Are we heading for a mathematical market crash or has the system just been perfectly designed to extract your wealth? In this episode, I sit down with macro-strategist Mike Green to discuss the hidden plumbing of the global economy. Mike explains why the stock market is no longer tied to reality, how the rise of passive index funds has created a dangerous "flow inelastic trap" and why the modern retirement system is forcing a massive generational wealth crisis.

Mike also explains the brutal economic realities of the Middle East conflict, how monopolies have secretly captured free-market capitalism and reveals a new data point: how corporations are actively using AI to eliminate jobs for the younger generation.

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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 - System Feels Broken
00:01:58 - War Hits Your Wallet
00:06:22 - Power And Control
00:10:45 - Retirement Was Rewired
00:15:55 - The Market Tipping Point
00:20:08 - Why Nothing Works
00:24:00 - Capitalism Got Captured
00:33:28 - The Real Problem
00:35:47 - AI Changes Everything
00:44:00 - The Fed Is Trapped
00:51:12 - The Credit Unwind
00:59:47 - What Happens Next

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Why does everything feel more expensive even when the economy is supposedly "growing"? The truth is, the financial system isn't broken - it's functioning exactly as it was designed to

In this episode, macroeconomist and author Lyn Alden joins the show to discuss the mechanical reality of the fiat ledger and the global debt trap.

We explore how the system forces a silent extraction of wealth from the working class to subsidise sovereign debt, why we are re-entering a 1940s-style era of financial repression, and how corporations (like Coca-Cola) use debt to actively "short" the currency you are forced to save in.

We also discuss the hidden math behind the cost-of-living crisis, why the system must "grow or die," and how to protect your wealth.

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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 – Slow Financial Collapse
00:02:00 – How Money Actually Works
00:07:30 – End of Gold System
00:12:30 – Why Life Feels Harder
00:18:20 – The Debt Trap
00:26:00 – Who Really Wins
00:34:00 – Why System Persists
00:41:00 – Crisis & Bailouts
00:48:30 – System "Resembles Theft"
00:59:20 – Default Explained
01:10:30 – Bitcoin & Alternatives

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AI isn't just getting smarter - it's getting more personal.

In this episode, Mark Suman explains how modern AI systems are learning not just what we know, but how we think. From "thought capture" to behavioural influence, this is a shift from tools that assist us… to systems that can guide us.

We explore the incentives behind AI: data collection, engagement loops, and the economic pressure to centralise intelligence. What happens when those systems are controlled by governments, corporations, or both?

The conversation expands into something deeper - power, autonomy, and whether individuals can retain sovereignty in a world where both money and intelligence are increasingly centralised.

This isn't a prediction of dystopia. It's a discussion about direction - and whether we're building tools for freedom… or control.

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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - Thought Capture Explained
01:42 - Why No One Is Thinking About This
04:58 - AI We Don't Understand
08:25 - Mapping Human Thinking
10:23 - Algorithms & Manipulation
14:03 - Privacy vs Convenience
30:00 - Layers of AI Risk
31:20 - Weaponising AI Systems
45:00 - Centralised Power Risk
1:12:59 - Jobs & AI Shift
1:29:11 - AI Exhaustion

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