Biz Nuggets
54 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsOne story. Brought to you by two ex-ESG analysts. Edited for humans. Get your business and investing news with less pretension, more snark, and the same amount of facts.
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Top Ten Lists Blasted Out at You in the Least Entertaining Way Possible? Check
September 14, 2020 13:56 - 10 minutes - 7.06 MBTop Ten Lists Blasted Out at You in the Least Entertaining Way Possible? Check
Facebook and Ubisoft: Your governance sucks
September 01, 2020 18:28 - 6 minutes - 4.46 MBFacebook and Ubisoft: Your governance sucks
The Good Game! Foxconn is sad, Amazon's defective, and Michigan's 40 mile stretch of death
August 21, 2020 19:00 - 12 minutes - 8.38 MBThe Good Game! Foxconn is sad, Amazon's defective, and Michigan's 40 mile stretch of death
Big Bag of Biz Nuggets! Pumpkin Spice wars, can't spell "Facebook sucks" without "Facebook", and THREE GREASY NICKELS
August 14, 2020 20:00 - 10 minutes - 7.23 MBBig Bag of Biz Nuggets! Pumpkin Spice wars, can't spell "Facebook sucks" without "Facebook", and THREE GREASY NICKELS
McDonald's board is a tragedy
August 13, 2020 01:50 - 9 minutes - 6.29 MBMcDonald's board is a tragedy
Eversource: Where Governance Meets Your Real Life (a fact-based rant)
August 07, 2020 18:51 - 8 minutes - 5.72 MBEversource: Where Governance Meets Your Real Life (a fact-based rant)
Robot dolphins, Papa Johns hires, and Google beats the pandemic from home
July 29, 2020 19:52 - 12 minutes - 8.77 MBRobot dolphins, Papa Johns hires, and Google beats the pandemic from home
Matt answers Professor Galloway's questions like a BOSS
July 28, 2020 22:27 - 10 minutes - 7.16 MBMatt answers Professor Galloway's questions like a BOSS
ESG scores diversity... which means... something...
July 27, 2020 15:08 - 9 minutes - 6.39 MBESG scores diversity... which means... something...
Facebook gets diverse... and vague...
July 22, 2020 19:01 - 9 minutes - 6.19 MBFacebook gets diverse... and vague...
FB Free Tuesday: The Corporate China Syndrome, Uncle Jeff Bezos's Prime Payday, Red Bull is racist
July 21, 2020 19:23 - 12 minutes - 8.61 MBFB Free Tuesday: The Corporate China Syndrome, Uncle Jeff Bezos's Prime Payday, Red Bull is racist
Terrestrial Radio Monday: The data control war, China, Tiktok, COVID, virtue signalling, and CEO racists
July 20, 2020 16:03 - 6 minutes - 4.4 MBTerrestrial Radio Monday: The data control war, China, Tiktok, COVID, virtue signalling, and CEO racists
The Good Game! ESG is taking off! ESG needs better labels! The Green New Deal! Climate resistant apples!
July 15, 2020 19:02 - 11 minutes - 7.78 MBThe Good Game! ESG is taking off! ESG needs better labels! The Green New Deal! Climate resistant apples!
Is Robinhood killing investing?
July 14, 2020 20:07 - 5 minutes - 4.01 MBIs Robinhood killing investing?
Is China basically a fun hypocritical misunderstanding with massive global consequences? Yes!
July 13, 2020 17:30 - 10 minutes - 6.99 MBIs China basically a fun hypocritical misunderstanding with massive global consequences? Yes!
Sad sack Facebook headlines of the week! Plus, big data is a big mess...
July 10, 2020 19:50 - 7 minutes - 5.24 MBSad sack Facebook headlines of the week! Plus, big data is a big mess...
Facebook's unintentional "white politicians' lives matter" polices
July 08, 2020 15:53 - 5 minutes - 4.06 MBFacebook's unintentional "white politicians' lives matter"
The TikTokalypse is upon us!!
July 07, 2020 19:55 - 8 minutes - 6.06 MBThe TikTokalypse is upon us!! Good thing we have the next best autocrat waiting - Snap!
Racist sports teams, racist sports media - all for the win!
July 06, 2020 15:02 - 11 minutes - 7.64 MBRacist sports teams, racist sports media - all for the win!
The Good Game! Big Meat carbon taxes? The Dow posts quarter record?
July 01, 2020 19:18 - 8 minutes - 5.72 MBThe Good Game! Big Meat carbon taxes? The Dow posts quarter record?
The social media problem: it makes Parks and Rec real
July 01, 2020 01:43 - 6 minutes - 4.59 MBThe social media problem: it makes Parks and Rec real
The Good Game! Headlines: ranked.
June 24, 2020 18:59 - 7 minutes - 5.16 MBThe Good Game! Headlines: ranked.
"ESG food" is a Starbucks plant-based sausage, plus the "defund travel" moment
June 23, 2020 18:20 - 9 minutes - 6.43 MB"ESG food" is a Starbucks plant-based sausage, plus the "defund travel" moment
Amazon and Microsoft's facial recognition confusion! Albertson's IPOs!
June 22, 2020 15:53 - 7 minutes - 5.12 MBAmazon and Microsoft's facial recognition confusion! Albertson's IPOs!
Big Bag of Biz Nuggets! Wars! Big Data! Dystopia! It's all here!
June 18, 2020 20:02 - 9 minutes - 6.66 MBBig Bag of Biz Nuggets! Wars! Big Data! Dystopia! It's all here!
The Good Game! Good news or bad: Facebook integrity, Siri's police recording, tech and child abuse!
June 17, 2020 19:44 - 6 minutes - 4.29 MBThe Good Game! Good news or bad: Facebook integrity, Siri's police recording, tech and child abuse!
The Supreme Court makes LGBTQ discrimination illegal, and the CEOs weigh in!
June 16, 2020 23:06 - 7 minutes - 4.91 MBThe Supreme Court makes LGBTQ discrimination illegal, and the CEOs weigh in!
Snap's Evan Spiegel thinks releasing diversity data gives the wrong impression and other diversity corporate performance art!
June 15, 2020 17:30 - 10 minutes - 7.2 MBSnap's Evan Spiegel thinks releasing diversity data gives the wrong impression and other diversity corporate performance art!
Headline roundup: Facebook, Fox News, CEO haircuts, and white guys get away with stuff!
June 12, 2020 13:50 - 6 minutes - 4.26 MBHeadline roundup: Facebook, Fox News, CEO haircuts, and white guys get away with stuff!
Dick's Sporting Goods' options cheat! Plus, a new indicator: the Brownwash!
June 10, 2020 18:57 - 12 minutes - 8.8 MBDick's Sporting Goods' CEO Ed Stack sacrificed his salary for the good of coronavirus... only to get 6X the options award at the bottom of the market! Sacrifice is hard!! Also, we invent a new indicator: ever wonder what the percentage of people of color in the workforce is compared to pictures of people of color in corporate reports??
Coronavirus is baaaaaaaack! Or is it?
June 09, 2020 19:46 - 9 minutes - 6.45 MBCoronavirus is still happening, and corporates are reopening! Does the globe reset its priorities or go back to status quo big box consumerism?
The data or corporate America and race... is not so good
June 08, 2020 16:50 - 6 minutes - 4.6 MBThe data or corporate America and race... is not so good
The corporate hypocrisy on racial injustice isn't just real, it's on the nominating committee!
June 03, 2020 19:15 - 11 minutes - 8.18 MBCitigroup, Google, Amazon, and Softbank headline the racial injustice hypocrites of the moment! You want to test for real progress? Check your board's white nominating committee!
Facebook employees virtually walk out, but this is the cost of fake public autocracy!
June 02, 2020 19:22 - 8 minutes - 6.15 MBFacebook employees virtually walk out, but this is the cost of fake public autocracy!
George Floyd's murder and protests have the business news confused and shiny with rhetoric!
June 01, 2020 17:27 - 12 minutes - 8.84 MBThe corporate response of hope-y change-y we-should-all-come-together-ness in the wake of the George Floyd murder and protests was not only obvious, it's a wonder oil slick of rhetoric! How BlackRock - who routinely votes "no" on diversity proxies, and Nike, who routinely votes "yes" to slick ads without hiring, you know, black people themselves, have a lot in common.
Week of Nugs! Facebook has no meetings Wednesdays because it cares!
May 28, 2020 18:46 - 7 minutes - 5.31 MBWeek of Nugs! Facebook has no meetings Wednesdays because it cares!
Twitter's Jack Dorsey might be the only adult in the social media room?
May 27, 2020 18:08 - 6 minutes - 4.6 MBTrump threatens... on Twitter... to shut down... Twitter? Turns out Jack Dorsey may be the only adult in the social media room, which is too bad since Professor Galloway and Elliot Management seem to hate Africa so much that Dorsey may not last long...
Twitter apologizes for... President Trump? What's a policy when you can ignore it!
May 26, 2020 19:18 - 6 minutes - 4.3 MBTwitter apologizes for... President Trump? Well, it's certainly easier than taking him off the platform...
At least Facebook solved one thing: we know how racist our executives are (and where they can apologize)!
May 21, 2020 19:04 - 7 minutes - 5.34 MBJ&J agrees not to give cancer to babies anymore! EasyJet gives away your data! Transcard is sorry you SAW its executive be racist! Unbroken Designs CEO is sorry her white privilege made HER racist! Apologies (and racism) abound on social media!
Moderna's deepfake vaccine! Nestle's deepfake fake meat! And Doordash's deepfake... sales?
May 20, 2020 19:19 - 10 minutes - 7.37 MBThe market got deepfaked by Moderna's vaccine announcements! Nestle buys into the pandemic non-meat pivot! Doordash deepfakes its own sales!
Old School vs. New School: Working from home
May 19, 2020 18:15 - 8 minutes - 5.69 MBTwitter and Square opened the floodgates - work from home forever if you want! Microsoft says... it's maybe not a great idea? Especially if you're an ibanker?
Buffett says YES to diversity... somewhere else! BlackRock says YES to climate... just not in voting!
May 18, 2020 19:24 - 9 minutes - 6.84 MBBuffett says YES to diversity... somewhere else! BlackRock says YES to climate... just not in voting!
Big Data doesn't like government?? Oh, wait, they do? No, they don't...
May 14, 2020 19:18 - 9 minutes - 6.34 MBStories from the Big Bag of Biz Nuggets: big data has a government allergy, but it also tastes so good! Google lost some laptops, Facebook lost some governance, Amazon is Amazon...
Facebook says: we suck at stuff! Like content moderation, oversight, and humans!
May 13, 2020 19:22 - 10 minutes - 7.18 MBFacebook admits its moderators are expensive humans with PTSD, that it can't police its content, and that its "Supreme Court" is probably going to be meaningless... dual class rules!
COVID cloud cover is real! Quibi, Frontier, and... chicken?
May 12, 2020 18:58 - 7 minutes - 5.15 MBKatzenberg blames all - and we mean ALL - of Quibi's problems on coronavirus (not a stupid business model). But while we're at it, chicken finds a niche in the virus, Frontier wants to trust you (we suggest for $89 they can waive trust), and Trump himself feels like that stupid virus is undermining his message to ignore the virus...
Elon Musk threatens to leave CA, but where is his board of directors?
May 11, 2020 18:46 - 9 minutes - 6.82 MBA case study in why governance matters, COVID-19 policy style, through the eyes of Elon Musk and Tesla's reopening drama.