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Le Show

Le Show For The Week Of May 5, 2024

Le Show

Harry Shearer

Politics, News, Society & Culture, Sports, Music, Tech News

4.6972 Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

On this week’s edition of Le Show, Harry brings us features like News of the Olympic Movement, News of Microplastics, News from the Land of 4,000 Princes, News of the Atom, News of the Godly, News of Inspectors General, The Apologies of the Week, and more.

Transcript

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Here it is.

0:01.0

From deep inside your audio device of choice.

0:07.0

And now, ladies and gentlemen,

0:10.0

news of the Olympic Movement.

0:13.0

Produced by Jim Eberts on the third.

0:18.0

Produced by Jim Eberts on the third. Goldman Sachs, you've heard of them.

0:35.0

Mr Goldman and Mr. Sachs to you?

0:39.0

Well, that firm, that financial firm has asked its team to, quote, coordinate on events

0:46.4

and spending around the Paris Olympics in an attempt to stop employees sneaking off to the games and having the bank pick up the tab.

0:57.0

New York-based Goldman emailed employees telling them any trips to the European capital, Paris, must first be approved

1:05.5

by the finance department if they're traveling between July 26th and August 11th.

1:11.8

Why that's when the Olympics are being held.

1:14.0

The aim of the A-Mill is to cut down on meetings in France set up by staffers to

1:18.0

conveniently coincide with the games,

1:20.0

with the bank presumably picking up at least part of the bill for corporate travel.

1:27.0

Any bills for a stay in the city will also come at a premium during the games

1:33.0

in January a consumer interest group reported Paris hotels for cashing in by hiking prices to over a thousand dollars for opening night.

1:44.8

But like any major sporting event, the Olympics will be a hive of corporate health

1:48.6

hospitality, courtesy a premium sponsor LVMH.

1:54.0

Guests can expect wines and spirits from OA Hemacy

1:58.0

Hennessy to be flowing.

2:00.0

The luxury conglomerate pledged 166 million dollars to sponsor the Olympic and Paralympic events.

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