Eat The Rich
271 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★ - 520 ratingsEat The Rich is a show about our political economy, late stage capitalism, and the millionaires, billionaires, and multinational corporations hell bent on staving off its death rattle.
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Theme song by Gavin Castleton.
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Ep 062 - Texaco with Kristiane
February 03, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 87 MBThis week we found out that Exxon/Chevron, in the midst of the pandemic last year, tried to pull off one of the largest corporate mergers in history. But did you know that one of them just LOVES 20th century fascism? @notkristiane joins us to discuss Texaco, their fascist bankrolling, and Nazi past.
Patreon Ep 044 - Boyfriend Cliff Teaser
February 01, 2021 17:50 - 14 minutes - 17 MBThis week, we discuss the politics of video games, the GameStop saga, future prospects of alternative energy, and the excellent work Governor Cuomo is doing to populate New York's cemeteries. patreon.com/eattherich
Ep 061 - Randy Best with Steven Monacelli
January 27, 2021 15:59 - 1 hour - 94.8 MBWhat if instead of investing in the intellectual development of our kids we demand continuous improvement from under-paid teachers, six-sigma-tize the curriculum, and disrupt, rethink, and profit-maximize our educational institutions? This week, Steven Monacelli (@stevanzetti) of Protean Magazine joins us to talk about serial "entrepreneur" and Texas-sized grifter, Randy Best.
Patreon Ep 043 - Smash 'Em If You See 'Em Teaser
January 24, 2021 15:27 - 11 minutes - 13.2 MBThis week, we discuss the Biden presidency, tone-deaf corporate public relation campaigns, sex robots, and technological frustrations (unrelated). patreon.com/eattherich
Ep 060 - Facebook
January 20, 2021 20:31 - 1 hour - 113 MBAfter this month's insurrection at the Capitol, we now know that Donald Trump was solely and only responsible for radicalizing tens of thousands. JUST KIDDING there's a whole tech conglomerate for that! This week we discuss Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, and the reason you can't talk to your uncle anymore.
Patreon Ep 042 - The Slap Chop Putsch Teaser
January 17, 2021 16:01 - 12 minutes - 14.6 MBThis week, we discuss Trump's new minister of war, the MyPillow Guy, the crumbling of America's infrastructure, how Capitalism has robbed of our ability to enjoy, and an unconventional Capitalist videogame. patreon.com/eattherich
EP 059 - Ray Dalio with Alexandra Scaggs
January 13, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 106 MBThis week, we're joined by financial journalist Alexandra Scaggs (@alexandrascaggs) to discuss billionaire and "philanthropist" Ray Dalio. We investigate his mega-yacht based ocean awareness campaign, his company's abusive corporate culture, and read a few excerpts from his garbled screed on business principles.
Patreon Ep 041 - The Statin Rebellion Teaser
January 10, 2021 23:14 - 13 minutes - 15.2 MBThis week, we discuss the stunning insurrection at the Capitol building, the complexity of the actors at hand, Olive Garden, ruminate on future outcomes, and quote a little Shakespeare. patreon.com/eattherich
Patreon Ep 040 - "I Didn't Even Know It Was About Beans" Teaser
January 05, 2021 21:09 - 8 minutes - 9.2 MBThis week, we discuss the ticking over of a new year, the crumblings of our decrepit empire, discuss the incoming administration, and of course lament over Trump's most recent perfect phonecall. patreon.com/eattherich
Patreon Ep 039 - New World Order: The End Has Come with Cari Hernandez Teaser
December 28, 2020 20:39 - 3 minutes - 3.58 MBThis week, Chris and Shane are joined by Cari Hernandez (@eatinginmycar) to discuss the post-rapture apocalyptic Christian thriller New World Order: The End Has Come (2013). Will you take the mark of the beast? Or will you face execution? Turns out it doesn't really matter.
Ep 058 - 2020 Holiday Special
December 23, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 108 MBIn an effort to cheer ourselves up after living in a failing state this year, we host a holiday party and have a few of our chums stop by for some egg nog, a sit by the fire, and share some wretched memories and current events.
Patreon Ep 038 - Shano's Trivios Teaser
December 22, 2020 14:59 - 8 minutes - 9.76 MBThis week, Shane DESTROYS Chris and Dwight with facts and logic with your holiday special trivia episode. patreon.com/eattherich
Ep 057 - Biden's Cabinet Picks with Edward Ongweso Jr.
December 15, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 109 MBThese people have selflessly dedicated their lives and careers to their passion of public service. Sorry, you mean Biden's cabinet? Oh no they're just all from the same hedge fund. This week, Edward Ongweso Jr. (@bigblackjacobin) joins us to go through Biden's cabinet picks and their various maladies.
Patreon Ep 037 - Crocodile Camp Teaser
December 12, 2020 17:00 - 9 minutes - 10.7 MBThis week, we discuss Dwight's field trip to the nexus of reactionary New York, Shane gives a dramatic soliloquy, we get dark, like real dark, and Shane plays us out. patreon.com/eattherich
Ep 056 - Glencore
December 09, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 92.1 MBDid you know that many of the raw materials that go into nearly all of the items that surround you are passed through companies that routinely violate UN Sanctions and use child slavery? Fingers crossed they can rely on a Clinton to pardon them! This week we discuss Glencore, it's history, it's present, and it's climate denying future.
Patreon Ep 036 - Activist Mommy and Me Teaser
December 06, 2020 19:18 - 11 minutes - 13.2 MBThis week, we discuss the legacy of conservative nootropic hawkers, our obsession with local cranks, and dangerous micro-celebrities in the right wing media ecosystem. patreon.com/eattherich
Ep 055 - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
December 03, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 93.3 MB9/11, 2008 Financial Crisis, COVID, all are easily radicalizing moments in our lifetimes, but have you considered the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade? This week, we discuss the history of Macy's, their 94 year old parade, and it's surprising history.
Patreon Ep 035 - McKinsey Can Burn In Hell Too While We're At It Teaser
December 02, 2020 00:59 - 7 minutes - 8.31 MBThis week, in a follow-up to our episode on the Sacklers, we discuss the disgusting information about McKinsey's role in facilitating the opioid crisis. We also talk about weird historical deaths for some reason. patreon.com/eattherich
Ep 054 - Thanksgiving Special 2020
November 25, 2020 21:50 - 1 hour - 94.2 MBWhat better way to honor the haggard tradition of celebrating the whitewashed history of colonial America than lamenting over the brutal true history of colonial America! This week, we continue our Thanksgiving tradition of discussing the crushing stories of America's origins. Special thanks to Chris James (@theCJS) for the Gorka clip.
Patreon Ep 034 - The Echolalia Is Real Teaser
November 22, 2020 15:57 - 9 minutes - 10.4 MBThis week, we discuss the U.S. Government response to COVID, breakfast cereals of eras past, internet microcultures, and conspiracy theories. patreon.com/eattherich
Ep 053 - The Lincoln Project
November 17, 2020 21:52 - 1 hour - 107 MBIf you were worried about Donald Trump being a unique threat to American democracy, you probably should not have spent decades of your life paving his road to power. This week we discuss the Lincoln Project, a few of it's founders, and it's not-so-public core mission.
Patreon Ep 033 - Defund My Butt (I Won't Defund My Butt) Teaser
November 14, 2020 23:21 - 2 minutes - 2.91 MBThis week, we discuss the incoming Biden transition team, share a few personal anecdotes, find out how QAnon is coping, and discuss the exceptionally unequal ways COVID is hitting neighborhoods within cities. patreon.com/eattherich
Ep 052 - Blackstone
November 09, 2020 17:46 - 1 hour - 87.9 MBYou think you can just say the word "sustainability" until you will it into existence? Well, turns out it doesn't work that way for a company trying to destroy Earth while owning your DNA. This week we discuss The Blackstone Group: its fortunes, its follies, and its fortunate sons.
EP 051 - The McCloskeys
November 02, 2020 18:25 - 1 hour - 107 MBIt's important for children to be socialized, learn to play/work together, and have adult supervision to work out disagreements. Or you could forgo all that and grow up to relate to neighbors and family through petty legal action or mortal threat. This week, we discuss Brooks Brothers Bonnie and Clyde aka the McCloskeys and the larger implications on the election.
UNLOCKED: Dwight's Bites - You Win Some, You Lose Some
October 30, 2020 18:16 - 52 minutes - 60.3 MBThis week, Dwight discusses how to properly handle housing court, the effective tax rate on low wage earners, IRS's reticence to do it's job, the final frontier of the Arctic, and the heartbreaking reality of COVID's victims. patreon.com/eattherich
Patreon Ep 030 - A Message to You Rudy Teaser
October 24, 2020 16:00 - 2 minutes - 3.26 MBIn a weirdly prescient episode, before the news came out, we call Rudy Giuliani, discuss QAnon, and share some provincial stories from da greatest city in da woild. patreon.com/eattherich
Ep 50 - 50th Episode Trivia Show
October 22, 2020 17:37 - 1 hour - 78.4 MBIt's a milestone! Get a pen, paper, your gumption and know-how and join us for a trivia episode of Eat The Rich in celebration of our 50th episode!
Ep 050 - 50th Episode Trivia Show
October 22, 2020 17:37 - 1 hour - 78.4 MBIt's a milestone! Get a pen, paper, your gumption and know-how and join us for a trivia episode of Eat The Rich in celebration of our 50th episode!
Dwight's Bites - Eyes On The Prize Teaser
October 06, 2020 14:19 - 5 minutes - 6.51 MBThis week, Dwight discusses the case dropped against Robert Kraft, the increasing rate of Amazon worker injuries, and how nursing homes are dishonorably discharging unprofitable residents. patreon.com/eattherich
Ep 049 - Right Wing Update with Jared Holt
October 01, 2020 22:47 - 1 hour - 92.7 MBThe good news is we talk about Proud Boys in this episode. The bad news is we recorded it before the debate and wish it weren't so relevant. This week we talk with Jared Holt (@jaredlholt) about the Proud Boys, white supremacist infiltration of law enforcement, and the election.
Patreon Ep 028 - Howling into the Void with Lloyd Howell Teaser
September 22, 2020 19:57 - 4 minutes - 5.59 MBThis week, Lloyd Howell (@voidhowler) from Feeling Well Pod (@FeelingWellPod) joins us to discuss the SCOTUS, pest management, and factory farms. patreon.com/eattherich
UNLOCKED Patreon Ep 026 - Get Me Chris Smith with Babs
September 15, 2020 15:51 - 1 hour - 99.2 MBWelp. It finally happened. This week, we tell the story, in excruciating detail, of Chris and Babs (@fanny_omaha) literally meeting Roger Stone. Yes it's weird. Yes you will be filled with dread. patreon.com/eattherich
Patreon Ep 027 - Buck Fush with Mike Teaser
September 14, 2020 21:25 - 1 minute - 1.9 MBOn this week's Patreon episode, we are joined by Mike (@aniceburrito) to discuss the Bush years, the Democratic response to troop worship, and to remember 9/11. patreon.com/eattherich
Dwight's Bites - Bowling Lane Bumpers Teaser
September 10, 2020 20:03 - 6 minutes - 7.89 MBThis week, Dwight discusses Amazon's union busting psyop division, young people's mental health during COVID, intensely racist NYPD merit badges, and Facebook's willfully ignorant attempt to "safeguard democracy." patreon.com/eattherich
Ep 048 - Jerry Falwell Jr. with L Ron Mexico
September 04, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 88.7 MB"You can't fire me I quit! Actually I don't quit. Actually I do quit the only religious university with a million dollar contract selling jet fuel to the DoD!" This week, L Ron Mexico (@LRonMexico) returns to discuss Liberty University and the curious case of Jerry Falwell Jr.
Patreon Ep 026 - Get Me Chris Smith with Babs Teaser
September 03, 2020 19:53 - 5 minutes - 6.02 MBWelp. It finally happened. This week, we tell the story, in excruciating detail, of Chris and Babs (@fanny_omaha) literally meeting Roger Stone. Yes it's weird. Yes you will be filled with dread. patreon.com/eattherich
Iowa Derecho with Natalie and Justin of Rock Hard Caucus
August 31, 2020 23:00 - 48 minutes - 55.2 MBAugust 10th there was massive devastation from a storm with the equivalent of a category 2 hurricane that blew across Iowa. Doesn't sound familiar? That's because the corporate media isn't covering it. Don't worry, they mobilized the National Guard. Wait that was to draw arms against BLM protests? Nvm. Natalie (@hot4trotsky) and Justin (@justinkcomer)from Rock Hard Caucus (@rockhardcaucus) join us to discuss what happened then and now. Links: https://www.facebook.com/iowastormhelp https://...
Ep 047 - Richard Kinder with Adam Boffa
August 27, 2020 18:49 - 1 hour - 99.1 MBIsn't it hilarious how one of the richest Americans and former president of Enron can be described as a "boring guy?" This week, Adam Boffa (@ambinate) returns to the show to discuss billionaire energy baron Richard Kinder and his ills. Check out Adam's podcast Acclimated here: https://soundcloud.com/acclimatedpod
Dwight's Bites - Against The Tide Teaser
August 26, 2020 16:20 - 2 minutes - 2.36 MBThis week, Dwight discusses Facebook's latest industrial disaster, the corporate media's malpractice in covering Iowa's devastating derecho, and a heartbreaking example of America's extremely racist healthcare system.
Patreon Ep 025 - Party Animal Planet with Cari Hernandez Teaser
August 20, 2020 20:21 - 3 minutes - 4.42 MBIn a break from crushing politico-economic analysis, this week we talk about some comings and goings on Twitter, Cari and Dwight ruminate on reality television, and Shane tells us about working in the doldrums of late-night video production. patreon.com/eattherich
Ep 046 - Sumner Redstone with Cari Hernandez
August 19, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 67.5 MBThe 70's and 80's were a time for drugs, excess, corporate takeovers, and making millions by syndicating I Love Lucy? This week we discuss the recently departed Sumner Redstone, his company Viacom, and his generally weird vibe.
Ep 045 - CVS Health
August 13, 2020 16:30 - 1 hour - 88 MBAhhh middlemen, where would we be without them? After all, why should you and your family have access to prescribed medication without potentially paying 700x the price to use them? This week we discuss CVS Health, their immoral use of spread pricing and their insidiously connected board of directors.
Dwight's Bights - Pull Up The Drawbridge! Teaser
August 12, 2020 14:42 - 5 minutes - 5.85 MBIn this week's episode, Dwight discusses Elon Musk's dishonest success with Tesla, the way companies are using COVID to extract more from us, and how oil and gas companies are using bankruptcy to pay millions to executives. Patreon.com/eattherich
Shano’s Brainos - The Bomb
August 06, 2020 16:09 - 1 hour - 117 MBIn the second edition of Shano’s Brainos (yes we’re sticking with that), Shane discusses the 75th Anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, the nuclear arms race, and the threat that these weapons continue to pose to mankind. Ultimately he asks the question, is this technology compatible with an equitable and just society? Well, no. But at least we will all be together when we go.
Patreon Ep 024 - Don't Pay Your Debts Teaser
August 05, 2020 21:48 - 4 minutes - 5.09 MBThis week, we discuss the Interstate Highway System, anti-homeless architecture, the defunding of the USPS, and some startling similarities to pre-revolution France. patreon.com/eattherich
UNLOCKED Patreon Ep 023 - Boone's Farm Remembers
August 02, 2020 19:32 - 55 minutes - 64 MBThis week, over a few drinks, we discuss political ideology, Biden's unbelievably racist assertion, and the unsettling saber rattling with China.
Patreon Ep 023 - Boone's Farm Remembers Teaser
July 28, 2020 15:23 - 4 minutes - 5.06 MBThis week, over a few drinks, we discuss political ideology, Biden's unbelievably racist assertion, and the unsettling sabre rattling with China. Patreon.com/eattherich
EP 045 - Pfizer
July 25, 2020 17:47 - 1 hour - 79.1 MBDo you think that bilking the American people out of billions of dollars of old corporate taxes would stop a company from accepting billions more to produce a vaccine and unprecedented pandemic? Hell no this is America. This week we discussed the Pfizer corporation. Their history, their corruption, and the way in which you are personally affected by their avarice. We also remember the life and legacy of Michael Brooks.
EP 044 - Pfizer
July 25, 2020 17:47 - 1 hour - 79.1 MBDo you think that bilking the American people out of billions of dollars of old corporate taxes would stop a company from accepting billions more to produce a vaccine and unprecedented pandemic? Hell no this is America. This week we discussed the Pfizer corporation. Their history, their corruption, and the way in which you are personally affected by their avarice. We also remember the life and legacy of Michael Brooks.
Patreon Ep 022 - Entry Denied Teaser
July 20, 2020 22:36 - 6 minutes - 7.55 MBThis week, Dwight discusses Elon Musk's annexation of a South Texas town, the end of the imperial passport, and Congress' inaction to create aid for unemployed Americans during the pandemic. patreon.com/eattherich