Larry Ellison has been weirdly lurking in the background for decades, but then he turned 80 and decided that being the second richest man in the world wasn't enough, he also needed attention! Becca and Robby psychoanalyze baby Larry, visit his failed NOBU lettuce farm in Hawaii, and fall into the family's shiny new money pit. We think this could have all been avoided if Larry never discovered samurai swords...

TW: mention of suicide, death

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Introducing ROBBY!

(05:00) The myth of Oracle & Larry Ellison

(20:00) I actually think I can fix Larry Ellison!

(30:00) Hi, My name is Larry Ellison, I invented colonization and it's actually not that bad

(44:00) Larry's shiny new money pit (Paramount WBD)

Links:

Larry Ellison's Half-Billion-Dollar Quest to Change Farming Has Been a Bust

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison Is Stepping Down to Spend More Time With His Yachts

Still No. 1, and Doing What He Wants

Larry Ellison Is More Interesting Than Ever at 81

The Son King of Hollywood

Everyone Else Must Fail

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Brett Ratner's Indecent proposal: $40 million for 20 days with your wife!

Robby Slowik joins the Corporate Gossip Podcast for this certified hogleg (official announcement coming next week!). We discuss all the drama surrounding the $75m bribery payment from Jeff Bezos to the Trump family in the form of a 105-minute piece of trollaganda.

Yes, we unfortunately both watched the movie!

TW: SA

Links:

Melania: The Movie. The Bribe. The Shame.

How the Trumps Turned an Election Victory Into a Cash Bonanza

Bezos Cornered by Own Reporters on $75M 'Melania' Deal

How once-exiled filmmaker Brett Ratner staged a Hollywood comeback with 'Melania'

Rush Hour 4 Will Shoot in Saudi Arabia

Trump's Save America PAC, which raises money to push election fraud claims, paid $60,000 to Melania's stylist

Steven Mnuchin's wife's inexplicable movie trailer

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Stop your protesting! Stop your organizing! The only thing we need is 🤑 MANIFESTATION 💸

It's time to talk about the Pyramidschemification of America. This episode has so many fun characters: 17th century Puritans, Tammy Faye Baker, Amanda Frances, an MLM hun on a regional jet somewhere over Sandusky, Ohio, and Elizabeth Holmes???

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Timestamps:

10:30 - The Puritanical roots of Mulitilevel Marking

21:00 - Stop organizing! Start manifesting!

30:00 - Turns out, Regan pyramidschemified America

35:00 - Betsy Devos putting in 40 hours at the Stupid Idea Factory

Links:

Little Bosses Everywhere

2023 FTC report on MLMs

The Unkillable Appeal of Multilevel Marketing

They Spent Their Life Savings on Life Coaching

The 'Exciting Business Opportunity' That Ruined Our Lives

The Miseducation of Betsy DeVos

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

DeVos held in contempt for violating judge's order on student loans

DeVos-Linked Adoption Agency Exposed Highly Sensitive Children's Medical Data

Blackwater Guards Found Guilty in 2007 Iraq Killings

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