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Hertz
March 6, 2023

Hertz

If you're looking for a season finale where I nearly spit out my Diet Coke several times, this episode is for you. I'll be honest: I wrote a pretty solid script involving Hertz's century-long history with highlights including consistent overcharging, …

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Southwest Airlines
Feb. 20, 2023

Southwest Airlines

Longtime friend, firsttime caller Jon Oppenheimer finally joins my podcast to continue my tradition of not being quite topical by analyzing a months-old news thing: Southwest Airlines! December 2022 was far from the company's only meltdown that caused nationwide disaster. …

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Liz Carmichael: Scammer, Girlboss, Little Rascal
Feb. 6, 2023

Liz Carmichael: Scammer, Girlboss, Little Rascal

All I can say is I knocked it out of the park with this one. I'm finally telling my sweet friend Cookie the story of my absolute FAVORITE scammer: Liz Carmichael. This one's got everything: libertarian science fiction, engineering mishaps, …

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RuPaul's Drag Race
Jan. 30, 2023

RuPaul's Drag Race

My beloved friend Derry Queen joins me for a real fast-and-loose episode about RuPaul's Drag Race. This one was a very fun episode for me because it's less heavy on the research since Derry has a lot of personal experience …

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Juul
Jan. 23, 2023

Juul

Remember when Juul was a verb? The generecized word for vape? I REMEMBER! That business really came and went like a beautiful comet. Joining me to talk about the historic rise and fall of Juul is my dear friend Emma …

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The Industry of School Shooting Safety
Jan. 16, 2023

The Industry of School Shooting Safety

Blender Bluid and Amy Do are back on the podcast for a VERY absurd episode. We get into the down and dirty of the free market's response to the very USA-based problem of school-based gun violence. As far as the …

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The Center for COVID Control
Jan. 9, 2023

The Center for COVID Control

Swiss Miss Ali Fish(er) is on the pod to talk about one of the most prolific COVID testing scam sites in the country. What I didn't realize is how piecemeal our testing infrastructure was over the past 2 years, and …

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BBB 2022: A Year in Review
Jan. 2, 2023

BBB 2022: A Year in Review

So I just closed out ONE WHOLE YEAR of this podcast! Here is a self-indulgent, naval gazey episode with me and my roommates. My ex girlfriend and my ex coworker. Don't make this your first episode of the podcast, but …

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The NHL: A Greek Tragedy in Three Acts
Dec. 19, 2022

The NHL: A Greek Tragedy in Three Acts

The wickedly talented, remarkably hungover Christian McCann drops back into the pod to talk about his only personality trait: hockey. If you like insurance fraud, broadway plays, or describing labor stoppages using the imagery of an ancient greek myth turned …

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The NFL (mostly the Washington Commanders)
Dec. 19, 2022

The NFL (mostly the Washington Commanders)

World's biggest fact-knower, KP, is back on the podcast to talk a little bit about the National Football League's greatest franchise, the Washington Commanders. Dan Snyder's circus of finding bold, brave, and inventive ways to hork as much money out …

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The MLB
Dec. 19, 2022

The MLB

We're back! Iconic ex-roommate duo, Danaka and Nic, join me on the pod to go through the history of America's passtime. There's sure as hell a lot of shady business doings here! We'll talk about how labor relations for players …

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Monsanto 8: The Acquisition. The Antitrust Jubilee. The Awards.
Sept. 29, 2022

Monsanto 8: The Acquisition. The Antitrust Jubilee. The Awards.

WE'VE GONE AND DONE IT! EIGHT HOURS LATER, THE MONSANTO SEASON IS COMPLETE! This episode goes over Bayer's disastrous acquisition of Monsanto, how the antitrust division of the US government is simply set up to fail, and we have a …

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Monsanto 7: The Good Fight
Sept. 26, 2022

Monsanto 7: The Good Fight

Barehanded honeykeeping, moms-on-facebook, and deadly scientific coverups are all converging to form the final bell toll for Monsanto's mortal time. With all of the doom-and-gloom from past episodes, you're probably wondering how this company...doesn't...still exist, given its titanic political, scientific, …

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Monsanto 6: PR and Philanthropy
Sept. 22, 2022

Monsanto 6: PR and Philanthropy

What would you say the work-life balance is on the Death Star? This episode follows a path down the Monsanto communications rabbit hole. PRAD majors, get your forks! Come eat! Blender Bluid, Amy Do and I try to answer a …

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Monsanto 5: Bovine Growth Hormone
Sept. 19, 2022

Monsanto 5: Bovine Growth Hormone

This one's a banger, no way around it. This one will give a detailed history of Monsanto's relationship with the FDA -- spoilers, it literally goes ALL the way back -- and how the FDA was complicit in the expediting …

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Monsanto 4: The Roundup Episode
Sept. 15, 2022

Monsanto 4: The Roundup Episode

This is the birth of Modern Monsanto, and it takes quite a turn from the previous episodes. Instead of talking about the diseases and human suffering as a result of the products (like we've been doing at length), we're going …

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Monsanto 3: Superfund Sites and Slag
Sept. 12, 2022

Monsanto 3: Superfund Sites and Slag

Hello again, y'all! This episode's all about the ENVIRONMENT and it is a real doozy. If you choose for some reason to start with this one, understand that we'd been in the studio for hours at this point. Blender Bluid, …

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Monsanto 2: The US Army, Vietnam, and Agent Orange
Sept. 8, 2022

Monsanto 2: The US Army, Vietnam, and Agent Orange

All in all, this is a comedy podcast. But this is definitely one of the darkest episodes I've made. It's really important to me and it's heartbreaking...huge content warning for gruesome body horror. I'm really proud of this one, and …

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Monsanto
Sept. 5, 2022

Monsanto

SEASON 3 LET'S GO! This episode is the first of 8 in a FULL MONSANTO SEASON!!! I'd recommend starting with this episode; it will provide a complete timeline of Monsanto's wacky history and will give us some surprise tools to …

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Season 3 Update!!!
Aug. 22, 2022

Season 3 Update!!!

Oops! I accidentally wrote an 8 part episode and decided to make it its own season! LOL! Season 3 is coming September 5. Listen to this teaser to find out what the topic will be and the new release schedule. …

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An Episode About Rats
Aug. 8, 2022

An Episode About Rats

Dr. Alex Berr is on the pod to 1) brutally roast me several times and 2) help me think about the questions regarding the business of selling and distributing animals. The question that drives this episode is: Are animals products? …

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BONUS: Second City's
Aug. 1, 2022

BONUS: Second City's "A Red Line Runs Through It"

Aasia Lashay is BACK for what I'm calling a bonus episode, but is simply the length of a regular episode. They were in a Second City show years ago that wound up being the centerpiece of a reverse racism discrimination …

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BetterHelp
July 25, 2022

BetterHelp

A woman with literally no water signs in her astrological chart through Pluto, Claire Rufin, joins me to throw away any chances I had at getting sponsored by BetterHelp! I'm working through a lot of my own understanding on the …

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Johnson & Johnson's Risperdal: For the Boys!
July 18, 2022

Johnson & Johnson's Risperdal: For the Boys!

Dan Carroll, who is one of the boys, joins me for probably the most fucked up episode I've made to date. Medical horror abound, this one is certainly dark. If you think illegally marketing a drug to be used off-label …

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