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.
FRIDAY WRAP: Musk's new glass cliff SheEO, billionaire driveway feuds are expensive, BNP's oil financing, and Man Group's man groups
THE GOOD GAME: COVID-19 emergency is over, Starbucks charging for "no water" Refreshers, WNBA team values up, and the Pixies
WOKE WEDNESDAY: ThredUP's dual class Long-Term stocks, Ohio bans discussion of climate change, Credit Suisse joins the UBS board, plus CME group's 23 person board
MONDAY KETCHUP: eLIZabeth Holmes, Buffettpalooza and folksy capitalism, and a Board Sabermetrician view of Berkshire
FRIDAY WRAP: JPMorgan buys First Republic, Pornhub out on Utah, Anheuser Busch's "don't say trans" earnings call, mom's out of the workforce, and HotChat3000
BOARD DRAFT DAY 2: Drafting the best of the best Lead Independent Directors and Committee Chairs
WOKE WEDNESDAY: ESG Roundup, ESGauge stat of the week, and Meatball Ron legislated against Larry Fink!
Up first, how about a bedtime story? This week it’s the forgotten Story of Brownie Wise, the Ingenious Marketer Behind the Tupperware Party. Earl Tupper invented the container’s seal, but it was a savvy, convention-defying entrepreneur who got the product line into the homes of housewives.
MONDAY KETCHUP: Uncle Jamie save First Republic, plus SVB's post-mortem, Dorsey's advice to Musk, AI nukes, and family wealth
FRIDAY WRAP: Tucker out, Lachlan wins, DWade leaves Florida, Zuckerberg's giddy AI attention grabbing, fake deepfake Musks
THE BOARD DRAFT: Screw the NFL, this is the world's first Board of Director Team Draft - CEO and Chair in rounds 1 and 2
WOKE WEDNESDAY: ESG is bad. Also, ESG is bad. ESG fired Tucker Carlson. Plus, ESG should be banned in insurance. Also, proxy votes are woke.
MONDAY KETCHUP: Comcast's NBCUniversal CEO steps down, BBY goes bankrupt, Zuckerberg Andi Owens's his employees, Goldman's DJ DSol problem, and Anheuser blames the woman
FRIDAY WRAP: Fox settlement WITHOUT apology, state abortion bans affect college matriculation, MillerKnoll's CEO asshole moment, Tennessee Walgreens pregnant shootout, and Taylor Swift goes governance guru
THURSDAY'S WHO THE EFF IS THAT? Featuring Andrew Campion, Mark Weinberger, Michael Volkema, Paul Ryan, and Reid Hoffman
This week on the show: Pepsi’s new logo is a subliminal war on sugar/the United nations food chief says billions of dollars are needed to avert unrest and starvation/and the founders of the United States of America create a loophole to avoid Ron DeSantis.
MONDAY KETCHUP: AI is more important than fire, meat-based-plant-based-meat, Regina's tourist campaign, New Jersey fines itself, and Amazon's Jassy has words
Story of the Week, Goodliest of the Week. Exhaustingest of the Week. Winners. Predictions.
We rate ESG/Business Headlines on a scale from 0-10 so you don't have to!!
MONDAY KETCHUP: Food Episode! ESG Food Headlines and Stupid CEO Diets
FRIDAY WRAP: Tesla Spies, Director Butter Art, and Sexist Dress Codes
New Lyft CEO; Elon Musk Hates NPR; Chipotle Loves Chipotle But Doesn’t Love When Sweetgreen Loves Chipotle; Apple Loves Hidden Bitcoin Codes; LinkedIn’s Reid Hoffman Loves Somebody; Rupert Murdoch Hates Bibles And Now Hates Love; and Charlie Munger Hates Casinos But Loves Heroin?
WOKE WEDNESDAY: CEOs Say Stuff, Shareholders Complain About Stuff, and Horrible Man Bosses
MONDAY KETCHUP: Chapek FTW, LeBron's a "no" on $8 checkmarks, OTHER Chinese apps, tech bros are NOW worried about humanity, Musk, and another "black eye" for ESG
FRIDAY WRAP: CEO Trump got indicated, CEO Schultz is(n't) a billionaire, princesses sink DeSantis at Disney, royal Vince McMahon pays himself for himself, and Levi's AI diversity hire
THURSDAY QUIZ: Howard Schultz testifies that he's NOT a REAL billionaire and TAKE IT BACK, plus Disney's genius King Charles clause sinks DeSantis
WOKE WEDNESDAY: Unpacking the anti-woke and 2ndVote Analytics (anti-woke ratings!) with Doug Chia
This week on the show we unearth the origin story behind these kooky annual CEO letters to shareholders made famous by big cuddly billionaire teddy bear Warren Buffet and then we take a tweaky, spazzy, frenetic, conspiracy-laced look at short seller Hindenburg Research: 1) First, let’s talk CEO letters to shareholders, shall we? Where did they come from? What is their purpose? Pull up a chair and put on your learnin’-cap because Business Pants is taking you to CEO Letter Writing School 2) Here’s...
