Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchPeloton (Post-2021): Rust on the Flywheel
Season 1 Episode 51
Step into a humid, overcast March 2026, where the ghost of expensive rubber hangs heavy in the air. We're auditing the "Efficiency Mirage"—a wellness…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Brutalist Proportions: The Final Concrete Crush
Season 1 Episode 50
The prophet watches the concrete weep. In a world buckling under the weight of its own cold, heavy truths, Marcus and Katie are locked in a brutal au…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
The iPod Classic: Scrap Value of the Playlist
Season 1 Episode 49
March 2026. A Cupertino boardroom shrouded in melancholic fog. What begins as a routine audit of misallocated ad-spend spirals into a profound clash …
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Illumina: The Sewer Lens Placebo
Season 1 Episode 48
**The Sewer Lens Placebo** Cassandra gagged on the ashes of Troy. We choke on the ozone of Illumina's server farms. This audit plunges into the dark …
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Meta (Quest): The Optimized Lie of Sight
Season 1 Episode 47
In March 2026, the Minato neon burns bright, but the real glare comes from the "Japan Sovereign Cloud" — a new "glass cage" built by SoftBank and Ora…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
The Pet Rock: The Profit Of Nothing
Season 1 Episode 61
In a sterile, artificially humidified March 2026, corporate auditors Marcus and els-kling (Katie) delve into the Q-One ledger for Rosebud Entertainme…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Unity / Qualcomm: The Mud In The Machine
Season 1 Episode 54
In a sweltering studio on June 22nd, 2026, the future of public health is being audited, and it smells like methane and moral decay. Join Marcus and …
3 months, 3 weeks ago
New Coke: The Profit Margin of Nothing
Season 1 Episode 45
Dive into the corporate graveyard where the ghost of New Coke still whispers, and discover how its infamous failure in 1985—dubbed the "Brand Shame"—…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Ginkgo Bioworks: Prophets in the Pipes
Season 1 Episode 44
This week on *The Audit*, we plunge into the murky waters of corporate biosecurity with a scathing look at Ginkgo Bioworks. Our hosts, Marcus and Kat…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Apple (Vision Pro): The Biometric Bleed
Season 1 Episode 43
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The date is 05 August 2026. Archive S01E43 is now live. We are looking at Apple, the Vision Pro, and the …
3 months, 3 weeks ago