Get a 60-day free trial at https://www.shipstation.com/casket. Thanks to ShipStation for sponsoring the show! Sign up for our Patreon to support what we do! https://www.patreon.com/iilluminaughtii Welcome to the Corporate Casket, a weekly series where bad businesses go to die. Being a dentist is like being a doctor for your teeth—sort of. There may be less science to dentistry than you realize. This doesn’t mean that all dentists are scammers, but there’s probably more overlap between the two th...
Jun 09, 2023•31 min
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Jun 07, 2023•33 min
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Jun 05, 2023•30 min
Sign up for our Patreon to support what we do! https://www.patreon.com/iilluminaughtii Welcome to the Corporate Casket, a weekly series where bad businesses go to die. Subway is one of the largest chains out there—but not by profit. You might think that makes them successful, to have so many stores open. Instead, the opposite is true. Not only do they exploit franchisees, but Subway has consistently proven they care more about profit than customers and their well-being. They allegedly knew about...
Jun 02, 2023•27 min
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May 31, 2023•30 min
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May 22, 2023•33 min
Sign up for our Patreon to support what we do! https://www.patreon.com/iilluminaughtii Welcome to the Corporate Casket, a weekly series where bad businesses go to die. The Hard Rock Hotel collapse in New Orleans seemed to come out of nowhere. But, it was just a collection of poor decisions, negligence, and disregard for human rights. It seemed that no one, not the city inspectors, engineers, or building supervisors cared about the safety of the building and all of this would lead to a devastatin...
May 19, 2023•28 min
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May 17, 2023•34 min
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May 16, 2023•29 min
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May 13, 2023•32 min
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May 11, 2023•37 min
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May 08, 2023•33 min
Go to http://expressvpn.com/casket to get an extra three months free on a one-year package. Sign up for our Patreon to support what we do! https://www.patreon.com/iilluminaughtii Welcome to the Corporate Casket, a weekly series where bad businesses go to die. There has always seemed to be something a little funny about those crunchy moms we have seen all over social media. Over the years, we have watched them turn their backs on virtually every type of food, western medicine, and of course vacci...
May 06, 2023•32 min
Get a 60-day free trial at https://www.shipstation.com/casket . Thanks to ShipStation for sponsoring the show! Go to http://joinhoney.com/casket to get PayPal Honey for free. Welcome to the Corporate Casket, a weekly series where bad businesses go to die. In the early 2000s, there was a reality TV show for everything. Dating, cars, modeling, singing—it didn’t matter. But some of these shows might be more ridiculous than you remember. Others, while they may have been funny at the time, in hindsig...
May 04, 2023•34 min
Welcome to Dark Dives, a new series where we explore the murky and devious depths of humanity. Who hasn’t wanted their tummy a bit flatter, their lips a bit bigger, and an entirely different butt? Cosmetic surgeries certainly aren’t uncommon, but the way that they’re advertised to us can be concerning, especially when the shady world around influencer surgeries isn’t well-regulated whatsoever. Sign up for our Patreon to support what we do! https://www.patreon.com/iilluminaughtii Connect With Me:...
May 01, 2023•30 min
Go to http://hellofresh.com/casket50 and use code casket50 for 50% off, plus your first box ships free! Welcome to the Corporate Casket, a weekly series where bad businesses go to die. Right-wingers love to have a marginalized ally to prove their discriminatory points: they aren’t racist because Candace Owens is on their side, for example. Recently, they’ve gained that person in Oli London. Oli once claimed to be a Korean woman and now, he claims to be a British man. What happened? Is this all f...
Apr 28, 2023•31 min
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Apr 24, 2023•30 min
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Apr 22, 2023•36 min
Welcome to the Corporate Casket, a weekly series where bad businesses go to die. Cops weren’t always portrayed as the good guys in movies, tv, and the news. Back before 1910, they were usually shown as “incompetent fools”. But, that’s when police organizations stepped in and shaped how the media could portray law enforcement with threats, blackmail, and bribes. By 1950, the LAPD had control of the scripts for one infamous cop show, and thus: Copaganda was born. Today, it’s everywhere you look an...
Apr 21, 2023•40 min
Go to http://mintmobile.com/casket to cut your wireless bill to 15 bucks a month! https://www.makeship.com/products/iilluminaughtii-2-0-plush Welcome to the Corporate Casket, a weekly series where bad businesses go to die. For a while, Twitch seemed untouchable. They were the king of streaming and without real competition. However, as time has worn on, creators have become exhausted with their policies and hypocrisy. More streamers have left the platform and joined alternatives, like Youtube, le...
Apr 19, 2023•32 min
Go to http://hellofresh.com/darkdives50 and use code darkdives50 for 50% off, plus your first box ships free! Go to http://expressvpn.com/darkdives to get an extra 3 months free on a one-year package. https://www.makeship.com/products/iilluminaughtii-2-0-plush Welcome to Dark Dives, a new series where we explore the murky and devious depths of humanity. Jillian Epperly, also known as the Jilly Juice lady, is notorious for promoting strange, bad science to her followers. But this time, she’s been...
Apr 17, 2023•39 min
Go to http://hellofresh.com/casket50 and use code casket50 for 50% off, plus your first box ships free! https://www.makeship.com/products/iilluminaughtii-2-0-plush Welcome to the Corporate Casket, a weekly series where bad businesses go to die. Almost three years ago, people were met with shock when the news that Pornhub had been profiting off of horrifying videos released without consent for years. Almost immediately, it seemed like the end. Credit card companies were pulling out, they erased a...
Apr 14, 2023•34 min
Go to http://dipseastories.com/casket to get an extended 30-day free trial. Welcome to the Corporate Casket, a weekly series where bad businesses go to die. Every day when we open our eyes we seem to be surrounded by one word: woke. According to some people, “woke” policies that focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion are the absolute downfall of society and they are everywhere. Wokeness is in our schools, our places of employment, and even our media. There is no escape! But, what does “woke” ...
Apr 12, 2023•38 min
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Apr 10, 2023•34 min
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Apr 07, 2023•32 min
Go to http://joinhoney.com/casket to get PayPal Honey for free! 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 weekly series where bad businesses go to die. Mr. Beast is one of the most well-known, philanthropic youtubers out there. However, while he’s helped so many people with his generous deeds, he’s also been the subject of more and more criticism the larger he gets. Is it warranted? Is the cri...
Apr 05, 2023•36 min
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Apr 03, 2023•42 min
Welcome to the Corporate Casket, a weekly series where bad businesses go to die. Zoos: who didn’t love going to one as a kid? Seeing polar bears, penguins, monkeys, and other exotic animals at the Zoo might’ve been one of your favorite field trips of all time. While we know that some Zoos probably aren’t able to give animals proper care, how bad is it? Are all Zoos this way, and if not, how can you know the difference? Connect With Me: https://linktr.ee/iilluminaughtii ’ Sources: https://justpas...
Mar 31, 2023•31 min•Ep. 6
Welcome to the Corporate Casket, a weekly series where bad businesses go to die. Temu is one of the fastest-growing apps in the United States and its easy to see why. Their promise that you can “shop like a billionaire” seems true when you first open the app. You can buy virtually anything for mere dollars. But, it’s not as wonderful as it seems. Temu has been accused of never shipping products, shipping fake products, and lying to its customers. Their sister company in China isn’t much better. ...
Mar 29, 2023•29 min
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Mar 27, 2023•33 min
