The Worst People We Know

We're exiting the podcast game, this is the final episode of TWPWK. On this episode we reflect on our 2+ year podcasting journey. What we enjoyed about it, what we didn't enjoy about it, and we give you some stats on our listener statistics for those interested.

We pontificate on new business models, Uber incentives, the least credible hair guy you know, and Biden snubs Elon with his EV summit. NewsGoPuff: a big company you’ve never heard of Uber reported a loss of $509 million in Q2. For comparison, Lyft reported a gain of $24 million Would you trust your hair to a bald billionaire? The White House fails to invite Tesla to their Electric Vehicle summit RecommendationsSmall Town News - HBO max docu mini-series Shameless PlugsFor coffee drinkers: Mike’s coffee company: Bookcase Coffee For investors: Jeff’s software: The Bubble Board For restaurant managers: Mike’s startup: Dashy Dash Follow UsTwitter: @twpwk Youtube iTunes Spotify Stitcher Google Podcasts Pocket Casts Overcast

In this episode we are discussing private companies filling public needs, the scandalous mature unicorns: UBER & Robinhood, and the Olympics NewsPublic Bathrooms and the roles of government and private sector in filling public needs Uber changes practice to show drivers the full fare Robinhood valued at $32 billion after selling shares in IPO at $38 per share RecommendationsI Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson Detroiters Ghostbusters Afterlife Shameless PlugsFor coffee drinkers: Mike’s coffee company: Bookcase Coffee For investors: Jeff’s software: The Bubble Board For restaurant managers: Mike’s startup: Dashy Dash Follow UsTwitter: @twpwk Youtube iTunes Spotify Stitcher Google Podcasts Pocket Casts Overcast

In today’s episode we’ll talk about investments and innuendos, with discussions on indexed investing and Dick Branson’s edging experiment. Also Mike brings up the topic of poop much more than usual. NewsAnyone can beat the stock market, new research suggests $VOTE Activist Investor Indexed ETF Recently Launched by Engine No. 1 (of Exxon Mobil Boardroom Fame) Virgin Galactic successfully sends Richard Branson to the edge of space Elon had the Virgin Galactic ticket before Branson’s flight to space on Sunday Blue Origin Says Teen to Replace $30M Auction Winner on Space Flight RecommendationsROADRUNNER: A Film About Anthony Bourdain EVERYTHING NOW: Lessons from the City-State of Los Angeles by Rosecrans Baldwin toto Bidet Shameless PlugsFor coffee drinkers: Mike’s coffee company: Bookcase Coffee For investors: Use Sean’s Betterment code to get $5k managed for free! Jeff’s software: The Bubble Board For restaurant managers: Mike’s startup: Dashy Dash Follow UsTwitter: @twpwk Youtube iTunes Spotify Stitcher Google Podcasts Pocket Casts Overcast

The power of commutes, Robo rib routes, Zuckerbird centric billionaire breakdown, and if we have time we’ll talk about the twitter handle NewsDo you miss your commute? Delivery Robots are coming Zuckerbird surfing meme RecommendationsGolden Gates Rogan Ep. #1263 w/ Renee DiResta Yogaworks at home Shameless PlugsFor coffee drinkers: Mike’s coffee company: Bookcase Coffee For investors: Jeff’s software: The Bubble Board For restaurant managers: Mike’s startup: Dashy Dash Follow UsTwitter: @twpwk Youtube iTunes Spotify Stitcher Google Podcasts Pocket Casts Overcast

This episode, we discuss a federal judge putting trust in Zuckerbird and your odds of winning a public lawsuit against a very private guy in our first every “courtroom corner”. Then on to New York’s lesson for democrats, the NCAA allowing athletes to profit, and Microsoft’s play to compete with the apple ecosystem by opening up Windows 11. NewsJudge dismisses FTC and state antitrust complaints against Facebook file a lawsuit against an anonymous guy for a guaranteed win? New York’s Lesson for Democrats Microsoft does a 180 with Windows 11 RecommendationsFraming John Delorean Trailer Park Boys Nate Bargatze Standup Special Shameless PlugsFor coffee drinkers: Mike’s coffee company: Bookcase Coffee For investors: Jeff’s software: The Bubble Board For restaurant managers: Mike’s startup: Dashy Dash Follow UsTwitter: @twpwk Youtube iTunes Spotify Stitcher Google Podcasts Pocket Casts Overcast

This episode we’re talking about Airbnb sweeping problems under the rug, China booting bitcoin, NYC doing rank choice voting, and the final story of John Mcafee. NewsSweeping it under the rug at Airbnb China is kicking out more than half the world’s bitcoin miners – and a whole lot of them could be headed to Texas Here’s How New Yorkers Feel About Ranked-Choice Voting John McAfee found dead in Spanish prison after his extradition to the US was approved RecommendationsAmpliFi ALIEN Router Rick and Morty Season 5 Bosch Season 7 Shameless PlugsFor coffee drinkers: Mike’s coffee company: Bookcase Coffee For investors: Jeff’s software: The Bubble Board For restaurant managers: Mike’s startup: Dashy Dash Follow UsTwitter: @twpwk Youtube iTunes Spotify Stitcher Google Podcasts Pocket Casts Overcast

Well, this is one of our more animated podcasts in a while. We start off with a perfectly civilized conversation about Uber, Amazon, and the labor pool in general, and then we argue about taxes for an hour. Specifically, this Propublica article that has been in the news lately about the tax bill for the country's wealthiest citizens. NewsCalling it quits: "Great resignation" wave coming for companies And Amazon is churning through too many humans, existing the supply Original Propublica story about taxing the rich RecommendationsBo Burnham: Inside David Sinclair Episode of the Lex Fridman Podcast Come Visit California - We’re Open for Business Shameless PlugsFor coffee drinkers: Mike’s coffee company: Bookcase Coffee For investors: Jeff’s software: The Bubble Board For restaurant managers: Mike’s startup: Dashy Dash Follow UsTwitter: @twpwk Youtube iTunes Spotify Stitcher Google Podcasts Pocket Casts Overcast

This episode we are talking about government meddling in business, and three ways to travel: slow, supersonic, and out of this world. NewsThe FBI Secretly Ran a Messaging Platform, Yielding Hundreds of Arrests What ever happened to TikTok and Oracle? Bezos and his brother Mark will be launching into space on July 20th aboard a rocket built by Bezos’ space company Blue Origin Virgin Galactic's Richard Branson may try to beat Jeff Bezos to space next month United Supersonic Jet Hybrid Air Vehicles says its airship is on track to be ready to carry up to 100 passengers on regional airline services beginning in 2025. RecommendationsBeanfields Snacks We Bare Bears David Attenborough: A Life on our Planet Shameless PlugsFor coffee drinkers: Mike’s coffee company: Bookcase Coffee For investors: Jeff’s software: The Bubble Board For restaurant managers: Mike’s startup: Dashy Dash Follow UsTwitter: @twpwk Youtube iTunes Spotify Stitcher Google Podcasts Pocket Casts Overcast

This week we discuss the death of driverless cars, the hiring issues plaguing American companies right now, and the lotteries developed to encourage vaccination. We also go down quite the Trump/QAnon tangent. NewsThe death of driverless cars Restaurants, Supermarkets Can’t Find Enough Workers to Open New Locations Corona Sweeps RecommendationsTheragun NPR Rough Translation Home/Front Farm and Other F-Words Shameless PlugsFor coffee drinkers: Mike’s coffee company: Bookcase Coffee For investors: Jeff’s software: The Bubble Board For restaurant managers: Mike’s startup: Dashy Dash Follow UsTwitter: @twpwk Youtube iTunes Spotify Stitcher Google Podcasts Pocket Casts Overcast

This week we discuss population underload, Biden passing wind, creating FOMO for the least exciting segment of investing, and what you would do if you’re all thumbs. NewsLong Slide Looms for World Population, with Sweeping Ramifications 183 countries and territories — out of 195 — will have fertility rates below replacement level by 2100. Biden Administration Strikes Deal To Bring Offshore Wind To California Climate Activists Win at Least 2 Seats on Exxon’s Board A brand new FOMO ETF What would you do with an extra thumb? RecommendationsApple fitness+ Matt Levine’s newletter Generation Hustle on HBO Max Shameless PlugsFor coffee drinkers: Mike’s coffee company: Bookcase Coffee For investors: Jeff’s software: The Bubble Board For restaurant managers: Mike’s startup: Dashy Dash Follow UsTwitter: @twpwk Youtube iTunes Spotify Stitcher Google Podcasts Pocket Casts Overcast

This week we discuss the environmental impacts of Bitcoin, large companies investing and divesting in media, a scooter company going public via a SPAC, and which is faster, the F-150 Lightning or a hypersonic missile. NewsBitcoin’s affect on the environment Amazon’s looking to buy media companies AT&T is dropping media companies … divesting Discovery & Time Warner The scooter company Bird goes public via SPAC Ford F-150 Lightning: Up to 300 miles of range starting at just under $40,000 Hypersonic missiles The hilariously practical reason why He-Man has a giant green tiger RecommendationsThe Handmaid’s Tale Complexity: The Emerging Science at the Edge of Order and Chaos Caraway ceramic cookware Shameless PlugsFor coffee drinkers: Mike’s coffee company: Bookcase Coffee For investors: Jeff’s software: The Bubble Board For restaurant managers: Mike’s startup: Dashy Dash Follow UsTwitter: @twpwk Youtube iTunes Spotify Stitcher Google Podcasts Pocket Casts Overcast

This episode we’re talking more billionaires getting divorced, Robinhood’s controversial revenue sources, AOL might not be the future after all, and part 12 of the government admitting aliens are real. And you MUST watch this: “I’m trading it in for Dog Money" NewsBill and Melinda Gates to Divorce After 27 Years Robinhood Filing Shows Enormous Growth in Controversial Revenue Source Verizon sells AOL and Yahoo for about half of what it paid Ex-Pentagon Official Confirms Government Cover-Up of UFOs RecommendationsMusic: Lake Street Dive Hats: Melin Hats Show: Mythic Quest Season 2 Brokerage: Wealthfront - sign up and get $5k managed for free Shameless PlugsFor coffee drinkers: Mike’s coffee company: Bookcase Coffee For investors: Jeff’s software: The Bubble Board For restaurant managers: Mike’s startup: Dashy Dash Follow UsTwitter: @twpwk Youtube iTunes Spotify Stitcher Google Podcasts Pocket Casts Overcast

What is the proper currency to buy a Tesla in 2021? Clearly not this outdated fiat stuff. We discuss, along with the crazy impacts of COVID on transportation, Larry Kudlow thinks beer is made from meat, Guiliani’s joint gets tossed, and a newly retired robo-dog. NewsWhy are rental cars so expensive? Airlines have a newer, more data friendly fleet thanks to COVID The Insane Political Fight Against ‘Plant-Based’ Foods and Drinks Rudy Giuliani’s New York Apartment Searched by Federal Investigators NYPD stops using Boston Dynamics' robo-dog following backlash RecommendationsQ: into the storm on HBO Formula 1: Drive to Survive on Netflix Nulaxy C5 Adjustable Laptop Stand Shameless PlugsFor coffee drinkers: Mike’s coffee company: Bookcase Coffee For investors: Jeff’s software: The Bubble Board For restaurant managers: Mike’s startup: Dashy Dash Follow UsTwitter: @twpwk Youtube iTunes Spotify Stitcher Google Podcasts Pocket Casts Overcast

We’re talking climate goals, the super brief, super league, 420 and NFTs NewsLA Climate Goals And Biden getting onboard The Super League Made Plans for the Next 23 Years. It Failed in 48 Hours. Random business idea: NFT business idea RecommendationsThuma Delight Creamer Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal on Netflix Shameless PlugsFor coffee drinkers: Mike’s coffee company: Bookcase Coffee For investors: Jeff’s software: The Bubble Board For restaurant managers: Mike’s startup: Dashy Dash Follow UsTwitter: @twpwk Youtube iTunes Spotify Stitcher Google Podcasts Pocket Casts Overcast

Coinbase going public, Patagonia pulling all logos, weekend at Madoffs, and a dating app for train enthusiasts … Sean’s new favorite app\r\nNewsCoinbase Gives 100 Shares Each to 1,700 Employees Ahead of Public Listing\r\n\r\nPatagonia Will No Longer Add Corporate/Brand Logos\r\n\r\nBernard Madoff, Architect of Largest Ponzi Scheme in History, Is Dead at 82\r\n\r\nThere’s a Better Way to Date Online—If You Like Trains\r\n\r\nRecommendationsWildbrine Spicy Kimchi Sriracha\r\nTrustworthy.com\r\nShameless PlugsFor coffee drinkers:\r\nMike’s coffee company: Bookcase Coffee\r\nFor investors:\r\nJeff’s software: The Bubble Board\r\nFor restaurant managers:\r\nMike’s startup: Dashy Dash\r\nFollow UsTwitter: @twpwk\r\nYoutube\r\niTunes\r\nSpotify\r\nStitcher\r\nGoogle Podcasts\r\nPocket Casts\r\nOvercast\r\n

In this week’s episode we talk about a Fire phone for you face, Alabama fighting the Union again, a deep dive into cheese sandwiches, and the cost of good security these days.\r\nNewsThe perfect accessory for the Fire Phone?\r\n\r\nAmazon Workers in Alabama Vote Against Unionizing\r\n\r\nThe economics of the Pimento cheese sandwich\r\n\r\nFacebook spent $23 million for CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s security in 2020\r\n\r\nRecommendationsThe Scheme\r\nDr Peter Attia’s podcast\r\nPaterson\r\nShameless PlugsFor coffee drinkers:\r\nMike’s coffee company: Bookcase Coffee\r\nFor investors:\r\nJeff’s software: The Bubble Board\r\nFor restaurant managers:\r\nMike’s startup: Dashy Dash\r\nFollow UsTwitter: @twpwk\r\nYoutube\r\niTunes\r\nSpotify\r\nStitcher\r\nGoogle Podcasts\r\nPocket Casts\r\nOvercast\r\n

Biden plans to spend $100m on broadband infrastructure, China creates its own crypto currency, and housing is too damn expensive.\r\nNewsBiden Announces His Broadband Plan and ISPs Will Hate It\r\n\r\nChina Creates Its Own Digital Currency, a First for Major Economy\r\n\r\nFederal Reserve’s Digital Dollar Push Worries Wall Street\r\n\r\nVisa moves to allow payment settlements using cryptocurrency\r\n\r\nhousing is too expensive\r\n\r\nIn Los Angeles even with 30-year rates at 3.17% as they stand in late-March, it requires 43.6% of the median monthly income to make mortgage\r\n\r\nRecommendations Rugs.com\r\nMurder Among the Mormons on Netflix\r\nShameless PlugsFor coffee drinkers:\r\nMike’s coffee company: Bookcase Coffee\r\nFor investors:\r\nJeff’s software: The Bubble Board\r\nFor restaurant managers:\r\nMike’s startup: Dashy Dash\r\nFollow UsTwitter: @twpwk\r\nYoutube\r\niTunes\r\nSpotify\r\nStitcher\r\nGoogle Podcasts\r\nPocket Casts\r\nOvercast\r\n

Twitter: @twpwk\r\nThis week we talk about the founders of a gut biome company being in some deep doodoo, what if taxpayers funded your burrito deliveries, and Spotify is launching a Clubhouse competitor.\r\nNewsUbiome: What a shitty company\r\n\r\nA Public Option for Gig Economy Workers\r\n\r\nSpotify is launching its own Clubhouse competitor\r\n\r\nRecommendationsHuberman Lab Podcast\r\nGeorge Harrison\'s 1970 album All Things Must Pass\r\nCloudburst from Humble Sea Brewing\r\nShameless PlugsFor coffee drinkers:\r\nMike’s coffee company: Bookcase Coffee\r\nFor investors:\r\nJeff’s software: The Bubble Board\r\nFor restaurant managers:\r\nMike’s startup: Dashy Dash\r\nFollow UsTwitter: @twpwk\r\nYoutube\r\niTunes\r\nSpotify\r\nStitcher\r\nGoogle Podcasts\r\nPocket Casts\r\nOvercast\r\n

Twitter: @twpwk\r\nIn this episode we discuss the future of Amtrak, an interesting new electric pickup, and the idea of taxing drivers by the mile instead of by the gallon.\r\nNewsInterview with CEO of Amtrak\r\n\r\nCanoo electric pickup reveal video\r\n\r\nShorter version of the Canoo reveal\r\n\r\nTwo states tax some drivers by the mile\r\n\r\nRecommendationsWebflow\r\nJetboost\r\nGrouping tabs in Chrome\r\nLastPass\r\nShameless PlugsFor coffee drinkers:\r\nMike’s coffee company: Bookcase Coffee\r\nFor investors:\r\nJeff’s software: The Bubble Board\r\nFor restaurant managers:\r\nMike’s startup: Dashy Dash\r\nFollow UsTwitter: @twpwk\r\nYoutube\r\niTunes\r\nSpotify\r\nStitcher\r\nGoogle Podcasts\r\nPocket Casts\r\nOvercast\r\n