DAOC

In today's episode, CT examines the wild and wacky history of Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter. Buckle up.

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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

46: Twitter: Autopsy of an Acquisition

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.

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47: Morbius

"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?

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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

48: GB News

On this episode of DAOC, we delve into the bizarre crossroads of Youtuber drama and cryptocurrency scams to cover the financial escapades of one Logan Paul.

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https://time.com/6252093/logan-paul-cryptozoo-liquid-marketplace/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonyoushaei/2021/10/11/how-logan-paul-became-our-generations-greatest-showman/?sh=7ade8462a221 https://twitter.com/LoganPaul/status/1409595093263077382  https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/27/technology/crypto-influencers.html  https://www.vulture.com/2023/01/logan-paul-cryptozoo-scam-coffeezilla-allegations-explained.html

49: Cryptozoo

Jeremy Renner superfans used to have an app to share their love of all things Renner. But then everything went wrong. Find out what happened on today's thrilling episode of Desperate Acts of Capitalism!

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https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2019/9/4/20850069/jeremy-renner-official-app-shutting-down-trolls-fans-marvel-cinematic-universe-hawkeye
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=od7P-RhLjLQ&ab_channel=DannyGonzalez
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-7430119/Jeremy-Renner-shuts-app-two-years-trolls-posing-Casey-Anthony-OJ-Simpson.html
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/jeremy-renner-launches-new-app-fans-987835/
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/actor-jeremy-renner-launches-free-mobile-app-for-fans-in-partnership-with-escapex-300427322.html
https://www.fastcompany.com/90330587/influencers-and-their-superfans-are-flocking-to-this-new-kind-of-social-media
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/annehelenpetersen/jeremy-renner-app-trolling-career-hurt-locker-avengers
https://deadspin.com/i-broke-the-official-jeremy-renner-app-by-posting-the-w-1837804181
https://www.wired.com/story/jeremy-renner-app/
https://onezero.medium.com/the-sketchy-economics-behind-the-jeremy-renner-app-8dae94724ab1

50: Jeremy Renner Official

Al Dunlap was not an ordinary man: he was a verb. Across the country, his name was a byword for rapid corporate turnarounds and ruthless efficiency; at least, that's what he claimed on the jacket cover of his book. Known for walking into boardroom meetings in ostentatious outfits and firing half the company, there was a time when Wall Street believed that "the Chainsaw" really could turn bad companies into good ones with sheer willpower. But Al was playing a dangerous game, and in the end he flew too close to the sun.

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Sources:
Securities and Exchange Commission v. Albert Dunlap et al., Civil Action No. 01-8437-CIV (Middlebrooks)(S.D. Fla.)
https://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/lr-17710

Mean Business by Al Dunlap
https://archive.org/details/meanbusinesshowi00dunl_0

"Portfolio’s Worst American CEOs of All Time"
https://www.cnbc.com/2009/04/30/Portfolios-Worst-American-CEOs-of-All-Time.html?slide=16

"SEC Sues Sunbeam CFO Kersh, Dunlap, and Four Others"
https://www.cfo.com/news/breaking-news-sec-sues-former-sunbeam-cfo-kersh-dunlap-and-four-others/683301/

Book review: "Rambo in pinstripes. Chainsaw: The Notorious Career of Al Dunlap in the Era of Profit-at-Any-Price"
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/npr.4040190212?saml_referrer

"Memo to Al Dunlap: You're Fired!"
https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/memo-to-al-dunlap-youre-fired/

"Al Dunlap Compared Himself to Springsteen, Then Came a Steep Fall"
https://www.wsj.com/articles/albert-j-dunlap-cost-slashing-sunbeam-ceo-known-as-chainsaw-al-dies-at-age-81-11548611699

"Michael F. Price, a Pugnacious Value Investor, Has Died at Age 70"
https://www.wsj.com/articles/michael-f-price-a-pugnacious-value-investor-has-died-at-age-70-11647621811

51: Al Dunlap

On this episode of DAOC, CT takes us through 10 years of gum advertising. 

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Sources:

https://productventures.com/work/5-gum-package-design/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZN5hqu7yPA

Music Credits:

Airwaves by Sascha Ende
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Total Happy Up And Sunny by Sascha Ende
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Prosecution, action, trumpets by Sascha Ende
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Leisure by Sascha Ende
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/207-leisure
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Uplifted by Sascha Ende
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/115-uplifted
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52: How It Feels To Market 5 Gum

MoviePass is back, and it's better than ever. In our first SEQUEL episode, Evan gives us an update on what the ol' MoviePass company has been up to in the last 5 years.

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Sources:

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/13/moviepass-will-shut-down-for-good-on-sept-14.html 

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/moviepass-gets-takeover-offer-1240275/ 

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/13/moviepass-resurrection-will-face-old-problems-and-new-rivals.html 

https://www.businessinsider.com/moviepass-relaunching-details-how-to-sign-up-2022-8 

https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/moviepass-relaunch-waitlist-tiered-pricing-1234754345/ 

https://www.businessinsider.com/moviepass-relaunching-details-how-many-movies-per-month-2022-9 

https://www.moviepass.com/

53: MoviePass 2

You've probably noticed it: flying on commercial airlines has gotten a lot worse. Covid didn't help, but if we're being honest it wasn't great before covid either. In fact, didn't flying used to be really fun back in the 60's and '70's? What happened to piano bars in planes, good food, and decent legroom? In this episode we will get into how airlines got so bad, and how what we see of the airline industry is the tip of an iceberg of rot and deregulation.

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Sources:

Ryanair abandons controversial Afrikaans test for South African travelers

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/ryanair-drops-controversial-test-for-south-african-travelers/index.html

Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary accused of racism for saying terrorists are 'generally Muslim men'

https://news.sky.com/story/ryanair-boss-michael-oleary-accused-of-racism-for-saying-terrorists-are-generally-muslim-men-11940064

US airline passengers are getting increasingly frustrated. Here’s why

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/jd-power-2023-north-american-airline-satisfaction-survey-results/index.html

Summer air travel could be expensive and chaotic. Here's how to avoid trouble

https://www.npr.org/2022/06/14/1104820079/summer-air-travel-could-be-expensive-and-chaotic-heres-how-to-avoid-trouble

Why is air travel so miserable? - Transcript

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/why-is-air-travel-so-miserable-transcript-1.7140847

Why Flying Is Miserable: And How to Fix It

https://www.amazon.com/Why-Flying-Miserable-How-Fix/dp/B0BW661PMJ

How United Became The World's Most Hated Airline In One Day

https://www.forbes.com/sites/daviatemin/2017/04/11/how-united-became-the-worlds-most-hated-airline-in-one-day/?sh=66e70e3561f2

Spirit Airlines to Charge New Fee for Carry-On Luggage

https://abcnews.go.com/Travel/spirit-airlines-charge-fee-carryon-luggage-bag-surcharge/story?id=10298802

The Ballsy History Of Extremely Crude Ads For Spirit Airlines

https://www.businessinsider.com/spirit-airlines-ads-2011-6?op=1

The facts and figures behind Michael O'Leary's horse racing empire

https://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/horse-racing/facts-figures-behind-michael-olearys-23354749

Hard Ryanair landing

https://youtube.com/shorts/ltkIWkUz0dk?si=iGfpgFlZAgLpbGse

Pilot Destroys Plane Wing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tur3-W6-q6o

54: Airline Shenanigans

The land of strikes and protests is at it again - that is, was at it again about 15 years ago. With the Recession in full swing, the French adopted an... original method to obtain better deals from their bosses: sequestration. How is this possible? What are the police even doing? Are the bosses being tortured?? Why are people selling razors to CEOs now??? All this and more from the author of this episode, Noah the Editor.


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Sources:

https://www.europe1.fr/economie/Sequestre-plusieurs-fois-un-patron-raconte-610324

https://www.lepoint.fr/societe/sequestration-a-la-poste-amende-avec-sursis-pour-besancenot-et-dix-postiers-05-09-2011-1370052_23.php

https://foreignpolicy.com/2009/04/23/bossnapping-wave-sweeps-france/

https://www.lexpress.fr/societe/justice/sequestration-de-patrons-une-methode-de-negociation-risquee-en-theorie_1311966.html
https://www.ouest-france.fr/economie/syndicats/avant-air-france-d-autres-histoires-de-patrons-sequestres-4521859

https://atlantico.fr/article/decryptage/sequestre-par-vos-salaries--petit-kit-de-survie-pour-patrons-en-detresse-xavier-tedeschi-
https://www.liberation.fr/futurs/2009/04/01/la-sequestration-de-patrons-est-typiquement-francaise_550280/

https://web.archive.org/web/20090411043129/http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/blog/europeinsight/archives/2009/04/sarkozys_bossna.html

55: Bossnapping

In the mid to late 2000s, we gathered around our television sets to watch a heartwarming reality show where struggling families got their homes renovated into much nicer, bigger homes. A much nicer, bigger home couldn't possibly have any unintended consequences down the line, right? Right?? How did the lizards get into the duct tape room???

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Sources:

https://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/crime/abcs-extreme-exploitation

https://www.thelist.com/35201/untold-truth-extreme-makeover-home-edition/  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7ffFtPvdhs&ab_channel=PatrickCc%3A 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/nation-now/2017/05/26/extreme-makeover-home-foreclosure/346131001/ 

https://www.thewrap.com/ty-pennington-extreme-makeover-home-edition-backlash/ 

https://web.archive.org/web/20101105124200/http://defamer.gawker.com/163321/the-extreme-makeover-home-edition-tragedy-wishlist

56: Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

First they were weird. Then they were fun. Now, they are tired, played out, and full of catfish. In this episode of Desperate Acts of Capitalism we wade into the sordid world of modern dating apps, exploring how one of the most defining elements of modern dating culture got so bad.

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Sources:

Tinder: CEO Renate Nyborg to leave dating app after one year

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-62402874?utm_id=8562679&orgid=128&utm_att1=

How to date right: Romance is in the air with a former Trump aide’s new app for conservatives

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/magazine-features/2977090/how-to-date-right-romance-is-in-the-air-with-a-former-trump-aides-new-app-for-conservatives/

The Right Stuff users claim they were contacted by FBI after using the conservative dating app

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/conservative-dating-app-right-stuff-fbi-b2195668.html

Dating Apps Have Hit a Wall. Can They Turn Things Around?

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/12/business/dating-apps-tinder-bumble.html

Bumble’s Anti-Celibacy Campaign Is Not Going Over Well

https://www.thecut.com/article/the-controversy-around-bumbles-anti-celibacy-billboards.html

Forbes Health Survey: 79% Of Gen Z Report Dating App Burnout

https://www.forbes.com/health/dating/dating-app-fatigue/

57: DATING APPS

Movies: Are they good or are they bad? It's impossible to say. But what about the folks who make 'em? Hollywood makes plenty of flops and failures, but on this episode of Desperate Acts of Capitalism, we cover the golden age of Hollywood, and how it all came crashing down.

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https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/hollywood-strike-history-sag/ 

https://www.amazon.com/Inquisition-Hollywood-Politics-Community-1930-60/dp/0252071417 

https://archive.org/details/forbiddenanimati0000cohe/page/n9/mode/2up 

https://filmstarfacts.com/2017/09/26/studio-system-collapsed/ 

https://www.history.com/news/how-tv-killed-hollywoods-golden-age 

https://retrospectjournal.com/2020/11/29/raising-the-curtain-hollywood-and-american-politics-1920-60/ 

https://books.google.com/books?id=Nz8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA146#v=onepage&q&f=false

58: Hollywood Studio Collapse

Have you ever been watching a movie, and desperately wanted to SMELL the action? Like literally SMELL what was going on in the film? Well, turns out, Hollywood has tried to make that a reality several times. Today we'll examine the bizarre and complicated history of attempting to add scents to the silver screen.

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Sources:

"Another Early 'Smellie'". Variety. January 6, 1960. p. 35. 

Gilbert, Avery N. (2008). "Hollywood Psychophysics". What the Nose Knows. Crown Publishers. ISBN 978-1-4000-8234-6.

 "'Smellies' Back in 1916?". Variety. November 27, 1940. p. 21. Retrieved 2021-01-04 – via Internet Archive. 

Fowler, Albert E. (January 13, 1960). "Fragrance of Long Ago". Variety. p. 6.

https://www.latimes.com/business/la-tm-oops6feb05-story.html

 "Swiss Inventors' 'Smellie' Adjunct To Pix; Other N.Y. Airport Items". Variety. September 11, 1940. p. 2. Retrieved 2021-01-04 – via Internet Archive.

Robertson, Patrick (1993). The Guinness Book of Movie Facts & Feats (5th ed.). Abbeville Press. p. 168. ISBN 1558596976.

https://www.nytimes.com/1959/10/17/archives/todd-smell-film-may-be-scooped-reade-rushes-own-picture-to-beat.html 

Hift, Fred (October 14, 1959). "War of Rival Film 'Smellies'". Variety. Vol. 216, no. 7. p. 1.

Kirsner, Scott (May 15, 2008). Inventing the Movies. Createspace. pp. 45–46. ISBN 978-1-4382-0999-9.

https://www.nytimes.com/1959/12/10/archives/smells-of-china-behind-great-wall-uses-aromarama.html 

Sragow, Michael (November 17, 2006). "Be forewarned: It's 'Waters' World'". Baltimore Sun Times. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-04-06. 

https://web.archive.org/web/20201021044003/https://www.ntt.com/release_e/news06/0004/0411.html 

https://www.firstshowing.net/2011/spy-kids-4-hitting-theaters-with-an-all-new-form-of-smell-o-vision/ 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/8077455/Smell-O-Vision-TV-developed-by-Japanese-scientists.html 

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21729105-900-smell-o-vision-screens-let-you-really-smell-the-coffee/

59: SMELL-O-VISION

The social internet could have been Myspace. Modular, user-centered, infinitely customizable. Like so many sites on the early internet, it was more accident than design, ballooning to enormous size and popularity much faster than its scam artist founders could keep up with. Join us as we find out how Myspace failed its way into success, and finally into catastrophe.

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Sources:

Intelligencer

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2009/11/myspace_is.html

Financial Times - The rise and fall of MySpace

https://www.ft.com/content/fd9ffd9c-dee5-11de-adff-00144feab49a

MySpace: We'll Crush YouTube

https://mashable.com/archive/myspace-well-crush-youtube

The Atlantic - Why We’re Nostalgic for MySpace

https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2023/08/top-eight-how-myspace-changed-music-book-review/675096/

Stealing Myspace by Julia Angwin

https://www.amazon.com/Stealing-MySpace-Control-Popular-Website/dp/1400066948

60: MYSPACE

Starbucks has been struggling as of late. On this episode, we explore what could give one of the biggest restaurant businesses in the world a run for its money.

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https://www.joc.com/article/starbucks-coffee-co-sold-5642744 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NP4NL6evnD0 https://www.seattlepi.com/business/article/a-grande-deal-for-starbucks-1112460.php https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-sep-15-fi-diedrich15-story.html https://www.businesstoday.in/magazine/lbs-case-study/story/how-starbucks-survived-the-financial-meltdown-of-2008-136126-2014-09-22 https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2008/mar/24/netbytes.starbucks https://www.ausfoodnews.com.au/2008/07/31/starbucks-what-went-wrong.html https://abcnews.go.com/Business/Story?id=5288740&page=1 https://www.thestar.com/business/starbucks-to-cut-1-000-jobs/article_41108cfa-acc6-55da-9849-fdfeaca69f28.html https://web.archive.org/web/20160104212729/http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/coffee/2009/03/03/no_more_layoffs_at_starbucks_s.html https://techcrunch.com/2013/07/26/mobile-payment-at-u-s-starbucks-locations-crosses-10-as-more-stores-get-wireless-charging/ https://www.vice.com/en/article/its-almost-comical-starbucks-is-blatantly-trying-to-crush-its-union/ https://www.bbc.com/news/business-60312013

61: Starbucks

Content Warning: This episode contains descriptions of abuse, injuries, and deaths.

Disney theme parks are beloved by countless people around the world. But as Evan found out when he was a child, they contain a dark history of tragic, horrifying, and bizarre incidents within their walls. Today we'll explore that history, and discover an unsettling pattern that reveals how much Disney really values their guests.

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Sources:

Koenig, David (1994). Mouse Tales: A Behind-the-Ears Look at Disneyland. Irvine, CA: Bonaventure Press. pp. 172–173. ISBN 978-0964060562.

https://web.archive.org/web/20041011200218/http://www.local6.com/news/2971289/detail.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20070111190916/http://www.local6.com/news/3752684/detail.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20070109011729/http://www.local6.com/news/10685989/detail.html

https://www.kron4.com/news/california/naked-guy-spotted-on-iconic-disneyland-ride/ 

https://web.archive.org/web/20070321005056/http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/custom/tourism/orl-disney0407mar04%2C0%2C4407309.story?coll=orl-business-headlines-tourism 

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https://www.cnn.com/2013/03/13/us/florida-disney-death/index.html 

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62: Disney Injuries

Sabotage. Intimidation. Disinformation and junk mail campaigns. These were the four horsemen of John H. Patterson, the mad king of Dayton, Ohio. As founder of the National Cash Register Company in 1884, he contributed little to the design of the world's first cash registers. As a marketer and ruthless monopolist, he revolutionized sales practices in the United States, building a sprawling empire that went out of its way to gobble up even the most marginal competitors. In time, his monomania and eccentricities led to his own demise, but his legacy as an industrialist was nothing if not complex.

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Sources:

John H. Patterson–John Patterson rang up success with the incorruptible cashier

By Mark Bernstein

https://www.daytoninnovationlegacy.org/patterson.html

John H. Patterson and the early sales practices of NCR By Jon M. Hawes

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/349697991_John_H_Patterson_and_the_early_sales_practices_of_NCR

Successful Monopolization Through Predation: The National Cash Register Company By Kenneth Brevoort and Howard P. Marvel

https://ideas.repec.org/h/eme/rlwezz/s0193-5895(04)21003-x.html

6 things you didn’t know about NCR’s John Patterson By Allegra Czerwinski

https://www.daytondailynews.com/lifestyles/things-you-didn-know-about-ncr-john-patterson/K65i9ONHk46rKchxEUN2BN/

63: John Henry Patterson

On this episode of DAOC, the gang goes back in time. Join us as we venture to the invention of speculation markets itself to explore one of history's first desperate acts of capitalism: The South Sea Bubble.


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Great Bubbles, Ross B Emmett, The Secret History of the South Sea Bubble by Malcom Balen, The South Sea Bubble by Helen J Paul

64: The South Sea Company

Last year, advertisements began appearing online for a strange Willy Wonka-inspired popup exhibit in Glasgow. They promised a magical experience for the whole family, full of whimsical sights, sounds, and treats. But what families got when they arrived was... not what they expected. Join us as we dive into the strange history of Willy's Chocolate Experience.  

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https://www.vulture.com/article/glasgow-sad-oompa-loompa-interview.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20240301025857mp_/https://willyschocolateexperience.com/#faqs

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/willy-wonka-inspired-chocolate-experience-outrage-rcna140726

https://www.ign.com/articles/willy-wonka-experience-promoted-using-suspected-ai-art-was-so-bad-that-customers-called-the-police

https://ew.com/chocolate-fyre-festival-willy-wonka-event-infuriates-guests-8601369

​​https://www.thecut.com/article/willy-wonka-experience-glasgow-fyre-fest.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/27/world/europe/willy-wonka-experience-glasgow.html

https://www.whatsonglasgow.co.uk/event/131453-willy-wonka-experience/

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/willys-chocolate-experience-nightmare-what-went-wrong

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-68431728

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/willy-wonka-event-glasgow-billy-coull-ai-vaccine-conspiracy-books-1234976876/

65: Willy's Chocolate Experience

Tech difficulties are preventing me from uploading. If I make a new account I’ll tell fans I know in person. If you only know me online you’re out of luck.

Here’s some songs I guess?? Have a good time

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