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Corporate Gossip

Corporate Gossip

Written by: Nitetoast media
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 Business news for gossip lovers. From boardroom shakeups to c-suite scandals, the Corporate gossip podcast brings you all the Wall Street tea. CPA scorned Becca Platsky and her brother, data analytics playboy Adam Platsky are your hosts.2022 Economics Social Sciences
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  • Palantir, Alex Karp & The Right Wing History of Silicon Valley: Standing on J*zzness

    Palantir, Alex Karp & The Right Wing History of Silicon Valley: Standing on J*zzness
    Feb 13 2026

    Palantir - a new custom hellscape or same sh*t different toilet? Has Silicon Valley gone completely red-pilled or was technofacism in the valley's DNA all along? Adam and Becca trace the cookie crumbs from a pioneering mid-century nobel prize winning white supremacist to the post-9/11 origins of Palantir and ultimately meet CEO Alex Karp. Lately, he's been hitting the eject button on his own brain and twisting himself into pretzels both physically and metaphorically to justify his belief that he personally should be rich and successful!

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    Links:

    Democrats Drove Silicon Valley Into Trump's Arms

    How a racist genius created Silicon Valley by being a terrible boss

    Headed for technofascism': the rightwing roots of Silicon Valley

    Unlocking Secrets, if Not Its Own Value

    Trump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans

    'ELITE': The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid

    Palantir CEO Alex Karp Recorded a Video About ICE for His Employees

    Alex Karp Goes to War

    CEO of Palantir Says He Spends a Large Amount of Time Talking to Nazis.

    Tech Workers Coalition

    Central Ohio businesses form mutual aid network to help families impacted by ICE

    Minnesota Mutual Aid Fund

    Instagram of Columbus Mutual Aid Fund: @corazonhilado

    Immigration and Mutual Aid Resources
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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • Ghosts of Strike-mas Past and Larry Ellison Lore (Full Bonus Episode!)

    Ghosts of Strike-mas Past and Larry Ellison Lore (Full Bonus Episode!)
    Jan 31 2026
    We'll be back with season 7 on February 13th! This Patreon episode is free for all (no paywall) in solidarity with the National Strike on January 31st. If you like what you hear, please consider joining us on Patreon. It seems that for every person energized to activism this year, there's another three ready to shit on their efforts (it's not organized enough! it's not widespread enough! You'll never make a difference!). They're wrong. We're going to prove it by getting on our mumus and night caps and becoming the ghosts of general strikes past. We take you with us to the Minneapolis General Strike of 1934 (05:50), the Bahamas General Strike of 1958 (16:00), and the NYC Hard Hat Riot of 1970 (27:30). Three events that are essential to understanding where we are today. Hopefully when we deposit you back to the present, you feel jacked up on history and ready to rip in 2026. Then, we'll wash it all down with an investigation into Larry Ellison and the biggest AI deal of 2025 (37:00). Was it a shrewd business move? Or a foolish plot by an old man desperate to conquer his inner demons before he croaks? Links: Watch on YouTube Advertise on the Corporate Gossip Podcast Pictures from the episode Join me in Albany on Feb 25 Q1 Book Club: Little Bosses Everywhere Minneapolis: Labor then and now: 90 years after the Minneapolis Teamsters' strikes Minneapolis Teamsters Strike Documentary Part 1 Minneapolis Teamsters Strike Documentary Part 2 The Citizens Alliance of Minneapolis Bahamas: 60th Anniversary of The General Strike: 19 Days That Changed The Bahamas The 1958 General Strike and the Making of the Modern Bahamas – Bahama Pundit The Bahamas: Bad News for the Boys Hard Hat Riots: The riot that started the culture wars Watch Hard Hat Riot | American Experience - PBS The Coffee Klatch with Robert Reich Larry Ellison: TikTok Is Now Collecting Even More Data About Its Users. Here Are the 3 Biggest Changes TikTok users say they are being censored after change to U.S. ownership Oracle, OpenAI Sign $300 Billion Cloud Deal Larry Ellison Is More Interesting Than Ever at 81 The Billionaire, His Mystery Wife and College Football's Wildest Recruiting Saga Big Tech tax breaks could've funded benefits for millions, Senator Warren finds
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    59 mins
  • Zappos / Tony Hsieh: The Dark Side of Happiness

    Zappos / Tony Hsieh: The Dark Side of Happiness
    Nov 21 2025

    Thank you for listening to another season of the podcast! We'll be back in February with new episodes. Got suggestions / thoughts / feedback? Email becca@nitetoast.com

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    Trigger warning: suicide, drug use, overdose

    Tony Hsieh had a life other entrepreneurs dreamed of. He was the wealthy CEO of a wildly successful ecommerce company with a legion of devoted customers and employees, currently on a bus tour to spread the gospel of his unique management style. But under the surface, cracks were starting to show, and Tony was falling into a severe drug and alcohol addiction. Years after his death that bus tour was a clear turning point in Tony's story, but for those around him at the time, it was just Tony being Tony. They had no clue how much darker things could get.

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    Timestamps:

    2:00 - Intro / show notes

    6:00 - Zappos / Tony Hshei story

    1:20:00 - Good News & Adam breaks a chair

    Links:

    Wonderboy (Book)

    Internal Memo: Zappos is offering severance to employees who aren't all in with Holacracy

    How Tony Hsieh Tried to Single-Handedly Transform Downtown Las Vegas

    The Rise and Fall of the Management Visionary Behind Zappos

    The Death of Zappos's Tony Hsieh: A Spiral of Alcohol, Drugs and Extreme Behavior

    Amazon Changes at Zappos Slowly Dismantle Tony Hsieh's Legacy

    'Money's a powerful motivator,' Friends, documents detail Las Vegas entrepreneur Tony Hsieh's final months alive

    Spinato's Employees Get a "Slice of the Pie" as Spinato Family Transitions 49% of Company Ownership to Eligible Employees

    Iconic Cincinnati company Graeter's to become partially employee-owned
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    1 hr and 27 mins
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