Dinosaurs. Anyone else? [CRICKETS] So whenever I drive by a Sinclair gas station, you know, the one with the dinosaur logo? I always think of him. His spiky hair. That letterman jacket.  I don't care that he was a foam puppet. I was eight and I knew what I wanted. And what I wanted… was Robbie.  I was so distracted by my thoughts of Robbie that I never realized Sinclair Oil had a dark secret. And the whole time it was hiding in plain sight.  Back in the 1920s, oil was the new gold. Because out of nowhere, all of a sudden, everything was running on it. Literally. Cars and airplanes were taking over. And if World War 1 taught us anything, it was that we needed an emergency stash of oil for the military… Just in case.  It was like a gold rush… but with oil. And when there's money on the table, somebody's gonna get greedy. This is how a *huge*  government scandal happened. I'm talking corruption, shady deals, and millions of dollars stuffed into a black briefcase.  Today we're diving into one of the dirtiest scandals in U.S. history. Before Watergate, before Enron, before Bill Clinton and Monica, there was… Teapot Dome. And yes, it involves a teapot. Kind of. Welcome to the Dark History of Teapot Dome. I sometimes talk about my Good Reads in the show. So here's the link if you want to check it out. IDK. lol: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/139701263-bailey ________ FOLLOW ME AROUND Tik Tok: https://bit.ly/3e3jL9v Instagram: http://bit.ly/2nbO4PR Facebook: http://bit.ly/2mdZtK6 Twitter: http://bit.ly/2yT4BLV Pinterest: http://bit.ly/2mVpXnY Youtube: http://bit.ly/1HGw3Og Snapchat: https://bit.ly/3cC0V9d Discord: https://discord.gg/BaileySarian RECOMMEND A STORY HERE: cases4bailey@gmail.com Business Related Emails: bailey@underscoretalent.com Business Related Mail: Bailey Sarian 4400 W. Riverside Dr., Ste 110-300 Burbank, CA 91505 ________ This podcast is Executive Produced by: Bailey Sarian & Kevin Grosch and Joey Scavuzzo from Made In Network Head Writer: Katie Burris Research provided by: Xander Elmore Special thank you to our Historical Consultant: Luke Nichter, Professor of History at Chapman University. Director: Brian Jaggers Edited by: Julien Perez Additional Editing: Maria Norris Post Supervisor: Kelly Hardin  Production Management: Ross Woodruff Hair: Luca Burnett Makeup: Nikki La Rose ________ When shoppers choose to buy your products, turn them into loyal customers with cheaper, faster, and better shipping. Go to https://www.shipstation.com/darkhistory to sign up for your FREE trial. Stop putting off those doctors appointments and go to https://www.zocdoc.com/DARKHISTORY to find and instantly book a top-rated doctor today.  And right now, OpenPhone is offering my listeners 20% off of your first 6 months at https://www.openphone.com/darkhistory. If you have existing numbers with another service, OpenPhone will port them over at no extra charge. OpenPhone: no missed calls, no missed customers.