Grubstakers

This week we're talking about Lily Safra, the Brazilian billionaire who has had four husbands and seen two of them die in mysterious circumstances. We explore her life, we discuss the lingering questions surrounding her 2nd and 4th husbands, and we debate whether she should be included in the rarefied list of truly self made billionaires. Credit to the author Isabel Vincent and her book "Gilded Lily: Lily Safra: The Making of One of the World's Wealthiest Widows" for being the basis of this episode.

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This week we are covering our favorite high school dropout, veteran and homeless diner owner. He also now owns the Hawaiian island Lanai where Bill Gates got married. This all culminates into labor practices that encourages poisoning their workers for a profit. Enjoy!

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This week we revisit our favorite billionaire named after a smell Elon Musk. A part deux revisiting the first episode we ever recorded. We give a recap of Elon Musk’s past and fill in the gaps since we last recorded February of 2018. We have the pleasure of being joined by James Adomian. He is consistently one of the best podcast guests, and he lives up to it on our show. Sit back, relax, enjoy some Grubstakers. Check out James Adomian new podcast The Underculture available on all podcast apps. Toodles https://foreverdogproductions.com/fdpn/podcasts/the-underculture/

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You asked, and we delivered we have Bill Gates in our hot seat. Learn all about what ruthless ways both as a teen and a adult Bill gates bent the arms of the system to his will escaping trouble time and time again to become the richest person on the planet. This 3 part series will be continued on our Patreon. Patreon episodes are released onThursdays. Enjoy! As a cousin of one of the hosts I don't know how much longer my employment will last. They say don't bite the hands that feeds, but this seems like biting off the utter of life. Holy cow what a bad move. I have said too much please forgive me Krishna!

This week we're talking about mega billionaire deadbeat Larry Ellison. Hear all about how the CIA put him in business, how his crappy database software became ubiquitous thanks to his government backing, how he almost destroyed his company with shady accounting practices, and why people are so mad at him on seekingarrangements.com. If this episode is buggy and of low quality don't worry we'll patch it later. It's what Larry would have wanted.

For this episode we interviewed Reed Hundt, former FCC chairman and author of the new book “A Crisis Wasted: Barack Obama’s Defining Decisions.” Hear about his role in the Obama transition and the things he wishes he had told the 44th president to do differently. He shares an insider’s perspective and his book brings a fly on the wall view to how many of Obama’s early decisions were made and how they ultimately contributed to the election of Donald Trump. After the interview we discuss the future of this podcast including our plans to launch a Patreon next month.

On this episode you’ll learn about how Scott Cook intuition on his company Intuit let taxes in American become a turbo tax of income Learn how complicating the tax system benefit the cook family to be accomplished equestrian family. Because owning animals to compete for societal status, is the true way of capitalism. My name is Rohan you all know how we are compensated but what you don’t know is the need for toilets all around the world. I hope one day when I use the bathroom it doesn’t hurt but I worry that day may never come. Subscribe rate and review and if you mention my name at McDonald in Kashmir you’ll get a beating!

Join our deep dive into the deep-dish Chicago Cubs owner John Joseph Ricketts. He’s a 77-year-old billionaire who founded TD Ameritrade, lives in Jackson Hole, Wyoming and recent email leak revealed his hateful views on Muslims, people of color and former president Barack Obama. This description was written by Ritu one of the hosts cousin living in Dhaka, Bangladesh. I needed to raise money after participating in the protest for safer road conditions in 2018 to save the over 20,000 people who are injured or killed by traffic accidents. Please allow the show to become successful so the Microsoft points earned by this bio goes to a good use. Thank you. My love will always shine on those that believe in a brighter tomorrow.

The old current events podcast we did before Grubstakers was called Democracy Later and we had Raghav Mehta as a guest on May 2, 2017. On this episode we discussed Barack Obama accepting $400,000 to give a speech to a healthcare conference sponsored by the financial company Cantor Fitzgerald, the book 'Shattered' which documented the inside of the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, and Raghav shared his stories about Andrew Breitbart and Karl Rove. In the wake of his tragic passing at the age of 31 we decided to re-upload his appearance. We're going to miss our friend dearly and we encourage you to seek out his writing, his stand up, and to go through the archives of his podcast "Pod Damn America" to hear more of his voice. The episode is lightly edited because we sucked at podcasting. Enjoy.

This week’s episode has several dark moments about the truths of Germany’s Nazi past. Sean McCarthy fulfills his lifelong dream of speaking passionately about an era in humanity that deserves the reality of it to be spread by the masses. The Reimann family owns Krispy Kreme, Keurig Dr Pepper, Pret A Manager, Coty Inc, Peet’s coffee, Panera Bread, and they are linked to some of the most jarring moments of human history. Enter if you dare tighten your seatbelt it’s time for Grubstakers.

The deep throated voice of Silicon Valley is on blast this week. You know her you love her Elizabeth Holmes. Listen as we discuss the finer points of Elizabeth’s upbringing, how she defrauded some of the horniest for blood rich people, and the movie starring Jennifer Lawrence and Aziz Ansari coming out soon. I write these introduction’s every week, and no one notices. I’m a cousin of one of the hosts living in Dhaka India. Our water has been polluted by corporate interest with no end in sight. I only take this job, because I am pain in Microsoft Bing points to support my family. Oh, and Alex Ptak @ptakjokes joins us this week in Sean’s absence. Check out his podcast which I personally like more @PodDamnAMerica don’t tell Yogi oh no I’ve typed to much.

This week Sheldon Adelson is in our hot seat! He is the richest casino owner with most of his money coming from a casino in Macau China, which he has claimed in court that casino is not connected to organize crime. At one point he robbed his own kids for their own protection, and lastly spends hundreds of millions on the GOP and newspapers to further how he thinks the world should be. Enjoy!

This week we cover the worlds youngest billionaire Kylie Jenner. Join us as we discuss how she built a make up empire off improper labor practices, stealing intellectual properties from artist and passing it off as her own and how the Kardashian-Jenner clan got to having 1.8 billion dollars collectively. Andy also provided a touching in memoriam segment for Ehud Arye Laniado the billionaire who died after penis enlargement surgery. Enjoy!

Here it is, the episode on Jack Ma, the man with the tiny face. He made a website or something and innovated China into a more disruptive form of communism. Seriously though, hard to write this description when I'm being distracted by that tiny little face.

This got pulled for a copyright music claim. We edited the music out and reupped. I can't remember what the description was last time but this episode is about the creator of Minecraft, Markus Perrson (Notch). He made a cool unfinished game then got a team to help him finish the game then fucked the team out of over a billion dollars when Microsoft bought the game after he hadn't worked on it in years. Anyway now he lives in a mansion and talks about IQ differences on twitter.

The conclusion of our 3 part look at Larry Page and Sergey Brin continues our discussion of surveillance capitalism and examines the extent to which they have captured the government and the political system. With Silicon Valley money so dominate in the Democratic party and Google so integral to the functioning of the federal government is there anything that can even be done to stop them? You can find the answers on bing.com

Part 2 of 3 in our dive in to Larry Page, Sergey Brin, and how they help create the eyes that never stop watching us. This episode is more focused on Google's shady business practices, how google and the US government have been trading employees like Pokemon cards and we still got a midi keyboard to do our drops! Pretty gross.

Part 1 of 3 in our dive in to Larry Page, Sergey Brin, and the weird world of early Google. Parts 2 and 3 are focused on Google's shady business practices, but this one focuses more on fucking. Turns out these weirdos fuck. Look at that picture of them. Pretty gross. Also, we got a midi keyboard to do our drops!

Fresh off his 66th birthday (the devils birthday) in the hot seat is Jeffrey Epstein. Join us as we have a round table discussion of his numerous misdeeds, the nefarious schemes played to amass his fortune, and the laundry list of celebrities involved in Epstein’s annual Chuck E' cheese parties. We are joined by Matt Christman of Chapo Traphouse Follow him on twitter @cushbomb as well as @grubstakerspod. Enjoy!

Our 50th episode is a real car bomb under a mafia prosecutor's vehicle. We're discussing the life and times of billionaire former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi. Hear all about how he launched a political career for the inspiring reason of keeping himself out of prison and how his only crime was party rocking too hard. Mafia money, corruption, a fascist revival, bunga bunga: it's all here on Grubstakers.

This week we cover the NFL outlaw Jerry Jones. We cover everything from his dad’s alcoholic behavior at the White Pig Inn, to how he allegedly almost got a loan from Jimmy Hoffa and how he rules the brightest star the Dallas Cowboys. All of this is enhanced by special guest Joel Walkowski. Follow him on twitter @theWALKOWSKI Follow us @Grubstakerspod Follow your heart.

This week we are back with a tale from across the pound the harbinger of corruption in India, the golden son of Reliance Industries Mukesh Ambani. Join us as we discuss the finer points of why someone who throws a 100 million dollar wedding, tears down an orphanage to build Antilia the worlds most expensive home for non orphans (no orphans allowed) and lastly how briefcases filled with cash greased the wheels until the Ambani's ended up on easy street. Enjoy!

Here's your promised New Year's bonus episode with not one but two Jho Low recordings as delivered to us from the aether. Take this one to the gym with you 'cause it's our hottest track to date.

This week we talk Stewart and Lynda Resnick, the billionaires who use more water than the city of LA. They want to squeeze every drop of water from the Californian public to keep a stranglehold on the bland nut market. They want to starve the people of Iran for the same reason. They also went to the supreme court to fight for the right to lie about how good pomegranates are for penises. Also, we recorded this in Andy's room for the first time so we did a live intro for the fuck of it. Happy Holidays!

On this episode we cover the capitalistic escapade of Michel Milken. How he cheated his way to billions why people defend him to this day, and we rag on this dudes face a lot. Join us on another episode asking the question is there such a thing as a good billionaire? Enjoy!

This week we cover the master of disaster Vince McMahon. We cover how this trailer park child of abuse goes on to create an empire of people who are in various stages of drug addiction, CTE issues, and sexual abuse. Sean and Steven are absent on our discussion of this megalomaniac, and fortunately we are joined by wrestling savant Benel Germonsen! Follow him @Benel_Germosen check out his podcast Talking Naruto. Enjoy!

This week's episode follows the foibles of adorably corrupt leech on the state Ananda Krishnan. Hear all about how he was able to fund the 1985 Live Aid concert by jumping in bed with kleptocratic regimes in Indonesia and the Philippines, how he became a billionaire through the hard work of getting a monopoly gambling license from Malaysia, and how his friendship with the current Prime Minister makes it unlikely he'll be charged for his role in the 1MDB fraud. CORRECTIONS: There is no evidence Ananda Krishnan was divorced. Also Tim Leissner/Goldman Sachs did the IPOs for Maxis, Ananda's cellular company, in 2002 and Astro, Ananda's satellite company, in 2003. In the episode we mix up the two companies when discussing Tim's role.

On this episode we talk Jho Low, the man who managed to steal billions from the Malaysian government's 1MDB sovereign wealth fund so he could party with Paris Hilton. We have nothing bad to say about him because frankly we're just in awe of this fella.

For this one we take a dive into the weird background of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art with retired security guard Veronika Cohen. We talk about the Met Gala, sleazy art investment, union busting, and Yogi yells about Ocean's 8 a bunch.

This week on Grubstakers we cover the real crocodile Dundee, the cutest koala and the man who remains down under Rupert Murdoch! He did some terrible things to control all the information old people retain. We're join by Aimee Terese of the Dead Pundit's Society podcast. Follow her on twitter @aimeeterese then follow us on twitter @Grubstakerspod

This week we cover the financial backers of the upcoming election. Sean sniffles his way through this episode as we place our bets for who will win the United States Senate Elections. Enjoy!

Here's part 2 of our Walton family episode. We discuss Wal-Mart's supply chain abuses, their secret post apocalyptic bunker, their labor abuses with truck drivers, the crime problem in Wal-Mart parking lots, and the crime problem whenever Alice Walton gets behind the wheel. Let us know if there's anything we missed and we'll cover it whenever we come back for part 3!

The Walton family is discussed in our 2 part special! We cover the union busting tactics employed by Walmart, how Sam Walton began this journey, and the people Wal-mart crushes along the way. Enjoy!

On this episode we cover the misadventures of the one the only Julio Ponce Lerou. We discuss how his father in law essentially paved the way to his billions, his time spent using his connections to continue his corrupt business practices and all of this while we are joined by hilarious NYC comedian Jake Flores. Follow him on twitter @feralJokes and listen to his podcast Pod Damn America. Enjoy!

This week we cover the many business pursuits of David Siegel. The subject of the documentary the Queen of Versaille David built his fortune from the reputable career path of selling time share properties. We discuss this and his family’s dirty laundry. Enjoy!

On this special episode we dive into Modern Monetary Theory, debunk some myths about inflation and currency, and look at the woke new Goldman Sachs CEO.

Join us as we discuss the many misdeeds of Henry Paulson. From his time at Goldman Sachs wrestling his boss to the time he let his pet raccoon roam free in his house listen to all the silly adventures of the Paulson saga. We also discuss how as CEO of Goldman Sachs he helped create the 2008 financial crisis through the selling of fraudulent mortgage backed securities and the purchasing of credit default swaps on them from AIG then operated the bailouts in a way to cover up his role in the crisis. Less silly.

On this episode we cover our favorite liberal billionaire with a palindrome last name. Listen to his multiple marriages, his holocaust avoidance, and what he does with his money. Enjoy!

This week we talk Richard Branson, the cool billionaire with a giant weird face. He did some stuff with music, space, and airplanes but what the fuck is up with his face?

This week we cover Erik Prince the mercenary from Holland Michigan. Listen as we risk our lives poking the bear who is linked to several people’s death. Sadly Yogi avoided saying, “Why’s it gotta be black?” during the entire episode. We are joined by the hilarious New York comedian Gabriel Pacheco. Enjoy!

On this episode we cover Jerry Seinfeld who’s net worth will be over a billion in the near future. We talk about Jerry’s humble origins, his entry into comedy, and all the controversy it took to profit on the show about nothing. All that and more right here on Grubstakers. Enjoy!

Carl Icahn is our Billionaire of the week. We discuss his self-serving dismantling of TWA airlines, his reputation as a corporate raider, and his brief period as special economic adviser on financial regulation for President Donald Trump. Joining us on this week on our icIahnic journey is hilarious New York comedian Jay Welch. All of this and more right here on Grubstakers!

Baba Ramdev is in the hot seat this episode. He's been linked to the BJP party in India, his Patanjali products have been bought around the world, but are they manufactured with no malicious intent? We answer these questions any many more right here on Grubstakers. Also some discussion of his partner billionaire Acharya Balkrishna

For this special episode Josh Kosman, author of The Buyout of America: How Private Equity Is Destroying Jobs and Killing the American Economy, joins us to offer an explanation of what private equity is and why so many of the billionaires we cover are involved in it. We also discuss the bankruptcy of Toys R Us, how much blame private equity deserves for the wipeout of 33,000 workers, and what we might expect to happen if private equity owned companies continue to go bankrupt. Buy Josh's book: https://www.amazon.com/Buyout-America-Destroying-American-Paperback/dp/B00ZY8KWV0

In part 2 of our 2 part look at the Carlyle Group we explore the lives of the founders a bit further, particularly the active media presence of David Rubenstein. Moving beyond the war profiteering operations that we discussed in the previous ep we look at some of the domestic projects the Carlyle Group has taken on such as HCR Manorcare, Philadelphia Energy Solutions, and the Washington DC branch of the Democratic Socialists of America. Listen to Part 1 first if you haven't yet.

This week we begin our 2 part series on The Carlyle Group. Whenever people are at war someone somewhere makes money, and from our research these 3 gentlemen stand to make a shiny penny covered in the blood of those slained for profit. Sean meant to say George Bailey instead of George Meany and he's sorry. All of this info and more right here on Grubstakers!

Our newest episode is about Marc Rich and Pincus Green, the billionaire co-founders of Glencore and fugitives from justice until happenstance allowed them to receive a final act in office pardon from President Bill Clinton. Though Marc Rich has sadly passed from this Earth his legacy and his fortune lives on through his daughters, both of whom are using the money he made perpetuating apartheid in South Africa to pursue art that makes the world a better place. If there are problems with the audio tweet at Andy, Yogi will be back next week.