In the final episode of Season 1, and Matt’s last episode as a co-host of Angel Empire, we answer some of your questions. We dunk on a few annoying startups, tell you whether you’re a bad person for using Amazon Prime or working there (spoiler:

Episode VII: "How to Be an Adult in Relationships" w/ Dr. David Richo

Jan 7th, 2020 52m 55s

Step into Dr. David Richo's office and fall back onto the velvet chaise. Psychotherapist, teacher, and writer David Richo joins the pod this week to discuss his book How to Be an Adult in Relationships and LOVE in a late-capitalist society. We

Episode VI: "Q4 Feedback"

Dec 24th, 2019 12m 44s

Catherine and Matt talk new growth vectors for Angel Empire, shout out to our listeners all over the world, and discuss that stationary bike ad (you know the one). And we are taking your inquiries. Reactions to previous episodes? New topics to

Episode V: "Corporatist Tyranny Vibe Check" w/ Matt Stoller

Dec 17th, 2019 58m 17s

Influential political writer Matt Stoller joins Matt #2 and Catherine to discuss his new book Goliath, a history of the century-long war between monopoly power and democracy. They also discuss Mark Zuckerberg's sad mediocrity and how we can fix

Episode IV: "Aggravating the World's Consciousness"

Dec 10th, 2019 49m 44s

Catherine and Matt discuss the magnificent Staples brand launch from earlier this year (yes, they still exist), the power of "the rebrand", and the counterfeit capitalism of WeSoft under Divi Filius Adam Neumann. ---You can watch the Staples br

Episode III: "Business Outsider"

Dec 3rd, 2019 1h

Hunter S. Thompson is shaking: Matt attends a young plutocrats convention (Dartmouth Entrepreneurship Forum) and shares some dark insights with Catherine on data-driven voodoo dolls, private equity, and the big tech surveillance state (Hi, Mark

Episode II: "Fully-Automated Slay Queen Girl Boss Luxury Capitalism"

Nov 21st, 2019 1h 4m

Hateration in the girlbossery. Catherine and Matt discuss Jia Tolentino's essay "Always Be Optimizing," Silvia Federici on the role of women and witches in capitalism, and how to have it EVERYTHING ALL the time & ALWAYS! xoxo--- You can buy Ji

Episode I: "Bicoastal Élites"

Nov 20th, 2019 47m 54s

In the pilot episode, Catherine and Matt discuss who they are, why they're doing this to themselves, and the concept for the pod. They then use 2-3% of their brains to discuss game theory of grocery store lines, business book vacuity, and how l

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