The House that Garfield Built feat. Hettie O’Brien

About this episode

Riley and November discuss private equity and its impact on capitalism with journalist Hettie O’Brien, while also touching on humorous political topics.

Riley and November speak with journalist Hettie O’Brien about her book The Asset Class: How Private Equity Turned Capitalism Against Itself. It’s not necessarily the most uplifting topic, but it’s very illuminating. And don’t worry: we also talk about “MPs should be allowed to be drunk on the job,” and much more. Check out Hettie’s work here! Get more TF episodes each week by subscribing to our Patreon here! *MILO ALERT* Check out Milo’s tour dates here:https://www.miloedwards.co.uk/liveshows *NATE ALERT* Lions Led By Donkeys will be performing live in London on 29th May and you can get tickets here! Nate's band Second Homes is about to release their debut album, and you can stream / preview / preorder it on Bandcamp here! Trashfuture are: Riley (@raaleh), Milo (@Milo_Edwards), Hussein (@HKesvani), Nate (@inthesedeserts), and November (@postoctobrist)

People in this episode

Hosts: Riley, November

Guest: Hettie O’Brien

Topics covered

• private equity
• capitalism
• journalism
• comedy
• politics
• alcohol in politics

Keywords

• private equity
• capitalism
• Hettie O’Brien
• comedy
• politics
• journalism
• MPs
• alcohol

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Second Homes

Books & works: The Asset Class: How Private Equity Turned Capitalism Against Itself

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