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Kylie Vincent

Comedian Kylie Vincent (Comedy Central, Elysian Theatre, all around comedy) joins Esteban in the sauna to discuss her true passion: how the entire global economy is built to serve the wealthy and only the wealthy. And, also her passion of witches and time travel and making sure Esteban is cool.

HOSTED BY Esteban Gast
DIRECTED BY Stoney Sharp
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR / EDITOR Connor Linnerooth
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Adam McKay, Staci Roberts-Steele, Anna Wenger, Jessie Bluedorn, Esteban Gast
GUEST Kylie Vincent
PRODUCER Stoney Sharp, Carl Fieler
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER Brittney Badduke
CONSULTING PRODUCER Elijah Zarlin
DP / CAMERA OPERATOR Connor Linnerooth 
SOUND Ben Chan
SET MEDIC Fred DeLaVega

SPECIAL THANKS to JPMorgan Chase for committing $53.4 billion to fossil fuels in 2024 — a 39% increase from the year before — while also telling everyone how much they care about sustainability. We see you.

FACTS, REFERENCES, AND MORE

$869 BILLION FROM THE WORLD’S 65 LARGEST BANKS INTO FOSSIL FUELS — IN ONE YEAR

  • https://www.bankingonclimatechaos.org/
  • https://www.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2025/06/new-report-global-bank-financing-fossil-fuels-totals-869b-2024-dramatic
  • https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/may/13/fossil-fuel-bank-finance-rose

57 COMPANIES RESPONSIBLE FOR 80% OF PLANET-WARMING POLLUTION SINCE THE PARIS AGREEMENT

  • https://influencemap.org/pressrelease/Carbon-Majors-57-fossil-fuel-and-cement-producers-linked-to-80-of-global-fossil-CO2-emissions-since-the-Paris-Agreement-27590
  • https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/04/fossil-fuel-carbon-emissions-paris-agreement-report
  • https://www.desmog.com/2024/04/04/influencemap-carbon-majors-co2-emissions-paris-agreement-report-database-bp-shell-exxonmobil-chevron-conocophillips/

CEO PAY: 285X THE AVERAGE WORKER. STARTED IN 1740 TO EARN WHAT THE BOSS MADE IN ONE YEAR

  • https://aflcio.org/paywatch https://www.epi.org/publication/ceo-pay/
  • https://www.epi.org/publication/ceo-pay-in-2023/

$757 BILLION IN U.S. FOSSIL FUEL SUBSIDIES IN 2022

  • https://www.imf.org/en/blogs/articles/2023/08/24/fossil-fuel-subsidies-surged-to-record-7-trillion
  • https://generation180.org/blog/the-absurd-truth-about-fossil-fuel-subsidies/
  • https://ourworldindata.org/how-much-subsidies-fossil-fuels

Books:

  • Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson — on systems designed to keep power concentrated
  • Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World by Anand Giridharadas — on how the wealthy use philanthropy to avoid systemic accountability
  • Kochland: The Secret History of Koch Industries and Corporate Power in America by Christopher Leonard

Documentaries:

  • Inside Job (2010, dir. Charles Ferguson) — Academy Award winner on the 2008 financial crisis and regulatory capture. (Free)
  • The Power of Big Oil (2022, PBS Frontline, 3-part series) — the most amazing and haunting doc on fossil fuel climate denial. (Free)
  • The Corporation (2003) – (Free)