Archive - STUMP - Death and Taxes of STUMP - Meep on public finance, pensions, mortality and more

The Next Pope and Vatican Finances

Can we get somebody to finally clean things up?

May 5 •

Mary Pat Campbell

30:42

April 2025

Vatican Pensions: Will the Participants Get Their Promised Benefits?

If not, isn't that a sin?

Apr 12 •

Mary Pat Campbell

49:46

March 2025

DOGE: The Shot Across The Bow

Circumlocution Office from Dickens, Office Space, and the easy stuff to cut

Mar 22 •

Mary Pat Campbell

46:26

February 2025

ESG and anti-ESG v. Fiduciary Duty

A reminder: legislators are generally not fiduciaries for public pension funds

Feb 8 •

Mary Pat Campbell

48:56

January 2025

A Matter of Trust: What Do the CDC and Victorian Poison Experts Have in Common?

A look at how trust can be destroyed. What can be done to build it up again?

Jan 18 •

Mary Pat Campbell

1:10:57

December 2024

Holiday Advice: On Nutrition, Stu, and Fried Foods

Be nice to your gallbladder (and the rest of your body)

Dec 23, 2024 •

Mary Pat Campbell

36:49

November 2024

Research Fraud Follow-Up: What Happened to Fraudsters and How to Make It Less Common

Looking at Alzheimer fraudster outcomes, some Meep anecdotes, and NSF OIG

Nov 19, 2024 •

Mary Pat Campbell

58:39

Movember 2024: My Motivations and the Movember Movement

A charity for men's health issues

Nov 6, 2024 •

Mary Pat Campbell

29:02

October 2024

Research fraud, Alzheimer's, and Mortality trends

Some fraud can have life-and-death effects

Oct 30, 2024 •

Mary Pat Campbell

42:58

Kamala Harris, Plagiarism, and Truth in the Age of Gen AI

Kamala Harris's old book had plagiarism, but there may be worse to come with AI Slop

Oct 19, 2024 •

Mary Pat Campbell

40:49

September 2024

Ig Nobel 2024 Winner: The Secret to Long Life is Lying About Your Age...Or Not Reporting Your Death

The main motive? Pension fraud.

Sep 23, 2024 •

Mary Pat Campbell

42:44

Labor Day 2024: Beauty in Work

Julia Child, Thomas Day, and Candace Wheeler

Sep 2, 2024 •

Mary Pat Campbell

41:06

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