Yeet the Rich

By Emily Walsh and Daniel Moss

If a billionaire donates money to a good cause, does that make them a good person? Hosts Emily Walsh and Daniel Moss are two married millennials who learned about financial crises by living thro

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The podcast currently has 112 episodes available.

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September 17, 2024 Murdaugh Family Part One- 1-877-Legs4Cash
This week we get into the four generation saga of the Murdaugh family. You might think you know the story but it goes back a century. This family has committed every time of fraud, theft, and vehicular murder there is and we get into all of it!

Sources for this week:
The Devil at His Elbow: Alex Murdaugh and the Fall of a Southern Dynasty by Valerie Bauerlein
Netflix Doc- Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal
HBO Doc- Murdaugh Murders: Deadly Dynasty
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September 10, 2024 Crazy Eddie Part Three- Open up your Mattresses, Let's Do Some Crime!
We are wrapping up the Crazy Eddie story this week!
Enjoy!
Sources for this week:

Retail Gangster: The Insane, Real-Life Story of Crazy Eddie-By Gary Weiss (2022)
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1h 30min
September 03, 2024Check In Episode Featuring Katie Mischler- Communal Arsenic Jars
Ok this week we are doing something a little different. Emily is away on an adventure so we have a special guest this week: Katie Mischler!!!!
Katie and I will be checking in on some of our least favorite corporations, to see what nefarious activities they have been up since we recorded.
We will talk about new PFOA news, Walmarts Apple Juice problems, some new Billy McFarland hijinx and much much more!! We will be getting right back into Crazy Eddie next week but we hope you enjoy!
DuPont/PFOA's:
https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/biden-harris-administration-finalizes-critical-rule-clean-pfas-contamination-protect
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/epa-limits-pfas-chemicals-drinking-water-first-time-rcna147000
Walmart:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/walmart-apple-juice-recall-arsenic-great-value-brand/
Billy Mcfarland/FYRE II:
https://www.npr.org/2023/08/24/1195569809/billy-mcfarland-went-to-prison-for-fyre-fest-are-his-plans-for-a-reboot-legal
https://people.com/donald-trumps-campaign-asked-fyre-fest-founder-billy-mcfarland-for-help-report-8675339
https://posh.vip/e/fyre
UBER:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-24/uber-is-locking-out-new-york-city-drivers-mid-shift-to-lower-minimum-pay?utm_medium=cpc_search&utm_campaign=NB_ENG_DSAXX_DSAXXXXXXXXXX_EVG_XXXX_XXX_COUSA_EN_EN_X_BLOM_GO_SE_XXX_XXXXXXXXXX&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjw8rW2BhAgEiwAoRO5rF_aAq-8LP3s2rNz3ECiSVA0OWOrXtkdNzYcCoLLdbahdLJ51yxibBoCKsoQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds&embedded-checkout=true
Ty Warner/ Beanie Babies:
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ty-warner-does-the-impossi-ball-reinventing-worlds-first-toy-with-beanie-bouncers-302199688.html
https://www.independent.com/2021/09/02/ty-warners-ex-alleges-abuse-sues-for-half-of-400-million-montecito-estate/
Sacklers/ Perdue Pharma:
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-blocks-purdue-pharma-opioid-settlement-rcna1390
Ross Ulbrict/The Silk Road:
https://
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August 28, 2024 Crazy Eddie Part Two- No Fraud Stone Unturned
This week is a big one for the Crazy Eddie story. We start with an amusing little bit of insurance fraud and then we meet the final piece of the Crazy Eddie Crime Puzzle! Sam E. Antar was Eddie's nerdy younger cousin and he had an idea. An idea So Outrageous, So Crazy, and So Illegal that Eddie couldn't resist. They Were going to trick Wallstreet into thinking they were a WAY more successfull company then they actually were. And once they did, Crazy Eddie was getting into the Stock Market!
Enjoy!
Sources for this week:

Retail Gangster: The Insane, Real-Life Story of Crazy Eddie-By Gary Weiss (2022)
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1h 2min
August 20, 2024 Crazy Eddie Part One- I Thought We Were Bad Boys
Our new topic this week is Crazy Eddie and the Antar family. An insane electronics company that started as part retail store, part scam. Every customer was a mark waiting to be tricked.
We get into their wild marketing and loud obnoxious commercials and strange cult following that formed around hating them.
This story is super fun and we hope you enjoy!
Also if you want to watch the commercials for yourself here are a few links:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml6S2yiuSWE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_dl2tsuUtc
https://www.facebook.com/wpixarchives/videos/casablanca-crazy-eddie-ad/2075837109327450/

Sources for this week:

Retail Gangster: The Insane, Real-Life Story of Crazy Eddie-By Gary Weiss (2022)
“The Public Face of Crazy Eddie Recalls the Real One”-James Barron, New York Times Sept 12th,2016
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1h 12min
August 13, 2024 The United Fruit Company Part Four- Practicing Ethical Scurvy
This week we are wrapping up the United Fruit story! Bananas are essentially running the CIA, creating wars, and dying of disease. There are pesticides and people being sterilized, war crimes and court settlements.

Sources for this week:

Documentary Banana Land- Blood, Bullets, & Poison

Bananas How the United Fruit Company Shaped the World - Peter Chapman

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/11/world/americas/chiquita-banana-lawsuit-colombia.html?searchResultPosition=1

https://newrepublic.com/article/182589/chiquita-colombia-deaths-verdict

https://pulitzercenter.org/stories/deadly-side-americas-banana-obsession

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-62120058

https://partnersinjustice.org/our-work/current-projects/crimes-against-humanity-and-chiquita-bananas/

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August 06, 2024 The United Fruit Company Part Three- It Goes All the Way to the Top!
We are still talking about bananas! And let me tell you, it is getting wild. This week we get into the CIA connections, Fidel Castro. communism, the Bay of Pigs, and even a JFK assassination conspiracy, as a treat!

Sources for this week:

Documentary Banana Land- Blood, Bullets, & Poison
Bananas How the United Fruit Company Shaped the World - Peter Chapman

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1h 6min
July 30, 2024 The United Fruit Company Part Two- Bloody Nanners
Welcome back to the violent world of Bananas! This episode we talk about how the United Fruit company and its competitors begin using their vast wealth and power to manipulate and destabilize Central American governments in hopes of creating laws more favorable to the banana industry, through any means necessary.

Sources for this week:

Documentary Banana Land- Blood, Bullets, & Poison
Bananas How the United Fruit Company Shaped the World - Peter Chapman

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1h 6min
July 23, 2024 The United Fruit Company Part One- This Week is Bananas! B-A-N-A-N-A-S!
This week is truly bananas as we begin the story of the United Fruit company and the many trials and tribulations of the banana industry. This week we establish the beginning of the export business to the US and Europe, and by the end of the series we'll get into the settlements surrounding Chiquita Banana!

Sources for this week:
Documentary Banana Land- Blood, Bullets, & Poison
Bananas How the United Fruit Company Shaped the World - Peter Chapman

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1h 14min
July 16, 2024 PanAm Part Three-Complete PanAm-Demonium!
Welcome Back! This is the last installment of the Pan Am Story and oh boy is a WILD Ride! Prospects for the airline go from bad to worse and then to rock bottom. After Juan Trippe surprises everyone with his retirement, Pan Am goes through a series of CEOs who are forced to sell off more and more of the company just to stay afloat.

This episode is just a series of hopes dashed for a company that was once at the tip top of its industry. So join in as Emily and I learn about the crumbling of a giant! We hope you enjoy!

"Skygods: The Fall of Pan Am" By Robert Gandt(2012)

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1h 10min

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