Imaginary Capital Partners

22 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 5 years ago - ★★★★★ - 41 ratings

A quasi-business, quasi-comedy podcast where we evaluate fictional businesses as potential fictional investment opportunities for our deep pools of fictional capital. Should you BUY, SELL, or SYNERGIZE? Listen to find out.

Have a recommendation of a fictional business for us to analyze? Let us know at [email protected], or twitter.com/imaginary_cap

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Episodes

S2 Ep8: X-Men

October 22, 2018 08:00 - 49 minutes - 30.2 MB

This was a fun one (with decent sound quality!) - where we analyze which of Professor X's mess of merry mutants will make him the most money. We cover Wolverine, Jean Grey, Cyclops, Storm, Beast, Iceman, and Angel.

S2 Ep7: Star Wars the Phantom Menace

October 01, 2018 07:18 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MB

Where we dissect everyone's favorite elements of the Star Wars expanded universe: trade legislation, regulated monopolies, and when it makes sense for a business to invest in a dedicated army. (Note that this episode was recorded as a celebration of May 4th - gives you a sense of our editing schedule!)

S2 Ep6: Bond Month Part 4: A Quantum of Solace

September 10, 2018 07:19 - 29 minutes - 19.6 MB

Our fourth and final look at the Bond market, where an eco-entrepreneur attempts to follow a real-life price gouging playbook (and maybe sheds light on George W. Bush's next money-making scheme?).

S2 Ep6: Bond Month Part 3: A View to a Kill

August 20, 2018 10:00 - 21 minutes - 15 MB

Our third diligence of the Bond market, where a scheme to disrupt Silicon Valley gets too literal.

S2 Ep5: Bond Month Part 2: Live and Let Die

July 31, 2018 11:45 - 20 minutes - 12.3 MB

Our second dive into the Bond market. Should Imaginary Capital Partners gets into the heroin distribution slash Jamaican chain restaurant business? (Sorry for the rough sound quality in these Bond episodes!)

S2 Ep4: Bond Month (Bondth) Part 1: Goldfinger

July 16, 2018 03:03 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MB

We're adding Bonds to the Imaginary Capital portfolio. This week, we kick off 007 Month by determining if Auric Goldfinger can turn villain into profit, cutting costs ... and sometimes Bonds.

S2 Ep3: The Heist-Off Part 2

June 18, 2018 15:05 - 36 minutes - 22.3 MB

Where we assess the financial prudence of the heist crews from Fast Five, The Italian Job, Ocean's 11, and Point Break. (We recorded this episode in December - so the plug for Michelle Wolf turned out to be quite prophetic!)

S2 Ep2: The Heist-Off Part 1

May 29, 2018 04:36 - 42 minutes - 38.5 MB

Where we determine the best way to get ill-gotten gains.

S2 Ep1: Time Travel

May 14, 2018 18:03 - 31 minutes - 19.9 MB

After a long hiatus, we're back with Season 2! To kick off our sophomore effort, we tackle a concept rather than a standalone business: what's the best way for a time traveler to get rich quick? Footnote re: frenemy of the pod Zaks Lubin's appearance in Early Edition: http://www.okemosalumni.org/Zaks-Lubin.htm

Imaginary Capital Ep. #13: Office Space, Silicon Valley, and other quick hits

August 28, 2017 13:44 - 25 minutes - 23.5 MB

Our Season 1 finale, where we quickly go through the reject pile. Featuring Initech, Daily Bugle/Daily Planet, Pied Piper, and Mitch & Murray. Thanks so much for listening to Season 1! We'll be back soon enough with Season 2 - more imaginative content, and more regular posting (we hope).

Imaginary Capital Ep #12: BASEketball

August 04, 2017 07:15 - 34 minutes - 31.4 MB

Where we fulfill Danny's lifelong dream of owning a professional basketball(-adjacent) team.

Imaginary Capital Ep #11: Being John Malkovich

July 18, 2017 18:34 - 25 minutes - 23.5 MB

Where we go real indie / small cap and see what money-making ideas are rattling around in John Malkovich's head.

Imaginary Capital Ep #10: Ghostbusters

June 20, 2017 01:24 - 36 minutes - 33.1 MB

When there's something strange... in your portfolio... who you gonna call... ICP!

Imaginary Capital Ep #9: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

June 05, 2017 04:07 - 34 minutes - 31.3 MB

Part 2 of our "Jim Carrey can really act" series, where we debate whether Lacuna Inc's memory erasing technology would be the next Botox or the next Google Glass. You can find Danny's appearance on the Matrimovie's podcast on iTunes here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/matrimovies/id1223820280?mt=2

Imaginary Capital Ep #8: The Truman Show

May 16, 2017 04:38 - 40 minutes - 52.4 MB

Where we kick off our "Jim Carrey can really act" month by exploring the economics of a potential Truman Show reboot. A point of clarification: anytime Jasper mentions tidbits about the "actors" from the DVD extras, those refer to the fictional actors, not the real-life actors (e.g., Laura Linney plays Hannah Gill, the fictional actress who plays Meryl, Truman's "wife." In the movie, Hannah is the world's third richest woman.) The extra scenes can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch...

Imaginary Capital Ep #7: Springfield Nuclear Power Plant (The Simpsons)

May 03, 2017 05:49 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MB

Where we see just how "excellent..." of an investment opportunity the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant is. Introducing two new features: Listener Mail, and the ICP Dating Corner. From our plugs, the Matrimovies podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/matrimovies/id1223820280?mt=2

Imaginary Capital Ep #6: Rent a Swag (Parks and Recreation)

April 14, 2017 02:40 - 43 minutes - 39.7 MB

Where we explore the myriad ventures of serial entrepreneur Tom Haverford of the Pawnee Parks and Recreation department. We start with Rent-a-Swag and move into a dozen other ideas (though the less said about Entertainment 720, the better). #treatyoself #tommypod