Nick Martell

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49,582 appearances 171 recordings 2 series first heard Dec 2024 last heard 5d ago

Nick Martell’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Best One Yet · 😈 “Evil Genius” — Hollywood’s 4 Tech Villains. Lacoste’s room service. Inflation’s rate-squatters. +Uber smells · 14 Sep 2026 podcast
But Jack and I got to pause the pod and ask, why has tech become the new default Hollywood villain? voice-verified
Because of our takeaway. voice-verified
So Jack, what's the takeaway for our buddies looking at these wild four big tech movies? voice-verified
An even better villain than evil banks is evil tech geniuses. voice-verified
Yetis, we're going to remix Uncle Ben's famous line here. voice-verified
With great power comes great screen time. voice-verified
Big banks had the power to devastate our country in the 2008 financial crisis and the Great Recession that followed. voice-verified
So 15 years ago, Hollywood raced to chronicle those crimes with a few big movies. voice-verified
Too Big to Fail, Margin Call, Big Short. voice-verified
They were all villainizing finance. voice-verified
But finance has limited villain potential because nobody knows who the CEO of Lehman Brothers was. voice-verified
Morgan Stanley who? voice-verified
But everyone knows the CEO of Meta and SpaceX. voice-verified
Besties Finance has handed the baton of power to tech, from bankers to tech bros, from suits to sandals. voice-verified
And here's why the tech CEOs are better villains than bank CEOs ever could be. voice-verified
You see, tech has shown that it is vastly more profitable and more powerful than finance ever was. voice-verified
Tech has given birth to ungodly riches and the ability to influence our elections with algorithms. voice-verified
Bank CEOs, yeah, they could be fired by the board. voice-verified
But tech CEOs, they own super shares that make them answerable to no one. voice-verified
Incredibly well-known, incredibly powerful, incredibly rich, and controlling our whole country. voice-verified
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