Yeet the Rich
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 through them, and now they’re diving into the wild world of the uber rich. They discuss financial crimes, the breakdown of the American dream, and why funding a museum doesn’t necessarily make you a good person. They get into the old timey rich, like the Rockafeller family, and current events, like why you might not want to shop at Walmart. Each week they’ll dive into a new wealthy person, give you the rundown on their lives, whatever “good things” they’ve done in the past, and why they might be a bummer.
Yeet the Rich
Coca-Cola Part One- Soft Brains & Strategic Untruths
This is the beginning of our epic series on the Coca-Cola Company! We will go back into the wild world of Patient Medicine with the secret formula's original creator John Pemberton. We get into John's rocky rise to prominence and the circumstances behind the initial creation of the world's most recognisable soda.
And then the shady business deals that shifted power from the Pembertons to a man named Asa Candler, the business man that turned a coca leaf infused nerve tonic into a household name.
Sources for this week:
“For God, Country, and Coca-Cola: The Definitive history of the Great American Soft Drink and the company that makes it”-Mark Pendergrast (2013)Updated(2024)
“Citizen Coke: The Making of Coca-Cola Capitalism”-Bartow J. Elmore(2016)
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