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Mar 25, 2023•33 min
Welcome to the Corporate Casket, a weekly series where bad businesses go to die. The publishing industry has brought us our favorite books and stories and escapes, but it’s also brought us some horrific distortions of reality, too. Though you may have grown up with some of these books, they continue to get released today, warping enemies-to-lovers tropes from Trump supporters and liberals. Why publish these stories at all? Connect With Me: https://linktr.ee/iilluminaughtii ’ Sources: https://jus...
Mar 24, 2023•35 min
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Mar 22, 2023•37 min
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Mar 20, 2023•34 min
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Mar 18, 2023•37 min
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Mar 16, 2023•33 min
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Mar 13, 2023•35 min
Go to http://www.shipstation.com/casket to get a 60-day free trial. Welcome to the Corporate Casket, a weekly series where bad businesses go to die. Emo music was all the rage in the early-to-mid 2000s. The genre hosted many different sub-genres and ranged from sad, campfire-like tunes to raging, heavy rock riffs, so it’s no surprise it resonated with millions of people worldwide. But recently the platinum-selling band “Flyleaf” has been accused of homophobia, and their lead singer has been accu...
Mar 11, 2023•40 min
Go to http://joinhoney.com/casket to get Honey for free! Welcome to the Corporate Casket, a weekly series where bad businesses go to die. Since the early 2000s, Crunchyroll has been a go-to source for streaming anime content online. The service has greatly expanded access to anime and other East Asian content to those outside of Japan, and has contributed to anime’s massive popularity and profitability. Recently, however, the company has come under fire for its recent merger with Sony and for gr...
Mar 08, 2023•30 min
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Mar 06, 2023•33 min
Go to http://www.shipstation.com/casket to get a 60-day free trial. Welcome to Dark Dives, a new series where we explore the murky and devious depths of humanity. Marilyn Manson is an icon in the goth, rock, metal world of music. Due to his appearance and songs, he’s been unjustifiably demonized in the past; however, recently, that demonization seems justified. Is Manson really a monster as his namesake would suggest? Or is he the victim of a witch hunt? Connect With Me: https://linktr.ee/iillum...
Mar 04, 2023•35 min
Welcome to the Corporate Casket, a weekly series where bad businesses go to die. In the summer of 2022, the viral Tik Tok food craze known as “Pink Sauce” turned everyone’s heads before it eventually, allegedly, turned everyone’s stomachs. Soon after the sauce’s prototype rolled out, it was mired by controversy involving shoddy packaging and shipping, exploded bottles, and allegations that it made people sick (and possibly even killed someone). Was all of this just a Intent scam turned deadly, o...
Mar 02, 2023•30 min
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Feb 27, 2023•34 min
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Feb 23, 2023•31 min
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Feb 20, 2023•32 min
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Feb 18, 2023•35 min
Go to http://dipseastories.com/casket to get an extended 30-day trial. Welcome to the Corporate Casket, a weekly series where bad businesses go to die. Focus on the Family seems to have the recipe for hated turned political. They get a boatload of money from their media appearances, twist research to support their crusade against lgbtq+ people, and have their own political organization that teaches people how to vote. The new leader says it will get less harmful as their speech continues to spre...
Feb 16, 2023•33 min
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Feb 14, 2023•34 min
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Feb 11, 2023•34 min
Get a 60-day free trial at https://www.shipstation.com/darkdives. Thanks to ShipStation for sponsoring the show! Go to http://mintmobile.com/darkdives to get your new wireless plan for just $15 a month and the plan shipped to your door for free. Welcome to Dark Dives, a new series where we explore the murky and devious depths of humanity. In the beginning, Tila Tequila was famous for her bubbly personality, outlandish pride in her sexuality, and ability to make reality tv as entertaining as phys...
Feb 08, 2023•40 min
Welcome to the Corporate Casket, a weekly series where bad businesses go to die. AI has been writing and creating art more and more recently; while these programs can be fun to use, it’d led to an uptick of people in these industries fearing for their jobs. Will book covers become AI generated? What about the books themselves? What about the articles reporting on these books? Connect With Me: https://linktr.ee/iilluminaughtii ’ Sources: https://justpaste.it/39gcr Writers/Researchers/Helpers: Ali...
Feb 04, 2023•31 min
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Jan 31, 2023•36 min
Go to http://mintmobile.com/casper to cut your wireless bill to $15 a month and get the plan shipped to your door for free. Welcome to Dark Dives, a new series where we explore the murky and devious depths of humanity. This goes beyond corporate greed and get rich quick schemes, beyond shady products and questionable CEOs. Here, we take a look at the very worst of humanity, to see what evil people are truly capable of. Many watch true crime to try and understand the depravity behind it; why do p...
Jan 28, 2023•35 min
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Jan 25, 2023•36 min
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Jan 22, 2023•36 min
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Jan 20, 2023•36 min
Go to http://hellofresh.com/mlm21 and use code mlm21 for 21 free meals plus free shipping! Get a 60-day free trial at https://www.shipstation.com/mlm . Thanks to ShipStation for sponsoring the show! Welcome to Multi Level Mondays, a weekly series all about multi level marketing, pyramid schemes, and ponzi schemes. Ambit Energy and Steam Energy are two MLMs that are taking advantage of the desire for alternative energy and sustainability. Are their help and environmental aid worth the negative co...
Jan 18, 2023•35 min
Get a 60-day free trial at https://www.shipstation.com/casket. Thanks to ShipStation for sponsoring the show! Welcome to the Corporate Casket, a semiweekly series where bad businesses go to die. We will discuss any and everything from bad charities, terrible CEOs, and businesses that have a lot to hide. Everyone knows to expect delays and traveling headaches during the holiday season. It’s just what happens when thousands of people fly at the exact same time all across the world at the time of t...
Jan 14, 2023•33 min
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Jan 10, 2023•35 min
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Jan 05, 2023•34 min
