JUUL: Puff Daddies
Corporate Gossip
Becca Platsky
5.0 • 590 Ratings
🗓️ 7 February 2025
⏱️ 79 minutes
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We emerge from the vapor haze of a high school bathroom (how are these kids blowing PERFECT smoke rings??) to tell the tale of two Stanford grads who did what every single-celled-business-ameoba-boy dreamed of doing but was too scared to actually commit to doing - MAKE SMOKING COOL AGAIN!! They undid decades of work by doctors and public health advocates and turned millions of kids who would have never smoked a traditional cigarette into nicotine dependent freakazoids. CA-CHING!!
Riddled with RAGING CASES of silliconvalleyitis, Juul's founders market their powerful nicotine delivery device straight to kids while the FDA was taking a well-deserved half-decade nap. They BLITZSCALED their way to a $38billion valuation and made like 50 people a lot of money.
But of course, after the BLITZSCALE comes the HYPERFLOP...
Research:
The Devil's Playbook by Lauren Etter
Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. JUUL Labs
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast is supported by gossip lovers like you. If you want to get access to two extra episodes |
| 0:08.0 | every month, you can join our Patreon over at patreon.com slash corporate gossip. We have a really |
| 0:14.7 | fun group of gossip goblins over there in the snark layer, where in addition to extra episodes that aren't posted |
| 0:23.2 | on the main feed, we also post more pictures from our main feed episodes, and we had juicy |
| 0:28.6 | details that were cut for timer just because they were too spicy. And we answer your questions about |
| 0:34.8 | every episode. So join us over at patreon.com slash corporate gossip. |
| 0:39.7 | This podcast would not be possible without your support. So thank you. |
| 0:49.7 | Tonight, it's a corporate gossip after-school special. |
| 0:57.0 | TattleTale, when to narc on a friend. |
| 1:02.0 | We meet Emma, a star Bay Area lacrosse player who discovers her best friend has a secret that could jeopardize the whole team. |
| 1:13.4 | Dad, can I talk to you? |
| 1:16.1 | Not now, honey. I'm picking out adult diapers for Sergey Brin's baby shower. |
| 1:20.4 | It's important. |
| 1:21.8 | Okay, what is it, honey? |
| 1:24.5 | Dad, I found this in Madison's backpack today. |
| 1:28.3 | Okay. |
| 1:29.3 | This is a USB drive, honey. |
| 1:31.3 | And actually, I think it's a good thing that you keep your crypto, so close to your... |
| 1:35.3 | It's a duel! |
| 1:36.3 | And she's addicted to it, Dad. |
| 1:38.3 | Everyone on my lacrosse team is. |
| 1:40.3 | They smoke them all the time. |
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