Carl Icahn is our Billionaire of the week. We discuss his self-serving dismantling of TWA airlines, his reputation as a corporate raider, and his brief period as special economic adviser on financial regulation for President Donald Trump. Joining us on this week on our icIahnic journey is hilarious New York …
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Episodes
Below are all the episodes we saw fit to record and release to you fine folks. Episode pages include citations of sources used in the episode as well as a link to billionaire pages providing a brief written bio. Some episodes are only available in full at our Patreon. To find a particular billionaire quickly use the handy search feature in the menu bar. Paginated for your pleasure.
Episode 29:
Carl Icahn feat. Jay Welch
Episode 28:
Baba Ramdev
Baba Ramdev is in the hot seat this episode. He's been linked to the BJP party in India, his Patanjali products have been bought around the world, but are they manufactured with no malicious intent? We answer these questions any many more right here on Grubstakers. Also some discussion of …
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Episode 27:
Private Equity and the Death of Toys R Us feat. Josh Kosman
For this special episode Josh Kosman, author of The Buyout of America: How Private Equity Is Destroying Jobs and Killing the American Economy, joins us to offer an explanation of what private equity is and why so many of the billionaires we cover are involved in it. We also discuss …
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Episode 26:
David Rubenstein, William Conway, Jr, Daniel A. D'Aniello & The Carlyle Group (Part 2)
In part 2 of our 2 part look at the Carlyle Group we explore the lives of the founders a bit further, particularly the active media presence of David Rubenstein. Moving beyond the war profiteering operations that we discussed in the previous ep we look at some of the domestic …
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Episode 25:
David Rubenstein, William Conway, Jr, Daniel A. D'Aniello & The Carlyle Group (Part 1)
This week we begin our 2 part series on The Carlyle Group. Whenever people are at war someone somewhere makes money, and from our research these 3 gentlemen stand to make a shiny penny covered in the blood of those slained for profit. Sean meant to say George Bailey instead …
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Episode 24:
Marc Rich and Pincus Green
Our newest episode is about Marc Rich and Pincus Green, the billionaire co-founders of Glencore and fugitives from justice until happenstance allowed them to receive a final act in office pardon from President Bill Clinton. Though Marc Rich has sadly passed from this Earth his legacy and his fortune lives …
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Episode 23:
Stephen A. Schwarzman
This week we got a real humdinger of a billionaire. We cover Stephen Allen Schwarzman, former Chairman of the Strategic and Policy Forum for Donald Trump, Co founder of Blackstone Group, and all around unfeeling psychopath. He may be the highest paid CEO in the world and landlord to over …
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Episode 22:
Mark Cuban feat. Mike Recine
This week we discuss Mavs owner and sexual assault allegations denier Mark Cuban. We're joined by comedian Mike Recine to talk about Shark Tank and the hard work it takes to convince Yahoo to spend $6 billion to buy your business then immediately shut it down when the dot com …
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Episode 21:
Ken Langone
The Grubstakers take on Ken "The Italian Stallion" Lagone! Andy Palmer read his book "I Love capitalism," but does it convince the reader? Don’t forget to pretend like you’re working, and strap in you got Grubstakers!
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Episode 20:
The Murder of Barry and Honey Sherman
Its a Canadian murder mystery episode! Who killed Barry Sherman and Honey Sherman eh? We would like to extend the killers an open invitation to appear on a future episode of our podcast anonymously, feel free to visit Andy at his address to confirm. It's aboot time we get down …
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