Tag: businesses behaving badly
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Nitro by Guy Evans
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Nitro: “He’s reviewing a professional wrestling book? I told you this guy was white trash.” Quick synopsis: A look into the rise of World Championship Wrestling (WCW) when it took on the Word Wrestling Entertainment (WWE formerly WWF). Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: You think wrestling is just for white…
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Bad Blood by John Carreyrou
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Bad Blood: How Elizabeth Holmes made very smart people look very dumb. Quick synopsis: A full investigation of the Theranos scam by the reporter who discovered the corruption. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: Elizabeth Holmes’ voice is probably fake! Henry Kissinger got pulled into this! Walgreen’s almost went under because…
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The Radium Girls by Kate Moore
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for The Radium Girls: This is why you shouldn’t eat radioactive materials. Quick synopsis: The story of the “Radium Girls.” Two groups of women who worked at plants painting materials with a mixture containing radium. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: File this under, “how can people be so stupid?” Radium was…