Episodes

  • Why Inheriting a Home Won't Fix the Housing Crisis

    Why Inheriting a Home Won't Fix the Housing Crisis
    Aug 22 2025
    Homeownership now divides Americans more than class, with soaring prices and interest rates locking out first-time buyers. Many hope to inherit property from Boomers, but rising retirement costs, concentrated wealth, and institutional investors mean most homes won't trickle down to the next generation. New mortgage products inflate prices further, leaving younger people struggling to buy, rent, or inherit a home in today's market.

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    8 mins
  • How Financial Stress Is Shaping American Spending

    How Financial Stress Is Shaping American Spending
    Aug 15 2025
    Americans face rising job insecurity, dwindling savings, and soaring costs, yet are spending more on luxury and experiences. Crisis fatigue is fueling pessimism, risky financial behaviors, and a reliance on influencers over experts, leaving many young people feeling hopeless about homeownership and financial stability. Sensational news and get-rich-quick schemes prey on these anxieties, worsening long-term financial health and making it harder to build real wealth.

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    11 mins
  • America’s Homelessness Crisis: Billions Spent, Few Results

    America’s Homelessness Crisis: Billions Spent, Few Results
    Aug 8 2025
    US cities are spending record sums on homelessness, yet rates continue to rise. A tangled web of public agencies and nonprofits, high administrative costs, poor coordination, and expensive housing projects hinder real progress. Many programs focus on costly, inefficient solutions while failing to address root causes like unaffordable housing. Political and organizational incentives perpetuate inefficiency, making lasting solutions elusive.

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    11 mins
  • How Private Equity Really Works

    How Private Equity Really Works
    Aug 1 2025
    Private equity is a $4.7 trillion global industry investing in non-public assets, often through buyouts funded by investor capital and loans. Firms structure as Delaware partnerships, raise money by investing their own funds, and earn fees and a share of profits. They target companies for operational improvements or cost-cutting, then sell at a profit. Tax advantages and high compensation drive its appeal, but its impact on industries and jobs is controversial.

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    11 mins
  • Why Top CEOs Always Fail Upwards

    Why Top CEOs Always Fail Upwards
    Jul 25 2025
    Despite costly failures, many CEOs receive huge payouts and continue to land top jobs due to a system prioritizing experience, elite networks, and powerful negotiating positions. Golden parachutes, boardroom politics, and the high value placed on leadership over technical skills allow executives to fail upwards, often at the expense of regular workers and shareholders. This entrenched system makes it almost impossible for top executives to truly fall from grace.

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    12 mins
  • The Dark Side of Senior Care Profits

    The Dark Side of Senior Care Profits
    Jul 18 2025
    America’s nursing homes and senior care facilities, often run for profit and increasingly owned by private equity, are plagued by cost-cutting, understaffing, and poor conditions—leading to thousands of premature deaths. Driven by an aging population and financial incentives, investors exploit the system, prioritizing profit over care. Regulatory gaps, abusive guardianships, and creative financial maneuvers further harm vulnerable elderly residents, making age care a broken business model.

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    12 mins
  • The Dumbest Business Idea in History

    The Dumbest Business Idea in History
    Jul 6 2025

    In this episode, we talk about how decisions meant to maximize shareholder value reshaped companies like Ford Motor Company, General Electric, Silicon Valley Bank, and Lehman Brothers. The story covers the Ford Motor Company court case that set a precedent, the rise of Jack Welch’s aggressive cost-cutting at General Electric, the dramatic surge in executive pay compared to worker wages, the decline in average stock holding periods, and how short-term thinking has triggered massive layoffs, quality declines, and some of the biggest corporate failures in modern history.

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    13 mins
  • How the New Work Economy Eats Itself

    How the New Work Economy Eats Itself
    Jul 4 2025

    We trace the tangled, unraveling threads of the nine-to-five job — a system once fought for by workers to protect their time but now hollowed out by mass layoffs, gig work, and the relentless hunt for profit. From overemployed remote workers secretly stacking paychecks to delivery drivers risking it all for flexible hours, this story pulls apart the myth of job security and reveals the hidden costs of freedom sold by gig apps and contract deals. Listen as we unpack why companies love to abandon permanent roles, how workers are left paying the price for their own benefits, and what the quiet extinction of the traditional workday means for anyone still trying to trade time for a steady living.

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    17 mins