Whether you love business news or feel like you’re supposed to know it but hate it, Business Pants is business news for humans. Snarky and irreverent, deeply researched and factual, a podcast devoted to market quirks and the humans that make up companies. Investing isn’t a what, it’s a who.
Meta is tobacco, Trump loves French oil, FedEx’s fake tariffs, “blame AI” CEOs, Larry Fink’s anxietywash
54 mins; March 27, 2026
BAD GAME: Zuck’s AI CEO, Larry Fink worries about capitalism, Grab’s double extra vote shares
39 mins; March 24, 2026
Return of the OG toxic bros, board pay security blankets, airlines whine, and wishing for EVs
58 mins; March 20, 2026
NUGGS: Travis Kalanick is back, Peter Thiel takes back, airlines buyback, Starbucks union fights back
39 mins; March 17, 2026
War on women, war on Iran, war on investors, but Jack Dorsey has a “Love” hat at least
59 mins; March 13, 2026
BLAME GAME: Broadcom pay, McDonald’s burger, Geo Group “coup”, Iran war
50 mins; March 04, 2026
Vanguard cowers, Dorsey’s AI employee apocalypse, Netflix flinches first, and Burger King’s HAL
68 hours 14 mins; February 27, 2026
Good news: Google’s data center, tariff rulings, Trump targets a director, and farmer says no
52 mins; February 25, 2026
Goldman wipes DEI, AI will wipe white collar work, platforms censor ICE critics, and merit is a gaslight
59 mins; February 20, 2026
2026 continues the bro-IPOs, plus OpenAI’s curious sexual discrimination firing
46 mins; February 11, 2026
Epstein (non)accountability, Disney’s shiny CEO toy, Nike vs. EEOC, Texas oil blacklist is illegal
59 mins; February 06, 2026
Epstein execs, Target’s new forceful boss, Disney new CEO, SpaceX mashups, and Pfizer’s inspiration
38 mins; February 03, 2026
CEOs on ICE, the SEC kills small investors, the manchild economy, and AI navel gazers
62 hours 36 mins; January 30, 2026
The feckless Minnesota CEO response: George Floyd vs. Alex Pretti
60 hours 19 mins; January 28, 2026
Jamie Dimon is non-binary, Chip Wilson hates Chip Wilson at LULU, anti-woke winning the proxy
58 mins; January 23, 2026
BLAME GAME: WestJet’s cramped seats, Walmart’s exec planning, SEC proxy voting, Netflix movie list
60 hours 43 mins; January 20, 2026
Brian Cornell and Target’s silence, Bill Ackman’s fat mouth, and the manbaby economy
54 mins; January 16, 2026
Silence on Minnesota, public oil company graft, Grok’s children problem, where are investors
58 mins; January 13, 2026
2026 Predictions: corporate governance ghosting, CEO retentions, mass labor movements
67 hours 34 mins; January 09, 2026
Venezuela oil exec takeover, Musk’s child exploitation, rich people are richer, and blowhards predict stuff
52 mins; January 06, 2026
2025 QUIZ: women on boards, ESG regression, DEI rebrands, plus 2026 headline predictions
65 hours 44 mins; December 23, 2025
BP’s new CEO (and failed ex-chair), nepo tantrum at WBD, tech bros say life’s not worth it
69 hours 21 mins; December 19, 2025
McDonald’s CEO Kempczinski hates you, Tim Cook gets paid, Ryanair’s O’Leary retires (eventually)
33 mins; December 16, 2025
No more proxy advice, Lululemon’s succession, CEOs just sayin, and Apple’s new lawyer
56 mins; December 12, 2025
WHO DO YOU BLAME with Doug Chia: Paramount’s hostile daddy, protein Doritos, Kimmel’s contract
56 mins; December 09, 2025
Costco does right, AT&T does DEI dirty, robot dog poop, billionaire safety nets
59 mins; December 05, 2025
Dell’s $6bn “gift”, OpenAI’s code red, Costco as moral center, and proxy advisors say no to a director
55 mins; December 02, 2025
WHO DO YOU BLAME: Campbell’s poor people rant, OpenAI sex bears, Kohl’s succession, Walmart HR
67 hours 28 mins; November 25, 2025
Cracker Barrel’s racist investors, no more shareholder proposals, and trigger headlines
61 hours 53 mins; November 21, 2025
Larry Summers distraction, SNAP governance, and Eli Lily’s David Ricks outs himself
46 mins; November 18, 2025
Cracker Barrel’s activist and Disney say no to DEI, Doug McMillon steps down, Alex Karp’s ‘Rosebud’
67 hours 59 mins; November 14, 2025
Jamie Dimon says, Elon Musk says, robots love you, and Robby Starbuck’s new campaigns
34 mins; November 11, 2025
Musk gets paid, the anti-anti-DEI wave starts, CEOs say the darndest things
69 hours 20 mins; November 07, 2025
Altman says stop being polite, tariffs bite, CA’s billionaire tax, Dimon will help Mamdani
46 mins; November 04, 2025
TRICK OR TREAT: OpenAI is for profit, Goldman CEO can’t count women, John Malone “steps down”
61 hours 35 mins; October 31, 2025
BLAME GAME: Target layoffs, OpenAI vs. China, Hormel’s recall, F5’s cyber breach, and future terror
53 mins; October 28, 2025
Musk’s robot army, East Wing payoffs vs. NBA scandals, and Benioff the Protector
63 hours 11 mins; October 24, 2025
Biggest CO2 spike ever, billionaire corporate nations, GenZ should proxy vote
42 mins; October 21, 2025
RIP shareholder proposals (or views), Marc Benioff needs an off switch, and hot women hate cybertrucks
55 mins; October 17, 2025
OpenAI goes porn, Jamie Dimon says things, Best Buy CEO can’t sleep, no more shareholder proposals
30 mins; October 15, 2025
Bari Weiss is a DEIdeology hire, conservative foot shooting, Musk is rich, and CEO exits
