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Transcripts & show notes from Free Float Media, searchable and linked to the companies and directors discussed.

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Latest episodes (285)

Business PantsFeb 21, 2025
The joke of meritocracy, unhalted engagements at Blackrock, and Coca-Cola's DEI double down
Proxy CountdownFeb 20, 2025
Copy/paste anti-ESG proposals at Apple and Deere, plus guest Mike Levin on activism in 2025
Shareholder PrimacyFeb 19, 2025
Activism so far in 2025, with Matt Moscardi of Free Float Analytics
Business PantsFeb 19, 2025
Blackrock and Vanguard “pause” corporate meetings, SEC’s boardroom power shift in the sarcastic Good Game
Business PantsFeb 14, 2025
Goldman: DEI has “served its purpose”, ISS: no DEI “factors”, and passive investors: stop proxy voting
Proxy CountdownFeb 13, 2025
Director votes on “merit”, relocation cost to median employee ratios, and long-tenured lead directors
Shareholder PrimacyFeb 12, 2025
Companies staying private, rational apathy
Business PantsFeb 12, 2025
BIZ NUGGETS: ISS’s gender/race pivot, plastic straws, Disney’s DEI backpeddle, and WFH with a helicopter
Business PantsFeb 07, 2025
Musk’s DOGE is an investor problem, make the anti-DEI movement measure merit, and nanoplastic teaspoons
Shareholder PrimacyFeb 05, 2025
Lauren Thomas, Wall Street Journal
Business PantsFeb 04, 2025
Who do you blame? WF’s Scharf’s pay raise, Target’s DEI drop, Ryder’s governance fail, Walgreen’s stock plunge
Business PantsFeb 01, 2025
Deepseek’s $30 AI, negative ESG news is a buying opportunity, and the suckup economy
Business PantsJan 31, 2025
Business Pants – 2025-01-31
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Proxy CountdownJan 31, 2025
Tyson Foods merits votes against, T-Mobile’s new COO’s family gets perks, anti-DEI proposal fails
Business PantsJan 28, 2025
GOOD GAME: Deepseek vs. tech manbabies, Blackrock vs. Tennessee, Dimon vs. the anti-DEI
Business PantsJan 24, 2025
DEI and manflakes, CEO pay hikes, Microsoft reforests, Air Products, Will Hild’s a middle schooler, and cheese
Proxy CountdownJan 23, 2025
Scott’s Miracle Gro, Becton Dickinson, Visa, Jacob’s Solutions, Walgreens
Shareholder PrimacyJan 22, 2025
American Airlines and climate change, National Association of Corporate Directors
Business PantsJan 17, 2025
The American Oligarchs, alpha male cosplaying tech bros, TikTok and the US company China Threat, and retiring DEI
Shareholder PrimacyJan 15, 2025
Nasdaq diversity rules, how proxy advisors serve corporations
Business PantsJan 14, 2025
NUGGETS: “Retiring” DEI, Meta’s masculine energy, meritocracy of Dana White, CEO replaced by CEO, and activist action
Business PantsJan 10, 2025
2025 Predictions: goodbye shareholder rights, the anti DEI movements wins (and loses), and woke retail zones
Business PantsJan 08, 2025
Costco vs. racist investors, tech bro victimhood, Altman cries, and Zuck sucks up
Shareholder PrimacyJan 08, 2025
Fiduciary breaches, empty voting
Business PantsDec 20, 2024
2024 News of the Year
Shareholder PrimacyDec 18, 2024
2024 recap
Business PantsDec 17, 2024
Walmart’s award, E.L.F.’s award, and the real top 100 methodology
Business PantsDec 13, 2024
Witty’s op-ed, billionaire permitting, Murdoch loses
Shareholder PrimacyDec 11, 2024
Tornetta update
Business PantsDec 10, 2024
Health care fallout, plus the 100 Most Powerful People in Business dissected
Business PantsDec 06, 2024
An NEO murder, Musk’s pay re-re-reversal, a woke lawsuit for BLK, and corporate cowardice
Shareholder PrimacyDec 04, 2024
Caremark, Working with Broadridge
Business PantsNov 26, 2024
A Portrait in Corporate Patriotism with Greg Penner of Walmart, plus a game that gives thanks
Business PantsNov 22, 2024
FRIDAY WRAP: WWE government, Jaguar and the non-US anti-woke movement, airline CEO blowhards
Shareholder PrimacyNov 20, 2024
Ben & Jerry’s, buying votes
Business PantsNov 19, 2024
Get surprised: Bakkt acquisition, investors love Air Products’ board, Vanguard’s 4 for 1 policies, and KFC China CEO’s weird fetish
Business PantsNov 15, 2024
FRIDAY WRAP: Meritocracy RIP, Jamie Dimon’s governance take, missing 8K at Tesla, and Kraft Heinz’s bad week
Shareholder PrimacyNov 13, 2024
Corporate control and director say-on-pay
Business PantsNov 12, 2024
“Your body, my choice”, billionaires want you to have their babies, and a 4 year “skip Trump” cruise
Business PantsNov 08, 2024
FRIDAY WRAP: Did accountability die in capital markets? Plus, CEOs win, climate passes, and monkeys escape
Shareholder PrimacyNov 06, 2024
What makes a qualified director with Matt Moscardi
Business PantsNov 05, 2024
Who would you elect? Zuck vs. John Arnold, Boeing now vs. Boeing before, driving a Tesla vs. driving anything, and Howard, Susan, or Peter Buffett
Proxy CountdownOct 31, 2024
Forget zombie directors, worry about vampires, mummies, and Frankensteins
Shareholder PrimacyOct 30, 2024
Corporate purpose and companies suing shareholders
Business PantsOct 29, 2024
TERRIFYING: 23andMe’s board, “dangerously cold” ice cream, and the governance US election
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