The Ledger

Every statement that passed quotation and attribution checks. Mix any filter with any other: certainty 1/5, debate potential 5/5, or both at once.

clear all ✕

why aren't all 5 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 0 checkable ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't; assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card: ▮▮▮▮▮ certainty · ▮▮▮▮▮ debate potential. speakers are clickable

Assertion Supported
The Body Shop went public without owning its own product formulas
“They went public. They were now a listed company, but they didn't own the product they were selling. I owned it.”
Mark Constantine Oct 5, 2020 ▶ 45:55 Lush Cosmetics: Mark Constantine
Assertion Supported
Mark Constantine: Anita Roddick copied The Body Shop from a US store
“It was a totally different company that inspired Anita Roddick to copy it and do it in Brighton.”
Mark Constantine Oct 5, 2020 ▶ 27:06 Lush Cosmetics: Mark Constantine
Assertion Supported
Gordon Roddick called taking The Body Shop public his biggest mistake
“You know, they'd gone public, and Gordon Roddick says still today that that was the biggest mistake he made, because he was no longer in control of it, and things that he thought were important wasn't what the-”
Mark Constantine Oct 5, 2020 ▶ 1:03:31 Lush Cosmetics: Mark Constantine
Assertion Supported
Mark Constantine was The Body Shop's biggest early supplier
“I was their biggest supplier.”
Mark Constantine Oct 5, 2020 ▶ 34:05 Lush Cosmetics: Mark Constantine
Assertion Supported
Marla Beck: Anita Roddick bought The Body Shop name from a Berkeley store
“She actually bought the name from this first location in Berkeley.”
Marla Beck Oct 24, 2022 ▶ 13:25 Bluemercury: Marla and Barry Beck
Made with StarZero

Turn any episode into a week of clips.

This entire site, over 800 episodes transcribed, diarized, checked and made playable, runs on the StarZero media pipeline. Drop in your own episode and the podcast clipper finds the moments worth sharing, cuts them, captions them, and reframes them for every feed.