Grubstakers
247 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★ - 410 ratingsA podcast providing biography and commentary on the lives and misdeeds of billionaires. New episodes every other week on Soundcloud and every week on Patreon.
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Patreon Teaser Episode 192: Diane Hendricks charity donations support anti-unions and other things.
September 21, 2020 15:20 - 7 minutes - 6.49 MBFull Episode on our Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/posts/41858862 Sources for our episode at Grubstakers.net.
Patreon Teaser Episode 191: The fallacy of clean renewable energy within capitalism
September 12, 2020 04:58 - 12 minutes - 11.7 MBFull episode here! https://www.patreon.com/posts/41517131
Episode 190: Eurodollar, SOFR & the Origins of the Libor Scandal
September 11, 2020 20:19 - 1 hour - 49.5 MBJoin us as we get into the weeds of Eurodollars, the Libor rigging scandal during the 2008-9 financial crisis, and the Libor replacement known as SOFR (the "secured overnight financing rate"). SOFR is supposed to be safe against manipulation that happened to Libor; but is it? We'll look at the mechanics of how Wall Street and London City bankers could still ruin wholesale credit for everyone, again, on Grubstakers CIA Paper on Soviet banks in the west in 1969: https://www.cia.gov/library/rea...
Patreon Teaser Episode 189: Bill Clinton and the Singh brothers piledriving AIDS
September 04, 2020 08:46 - 8 minutes - 7.62 MBFull episode here! https://www.patreon.com/posts/41228478
Episode 188: Offshore Money
August 27, 2020 05:20 - 1 hour - 69.4 MBA short overview of the system of offshore money that allows the rich and powerful to skirt laws and pick and choose the jurisdictions that apply to them. Learn how to set up a shell corporation, hide your assets, and buy a passport as well as a few facts about a notable Hollywood actor. The main source for this episode was the book "Moneyland" by Oliver Bolloughs: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39979237-moneyland The paper Steve mentions is here: https://publications.iass-potsdam.de/r...
Episode 184 Unlocked: Dark Towers - Deutsche Bank feat. David Enrich
August 20, 2020 00:06 - 45 minutes - 32.8 MBWe were thrilled to interview David Enrich, the Business Investigations Editor at the New York Times and the author of 'Dark Towers Deutsche Bank, Donald Trump, and an Epic Trail of Destruction'. On this episode we discuss the odd deaths plaguing the banking industry, he explains mirror trading and how it relates to money laundering, and he answers our questions on what may happen to Deutsche Bank moving forward. His book is an insightful read on the inner mischief of one of the most shady me...
Episode 185: Deustche Bank {part 2}
August 13, 2020 00:55 - 1 hour - 51.8 MBThis week we return to our multi part profile of the infamous Deustche Bank. This episode looks at the 50 years after world war 2 and the beginning of this century. We continue to discuss the Nazi gold they stole from the teeth of people to fund the will of the Nazi’s, to the multiple connections to the CIA over the years and lastly the acquisition of Bankers Trust that would add to the hooligans of corruption empowered by the bank that funded the construction of Auschwitz. Also, at one point...
Episode 183: Deutsche Bank (Part 1)
August 05, 2020 19:16 - 54 minutes - 42.9 MBIn the first of our multi-part series on financial behemoth Deutsche Bank, we discuss the background of the bank that funded the Nazis, Jeffrey Epstein, and America's big beautiful president, solvency be damned. We'll continue to explore the massive house of cards that is Deutsche bank later in the week over at https://www.patreon.com/grubstakers
Episode 181: Phil Ruffin
July 30, 2020 06:52 - 1 hour - 64.2 MBCheck out the Texas boy that made money from casinos. a possible Lolita express connection and a grandson who shot up the school. Donald Trump would be his best man at Phil’s third wedding. He really enjoys furloughing staff and seems very drunk during his RNC speech. This one a doozy go grab Gary Busey tune in to Grubstakers!
Episode 179: Bernard Arnault (Part 1)
July 24, 2020 17:56 - 1 hour - 51.1 MBThis week we tackle the richest man in Europe, and briefly this year, the richest man in the world, luxury megabillionaire Bernard Arnault. We investigate his privileged upbringing, the sketchy background of the company he built his wealth on, and speculate on his relationship with Alligator mississippiensis. Part 2 will be available later this week on https://www.patreon.com/grubstakers. Rest in power Michael Brooks.
Episode 177: The Fanjul Brothers (Florida Crystals/Domino Sugar)
July 16, 2020 03:06 - 1 hour - 61.3 MBFor our triumphant return from summer vacation we profile the Fanjul brothers, two Florida billionaires who had to flee their native Cuba when Fidel Castro came to power. This may have had something to do with the fact that they trace their wealth to slave run sugar plantations and their former mansion is now a museum to the cruelty of the sugar industry in Cuba. Since arriving in the US they've been showered with plentiful subsidies and price supports and they've found even found new workers...
Episode 173: Rick Caruso and the 2028 LA Olympics feat. Molly Lambert & Jonny Coleman
June 24, 2020 03:09 - 1 hour - 101 MBThis week we're joined by Molly Lambert and Jonny Coleman of NOlympics LA to discuss California real estate billionaire Rick Caruso and the upcoming 2028 LA Olympics. We review the shady history of the games, the role of Epstein connected LA power broker Casey Wasserman in bringing them to the city, and the devastating impact of the 1984 Olympics on LA. The 2028 games will continue their proud tradition of allowing a small number of super wealthy people to put their hands in the public's pock...
Episode 173: Rick Caruso and The 2028 LA Olympics feat. Molly Lambert & Jonny Coleman
June 24, 2020 03:09 - 1 hour - 101 MBThis week we're joined by Molly Lambert and Jonny Coleman of NOlympics LA to discuss California real estate billionaire Rick Caruso and the upcoming 2028 LA Olympics. We review the shady history of the games, the role of Epstein connected LA power broker Casey Wasserman, as well as the devastating impact of the 1984 Olympics on LA. The 2028 games will continue their proud tradition of allowing a small number of super wealthy people to put their hands in the public's pockets and screw over low...
Episode 171: Giovanni "Gianni" Agnelli, L'Avvocato ("The Lawyer")
June 16, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 52.7 MBOn this episode we cover the Italian stallion the lawyer with no law practice under his belt Gianni Agnelli. We cover how he was born with wealth from his grandfather, which included a 20 year long bender enjoying the exciting life of international playboy. This episode features such known guest stars as Winston Churchill, Mussolini, Gaddafi and Henry Kissinger they are all apart the Italian conspiracy to keep Italy “Italian.” Find out how the newest generation of Agnelli’s are continuing the...
Episode 169: Penny Pritzker
June 08, 2020 23:45 - 1 hour - 68.9 MBThis week we continue our look at the Pritzker family empire and today we have chosen Penny Pritzker and her many crimes against humanity to focus on. We discover how Hyatt Hotels has abused their staff, the Jeffrey Epstein connection the family and their connection to BCCI. We covered another J.B Pritzker on our Patreon last week, and found more dirt about that family, which we share here. If at anytime you felt corruption was not connected this episode should open your eyes to how heirs are...
Episode 167: Ma Huateng
June 02, 2020 20:09 - 1 hour - 69.7 MBBoy Howdy it's Episode 167 of Grubstakers where we profile Chinese billionaire Ma Huateng, creator of Tencent, the largest social media and game company you've never heard of. A de facto arm of the state surveillance apparatus, Tencent has their fingers in everything from the Chinese social credit system to Fortnite. We discuss the protests at the top, so if you want to skip ahead turn your dials to 0:17:40.
Episode 167 - Ma Huateng
June 02, 2020 20:09 - 1 hour - 69.7 MBBoy Howdy it's Episode 167 of Grubstakers where we profile Chinese billionaire Ma Huateng, creator of Tencent, the largest social media and game company you've never heard of. A de facto arm of the state surveillance apparatus, Tencent has their fingers in everything from the Chinese social credit system to Fortnite. We discuss the protests at the top, so if you want to skip ahead turn your dials to 0:17:40.
Episode 166 teaser: Jules Kroll
May 29, 2020 06:40 - 4 minutes - 3.96 MBNew episode on Nick Kroll’s father Jules Kroll. Full episode at https://www.patreon.com/posts/episode-166-37650803
Episode 165: Harold Hamm
May 27, 2020 02:28 - 1 hour - 44 MBEpisode 165 is out. The subject is Harold Hamm; the Okie billionaire who made his fortune innovating horizontal drilling, causing earthquakes, and who is the right-hand man to Trump for his energy independence policy-making. He’ll “drink your milkshake”, because he has type-2 diabetes. Watch out!
Episode 164 Teaser: Sandy Weil and Citi Bank (part 3)
May 14, 2020 03:27 - 4 minutes - 4.08 MBFinal part of our 3 part series on Citi Bank on Patreon now! Full episode here :https://www.patreon.com/posts/37090443
Episode 163: Bernie Marcus (Home Depot)
May 14, 2020 01:55 - 1 hour - 62.3 MBThis week we talk about DIY asshole Bernie Marcus, the man who says he built his $6.6 billion Home Depot fortune from scratch. We discuss the weird lies behind his origin story, his abuse of his workers, his illegal union busting, and the fact that he's profited off of keeping Home Depot stores open during the covid-19 pandemic. Home Depot refuses to say how many of their employees they have murdered through the decision to stay open but we know that there has been at least one. Rest in peace...
Episode 161 Unlocked: Sandy Weill and Citigroup (Part 2)
May 05, 2020 20:32 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBPart 2 of our profile on Sanford I Weill and his role at Citigroup we will take a longer look at Citi group in our last part of this trilogy. This episode covers Sandy Weill’s children and their misdeeds into falling upward in a no consequence system. The tarnished relationship between sandy and his former protégé Jamie Dimon and we close out the episode with the end of Glass-Steagall Act. The primary source for this episode was the biography "Tearing down the Walls" by Monica Langley: ww...
Episode 160: Sandy Weill and Citigroup (Part 1)
April 29, 2020 02:52 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBThe first part of our 3 part series exploring the saga of Citigroup, the first American bank to become too big to fail. We follow the career of its billionaire CEO Sandy Weill: a rich kid from Brooklyn who had a dream to climb the corporate ladder by smashing up a million people's pensions, health benefits, salaries, and then to make a corporate monstrosity that would cook up fake documents to steal their house as well. When we talk about too big to fail banks we are talking about government ...
Episode 158: Joe Lewis
April 21, 2020 03:04 - 1 hour - 57.4 MBEnter Joe Lewis: reclusive restaurateur-turned super villain currency speculator. Joe Lewis (the businessman; not the boxer) made billions betting against sovereign currencies, and nearly lost a billion betting on Bear Stearns. Now he wants to setup his own State in Argentina. In order to stop Joe, first get to know him and the empire he has built up, right here on Grubstakers.
[Patreon Unlock] Episode 157: The Hearst Family (Part 1) feat. Eli Sairs
April 18, 2020 23:58 - 1 hour - 46.4 MBIn our 2 part series on one of the richest families to ever exist, the basis for the Orson Wells classic Citizen Kane and a man who was kicked out of Harvard for shenanigans involving mailing his poop we discuss the illustrious Hearst Family. Covering George Hearst, the father of the megalomaniac William Rutherford Hearst the man of the hour. We cover in this our his involvement in the Spanish American war, how his father made his riches from grubstaking and the legacy his life leads. In our ...
*UNLOCKED*Episode 157: The Hearst Family (Citizen Kane)
April 18, 2020 23:58 - 1 hour - 46.4 MBIn our 2 part series on one of the richest families to ever exist, the basis for the Orson Wells classic Citizen Kane and a man who was kicked out of Harvard for shenanigans involving mailing his poop we discuss the illustrious Hearst Family. Covering George Hearst, the father of the megalomaniac William Rutherford Hearst the man of the hour. We cover in this our his involvement in the Spanish American war, how his father made his riches from grubstaking and the legacy his life leads. In our ...
[Patreon Unlock] Episode 156: Bernie retrospective during Corona
April 14, 2020 16:39 - 1 hour - 70.8 MBDue to (thankfully mild) illness, we had to delay this week's regularly scheduled episode. In it's stead, here's the most recent Patreon episode, the Grubstakers' reactions to the end of the Bernie campaign. Stay safe stay healthy.
Episode 156 Unlocked: Bernie retrospective during Corona
April 14, 2020 16:39 - 1 hour - 70.8 MBDue to (thankfully mild) illness, we had to delay this week's regularly scheduled episode. In it's stead, here's the most recent Patreon episode, the Grubstakers' reactions to the end of the Bernie campaign. Stay safe stay healthy.
Patreon Leak Episode 150: Eric S. Yuan (Zoom CEO)
April 11, 2020 19:21 - 1 hour - 67 MBRe release so people have better access to the episode. We use Google Hangouts to explain the rise of Eric Yuan and Zoom video conferencing -- all from the quarantine underground. Eric wants you to socially distance yourselves from his personal history and source of wealth, but we've got the details: burning down his neighbor's chicken coup, secretly recording your conference calls, not adhering to buffet protocol, and more
[Patreon Unlock] Episode 150: Eric S. Yuan (Zoom CEO)
April 11, 2020 19:21 - 1 hour - 67 MBRe release so people have better access to the episode. We use Google Hangouts to explain the rise of Eric Yuan and Zoom video conferencing -- all from the quarantine underground. Eric wants you to socially distance yourselves from his personal history and source of wealth, but we've got the details: burning down his neighbor's chicken coup, secretly recording your conference calls, not adhering to buffet protocol, and more
[Patreon Unlock] Episode 154: The Bailout Bill 2.0
April 11, 2020 17:16 - 1 hour - 73.7 MBWe discuss the continuing and worsening covid-19 emergency in New York City and take an in depth look at the $6 trillion wall street relief bill that just passed congress. It's getting money directly to the people who need it most in this crisis: too big to fail banks who just had their junk bond portfolios blow up.
*UNLOCKED* Episode 154: The Bailout Bill 2.0
April 11, 2020 17:16 - 1 hour - 73.7 MBWe discuss the continuing and worsening covid-19 emergency in New York City and take an in depth look at the $6 trillion wall street relief bill that just passed congress. It's getting money directly to the people who need it most in this crisis: too big to fail banks who just had their junk bond portfolios blow up.
Episode 155: Shane Smith (Vice)
April 07, 2020 21:09 - 1 hour - 72 MBWe freebased DayQuil and recorded a podcast episode about Vice billionaire Shane Smith. This one delves into Smith's murky backstory, Vice's humble beginnings as a media property pump and dump, Vice union busting, and Smith's racist friend Gavin McGinnes. About ten minutes before the episode ends there were some technical difficulties (somebody forgetting to charge his recorder), so Sean's feed switches to Skype audio.
Episode 153: Sun Myung Moon and the Unification Church
April 01, 2020 04:58 - 1 hour - 69.6 MBOn this episode we discuss founder of the Unification Church, the Washington Times, North Korea’s Pyonghwa Motors, and Humanity’s Savior/first parent/successor of Christ Himself Sun Myung Moon. We delve into his teenage experience of being visited by Jesus, his time in a North Korean prison camp, building a fortune investing his followers’ candle sales, and his work spreading love through mass marriages as well as spreading hate through the Washington Times. To help anyone who needs their Gr...
Episode 152: Sun Myung Moon and the Unification Church
April 01, 2020 04:58 - 1 hour - 69.6 MBOn this episode we discuss founder of the Unification Church, the Washington Times, North Korea’s Pyonghwa Motors, and Humanity’s Savior/first parent/successor of Christ Himself Sun Myung Moon. We delve into his teenage experience of being visited by Jesus, his time in a North Korean prison camp, building a fortune investing his followers’ candle sales, and his work spreading love through mass marriages as well as spreading hate through the Washington Times. To help anyone who needs their Gr...
Episode 152 Teaser: David Green (Co-Founder of Hobby Lobby)
March 26, 2020 07:00 - 20 minutes - 18.3 MBDavid Greene wants to affect the world for 10 billion years find out why that makes your life suck. Full episode here https://www.patreon.com/posts/35280505
Episode 151: Senator Insider Trading, Trillion Dollar Coins, and Wealthy Fleeing the Rones
March 24, 2020 03:25 - 1 hour - 67.9 MBIn another grab-bag episode on the Coronavirus response, we discuss the senate insider trading scandal, Rashida Talib's trillion dollar coin proposal, and how the wealthy are taking themselves and their COVID-19 up the Long Island Railroad to party it up in the Hamptons.
Episode 150 Teaser: Eric Yuan, Zoom Video CEO and a boat named "Monkeys Uncle"
March 19, 2020 07:20 - 5 minutes - 4.58 MBFull episode here. https://www.patreon.com/posts/episode-150-eric-35033817 Stay safe.
Episode 149: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Stonks, and the Fed
March 17, 2020 03:59 - 1 hour - 127 MBNote: Some of what we discuss at the top of this episode is already out of date - so Steven and Andy recorded a tag at the end with the updates as of Monday night. In Grubstakers first completely remote episode we discuss the stock market response to COVID-19 and the response from the Federal Reserve.
Episode 147: Meg Whitman
March 10, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 85.2 MBThanks for joining us on our International Woman’s day special! We chose to discuss the tenacious Meg Whitman. She grew up in the area of NY, that F. Scott Fitzgerald based the book The Great Gatsby on. Her parents came from families tied to Boston's elite, known as the "Boston Brahmins. She would make her billions using her ties to Goldman Sachs with her new business she works at eBay. Her kids have assaulted people and used racial slurs at college. They support Joe Biden to ask America why ...
Episode 145: Haas Family (Levi Strauss & Co.)
March 03, 2020 16:40 - 1 hour - 112 MBThis week we are sad to end our run of billionaires endorsing Pete Buttigieg. We cover the billionaire Mimi Haas who married Peter E. Haas a heir to the Levi Strauss estate. Find out how your boomer relatives’ favorite garment is directly connected to 30 years of labor abuse, slavery and sex trafficking. We spend a few minutes up front discussing SF social elite Nellie Bowles, and a bio on how Levi Strauss bought his empire. Lastly this episode does deal with people being sexually abused so S...
Episode 144 Teaser: Straight out of Africa! How Netflix is connected to Nixon
February 28, 2020 16:56 - 3 minutes - 3.05 MBFind out all this and more on Reed Hastings on our newest episode streaming now at Patreon.com/grubstakers
Episode 143: Daniel Lubetzky (Kind bar CEO)
February 25, 2020 13:00 - 1 hour - 75.2 MBThis week we profile Mexican Jew Daniel Lubetzky who’s fathers experience in the holocaust informed his views on making money the “Kind” way. The kindest way to make the world a better place by profiting from the slave labor of chocolate, the palm oil farmers burning their trees to maintain their deadlines and the horrendous amount of water utilized to produce this many nuts. Daniel Lubetzky was able to build trail mix in a bar with his gumption, his intelligence and the measly 200,000 loaned...
Episode 142 Teaser: Fracking Does Not Cause Earthquakes
February 21, 2020 20:10 - 5 minutes - 4.18 MBFrom the Patreon episode on fracking billionaires Dan and Farris Wilkes. For the full episode visit: https://www.patreon.com/grubstakers
Episode 141: Cary Katz (Blaze Media and Student Loans) feat. Adam Sokol
February 18, 2020 22:06 - 1 hour - 54.3 MBThis week we're joined by Adam Sokol to talk student loan billionaire, media mogul, and poker jackass Cary Katz. Adam talks about his experiences moderating for Katz's media property The Blaze and we find absolutely no connections between Katz and a different successful businessman, gun rights advocate, and poker enthusiast from Las Vegas. Follow Adam Sokol on twitter at @SokolAdam and check out his blog Good Trek/Bad Trek at https://adamsokol.wordpress.com/
Episode 140 Teaser: Reid Hoffman wants to hack democracy
February 15, 2020 01:23 - 6 minutes - 5.09 MBReid Hoffman, Buttigieg supporter and friend of the late Jeffrey Epstein, wants to growth hack democracy. Listen to the full episode at https://www.patreon.com/grubstakers
Episode 139: Seth Klarman (Buttigieg/ACRONYM funder)
February 11, 2020 03:27 - 1 hour - 73.6 MBThis week it's one of Pete Buttigieg's wine cave billionaires and top ACRONYM donor Seth Klarman. We couldn't find anything wrong with him so we just spent the whole episode saying nice things. Overall? Great guy.
UNLOCKED - Episode 138: What Happened in Iowa?
February 08, 2020 16:46 - 1 hour - 60.5 MBBy popular demand we've unlocked our recent episode running down what just occurred in the Iowa Caucuses. After we recorded this episode DNC chair Tom Perez immediately followed the news that Bernie Sanders was victorious in Iowa by announcing that there would be a recount. As we've always said this is all just a big misunderstanding and there is no bias at work here. New Hampshire votes February 11th. You know what to do: https://berniesanders.com/
[Patreon Unlock] Episode 138: What Happened in Iowa?
February 08, 2020 16:46 - 1 hour - 60.5 MBBy popular demand we've unlocked our recent episode running down what just occurred in the Iowa Caucuses. After we recorded this episode DNC chair Tom Perez immediately followed the news that Bernie Sanders was victorious in Iowa by announcing that there would be a recount. As we've always said this is all just a big misunderstanding and there is no bias at work here. New Hampshire votes February 11th. You know what to do: https://berniesanders.com/
Episode 138 Teaser: Limbaugh loves our podcast
February 06, 2020 17:10 - 59 seconds - 927 KBFull episode at Patreon.com/grubstakers