The Murdochs: Schmucksession
Corporate Gossip
Becca Platsky
4.9 • 655 Ratings
🗓️ 10 June 2023
⏱️ 89 minutes
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Summary
Bonus Episode!!
It's like Jaws if everyone in Jaws worked for Jaws! It's the true story of Rupert Murdoch's main hustle (News Corp) and his side hustle (emotionally and financially manipulating his children). We trace Rupert's (aka RuMu) rise from under the thumb of his father, the original Murdoch Megalomaniac, to become an Australian media mogul. Then, he journeys to the UK and the US, leaving a stinky trail of editorial corruption wherever he goes. Strapped on his back are three of his grown children, Elisabeth, Lachlan, and James, who are pulling and poking at one another as they battle for daddy's treasure: the top spot of the Murdoch Empire!
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Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com)
Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | We're back with a bonus episode of the Corporate Gossip podcast, somewhat timed with the finale of Succession a couple of weeks ago. |
| 0:09.3 | We dive into the Murdoch family, the basis for that show. |
| 0:13.8 | This episode is a little special because we have some visuals. |
| 0:16.8 | We have some pictures that go along with it that we queue up about halfway through the episode, and you can watch along on YouTube. We finally have YouTube episodes up. Guys, bear with us. We're still figuring it out. But you can follow along at the link in our show notes. And if you want to just see the pictures that we talk about, check out the link to our substack. That's also in the show notes. You can see |
| 0:38.0 | pictures of Rupert Murdoch's many wives. You can see Lachlan on the back of a Ducati. It's a real |
| 0:44.1 | feast for the eyes. Now I also get to do my favorite thing, which is thank everybody who |
| 0:49.2 | bought us a coffee since the last episode. So I have Stanley Berganza, Wilson from Van, Anastasia, Kate Green, Oscar |
| 0:57.5 | Flores, Greg, Eddie, and Alan Lubin. Thank you so much. For this episode in particular, |
| 1:04.6 | it purchased us some Twinkies that we really needed to energize us for this early morning recording, |
| 1:10.2 | but otherwise they pay for all the subscriptions recording, but otherwise, they pay for |
| 1:11.6 | all the subscriptions and all the fees that are required for us to do the research for this podcast. |
| 1:16.8 | If you want to buy us a coffee, you can do so at the link in the show notes. |
| 1:20.7 | I hope you guys enjoy this bonus episode. |
| 1:23.5 | In the middle of the Caribbean Sea on a January night in 2018, Jerry Hall is standing on the deck of a megayot, |
| 1:30.3 | wrapping herself tightly in her cardigan, which covers her silk pajamas. |
| 1:35.3 | Her long, blonde hair is whipped mightily by the force of the medevac copter, |
| 1:40.3 | which has just landed on the aft deck. |
| 1:43.3 | The EMTs rush out of the aircraft and swiftly load her husband, who is strapped to a backboard. |
| 1:50.0 | Jerry jumps in and holds his hand. |
| 1:53.0 | At 85 years old, this could finally be the end. |
| 1:57.0 | One of the most powerful men in the world wouldn't be fallen by a massive heart attack |
| 2:02.3 | or a counter-ops assassination attempt. No, Jerry worried, cause of Rupert Murdoch's death, |
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