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Spoiler: This episode includes beer. Just… not the way you hope.

from Capital Call: with The Millegan Brothers · host Woodworth Contrarian Fund / The Millegan Brothers

This week on Capital Call: with The Millegan Brothers, we cover light topics like international trade breakdowns, militarized drone swarms, 110-hour workweeks that literally kill, and Warren Buffett casually handing off the keys to a $1 trillion empire. Also: Netflix finds a way to make more money when you're broke, Disney opens a theme park somewhere dry and oil-rich, and Portland might get a baseball team if Salt Lake forgets to show up.Oh - and in our "This Day in Economic History" segment, we unpack a short squeeze so brutal it nearly broke the market and left one unlucky investor... extremely overcooked. Stay tuned. Stay liquid.Welcome to the next episode of the Capital Call: with the Millegan Brothers, managing partners of the Woodworth Contrarian Fund with a new episode released every Monday morning at 2 AM Eastern / 5 AM Pacific.DEEP ROOTS. STUBBORN GROWTH. OREGON BASED.Episode Breakdown:(00:25) Congrats to Logan & Nova / $454 Million Spain blackout(02:00) India-Pakistan tensions and weak UK-US trade deal(03:45) Tariff chaos and July 8th deadline prediction(06:10) Corruption, Starlink, and national champions(09:00) Trade philosophy, war readiness, and drone supremacy(14:10) Netflix, Skype’s death, and Disney’s new theme park(18:00) Why Hollywood plays it safe (nostalgia vs. innovation(22:30) American equity vs. European debt culture(24:00) 110-hour work weeks and banker burnout(29:00) Buffett succession and Berkshire's Japan plays(34:00) Taxi medallions, unions, and economic gatekeeping(39:45) Free markets, licensing bottlenecks, and longshoremen(43:00) Portland baseball dreams vs. Salt Lake City(44:10) This Day in Economic History – 2020 unemployment spike(45:08) The 1901 Northern Pacific short squeeze(57:26) Lessons from shorts, beer vats, and market risk(59:45) Wrap-up and dark humor outroMore on the Northern Pacific short squeeze: https://novelinvestor.com/the-biggest-short-squeeze-of-the-last-centuryQuinn Millegan: ⁠⁠⁠www.linkedin.com/in/quinnmillegan⁠⁠⁠Drew Millegan: ⁠⁠⁠www.linkedin.com/in/drew-millegan⁠⁠⁠The Millegan Memo (monthly newsletter): ⁠⁠⁠www.woodworth.fund/news/tag/The+Millegan+Memo⁠⁠⁠Woodworth Contrarian Fund: ⁠⁠⁠www.Woodworth.Fund⁠⁠⁠Capital Call: ⁠⁠⁠CapitalCall.Stream⁠⁠⁠Inquiries: [email protected] Call #6 with Quinn Millegan & Drew Millegan, managers of the Woodworth Contrarian Fund.Post market close 5/9/25 - Coming straight to you every Monday morning at 2 AM PT / 5 AM ET

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