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Welcome back to the violent world of Bananas! This episode we talk about how the United Fruit company and its competitors begin using their vast wealth and power to manipulate and destabilize Central American governments in hopes of creating laws more favorable to the banana industry, through any means necessary.

Sources for this week:

Documentary Banana Land- Blood, Bullets, & Poison

Bananas How the United Fruit Company Shaped the World - Peter Chapman

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This week is truly bananas as we begin the story of the United Fruit company and the many trials and tribulations of the banana industry. This week we establish the beginning of the export business to the US and Europe, and by the end of the series we'll get into the settlements surrounding Chiquita Banana!

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Documentary Banana Land- Blood, Bullets, & Poison

Bananas How the United Fruit Company Shaped the World - Peter Chapman

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Hope Y'all had a lovely Fourth of July. Happy Fireworks and Hotdogs day! Emily and I needed a little breather this week so we decided to go back to our roots and do a rerelease of the very first episode we did. We have a lot of new listeners so if you hadn't gotten a chance to listen to this one here is your chance. Its a one off episode so don't worry we are just taking one week off. I was very nervous recording this episode so i hope its fun seeing how far we have come!

And Next Week we will be getting right back into the riveting finale of the Pan Am Series. Hope y'all enjoy and see you next week!!!

This week Danny covers the Dupont Chemical Company and the Tennant brother’s lawsuit.

Episodes Resources:

Exposure written by Robert Billot
New York Times article “The Lawyer who became Dupont’s Worst Nightmare” written by Nathaniel Rich, 2016.
Dark Waters, movie starring and produced by Mark Ruffalo.

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"Skygods: The Fall of Pan Am" By Robert Gandt(2012)

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This week we are going back in time AND up into the skies with our new series on the Pan American World Airways Company. Pan am was an Airline Goliath but now it's long gone. In this series we will be talking about their meteoric rise followed by their slow decline into bankruptcy.

This week we are focusing on the founder Juan Trippe and the early years of luxury travel aboard Boeing 314 Flying Boats. We also talk about the early eccentric and cocky pilots that epitomized Pan Ams Early years. This story is full of larger than life characters and we hope you enjoy it!!

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Finally! FINALLY! The investors have started to realize that WeWork is a financial Black Hole and maybe they should stop giving them money. All of WeWorks life rafts abandon them and they are forced to finally turn to public investments.

We learn about their last minute delusional attempt to produce an IPO called Project Wingspan. After their first few attempts fail due to questionable financials and sloppy documentation, Adam is finally forced to resign. And not long after that WeWork was forced to file for Bankruptcy.

If you want to know how a company valued at $47 Billion could possibly go bankrupt, this is the episode for you! Enjoy!

Sources:
“Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork" By Reeves Wiedeman (2020)

“WeCrashed: a Loves Story Worth $47 Billion" By Drew Crevello and Lee Eisenberg Apple TV(2022)

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We are now to the point in our story where WeWork has more money than they know what to do with and their main investor is advising Adam Neuman to be even Crazier! And he absolutely delivers!

The company slowly goes more and more off the rails, using their vast amounts of money to completely crush any competition and making almost no money while doing it.

And then we have some classic unicorn founder nonsense. They live large while their employees are still getting paid like they are part of a scrappy startup.

The seeds are all there and we are just prepping for the inevitable downfall. Hope y'all enjoy!

Sources:
“Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork" By Reeves Wiedeman (2020)

“WeCrashed: a Loves Story Worth $47 Billion" By Drew Crevello and Lee Eisenberg Apple TV(2022)

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