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We are back for another installment of the Coca-Cola Series! This week we are talking about Asa Candler, the man who took coke from a relative unknown to a nation spanning phenomenon. We get into the elaborate measures Candler took to keep the recipe a secret, a bottling contact fiasco that he would regret for years, and the age-old question of whether it's a good idea to put cocaine in soda....

This is the beginning of our epic series on the Coca-Cola Company! We will go back into the wild world of Patient Medicine with the secret  formula's original creator John Pemberton. We get into John's rocky rise to prominence and the circumstances behind the initial creation of the world's most recognisable soda.  And then the shady business deals that shifted power from the Pember...

This week we finally conclude of Murdaugh Family Story. We go through Alex's trial, his attempts for appeal, and the many testimonies of family and friends who realized that Alex was capable of these crimes. We also get updated on Gloria Satterfield and Stephen Smith's cases.  Give it a listen! Sources for this week: The Devil at His Elbow: Alex Murdaugh and the Fall of a Southern Dynast...

This week we discuss the Murdaugh murders that made this family the famous and expose Alex for stealing millions of dollars from his victims and his firm, and the many many MANY lies he's told for decades.  Alex Murdaugh is finally seen as the criminal he is and faces detox, rehab, and police charges. Next week we dive into court!  Sources for this week: The Devil at His Elbow: Alex Murdaugh...

This week we get into all the mysterious deaths associated with the Murdaugh family in the past 15 years. Head injuries, fake hit and runs, and boat accidents, oh my! We cover the deaths of Stephan Smith, Mallory Beach, and Gloria Satterfield and all the ways the family tried to cover up their involvement while the rumors swirl around the family. We also cover the insane escalation of Alex Murdaug...

This week we get into the four generation saga of the Murdaugh family. You might think you know the story but it goes back a century. This family has committed every time of fraud, theft, and vehicular murder there is and we get into all of it! Sources for this week: The Devil at His Elbow: Alex Murdaugh and the Fall of a Southern Dynasty by Valerie Bauerlein Netflix Doc- Murdaugh Murders: A South...

We are wrapping up the Crazy Eddie story this week!  Enjoy! Sources for this week: Retail Gangster: The Insane, Real-Life Story of Crazy Eddie-By Gary Weiss (2022) Follow the podcast @yeettherichpod Follow Emily @thefunnywalsh Follow Danny @dmoss315 Send us a text! Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

Ok this week we are doing  something a little different. Emily is away on an adventure so we have a special guest this week: Katie Mischler!!!! Katie and I will be checking in on some of our least favorite corporations, to see what nefarious activities they have been up since we recorded.  We will talk about new PFOA news, Walmarts Apple Juice problems, some new Billy McFarland hijinx and much muc...

This week is a big one for the Crazy Eddie story. We start with an amusing little bit of insurance fraud and then we meet the final piece of the Crazy Eddie Crime Puzzle! Sam E. Antar was Eddie's nerdy younger cousin and he had an idea. An idea So Outrageous, So Crazy, and So Illegal that Eddie couldn't resist. They Were going to trick Wallstreet into thinking they were a WAY more succes...

Our new topic this week is Crazy Eddie and the Antar family. An insane electronics company that started as part retail store, part scam. Every customer was a mark waiting to be tricked.  We get into their wild marketing and loud obnoxious  commercials  and strange cult following that formed around hating them.  This story is super fun and we hope you enjoy! Also if you want to watch the commercial...

This week we are wrapping up the United Fruit story! Bananas are essentially running the CIA, creating wars, and dying of disease. There are pesticides and people being sterilized, war crimes and court settlements. Sources for this week: Documentary Banana Land- Blood, Bullets, & Poison Bananas  How the United Fruit Company Shaped the World - Peter Chapman https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/11/wo...

We are still talking about bananas! And let me tell you, it is getting wild. This week we get into the CIA connections, Fidel Castro. communism, the Bay of Pigs, and even a JFK assassination conspiracy, as a treat! Sources for this week: Documentary Banana Land- Blood, Bullets, & Poison Bananas  How the United Fruit Company Shaped the World - Peter Chapman Follow the podcast @yeettherichpod Fo...

Welcome back to the violent world of Bananas! This episode we talk about how the United Fruit company and its competitors begin using their vast wealth and power to manipulate and destabilize Central American governments in hopes of creating laws more favorable to the banana industry, through any means necessary. Sources for this week: Documentary Banana Land- Blood, Bullets, & Poison Bananas ...

This week is truly bananas as we begin the story of the United Fruit company and the many trials and tribulations of the banana industry. This week we establish the beginning of the export business to the US and Europe, and by the end of the series we'll get into the settlements surrounding Chiquita Banana! Sources for this week: Documentary Banana Land- Blood, Bullets, & Poison Bananas ...

Welcome Back! This is the last installment of the Pan Am Story and oh boy is a WILD Ride! Prospects for the airline go from bad to worse and then to rock bottom. After Juan Trippe surprises everyone with his retirement, Pan Am goes through a series of CEOs who are forced to sell off more and more of the company just to stay afloat.  This episode is just a series of hopes dashed for a company that...

Hope Y'all had a lovely Fourth of July. Happy Fireworks and Hotdogs day! Emily and I needed a little breather this week so we decided to go back to our roots and do a rerelease of the very first episode we did. We have a lot of new listeners so if you hadn't gotten a chance to listen to this one here is your chance. Its a one off episode so don't worry we are just taking one week of...

Welcome Back! This week we are going  deeper on Pan  Am. We talk about their success after the introduction of Jetliners and talk about Juan Trippe's Hand  in the American Supersonic Jet program and the development of the Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet. Then We start getting into the three key components to their eventual failure. Politics, Over Expansion, and Crashes. So Many Crashes.  Pan Am Rebuilds...

This week we are going back in  time,  AND up in the  skies with our new series  on the Pan Americain World Airways Company. Pan am was an Airline Goleth but now it's  long  gone. In this series we will be talking about their meteoric rise followed  by their  slow decline  into bankruptcy. This week we are focusing on the founder Juan Trippe and the early years of luxury travel aboard  Boeing...

Finally! FINALLY! The investors have started to realize that WeWork is a financial Black Hole and maybe they should stop giving them money.  All of WeWorks  life rafts abandon them and they are forced to finally turn to public investments.  We learn about their last minute delusional attempt to produce an IPO called Project Wingspan. After their first few attempts fail due to questionable financia...

We are now to the point in our story where WeWork has more money than they know what to do with and their main investor is advising Adam Neuman to be even Crazier! And he absolutely delivers!  The company slowly goes more and  more off the rails, using their vast amounts  of money to completely crush any competition and making almost no money while doing it. And then we have some classic unicorn f...

We are back this week with the insane rise of Adam Neumann and the WeWork company! They are taking on more and more investors making  it all the way up to a 16 Billion dollar evaluation. But they are burning through their cash as fast as they can raise it.  They quickly expand into a bunch of new cities and then begin expanding the scope of their company into Housing, Fitness, and even Education? ...

This week we are getting into WeWork, a company that was meant to change the world but was really just renting office space and creating a new and fun way to spend ALOT someone elses money. We talk about founders Adam Neumann, Rebekah Newmann, and Miguel McKelvey. Starting with their backgrounds and then getting into the begining of WeWork. Fueled  with Delusions and Vibes, Weworks Rise and  Fall...

This is the thrilling finale to The silk road and the Hunt for Ross Ulbrict. We focus a lot this episode on the various law enforcement personalities and the breadcrumbs that Ross unknowingly left behind that eventually lead to his arrest.  Carl is still out here Carling harder than ever developing even more alter egos and breaking even more laws. And we end with the court case and sentencing. The...

This  episode was a lot of fun to record. Carl is BACK Baby! And he is off the rails! The lines between under cover friendship and real friendship start to blur for Ross and Carl. And Carl gets into some very fun mischief.  Ross begins taking a much darker turn.  He oks some very ethically dubious new items to be sold on the website. Then some people steal some large chunks of cash from the silk r...

We are back with the Silk Road and our old pal Ross! He has taken up the moniker The Dread Pirate Roberts and he has started forming a crew of dark web hackers and drug dealers  to help run his website. This  week we add a few new colorful characters to the story. Carl Force is an erratic DEA agent assigned to the case that loves wearing eye patches and going rogue. And VarietyJones becomes friend...