Episode 5: Strap In Girls It's Time For An Episode About Private Equity

On this episode of Tran Girlismo it's time to break down the First Brands collapse, so strap in for the most transgender explanation of shadow banking and private equity you'll hear this week. Also, Jordan fills Victoria in on Renault/Alpine's F1/WEC implosion. Then we exercise our right to make this podcast a little bit of a photography show because we wanna, and talk about private equity again in the context of the Kodak Alaris/Eastman Kodak split and the surprising direct distribution of Ektar and Ektachrome!Kodak if you're listening we'll both sell out for a pallet full of Ektachrome :)Referenced stories:Raybestos shut down @Motor12019 study on private equity job loss impacts @WaPoPrivate equity failure rate @CFA InstitutePrivate equity discussion @The GuardianRobert F. Kennedy Jr.'s video with Kid Rock and cold-dippin' jeans @Instagram HHSThe 1963 Salad Oil Scandal @Well There's Your ProblemFirst Brands bankruptcy filing @The GuardianFirst Brands sues Patrick James @D&O DiaryFirst Brands creditors noticing their money is gone @ReutersFirst Brands fallout @ReutersMorningstar DBRS report on First Brands collapseFederal Indictment of the two brothers @DOJPatrick James story about his secretive life @Financial Times (archived)Tricolor collapse @DealershipGuyJamie Dimon cockroaches quote @CNNIMF $4.5 trillion dollar study @The EconomistRecaro bankruptcy (Jordan meant Recaro, not Sparco) @TheDriveGM has urgent meetings with suppliers @AutomotiveNewsAlso, apparently the Pacifica PHEV did get canned apparently???? But they still have the 2026 model for sale on their website. We're doing a full-bore Stellantis episode in the very near future though don't worry!Alfa Romeo pissed off about Dodge Hornet @The DriveNew engine rules for F1 @F1Renault cans F1 engine program at the end of 2025 @Autoweek"Crashgate" controversy @WikipediaAlpine canning WEC in exchange for increased focus on F1 @BloombergAlpine still flirting with America with a crossover @Car And DriverLamborghini out of WEC @Motorsports NetworkEastman Kodak reintroducing direct distribution @DPReviewEktar and Tri-X sold directly via Eastman Kodak @PetapixelKodak structural racism @Medium (Madeline M. Dovi)Kodak Alaris sold to Kingswood Capital @DPReviewOur intro music as always is off stella spazzatura's album Horse Tranquilizer Simulator, which you can find on Bandcamp!