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Desperate Acts of Capitalism Podcast

Desperate Acts of Capitalism Podcast

Desperate Acts of Capitalism Podcast

Desperate Acts of Capitalism is a comedy podcast about money, marketing, and how it all goes wrong. Join us on our magical journey through a wonderland of burning money!

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Desperate Acts of Capitalism Podcast - 45: Acclaim Entertainment

45: Acclaim Entertainment

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08/11/23 • 89 min

DAOC IS BACK, and this time, we have 3 HOSTS for the price of 2! Today our new Business Boy Armaan tests his hosting skills taking us through the history of the ill-fated video game publisher Acclaim Entertainment. Meanwhile, CT and Evan take vigorous notes, judging him harshly but fairly in three hosting categories: taste, plating, and use of the secret ingredient. NEW EPISODES WILL BE POSTED MONTHLY (FOR NOW)! BIG THINGS ARE COMING! JOIN US ON PATREON FOR EARLY EPISODE RELEASES, BONUS CONTENT, AND MORE: https://www.patreon.com/desperateactsofcapitalism Edited by Noah "BIG THINGS ARE COMING" MERCH: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/53984348 Tumblr: https://desperate-acts-of-capitalism.tumblr.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/daoccast IG: @desperateactsofcapitalism Sources: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2002/mar/15/games.advertising https://www.theguardian.com/business/2004/sep/03/games.technology https://www.gamespot.com/articles/acclaim-back-from-the-dead/1100-6140923/ https://bleedingcool.com/games/new-announcement-teases-acclaim-games-revival-in-two-weeks/ https://www.vg247.com/change-name-to-turok https://kotaku.com/when-games-pr-stunts-went-mad-1670232280 https://www.vice.com/en/article/ne75xw/bmx-xxx-history-dave-mirra-acclaim https://www.fanbyte.com/games/features/failing-up-the-story-of-acclaim-entertainment/ https://www.cbr.com/acclaim-entertainment-publisher-shut-down-15-years/ https://www.gamespot.com/articles/former-acclaim-boss-slammed-in-court-docs/1100-6132505/ https://www.thesportster.com/wwe-why-acclaim-video-games-are-hated-explained/ https://www.gamespot.com/articles/former-acclaim-boss-slammed-in-court-docs/1100-6132505/ Music: Music: Spirit Of Achievement [Full version] by MusicLFiles Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/11216-spirit-of-achievement-full-version License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Music: Drums Effects Snare Roll (short) by Agnese Valmaggia Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/6321-drums-effects-snare-roll-short License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Music: Heavy Trailer 5 by Sascha Ende Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/455-heavy-trailer-5 License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

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Desperate Acts of Capitalism Podcast - 47: Morbius

47: Morbius

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10/06/23 • 57 min

In another edition of SPOOKY ACTS OF CAPITALISM, we discuss the world's most iconic film of all time, and why it made $126 Morbillion at the box office. Prepare to be scared and also terrified. Edited by Noah JOIN US ON PATREON FOR EARLY EPISODE RELEASES, BONUS CONTENT, AND MORE: https://www.patreon.com/desperateactsofcapitalism BIG THINGS ARE COMING

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Desperate Acts of Capitalism Podcast - 46: Twitter: Autopsy of an Acquisition

46: Twitter: Autopsy of an Acquisition

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09/08/23 • 55 min

In today's episode, CT examines the wild and wacky history of Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter. Buckle up. Edited by Noah JOIN US ON PATREON FOR EARLY EPISODE RELEASES, BONUS CONTENT, AND MORE: https://www.patreon.com/desperateactsofcapitalism Tumblr: https://desperate-acts-of-capitalism.tumblr.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/daoccast IG: @desperateactsofcapitalism Big Things Are Coming Sources: [1] https://fortune.com/2015/10/29/twitter-growth/ [2] https://stockanalysis.com/stocks/twtr/financials/ [3]https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/23/23568257/elon-musk-securities-fraud-trial-testimony-420-tesla-pif [4]https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/20/23564629/elon-musk-twitter-testimony-securities-fraud-trial [5] https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2018-226 [4] https://www.reuters.com/technology/musk-says-us-sec-bastards-forced-settlement-over-tesla-tweets-2022-04-14/ [6]https://qz.com/2167563/an-annotated-history-of-elon-musk-buying-twitter [7}https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/21/23417121/elon-musk-banks-barclays-bank-of-america-morgan-stanley-lbo [8]https://www.reuters.com/technology/tesla-loses-126-bln-value-amid-musk-twitter-deal-funding-concern-2022-04-26/ [9] https://www.reuters.com/technology/elon-musks-twitter-stake-purchase-under-ftc-scrutiny-information-2022-04-28/ [10] https://qz.com/2167563/an-annotated-history-of-elon-musk-buying-twitter

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Desperate Acts of Capitalism Podcast - 48: GB News

48: GB News

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11/03/23 • 52 min

"It's a new way of doing news. What could possibly go wrong?" If we didn't do an episode on this one, and you're not from the UK, you probably never would have heard of GB News. Started as a British bootleg of Fox News, the company now faces multiple Ofcom investigations and stands to lose its license. But how did it all go so wrong in only two years? Edited by Noah JOIN US ON PATREON FOR EARLY EPISODE RELEASES, BONUS CONTENT, AND MORE: www.patreon.com/desperateactsofcapitalism BIG THINGS ARE COMING SOURCES https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/06/gb-news-fox-news-british/619210/ https://variety.com/2022/tv/global/piers-morgan-uncensored-talktv-gb-news-foxification-1235266461/ https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2021-opinion-gb-news-is-brexit-britain-ready-fox-news/ https://news.yahoo.com/gb-news-investigations-laurence-fox-suspended-dan-wootton-show-144333125.html https://www.ofcom.org.uk/news-centre/2023/ofcom-opens-investigation-into-gb-news-under-our-rules-on-offence https://www.newsweek.com/gb-news-style-disastrous-results-fox-news-uk-1601670 https://www.businessinsider.com/britain-anti-woke-gb-news-ceo-interview-angelos-frangopoulos-2021-3?op=1

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Desperate Acts of Capitalism Podcast - 32: Skymall

32: Skymall

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07/19/20 • 65 min

Remember Skymall? That weird catalogue that was on pretty much every plane. Yeah, what the hell happened to Skymall? JOIN US ON PATREON FOR EARLY EPISODE RELEASE, WEEKLY BONUS CONTENT, AND MORE: https://www.patreon.com/desperateactsofcapitalism HUGE THANK YOU TO OUR BELOVED $5 AND UP PATRONS: Courtney Witcher, Raven Snow, Sam Johnson, Owen Traxler, Cyrus Katzenburg, Marilyn Kearney, remi-rose Evans, Kelly Carroll, Kate Volz, Emily Schmitt, Marissa Kerr, Jamie Galioto, L0ST VEGAS, Cleophidian, Gaby Nogueira, Garrett M, Robert Swenson, Alexis Maschke, Bird Schneider, Errant Harpy, Gina T, LiteralCryptid, Sam, Librarium Studios, Songmanne, Betsy, Blake V, Neen Varela Desperate Acts of Capitalism is a comedy podcast about money, marketing, and how it all goes wrong. Join us on our magical journey through a wonderland of burning money! Hosted by CT Kelly and Evan Swope. IG: @desperateactsofcapitalism Tumblr: https://desperate-acts-of-capitalism.tumblr.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/daoccast Sources: https://skymall.com/ https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/06/skymall-the-strange-story-of-americas-most-delightfully-weird-catalogue/276807/ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/airlines-pull-skymall-planes-766342 https://web.archive.org/web/20101206230448/http://www.skymall.com/shopping/contact.htm https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-01-24/skymall-is-earthbound-but-its-legacy-of-nutty-gifts-lives-on https://web.archive.org/web/20150708072206/http://www.northjersey.com/towns/ridgefield-park-company-buys-skymall-brand-1.1300102 https://web.archive.org/web/20070720193723/http://www.skymall.com/shopping/aboutskymall.htm https://www.latimes.com/opinion/opinion-la/la-ol-skymall-20150128-story.html https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/how-skymall-captured-moment-technological-and-american-history-180954043/?no-ist https://www.dailydac.com/commercialbankruptcy/investors/ https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/05/company-buys-skymall-for-1-9-million-will-make-dramatic-changes/ https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/04/01/396894697/still-need-a-lawn-yeti-good-news-skymall-may-be-cleared-for-relaunch https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/01/23/skymall-the-wacky-in-flight-catalog-is-filing-for-bankruptcy-how-did-it-last-this-long/
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Desperate Acts of Capitalism Podcast - 31: John McAfee

31: John McAfee

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07/05/20 • 50 min

John McAfee founded the anti-virus company you've probably heard of. He exited that company with a net worth of over $100 million. And that's where this week's story BEGINS. It goes in some truly insane directions after that. JOIN US ON PATREON FOR EARLY EPISODE RELEASE, WEEKLY BONUS CONTENT, AND MORE: https://www.patreon.com/desperateactsofcapitalism HUGE THANK YOU TO OUR BELOVED $5 AND UP PATRONS: Courtney Witcher, Raven Snow, Sam Johnson, Owen Traxler, Cyrus Katzenburg, Marilyn Kearney, remi-rose Evans, Kelly Carroll, Kate Volz, Emily Schmitt, Marissa Kerr, Jamie Galioto, L0ST VEGAS, Cleophidian, Gaby Nogueira, Garrett M, Robert Swenson, Alexis Maschke, Bird Schneider, Errant Harpy, Gina T, LiteralCryptid, Sam, Librarium Studios, Songmanne . Desperate Acts of Capitalism is a comedy podcast about money, marketing, and how it all goes wrong. Join us on our magical journey through a wonderland of burning money! Hosted by CT Kelly and Evan Swope. IG: @desperateactsofcapitalism Tumblr: https://desperate-acts-of-capitalism.tumblr.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/daoccast Sources: https://www.businessinsider.com/the-crazy-life-of-john-mcafee#he-began-working-at-a-company-that-coded-punch-card-systems-in-the-late-60s-this-taught-him-the-basics-of-early-computing-using-this-information-he-landed-a-job-at-missouri-pacific-railroad-where-he-helped-the-company-use-a-newfangled-ibm-computer-system-to-help-calibrate-train-schedules-4 https://edition.cnn.com/2016/03/23/politics/john-mcafee-third-party-libertarian/index.html https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/mar/31/inside-the-beltway-gary-johnson-john-mcafee-austin/ https://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/john-mcafee-suffers-heart-attack-guatemala-detention-center/story?id=17890926
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Desperate Acts of Capitalism Podcast - 36: Zune

36: Zune

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08/16/20 • 48 min

Lots of people make fun of the Zune, Microsoft's short-lived challenge to Apple's iPod. But does it deserve such widespread ridicule??? Find out on today's episode of Desperate Acts of Capitalism! Edited by Anne Henry JOIN US ON PATREON FOR EARLY EPISODE RELEASE, WEEKLY BONUS CONTENT, AND MORE: https://www.patreon.com/desperateactsofcapitalism HUGE THANK YOU TO OUR BELOVED $5 AND UP PATRONS: Courtney Witcher, Raven Snow, Sam Johnson, Owen Traxler, Cyrus Katzenburg, Marilyn Kearney, remi-rose Evans, Kelly Carroll, Kate Volz, Emily Schmitt, Marissa Kerr, Jamie Galioto, L0ST VEGAS, Cleophidian, Gaby Nogueira, Garrett M, Robert Swenson, Alexis Maschke, Bird Schneider, Errant Harpy, Gina T, LiteralCryptid, Sam, Librarium Studios, Songmanne, Betsy, Blake V, Neen Varela, Sleep System, theo collin, Margarita Wilson, Eva, Karyn Washington Desperate Acts of Capitalism is a comedy podcast about money, marketing, and how it all goes wrong. Join us on our magical journey through a wonderland of burning money! Hosted by CT Kelly and Evan Swope. IG: @desperateactsofcapitalism Tumblr: https://desperate-acts-of-capitalism.tumblr.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/daoccast Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zune https://medium.com/@shiriendamra/why-the-zune-failed-132784522ff0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44ly84e6EaM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnoImD2KTBY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A74b9ZWLV8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LtY8a105XU https://www.businessinsider.com/robbie-bach-explains-why-the-zune-flopped-2012-5?IR=T https://www.silicon.co.uk/mobility/smartphones/tales-tech-history-microsoft-zune-210569 https://www.theverge.com/2012/5/14/3019100/zune-hardware-mistake-robbie-bach https://slate.com/technology/2012/10/microsoft-zune-how-one-of-the-biggest-flops-in-tech-history-helped-revive-a-great-american-tech-company.html https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/nov/16/microsoft-ends-zune-music-streaming-service-apple https://gizmodo.com/actually-barack-obama-doesnt-use-a-zune-5102516 https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8qw5ax/zune-forever-the-diehards-still-obsessed-with-microsofts-colossal-failure https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/51578/the-man-behind-the-zune.html https://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/11/16/j-allard-the-failures-of-the-zune-and-the-record-labels/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_Allard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2007/10/03/zune-qa-with-microsofts-j-allard/ Music: In Your Arms by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3906-in-your-arms License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Bathed in the Light by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3425-bathed-in-the-light License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Desperate Acts of Capitalism Podcast - 4: Rainforest Cafe/RadioShack

4: Rainforest Cafe/RadioShack

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09/05/19 • 100 min

Today we dive into the history of the most extreme dining experience of your childhood, Rainforest Cafe, and we investigate the mind-boggling business decisions that brought an end to RadioShack's retail dominance. Desperate Acts of Capitalism is a comedy podcast about money, marketing, and how it all goes wrong. Join us on our magical journey through a world of burning money! Email us at [email protected] with story ideas, questions, or comments. We'd love to hear from you, and thanks for listening!
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Desperate Acts of Capitalism Podcast - 33: Hertz and the Taxi Wars

33: Hertz and the Taxi Wars

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07/26/20 • 51 min

Ahh, remember the early 1920s in America? The economy was booming, women were finally allowed to vote, jazz was gaining in popularity, and oh yeah, there were frequent deadly machine gun fights on the streets of Chicago between employees of warring taxi companies. Yeah, those were the good old days! JOIN US ON PATREON FOR EARLY EPISODE RELEASE, WEEKLY BONUS CONTENT, AND MORE: https://www.patreon.com/desperateactsofcapitalism HUGE THANK YOU TO OUR BELOVED $5 AND UP PATRONS: Courtney Witcher, Raven Snow, Sam Johnson, Owen Traxler, Cyrus Katzenburg, Marilyn Kearney, remi-rose Evans, Kelly Carroll, Kate Volz, Emily Schmitt, Marissa Kerr, Jamie Galioto, L0ST VEGAS, Cleophidian, Gaby Nogueira, Garrett M, Robert Swenson, Alexis Maschke, Bird Schneider, Errant Harpy, Gina T, LiteralCryptid, Sam, Librarium Studios, Songmanne, Betsy, Blake V, Neen Varela Desperate Acts of Capitalism is a comedy podcast about money, marketing, and how it all goes wrong. Join us on our magical journey through a wonderland of burning money! Hosted by CT Kelly and Evan Swope. IG: @desperateactsofcapitalism Tumblr: https://desperate-acts-of-capitalism.tumblr.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/daoccast Sources: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-02-08-me-4716-story.html https://chicagology.com/notorious-chicago/1920taxiwars/ https://www.nytimes.com/1985/02/08/us/wl-jacobs-dies-ex-head-of-hertz.html https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-24/o-j-accounting-fraud-and-icahn-the-story-of-hertz-going-bust?utm_source=pocket-newtab https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-02-08-me-4716-story.html
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Desperate Acts of Capitalism Podcast - 7: WEWORK (PART 1)

7: WEWORK (PART 1)

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01/19/20 • 93 min

Today we dive into the labyrinthine madness of the WeWork corporation. We aren't able to contain it to one episode. Desperate Acts of Capitalism is a comedy podcast about money, marketing, and how it all goes wrong. Join us on our magical journey through a world of burning money! Email us at [email protected] with story ideas, questions, comments, or anything that comes to mind. Also, if you like the show, leave us a rating/review on Apple Podcasts and subscribe! WE'RE ALSO NOW ON INSTAGRAM! Follow us @desperateactsofcapitalism for updates, fun facts, and more!
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Desperate Acts of Capitalism Podcast currently has 64 episodes available.

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The episode title '46: Twitter: Autopsy of an Acquisition' is the most popular.

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The average episode length on Desperate Acts of Capitalism Podcast is 61 minutes.

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