Corporate Gossip

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Corporate Gossip Movie Month wraps up with Alex Gibney's "thing" on Elon Musk. It sucked Grock. We found a few nuggets worth talking about in this toilet movie and share them with you so you can save yourself FOUR HOURS of agony.

But first we go back to the House of Fielder, discussing Whistleblower Tyler Schultz's reaction, Nathan's interview with Wired, and comments on our initial movie review. We concede on some points (were we too sympathetic?) and dispute others (WAS Billy's **** smaller than I remembered?).

We're back to our regularly scheduled programming next month, with episodes about the Kushner family, Bill Ackman, and a very sketchy AI elementary school.

I was a Theranos whistleblower. In ‘You Can See Everything,’ Elizabeth Holmes is still lying

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What was the motivation for Billy to [REDACTED]? Why did we kinda want Nathan and Liz to [REDACTED]? Is [Redacted] delusional about [Redacted]?? We grapple with all of these questions and more on today's episode about Nathan Fielder's documentary, You Can See Everything.

Disclaimer: We hope you see the movie before being spoiled by us. And if you listen to us first, don't take our word for it! Everyone we spoke to in real life has a different interpretation of what they saw in theaters, which is what makes this film so unbelievable.

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Elizabeth Holmes' Husband Billy Evans: The Trial, Prison & Nathan Fielder’s Documentary

Family of Elizabeth Holmes’ fiancé worry she has ‘brainwashed’ him: source

Elizabeth Holmes' partner raises millions for new biotech testing startup

Coming up this week on the ⁠Patreon⁠ Robby and I discuss Aaron Sorkin's Stinker, the Social Reckoning. It deviated so much from the source material that I was motived to re-edit our Facebook episodes into this supercut that sets the record straight on the two worst people on earth: Sheryl Sandberg (3:00) and Mark Zuckerberg (1:00:00)!

We'll be back later this week with all of our thoughts about Nathan Fielder's You Can See Everything - until then!

Pics from this episode: Sheryl, Mark

The Facebook Files

It's Time to Break Up Facebook

The Miseducation of Sheryl Sandberg

An Ugly Truth(Book)

Careless People(Book)

If you or someone you know struggles with problem gambling help is available by calling or texting 1-800-MY-RESET.

Becca and Robby extract themselves from deep inside the glory hole to analyze the state of sports gambling. It turns out, if you unleash high octane mobile money vacuums into everyone's pockets bad things will happen!!

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Gambling disorder diagnoses spike in states that legalized sports betting, study shows

The Cracks in Adam Silver’s NBA Are Spreading Fast

Sports Betting Sites Make It All Too Easy to Lose Everything You’ve Got

My year as a degenerate gambler

Suspicious Betting in Washington Is on the Rise—and Authorities Are Playing Catch-Up

What Sports Gambling Is Learning From Big Tobacco

More Americans see gambling on sports as an investment tool, but DraftKings CEO says most bettors know ‘they’re likely to lose money’ over the long term

“What Did Anyone Think Was Going to Happen?”: The NBA Gambling Scandal Hiding in Plain Sight

A Psychiatrist Tried to Quit Gambling. Betting Apps Kept Her Hooked.

Fantasy sports sites like DraftKings and FanDuel trick people into believing everyone wins big

TW: Sexual Assault

The man who dared to ask: what if sports were for boys? Dave Portnoy is an irredeemable garbage person but the corporate gossip behind Barstool Sports is objectively fascinating so into the trash pile we go!

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Wikipedia article on Barstool Conservatism

'Barstool Blackout' party organizer: Not our fault if you get drunk and pass out

Spurned by ESPN, Barstool Sports Is Staying on Offense

The Barstool Sports, Dave Portnoy, Peter Chernin Deal || Barstool Documentary Series

Barstool Sports CEO Announcement

Dave Portnoy Bought Barstool Back. Can Erika Ayers Badan Keep His Pirate Ship on Course

A Blog From The Token Female CEO Of Barstool Sports

Barstool Sports Founder Dave Portnoy Explains Breakup With Penn: ‘We Got Denied’ Gambling Licenses ‘Because of Me’

'I was literally screaming in pain': Young women say they met Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy for sex and it turned violent and humiliating

The Pizza Influencer With a Private Jet and a ‘Troll Army’

Flock is going to eliminate crime in America (if you only count the crime you can find in GTA V AND if you don't count the crime that Flock enables OR commits themselves)! Becca and Robby climb up a utility pole to peek into the sloppy drama brewing at Flock HQ. They uncover that the best way for Flock CEO Garrett Langley to reduce crime in America is to DO NOTHING AT ALL...

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We investigated Flock cameras and how law enforcement uses them

Flock Safety Employees Watched Kids’ Gymnastics Room to Pitch Surveillance Tech

Why Are Flock Employees Watching Our Children?

Flock's CEO Says its ALPRs Don't Do Video After Repeatedly Announcing They Can

Flock Blocks Itself From Wayback Machine: How Companies Can Erase Their Public History

The Flock Founders Say Their Cameras Would’ve Solved the Nancy Guthrie Case

Inside the growing vigilante movement to knock out Flock surveillance cameras

Embattled Flock CEO Begs for “Compromise” As Backlash Spills Over
Why some cities are ditching their Flock license plate readers

How rogue officers turned a nationwide camera network into a tool for stalking

DIVAS DOWN. Phoebe Gates and Selena Gomez are both being accused of fraud! Robby and Becca uncover the venture capital bippity-boppity-boopification at the center of these cases. Will either of these alleged frauds lead to jail time? Would the ghost of Andrew Carnegie understand what's going on here? Is it worse to be a nepobaby or a nepomommy? Listen to find out!

TW: Mention of suicide

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Phoebe Gates’s Phia Drama Is Getting Even Stickier

Wondermind Shareholder Lawsuit

What Happened at Wondermind?

‘Smoke And Mirrors’: How This Entrepreneur Exaggerated And Self-Promoted Her Way Into Turmoil

Selena Gomez Accused of Fraud by Investors in Mental-Health Startup Lawsuit

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Bonus Episode! Friend of the pod and soccer expert and comedian Alexis Guerreros from the Soccer Cooligans and CBS Morning Footy stops by for a follow up episode on the future of FIFA's giant money pit! Will the fans be able to wrestle back control of the game from Gianni Infantino's death grip?? Are corrupt people more fun to party with? And who pays when football executives are fighting? (spoiler: it's women).

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SEASON 8!!!

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

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

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The Absurd World Cup

The World Cup of Corruption

FIFA Explores External Investment With $20 Billion Vehicle⁠

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

FIFA scandal dwarfs others in sports world

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

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

Becca and Robby are busy researching for future episodes and will be back soon! In the meantime, enjoy another episode from the Patreon stash (with the data analytics playboy)! For TWO bonus episodes every month, access to the chat and quarterly book club, join us on Patreon (use a web browser for the best price)!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

How Official's Undercover Role Led to Charges Against Billionaire

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

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

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Listen to the end for good news!!

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tennessee bill would criminalize harassment of student-athletes

As Youth Sports Professionalize, Kids Are Burning Out Fast

Private Equity Is Coming for Youth Sports

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

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

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

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How to Live Forever and Get Rich Doing It

The Billionaires Fueling the Quest for Longer Life

Kara Swisher Wants to Live Forever - CNN

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

The Phoenix Device Reviews

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

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

CEOs, they're just like us (but worse??) We curated some of the messiest recent CEO cheating scandals for your enjoyment because you deserve a treat!

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

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

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

French company liable after employee dies during sex on business trip

Three Years of American Cheating

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

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

Johnson Controls CEO sees bonus cut because of extramarital affair

Manufacturing CEO seeks distance from man convicted in Ponzi

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

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If you're in the mood for a classic true crime beach read look no further than the CaaStle fraud! In 2024 Christine Hunsicker was a leather jacket wearing, mohawk donning, Forbes cover girl who made headlines for her clothing subscription service that boasted nearly a billion dollars in annual revenue. Investors were pumping her company full of cash on the promise of infinite hockey stick growth. But had those investors, including Bill Ackman and Peter Theil, used a single brain cell (!!) they would have discovered that Hunsicker's fashion business was a complete fabrication. By the end of the year she would plead guilty to a fraud worth $300m, one of the biggest financial frauds in recent history, and now faces up to 20 years in prison.

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

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

SEC Indictment

CaaStle let CEO remain after learning of alleged fraud

Shareholder lawsuit

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

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

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

Links:

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

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

Tennessee bill would criminalize harassment of student-athletes

As Youth Sports Professionalize, Kids Are Burning Out Fast

Private Equity Is Coming for Youth Sports

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

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

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

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

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

Where Mideast Envoy Pitched Peace, His Son Pitched Investors

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This is the potential breakup song of Ticketmaster & Live Nation: a toxic relationship that, according to one lawyer, "essentially defrauds everyone involved." Becca and Robby bring you up to speed on the outcome of the company's fight in a trust-busting trial and then go all the way back to the villain origin story of this Frankenstein of scams. It makes us feel better to know that the founder of Ticketmaster is now miserable and possibly broke!

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Live Nation anti-trust verdict

05:00 - Episode intro

14:00 - History / origin story of Ticketmaster

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

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

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

58:00 - Takeaways / Pearl Jam

1:09:00 - Good news!

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

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

Ticketmaster's Dark History

How Ticketmaster became the most hated name in music

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

Live Nation reaches settlement in US monopoly case

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

NYC's plan to tax luxury second homes, explained

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