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Welcome to Prism of the Past, a series about historical events, people, and situations, from the fascinating to the forgotten. This episode shows: “Hostile Architecture: The Fight Against the Homeless”
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Welcome to the Corporate Casket, a weekly series where bad businesses go to die. Today we take a look at a slightly older episode: “Explaining Qanon: The Bad, The Ugly, and the Headaches”. We think the memory should be kept alive about what this group / cult / whatever is and or was. Iilluminaughtii does a great job here.
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The Dodo has become the warmest, ‘cuddliest’ corner of the internet. They’re a never-ending stream of adorable, clickable, animal content. But do they really have the animals’ best interests at heart? They’ve promoted unsafe animal interactions and inappropriate pets, and they source themselves consistently. The Dodo should remain extinct: they aren’t the news site they claim to be, but a clickable brand to earn money.
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Welcome to the Corporate Casket, a semiweekly series where bad businesses go to die. We will discuss any and everything from bad charities, terrible CEOs, and businesses that have a lot to hide. And today we return to an older episode of the iillumniaughtii digging into Elon Musk.
We of course do so because of the hell hole Musk turned Twitter into.
The student loan crisis in the United States seems like a near-constant conversation. But, as the whole country seems to constantly have the same discussion—one thing always seems to be missed: Private Student Loans. It’s been described as the “wild west” a “lawless” industry that takes advantage of the most disenfranchised and runs scams almost as much as any MLM I’ve ever seen. From Navient, Sallie May, and even Discover, everyone seems to have a new scam. So, what’s going on with Private Loans?
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Elon Musk is considered to be the wealthiest man in the world. But, what does the ultra-wealthy business mogul do with his inherent fame and fortune? Seemingly nothing good. In just a few years he has found himself in the headlines more times than even I can count, and it never seems to be for anything good. From racial discrimination to sexual misconduct, to just downright fraud, there seems to be nothing he won’t do.
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The tequila industry has a long, rich history in Mexican families. For generations, people have handed down the pastime to their kids and some have become massively successful. But, as tequila begins to grow in popularity internationally, this long-time tradition is coming into question. The agave shortage may be detrimental to the workers and the companies of the product, and the appropriation of an age-old tradition may be changing the industry for the worst.
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Sometimes, the truth is stranger than fiction. In the case of the ‘balloon boy’ hoax, this is definitely true. The world watched, terrified, as a homemade UFO with a child inside floated over seven thousand feet in the air—but was it all a publicity stunt?
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The first Crisis Pregnancy Center was opened in 1967 in response to the ever-growing rise of pro-choice feminism and the future of an abortion-friendly America. As time has gone on, Crisis Pregnancy Centers have become a backbone feature of the pro-life movement. Tricking people into attending by offering “medical advice”, they have become synonymous with spreading misinformation about abortion and working to dismantle it from the inside out.
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Welcome to Multi Level Mondays, a weekly series all about multi level marketing, pyramid schemes, and ponzi schemes.
At first, TrimSpa was just your run-of-the-mill diet pill fad. But, when mega star social starlet Anna Nicole Smith decided to join in on their campaigns and lost her own weight, it absolutely exploded. Suddenly TrimSpa was everywhere and they had their celebrity star to thank for it. But, after her death, it all came spiraling down. They lost a massive amount of their customers, found themselves in fights with the FTC and FDA, and had to change the entire makeup of their products. Now, they’re back, charging an exorbitant amount of money for diet pills that likely, don’t work.
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Welcome to the Corporate Casket, a semiweekly series where bad businesses go to die. We will discuss any and everything from bad charities, terrible CEOs, and businesses that have a lot to hide.
Lance Armstrong’s charity, the Livestrong Foundation, has become well-known for funding cancer research. However, when Lance’s scandal about using illicit substances to win his titles made it to the spotlight, the foundation crumbled. Did Lance’s good deeds cancel out his previous cheating, and was Livestrong truly just caught in the crosshairs?
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Welcome to the Corporate Casket, a semiweekly series where bad businesses go to die. We will discuss any and everything from bad charities, terrible CEOs, and businesses that have a lot to hide.
Wells Fargo is one of the most well-known Banks in the United States. But while their names are well-known, their scandals have made them infamous. Their history of blatant racism has been raising eyebrows and ruining lives almost since their inception. But their decade-long scam of opening fake accounts for customers without their permission catapulted them into the limelight in the worst of ways. To this day, the company is still reeling from its decade-long mistake, but it still can’t seem to keep itself out of trouble.
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Welcome to Multi Level Mondays, a weekly series all about multi level marketing, pyramid schemes, and ponzi schemes.
PPP Loan Fraud or Covid Relief fraud has been called the largest fraud in a generation. Billions were set aside during the pandemic to help keep workers employees. However, these fraudsters didn’t just use it for personal gain, but took this money out of the pockets of those who really needed it. Those that took part in this fraud are still being caught and punished now, and business owners are still feeling the effects.
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Welcome to the Corporate Casket, a semiweekly series where bad businesses go to die. We will discuss any and everything from bad charities, terrible CEOs, and businesses that have a lot to hide.
Girls Gone Wild is an infamous cultural phenomenon. If you were alive in the 1990s and early 2000s you probably remember waking up to their wild infomercials. But, while they made it seem like all fun and parties on their videos, there was a lot more going on in the background. The founder, Joe Francis seemed to be in the news every other week, and never for anything good. He is the dirt bag of all dirtbags and the inherent creepiness of girls gone wild is just the beginning.
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Welcome to the Corporate Casket, a semiweekly series where bad businesses go to die. We will discuss any and everything from bad charities, terrible CEOs, and businesses that have a lot to hide.
Family vlogging is so much more than a cute, home video—it’s become extremely profitable and can mean a camera in a child’s face on a daily basis. The ethics of this have been questioned for a while, especially after some massive controversies. Between refusing to adopt due to social media requirements or even rehoming children after a lack of proper research and education, these family vloggers have profited off some pretty gross and disturbing stuff.
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