Episodes
Submit a question for us to answer our final episode of the season by sending us an email [email protected]!! Don't forget to rate and review this podcast!!  This is a true Corporate Gossip Exclusive: The ONLY comparative exploration of Enron and Vanderpump Rules.  On a summer day in 2012 in a restaurant garden in Weho, waitress Schena Shay confronts Housewife Brandi Glanville about the rumors of infidelity surrounding Brandi's husband, Eddie Cibrian. Narratively, this scene breaks the...
Published 05/05/23
A SUPERSIZED EPISODE!! Two pods in one!!!  Take our listener survey! Rate and review this podcast!  Jack Welch is our collective Corporate Villain origin story. Potentially the most famous American CEO, Welch, like so many of the leaders we cover on this pod, possesses a dangerous combination of ruthlessness and incompetency. Adam and Becca trace his meteoric rise and salacious downfall before passing the reins of turd mountain (GE) to a series of doomed successors. Our apologies in advance...
Published 04/28/23
Take our listener survey!  If Theresa Giudice opened a mediocre fast casual sandwich shop it would look like Subway restaurants. Founded in part by a 17 year old from the Bronx named Fred Deluca, Subway would become the world’s largest fast-food chain. But while Deluca's family was raking in that sweet meatball money, their franchisees were in honey ham hell. Once the sandwich king, Subway now faces serious lawsuits and FTC investigations amid dwindling sales. How did this chain, known for...
Published 04/14/23
Take our listener survey!  This episode is Not Safe For Work / Your Harvard MBA class  Professional Canadian... sorry, Professional COMEDIAN, Nathan Macintosh joins Becca to fix capitalism. It's so easy it literally took us less than an hour guys. We discuss a few interesting proposals to address capitalism's systemic problems, AND plan the first EVER Corporate Gossip Cruise / Davos for the rest of us.  Support the pod by buying us a coffee Check out our reading list  ...
Published 04/07/23
Take our listener survey!  Join Becca and Adam on a journey that starts in in a smoky Texas hotel lobby in 1967. We'll pass trough a decomposing sportatorium off the Dallas freeway in 1992 and end at a contentious company sponsored JoJo concert in 2022. Once a shining star in the skies over the Texas Plains, Southwest experienced a slow and then sudden descent after the departure of it's distinctive founder. Executive would try to repair the damage, but for many it was "Too Little, Too...
Published 03/31/23
Take our listener survey!  It's a bank run, dummies! The SVB collapse is true corporate gossip catnip, and we couldn't resist bringing you this ~very special~ episode about the biggest corporate shitshow of the year (so far). Aaron Cohn, business professor and scorned ex-lover of venture capital, joins Becca to recap the bank's meltdown and subsiquent VC temper tantrum. Aaron is fresh off the plane from SXSW and ready to spill all the tea on venture capital. It's a little bit cringe, a...
Published 03/24/23
Take our listener survey!  Boeing is the quintessential american company. For decades it was the destination of choice for America's brightest minds in engineering. Pilots revered the institution, "if it aint Boeing, I'm not going," they'd often say. But by the turn of the century, Boeing's engineering supremacy was replaced with a relentless devotion to shareholder value. Passengers... you can kick rocks! Boeing execs have got a company to plunder in the name of shareholder value...
Published 03/17/23
We're brewing up some hot Corporate Tea for you...  Season TWO of the Corproate Gossip Podcast is coming March 2023! Here's a sneak peak of upcomming episodes: Boeing, Southwest, Subway, Blackberry, McKinsey, HBO, Cesars, VW, Costco, Chobani and MORE!  Have thoughts on those companies? Have an idea for an episode? Send an email to [email protected] THANK YOU for listening, rating, reviewing, and gossiping with us!  Follow us on Tiktok: @nitetoast
Published 01/16/23
Don't forget to rate and review this podcast!!  Carlos Watson has it all: an Ivy League pedigree, an electric personality, and a media empire called “Ozy.” There’s only one problem… Watson is a prolific b******t artist. When he and his co-founder are caught catfishing Goldman Sachs executives, his empire begins to crumble and his throne of lies is exposed. The Ozy story is truly wild and includes feuds with Sharon Osbourne, a Fyre Fest knockoff, and millennial-era side bangs! Tiktok:...
Published 12/30/22
Don't forget to rate and review this podcast!!  Under Armour is what happens when a group of perpetually rowdy frat bros is at the helm of a multi-billion dollar company. Starting with a single sewing machine in his grandma's basement, Ken Plank grew the UA brand to market dominance over two decades, and then oversaw its demise over two years. This story has it all: A+ list athletes, strip club scandals, Twitter PR disasters, adulterous adventures on a private jet, and Becca's favorite:...
Published 12/16/22
Hi, Hi, Hiya! The Disney Drama continues as Michael Eisner hires his Hollywood buddy, super-agent Michel Ovitz, as president of the company. 434 days later he's fired and a contentious lawsuit brings the executive suite to court where Eisner alleges that Ovitz was acting like a jerk at his Mom's funeral (seriously... you can't make this stuff up).  We then meet up with Bob Iger in 2022 as he's relentlessly trash talking Bob Chapeck over lunches in LA. Ultimately, a fairy grants him his wish...
Published 12/09/22
The drama in the C-suite at Disney's HQ in Burbank makes the Real Housewives of Orange County look like an episode of Mickey Mouse's clubhouse. Each CEO transition is messier than the next as these execs wrestle for the top spot in Cinderella's castle. This is part 1 of a 2 part episode.  Timestamps:  03:47 Bob Chapeks sudden and surprise departure in November of 2022 08:40 Bob Igers complicated and codepedent relationship with Disney 17:00 Disney's price hikes makes vacation for the...
Published 12/02/22
No it’s not an episode of succession, but it feels like one. This story has billionaires, nepotism, betrayal, criminal accusations, and COUPONS!  For links to all of the articles we discuss here check out corporategossippod.com Follows us on tiktok @nitetoast  Timestamps:  01:00 - Background  04:12 - BBBY CEO Steve Tamaras stupidly overpaid  08:00 - Activist investors kick out the CEO  14:15 - Nepotism!!  19:50 - Activist investors kick out ANOTHER CEO 26:50 - BBBY as a meme stock...
Published 11/04/22
Activist investors take a stake in Peloton and dunk on John Foley via powerpoint deck as loyal riders hang up their shoes and get back outside.  Follow us on tiktok @nitetoast
Published 10/21/22
Has Peloton spun off the track? How did this coveted brand crash and burn? And why didn't founder John Foley hit the breaks? In this two part episode, we follow the rise of this pandemic-era darling and identify how the wheels started to wobble.  Follow us on tiktok @nitetoast
Published 10/21/22