Pony.ai and Uber agree: humans are AI's biggest problem. Celebrate Latina Equal Pay Day by recognizing how crazy unequal it is. China burns coal and make crypto, but we're starting to think they might just be Facebook in country form. Finally, Matt Makes a proxy vote - just not the one Vanguard, BlackRock, or probably your fund made.

The war on Chinese corporates continues apace. Study shows what those with kids know: it's easy to trick them. FedEx still wants a fight. And Matt Makes himself a nice piece of real estate.

FedEx disputes the NYT's "no tax" story with a solid "yeah, but you suck, too". Coal plants are going down and burning everything en route. Hedge funds shorting ESG? Maybe not. And Matt Makes peace with his billionaire saviors - by trying to move next door to get saved from climate change.

New studies on women in venture capital and women and equity pay are... sobering. Facebook removes millions of pieces of content in 3 months, but what about users? And Matt wraps his week of self-board nominating by finding a true white crusty board to target.

Matt and Damion open a big box of Biz Nuggets including Google and Facebook getting into banking, an Alibaba singles day requiem, TikTok, Elizabeth Warren, Elon Musk, and climate change. Then we answer a slew of questions on what ESG even is before Matt full on finds a target to join their board, if only he could make bed parts.

Uber CEO walks backwards on Saudi Arabia. Unilever goes meatless in Europe. The streaming wars start (and sputter). Bank of America predicts the next decade. And Matt really wants a board seat, part two.

Alibaba's 30bn one-day revenue is why the NBA and Activision cow to China. Big data has an espionage problem. Mailbag wonders what say on pay is, and why it sucks. Jerks rule corporates as much as the internet. And Matt Makes a plea to join a corporate board - as long as it involves no hard work and plenty of cash.

In the week that was, McDonald's CEO is canned, Boeing's CEO isn't. TikTok is a threat, Mark Zuckerberg isn't. Elizabeth Warren is a threat, billionaires aren't. The Business Pants takeaway: is accountability and ownership dead?

Boeing and McDonald's keep apologizing. But not so much. Uber is NOT WeWork... kind of... Another mailbag about ESG and the mess of data. Biz Nuggets on Boomer trolls, Facebook, billionaires crying. And finally, Matt Makes sense of Boring CEO Dennis Muilenburg's web of buddies.

AirBnB feels the regulatory heat post-election, but Uber and Lyft might be watching. Netflix adds a skip button to political comedy (everything?). A listener mailbag. And the SEC is making sure you can't ask companies for anything... unless you're massive.