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Business Pants

Free Float Media Inc.

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.

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2025 Predictions: goodbye shareholder rights, the...

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2025/01/10

ESGDisclosureThe next wave of anti-ESG movement focuses on reduced disclosureDecrease in Director/NEO bio/photo disclosure in both proxy statements and corporate websitesAnti-DEI board compositionA sharp drop in new directors that are “diverse”An increase in overall board size; instead of outright replacing diverse directors, an increase of white male directors (who skew younger) are simply added to boardsMusk effectGreater re-domestication push: incorporate, headquarters, employees: SHPs reflect

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00:51:25

Costco vs. racist investors, tech bro victimhood,...

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2025/01/08

Live from an ESG-flavored 2025, it’s an all-new Wacky Wednesday edition of Business Pants. Joined by Analyst-Hole Matt Moscardi! On today's Costco lovefest called January 8th 2025: Headlines We Missed since the end of December and the new comic book superhero named Costco!Our show today is being sponsored by Free Float Analytics, the only platform measuring board power, connections, and performance for FREE.DAMION1Shit We Missed (in no particular order):Tech BrosZuckDana White, UFC CEO and Trump

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01:10:01

2024 News of the Year

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2024/12/20

IntroductionLIVE from your ESG Hanukkah Jesus Bush, it’s a Business Pants Friday Show here at December 20th Studios, featuring AnalystHole Matt Moscardi. On today’s YEARLY wrap up: Everything.Our show today is being sponsored by Free Float Analytics, the only platform measuring board power, connections, and performance for FREE.Story of the Year (DR):Exxon Sues Two ESG Investors [Follow This, Arjuna Capital] MMJudge voids Elon Musk's "unfathomable" $56 billion Tesla pay packageBoeingBoeing CEO says

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00:44:58

Walmart’s award, E.L.F.’s award, and the real top 100...

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2024/12/17

Live from an ESG-scented 100% cotton unisex onesie, it’s an all-new Terrific Tuesday edition of Business Pants. Joined by Analyst-Hole Matt Moscardi! On today's anti-anti-DEI lovefest called December 17th 2024: Random ESG Headlines That I Care About Because Somebody Has To Care About Something and Changing the Methodology for Fortune 100 Most Powerful Executives!Our show today is being sponsored by Free Float Analytics, the only platform measuring board power, connections, and performance for

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00:55:35

Witty’s op-ed, billionaire permitting, Murdoch loses

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2024/12/13

IntroductionLIVE from your ESG-powered Vitamix A3500 Ascent Series Smart Blender, it’s a Business Pants Friday Show here at December 13th Studios, featuring AnalystHole Matt Moscardi. On today’s weekly wrap up: Ongoing NEO murder stuff, Rupert Murdoch fails to screw over 75% of his children, God eats McDonald’s, and hot sauce is going wokeOur show today is being sponsored by Free Float Analytics, the only platform measuring board power, connections, and performance for FREE.Story of the Week

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01:04:17

Health care fallout, plus the 100 Most Powerful...

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2024/12/10

All the NEO Murderer updates:Luigi Mangione/Brian ThompsonMangione attended elite schoolsBA/MS PennGilman School, an elite all-boys preparatory school in Baltimore: In his valedictorian speech, Mangione praised classmates for "challenging the world"Mangione comes from a wealthy and influential Baltimore familyMangione is one of 37 grandchildren of the late Nick Mangione Sr., a prominent multimillionaire real-estate developer in Baltimore who died in 2008Members of the Mangione family own the Turf

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00:54:22

An NEO murder, Musk’s pay re-re-reversal, a woke...

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2024/12/06

IntroductionLIVE from your ESG bath salts inhaler kit, it’s a Business Pants Friday Show here at December 6th Studios, featuring AnalystHole Matt Moscardi. On today’s weekly wrap up: Murder, Black women fighting back, Investor cowards, and the darkest reason imaginable for a CEO pay cutOur show today is being sponsored by Free Float Analytics, the only platform measuring board power, connections, and performance for FREE.Story of the Week (DR):The Murder of Brian Thompson, UnitedHealthcare C.E.O

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00:41:02

A Portrait in Corporate Patriotism with Greg Penner...

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2024/11/26

The Business Pants Thanksgiving Special Game!Let’s take a trip through history:Dark agesWalmart pulls back on DEI efforts, removes some LBGTQ merchandise from websiteThe nation’s largest employer, which has about 1.6 million U.S. workers, joined a growing list of companies that have stepped back from diversity, equity and inclusion efforts after feeling the heat from conservative activists.In a statement, Walmart said it is “willing to change alongside our associates and customers who represent all

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00:55:56

FRIDAY WRAP: WWE government, Jaguar and the non-US...

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2024/11/22

IntroductionLIVE from Vanguard’s "Mirror Voting Policy", it’s a Business Pants Friday Show here at November 22nd Studios, featuring AnalystHole Matt Moscardi. On today’s weekly wrap up: DEI and Meritocracy Shark Jumping, no more Jaguars for blue-collar America, A-Holey (or is it A-Holy) investors, Will the real Elon Shady please stand up?Our show today is being sponsored by Free Float Analytics, the only platform measuring board power, connections, and performance for FREE.Story of the Week (DR):DOJ

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00:36:41

Get surprised: Bakkt acquisition, investors love Air...

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2024/11/19

The Random Ask Matt Stuff about the Headlines Game!Donald Trump’s social media group in talks to buy crypto trading venueTruth Social owner is close to an all-share takeover of Intercontinental Exchange’s BakktWhich one of these key facts surprises you the most? The least? Hoover you want to answer:Bakkt, which has struggled for profitability since its launch, was created by ICE, and the owner of the New York Stock Exchange still holds a 55 per cent economic interest in it.Bakkt’s first CEO was

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00:56:19

FRIDAY WRAP: Meritocracy RIP, Jamie Dimon’s...

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2024/11/15

IntroductionLIVE from your ESG sad sack, it’s a Business Pants Friday Show here at November 15th Studios, featuring AnalystHole Matt Moscardi. On today’s weekly wrap up: The government is getting its own Facebook Oversight Board; Meritocracy is not the name of a new WWF character; and food with a 36-month shelf life is still bad for youOur show today is being sponsored by Free Float Analytics, the only platform measuring board power, connections, and performance for FREE.Story of the Week (DR):Trump

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00:43:25

“Your body, my choice”, billionaires want you to have...

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2024/11/12

Live from an ESG-scented fanny pack, it’s an all-new Terrific Tuesday edition of Business Pants. Joined by Analyst-Hole Matt Moscardi! On today’s ongoing post-Election hangover called November 12th 2024: The Financial News Headline Trigger Game!Our show today is being sponsored by Free Float Analytics, the only platform measuring board power, connections, and performance for FREE.DAMION1The Financial News Headline Trigger GameDonald Trump’s election win will create a DEI reckoning that forces

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00:50:08

FRIDAY WRAP: Did accountability die in capital...

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2024/11/08

IntroductionLIVE from your ESG crying towel, it’s a Business Pants Friday Show here at November 8th Studios, featuring all your favorites: AnalystHole Matt Moscardi. On today’s weekly wrap up: a former CEO beats a glass cliff CEO and a bunch of other depressing stuffOur show today is being sponsored by Free Float Analytics, the only platform measuring board power, connections, and performance for FREE.Story of the Week (DR):Trump’s victory adds record $64bn to wealth of richest top 10 MMStock market

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00:32:48

Who would you elect? Zuck vs. John Arnold, Boeing now...

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2024/11/05

WHO WOULD YOU RATHER BE/VOTE FOR?Home Depot co-founder, GOP donor Bernie Marcus dead at 95. Berne endorsed Trump in November… 2023 and said two years ago that “Nobody works, nobody gives a damn. Just give it to me. Send me money. I don't want to work — I'm too lazy, I'm too fat, I'm too stupid. We used to have free speech here. We don't have it. The woke people have taken over the world. You know, I imagine today they can't attack me. I'm 93. Who gives a crap about Bernie Marcus?” WHO WOULD YOU

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00:50:43

TERRIFYING: 23andMe’s board, “dangerously cold” ice...

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2024/10/29

Live from an ESG-flavored pumpkin patch, it’s an all-new Terrific Tuesday edition of Business Pants. Joined by Analyst-Hole Matt Moscardi! On today’s Halloween-filled scary Independent lead Director called October 29th 2024: a scary rate the headline game and a Terrifying headlines quiz!Our show today is being sponsored by Free Float Analytics, the only platform measuring board power, connections, and performance for FREE.DAMION1Scary headlines game23andMe Appoints Three New Independent Directors to

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00:41:19

FRIDAY WRAP: McDonald’s had a week, Southwest’s board...

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2024/10/25

IntroductionLIVE from your ESG corn maze, it’s a Business Pants Friday Show here at October 25th Studios, featuring all your favorites: AnalystHole-man Matt Moscardi. On today’s weekly wrap up: McDonald’s investor relations team hires entire writing staff from The Onion, an accelerated retirement at Southwest, Denny’s is saving lives, and a shout-out to Mr. CorpGovOur show today is being sponsored by Free Float Analytics, the only platform measuring board power, connections, and performance for

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00:42:47

POP QUIZ: Roblox, female leadership, HSBC’s glass...

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2024/10/22

Live from the Founder’s Diamond Mine in Botswana, where all diamonds are worth 50 votes per share, it’s an all-new Terrific Tuesday edition of Business Pants. Joined by Analyst-Hole Matt Moscardi! On today’s chocolate-filled summary compensation table called October 22nd 2024: It’s Double Quiz Tuesday, featuring a heartbreakingly mediocre ESG News Quiz and a relatively thoughtful data drop quiz!Our show today is being sponsored by Free Float Analytics, the only platform measuring board power,

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00:49:33

FRIDAY WRAP: CVS’s board coup, Zuck’s firing spree,...

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2024/10/18

IntroductionLIVE from your ESG USB-C DIY LOL DEI Vape Pen, it’s a Business Pants Friday Show here at October 18th Studios, featuring all of your favorites: AnalystHole Matt Moscardi! On today’s weekly wrap up: Meta employees have acne but don’t call CVS’s Karen Lynch, meth-flavored TikTok, 3-headed CEOs, and even one-headed CEOs named Jamie that love to talkOur show today is being sponsored by Free Float Analytics, the only platform measuring board power, connections, and performance for FREE.Story

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00:34:10

THE GOOD GAME: EV sales are UP, E.L.F.’s “Not So...

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2024/10/15

THE ENVIRONMENTGlobal EV sales up 30.5% in September as China shines, Europe recuperatesA Natural Gas Company Just Became the First to Be Sued Over Climate ChangeFor the first time ever, a natural gas company is being sued by a local government for misleading customers about fossil fuels and the dangers they pose to the environment. Oregon's Multnomah County has added the gas utility NW Natural to its lawsuit that includes Shell, Exxon, McKinsey, and dozens of other companies for allegedly hiding or

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00:59:43

FRIDAY WRAP: Pfizer’s Yale backer, Boeing’s...

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2024/10/11

IntroductionLIVE from your ESG olive grove, it’s a Business Pants Friday Show here at October 11th Studios, featuring all your favorites: AnalystHole Matt Moscardi. On today’s weekly wrap up: shenanigans at Pfizer, the potential end of the Google search monopoly, and bumbling Boeing.Our show today is being sponsored by Free Float Analytics, the only platform measuring board power, connections, and performance for FREE.Story of the Week (DR):Pfizer threatened to sue renegade executives prior to

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