Bad Bets unravels big-business dramas that have had a big impact on our world. In Season 2, we delve
Trevor Milton assembled a high-powered legal team to defend himself against federal fraud charges. A
As investors and General Motors bet on Trevor Milton’s vision, the short sellers at Hindenburg Resea
After it began trading in 2020, Nikola was a hot stock—and Trevor Milton was a newly minted billiona
A jury has convicted Nikola founder Trevor Milton in his federal fraud trial. To better understand w
Trevor Milton had a knack for pitching people to invest in his ideas. He raised millions for his ear
Trevor Milton sold a promise—a zero-emissions semi truck that could revolutionize the trucking indus
Bad Bets, a podcast series from The Wall Street Journal that unravels big-business dramas that have
Enron was a giant, and its collapse was historic. The company's downfall disrupted energy markets, p
After years spent building its "lies and choices" case, the Department of Justice's Enron Task Force
Enron CEO Ken Lay was practically the company's founding father. But when federal authorities began
After Enron's collapse, a congressional probe and a Department of Justice task force began investiga
The biggest problem for Enron wasn't that former CEO Jeffrey Skilling suddenly quit, or that former
Enron's stock price rose astronomically in the late '90s, buoyed by investor confidence in former CE
Former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling was arguably the face of Enron's meteoric rise in the 1990s. He to
In 2001, energy company Enron was at the height of its power. Then, out of the blue, CEO Jeffrey Ski
Introducing Bad Bets, a new podcast series from The Wall Street Journal that unravels big-business d
