Martha Stewart Prison Living with Matt Friend and Nicole DuBois | 63

The Big Flop

Wondery

Society & Culture, Comedy, Business

4.6 • 884 Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Martha Stewart used her oh-so-perfect cooking, gardening, and decorating skills to create one of the most valuable brands in the world. A guru, an icon, a billionaire: she had it all. That is, until an insider trading scandal spun her business into a death spiral and Martha went from decorating mansions to sprucing up "Camp Cupcake."

Matt Friend (Friend in High Places, The Simpsons) and Nicole DuBois (NickyDoobs, Magic Carpet Rides) join Misha to get the inside scoop on Martha Stewart’s insider trading scandal ALT: to set the table for a talk about Martha Stewart’s insider trading scandal

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0:00.0	Wonderie Plus subscribers can listen to the Big Flop early and ad free.
0:05.3	Join Wonderly Plus in the Wondery app or on Apple Podcasts.
0:14.8	Martha Stewart is fully reclined, eyes closed, in a seat on her private jet. Her plane is refueling
0:23.7	before it takes off for Mexico. Martha's finally taking a well-deserved vacation, though when you're
0:30.3	Martha Stewart, the queen of domestic perfection and billionaire CEO of your own lifestyle company,
0:39.5	you're never fully off.
0:45.1	Martha is heading to a luxury resort called Las Ventanis El Paraiso,
0:48.4	and you better believe that the whole time she's there,
0:52.5	she'll be making sure everything meets her exacting standards.
0:59.5	Every meal, every room decoration, every grain of sand on the beach had better be just right.
1:05.4	Martha's about to drift off when she's jolted awake by her phone.
1:07.9	Her stockbroker's on the line.
1:10.3	Martha picks up on the first ring.
1:12.3	She's not the kind of person to let vacation get in the way of business. He's got a tip for her. A stock she owns is going to take a big
1:19.1	hit in just 24 hours. If Martha sells before then, she'll avoid a massive loss. She hangs up.
1:28.3	What luck?
1:30.1	Martha's not surprised.
1:33.5	Everything she sets her mind to turns out perfect.
1:36.0	Whether it's a Thanksgiving centerpiece or a little insider trading.
1:39.6	Good thing stripes are in this season.
1:49.0	Music things stripes are in this season. Martha Stewart
1:49.9	is the definition of American
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