https://simplecast.com RIP Corp On each episode of RIP Corp, we tell the story of one failed business, or a business failure. Join us in the dead mall of business history. RIP Corp is a Charts & Leisure production, written and hosted by Ingrid Burrington. Produced by Meghal Janardan and Mike Rugnetta. Associate producer, Taylor Behnke. Original music and sound design from Andrew Atkin and Michael Simonelli. Fact-checking from Matt Giles. Logo design by Beatriz Lozano and illustrations by Megan Mulholland. Executive produced by Jason Oberholtzer. 2020 — Charts & Leisure en Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:00:16 +0000 https://ripcorp.biz RIP Corp https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/fe12206a-eb45-439e-b3b6-18e0c293e558/a1181eef-be7e-4138-a690-7f39962167c0/3000x3000/rip-standard-phone.jpg?aid=rss_feed https://ripcorp.biz episodic On each episode of RIP Corp, we tell the story of one failed business, or a business failure. Join us in the dead mall of business history. RIP Corp is a Charts & Leisure production, written and hosted by Ingrid Burrington. Produced by Meghal Janardan and Mike Rugnetta. Associate producer, Taylor Behnke. Original music and sound design from Andrew Atkin and Michael Simonelli. Fact-checking from Matt Giles. Logo design by Beatriz Lozano and illustrations by Megan Mulholland. Executive produced by Jason Oberholtzer. Charts & Leisure true https://feeds.simplecast.com/gfVnllUi business history Charts & Leisure jason@chartsandleisure.com d57e3fc4-f0fb-4ebc-9490-fa8d1a662f81 Money Perverts: The Death of Retirement RIP Corp is a Charts & Leisure production. Find us at ripcorp.biz for all your dead business needs. 

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]]> Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000 jason@chartsandleisure.com (Charts & Leisure) https://ripcorp.biz/episodes/what-happened-to-pensions-HS9LIHD2 RIP Corp is a Charts & Leisure production. Find us at ripcorp.biz for all your dead business needs. 

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]]> Money Perverts: The Death of Retirement Charts & Leisure 00:39:51 This episode of RIP Corp is not a story about the death of a company or a specific person. It’s a story about the death of retirement, killed by companies and governments. It’s also very much the story of venture capital. This episode of RIP Corp is not a story about the death of a company or a specific person. It’s a story about the death of retirement, killed by companies and governments. It’s also very much the story of venture capital. true full 21 f950f551-5cb1-4f71-8836-7880068d017d 2025 Corporate In Memorium RIP Corp is a Charts & Leisure production. Find us at ripcorp.biz, or follow in places @ripcorpdotbiz for all your dead business needs. 

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]]> Tue, 30 Dec 2025 11:00:00 +0000 jason@chartsandleisure.com (Charts & Leisure) https://ripcorp.biz/episodes/2025-corporate-in-memorium-lTksHNwO RIP Corp is a Charts & Leisure production. Find us at ripcorp.biz, or follow in places @ripcorpdotbiz for all your dead business needs. 

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]]> 2025 Corporate In Memorium Charts & Leisure 01:09:35 The whole RIP Corp crew assembles to look back at the highlights of 2025 corporate loss and chart a path through the first ever saddest-RIP-of-the-year bracket. The whole RIP Corp crew assembles to look back at the highlights of 2025 corporate loss and chart a path through the first ever saddest-RIP-of-the-year bracket. true full 20 13d24ab6-0a87-44f3-8107-b97c7b937ded What Happens When Wealthy People Die RIP Corp is a Charts & Leisure production. Find us at ripcorp.biz, or follow in places @ripcorpdotbiz for all your dead business needs. 

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]]> Wed, 27 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +0000 jason@chartsandleisure.com (Charts & Leisure) https://ripcorp.biz/episodes/what-happens-when-wealthy-people-die-ozynB74f RIP Corp is a Charts & Leisure production. Find us at ripcorp.biz, or follow in places @ripcorpdotbiz for all your dead business needs. 

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]]> What Happens When Wealthy People Die Charts & Leisure 00:28:03 This episode of RIP Corp is about what happens when billionaires die—well, what happens and doesn’t happen to their money when they die, most importantly how that money isn’t meaningfully taxed, and how their successors can perpetuate the wealth-inequality machine for generations upon generations through labyrinthine legal structures. We’ll also hear from people intimately familiar with these systems who are trying to fight them. This episode of RIP Corp is about what happens when billionaires die—well, what happens and doesn’t happen to their money when they die, most importantly how that money isn’t meaningfully taxed, and how their successors can perpetuate the wealth-inequality machine for generations upon generations through labyrinthine legal structures. We’ll also hear from people intimately familiar with these systems who are trying to fight them. true full 19 c8a68139-ba6c-437f-b86c-16eb8264b76e Everything Is The Financial Crisis RIP Corp is a Charts & Leisure production. Find us at ripcorp.biz, or follow in places @ripcorpdotbiz for all your dead business needs. 

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RIP Corp is written and hosted by Ingrid Burrington. Produced by Meghal Janardan and Mike Rugnetta. Associate producer, Taylor Behnke. Original music and sound design from Andrew Atkin and Michael Simonelli. Fact-checking from Matt Giles. Logo design by Beatriz Lozano and illustrations by Megan Mulholland. Executive produced by Jason Oberholtzer.

]]> Fri, 30 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000 jason@chartsandleisure.com (Charts & Leisure) https://ripcorp.biz/episodes/everything-is-the-financial-crisis-gELEJ3FT RIP Corp is a Charts & Leisure production. Find us at ripcorp.biz, or follow in places @ripcorpdotbiz for all your dead business needs. 

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]]> Everything Is The Financial Crisis Charts & Leisure 00:43:50 Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns, Washington Mutual, Wachovia Corporation, Merrill Lynch, Circuit City, Borders Bookstore, Sharper Image, and some 150,000 small businesses across the United States — the 2008 global financial crisis killed them all. Turns out, looking at that crisis explains a lot about where we are right now in 2025. Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns, Washington Mutual, Wachovia Corporation, Merrill Lynch, Circuit City, Borders Bookstore, Sharper Image, and some 150,000 small businesses across the United States — the 2008 global financial crisis killed them all. Turns out, looking at that crisis explains a lot about where we are right now in 2025. true full 18 b9d78f05-4643-42bb-bfbe-a1303e793a1c A Wing And A Prayer: Girlbossing Too Close To The Sun RIP Corp is a Charts & Leisure production. Find us at ripcorp.biz, or follow in places @ripcorpdotbiz for all your dead business needs. 

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]]> Wed, 15 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +0000 jason@chartsandleisure.com (Charts & Leisure) https://ripcorp.biz/episodes/a-wing-and-a-prayer-17lbvhJ_ RIP Corp is a Charts & Leisure production. Find us at ripcorp.biz, or follow in places @ripcorpdotbiz for all your dead business needs. 

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]]> A Wing And A Prayer: Girlbossing Too Close To The Sun Charts & Leisure 00:44:33 This episode of RIP Corp is about the gap between (women-focused co-working space slash hospitality service provider) The Wing as a subject of pop media coverage—as a celebrity—and The Wing as an actual business. Hopefully somewhere along the way we get to the bottom of the timeless question of celebrity: why are people so obsessed with this? This episode of RIP Corp is about the gap between (women-focused co-working space slash hospitality service provider) The Wing as a subject of pop media coverage—as a celebrity—and The Wing as an actual business. Hopefully somewhere along the way we get to the bottom of the timeless question of celebrity: why are people so obsessed with this? true full 17 48e8ae39-1777-4b99-9d37-959ac0ef7907 2024 Corporate In Memoriam RIP Corp is a Charts & Leisure production. Find us at ripcorp.biz, or follow in places @ripcorpdotbiz for all your dead business needs. 

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RIP Corp is written and hosted by Ingrid Burrington. Produced by Meghal Janardan and Mike Rugnetta. Associate producer, Taylor Behnke. Original music and sound design from Andrew Atkin and Michael Simonelli. Fact-checking from Matt Giles. Logo design by Beatriz Lozano and illustrations by Megan Mulholland. Executive produced by Jason Oberholtzer.

]]> Tue, 31 Dec 2024 11:00:00 +0000 jason@chartsandleisure.com (Charts & Leisure) https://ripcorp.biz/episodes/2024-corporate-in-memoriam-n7Po3bFz RIP Corp is a Charts & Leisure production. Find us at ripcorp.biz, or follow in places @ripcorpdotbiz for all your dead business needs. 

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]]> 2024 Corporate In Memoriam Charts & Leisure 00:34:46 Corporate researcher and morbid friend of the show Tim Hwang rejoins Ingrid for our traditional look back at 2024's notable corporate losses. Corporate researcher and morbid friend of the show Tim Hwang rejoins Ingrid for our traditional look back at 2024's notable corporate losses. true full 16 200932f6-cfa0-4947-be35-79d2be6cc5fe Walk On The Blade: The Marc Rich & Co Commodities Story RIP Corp is a Charts & Leisure production. Find us at ripcorp.biz, or follow in places @ripcorpdotbiz for all your dead business needs. 

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]]> Wed, 26 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +0000 jason@chartsandleisure.com (Charts & Leisure) https://ripcorp.biz/episodes/walk-on-the-blade-the-marc-rich-co-commodities-story-uenn68M9 RIP Corp is a Charts & Leisure production. Find us at ripcorp.biz, or follow in places @ripcorpdotbiz for all your dead business needs. 

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RIP Corp is written and hosted by Ingrid Burrington. Produced by Meghal Janardan and Mike Rugnetta. Associate producer, Taylor Behnke. Original music and sound design from Andrew Atkin and Michael Simonelli. Fact-checking from Matt Giles. Logo design by Beatriz Lozano and illustrations by Megan Mulholland. Executive produced by Jason Oberholtzer.

]]> Walk On The Blade: The Marc Rich & Co Commodities Story Charts & Leisure 00:43:27 This episode of RIP Corp is a look at the commodity trading industry through the history of Marc Rich, the company, and about the tension of telling an industry’s history through its most infamous guy. Was Marc Rich the exception that makes the rest of the industry look bad or the rule who just happened to get caught? How does his style of trading live on today, and what does that legacy tell us about commodity trading more broadly? And how on earth does a guy—how on earth does an industry—intersect with so many major geopolitical events and still insist that the work is “not political”? This episode of RIP Corp is a look at the commodity trading industry through the history of Marc Rich, the company, and about the tension of telling an industry’s history through its most infamous guy. Was Marc Rich the exception that makes the rest of the industry look bad or the rule who just happened to get caught? How does his style of trading live on today, and what does that legacy tell us about commodity trading more broadly? And how on earth does a guy—how on earth does an industry—intersect with so many major geopolitical events and still insist that the work is “not political”? true full 15 fcca68df-a997-46be-b947-0f3b8faff583 Capitalism Quest: The Sierra Online Story RIP Corp is a Charts & Leisure production. Find us at ripcorp.biz, or follow in places @ripcorpdotbiz for all your dead business needs. 

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]]> Wed, 20 Mar 2024 10:00:00 +0000 jason@chartsandleisure.com (Charts & Leisure) https://ripcorp.biz/episodes/capitalism-quest-the-sierra-online-story-sn_FsPGV RIP Corp is a Charts & Leisure production. Find us at ripcorp.biz, or follow in places @ripcorpdotbiz for all your dead business needs. 

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RIP Corp is written and hosted by Ingrid Burrington. Produced by Meghal Janardan and Mike Rugnetta. Associate producer, Taylor Behnke. Original music and sound design from Andrew Atkin and Michael Simonelli. Fact-checking from Matt Giles. Logo design by Beatriz Lozano and illustrations by Megan Mulholland. Executive produced by Jason Oberholtzer.

]]> Capitalism Quest: The Sierra Online Story Charts & Leisure 00:41:08 This episode of RIP Corp is about the gap between the nostalgic personal memory of Sierra On-Line and the labor and financial calculations that ultimately shaped the company’s rise and fall. What can the Sierra story tell us, if anything, about how the game industry works today? This episode of RIP Corp is about the gap between the nostalgic personal memory of Sierra On-Line and the labor and financial calculations that ultimately shaped the company’s rise and fall. What can the Sierra story tell us, if anything, about how the game industry works today? true full 14 39a7fddf-78ef-490f-88ac-27a565386dea 2023 Corporate In Memoriam RIP Corp is a Charts & Leisure production. Find us at ripcorp.biz, or follow in places @ripcorpdotbiz for all your dead business needs. 

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]]> Thu, 28 Dec 2023 11:00:00 +0000 jason@chartsandleisure.com (Charts & Leisure) https://ripcorp.biz/episodes/2023-corporate-in-memoriam-37lSoShu RIP Corp is a Charts & Leisure production. Find us at ripcorp.biz, or follow in places @ripcorpdotbiz for all your dead business needs. 

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]]> 2023 Corporate In Memoriam Charts & Leisure 00:22:46 Corporate researcher, and proprietor of The Trade Journal Cooperative, Tim Hwang joins Ingrid for a nostalgic look back at 2023's notable corporate losses. Corporate researcher, and proprietor of The Trade Journal Cooperative, Tim Hwang joins Ingrid for a nostalgic look back at 2023's notable corporate losses. true full 13 ae3d9a35-44fb-4ebb-b5dc-3ba2c646fa15 $2500 and a Dream: Fansteel and the History of Tantalum RIP Corp is a Charts & Leisure production. Find us at ripcorp.biz, or follow in places @ripcorpdotbiz for all your dead business needs. 

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]]> Wed, 13 Dec 2023 11:00:00 +0000 jason@chartsandleisure.com (Charts & Leisure) https://ripcorp.biz/episodes/2500-and-a-dream-fansteel-and-the-history-of-tantalum-T15G5g7n RIP Corp is a Charts & Leisure production. Find us at ripcorp.biz, or follow in places @ripcorpdotbiz for all your dead business needs. 

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RIP Corp is written and hosted by Ingrid Burrington. Produced by Meghal Janardan and Mike Rugnetta. Associate producer, Taylor Behnke. Original music and sound design from Andrew Atkin and Michael Simonelli. Fact-checking from Matt Giles. Logo design by Beatriz Lozano and illustrations by Megan Mulholland. Executive produced by Jason Oberholtzer.

]]> $2500 and a Dream: Fansteel and the History of Tantalum Charts & Leisure 00:50:09 The history of the commercial application of tantalum is a story of labor exploitation, suppressing militant organizing, state-backed development of global supply chains, the ups and downs of corporate raider capitalism, environmental damage and legal chicanery. It’s a story of technological development deeply bound up with, and used to perpetuate colonial violence. And it might have something to tell us about the current era of mineral supply chain anxieties in the United States. Our research into the history of the tantalum capacitor brought us to the U.S. National Archives, old electronics magazine collections, eBay, and ultimately to the subject of this episode: Fansteel The history of the commercial application of tantalum is a story of labor exploitation, suppressing militant organizing, state-backed development of global supply chains, the ups and downs of corporate raider capitalism, environmental damage and legal chicanery. It’s a story of technological development deeply bound up with, and used to perpetuate colonial violence. And it might have something to tell us about the current era of mineral supply chain anxieties in the United States. Our research into the history of the tantalum capacitor brought us to the U.S. National Archives, old electronics magazine collections, eBay, and ultimately to the subject of this episode: Fansteel true full 12 f0f42842-a8c7-43f2-987c-1b29726816d5 RIP Docs: The Vice Bankruptcy Vice bankruptcy documents: https://cases.stretto.com/vice/

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RIP Corp is written and hosted by Ingrid Burrington. Produced by Meghal Janardan and Mike Rugnetta. Associate producer, Taylor Behnke. Original music and sound design from Andrew Atkin and Michael Simonelli. Fact-checking from Matt Giles. Logo design by Beatriz Lozano and illustrations by Megan Mulholland. Executive produced by Jason Oberholtzer.

]]> Wed, 13 Sep 2023 10:00:00 +0000 jason@chartsandleisure.com (Charts & Leisure) https://ripcorp.biz/episodes/rip-docs-the-vice-bankruptcy-hBdIctxr Vice bankruptcy documents: https://cases.stretto.com/vice/

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]]> RIP Docs: The Vice Bankruptcy Charts & Leisure 00:22:09 We invited Katie Way, a former Vice reporter and current writer-editor at Hell Gate, a worker-owned news site in New York City, to help us through a deep dive into Vice's bankruptcy documents. We invited Katie Way, a former Vice reporter and current writer-editor at Hell Gate, a worker-owned news site in New York City, to help us through a deep dive into Vice's bankruptcy documents. false full 11 4a5520be-417d-401b-81d9-3088945fa378 Little Paper Guys: An Overview of Corporate Personhood RIP Corp is a Charts & Leisure production. Find us at ripcorp.biz, or follow in places @ripcorpdotbiz for all your dead business needs. 

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]]> Wed, 16 Aug 2023 10:00:00 +0000 jason@chartsandleisure.com (Charts & Leisure) https://ripcorp.biz/episodes/little-paper-guys-an-overview-of-corporate-personhood-dNvCrvH6 RIP Corp is a Charts & Leisure production. Find us at ripcorp.biz, or follow in places @ripcorpdotbiz for all your dead business needs. 

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]]> Little Paper Guys: An Overview of Corporate Personhood Charts & Leisure 00:27:35 For this episode of RIP Corp, we’re looking at corporate personhood as a concept. How did corporations become people? How did this weird legal fiction become such a powerful defining force in the world? And what would it really mean for a corporation to subvert its Prime Directive ... if that’s even possible. For this episode of RIP Corp, we’re looking at corporate personhood as a concept. How did corporations become people? How did this weird legal fiction become such a powerful defining force in the world? And what would it really mean for a corporation to subvert its Prime Directive ... if that’s even possible. false full 10 79bd4532-558a-47d0-9185-5ce5feeea199 The Story of This Town is Failure: Fairchild Semiconductor and Its Children RIP Corp is a Charts & Leisure production.  Find us at ripcorp.biz, or follow us @ripcorpdotbiz on Twitter and Instagram, for all your dead business needs. 

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RIP Corp is written and hosted by Ingrid Burrington, with fact-checking from Matt Giles. Produced by Meghal Janardan and Mike Rugnetta. Associate producer, Taylor Behnke. Original music and sound design from Andrew Atkin and Michael Simonelli. Design and illustration by Beatriz Lozano and Megan Mulholland. Executive produced by Jason Oberholtzer.

]]> Thu, 8 Jun 2023 10:00:00 +0000 jason@chartsandleisure.com (Charts & Leisure) https://ripcorp.biz/episodes/the-story-of-this-town-is-failure-fairchild-semiconductor-and-its-children-dzDhI7ef RIP Corp is a Charts & Leisure production.  Find us at ripcorp.biz, or follow us @ripcorpdotbiz on Twitter and Instagram, for all your dead business needs. 

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RIP Corp is written and hosted by Ingrid Burrington, with fact-checking from Matt Giles. Produced by Meghal Janardan and Mike Rugnetta. Associate producer, Taylor Behnke. Original music and sound design from Andrew Atkin and Michael Simonelli. Design and illustration by Beatriz Lozano and Megan Mulholland. Executive produced by Jason Oberholtzer.

]]> The Story of This Town is Failure: Fairchild Semiconductor and Its Children Charts & Leisure 00:46:47 For this episode of RIP Corp, we take a closer look at Fairchild Semiconductor, a pioneer in the manufacturing of transistors and integrated circuits. After its well-documented breakthroughs, the company that helped invent an entire industry, and arguably the single most technologically significant one in the 20th century, failed to remain competitive. We explore how the way we understand Fairchild’s story (or don’t) matters for how we think about the past, present, and future of chip manufacturing. For this episode of RIP Corp, we take a closer look at Fairchild Semiconductor, a pioneer in the manufacturing of transistors and integrated circuits. After its well-documented breakthroughs, the company that helped invent an entire industry, and arguably the single most technologically significant one in the 20th century, failed to remain competitive. We explore how the way we understand Fairchild’s story (or don’t) matters for how we think about the past, present, and future of chip manufacturing. true full 9 00f384f7-6e72-45d9-a64f-1fc8df4a0134 Why Do We Keep Dead Company Merch? RIP Corp is a Charts & Leisure production.  Find us at ripcorp.biz, or follow us @ripcorpdotbiz on Twitter and Instagram, for all your dead business needs. 

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]]> Wed, 12 Oct 2022 10:00:00 +0000 jason@chartsandleisure.com (Charts & Leisure) https://ripcorp.biz/episodes/why-do-we-keep-dead-company-merch-g7TcSfy2 RIP Corp is a Charts & Leisure production.  Find us at ripcorp.biz, or follow us @ripcorpdotbiz on Twitter and Instagram, for all your dead business needs. 

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RIP Corp is written and hosted by Ingrid Burrington, with research and fact-checking from Matt Giles. Produced by Meghal Janardan and Mike Rugnetta. Original music and sound design from Andrew Atkin and Michael Simonelli. Design and illustration by Beatriz Lozano and Megan Mulholland. Executive produced by Jason Oberholtzer.

]]> Why Do We Keep Dead Company Merch? Charts & Leisure 00:20:15 This episode of RIP Corp is about the afterlives of corporate merch—as a collector's item, as nostalgia play, as irony-laden artifact representing the hubris of capitalism—and the ways people live with these artifacts and the legacies attached to them. It's also about RIP Corp having merch now! Sorry. Please check out the wonderful designs by Beatriz Lozano and Megan Mulholland, and consider expressing brand loyalty on your person: ripcorp.threadless.com This episode of RIP Corp is about the afterlives of corporate merch—as a collector's item, as nostalgia play, as irony-laden artifact representing the hubris of capitalism—and the ways people live with these artifacts and the legacies attached to them. It's also about RIP Corp having merch now! Sorry. Please check out the wonderful designs by Beatriz Lozano and Megan Mulholland, and consider expressing brand loyalty on your person: ripcorp.threadless.com true full 8 394acfa9-9abe-464a-b3da-2f619d312aec Cosplay Cops and Special Ops: Baldwin-Felts and the West Virginia Mine War RIP Corp is a Charts & Leisure production.  Find us at ripcorp.biz, or follow us @ripcorpdotbiz on Twitter and Instagram, for all your dead business needs.

RIP Corp is written and hosted by Ingrid Burrington, with research and fact-checking from Matt Giles. Produced by Meghal Janardan and Mike Rugnetta. Original music and sound design from Andrew Atkin and Michael Simonelli. Design and illustration by Beatriz Lozano and Megan Mulholland. Executive produced by Jason Oberholtzer.

]]> Tue, 15 Mar 2022 10:00:00 +0000 jason@chartsandleisure.com (Charts & Leisure) https://ripcorp.biz/episodes/cosplay-cops-and-special-ops-baldwin-felts-and-the-west-virginia-mine-war-KJgb0K6T RIP Corp is a Charts & Leisure production.  Find us at ripcorp.biz, or follow us @ripcorpdotbiz on Twitter and Instagram, for all your dead business needs.

RIP Corp is written and hosted by Ingrid Burrington, with research and fact-checking from Matt Giles. Produced by Meghal Janardan and Mike Rugnetta. Original music and sound design from Andrew Atkin and Michael Simonelli. Design and illustration by Beatriz Lozano and Megan Mulholland. Executive produced by Jason Oberholtzer.

]]> Cosplay Cops and Special Ops: Baldwin-Felts and the West Virginia Mine War Charts & Leisure 00:49:06 The Battle of Matewan, also known as the Matewan Massacre, took place on May 19, 1920. It’s a significant part of the history of the West Virginia Mine Wars. The shootout claimed ten lives: three residents of Matewan and seven employees of the Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency, a private security firm that among other things worked for coal operators throughout West Virginia. That day lives in infamy in both Appalachian and American labor history. But Baldwin-Felts doesn’t really live on in the public record. Which is weird, because for miners and organizers trying to build union power in the West Virginia coal fields, Baldwin-Felts was synonymous with the enemy. The Battle of Matewan, also known as the Matewan Massacre, took place on May 19, 1920. It’s a significant part of the history of the West Virginia Mine Wars. The shootout claimed ten lives: three residents of Matewan and seven employees of the Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency, a private security firm that among other things worked for coal operators throughout West Virginia. That day lives in infamy in both Appalachian and American labor history. But Baldwin-Felts doesn’t really live on in the public record. Which is weird, because for miners and organizers trying to build union power in the West Virginia coal fields, Baldwin-Felts was synonymous with the enemy. false full 7 35076038-aff5-49d2-99c4-f4976197b9b1 Sex, Lies and Classifieds: The Fall of Backpage RIP Corp is a Charts & Leisure production.  Find us at ripcorp.biz, or follow us @ripcorpdotbiz on Twitter and Instagram, for all your dead business needs. Special thanks this episode to Melissa Gira Grant and Samantha Schuyler.

RIP Corp is written and hosted by Ingrid Burrington, with research and fact-checking from Matt Giles. Produced by Meghal Janardan and Mike Rugnetta. Original music and sound design from Andrew Atkin and Michael Simonelli. Design and illustration by Beatriz Lozano and Megan Mulholland. Executive produced by Jason Oberholtzer.

]]> Thu, 7 Oct 2021 10:00:00 +0000 jason@chartsandleisure.com (Charts & Leisure) https://ripcorp.biz/episodes/big-fan-of-sex-lies-and-classifieds-the-fall-of-backpage-Lryqf_8y RIP Corp is a Charts & Leisure production.  Find us at ripcorp.biz, or follow us @ripcorpdotbiz on Twitter and Instagram, for all your dead business needs. Special thanks this episode to Melissa Gira Grant and Samantha Schuyler.

RIP Corp is written and hosted by Ingrid Burrington, with research and fact-checking from Matt Giles. Produced by Meghal Janardan and Mike Rugnetta. Original music and sound design from Andrew Atkin and Michael Simonelli. Design and illustration by Beatriz Lozano and Megan Mulholland. Executive produced by Jason Oberholtzer.

]]> Sex, Lies and Classifieds: The Fall of Backpage Charts & Leisure 00:49:30 Years before QAnon, myths and distortions about children being sold for sex fueled a politically-motivated moral panic in the name of protecting kids, yet largely targeting sex workers, not sex traffickers. This episode of RIP Corp is about Backpage — the classified advertising website founded in 2004 — and the path that led to its dramatic closure in 2018. The fall of Backpage led to a turning point in the coverage of sex work and criminal justice while also foreshadowing future media flashpoints. Years before QAnon, myths and distortions about children being sold for sex fueled a politically-motivated moral panic in the name of protecting kids, yet largely targeting sex workers, not sex traffickers. This episode of RIP Corp is about Backpage — the classified advertising website founded in 2004 — and the path that led to its dramatic closure in 2018. The fall of Backpage led to a turning point in the coverage of sex work and criminal justice while also foreshadowing future media flashpoints. true full 6 c61199d4-83fc-4d4a-baa5-4ce590fa9a21 Minisode — Failing Upward: Dan Snyder and The Six Flags of Football Teams RIP Corp is a Charts & Leisure production.  Find us at ripcorp.biz, or follow us @ripcorpdotbiz on Twitter and Instagram, for all your dead business needs.

RIP Corp is written and hosted by Ingrid Burrington, with research and fact-checking from Matt Giles. Produced by Meghal Janardan and Mike Rugnetta. Original music and sound design from Andrew Atkin and Michael Simonelli. Design and illustration by Beatriz Lozano and Megan Mulholland. Executive produced by Jason Oberholtzer.

]]> Thu, 29 Apr 2021 10:00:00 +0000 jason@chartsandleisure.com (Charts & Leisure) https://ripcorp.biz/episodes/minisode-failing-upward-dan-snyder-and-the-six-flags-of-football-teams-8HQnWA_o RIP Corp is a Charts & Leisure production.  Find us at ripcorp.biz, or follow us @ripcorpdotbiz on Twitter and Instagram, for all your dead business needs.

RIP Corp is written and hosted by Ingrid Burrington, with research and fact-checking from Matt Giles. Produced by Meghal Janardan and Mike Rugnetta. Original music and sound design from Andrew Atkin and Michael Simonelli. Design and illustration by Beatriz Lozano and Megan Mulholland. Executive produced by Jason Oberholtzer.

]]> Minisode — Failing Upward: Dan Snyder and The Six Flags of Football Teams Charts & Leisure 00:19:52 On this RIP Corp minisode, we spoke with journalist Dave McKenna to help us chart the upward-failing trajectory of Washington Football Team owner Daniel Snyder, how his earlier failure as Chairman of Six Flags led to opportunities to fail in different arenas, and what he now represents (vis-à-vis failure). On this RIP Corp minisode, we spoke with journalist Dave McKenna to help us chart the upward-failing trajectory of Washington Football Team owner Daniel Snyder, how his earlier failure as Chairman of Six Flags led to opportunities to fail in different arenas, and what he now represents (vis-à-vis failure). true full 5 7a7d3390-0c2d-4cb0-861e-49c3d75d4d98 In Space No One Can Hear You Sell Please check out all the books (past and forthcoming) about space stuff (also past and forthcoming) authored by contributors to this episode: Space Settlements  by Fred Scharmen | Rare Earth Frontiers by Dr. Julie Michelle Klinger | Asteroids: How Love, Fear, and Greed Will Determine Our Future in Space by Dr. Martin Elvis. Plus, follow Atossa Araxia Abrahamian's newsletter Terra Nullius.

RIP Corp is a Charts & Leisure production.  Find us at ripcorp.biz, or follow us @ripcorpdotbiz on Twitter and Instagram, for all your dead business needs.

RIP Corp is written and hosted by Ingrid Burrington, with research and fact-checking from Matt Giles. Produced by Meghal Janardan and Mike Rugnetta. Original music and sound design from Andrew Atkin and Michael Simonelli. Design and illustration by Beatriz Lozano and Megan Mulholland. Executive produced by Jason Oberholtzer.

]]> Tue, 23 Mar 2021 10:00:00 +0000 jason@chartsandleisure.com (Charts & Leisure) https://ripcorp.biz/episodes/in-space-no-one-can-hear-you-sell-_4_JM_nS Please check out all the books (past and forthcoming) about space stuff (also past and forthcoming) authored by contributors to this episode: Space Settlements  by Fred Scharmen | Rare Earth Frontiers by Dr. Julie Michelle Klinger | Asteroids: How Love, Fear, and Greed Will Determine Our Future in Space by Dr. Martin Elvis. Plus, follow Atossa Araxia Abrahamian's newsletter Terra Nullius.

RIP Corp is a Charts & Leisure production.  Find us at ripcorp.biz, or follow us @ripcorpdotbiz on Twitter and Instagram, for all your dead business needs.

RIP Corp is written and hosted by Ingrid Burrington, with research and fact-checking from Matt Giles. Produced by Meghal Janardan and Mike Rugnetta. Original music and sound design from Andrew Atkin and Michael Simonelli. Design and illustration by Beatriz Lozano and Megan Mulholland. Executive produced by Jason Oberholtzer.

]]> In Space No One Can Hear You Sell Charts & Leisure 00:45:26 This episode of RIP Corp is about Planetary Resources — a company formed to "expand Earth's natural resource base" through asteroid mining — and its ... not quite failure to launch, but failure to conquer the final frontier. It’s also about how their brief, ill-fated trajectory has seemingly only strengthened the resolve of people working to make space mining a reality. This episode of RIP Corp is about Planetary Resources — a company formed to "expand Earth's natural resource base" through asteroid mining — and its ... not quite failure to launch, but failure to conquer the final frontier. It’s also about how their brief, ill-fated trajectory has seemingly only strengthened the resolve of people working to make space mining a reality. true full 4 1019dc03-8f2e-4434-9a2a-4015ab23cbcd Pierced Ears to Private Equity: The Rise and Fall of Claire’s RIP Corp is a Charts & Leisure production.  Find us at ripcorp.biz, or follow us @ripcorpdotbiz on Twitter and Instagram, for all your dead business needs.

RIP Corp is written and hosted by Ingrid Burrington, with research and fact-checking from Matt Giles. Produced by Meghal Janardan and Mike Rugnetta. Original music and sound design from Andrew Atkin and Michael Simonelli. Design and illustration by Beatriz Lozano and Megan Mulholland. Executive produced by Jason Oberholtzer.

]]> Thu, 28 Jan 2021 11:00:00 +0000 jason@chartsandleisure.com (Charts & Leisure) https://ripcorp.biz/episodes/pierced-ears-to-private-equity-the-rise-and-fall-of-claires-hQCaQlfm RIP Corp is a Charts & Leisure production.  Find us at ripcorp.biz, or follow us @ripcorpdotbiz on Twitter and Instagram, for all your dead business needs.

RIP Corp is written and hosted by Ingrid Burrington, with research and fact-checking from Matt Giles. Produced by Meghal Janardan and Mike Rugnetta. Original music and sound design from Andrew Atkin and Michael Simonelli. Design and illustration by Beatriz Lozano and Megan Mulholland. Executive produced by Jason Oberholtzer.

]]> Pierced Ears to Private Equity: The Rise and Fall of Claire’s Charts & Leisure 00:40:01 While bankruptcies of familiar retail brands made headlines this past year, you can actually still shop at some of them–JC Penney, Nieman Marcus, Guitar Center. So that’s what this episode of RIP Corp is about: Claire’s, and the wild world of modern retail bankruptcy which kind of exists to help distressed companies avoid total collapse, but is also an increasingly gamed system to help a handful of people stay hella rich. While bankruptcies of familiar retail brands made headlines this past year, you can actually still shop at some of them–JC Penney, Nieman Marcus, Guitar Center. So that’s what this episode of RIP Corp is about: Claire’s, and the wild world of modern retail bankruptcy which kind of exists to help distressed companies avoid total collapse, but is also an increasingly gamed system to help a handful of people stay hella rich. false full 3 266ff746-f194-47e1-8d57-83639b6aae3f It’s a Wonderful RIP Corp Holiday Special RIP Corp is a Charts & Leisure production.  Find us at ripcorp.biz, or follow us @ripcorpdotbiz on Twitter and Instagram, for all your dead business needs.

RIP Corp is written and hosted by Ingrid Burrington, with research and fact-checking from Matt Giles. Produced by Meghal Janardan and Mike Rugnetta. Original music and sound design from Andrew Atkin and Michael Simonelli. Design and illustration by Beatriz Lozano and Megan Mulholland. Executive produced by Jason Oberholtzer.

]]> Thu, 24 Dec 2020 11:00:00 +0000 jason@chartsandleisure.com (Charts & Leisure) https://ripcorp.biz/episodes/its-a-wonderful-rip-corp-holiday-special-G5ZO_CWQ RIP Corp is a Charts & Leisure production.  Find us at ripcorp.biz, or follow us @ripcorpdotbiz on Twitter and Instagram, for all your dead business needs.

RIP Corp is written and hosted by Ingrid Burrington, with research and fact-checking from Matt Giles. Produced by Meghal Janardan and Mike Rugnetta. Original music and sound design from Andrew Atkin and Michael Simonelli. Design and illustration by Beatriz Lozano and Megan Mulholland. Executive produced by Jason Oberholtzer.

]]> It’s a Wonderful RIP Corp Holiday Special Charts & Leisure 00:26:55 The story of Frank Capra’s Liberty Films, which produced "It’s A Wonderful Life," whose path toward becoming a holiday staple had pretty high body count. The movie destroyed Liberty Films, and some believe Capra’s career. Some of the screenwriters ended up on the Hollywood blacklist. How did this weird, ambitious movie go from losing money and killing dreams to being a beloved Christmas classic? The story of Frank Capra’s Liberty Films, which produced "It’s A Wonderful Life," whose path toward becoming a holiday staple had pretty high body count. The movie destroyed Liberty Films, and some believe Capra’s career. Some of the screenwriters ended up on the Hollywood blacklist. How did this weird, ambitious movie go from losing money and killing dreams to being a beloved Christmas classic? false full 2 847a9a87-ef03-4cd7-9c92-b926e9a6f378 Blockbuster and Enron and Chill RIP Corp is a Charts & Leisure production.  Find us at ripcorp.biz, or follow us @ripcorpdotbiz on Twitter and Instagram, for all your dead business needs.

RIP Corp is written and hosted by Ingrid Burrington, with research and fact-checking from Matt Giles. Produced by Meghal Janardan and Mike Rugnetta. Original music and sound design from Andrew Atkin and Michael Simonelli. Design and illustration by Beatriz Lozano and Megan Mulholland. Executive produced by Jason Oberholtzer.

 

]]> Wed, 21 Oct 2020 10:00:00 +0000 jason@chartsandleisure.com (Charts & Leisure) https://ripcorp.biz/episodes/blockbuster-and-enron-and-chill-MJHs_47V RIP Corp is a Charts & Leisure production.  Find us at ripcorp.biz, or follow us @ripcorpdotbiz on Twitter and Instagram, for all your dead business needs.

RIP Corp is written and hosted by Ingrid Burrington, with research and fact-checking from Matt Giles. Produced by Meghal Janardan and Mike Rugnetta. Original music and sound design from Andrew Atkin and Michael Simonelli. Design and illustration by Beatriz Lozano and Megan Mulholland. Executive produced by Jason Oberholtzer.

 

]]> Blockbuster and Enron and Chill Charts & Leisure 00:34:48 In March of 2001, Blockbuster and Enron abruptly terminated an exclusive 20-year agreement to deliver video-on-demand to consumers' homes, just eight months after the deal's announcement. By the end of that year Enron would enter what, at that time, was the biggest corporate bankruptcy in American history. Meanwhile, Blockbuster would spend the next decade trying, and failing, to compete with Netflix before filing for bankruptcy in 2010. Today both companies are cautionary tales, relics, punchlines in business case studies. But the thing is, the tech worked. In March of 2001, Blockbuster and Enron abruptly terminated an exclusive 20-year agreement to deliver video-on-demand to consumers' homes, just eight months after the deal's announcement. By the end of that year Enron would enter what, at that time, was the biggest corporate bankruptcy in American history. Meanwhile, Blockbuster would spend the next decade trying, and failing, to compete with Netflix before filing for bankruptcy in 2010. Today both companies are cautionary tales, relics, punchlines in business case studies. But the thing is, the tech worked. true full 1 3aa83341-6001-47f6-a25b-4ffce0a5a7e4 Welcome to RIP Corp Coming soon!

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Theme music by Andrew Atkin & Michael Simonelli.

Art and design by Beatriz Lozano and Megan Mulholland.

]]> Wed, 7 Oct 2020 14:49:17 +0000 jason@chartsandleisure.com (Charts & Leisure) https://ripcorp.biz/episodes/welcome-to-rip-corp-tMByC6Ti Coming soon!

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Theme music by Andrew Atkin & Michael Simonelli.

Art and design by Beatriz Lozano and Megan Mulholland.

]]> Welcome to RIP Corp Charts & Leisure 00:02:15 On each episode of RIP Corp, we going to tell the story of one failed business, or a business failure. Join us in the dead mall of business history. On each episode of RIP Corp, we going to tell the story of one failed business, or a business failure. Join us in the dead mall of business history. false trailer