Business Pants

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.

BlackRock back in Texas, pride out everywhere, Zevra’s proxy battle, “reverse discrimination”, and Taser billions
Jun 6, 2025 – 00:59:21
FTC advertiser war, defense is ESG at Allianz, yoga climate goals, Musk v. Trump, and immortal (rich) humans
Jun 3, 2025 – 00:35:36
Musk is a fake, Boeing’s sweet deal, Tesla investors like fraud, UHG’s vote, and penguin poop
May 30, 2025 – 00:53:46
Blame game: Tesla’s EU sales plunge, Pepsi climate rollback, Ball CFO leaves, Meta’s renewable buy
May 27, 2025 – 00:57:31
Harvard directors on boards, Verizon trades DEI for Frontier, and Blackrock’s new “Whatever” fund prediction
May 23, 2025 – 01:05:23
Executives hate their boards, Musk out donations, Walmart eating tariffs, and W is for Woke
May 20, 2025 – 00:48:53
Sir Witty avoid fraud probe, the anti-woke think Exxon is woke, investors are confused about Harley
May 16, 2025 – 01:01:34
Andrew Witty gets paid, steps down, stays on, John R Tyson sucks at his job, gets board seat, and other nuggets
May 13, 2025 – 00:22:05
Proxy firm fight at Harley, CEO Pope names, Zuck’s people replacement plan, Tyson names Tysons to board
May 9, 2025 – 00:55:28
Kohl’s romantic CEO, Meta’s pony tail fetish, CEO pay confusion, and Goldman hates the word “black”
May 6, 2025 – 00:57:47
Blame game: Amazon’s tariffs, ChatGPT’s personality, Starbucks’ union negotiation, Novavax’s new board member
Apr 29, 2025 – 00:45:07
Business Roundtable wants to end shareholder proposals, Subaru’s knobs, OpenAI hate humans, and Ralph Lauren’s line of 2x4s
Apr 25, 2025 – 00:51:03
ICYMI: Baby boys want all the energy and books, Google/Meta lawsuits, and shareholders cower before Exxon
Apr 23, 2025 – 01:12:36
Sam Altman says Miyazaki should get over it, AI vs A1, and Zuck testifies
Apr 16, 2025 – 00:39:49
Adverbs are bad, tariffs are bigly, Enron’s desk gets pardoned, cybertruck flipoff metrics
Apr 7, 2025 –
CEO chokes, Trump’s tariff penguins, ESG needs a spine, chicken nuggets, and Starbuck at Heritage
Apr 4, 2025 – 01:03:15
France is for DEI, Primark CEO #MeToo, Tesla rage, Fink’s new-old letter, and Bill Burr needs a job at ISS
Apr 1, 2025 – 00:51:33
Nikola investors lose, climate targets accelerate, oil execs buy Teslas, and ISS can’t find ANYTHING WRONG at BP
Mar 28, 2025 – 00:59:06
Who to blame: Hormel’s CEO search, “eat now pay later”, DOI vs. DEI, and Signal’s woke board
Mar 25, 2025 – 00:58:52
Tesla neglect, Musk’s hurt feelings, anti-woke boohoos, and Ben & Jerry’s mission governance
Mar 21, 2025 – 01:08:43
Jamie Dimon says death to ISS, billionaire snowflakes, board burnout, CEOs feel “stuck” by Trump
Mar 18, 2025 – 00:46:31
ISS’s Disney flip flop, EPA sells cars now, OpenAI demands no guardrails, and CEOs get $$$
Mar 14, 2025 – 00:57:19
Conservative snowflake word policing, illegal to boycott Tesla, Qantas’ chair, and nepobaby merit in Biz Nuggets
Mar 11, 2025 – 00:29:57
Kroger’s CEO fired, State Street’s ESG loss, meritocracy is fake, and corporate blame games
Mar 7, 2025 – 00:54:55
GOOD GAME: ESG is now “resilience”, Kroger’s CEO leaves, Tesla owners hate Musk, State Street loves nominating committees
Mar 4, 2025 – 00:48:35
The WWEification of the US, Capital One’s keeping the interest, and DEI “wins” at Apple
Feb 28, 2025 – 01:03:25
Blame Game: Buffett’s genetic skill, United Health’s shareholder pushback, JPM Dimon’s flip floppery
Feb 25, 2025 – 00:58:41
The joke of meritocracy, unhalted engagements at Blackrock, and Coca-Cola's DEI double down
Feb 21, 2025 – 00:47:39
Blackrock and Vanguard “pause” corporate meetings, SEC’s boardroom power shift in the sarcastic Good Game
Feb 19, 2025 – 00:41:03
Goldman: DEI has “served its purpose”, ISS: no DEI “factors”, and passive investors: stop proxy voting
Feb 14, 2025 – 00:46:18
BIZ NUGGETS: ISS’s gender/race pivot, plastic straws, Disney’s DEI backpeddle, and WFH with a helicopter
Feb 12, 2025 – 00:29:13
Musk’s DOGE is an investor problem, make the anti-DEI movement measure merit, and nanoplastic teaspoons
Feb 7, 2025 – 00:54:58
Who do you blame? WF’s Scharf’s pay raise, Target’s DEI drop, Ryder’s governance fail, Walgreen’s stock plunge
Feb 4, 2025 – 00:41:52
Deepseek’s $30 AI, negative ESG news is a buying opportunity, and the suckup economy
Feb 1, 2025 – 00:44:37
GOOD GAME: Deepseek vs. tech manbabies, Blackrock vs. Tennessee, Dimon vs. the anti-DEI
Jan 28, 2025 – 00:45:57
DEI and manflakes, CEO pay hikes, Microsoft reforests, Air Products, Will Hild’s a middle schooler, and cheese
Jan 24, 2025 – 01:03:26
The American Oligarchs, alpha male cosplaying tech bros, TikTok and the US company China Threat, and retiring DEI
Jan 17, 2025 – 00:57:47
NUGGETS: “Retiring” DEI, Meta’s masculine energy, meritocracy of Dana White, CEO replaced by CEO, and activist action
Jan 14, 2025 – 00:35:32
2025 Predictions: goodbye shareholder rights, the anti DEI movements wins (and loses), and woke retail zones
Jan 10, 2025 – 01:01:00
Costco vs. racist investors, tech bro victimhood, Altman cries, and Zuck sucks up
Jan 8, 2025 – 00:51:25
2024 News of the Year
Dec 20, 2024 – 01:10:01
Walmart’s award, E.L.F.’s award, and the real top 100 methodology
Dec 17, 2024 – 00:44:58
Witty’s op-ed, billionaire permitting, Murdoch loses
Dec 13, 2024 – 00:55:35
Health care fallout, plus the 100 Most Powerful People in Business dissected
Dec 10, 2024 – 01:04:17
An NEO murder, Musk’s pay re-re-reversal, a woke lawsuit for BLK, and corporate cowardice
Dec 6, 2024 – 00:54:22
A Portrait in Corporate Patriotism with Greg Penner of Walmart, plus a game that gives thanks
Nov 26, 2024 – 00:41:02
FRIDAY WRAP: WWE government, Jaguar and the non-US anti-woke movement, airline CEO blowhards
Nov 22, 2024 – 00:55:56
Get surprised: Bakkt acquisition, investors love Air Products’ board, Vanguard’s 4 for 1 policies, and KFC China CEO’s weird fetish
Nov 19, 2024 – 00:36:41
FRIDAY WRAP: Meritocracy RIP, Jamie Dimon’s governance take, missing 8K at Tesla, and Kraft Heinz’s bad week
Nov 15, 2024 – 00:56:19
“Your body, my choice”, billionaires want you to have their babies, and a 4 year “skip Trump” cruise
Nov 12, 2024 – 00:43:25

Recent Reviews

Lubinsky

Brilliant!

This is one of my favorite pods to listen to about all things ESG and governance related. The commentary is funny and full of quality relevant research. Good stuff!
Hghjigt

Gaslighting central

Let’s pooh-pooh the massive corporate voting power and control of fund managers - they just couldn’t do anything self-serving. Their hearts are so pure, and they wield their unchecked power only for the good of all. ESG is love and purity. Let’s mock incessantly anyone who dares to question this. We must defend the big funds that control the votes from everyone’s retirement accounts and pensions. They just love everyone- just like Chairman Mao.
choresalot

Your chore

Take out the trash! Mom
Shobes83

Y’all are saying Barra wrong

Thanks for all the laughs!
BarryWSpauldingIII

Data Queen Fans

I’m here for the Data Queen and I’d like more data points.
joeballssohard

Love the podcast!!

I need my financial news breakdown... don’t stop!
Oshkoshd

The Click and Clack of Wall Street!

Moscardi & Rallis are the new Magliozzi brothers! Lots of interesting insights into public companies you won’t get anywhere else conveyed in a fun, chatty format that feels like a hilarious dysfunctional family dinner discussion. Emma Lurking reminds Matt and Damian that her Gen Z mob isn’t impressed by any of it and they’re ready for the revolution Boomers abandoned for their high-paying finance and advertising careers. Lots of laughs punctuated by revealing top-rate analytics. Go for the laughs; stay to get informed.
Makes a sound

Snarky entertainment

If I share this on Facebook does it take away from the compliment? My favorite daily snarky commute podcast. And I agree with the vote of confidence for VW
Sonicdashfanboy

Fantastically Digestible and Funny Biz Rundown

Great podcast, Matt and Damion. Let’s race to get this one charting on iTunes before Mick D’s offers impossible meat. Should we let them know they can probably freeze it for a long time if they want too?
JCAG5

My favorite podcast

This is the greatest thing I’ve ever heard. In a covidy world full of self-important, overly serious, mouth-breathing environment, social and governancers, we need more of this. When can y’all start slinging two a week? How many listeners do you need for that? Y’all are probably whatever that number is minus like 25 right? Thanks guys. I love biz pants.
mirliu

This is how you do business news

Business news that is somehow actually digestible and relatable. The guys are hilarious and even manage to deliver actual news amid the banter. Keep it up guys!
biznovice

Actually interesting

Seriously, I don’t even like Business news. This is funny but I still feel like I’m informed.
Play ground

Daily ESG news. Finally.

The perfect combination of sincere and silly. From industry experts who don't take themselves too seriously.
James Gopel

Amazing

I love this podcast! Very original content.
katels113

Perfect for humans who wear business pants sometimes

Amazing quick news for those of us who where business pants sometimes and like to have fun while wearing them.
doorrriiiisssss

Enjoyable sound bites for news!!

It’s like we’re all hanging out and having real conversations
numthree1234

Mein leben!

Potassium benzoate
GretStruNM

Hilarious and interesting

I am decidedly NOT a business person and honestly find business talk boring usually. But I could listen to these 2 all day. They have a gift of making business news both interesting and hilarious.
Sparkygalore

Move over Planet Money

This is the business news for people who find the normal news boring. These guys keep me laughing on my drive home, plus I learn a little something about the companies in the headlines. Keep it up!
real paicopunk

Jajajajaja

This podcast is great. Hosts are smart and funny and the themes are on point with the current landscape. I will be listening!