Exploring the historic 2021 short squeeze of GameStop and how a group of armchair investors and online vigilantes helped expose the dark underbelly of Wall Street.
EPISODE 1
Risky Bets
In 2021, an all-out war around GameStop breaks out when a group of internet investors band together to skyrocket the stock price of the flailing video game company, upending Wall Street in the process.
EPISODE 2
Lifting the Veil
After brokers make the unprecedented decision to turn off the buy button for GameStop, enraged investors form a movement to hold Wall Street accountable and expose a rigged system designed to extract wealth out of everyday investors.
Kieran Culkin
Tobias Deml
Floris Bauer
Van Toffler
Janet Brown
Joanna Zwickel
Tessa Byford
Burke Koonce
John Fichthorn