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The Octus Download delivers bold, unfiltered conversations that break down complex financial markets while connecting them to the world we actually live in.
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- Aug 26, 2026
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EP 35 | The Kawhi Investigation, Mark Walter’s Sports-Insurance Web & Lioness’ Work-Life Problem (opens the original)
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Jason Sanjana & Kevin Eckhardt start with the latest twist in the Kawhi Leonard investigation (03:17) , digging into the reported endorsement deals, the NBA investigation into whether the Clippers used team sponsors to circumvent the salary cap, and the bankruptcy questions still hanging over Aspiration. They get into ESPN’s reporting that the NBA found no evidence Steve Ballmer funneled money to Kawhi through Clippers sponsors, and why the league’s pushback leaves plenty unresolved. Then it’s M
EP 34 | The First Mailbag, Bankruptcy of the Year & Hate Mail from a Federal Judge (opens the original)
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The mailbag is officially open. Jason Sanjana & Kevin Eckhardt hand the episode over to listeners for the first-ever Octus Download mailbag, starting with Bankruptcy 101: (02:40) Does filing for bankruptcy mean a company is actually going out of business? (04:44) When billions of dollars of debt disappear, who actually loses that money? (07:15) What does “restructuring” really mean? And (10:41) why can’t a bankrupt company just sell everything it owns and pay everyone back? Then things get more
EP 33 | A Tale of Two Michaels, Kawhi's Frozen Trade & The Big Game Credit Story (opens the original)
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Every retailer in America named Michael is either printing money or closing stores. Jason Sanjana and Kevin Eckhardt start with a tale of two Michaels (04:59). Michael Kors, the brand not the man, has quietly closed 139 stores in three years while sales dropped more than $860 million, caught in the collapsing middle where near luxury goes to die. Then the resurrection. Apollo bought Michaels, the craft chain, for $3.3 billion, watched the bonds trade at 34 cents, then refinanced the whole thing
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