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This week we look at Nelson Rockefeller and his time in U.S politics. We briefly cover the Rockefeller wealth and will take a longer look at that on a future episode. On this episode we dive into the policies of the republicans of this brief era and how some of them were more progressive than what democrats propose today. For this discussion we are joined by special guest Tobi Olowe the host of Impressions of America. At one point to take the focus off the US we spend a moment to discuss the UK’s Priti Patel. Enjoy! The following was mentioned by Tobi to add to our description. I think listeners should consider the biography On His Own Terms by Richard Norton Smith. For the early CIA stuff although we didn't get into it as much but Gerard Colby's Thy Will on Rockefeller political interests in Latin America. For the Rockefeller family perhaps the PBS documentary. Impressions of America is a history podcasts about US History since the 1960s. We have covered key conservatives including Nixon, Reagan, William F

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Join us as we get into the weeds of Eurodollars, the Libor rigging scandal during the 2008-9 financial crisis, and the Libor replacement known as SOFR (the "secured overnight financing rate"). SOFR is supposed to be safe against manipulation that happened to Libor; but is it? We'll look at the mechanics of how Wall Street and London City bankers could still ruin wholesale credit for everyone, again, on Grubstakers CIA Paper on Soviet banks in the west in 1969: https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/DOC_0000233857.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2GIP9__UuFi0eMddht7_xl83cplWQoW9oMspKNc7tD57WuzXNEvPkPhu8

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A short overview of the system of offshore money that allows the rich and powerful to skirt laws and pick and choose the jurisdictions that apply to them. Learn how to set up a shell corporation, hide your assets, and buy a passport as well as a few facts about a notable Hollywood actor. The main source for this episode was the book "Moneyland" by Oliver Bolloughs: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39979237-moneyland The paper Steve mentions is here: https://publications.iass-potsdam.de/rest/items/item_3259914_4/component/file_3259926/content

We were thrilled to interview David Enrich, the Business Investigations Editor at the New York Times and the author of 'Dark Towers Deutsche Bank, Donald Trump, and an Epic Trail of Destruction'. On this episode we discuss the odd deaths plaguing the banking industry, he explains mirror trading and how it relates to money laundering, and he answers our questions on what may happen to Deutsche Bank moving forward. His book is an insightful read on the inner mischief of one of the most shady members of the finance community. Follow him on twitter below. @davidenrich

This week we return to our multi part profile of the infamous Deustche Bank. This episode looks at the 50 years after world war 2 and the beginning of this century. We continue to discuss the Nazi gold they stole from the teeth of people to fund the will of the Nazi’s, to the multiple connections to the CIA over the years and lastly the acquisition of Bankers Trust that would add to the hooligans of corruption empowered by the bank that funded the construction of Auschwitz. Also, at one point you can hear Andy’s cat.

In the first of our multi-part series on financial behemoth Deutsche Bank, we discuss the background of the bank that funded the Nazis, Jeffrey Epstein, and America's big beautiful president, solvency be damned. We'll continue to explore the massive house of cards that is Deutsche bank later in the week over at https://www.patreon.com/grubstakers

Check out the Texas boy that made money from casinos. a possible Lolita express connection and a grandson who shot up the school. Donald Trump would be his best man at Phil’s third wedding. He really enjoys furloughing staff and seems very drunk during his RNC speech. This one a doozy go grab Gary Busey tune in to Grubstakers!

This week we tackle the richest man in Europe, and briefly this year, the richest man in the world, luxury megabillionaire Bernard Arnault. We investigate his privileged upbringing, the sketchy background of the company he built his wealth on, and speculate on his relationship with Alligator mississippiensis. Part 2 will be available later this week on https://www.patreon.com/grubstakers. Rest in power Michael Brooks.

For our triumphant return from summer vacation we profile the Fanjul brothers, two Florida billionaires who had to flee their native Cuba when Fidel Castro came to power. This may have had something to do with the fact that they trace their wealth to slave run sugar plantations and their former mansion is now a museum to the cruelty of the sugar industry in Cuba. Since arriving in the US they've been showered with plentiful subsidies and price supports and they've found even found new workers to abuse and exploit by using the H-2 visa program and by looking the other way at the trafficking of desperately impoverished Haitians in the Dominican Republic. If you're looking for motivation to consume less sugar and more vegetables this episode is here to make the case. Further reading on the Fanjul brothers: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2001/02/floridas-fanjuls-200102

This week we're joined by Molly Lambert and Jonny Coleman of NOlympics LA to discuss California real estate billionaire Rick Caruso and the upcoming 2028 LA Olympics. We review the shady history of the games, the role of Epstein connected LA power broker Casey Wasserman in bringing them to the city, and the devastating impact of the 1984 Olympics on LA. The 2028 games will continue their proud tradition of allowing a small number of super wealthy people to put their hands in the public's pockets and screw over low income locals in the process. Unless we stop them. You can learn more and get involved at: https://nolympicsla.com/ You can listen to Molly Lambert's podcast Night Call here: https://podtail.com/podcast/night-call/

On this episode we cover the Italian stallion the lawyer with no law practice under his belt Gianni Agnelli. We cover how he was born with wealth from his grandfather, which included a 20 year long bender enjoying the exciting life of international playboy. This episode features such known guest stars as Winston Churchill, Mussolini, Gaddafi and Henry Kissinger they are all apart the Italian conspiracy to keep Italy “Italian.” Find out how the newest generation of Agnelli’s are continuing the tradition of abusing drugs, having sex with whomever they please as well as robbing the country of Italy blind with connections to unsavory characters that would make your Nonna say, “That’s not how you make a Sicilian pizza pie you just making a mess mama mia!”

This week we continue our look at the Pritzker family empire and today we have chosen Penny Pritzker and her many crimes against humanity to focus on. We discover how Hyatt Hotels has abused their staff, the Jeffrey Epstein connection the family and their connection to BCCI. We covered another J.B Pritzker on our Patreon last week, and found more dirt about that family, which we share here. If at anytime you felt corruption was not connected this episode should open your eyes to how heirs are against airing their dirty laundry to keep their money theirs. All that and more right here on Grub$takers.

Boy Howdy it's Episode 167 of Grubstakers where we profile Chinese billionaire Ma Huateng, creator of Tencent, the largest social media and game company you've never heard of. A de facto arm of the state surveillance apparatus, Tencent has their fingers in everything from the Chinese social credit system to Fortnite. We discuss the protests at the top, so if you want to skip ahead turn your dials to 0:17:40.

New episode on Nick Kroll’s father Jules Kroll. Full episode at https://www.patreon.com/posts/episode-166-37650803

Episode 165 is out. The subject is Harold Hamm; the Okie billionaire who made his fortune innovating horizontal drilling, causing earthquakes, and who is the right-hand man to Trump for his energy independence policy-making. He’ll “drink your milkshake”, because he has type-2 diabetes. Watch out!

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