Your opinion on immigration is lacking nuance. Yeah, we said it. But if you’re reading this, you’re in luck. Because here on the Metalomics Podcast, we are trying to make nuance cool; and looking at immigration through an economic lens is a good place to start. On this episode, we continue our deep dive into the complex phenomena that is immigration, and hope that you, the lucky listener, will leave feeling more informed than ever about this important topic.

Economics is Metal!

Music: Rottenness - Muerto a Los Conquistadores

Follow the Band: Rottenness

Hosts: Josh Goddard & David Ingram

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Other Music: Spring Mvt 1 Allegro by John Harrison with the Wichita State University Chamber Players

You probably have an opinion on immigration; or at least you’ve heard someone else’s. It’s just as likely these opinions appear in their final form, bereft of the logic or details that support them. In this episode, we interrogate the particulars of people’s opinions on immigration, and map where those opinions land on the political spectrum. We hope you’ll join us in questioning how these opinions are formed, and, more importantly, whether or not these opinions really belong to you. Wherever you think you’re at on the issue of immigration, you may reconsider after hearing this episode. We downright encourage it.

Economics is Metal!

Music: Devitalized ⁠ - Signed In Blood

Follow the Band: Devitalized⁠

Hosts: Josh Goddard & David Ingram

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So, we are going to own nothing. Who cares!? If giving up my right to hold on to a CD or vinyl or cassette means I get access to the celestial jukebox and the infinite volumes floating inside, what’s the big deal? “Sounds like a fair trade for something as “trivial” as music,” you may say. Well, we at METALOMICS don’t think music is trivial at all. In fact, we believe quite the opposite. But if we had one retort to this straw man argument, it would be this: When it comes to owning nothing, just how much nothing are we willing to own? Join us on today’s episode as we extend our analysis beyond subscription music and conclude this 3-part series by examining the true costs and benefits of serving the newest generation of feudal lords.

Economics is Metal!

Music: The Stygian Complex - Misery Sequence

Follow the Band: The Stygian Complex

Hosts: Josh Goddard & David Ingram

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If we will indeed own nothing, just how much nothing will we own? We’re going to follow the numbers to find out how deep the rabbit hole goes. And we will use some standard economic tools as our guide along the way. On this episode of METALOMICS, we apply basic economic theories to the subscription music economy. We ask, what kind of market is this? Monopoly? Competitive? Where do we find elasticity at play? How productive is this market? In part two of this 3-part series, we get straight to the heart to see what economic beats are bumping inside the subscription music economy.

Economics is Metal!

Music: ⁠⁠⁠ Ghostframe - Astral Spiders Of Our Infinite Consciousness

Follow the Band: Ghostframe

Hosts: Josh Goddard & David Ingram

Producer: David Ingram

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Are you a subscriber? What do you subscribe to? Magazines? Newspapers? Milk? These dated references make one thing clear: The subscription model has been around for awhile. On this episode of The Metalomics Podcast, we zoom in on the music subscription economy to broaden our understanding of the underlying structures, operations, and technical aspects that put music in minds and profits in pockets. This is the first leg of a 3-part journey. So grab your stuff, climb aboard, and let’s see if by the time we’ve reached our destination we know what it means to eventually own nothing.

Economics is Metal!

Music: ⁠ Grafted - With Blood Shot Eyes

Follow the Band: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Grafted

Hosts: Josh Goddard & David Ingram

Producer: David Ingram

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Does your band have a van? A bus? An 84 Oldsmobile? Our guess is yes. In which case, you’re hurting right now. And we don’t mean from banging your head. We’re talking about the pain at the pump. You don’t need to imagine what it’s like, about to head to a show, looking at the numbers going up and up on unleaded gasoline and wondering to yourself, “Why the f@&$ is this so expensive?!”

On this episode of METALOMICS, we try to answer that question. We’re digging deep on oil. What is it, why do we rely on foreign countries for it despite pumping plenty of it right here in the U.S., and why does literally everything else get more expensive when the price of oil goes up? If you think elasticity, supply and demand, and inflation are heavy concepts, then this is an episode you don’t wanna miss.

Economics is Metal!

Music: Eyesawgod - 2:42

Follow the Band: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Eyesawgod

Hosts: Josh Goddard & David Ingram

Producer: David Ingram

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What is a market? How does it function? Can we forge a new understanding of market forces by exploring the ways human instinct and emotion influence the ways we create heavy music? Is it all merely the product of predictable, derivative, and formulaic mechanisms, or can the manners in which we conjure dark and dismal sounds also inform how markets react?

On this episode of METALOMICS, we ask if Adam Smith’s invisible hand wields a guitar pick when not stirring the gravity of the world’s markets. Join us as we merge the animal with the analytical, and invoke the untamed spirits frothing at the sight of knowledge to be devoured.

Economics is Metal!

Music: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Irah Nox - Posted

Follow the Band: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Irah Nox

Hosts: Josh Goddard & David Ingram

Producer: David Ingram

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Artificial Intelligence: The ultimate "cheat code" or the death knell of human creativity? Welcome back to METALOMICS, the podcast where we prove that metal is more than a bunch of metalheads head banging to heavy music. Today, we unpack AI by exploring how it transcends heavy music and economics. We attempt to break down the realities of this widespread, misunderstood, global phenomena, by deconstructing the digital ghost in the machine. From the "deskilling" of the working class to the high-voltage hunger of global data centers, we’re looking at how Artificial Intelligence is challenging the way we create and experience music, exacting a heavy toll on the environment, and threatening the very few things that make us human.

Economics is Metal!

Music: ⁠Forsaken Rituals - Skinwalker

Follow the Band: ⁠Forsaken Rituals

Hosts: Josh Goddard & David Ingram

Producer: David Ingram

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