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Corporate Carnage

Corporate Carnage

Written by: HustleStudios Podcast Network
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Corporate Carnage is the business scandal and corporate true crime podcast that investigates what happens when ambition, power, and profit spiral out of control. Each episode explores the decisions, deceptions, and leadership failures behind some of the world’s most notorious corporate collapses.

From Enron and WeWork to financial fraud, executive misconduct, failed startups, and major Philippine business scandals, Corporate Carnage examines how promising companies become cautionary tales. Discover the warning signs that were ignored, the people affected, and the consequences that followed when businesses crossed the line.

Part business education and part true crime, the podcast transforms complex corporate cases into compelling, accessible stories. Whether you are an entrepreneur, business professional, investor, student, or simply fascinated by corporate corruption, Corporate Carnage reveals valuable lessons hidden inside spectacular failures.

Because behind every fallen empire is a chain of decisions—and someone who believed the consequences would never arrive.

Corporate Carnage is a HustleStudios Podcast Network production.

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Episodes
  • Wirecard: The Missing Billions

    Wirecard: The Missing Billions
    Sep 20 2026
    Wirecard: The Missing Billions

    CHAPTERS:
    0:00 — Cold Open
    0:30 — Welcome + Network Shoutout
    2:00 — The Rise of Wirecard: From Dot-Com Startup to DAX Giant
    15:00 — The Zatarra Report and the Attack on Critics
    28:00 — How the Fraud Actually Worked
    42:00 — The Dan McCrum Investigation
    55:00 — The Collapse: June 2020
    67:00 — Jan Marsalek's Escape to Russia
    75:00 — The Aftermath: Legal, Political, Human
    85:00 — Closing Reflections + Next Episode Teaser
    86:00 — End / HustleStudios Radio 24/7

    SOURCES:
    Financial Times — Dan McCrum investigative series (2015-2020)
    Der Spiegel — Marsalek intelligence connections
    Bellingcat / The Insider — Marsalek Russia investigation
    Citizen Lab — Dark Basin hacking campaign report
    German Bundestag — Wirecard Parliamentary Inquiry (2020-2021)
    Reuters — TCI criminal complaint filing
    PBS Frontline — Marsalek Russia documentation
    Netflix — Skandal: Bringing Down Wirecard (2022)

    MORE FROM HUSTLE STUDIOS:
    Scam Nation: Breaking down the biggest cons and frauds with deep investigative detail — https://www.spreaker.com/show/scam-nation
    Power Plays: Investigating the backroom deals and corporate power plays that shape the business world — https://www.spreaker.com/show/power-plays

    Wirecard: The Missing Billions — by HustleStudios

    This episode was created with AI assistance. Original content reviewed by our team for platform compliance.

    #CorporateCarnage #HustleStudios #BusinessTrueCrime

    Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/corporate-carnage--7248479/support.

    When ambition becomes deception and success begins to crumble, Corporate Carnage follows the evidence. Follow the podcast so you never miss a story of corporate fraud, business scandal, or entrepreneurial disaster.

    If you enjoy the show and want to help us continue producing independent business and corporate true crime stories, you can support Corporate Carnage here:

    https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/corporate-carnage--7248479/support

    Your support helps us research, produce, and share more stories about the decisions, scandals, and failures that changed the business world.

    Corporate Carnage is a HustleStudios Podcast Network production.
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    57 mins
  • Theranos: The Dropout

    Theranos: The Dropout
    Sep 6 2026
    Theranos: The Dropout

    CHAPTERS:
    0:00 — Cold Open
    0:30 — Welcome + Network Shoutout
    2:00 — Elizabeth Holmes: Background and Founding
    8:00 — The Technology Claims: Edison and Nanotainer
    14:00 — The Most Illustrious Board in History
    20:00 — The Partnerships: Safeway and Walgreens
    26:00 — The Cover-Up: Fake Labs and Silenced Scientists
    32:00 — Ian Gibbons: The Tragic Story
    38:00 — The Whistleblowers: Tyler Shultz and Erika Cheung
    42:00 — John Carreyrou's Investigation
    46:00 — The Fall: CMS Warnings and Collapse
    50:00 — The Trial and Verdict
    53:00 — Closing Lessons + Network Shoutout
    55:00 — End / HustleStudios Radio 24/7

    SOURCES:
    Wikipedia: Theranos, Elizabeth Holmes, Ian Gibbons, Tyler Shultz
    The Wall Street Journal: John Carreyrou investigative series (2015-2016)
    Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou
    Journal of Clinical Investigation: Theranos accuracy study (March 2016)
    CMS inspection reports: Newark, California laboratory (2016)

    MORE FROM HUSTLE STUDIOS:
    Scam Nation: Investigating the biggest cons and frauds with detailed breakdowns — https://www.spreaker.com/show/scam-nation
    Crypto Crime Files: The wildest cryptocurrency frauds and digital heists — https://www.spreaker.com/show/crypto-crime-files

    Theranos: The Dropout — by HustleStudios

    This episode was created with AI assistance. Original content reviewed by our team for platform compliance.

    #CorporateCarnage #HustleStudios #BusinessTrueCrime

    Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/corporate-carnage--7248479/support.

    When ambition becomes deception and success begins to crumble, Corporate Carnage follows the evidence. Follow the podcast so you never miss a story of corporate fraud, business scandal, or entrepreneurial disaster.

    If you enjoy the show and want to help us continue producing independent business and corporate true crime stories, you can support Corporate Carnage here:

    https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/corporate-carnage--7248479/support

    Your support helps us research, produce, and share more stories about the decisions, scandals, and failures that changed the business world.

    Corporate Carnage is a HustleStudios Podcast Network production.
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    56 mins
  • WeWork: The Rise and Fall

    WeWork: The Rise and Fall
    Aug 9 2026
    WeWork was supposed to reinvent the office. Instead, it became the most expensive cautionary tale in Silicon Valley history. From a barefoot CEO who trademarked the word "We" and sold it back to his own company, to a forty-seven billion dollar valuation built on reclaimed wood and craft beer, this is the story of how Adam Neumann convinced the world's most sophisticated investors that a subleasing company was a technology platform — and how one S-1 filing blew it all apart.

    CHAPTERS:
    0:00 — The Cold Open
    0:45 — Welcome and Show Introduction
    1:30 — Adam Neumann: The Desert Kid from Beersheba
    5:00 — GreenDesk and the Birth of WeWork
    8:00 — The Coworking Empire Grows
    12:00 — SoftBank and the Forty-Seven Billion Dollar Valuation
    18:00 — The Trademark Deal: Selling "We" for Five Point Nine Million
    22:00 — The S-1 Filing: The Document That Changed Everything
    28:00 — The Resignation and the One Point Seven Billion Dollar Exit
    35:00 — The Employees Pay the Price
    38:00 — The Post-Neumann Struggle and COVID-19
    42:00 — The SPAC Merger and the Slow Bleed
    46:00 — Bankruptcy: Ten to Fifty Billion in Liabilities
    50:00 — The Final Twist: Neumann Tries to Buy WeWork Back
    52:00 — Six Lessons from the WeWork Story
    55:00 — Network Shoutout and Closing




    Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/corporate-carnage--7248479/support.

    When ambition becomes deception and success begins to crumble, Corporate Carnage follows the evidence. Follow the podcast so you never miss a story of corporate fraud, business scandal, or entrepreneurial disaster.

    If you enjoy the show and want to help us continue producing independent business and corporate true crime stories, you can support Corporate Carnage here:

    https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/corporate-carnage--7248479/support

    Your support helps us research, produce, and share more stories about the decisions, scandals, and failures that changed the business world.

    Corporate Carnage is a HustleStudios Podcast Network production.
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    57 mins
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