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 126: Walt Disney and the Disney Company (Part 1)
In our final episode of the decade we run down the 2nd largest media conglomerate in the world, the Walt Disney Company. In this first of three parts we start with Walt Disney's birth in Chicago in 1901 and continue all the way up to his company introducing another death … [Read more]

Episode 125: We answer your questions! (Full episode on Patreon)
This week we take a temporary bye to answer the questions some of our most loyal listeners sent to us. Learn how we all met, what recreational legal activities we did in our youths and many more mis-deeds involving your hosts. if you have any other questions send a comment … [Read more]

Episode 124: Edir Macedo ft. Michael Brooks
This week we go to Brazil with special guest Michael Brooks. We cover Edir Macedo, an evangelical pastor who teaches that the true path to salvation is giving him lots of money and possibly your newborn. We also talk about his associations with Jair Bolsonaro and the smash blockbuster Nothing … [Read more]

Episode 123: Chris Cline (New King of Coal) (Full episode on Patreon)
This week we cover the life and misdeeds of the former New King of Coal Chris Cline. We cover his humble roots of being a third generation coal miner, the conspiracy theories involving his helicopter crash death and and we are joined by Kahn Fight who has a personal connection … [Read more]

Episode 122: Ingvar Kamprad (IKEA)
It's the IKEA episode on furniture entrepreneur and "not a nazi anymore" Ingvar Kamprad. We discuss Ingvar's innovations in do-it-yourself furniture, made-from-illegally-logged-wood furniture, crafted-by-child-slaves furniture, and crushes-your-toddler furniture. It's one of our more light-hearted episodes. [Read more]

Episode 121: Ruja Ignatova and the OneCoin Scam (Full episode on Patreon)
In this episode we do a deep dive into the largest of the cryptocurrency scams carried out so far, the OneCoin theft fronted by Ruja Ignatova. At least $4 billion was stolen from people who "invested" in the nonexistent cryptocurrency OneCoin and Ms. Ignatova has not been seen since 2017. … [Read more]

Episode 120: Grubble Stession - Part 1
It's the podcast crossover people have been clamoring for: Struggle Session and Grubstakers join forces to comment on the richest fictional billionaires. In this episode we look at whether certain fictional billionaires are good, what their offscreen activities might be, and whether they should be executed to a permanent end. … [Read more]

Episode 119: The Coup in Bolivia (Full episode on Patreon)
We took a brief departure from billionaires to discuss United States-backed coups. We might've found a Bolivian billionaire to wedge this into but they don't have any. The episode starts with a trip back to 1950s Iran when the CIA was taking its first baby steps in overthrowing democratically elected … [Read more]

Episode 118: Masayoshi Son (SoftBank)
This week we’re covering the man formerly known as the Bill Gates of Japan Masayoshi Son. The world record holder for largest drop of net worth (70 Billion) the man who for 3 days was richer than Bill Gates, the early investor of Ali Baba, Uber and WeWork (oops!) The … [Read more]

Episode 117: John C. Malone (Liberty Media/Charter/Spectrum Internet) (Full episode on Patreon)
This week Andy got fired and we're discussing John C. Malone, the most powerful man you've never heard of. From Time Warner Cable (Spectrum) to Ticketmaster, Mr. Malone is pulling the strings. Also his wife is a horse wife because she likes horses and they have way too many of … [Read more]