Episodes

  • Ep 376 | Holiday Classics and Economic Themes in Christmas Movies

    Ep 376 | Holiday Classics and Economic Themes in Christmas Movies
    Dec 25 2025
    From "It’s a Wonderful Life" to "Die Hard," uncover timeless financial lessons — bank runs, inflation, generosity, and customer-first capitalism — hidden in your favorite Christmas films. Kevin and Marnie connect nostalgia with real-world economics, highlighting middle-class pressures, ethical business, and the true spirit of giving. Hear how "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," "The Grinch," and "Miracle on 34th Street" showcase markets, charity, and community in action. A festive, thoughtful guide to celebrating Christmas with wisdom, warmth, and sound money insights.
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    25 mins
  • Ep 362 | The Disappearing Stock Market Is Making the Wealth Gap Worse

    Ep 362 | The Disappearing Stock Market Is Making the Wealth Gap Worse
    Dec 22 2025
    Kevin Freeman traces the arc from 1980s optimism — thousands of investable public companies and rapid innovation — to today’s halved stock count amid soaring GDP and population. He argues that financialization, heavy regulation (SOX, Dodd-Frank), and abundant private capital pushed companies to stay private, widening the wealth gap and fueling socialist sentiment. Examples like Uber illustrate how gains accrue privately while retail investors face late access and higher risk; meanwhile, dollar debasement and the Cantillon Effect amplify inequality. Freeman advocates restoring opportunity via sound money (state gold/silver initiatives), lighter but fair regulation, stronger IP protection, and expanded public access to high-growth firms, urging policy action to revive broad-based capitalism.
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    24 mins
  • Ep 375 | Trial by Fire No. 3: Programmable Money

    Ep 375 | Trial by Fire No. 3: Programmable Money
    Dec 18 2025
    Discover how soaring debt, a coordinated dollar assault, and rapid CBDC adoption could consolidate financial power and erode economic freedom. Hear admissions from BIS, IMF, and WEF leaders on programmability, unified ledgers, and policy-conditioned money — and why this threatens privacy and liberty. Explore the risks of private “shadow CBDC” stablecoins, the push toward cashless systems, and how social credit-like controls could spread through banking. Learn state-level alternatives, including cash protections and gold and silver “pirate money,” as opt-outs to centralized control.
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    25 mins
  • Ep 374 | Trial by Fire No. 2: Currency Collapse

    Ep 374 | Trial by Fire No. 2: Currency Collapse
    Dec 11 2025
    Kevin Freeman outlines how mounting debt, geopolitical alliances, and de-dollarization efforts threaten U.S. reserve currency status — and what that could mean for inflation, markets, and everyday Americans. He traces the dollar’s arc from Bretton Woods to Nixon’s closure of the gold window, the petrodollar, and today’s multipolar finance led by BRICS. The analysis details coordinated pressure from communist, Islamist, and globalist actors, plus domestic failures — framing a potential sequence from bond sell-offs to hyperinflation. Practical mitigations include disciplined fiscal policy and strategic gold initiatives at the state and personal levels.
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    25 mins
  • Ep 373 | Power, Climate, and Control: Inside COP30

    Ep 373 | Power, Climate, and Control: Inside COP30
    Dec 4 2025
    From Brazil’s COP30, Craig Rucker alleges U.N.-driven top-down control, massive wealth transfers, and political theater that sidelines indigenous voices while rewarding grifters and ideologues. He claims NGOs and activists frame climate as a quasi-religion to justify sweeping policies and funding goals, including a proposed $300 billion-per-year climate fund scaling toward $1.3 trillion by 2035. Rucker argues that many scientists privately temper their alarm. At the same time, public pressure and grants enforce orthodoxy, and he says public skepticism is rising as EV pullbacks and renewed interest in nuclear power challenge green mandates. He urges the Senate to formally reject legacy climate treaties to end the policy “ping-pong” for America.
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    24 mins
  • Ep 372 | A Lasting Thanksgiving Legacy

    Ep 372 | A Lasting Thanksgiving Legacy
    Nov 27 2025
    A little over 400 years ago, a small group of Pilgrims made the hazardous journey across the Atlantic. After a challenging first year, in the fall of 1621, the survivors and the indigenous people shared three days of feasting, games, and exercises. After the first year, what remained was a small group of 50 people: 22 men, four married women, and 25 children and teenagers. Soon their celebration became an annual tradition for Americans. In 1863, Abraham Lincoln officially named the last Thursday of November a national holiday. Believe it or not, this history has some critical economic lessons for today.
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    21 mins
  • Ep 371 | Trial by Fire No. 1: The Debt Bomb

    Ep 371 | Trial by Fire No. 1: The Debt Bomb
    Nov 20 2025
    America faces coordinated threats — communism, Islamism, global governance, and internal betrayal — converging with an unsustainable national debt nearing $40 trillion. Kevin Freeman outlines seven critical truths about debt, from who holds it to why spending cuts, asset sales, or taxing billionaires won’t fix the trajectory. He explains why monetization, unfunded liabilities, and entrenched interests amplify risk, and he proposes managed inflation, productivity growth, deregulation, and sound money as the only viable paths forward. This first installment sets the foundation for the Six Trials by Fire and the urgent need for political will and practical safeguards.
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    21 mins
  • Ep 370 | Four Horsemen, Six Trials, and a Path Forward

    Ep 370 | Four Horsemen, Six Trials, and a Path Forward
    Nov 13 2025
    As America approaches 250 years, Kevin Freeman and Mike Carter link modern geopolitical and economic risks with themes from Revelation to highlight six urgent “trials by fire.” From the national debt bomb and currency challenges to CBDCs, inflation-driven wealth gaps, demographic decline, and immigration without assimilation, the stakes are high but manageable. They propose constitutional and market-based solutions, including transactional gold and silver (“Pirate Money”), investor alignment, and proactive civic engagement. A neutral, data-driven framework helps assess threats, prepare wisely, and bolster American resilience.
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    31 mins