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Ghosts of Strike-mas Past and Larry Ellison Lore (Full Bonus Episode!)

Release Date: 01/31/2026

Ghosts of Strike-mas Past and Larry Ellison Lore (Full Bonus Episode!)

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We'll be back with season 7 on February 13th! This Patreon episode is free for all (no paywall) in solidarity with the National Strike on January 31st. If you like what you hear, please consider It seems that for every person energized to activism this year, there's another three ready to shit on their efforts (it's not organized enough! it's not widespread enough! You'll never make a difference!). They're wrong. We're going to prove it by getting on our mumus and night caps and becoming the ghosts of general strikes past. We take you with us to the Minneapolis General Strike of 1934...

Zappos / Tony Hsieh: The Dark Side of Happiness

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Thank you for listening to another season of the podcast! We'll be back in February with new episodes. Got suggestions / thoughts / feedback? Email For bonus episodes, book club, and the aftershow, join us on Watch on Trigger warning: suicide, drug use, overdose Tony Hsieh had a life other entrepreneurs dreamed of. He was the wealthy CEO of a wildly successful ecommerce company with a legion of devoted customers and employees, currently on a bus tour to spread the gospel of his unique management style. But under the surface, cracks were starting to show, and Tony was falling...

[Patreon Exclusive] Sonder: It's official, everything's a scam now :)

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Outdoor Voices: Ty Haney's Groundhog Day (UNLOCKED!)

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This is an updated and unlocked version of an episode that was earlier published exclusively on Patreon. and enjoy FOUR extra episodes a month for as little as $5! Ty Haney is back at Outdoor voices, the cult athleisure brand she founded. Can she successfully suck us all into her time machine back to 2014? Or will this company's death rattle be loud enough to convince the brand's private equity investors to put OV out of its misery. Today, Adam and Becca try to figure out how the once beloved brand got so weird and shitty and how Ty Haney fell off the top of the Abby Lee Miller...

Victoria's Secret: Sex pests all the way down

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The demon living inside Les Wexner's head brings us into the Victoria's Secret gremlin lair! Adam and Becca go back to the early 2000s to tell the story of the rise and fall of this retail behemoth and the corporate crooks who drove it into the ground. CW: Sexual Assault, Suicide for bonus episodes and the aftershow Pics from this episode on Watch on Thanks to our sponsor, . Use code GOSSIP for 10% off! Email our good news correspondant with tips: elizabethliu526@gmail.com Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro & Ed Razek's creep club 16:30 - The toxic culture...

[Patreon Exclusive] Scams in the Manosphere part 2: Tai Lopez's Ponzi Scheme

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Listen to the full episode . Join today at the Murdoch's Mates level and get FOUR bonus epiosdes every month plus the Corporate Gossip Book Club and group chat! On a chilly October night, I like to cuddle up with a good ponzi scheme. It's my comfort fraud <3 Links:

Activision Blizzard's Final Boss

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Please Rate and Review this Podcast!! CW: Suicide, Sexual Assault for the aftershow and tons of bonus content No game developer would even think to create a dungeon troll as sinister as Bobby Kotick. Bobby's life is a video game where gobbling up cash is the mission and when it comes to retribution there is no side quest too small! When the WSJ drops a bombshell report about years of sexual harassment and toxic culture at Activsion Blizard, will Bobby Kotick finally run out of lives? Or will he respawn in the form of a trash goblin who gets bonus points for punching...

[Patreon Exclusive] Starbucks: Reverse Engineered Vibes (PLUS Charlie Javice Sentencing)

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Listen to the full episode . Join today at the Murdoch's Mates level and get FOUR bonus epiosdes every month plus the Corporate Gossip Book Club and group chat! In this episode: Brian Niccol TRIES HIS HARDEST to get us to like Starbucks again as he tries to escape the living ghost of Howard Shultz. I also went to the Charlie Javice Sentencing yesterday - my report starts at 48:15. 7 YEARS!!! I was shocked - I was certain she'd be sentenced to no more than 5. Links: Write to Starbucks Corporate: Starbucks Customer Contact Center: 1 (800) 782-7282 <3333

Johnson & Johnson: Is the ethical company in the room with us?

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

[Patreon Exclusive] JP Morgan's Big Time Oopsie (It's about Jeffery Epstein)

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We are an independent podcast with no corporate sponsors. The Patreon helps keep the lights on, please consider joining at the Skillling's Sweeties level and get FOUR bonus episodes every month or the Murdoch's Mates level to join our live book club and group chat! TW: Sexual Assault Wallstreets skankiest trash goblin, Jamie Dimon, has had the worst week EVER after a mind-blowing investigation was published by the NYT last week. Some truly flabbergasting revelations had us asking, can Dimon widdle baby his way out of this one? Links (please DM me if you need a gift link!):

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

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

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

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