Strap in for a no-BS breakdown of money madness on Don't Be an Idiot Podcast with Jamie and Chris! We kick off with Chris's experience short-selling a stock. From there, we expose the stock-trading frenzy in Congress: 113 members racked up 9,261 trades in 2024 alone, with Rep. Ro Khanna leading the pack at a jaw-dropping 3,690 moves that year. Is this insider info or just elite gambling? We dig deeper into the millionaire club on Capitol Hill—more than half of Congress's 535 members are worth at least $1 million, turning policymaking into a side hustle for the already loaded.
Spotlighting the top 10 wealthiest: Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) clocks in at over $200 million, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) at $267.6 million, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) at $283 million, Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) around $257 million, and more. These folks aren't just lawmaking—they're out-trading Wall Street pros. Zooming out, the wealth gap is brutal: The top 10% of richest Americans own 87% of the stock market, hoarding trillions while the rest scrape by. And get this—they drive 49% of all consumer spending, propping up the economy on their yacht budgets alone.
Jamie chimes in with his unfiltered stock faves. If you're tired of the rich getting richer, this episode's your rant therapy. Don't be an idiot—tune in and trade smarter!

What happens when Social Security’s clock says “2032,” the dictionary decides “yeet” is official, and a certain Iowa school superintendent named Roberts allegedly runs a con? Jamie & Chris dig in with brains and belly-laughs. We kick off with “When are we retiring?” (spoiler: after the paperwork stops multiplying), break down why Social Security keeps flirting with insolvency, and riff on how payroll taxes ballooned over decades while life expectancy made retirement a moving target. Then we flip to Merriam-Webster’s newest slang—because nothing says “aging gracefully” like learning what “delulu,” “touch grass,” and “GOATED” mean without asking your kids. Finally, we unpack the story of Iowa’s superintendent Roberts and what it says about trust, oversight, and red flags you can spot from the cheap seats. Cameo appearance: Jamie’s infamous coffee mug—tastefully described as a “management-level caffeine chalice with… assertive energy.” This one’s sharp, fast, and very, very funny.

Jamie just shorted a stock, but the only thing shorter might be Markus Schrenker’s career as a financial advisor. In this episode, Jamie & Chris juggle the insanity of:

• Stock market shenanigans and short selling explained the only way they know how—badly. 📉

• Why Markus Schrenker thought bailing out of his own plane mid-flight was a good idea. ✈️

• How Waffle House secretly doubles as FEMA’s unofficial “tragedy barometer.” 🍳

• Which colleges are ranked the best public schools and why it doesn’t matter if kids still can’t do their own taxes. 🎓

• The real classes schools should be teaching (spoiler: parenting and coding beat Shakespeare sonnets).

It’s a chaotic, hilarious mashup of finance fails, conman crimes, and the greatest late-night breakfast chain in America.