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After two weeks away, the ZFG crew is back, and with some very important news - Tiger Global is back! With the NASDAQ roaring back in 2023, the Golden Levered Benchmark Boy is back in the black, as well. And to demonstrate the rigorous analysis that has gone into generating this terrific rebound in performance, Freddy shares a few anecdotes from eavesdropping on a recent conversation in Silicon Va...

After holding down the fort for the summer, Krista welcomes Freddy and Carson back from vacation. Freddy kicks things off with his Business Idea of The Week, which unfortunately appears to be a mainstay for Season Two of Zero Fucks Given. Krista, still in a vacation mindset – just kidding, she wasn’t allowed to leave the office – has been all too eager to tell her friends about Hobby Horsing, the...

Coming to you from the masterminds behind Poober and eBay for human organs, we bring you the Toasted Zebra! Inspired by Carson's own wife, Freddy introduces their latest business idea - the Lululemon of women's drinking helmets. Once the excitement fades, Krista and Freddy take us down a long line of depressing news developments. From touchdown dances celebrating the takeout of one of Muddy Waters...

The crew is back from Institutional Investor's award ceremony and Krista is still beaming from her nomination. Although she doesn't quite remember the events of that night, Freddy reminds her that Boaz Weinstein robbed her of true fame, though we suspect the judges were taking a page out of the Clarence Thomas playbook. Carson broaches the topic that's been on every investor's radar: How to manage...

At long last, the man at the heart of the Kenyan chess scandal has been brought to justice! Freddy, never one to put too much effort into his footwear, finds it comical that the size-11 sneakers weren’t spotted beneath the burka. The real question comes from whether it’s necessary to separate men and women for chess tournaments. Bodybuilding competitions? Absolutely. But chess? Perhaps the answer...

What do gerbils, Richard Gere and the Dalai Lama have in common? It might have something to do with cuckolding but at the very least, we can definitively say that they’re fun-loving creatures. Freddy goes on to explain his own religious beliefs and how his current views may have been shaped by a majestic fjord. In keeping with this theme of beauty, Carson details his latest trip to California wher...

For anyone who missed the 93rd Academy Awards earlier this month, Krista leads off with a masterpiece that deserved to be on the short list to win Best Documentary Short Film. In a pleasant twist from revealing the shortcomings of employees at Muddy Waters, we learn that Krista is proficient with sign language. Many find such a skill worthy of celebration, but we come to find out it was Krista’s i...

In light of the recent mini-crisis across the US banking sector, Carson Block sits down with Soren Aandahl of Blue Orca Capital for a special episode of Zero Fucks Given. Shortly after the news dropped, Carson went into scramble mode, trying to find an opposing view on the prudence of the Silicon Valley Bank bailout. Soren, happy to enter the debate, believes policy makers made the right decision...

Beyond any stretch of rational thinking, one of Freddy’s business ideas from 2022 still seems to be alive and kicking. With his fresh new swag, Carson lends his support to a reimagined Poober and tries to attract SoftBank’s interest with one of the largest TAMs in the market today. Brendan Schlong probably has some regrets about his dust up with Muddy Waters on his Pantheon Resources bet, but he’s...

Freddy is back, and we quickly find out that he spent his entire time away in the fetal position, with nightmares of failing another driver’s test. Carson goes on to console him, while lamenting the reality that his dreams of being the Andrew Carnegie of penis museums has been dealt a major setback. As Krista and Carson reveal, there are really only two litmus tests for working at Muddy Waters – y...

Ross Gerber continues his victory over short sellers tour by dropping in on the Muddy Waters team and reminiscing over how Carson once felt like Ethan Hawke at the kitchen table in Training Day across from him and Cathie Wood. Ross, who lives in LA, makes a convincing case that they would’ve found southern California much less annoying to live in than the Bay Area. The team then unanimously pleads...

With Freddy on a vacation tour of Europe’s most sun-kissed penitentiaries, and the gang in Texas trapped at home by a classic Austin ice-storm, it’s remote week at Zer0es. Freddy brings us the latest in Scottish prison politics; the Zer0es crew tactfully declines to learn more. Then it’s time for business. Calling in from the East Coast, Roddy Boyd breaks down last week’s hootenanny at Occupy the...

Elon Musk is at it again and he's fired up his incels to occupy the SEC. Worried about missing it? Have no fear, the Zer0es crew will have their man, Roddy Boyd, on the ground to give you an inside look at Drooler's Paradise. Not to be outdone, Freddy digs up an old business idea for college textbooks, and this one might actually stick. What has camels so pissed off that they've taken a page out o...

 In our first episode of 2023, Krista and Freddy lead off by expressing their admiration for Carson's Greek God-like beach bod. After cleaning up their drool, the crew tries their hand with a new format. In what some might describe as an explicit news station, the trio revisit a handful of stale stories that fail to live up to Carson's standard for 'breaking news.' Freddy lays out his belief that...

As we stare down the final days of 2022, Carson is channeling his inner David Goggins and extolls the benefits of waking up at 4am. With all the extra time to think, Carson ties together his biggest schadenfreude moments of the past, present, and what that might mean for 2023. Could he be on to a groundbreaking story? For Freddy, he's thoroughly enjoyed the rolling blow-ups in SPACs, crypto and th...

Maybe it's a case of too many holiday cocktails, but Krista just can't seem to handle a simple introduction. After much humming and hawing - not to mention forgetting that tomorrow is NOT Christmas - the crew gets underway. If one thing's for certain, it's that the lazy French don't have a sliver of motivation, at least not compared to the Germans. Filled with holiday spirit, Carson takes a trip d...

After a few weeks off, the crew is back, and Freddy is clearly in a mood. COP27, England's inability to score a goal against the US, the intellectual dishonesty of Venture Capitalists, it all comes bubbling to the surface. No VC discussion is complete without covering the recent FTX implosion. How much scrutiny should fall on the backers of Sam Bankman-Fried? Surprisingly, Carson is a tad more sym...

In the latest podcast, the Muddy Waters trio is joined by a special guest, Andrew Left of Citron Research. The group discusses Kanye's recent run-in with the Jewish community. Andrew then shifts the conversation towards more pleasant memories of Raging Bull and how Jordan Belfort just barely missed the heydays of the Dot-Com bubble. The looming question for everyone is; should we stop evaluating p...

The crew is back and unbeknownst to Carson, Krista has taken over running not only the show but the entire Muddy Waters operation. It might just be the newfound popularity on Instagram, but Krista is beaming with confidence and accepts Freddy's challenge to trial a new snake wine. Are there any ethical issues with blowing up your dead grandma? There just might be another business opportunity with...

Robin is back, and the crew reveals their stand-in for his frequent absences. Carson celebrates Krista's creativity and Freddy appreciates just how accurate the blow-up resembles his look, at least above the waist... With geopolitical tensions rising, Carson lays out the intellectual dishonesty of a recent foreign affairs panel. And in that same vein, Freddy raises the concern level surrounding Pu...

Batman & Robin take a back seat to another rock star by the name of the Acid Capitalist. In this week's podcast, the crew is joined by Hugh Hendry who's channeling his sixth sense. What has Hugh seeing dead people? In his words, the missiles of financial destruction have been launched, and we don't mean Freddy's ICBM. Krista finally reveals what she's been doing on the weekends, and her penchant f...

Robin has returned from Vietnam and it's clear that Bruce Wayne and Krista are thrilled to have him back. Brimming with optimism from his trip to Ho Chi Minh City, Freddy suggests a new twist to investing by proposing his idea for Fraud Tank. Do Americans have it all wrong with their work schedules? Carson and Freddy share their experiences of the typical week for an expat in Hong Kong and Shangha...

After a month in sunny California, Carson is back in the studio while Freddy has jumped across the Atlantic. In a pleasant turn of events, Freddy is finally allowed to sit in his family's fancy dining room. Despite the blistering heat in Austin, TX, Carson shows his appreciation for the diversity and peacefulness of living in a blue city within a red state. Krista marvels at Carson's trimmed down...

In this week's episode, Freddy is back from sabbatical, but Carson is dialing in from sunny California. Given his new trucker look, there are serious questions as to whether Freddy really contracted Covid while he was away, or if it was just a mistaken case of Monkeypox. Krista fills us in on a new breed of door-knocking snakes in Texas and its hunt for her dog has her shopping for AR-15s. Elon Mu...

With his business ideas falling apart at the seams, Freddy has taken a page out of Elon Musk's playbook and gone MIA this week. In his absence, Soren Aandahl of Blue Orca Capital joins Carson to discuss this week's most pressing issues. Soren shares his childhood memories of a Japanese orphanage where kids used to pluck his hair for further examination. Martin Shkreli is finally out from behind ba...