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Episode 71: Lily Safra and the Strange Deaths of Her Husbands Jun 04, 2019

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This week we're talking about Lily Safra, the Brazilian billionaire who has had four husbands and seen two of them die in mysterious circumstances. We explore her life, we discuss the lingering questions surrounding her 2nd and 4th husbands, and we debate whether she should be included in the rarefied list of truly self made billionaires. Credit to the author Isabel Vincent and her book "Gilded Lily: Lily Safra: The Making of One of the World's Wealthiest Widows" for being the basis of this episode.

Patreon Teaser: Robert F. Smith's condo cost more than the student debt he paid. May 30, 2019

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https://therealdeal.com/2018/05/03/robert-f-smith-revealed-as-buyer-of-59m-getty-penthouse/ Full Episode on Patreon now! www.patreon.com/grubstakers

Episode 69: David H. Murdock (Dole Foods) May 28, 2019

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This week we are covering our favorite high school dropout, veteran and homeless diner owner. He also now owns the Hawaiian island Lanai where Bill Gates got married. This all culminates into labor practices that encourages poisoning their workers for a profit. Enjoy!

Patreon Teaser: Bill Gates hired Jay Leno May 23, 2019

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Full Episode on Patreon now! www.patreon.com/grubstakers

Episode 67: Elon Musk 2.0 feat. James Adomian and Elon Musk May 21, 2019

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This week we revisit our favorite billionaire named after a smell Elon Musk. A part deux revisiting the first episode we ever recorded. We give a recap of Elon Musk’s past and fill in the gaps since we last recorded February of 2018. We have the pleasure of being joined by James Adomian. He is consistently one of the best podcast guests, and he lives up to it on our show. Sit back, relax, enjoy some Grubstakers. Check out James Adomian new podcast The Underculture available on all podcast apps. Toodles https://foreverdogproductions.com/fdpn/podcasts/the-underculture/

Patreon Teaser: Bill Gates is mad horny May 16, 2019

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Full Episode on Patreon now! https://www.patreon.com/grubstakers

Episode 65: Bill Gates (Part 1) May 14, 2019

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You asked, and we delivered we have Bill Gates in our hot seat. Learn all about what ruthless ways both as a teen and a adult Bill gates bent the arms of the system to his will escaping trouble time and time again to become the richest person on the planet. This 3 part series will be continued on our Patreon. Patreon episodes are released onThursdays. Enjoy! As a cousin of one of the hosts I don't know how much longer my employment will last. They say don't bite the hands that feeds, but this seems like biting off the utter of life. Holy cow what a bad move. I have said too much please forgive me Krishna!

Episode 64: Larry Ellison May 02, 2019

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This week we're talking about mega billionaire deadbeat Larry Ellison. Hear all about how the CIA put him in business, how his crappy database software became ubiquitous thanks to his government backing, how he almost destroyed his company with shady accounting practices, and why people are so mad at him on seekingarrangements.com. If this episode is buggy and of low quality don't worry we'll patch it later. It's what Larry would have wanted.

Episode 63: A Crisis Wasted - Obama’s Early Decisions feat. Reed Hundt Apr 23, 2019

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For this episode we interviewed Reed Hundt, former FCC chairman and author of the new book “A Crisis Wasted: Barack Obama’s Defining Decisions.” Hear about his role in the Obama transition and the things he wishes he had told the 44th president to do differently. He shares an insider’s perspective and his book brings a fly on the wall view to how many of Obama’s early decisions were made and how they ultimately contributed to the election of Donald Trump. After the interview we discuss the future of this podcast including our plans to launch a Patreon next month.

Episode 62: Scott Cook Apr 16, 2019

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On this episode you’ll learn about how Scott Cook intuition on his company Intuit let taxes in American become a turbo tax of income Learn how complicating the tax system benefit the cook family to be accomplished equestrian family. Because owning animals to compete for societal status, is the true way of capitalism. My name is Rohan you all know how we are compensated but what you don’t know is the need for toilets all around the world. I hope one day when I use the bathroom it doesn’t hurt but I worry that day may never come. Subscribe rate and review and if you mention my name at McDonald in Kashmir you’ll get a beating!

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