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We are wrapping up the drama with the Johnson family this week! Sources Crazy Rich: Power. Scandal, and Tragedy Inside the Johnson & Johnson Dynasty (Jerry Oppenheimer) Follow the podcast @yeettherichpod Follow Danny @dmoss315 Follow Emily @thefunnywalsh Send us a text! Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

This week, we are  back to talk about the next generation of Johnson and Johnson nonsense! We get into some more failed marriages, some alarming paternity test schemes, and how everyone in this family is trash. Enjoy! Sources Crazy Rich: Power. Scandal, and Tragedy Inside the Johnson & Johnson Dynasty (Jerry Oppenheimer) Follow the podcast @yeettherichpod Follow Danny @dmoss315 Follow Emily @t...

This week, we discuss the sloppiest family on the Fortune 500 list. We are talking about the Johnson family and it is a WILD ride! Sources Crazy Rich: Power. Scandal, and Tragedy Inside the Johnson & Johnson Dynasty (Jerry Oppenheimer) Follow the podcast @yeettherichpod Follow Danny @dmoss315 Follow Emily @thefunnywalsh Send us a text! Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

We finally wrap up all of the short selling nonsense. Then we get into the financial aftermath and all the backroom deals made to stop the economic freefall that resaulted from the failure of the subprime market. Sources The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine Michael Lewis (book) Too Big To  Fail by Andrew Ross Sorkin Follow the podcast @yeettherichpod Follow Danny @dmoss315 Follow Emily @thef...

We're still cruising through the housing crisis and learning about everyone's outcomes after the credit default market starts to crumble. Sources The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine Michael Lewis (book) The Big Short Adam Mckay (movie) The History of the United States in Five Crashes Scott Nations (book)  Follow the podcast @yeettherichpod Follow Danny @dmoss315 Follow Emily @thef...

We're learning even more about all those fancy finance words that mean we'll never be able to afford houses! We dive back into the "Big Short" and the 2008 housing crisis and learn all the important players in the game.  Follow the pod @yeettherichpod Follow Danny @dmoss315 Follow Emily @thefunnywalsh Rate, review, and subscribe!  Send us a text! Let us know what topics you wan...

This week we're diving into the 2008 housing crisis, but first we're learning what stocks and bonds are! It's a big week for all of us. Sources The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine Michael Lewis (book) The Big Short Adam Mckay (movie) The History of the United States in Five Crashes Scott Nations (book)  Follow the podcast @yeettherichpod Follow Danny @dmoss315 Follow Emily @t...

The final chapter of the Theranos Saga! We talk about the court case, a surprise visit to burning man, and how it seems  like Elizabeth truly believed that she was  never going to go to jail for her crimes. Spoiler  Alert: She Did. Sources: Bad Blood with John Carreyrou Bad Blood: The Final chapter (Podcast) with John Carreyrou Liz Holmes  Wants You to Forget About Elizabeth (The New  York Times)...

We're back! For part three of the Elizabeth Holmes story. We get into the whistle blowers, the demise of the company, and prepare to talk about the court cases next week! Sources: Bad Blood with John Carreyrou Follow the podcast @yeettherichpod Follow Danny @dmoss315 Follow Emily @thefunnywalsh Send us a text! Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

This week our Elizabeth Holmes story continues! There's blood everywhere! Join us as we get into the agreements with Walgreens and Theranos,  nepotism and paranoia, and the introduction of the Therabros.  Main Source is Bad Blood by John Carreyrou.  Follow the podcast @yeettherichpod Follow Danny @dmoss315 Follow Emily @thefunnywalsh Send us a text! Let us know what topics you want us to cove...

This week (and probably for the next 3 weeks) we'll be talking about Elizabeth Holmes, our favorite girl boss.  Sources: Bad Blood by John Carreyrou Follow Danny @dmoss315 Follow Emily @thefunnywalsh Follow the podcast @yeettherichpod Rate review and subscribe!  Send us a text! Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

This week is our live episode all about the Fyre Festival and the downfall of Billy McFarland. This week we're joined by comedian Patrick Hastie live at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival! Its a fun one, check it out! Follow Patrick @patrickhastie Follow Danny @dmoss315 Follow Emily @thefunnywalsh Follow the podcast @yeettherichpod Send us a text! Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

This week Danny gives a sample platter or influencers and con artists in preparation for next week's episode about one of our favorite topics, the Fyre Festival!  Sources: Hype by Gabrielle Bluestone Follow Danny @dmoss315 Follow Emily @thefunnywalsh Follow the podcast @yeettherichpod Send us a text! Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

The Dial Painters start fighting  back! After some very long and drawn out  Legal proceedings, the women finally get  some sense of justice. New and strict safety protocols are established, and these changes ripple out to affect the entire American Workplace as well as the worlds use of radioactive materials. Bonus Side Story: The radio active boycotts who got his Atomic Energy merit badge and the...

Question: Should you put radioactive paint in your mouth??? Answer: ABSOLUTELY NOT. In the early 1900's, the world decided that Radium was a Miracle Element that could do no wrong.  In this episode we get into the horrifying consequences of using radio active material in factories with no safety precautions whatsoever. Source Material: Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Wo...

This week we're going back to the 1800s to learn about Thomas Holloway and all the fake medicines of the day. This story has everything! Opium, asylums, Charles Dickens, and even college for women! Source Material: The Mighty Healer: Thomas Holloway's Victorian Patent Medicine Empire-  Verity Holloway Follow the podcast @yeettherichpod Follow Danny @dmoss315 Follow Emily @thefunnywalsh S...

This week we wrap up the Enron episode just like those poisoned enchiladas. You'll see what I'm talking about. There's failing power grids, CEO shifts, and a lot of people losing their jobs.... Follow the podcast: @yeettherichpod Follow Danny: @dmoss315 Follow Emily: @thefunnywalsh  Send us a text! Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

This week we start our dive into Enron and what exactly that company did! Theres fake deaths, many pipelines, and free market libertarians, our favorite! The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron   Bethany McLean   Peter Elkind   Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (documentary) directed by Alex Gibney Follow the podcast: @yeettherichpod Follow Danny: @dmoss315...

We're wrapping up our Koch Brothers series with secret Kerplunk parties, campaign donations, and gerrymandering out the wazoo! Learn something, get fired up, and enjoy!  Follow Danny @dmoss315 Follow Emily @the funnywalsh Follow the podcast @yeettherichpod Send us a text! Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

This week we get into the Koch Brothers! Their history, their business, and the beginning of their journey into politics. Reading Materials   Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right ;  Jane Mayer Kochland: The Secret History of Koch Industries and Corporate Power in America ; Christopher Leonard,Jacques Roy, et al Send us a text! Let us know what top...

We are finishing up the Walmart journey with one final episode! Danny tells us all about all the CEOS, the Walton kids, and all the art they bought. And we get into the few good things Walmart has done for the world. But we're still skeptical.  Send us a text! Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

This week is part two of the Walmart saga, and today Danny tells Emily about Walmart's effects on poverty, anti union practices, secret data collecting, law suits, and pickles!  Resources: The Walmart Effect, by Charles Fishman Still Broke, by Rick Wartzman Walmart The High Cost of Low Price, documentary Send us a text! Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

This week's a big one! Danny tells Emily all about the evolution and evils of the Walmart corporation, and this is just the beginning!  Resources: The Walmart Effect, by Charles Fishman Still Broke, by Rick Wartzman Walmart The High Cost of Low Price, documentary Send us a text! Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

In this week's episode we conclude our Getty story with comas, cricket, Elizabeth Taylor, breaking up the family trust, and more! Our resources for this episode: Painfully Rich by John Pearson All the Money in the World, movie.  Growing Up Getty: The Story of America’s Most Unconventional Dynasty  by James Reginato https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/01/23/the-getty-familys-trust-issues h...

This week we get into the long and ridiculous life of J. Paul Getty, the richest man in the world. There’s kidnappings, typhoid, and the reusing of envelopes! Check it out! Resources: Painfully Rich by John Pearson All the Money in the World, movie.  Growing Up Getty: The Story of America’s Most Unconventional Dynasty  by James Reginato Follow the podcast @yeetttherichpod Follow Emily @thefunnywal...