Best Meteoras Podcasts (2024)

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#249 - SPAC Market Update with Meteora Capital Founder and CIO Vik Mittal 38:18

39m ago38:18

38:18

On today’s show we welcome special guest, Meteora Capital Founder and CIO Vik Mittal, his second time on the podcast. Meteora Capital is an investment firm specializing in SPAC-related instruments in both public and private companies. On the show, we discuss: What has happened in the SPAC market over the past 24 months Meteora’s approach to investi…

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Episode 60: Staind's "Dysfunction", or Sometimes I Sing, But Mostly I Fish 2:04:18

1h ago2:04:18

2:04:18

Aaron Lewis really, really likes fishing. While there's lots of interesting stuff to unpack with Staind's major label debut, from the probably made up story about Fred Durst discovering the band immediately after decrying their apparent Satanism to "Outside" breaking this thing to 2x platinum to the clear blueprint for "Break the Cycle" and what wo…

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#248 - AI in Investing with Stanford AI Researcher Dr. Mohammad Rasouli 30:38

2h ago30:38

30:38

On today’s show, we welcome special guest, Stanford AI Researcher Dr. Mohammad Rasouli. Mohammad helps funds to realize the benefit of artificial intelligence for alternative asset investment by providing AI education and tailored AI strategy, and by implementing the proprietary InvestAI technology. These include using AI for both alpha generation …

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Episode 59: N.E.R.D.'s "In Search Of..." or Finding Meaning in Horniness 2:00:33

15d ago2:00:33

2:00:33

An album that was seminal for John and one he had tried to get on the show forever, we take a long look at N.E.R.D.'s debut album "In Search Of...", an album that is as horny as it is confusing. The Neptunes were on an insane run in this time period, and so stepping away from that to make a nu-metal-adjacent rap-rock album with a high school friend…

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Absolute Return Podcast #247: Racehorse Investing and Wagering with EQB Founder Jeffrey Seder 32:40

1M ago32:40

32:40

On today’s podcast we welcome special guest Jeffrey Seder, founder of EQB, a company that provides thoroughbred racehorse buying, selling, breeding, and racing management services. On the show, we discuss: What got him into the business of thoroughbred racehorse buying, selling, and breeding The basics of horse racing betting A look into the advanc…

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Episode 58: System of a Down's "System of a Down", or SUGAHHHHHH, Doot Doo, Da Doo Doo, Doot Doot 1:49:52

2M ago1:49:52

1:49:52

It took over 4 years, but we are finally reviewing System of a Down again on this program and doing what a lot of people did after hearing "Toxicity": looking backwards at this odd album that follows SOAD's usual formula of a few clear hits and a lot of strange, strange songs. Toxicity having the success it did was strange, but this album going dou…

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Episode 57: Trapt's "Trapt", or Feeling Trapt in a Glass Case of Soft Music 1:40:36

3M ago1:40:36

1:40:36

It was always going to come down to this. A band that got absolutely massive off of their early single "Headstrong" and has since begun a long, downward spiral into being a band that plays 100-cap venues in towns you've never heard of and exclusively advertises tours on Truth Social, Trapt is here on the POD Kast for the first time. We go over the …

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Episode 56: Stone Sour's "Stone Sour", or How Corey Taylor Became the Omega Dog 2:04:30

4M ago2:04:30

2:04:30

It's one of our longest episodes ever, but we simply had to do it, as there's too much here to process, even with a 2-hour running time. A complicated departure from their work in Slipknot, Corey Taylor and Jim Root set out to have their own thing that doesn't sound all that different from Slipknot and we still aren't quite sure why it happened. Bu…

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#246 - Short Selling with Muddy Waters’ Carson Block 48:14

5M ago48:14

48:14

March 13, 2024 - On today’s podcast we welcome special guest Carson Block of Muddy Waters. Carson is an activist short seller who conducts in-depth fundamental short analysis focused on business fraud, accounting fraud, and fundamental problems. On the show, we discuss: His fortuitous path to short selling as a profession Sino Forest and the short …

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Episode 55: Soulfly's "Soulfly", or the Plastic "Oh No!" Band 1:46:11

5M ago1:46:11

1:46:11

After being in SEVEN Polls, Soulfly finally get their day in the sun, and not a moment too soon as we dig into their weird and wonderful history, with Max desperately trying to duck Yoko Ono allegations about his wife's involvement with Sepultura. It's an album that meant a lot to Bryan and we go over in detail what the split from Sepultura meant i…

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Episode 54: Linkin Park's "Meteora", or How John Learned to Stop Worrying and Skipped School to Buy Linkin Park 1:40:41

6M ago1:40:41

1:40:41

It took exactly FIFTY episodes, but Linkin Park is back on the show and we are talking about their legendary, 16 million copy-selling, sophomore album "Meteora". It's an album that is the last effort of Linkin Park's that could be considered nu-metal and finds John and Bryan at two totally different places in their life upon its release: an album s…

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Episode 53: Saliva's "Every Six Seconds", or How To Make the Perfect Album (For Us) 2:07:32

7M ago2:07:32

2:07:32

It's one of the longest episodes of the show ever, and how could it not be when we're discussing an album that so perfectly captures the strange gap period between nu-metal's brief dominance and butt rock's eventual takeover, Saliva's "Every Six Seconds". It's clear this was a band that was unashamedly shooting for the rafters of stadiums, going so…

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#245 - Institutional Real Estate Investing with Hodes Weill Founder Doug Weill 27:53

8M ago27:53

27:53

December 17, 2023 - On today’s episode we welcome special guest, Hodes Weill Managing Partner and Co-founder, Doug Weill. Hodes Weill is a leading, global capital advisory firm focused on the real estate and real assets investment and funds management industry. On the show, we discuss: How real estate plays a role in investment portfolios Which seg…

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Episode 52: Primus' "Frizzle Fry", or The Cult of Virtuosity 1:40:28

8M ago1:40:28

1:40:28

Who is a Primus Guy, exactly? We turn to Bryan's expertise on the subject (both Guys and Primus) to dig in on one of the 90s' most confounding top-selling bands, Primus. How is it that a band whose angular-yet-heavy take on rock music, centered on one man's virtuosic playing of the BASS (of all things) led to a multi-platinum-selling band? We try t…

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Pillow Talk Shorts #15 - The Marvels 7:40

9M ago7:40

7:40

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Episode 51: Chevelle's "Wonder What's Next", or Band of Brothers: Like the Miniseries, but Worse 1:38:06

9M ago1:38:06

1:38:06

After a little detour and something a little different on our last episode, we are back to covering a regular album this month, and what a regular album it is, as we take a peek at Chevelle's major label debut "Wonder What's Next", an album with two MASSIVE singles and a whole swath of drama. You see, Chevelle at this point in time consists of 3 br…

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#244 - The Future of Generative AI with Zapata AI Co-Founder and CEO Christopher Savoie 29:36

10M ago29:36

29:36

October 24, 2023 - On today’s show we welcome special guest, Zapata AI Co-Founder and CEO Christopher Savoie. Zapata AI is an industrial generative AI software company developing solutions and applications to solve enterprises’ hardest problems.On the show we discuss: How Christopher went from getting his PhD in a medical field to founding several …

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Episode 50: Our Favorite Nu-Metal Songs w/ Raina Douris, Dan Ozzi, Ed Zitron, and Andy Anaya 2:30:51

10M ago2:30:51

2:30:51

We made it! Who knew that this podcast, birthed out of a random DM from John to Bryan after they effectively hijacked his episode of Blocked Party and made it the de facto first episode of POD Kast, would make it all the way to damn Episode 50! And we thought, what better way to celebrate than by bringing on some of our friends to talk about their …

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Pillow Talk Shorts #14 - Skittles Littles 3:17

10M ago3:17

3:17

In this short, Bill tries the new Skittles Littles so you don't have to.

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Pillow Talk Shorts #13 - Hijack 3:57

11M ago3:57

3:57

In this short, Bill gives a quick review of Hijack, starring Idris Elba on Apple TV+.

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Pillow Talk Shorts #12 - The Crowded Room 7:37

11M ago7:37

7:37

In this short, Shane talks about The Crowded Room on Apple TV+.

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Episode 49: Limp Bizkit's "Three Dollar Bill, Y'All$", or Some Days It's Wack 2:04:23

11M ago2:04:23

2:04:23

When Limp Bizkit gets in the studio, some days it's heavy, some days it's mellow, some days it's good, and some days...well, some days it is wack. Fred is honest with us and we are honest with Fred as we review Limp Bizkit's classic debut album, "Three Dollar Bill, Y'All$". Bryan remembers seeing Limp Bizkit very early on as we reminisce about some…

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#243 - Bitcoin’s Future with Bitcoin Depot CEO Brandon Mintz 26:17

12M ago26:17

26:17

August 14, 2023 - On today’s show we welcome special guest, Bitcoin Depot CEO Brandon Mintz. Bitcoin Depot operates the largest bitcoin ATM network in the world. On the show, we discuss: Brandon’s “bitcoin moment” and what initially got him interested in the cryptocurrency His entrepreneurial journey and where he got the idea to start the company W…

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Episode 48: P.O.D.'s "The Fundamental Elements of Southtown", or P.O.D. and the Works of Darkness 1:42:41

1y ago1:42:41

1:42:41

For just the second time in the show's history (and perhaps the last time), we are covering our namesake band, as we dive into the P.O.D. well once again to review their major-label debut, "The Fundamental Elements of Southtown". I'll say this: we like it a heck of a lot more than we did "Satellite". Doesn't stop us from finding lots to chew on her…

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Lord Shane 1:57:11

1y ago1:57:11

1:57:11

It's episode #150!! In honor of the achievement, it's a monster-sized episode! On this week's (month's? quarter's?) show, the boys pick up where they left off and talk way too much wrestling for everyone but Nick, Indiana Jones 5, U-Pick fruits, Canadian Geese (the bastards) and the Dungeons and Dragons movie. They also spend a little time just cat…

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Episode 47: Metallica's "St. Anger", or My Pod Style Determines My Death Style 1:54:29

1y ago1:54:29

1:54:29

It was perhaps an inevitability that we got around to covering one of the most maligned albums in the "nu-metal" genre, when the biggest metal band of all-time dips their toe into the nu-metal waters about 3 years too late. It's Metallica's "St. Anger", the one that wrought the most cursed snare tone of all-time and the documentary "Some Kind of Mo…

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Episode 46: Adema's "Adema", or a Nu-Metal Cinderella Story 1:49:37

1y ago1:49:37

1:49:37

After a Poll of bands we thought may never get a chance to win, Adema's "Adema" emerged as the clear victor and how could it not: an album we loved a single from, featuring Jonathan Davis' half-brother and a bunch of listeners telling us it's good. Well, folks...it's good. So good, in fact, that Bryan teases the P-word. Does it reach Perfecto statu…

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Pillow Talk Shorts #11 - Black Mirror 11:09

1y ago11:09

11:09

In this short, Bill talks about Black Mirror (what's wrong with this guy?) and gives his top five episodes for you to watch before the new season drops in a couple of weeks.

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Episode 45: Rage Against the Machine's "Evil Empire", or Answering Nu-Metal's Toughest Question 1:49:32

1+ y ago1:49:32

1:49:32

It took 45 episodes, but we finally answer the question of whether or not Rage Against the Machine counts as nu-metal. It's a question that has rocked the message boards and Twitter threads since the dawn of time, and finally, two dumb guys from opposite sides of the continent put the debate to bed. We also dive into a deep and honest discussion ab…

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Pillow Talk Shorts #10 - Linkin Park's Meteora 7:38

1+ y ago7:38

7:38

On this Pillow Talk Short, Bill talks about the 20th Anniversary re-release of Linkin Park's second studio album, Meteora and about the new music that's included. If you or someone you know is contemplating suicide, PLEASE call the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 988, that's it, 988.

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Episode 44: Disturbed's "Believe", or You Can Lead The Guy to Water, But You Can't Make Him Rock 1:56:31

1+ y ago1:56:31

1:56:31

He's baaaaaack! We are covering our favorite nu-metal Capital-G Guy for the third time on this show (including bonuses), as David Draiman and Disturbed make their triumphant return to the podcast in our review of "Believe", the band's second studio album. It turns out that we end up spending a LOT of time talking about THEIR Capital-G Guy, their lo…