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Business Pants

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Whether you love business news or feel like you’re supposed to know it but hate it, Business Pants is business news for humans. Snarky and irreverent, deeply researched and factual, a podcast devoted to market quirks and the humans that make up companies. Investing isn’t a what, it’s a who.

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Free Float Media Inc.

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Jul 10, 2026

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Episodes

THE GOOD GAME: EV sales are UP, E.L.F.’s “Not So White Paper”, GSK’s $2.3bn settlement, Musk confuses Vegas 15.10.2024

THE ENVIRONMENT Global EV sales up 30.5% in September as China shines, Europe recuperates A Natural Gas Company Just Became the First to Be Sued Over Climate Change For the first time ever, a natural gas company is being sued by a local government for misleading customers about fossil fuels and the dangers they pose to the environment. Oregon's Multnomah County has added the gas utility NW Natural...

FRIDAY WRAP: Pfizer’s Yale backer, Boeing’s intransigence, and Hindenburg’s Roblox hellscape 11.10.2024

Introduction LIVE from your ESG olive grove, it’s a Business Pants Friday Show here at October 11th Studios, featuring all your favorites: AnalystHole Matt Moscardi. On today’s weekly wrap up: shenanigans at Pfizer, the potential end of the Google search monopoly, and bumbling Boeing. Our show today is being sponsored by Free Float Analytics, the only platform measuring board power, connections, a...

BIZ NUGGETS: Toyota’s DEI flipflop, not WeWork WeWork, AI > climate change, and the Buzzfeed obsession 08.10.2024

Live from Alabama’s Anti-ESG unscented Rose Garden, it’s an all-new terrific Tuesday edition of Business Pants. Joined by Analyst-Hole Matt Moscardi! In today’s ESG-sized onesie called October 8, 2024: BIZ NUGGETS! Our show today is being sponsored by Free Float Analytics, the only platform measuring board power, connections, and performance for FREE.  DAMION1 In our 'Because it's 2024 and "H...

FRIDAY WRAP: Dockworker strike/unstrike, Texas stock exchange is not woke, and parrots fight back 04.10.2024

Introduction LIVE from an empty shipping container used by Vanguard to hold its votes against AGAINST management, it’s a Business Pants Friday Show here on October 4th, featuring a very lonely AnalystHole Matt Moscardi. On today’s weekly wrap up: Dockworkers strike and unstrike, the UK is now powered entirely by crumpets, the Texas Stock Exchange announces white people, and parrots finally fight b...

QUIZ: Texas Stock Exchange’s DEI board, CVS activist, Schwab’s new CEO, and Weight Watcher’s new CEO 01.10.2024

QUIZ: Texas Stock Exchange’s DEI board, CVS activist, Schwab’s new CEO, and Weight Watcher’s new CEO

FRIDAY WRAP: CommerzBank’s new crystal waterfall CEO, ex-Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun’s last laugh, OpenAI’s flipfloppers, and Jamie Dimon says 27.09.2024

FRIDAY WRAP: CommerzBank’s new crystal waterfall CEO, ex-Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun’s last laugh, OpenAI’s flipfloppers, and Jamie Dimon says

GOOD GAME: Female director mandate in UAE, Cards Against Humanity vs. Musk, and Amazon’s transpo problem 24.09.2024

Live from the Vanguard Charity Cornhole Tournament, where the players toss ESG-filled bean bags at GHG emissions target gameboards, it’s an all-new terrific Tuesday edition of Business Pants. Joined by Analyst-Hole Matt Moscardi! On today’s kimchi-filled proxy contest called September 24th, 2024: The Good Game! And a Data Drop! Our show today is being sponsored by Free Float Analytics, the only pl...

FRIDAY WRAP: 23andMe board resigns, Tyson food’s “smart beef” lawsuit, anti-ESG law killing proxies 20.09.2024

Introduction LIVE from your ESG smokeless peach pit, it’s a Business Pants Friday Show here at September 20th Lane Studios, featuring ONE of your favorites: AnalystHole-man Matt Moscardi. On today’s weekly wrap up: Nike goes Back to the Future, Chief Kneeler Jamie Dimon yells at young people, Evil Tech CEOs continue to be, um, evil, and directors who love a free ride  Today’s show is brought...

BIZ NUGGETS: Boeing’s strike costs 3 Dave Calhouns, Robby Starbuck < board cowards, and Musk makes men own 100% again 17.09.2024

Live from Vanguard and Nancy Reagan’s “Just Say No” bumpersticker, it’s an all-new terrific Tuesday edition of Business Pants. Joined by Analyst-Hole Matt Moscardi! In today’s ESG-shaped bass guitar called September 17, 2024: a very special seminar where we help business news headline writers be better at their jobs, otherwise known as BIZ NUGGETS! Our show today is being sponsored by Free Float A...

FRIDAY WRAP: Alan Shaw’s fun times, Southwest has no board left, D&D AI, Deere’s DEI hypocrisy 13.09.2024

FRIDAY WRAP: Alan Shaw’s fun times, Southwest has no board left, D&amp;D AI, Deere’s DEI hypocrisy

THE GOOD GAME: Southwest’s board shakeup, Norfolk’s CEO gone, one Peltz off Wendy’s, and Newsmax’s IPO 10.09.2024

THE GOOD GAME: Southwest’s board shakeup, Norfolk’s CEO gone, one Peltz off Wendy’s, and Newsmax’s IPO

FRIDAY WRAP: VW’s ex CEO trial, Hasbro is a healthcare company, shorting testosterone, and big oil curriculum 06.09.2024

FRIDAY WRAP: VW’s ex CEO trial, Hasbro is a healthcare company, shorting testosterone, and big oil curriculum

BIZ NUGGETS: DEI u-turns, AI and Facebook hear you cough, Calhoun’s giggle in space, and ESG proposal zero support 03.09.2024

BIZ NUGGETS: DEI u-turns, AI and Facebook hear you cough, Calhoun’s giggle in space, and ESG proposal zero support

FRIDAY WRAP: Telegram’s Durov arrested, Starbuck’s new remote worker, DEI coward data, Musk threatens a judge 30.08.2024

FRIDAY WRAP: Telegram’s Durov arrested, Starbuck’s new remote worker, DEI coward data, Musk threatens a judge

FRIDAY WRAP: Musk’s pay vote, OpenAI’s new board bro, Google’s monopoly, market meltdown, vegetable health care, and cybertruck google eyes 09.08.2024

FRIDAY WRAP: Musk’s pay vote, OpenAI’s new board bro, Google’s monopoly, market meltdown, vegetable health care, and cybertruck google eyes

GOOD GAME: Musk’s montessori play, Google’s antitrust, and woke-free zones, plus unfettered board intelligence 06.08.2024

GOOD GAME: Musk’s montessori play, Google’s antitrust, and woke-free zones, plus unfettered board intelligence

FRIDAY WRAP: Boeing’s new CEO, Amazon’s assassination sales drop, unelected directors, machism is so IN, and Zuckerberg’s swear 02.08.2024

FRIDAY WRAP: Boeing’s new CEO, Amazon’s assassination sales drop, unelected directors, machism is so IN, and Zuckerberg’s swear

Who’s Fault Is It Anyway? Director’s behind headline, plus the DEI-iest boards in the US 30.07.2024

Who’s Fault Is It Anyway? Director’s behind headline, plus the DEI-iest boards in the US

FRIDAY WRAP: Kamala, Boeing guilty of fraud, solar production boom, and bony boneless wings 26.07.2024

FRIDAY WRAP: Kamala, Boeing guilty of fraud, solar production boom, and bony boneless wings

BIZ NUGGETS: Boeing Starliner gets “closer”, Palmer Luckey’s car mansion, and DEI presidents, plus a list of boards as old as Trump 23.07.2024

BIZ NUGGETS: Boeing Starliner gets “closer”, Palmer Luckey’s car mansion, and DEI presidents, plus a list of boards as old as Trump

FRIDAY WRAP: Crowdstrike’s dual class, Roaring Gen Z, DEI cutting board members, and Tesla’s coffee mug problem 19.07.2024

FRIDAY WRAP: Crowdstrike’s dual class, Roaring Gen Z, DEI cutting board members, and Tesla’s coffee mug problem

GOOD GAME: Record EPA penalty, OpenAI board moves, human games at Nintendo, and hippos 16.07.2024

GOOD GAME: Record EPA penalty, OpenAI board moves, human games at Nintendo, and hippos

GOOD GAME: Prescription vapes, 5:1 CEO ratio, climate in exec pay, proxy perks, and IMMUNITY DIRECTORS 02.07.2024

GOOD GAME: Prescription vapes, 5:1 CEO ratio, climate in exec pay, proxy perks, and IMMUNITY DIRECTORS

FRIDAY WRAP: Chesky’s AI friends, Gilead’s HIV shot, dual class Dolans, philanthropy washing, and a Giant Wiper 28.06.2024

FRIDAY WRAP: Chesky’s AI friends, Gilead’s HIV shot, dual class Dolans, philanthropy washing, and a Giant Wiper

BIZ NUGGETS ft Tesla’s Giant Wiper, Starliner’s one way trip, AI triple meetings, Dolan hires self, an Autodesk quiz, and sidelining nerds 25.06.2024

BIZ NUGGETS ft Tesla’s Giant Wiper, Starliner’s one way trip, AI triple meetings, Dolan hires self, an Autodesk quiz, and sidelining nerds

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