Desperate Acts of Capitalism Podcast

Movies: Are they good or are they bad? It's impossible to say. But what about the folks who make 'em? Hollywood makes plenty of flops and failures, but on this episode of Desperate Acts of Capitalism, we cover the golden age of Hollywood, and how it all came crashing down.

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Sources:

https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/hollywood-strike-history-sag/ 

https://www.amazon.com/Inquisition-Hollywood-Politics-Community-1930-60/dp/0252071417 

https://archive.org/details/forbiddenanimati0000cohe/page/n9/mode/2up 

https://filmstarfacts.com/2017/09/26/studio-system-collapsed/ 

https://www.history.com/news/how-tv-killed-hollywoods-golden-age 

https://retrospectjournal.com/2020/11/29/raising-the-curtain-hollywood-and-american-politics-1920-60/ 

https://books.google.com/books?id=Nz8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA146#v=onepage&q&f=false

First they were weird. Then they were fun. Now, they are tired, played out, and full of catfish. In this episode of Desperate Acts of Capitalism we wade into the sordid world of modern dating apps, exploring how one of the most defining elements of modern dating culture got so bad.

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Tinder: CEO Renate Nyborg to leave dating app after one year

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-62402874?utm_id=8562679&orgid=128&utm_att1=

How to date right: Romance is in the air with a former Trump aide’s new app for conservatives

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/magazine-features/2977090/how-to-date-right-romance-is-in-the-air-with-a-former-trump-aides-new-app-for-conservatives/

The Right Stuff users claim they were contacted by FBI after using the conservative dating app

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/conservative-dating-app-right-stuff-fbi-b2195668.html

Dating Apps Have Hit a Wall. Can They Turn Things Around?

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/12/business/dating-apps-tinder-bumble.html

Bumble’s Anti-Celibacy Campaign Is Not Going Over Well

https://www.thecut.com/article/the-controversy-around-bumbles-anti-celibacy-billboards.html

Forbes Health Survey: 79% Of Gen Z Report Dating App Burnout

https://www.forbes.com/health/dating/dating-app-fatigue/

In the mid to late 2000s, we gathered around our television sets to watch a heartwarming reality show where struggling families got their homes renovated into much nicer, bigger homes. A much nicer, bigger home couldn't possibly have any unintended consequences down the line, right? Right?? How did the lizards get into the duct tape room???

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https://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/crime/abcs-extreme-exploitation

https://www.thelist.com/35201/untold-truth-extreme-makeover-home-edition/  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7ffFtPvdhs&ab_channel=PatrickCc%3A 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/nation-now/2017/05/26/extreme-makeover-home-foreclosure/346131001/ 

https://www.thewrap.com/ty-pennington-extreme-makeover-home-edition-backlash/ 

https://web.archive.org/web/20101105124200/http://defamer.gawker.com/163321/the-extreme-makeover-home-edition-tragedy-wishlist

The land of strikes and protests is at it again - that is, was at it again about 15 years ago. With the Recession in full swing, the French adopted an... original method to obtain better deals from their bosses: sequestration. How is this possible? What are the police even doing? Are the bosses being tortured?? Why are people selling razors to CEOs now??? All this and more from the author of this episode, Noah the Editor.

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https://www.europe1.fr/economie/Sequestre-plusieurs-fois-un-patron-raconte-610324

https://www.lepoint.fr/societe/sequestration-a-la-poste-amende-avec-sursis-pour-besancenot-et-dix-postiers-05-09-2011-1370052_23.php

https://foreignpolicy.com/2009/04/23/bossnapping-wave-sweeps-france/

https://www.lexpress.fr/societe/justice/sequestration-de-patrons-une-methode-de-negociation-risquee-en-theorie_1311966.html

https://www.ouest-france.fr/economie/syndicats/avant-air-france-d-autres-histoires-de-patrons-sequestres-4521859

https://atlantico.fr/article/decryptage/sequestre-par-vos-salaries--petit-kit-de-survie-pour-patrons-en-detresse-xavier-tedeschi-

https://www.liberation.fr/futurs/2009/04/01/la-sequestration-de-patrons-est-typiquement-francaise_550280/

https://web.archive.org/web/20090411043129/http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/blog/europeinsight/archives/2009/04/sarkozys_bossna.html

You've probably noticed it: flying on commercial airlines has gotten a lot worse. Covid didn't help, but if we're being honest it wasn't great before covid either. In fact, didn't flying used to be really fun back in the 60's and '70's? What happened to piano bars in planes, good food, and decent legroom? In this episode we will get into how airlines got so bad, and how what we see of the airline industry is the tip of an iceberg of rot and deregulation.

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Ryanair abandons controversial Afrikaans test for South African travelers

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/ryanair-drops-controversial-test-for-south-african-travelers/index.html

Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary accused of racism for saying terrorists are 'generally Muslim men'

https://news.sky.com/story/ryanair-boss-michael-oleary-accused-of-racism-for-saying-terrorists-are-generally-muslim-men-11940064

US airline passengers are getting increasingly frustrated. Here’s why

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/jd-power-2023-north-american-airline-satisfaction-survey-results/index.html

Summer air travel could be expensive and chaotic. Here's how to avoid trouble

https://www.npr.org/2022/06/14/1104820079/summer-air-travel-could-be-expensive-and-chaotic-heres-how-to-avoid-trouble

Why is air travel so miserable? - Transcript

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/why-is-air-travel-so-miserable-transcript-1.7140847

Why Flying Is Miserable: And How to Fix It

https://www.amazon.com/Why-Flying-Miserable-How-Fix/dp/B0BW661PMJ

How United Became The World's Most Hated Airline In One Day

https://www.forbes.com/sites/daviatemin/2017/04/11/how-united-became-the-worlds-most-hated-airline-in-one-day/?sh=66e70e3561f2

Spirit Airlines to Charge New Fee for Carry-On Luggage

https://abcnews.go.com/Travel/spirit-airlines-charge-fee-carryon-luggage-bag-surcharge/story?id=10298802

The Ballsy History Of Extremely Crude Ads For Spirit Airlines

https://www.businessinsider.com/spirit-airlines-ads-2011-6?op=1

The facts and figures behind Michael O'Leary's horse racing empire

https://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/horse-racing/facts-figures-behind-michael-olearys-23354749

Hard Ryanair landing

https://youtube.com/shorts/ltkIWkUz0dk?si=iGfpgFlZAgLpbGse

Pilot Destroys Plane Wing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tur3-W6-q6o

MoviePass is back, and it's better than ever. In our first SEQUEL episode, Evan gives us an update on what the ol' MoviePass company has been up to in the last 5 years.

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https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/13/moviepass-will-shut-down-for-good-on-sept-14.html

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/moviepass-gets-takeover-offer-1240275/

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/13/moviepass-resurrection-will-face-old-problems-and-new-rivals.html

https://www.businessinsider.com/moviepass-relaunching-details-how-to-sign-up-2022-8

https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/moviepass-relaunch-waitlist-tiered-pricing-1234754345/

https://www.businessinsider.com/moviepass-relaunching-details-how-many-movies-per-month-2022-9

https://www.moviepass.com/

On this episode of DAOC, CT takes us through 10 years of gum advertising.

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https://productventures.com/work/5-gum-package-design/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZN5hqu7yPA

Music Credits:

Airwaves by Sascha Ende

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Total Happy Up And Sunny by Sascha Ende

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Prosecution, action, trumpets by Sascha Ende

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Leisure by Sascha Ende

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Uplifted by Sascha Ende

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Al Dunlap was not an ordinary man: he was a verb. Across the country, his name was a byword for rapid corporate turnarounds and ruthless efficiency; at least, that's what he claimed on the jacket cover of his book. Known for walking into boardroom meetings in ostentatious outfits and firing half the company, there was a time when Wall Street believed that "the Chainsaw" really could turn bad companies into good ones with sheer willpower. But Al was playing a dangerous game, and in the end he flew too close to the sun.

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Sources:

Securities and Exchange Commission v. Albert Dunlap et al., Civil Action No. 01-8437-CIV (Middlebrooks)(S.D. Fla.)

https://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/lr-17710

Mean Business by Al Dunlap

https://archive.org/details/meanbusinesshowi00dunl_0

"Portfolio’s Worst American CEOs of All Time"

https://www.cnbc.com/2009/04/30/Portfolios-Worst-American-CEOs-of-All-Time.html?slide=16

"SEC Sues Sunbeam CFO Kersh, Dunlap, and Four Others"

https://www.cfo.com/news/breaking-news-sec-sues-former-sunbeam-cfo-kersh-dunlap-and-four-others/683301/

Book review: "Rambo in pinstripes. Chainsaw: The Notorious Career of Al Dunlap in the Era of Profit-at-Any-Price"

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/npr.4040190212?saml_referrer

"Memo to Al Dunlap: You're Fired!"

https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/memo-to-al-dunlap-youre-fired/

"Al Dunlap Compared Himself to Springsteen, Then Came a Steep Fall"

https://www.wsj.com/articles/albert-j-dunlap-cost-slashing-sunbeam-ceo-known-as-chainsaw-al-dies-at-age-81-11548611699

"Michael F. Price, a Pugnacious Value Investor, Has Died at Age 70"

https://www.wsj.com/articles/michael-f-price-a-pugnacious-value-investor-has-died-at-age-70-11647621811

Jeremy Renner superfans used to have an app to share their love of all things Renner. But then everything went wrong. Find out what happened on today's thrilling episode of Desperate Acts of Capitalism!

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https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2019/9/4/20850069/jeremy-renner-official-app-shutting-down-trolls-fans-marvel-cinematic-universe-hawkeye

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=od7P-RhLjLQ&ab_channel=DannyGonzalez

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-7430119/Jeremy-Renner-shuts-app-two-years-trolls-posing-Casey-Anthony-OJ-Simpson.html

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/jeremy-renner-launches-new-app-fans-987835/

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/actor-jeremy-renner-launches-free-mobile-app-for-fans-in-partnership-with-escapex-300427322.html

https://www.fastcompany.com/90330587/influencers-and-their-superfans-are-flocking-to-this-new-kind-of-social-media

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/annehelenpetersen/jeremy-renner-app-trolling-career-hurt-locker-avengers

https://deadspin.com/i-broke-the-official-jeremy-renner-app-by-posting-the-w-1837804181

https://www.wired.com/story/jeremy-renner-app/

https://onezero.medium.com/the-sketchy-economics-behind-the-jeremy-renner-app-8dae94724ab1

On this episode of DAOC, we delve into the bizarre crossroads of Youtuber drama and cryptocurrency scams to cover the financial escapades of one Logan Paul.

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https://time.com/6252093/logan-paul-cryptozoo-liquid-marketplace/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonyoushaei/2021/10/11/how-logan-paul-became-our-generations-greatest-showman/?sh=7ade8462a221 https://twitter.com/LoganPaul/status/1409595093263077382 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/27/technology/crypto-influencers.html https://www.vulture.com/2023/01/logan-paul-cryptozoo-scam-coffeezilla-allegations-explained.html