Hard Pass
Summary: Every Monday, Josh Barro and Linette Lopez explore, examine, and reject the business of every day life.
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- Copyright: Cover Art: Jon Fulton (with images from Andrey Vasiliev) Music: Aaron Leeder
Podcasts:
Josh and Linette unpack why Las Vegas has been able to reinvent itself while other gaming cities fail. Linette's shade contains multitudes. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Josh and Linette explore ramps fever and the ways that companies use manufactured demand to boost sales. Also, Josh makes an unholy comparison. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Josh and Linette talk to Anthony Scaramucci about how creative investment strategies will succeed in a market where hedge funds can't profit on just long and short positions. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Linette and Josh talk to Anthony Scaramucci about why he's a Trump booster, and the tasteful interior of the Trump jet. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Linette and Josh are joined by Jim Chanos to talk about how China's balance sheet looks a lot like those of US banks before the 2008 collapse. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Josh and Linette are joined by Jim Chanos at the SALT Conference and they explore how hedge fund fees don't hold when you look at their returns. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Josh and Linette talk about buying into the Farm to Table feeling, and where it disconnects from what's actually on the menu. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Josh and Linette unpack why Lululemon is failing in the athleisure market and it involves Beyonce. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Josh and Linette unpack the demise of bankrupt SunEdison and talk about what to expect as creditors scramble for valuable assets. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Linette and Josh explore how Millennials eat the most important meal of the day, and how this led Kellogg to a series of bad decisions. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Josh and Linette ride the rollercoaster that is the Chinese stock market, and consider the wise advice of Princess Leia. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Josh and Linette consider the effects of white on white crime while diving into the fraud allegations against Andrew Caspersen. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Josh and Linette unpack the "religious freedom" laws passed in Georgia and North Carolina, and realize that Salesforce is pretty gay. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Josh and Linette explain the gap between the social and economic value of diamond engagement rings. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Linette and Josh examine how money screws up presidential elections, and its not how most people think it does. Episode art by DonkeyHotey. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.