🌃 NOVA AFTER DARK: THE BANKRUPTCY SPECIAL
NOVA AFTER DARK: “THE BANKRUPTCY SPECIAL” Good evening, beautiful insomniacs, and welcome to the show where we celebrate America’s greatest hits—and apparently, some of its greatest misses. So today we’re talking about June 1st, 2009, when General Motors filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Now, if you don’t know what that means, don’t worry—apparently neither did General Motors. It’s the fourth largest bankruptcy in U.S. history, which is a hell of a trophy case. You know you’ve really made it as a company when your greatest achievement is being spectacularly bad at business. It’s like winning the World Series, but for failure. [pause] “We came in fourth! Out of how many?!” ...