Private equity has a hand in many aspects of our lives. When you pay a medical bill, a veterinary bill or shop at your favorite store, chances are you are ultimately paying a private equity firm. Rick talks with Federal Prosecutor, Brendan Ballou. He has written a new book, Plunder: Private Equity's Plan To Pillage America. In the book, Ballou describes what ... Show More
Nov 17
The DOJ Covers Up the Epstein Files: The Criminal Conspiracy in Real Time
In this explosive episode, Rick Wilson rips the lid off the DOJ’s choking, years-long effort to bury the Epstein files—those blacked-out, shredded, quietly “misplaced” documents that just happen to shield some of the most powerful men in America. We dig into the redactions, the v ... Show More
15m 31s
Nov 7
Trump is Starving His Own Base
While Donald Trump’s Great Gatsby party at Mar-a-Lago made headlines for its gold-plated excess, millions of Americans are struggling to pay rent and buy groceries. As the nation faces rising prices, budget cuts, and shrinking safety nets, Trump’s luxury pageantry couldn’t feel m ... Show More
13m 19s
Apr 2023
Private Equity’s Opaque World
If you want to maximize the value of your home for decades, you might update the kitchen. But if your time frame is one week, then you might burn down the house. Brendan Ballou is a federal prosecutor and special counsel at the Department of Justice, where he led the antitrust d ... Show More
28m 11s
Jul 2023
Private Equity’s Impact on the Economy — with Gretchen Morgenson
Gretchen Morgenson, the senior financial reporter for the NBC News Investigative Unit, and the co-author of These Are the Plunderers: How Private Equity Runs—and Wrecks America, joins Scott to discuss her thoughts on how private equity impacts parts of the economy, and why she th ... Show More
1 h
Nov 2023
Rapid Response: Your pandemic business takeaways are wrong, with co-authors Joe Nocera and Bethany McLean
<p>Kick the conventional wisdom. In this episode of Rapid Response, Bethany McLean and Joe Nocera sit down with Bob Safian to discuss their book, <em>The Big Fail: What the Pandemic Revealed About Who America Protects and Who It Leaves Behind</em>. The pair faced blowback for the ... Show More
23m 20s
Jul 2021
A wave of private equity buyouts in the UK prompts concern
<p>Former president Donald Trump is suing Facebook, Twitter and Google’s YouTube, as well as their respective chief executives, in lawsuits alleging “unlawful censorship” of Americans, the new Delta variant of coronavirus is driving up infection rates in countries across the glob ... Show More
9m 56s