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Step into the mysterious and visually stunning world of The Electric State as host Francesca Amiker takes you behind the scenes with the creative masterminds who brought Simon Stålenhag’s dystopian vision to life. In this premiere episode, directors Joe and Anthony Russo, stars Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt, writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, and producers Angela Russo-Otstot and Chris Castaldi reveal how they transformed a haunting graphic novel into an epic cinematic experience. Watch The Electric State coming to Netflix on March 14th. Check out more from Netflix Podcasts . State Secrets: Inside the Making of The Electric State is produced by Netflix and Treefort Media.…

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A painstakingly researched comedy podcast about businesses’ scams, scandals, and shenanigans. Written and hosted by Christian Borkey

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A painstakingly researched comedy podcast about businesses’ scams, scandals, and shenanigans. Written and hosted by Christian Borkey

121 episodes

#Business #True Crime #Comedy #Christian Borkey #lincolnlodgeproduction@gmail.com (Lincoln Lodge

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The Villages Retirement Community in Florida 1:10:02

il y a 14 weeks1:10:02

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Fighting off the urge to green out guest EMMA DAY is back on the podcast for some geriatric fun! Join us as we talk about the developer behind The Villages senior living community in America's gorgeous right ventricle, Florida. Home to some of Florida's key rightwing voting bloc, The Villages has been a destination for every Republican presidential candidate in my lifetime. But don't be fooled by the gazebos that pump out Fox News or the tirelessly petty community bulletin boards, The Villages is also a land for greedy land developers to take advantage of EVERYBODY! This story is absolutely crazy, and does in fact have a guy going to jail. Just not the guy you're hoping it is... Thanks to Ryan Grim for reporting on development and updates to this crazy tale - you can follow him and Jeremy Scahill's recently-launched Drop Site News for important and interesting journalism! Also, this was recorded on 11/27 before the UnitedHealth CEO assassination. All talks of assassination are purely coincidental...or should we say manifesting? Follow Emma's comedy show @thelesbianlodge (which I also produce) or @alldayemmaday on IG Patreon.com/bustedbizbureau SOURCES: 1. Ryan Grim's original article in The Intercept about the Oren Miller Saga "The Villages Vendetta: How a Grassroots Revolt in the Iconic Retirement Community Ended With a 72-Year-Old Political Prisoner" https://theintercept.com/2023/02/05/ron-desantis-florida-villages-oren-miller/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email 2. Ryan Grim's Drop-Site-Exclusive Update Post https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/a-revolt-in-the-villages-takes-a/comments?utm_source=substack&publication_id=2510348&post_id=147556878&utm_medium=email&isFreemail=false&comments=true&utm_campaign=email-half-magic-comments&action=post-comment 3. Andrew Blechman's 2007 book Leisureville : adventures in America's retirement utopias 4. Amanda Brian's article in the Southern Cultures journal ("The Faux History of The Villages") (Note, the link is to the illegal website I use lol); https://sci-hub.se/10.1353/scu.2014.0037 5. Random interesting article about the real estate fraud 1968 ban: https://scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2768&context=caselrev 6. The Bloomberg nerds' article "Billionaire Morse’s Florida Dirt Bonds Not Tax-Exempt" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-06-05/florida-billionaire-s-development-bonds-not-tax-exempt-irs-says?embedded-checkout=true 7. Random Letters to the Editor in The Village News: https://www.villages-news.com/2024/11/20/ed-mcginty-offers-harsh-assessment-of-donald-trump/ https://www.villages-news.com/2024/11/14/be-careful-what-you-wish-for-with-hooters/ https://www.villages-news.com/2024/11/20/ed-mcginty-offers-harsh-assessment-of-donald-trump/ 8. Lost Pets of The Villages, Florida: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1670057083262755/…

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Ford F-150s 1:01:34

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Adam Conover - unmedicated and toes out - joins me on my epic return to podcasting in this episode about the Ford Motor Company! This chaotic traipse through Ford's history takes us all over the globe (and by that, I mean to the Amazon Rainforest over and over again!) From bumbling sex pest managers misunderstanding tropical climates to THEE OG risk assessment calculation that probably inspired Fight Club... this episode's got everything! In an effort to be less of a huge effing bummer since the military contracting season, this one is a little bit more breezy. A journalist called Walter Lippman, a man born in 1889, wrote of Henry Ford: "Mr. Ford is neither a crank nor a freak…[but] merely the logical exponent of American prejudices about wealth and success." I did not read that quote in context - I took it from Grandin's book. I didn't say it in the episode, but wanted to spotlight it here because I think it nails what Ford is all about. And I just felt really connected to this guy's words despite the fact he was born over 100 years before me. ANYWAYS. For those of you wondering - I mentioned in the episode I was 2 days away from vocal surgery at time of recording. Now on the other side of it, I have to build my voice back up before I'm allowed to podcast again. Should be in the next few weeks though, as I have stuff planned and written! Thank you to my Patreon subscribers - who largely move in silence and don't comment or like most of what I post on the platform lmfao. They're my besties, for realllll. If you'd like to join the league of oft-disappointed folks who give me 3 dollars a month, you can do so at Patreon.com/bustedbizbureau. Adam's standup special is available on Dropout here: https://www.dropout.tv/adam-conover-unmedicated OK THANKS BYEEE SOURCES: Watch the first Taurus XL launch fail: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puEEyi-DHrY Wanna watch another one?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BFAxZflkW0&ab_channel=issmania11 NASA Investigative Summary: Taurus XL T8 and T9 Mission Failures: https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/oco_glory_public_summary_update_-_for_the_web_-_04302019.pdf?emrc=2fce7a Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford’s Forgotten Jungle City, Greg Grandin 2009: https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/fordlandia-the-rise-and-fall-of-henry-fords-forgotten-jungle-city_greg-grandin/273197/?srsltid=AfmBOoq09JCr4ag6REQoXvIMUNoJcRceUvQgF0iqfD-KlP6jdceRu9Se#edition=5254322&idiq=3929545 Read the "infamous" Ford Pinto Memo here: https://www.autosafety.org/wp-content/uploads/import/phpq3mJ7F_FordMemo.pdf Pinto Madness, Mark Dowie, Mother Jones 1977 : https://www.motherjones.com/politics/1977/09/pinto-madness/ Ford’s Electric Pickup Is Built From Metal That’s Damaging the Amazon, Sheridan Prasso and Jessica Brice, Bloomberg 2023: https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2023-ford-f150-electric-car-rainforest-damage/?embedded-checkout=true https://www.bustedbizbureau.com/…

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Blackwater 1:13:13

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Do you ever have a years-long hyperfixation with a company no one's heard about? Blender Bluid and Amy Do continue our millions-years-long season about private military contractors. This time, I'm telling them about the worst of the worst: Betsy DeVos' brother Erik Prince's rich kid lodge! Blackwater! Clean off your guns and meet me at the lodge - we're in for a real effing doozy. Fair warning, this episode does brush over some truly horrific stuff. As mentioned mid-episode, my podcast isn't really the appropriate place to regale those stories in full detail, so only some of the key informational facts are mentioned out of respect for those who suffered cruel, pointless deaths during this war. Jeremy Scahill's book is a fantastic read to get the full picture on the politics, events, and horrors of Iraq, linked below. Jeremy, if you're listening, I'm so sorry sweetie please look away - this is a comedy podcast by a clown. But THIS clown loved your book! Follow @blenderbluid and @helloamydo. Thanks to the WONDERFUL Casey Synesael for fully editing this episode! Audio engineer and tastemaker, methinks. SOURCES: Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army - Jeremy Scahill, March 2007 (I read the revised 2008 version tho) Firearms training centers on schools under assault - Jon Frank, The Virginian-Pilot, Oct 1999 Tycoon, Contractor, Soldier, Spy - Adam Ciralsky, Vanity Fair, January 2010 Erik Prince: An American Commando in Exile - Robert Young Pelton, Dangerous Magazine (originally published in Men’s Journal ), November 2010 Blackwater founder takes aim at his critics in memoir - Bill Sizemore, The Virginian-Pilot, Nov 2013 (the “Field of Dreams” quote is in this) Falluja lawsuit: Blackwater families settle case - BBC News, 2012 The Dark Truth about Blackwater - Peter Singer, Brookings Institution, October 2007 I scraped the Nisour Square legal timeline just from the Nisour Square Massacre wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nisour_Square_massacre Other recommended reading from the pod is Naomi Klein's Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism Thanks for listening. Plz feel free to leave a review, and some extra stuff is on Patreon.com/bustedbizbureau…

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The BDS Interlude 1:43:56

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Been awhile, besties! Hello again! This is an episode that was ostensibly about Bechtel Corp (the construction company, not the lesbian cartoonist), but it got away from me and became an exploration into the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement. An organized, peaceful method of resistance focused on boycotting business - what could go wrong? A LOT! Join myself and Amy Do+Blender Bluid to continue in the military-contracting deep dive season (remember that?) and let's get some ice cream on the way! Anybody want to stop at Ben&Jerry'sIsreal? Perhaps a SodaStream to tide you over? NOTE: The episode starts after bitching that took precisely 5 minutes. Ep begins at 5:00 Follow @blenderbluid and @helloamydo - both of whom have released new music on Spotify!!!! We out here! Thanks to Casey Synesael for your genius audio engineering!!! SAVIOR! SOURCES (sorry there are 23): - Illinois bars state pensions from owning Unilever over Israel , Ross Kerber, Reuters 2021 Ben&Jerry's 2015 statement found at this link: https://web.archive.org/web/20210109062433/https://www.benjerry.com/whats-new/2015/ben-and-jerrys-business-in-israel Ben&Jerry's 2021 statement found at this link: https://www.benjerry.com/about-us/media-center/opt-statement 40 ILCS 5/ Illinois Pension Code thingy quoted found here: https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs4.asp?ActID=638&ChapterID=9&SeqStart=100000&SeqEnd=6300000 Illinois General Assembly, this Israel amendment to our investment codes passed 49-0 in the Senate and 102-0 in the House: https://www.illinois.gov/news/press-release.13202.html#:~:text=The%20legislation%2C%20which%20was%20modeled,held%20indirectly%20inside%20larger%20portfolios . University of Texas email quoted found here: https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/2019/03/26/ut-wont-reimburse-for-airbnb-lodging-after-texas-decision-on-companys-israeli-settlement-stance/5610142007/ -AIRBNB statement from 2017: https://news.airbnb.com/listings-in-disputed-regions/ -Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's statement found here: https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/images/executive-management/OAG%20advisory%20on%20SB%2013%20and%2019%2010.18.23.pdf -Texas City Tells People No Hurricane Harvey Aid Unless They Promise Not to Boycott Israel, ACLU Press release re: case Koontz v. Watson — Challenge to Kansas Law Targeting Boycotts of Israel found here: https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/texas-city-tells-people-no-hurricane-harvey-aid-unless-they-promise-not-boycott#:~:text=Free%20Speech-,Texas%20City%20Tells%20People%20No%20Hurricane%20Harvey%20Aid,Promise%20Not%20to%20Boycott%20Israel&text=HOUSTON%20%E2%80%94%20The%20city%20of%20Dickinson,in%20a%20boycott%20of%20Israel . - Need Hurricane Aid? In One Texas City, If You Boycott Israel, You May Be Out Of Luck - Merrit Kennedy, NPR 2017 - Bechtel Settles Suit With Pledge to Stop Arab Boycott Role , William H Jones, Washington Post 1977 - The Anti-Boycott Provisions of the Export Administration Amendments of 1977 , David Modi, 1977 North Carolina Journal of International Law Vol 3 No 1. -Read the 1979 Export Administration Act here!: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-93/pdf/STATUTE-93-Pg503.pdf -Office of Antiboycott Compliance quoted page: https://www.bis.doc.gov/index.php/enforcement/oac - How the Israel Anti-Boycott Act Threatens First Amendment Rights , ACLU 2017 - ALLIED AIR WAR STRUCK BROADLY IN IRAQ: OFFICIALS ACKNOWLEDGE STRATEGY WENT BEYOND PURELY MILITARY TARGETS , Barton Gellman, Washington Post 1991 - In a Moment, Lives Get Blown Apart , Anthony Shadid, Washington Post March 2003 - A Boy Who Was 'Like a Flower' , Anthony Shadid, Washington Post March 2003 - IRAQ: Bechtel ends Iraq rebuilding after a rough 3 years , David R. Baker, The San Francisco Chronicle, November 1, 2006 -Don't remember if I quoted this but here's a Government Accountability Office report about us failing re: oil and electricity in Iraq: https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-07-677.pdf#page=39 - How the Bush Administration Deconstructed Iraq , Michael Schwartz, TomDispatch, May 18 2006 (HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS READ!) -“ Wielding Antidiscrimination Law to Suppress the Movement for Palestinian Rights ” 133 Harv. L. Rev. 1360, February 2020. (ANOTHER BANGER OF A READ!) -The "what can I do?" section quoted from the BDS website: https://bdsmovement.net/BDS-Guide-Strategic-Campaigning…

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Kellogg Brown and Root 3: Return of the King (Extended Edition) Two Disk Set 1:04:56

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I PROMISE this is the last part to our exploration of KBR! This episode features a big thematic swing of including the best food review of all time throughout the episode. If you’re into gargantuan oil failures, extensive explanations of holes, politically correct GOOP, or droopy baked alaskas then this episode is for YOU! Again, we’ll move on from this wound I’ve been picking for three weeks. Also, hello! It is nice to be back from tour and to have wi-fi! I am swamped with the thousands of other bits of work I have to do now that the holidays are allegedly over. I will get back to posting as regularly as possible. Thanks for your patience; I love making this podcast! Follow @blenderbluid, say hello to Amy Do, and thank Casey Synesael for wonderful audio doctoring as ALWAYS! Before we get to the sources... PLEASE VOTE FOR ME FOR BEST CHICAGO PODACST OF 2023: https://chicagoreader.com/best-of-chicago/2023-ballot/#/gallery?group=468483 I WANT TO WIN! okay anyways heres my sources: SOURCES: As Not Seen on TV , Pete Wells, The New York Times, November 13 2012 Rebuilding of Iraqi Pipeline as Disaster Waiting to Happen , James Glanz, New York Times, April 25, 2006 OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION: Pipeline River Crossing Al Fatah, Iraq link here: https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA533936.pdf Blood Money: Wasted Billions, Lost Lives, and Corporate Greed in Iraq , T Christian Miller, May 2007 Full text: George Bush's Iraq speech , The Guardian, June 28, 2005 Military Burn Pits: A Toxic Legacy of War , Pamela Lein, phD, UC Davis Veterinary Medicine “Contracting Abuses in Iraq: Is the Bush Administration Safeguarding American Taxpayer Dollars?” Frank Cassaday testimony, Senate Democratic Policy Committee Hearing link here; https://www.dpc.senate.gov/hearings/hearing42/cassaday.pdf I didn't get to this on pod but here's some other reading: ELECTRICITY - (testimony from Eric Peters, Former KBR Electrician, 5/20/09) “I would estimate approximately 50 percent of KBR electricians in Iraq do not understand the basic principles of bonding and grounding…By the time I left Iraq, I concluded that KBR was not capable of performing quality, legal electrical installations in Iraq. I worried every day that people would be seriously injured or killed by this defective work. “ "'Multiple' failures led to Iraq electrocution, Pentagon says" , Scott Bronstein, CNN Special Investigations Unit, July 2009 KBR Got Bonuses for Work that Killed Soldiers , Jeremy Scahill, The Nation, May 2009 No criminal charges in electrocution death , Associated Press, Aug 2009…

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Kellogg, Brown and Root 2: Electric Boogaloo 1:10:03

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HI YALL! Forgive the delay; I am already on tour and didn't realize I wouldn't have wi-fi! This was uploaded as a labor of my hot spot's love. Here's the part 2 no one asked for! Let's perfect our Lois Griffin impression Whiplash-style, crack open a $247 soda, and order 50,000 pounds of nails to get ready to revisit the company I've been obsessed with for years: Kellogg, Brown and Root. Gosh, this private military contracting season is a DOOZY. Fraud, waste and abuse abound! As always, follow @blenderbluid, keep Amy Do in your offline thoughts, and thank the fabulous audio engineer Casey Synesael!!!!! YIPPEEEE And if you're the type of person inclined to read the show notes, here's a spoiler: I didn't even cover everything in THIS episode, so there's going to be a part 3. I'm presently on tour so it'll take a few weeks before I'm back to record. Sowwy, I'm just one girly who does NOT plan things out. Just podcastin' for funzies. Anyways, here's my sources: 1. Blood Money: Wated Billions, Lost Lives and Corporate Greed in Iraq , T Christian Miller, May 2007 2. A Look Back at How Fear and False Beliefs Bolstered U.S. Public Support for War in Iraq , Carroll Doherty and Jocelyn Kiley, Pew Research Center, March 14, 2023 3. Excerpted from The Osama bin Laden I Know: An Oral History of al Qaeda’s Leader , by Peter L. Bergen, accessed through Vanity Fair, January 1 2006 4. Here's a link to the Saddam playing cards published by the DIA: https://archive.org/details/030411D6570c001/030411-d-6570c-001/page/n27/mode/2up 5. Buyers beware: The real Iraq 'most wanted' cards are still awaiting distribution , Lisa Burgess, Stars and Stripes, April 17, 2003 6. Here's KBR employee Linda Warren's testimony (start at 21:30): https://www.c-span.org/video/?205080-1/contracting-abuses-iraq 7. Here is the 2005 testimony of KBR employee Rory Mayberry: https://www.dpc.senate.gov/hearings/hearing22/mayberry.pdf 8. Here's a link to the DPC report called Major Findings: DPC Oversight Hearings on Waste, Fraud, and Corruption in Iraq: https://www.dpc.senate.gov/dpcdocpr.cfm?doc_name=sr-111-1-116 (nails anecdote) 9. Iraq War Whistleblowers Represented by Constantine Cannon Secure $108.75 Million Settlement with KBR , Constantine Cannon press release, July 5 2023 10. “One hundred point four billion dollars..." quote from Democrat Mike Ross from this link (time stamp 5:43:40): https://www.c-span.org/video/?196460-2/house-session 11. INSIDE THE WORLD OF WAR PROFITEERS , David Jackson and Jason Grotto, Chicago Tribune, February 2008 12. Underclass of Workers Created in Iraq , Ariana Eunjung Cha, Washington Post July 2004 13. Documents Reveal Details of Alleged Labor Trafficking by KBR Subcontractor , By DAVID ISENBERG and NICK SCHWELLENBACH, Project on Government Oversight, July 14 2011 14. Pentagon Finds Halliburton Overcharged on Iraq Contracts , Douglas Jehl, New York Times December 11 2003…

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Kellogg, Brown and Root 1:10:02

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Amy Do and Blender Bluid continue on our season-long journey into private military contracting! Avarice incarnate with a healthy heap of political parasitism, we're talking about the origins of KBR. Do you know how to build a nuclear power plant? No? Who gives a hoot! Let's try it anyway! Along the way we'll get 100,000 meals to throw out, Blender Bluid's RuPaul impression, and of course more war profiteering than you previously thought imaginable. It is still nuts to me that we're having the exact same conversation in different fonts all these years later re: KBR's failures, waste, fraud and abuse. Amy's recording remotely on a USB microphone which is why she sounds different. Additionally, Casey went nuts on some of the audio editing and I'm SO excited for y'all to hear this one. Follow @BlenderBluid on socials, keep Amy Do in your thoughts, please clap for Casey Synesael, and plzzzzz vote for me on the Chicago Reader Awards starting 12/13! https://chicagoreader.com/best-of-chicago/2023-ballot/#// SOURCES: 1) I made it up 2) THE TRANSFORMATION OF DON LUCE , Ted Lieverman, HistoryNet.com (lol), 2017 3) Saigon Is Investigating ‘Tiger Cage’ Cells at a Prison , New York Times, 1970 4) 4 South Vietnamese Describe Torture in Prison ‘Tiger Cage’, New York Times, 1973 5) Here's the link to the 1970 Life Magazine with the story/Tom Harkin's pics: https://books.google.com/books?id=jVUEAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false 6) Donald Sanders Luce (1934-2022): Exposed the Truth About the Tiger Cages , Mark Ashwill, Vietnam Full Disclosure/Veterans for Peace, 2022 7) Recalling Don Luce, the high-profile Vietnam War critic who did PR for a Falls soup kitchen , Mark Sheer, Niagara Gazette, Nov 2022 8) American Innocence , Robert N. Strassfeld, Case Western Reserve University School of Law Scholarly Commons, 1997 9) American Reckoning: The Vietnam War and Our National Identity by Christian G. Appy, 2015 (where the Don Luce interview about KBR's cages being 'in every way worse than the original ones' 10) Brown & Root helped pave way for Houston's growth , David Hunn, Houston Chronicle 2016 11) The Candidate from Brown and Root , Robert Bryce, The Texas Observer, October 2000 12) Blood Money: Wasted Billions, Lost Lives, and Corporate Greed in Iraq by T. Christian Miller, May 2007 13) Brown & Root, one of the world's largest construction.. ., Gary Taylor, United Press International, 1981 14) here's that GAO Balkans report titled "Army Should Do More to Control Contract Cost in the Balkans https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/ADA382598.pdf 15) Outsourcing War, An inside look at Brown & Root, the kingpin of America's new military-industrial complex , Anthony Bianco and Stephanie Anderson Forest, 2003 16) Mesothelioma.com Halliburton Page: https://www.mesothelioma.com/asbestos-exposure/companies/halliburton-company/ 17) Inspector General of the DOD report "Hurricane Relief Costs on the Navy Construction Capabilities Contract": https://media.defense.gov/2019/Aug/22/2002174066/-1/-1/1/D-2008-097.PDF…

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Halliburton 57:58

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Dipping my toe into making things way too personal with this episode about a giant oil conglomerate! Who doesn't fucking love that? Amy Do and Blender Bluid are BACK, baby, to do just a tiny bit more set dressing on this season. We're talking about procurement ; how did the companies in the upcoming season get their contracts in the first place? Turns out, even THAT is laden with some busted-ass shenanigans! Ultimately, this is a podcast that is entirely informed by my comedic and artistic point of view. This particular episode on Halliburton is admittedly not as dense as they typically come - that's intentional. I've already lost sleep from jolting awake at night, haunted by the images, descriptions, and horrors that keep coming up in this research. So fuck it, let's do an episode about Dick Cheney's heart! Let's talk about B.O.B. and G-Unit! Let's discuss how I ruined the name Christian for my high school religion teachers! Follow @blenderbluid and please, sincerely, keep Amy Do in your thoughts right now. Audio engineering by the wickedly talented Casey Synesael SOURCES: Blood Money: Wasted Billions, Lost Lives, and Corporate Greed in Iraq by T. Christian Miller, May 2007 A Web of Truth: Whistle-Blower or Troublemaker , Neely Tucker, Washington Post, 2005 Whistleblower exposes $7 billion no-bid Defense Department contract , CBS News, 2019 The Whistleblower’s Tale: How An Accountant Took on Halliburton , Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica, 2015 Australian academics apologise for false AI-generated allegations against big four consultancy firms , Harry Belot, The Guardian, Nov 2023 Heart: An American Medical Odyssey , by (I'm sorry) Dick Cheney and Jonathan Reiner, MD NBC's "Meet the Press" Transcript , Chuck Todd interviewing Dick Cheney, 2014 https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/21/AR2008032102482_pf.html Cheney Dismisses Critic With Obscenity , Helen Dewar and Dana Milbank, Washington Post, 2004 Iraq The Halliburton Connection: The Master Builder , Jyoti Thottam, TIME Magazine 2004…

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Private Military Contracting: A Laymen's Legal Analysis 52:21

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HELLO AGAIN, BESTIES! Amy Do and Blender Bluid join me for a season-long exploration into private military contracting. This specific episode explores some legal precedents that allow military contractors to operate with effective immunity from the law. Picture I just said that but in a SUPER funny way. If a tree falls in the forest, can anybody hear it? If a private contractor aids a soldier in a war crime, do we actually have any laws to hold them accountable for it? Along the way, we’ll declare war on a random Chicago comedian who broke my laptop, build a dike, then refuse to call it a dam, and we’ll Control+P…repare for a legendary season of podcasting! Follow Blender Bluid @blenderbluid on all social medias; don't follow Amy Do. She doesn't want you to lol. This episode had the pleasure of having Casey Synesael as the audio engineer! :D COOL RIGHT? SOURCES: - Armed Guards in Iraq Occupy a Legal Limbo , John Broder and James Risen, New York Times, Sep 2007 -JFK Library Bell Report: https://www.jfklibrary.org/asset-viewer/archives/JFKPOF/071/JFKPOF-071-004 -Appendix 2 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice: https://jsc.defense.gov/Portals/99/Documents/UCMJ%20-%2020December2019.pdf -Federal Tort Claims Procedure: https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title28/part6/chapter171&edition=prelim -Boyle v. United Technology Corp (1988): https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/487/500/ -Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. (Amicus), Center for Constitutional: Justice https://ccrjustice.org/home/what-we-do/our-cases/kiobel-v-royal-dutch-petroleum-co-amicus -Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., 569 U.S. 108 (2013) - https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/569/108/ -WHO'S DOING WORK FOR THE GOVERNMENT?: MONITORING, ACCOUNTABILITY AND COMPETITION IN THE FEDERAL AND SERVICE CONTRACT WORKFORCE, March 2002: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-107shrg79883/html/CHRG-107shrg79883.htm - Accountability of Private Military Contractors , Arthi Thiruppathi, GW Justice Journal, Jan 13 2021…

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BBB Season 6 Update! 1:17

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Hello besties! I'm just a girl with vocal nodes in a podcasting world!

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He Gets Us 1:01:33

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Hey kids...who likes #Jesus?? Christian McCann is on the pod so I can finally answer questions he's been asking me for like a year now. Why is there a marketing campaign for Christianity, and who is paying for it? As it turns out, the answer is something that will matter for 10 billion more years. Join me to talk about the intracacies of tax law and mostly dish about terrible religious experiences. Rich people of any religion will always find ways to retain control of their money; this episode is just a sliver into that world! Christian and I have a dueling pianos show we do together constantly. You can check that out @candcduelingpianos on Instagram SOURCES: Servant Foundation Form 990: https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/431890105/202320469349302877/full The Signatry website: https://thesignatry.com/who-we-are/our-history/ https://www.vox.com/recode/2019/12/18/21010108/larry-page-philanthropy-foundation-donor-advised-fund-christmas https://www.forbes.com/sites/kerryadolan/2023/02/13/this-billionaire-is-a-donor-behind-the-jesus-focused-super-bowl-ads/?sh=64c3297d7b29 https://www.propublica.org/article/family-research-council-irs-church-status Christian Community Foundation Form 990: https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/751750059/202213469349301026/full S2 Episode 6: Billionaires, DAFs, and the Changing Face of Philanthropy with Teddy Schleifer of Vox's Recode; Ethical Rainmaker: http://www.theethicalrainmaker.com/listen-now/s2-episode-6-billionaires-dafs-and-the-changing-face-of-philanthropy-with-teddy-schleifer-of-voxs-recode deadass this little graphic: https://www.fdic.gov/about/learn/learning/banks.html#:~:text=It%20doesn't%20remain%20locked,even%20to%20operate%20a%20business . Tax advantages of Donor Advised Funds: https://www.nptrust.org/what-is-a-donor-advised-fund/daf-tax-consideration/ https://jacobin.com/2023/02/christian-super-bowl-ads-he-gets-us-servant-foundation-abortion-gay-rights BOOK RECS: God's Own Party: The Making of the Christian Right , Daniel K. Williams One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America, Kevin Kruse…

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Piggly Wiggly 1:00:57

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Franklin Pierce impersonator Dylan Cohen drops by to gab about the grocery store that totally changed the game: Piggly Wiggly! I'm thrilled to have this season's rascal-centered episode, and I'm VERY excited to add a new weirdo from the early 1900s to the BBB collection. Grab your bibles, label your vegetables, and let's play some synchronous jazz while we talk about the weird twists and turns of Piggly Wiggly's dramatic changes-of-hands! Dylan Cohen is performing in The Lincoln Lodge's Future of Comedy Festival on Friday September 29th at 7:30pm for "Powerpoint Night Live!" tickets at thelincolnlodge.com/futureofcomedyfestival SOURCES: 1. Clarence Saunders and the Founding of Piggly Wiggly: The Rise and Fall of a Memphis Maverick , Mike Freeman, 2011 2. When Piggly Wiggly Tried to Stick It to Wall Street , Shiva Nagaraj, Slate 2021 3. https://www.newspapers.com/image/768156903/?terms=clarence%20saunders&match=1 4. https://newspapers.com/image/774867648/?terms=clarence%20saunders%20piggly%20wiggly&match=1 5. https://www.newspapers.com/image/244984597/?terms=clarence%20saunders%20piggly%20wiggly&match=1 6. https://www.newspapers.com/image/768157998/?terms=clarence%20saunders%20civil%20war&match=1 7. https://www.newspapers.com/image/774867648/?terms=clarence%20saunders%20piggly%20wiggly&match=1 8. Coach Houses , Vance Lauderdale, Memphis Magazine 2008…

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The Imperial and Economic Consequences of Bird Shit 1:10:32

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Who wants to get drunk and talk about 1800s agriculture? MEEEEE apparently! Join myself and my sweet special friend J. T. Kost for an episode detailing the guano boom and bust of the 1800s: drunken reenactments of the Last Supper, yadda-yadda-ing our way through unprecendented imperial expansion, and plenty of descriptions of bird shit abound this episode! Not to get too TMI but I had to figure out a recording situation last-minute to produce this podcast, which means that the audio quality might be...shall we say different than previous episodes. I'm working on a solution and I hope you still like it anyways! This episode was a labor of love to my roots in academia, which is part of why the title is so annoying <3 Tickets to Kost's show Giggle Hour SOURCES: 1) How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States , Daniel Immewahr, 2016 2) Guano and the Opening of the Pacific World: A Global Ecological History , Gregory T Cushman, 2013 These are pretty dense books, and let's be real, any other source I consulted was genuinely just taking their info from these books -- it's pretty obvious. But man these books are so effing dense I don't feel bad only having two sources lol.…

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Hewlett-Packard (HP) 58:17

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Brazen antifeminist woman in STEM, Sarah, joins me to discuss the factory of girlfailures: Hewlett-Packard! Revolutionizing the world of personal-computers-you-kinda-know, this company has been run by a cavalcade of silly little clowns since at least 1999. This episode is packed top to bottom with shenanigans; spiders falling from the ceiling, being a Girl-FailedGubernatorialCandidate, somehow also private military contracting, and lots and lots of rich people problem-solving in unique, never-before seen foolish ways. I'll be posting episodes every two weeks, which I think will make the podcast much more sustainable to make! I can't read all this shit in one day, no matter how hard I try. Thanks so much for sticking around. I hope y'all have been liking it so far! :) If you do, it'd help me out to leave a rating on Apple Podcasts. The algorithm loves seeing engagement. Write who you think the hottest HP failed CEO is! SOURCES: How Hewlett-Packard lost its way , James Bandler with Doris Burke, Fortune Magazine, May 2012 3 wartime moments to remember in HP’s history , Garage Staff for HP, Nov 2022 David Packard, Richard Nixon Administration – Historical Office of the Secretary of Defense The HP Way: How Bill Hewlett and I Founded Our Company , David Packard 1995 Leadership Challenges at Hewlett Packard: Through the Looking Glass , David F. Larcker and Brian Tayan, Stanford Closer Look Series, Oct 2011 HP: Grueling day for Hurd & Dunn , Grace Wong, CNN Money, Sep 2006 Fiorina out, HP stock soars; CEO who engineered Compaq merger leaving after fight with board; will walk away with $21 million , Paul La Monica, CNN Money, Feb 2005 Wisecrackers: A theory-grounded investigation of phishing and pretext social engineering threats to information security , Michael Workman, Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 59(4), 662–674. 2008 Oracle really does owe HPE $3b after Supreme Court snub , Katyanna Quach, The Register, May 2022…

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The Legacy of Pat Tillman 1:01:03

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