Ant and James reflect on 9/11, both the day and its legacy.

0:00 Introduction and Episode Preview

0:24 Citizens United, Super PACs, and Money in Politics

6:48 Corporate Donations, Trump, and Political Influence

10:50 AI Is Putting an Entire Industry Out of Business

13:56 AI, College Cheating, and the Future of Education

17:28 Foolishness of the Week: Trump Threatens to Halt Trade

20:48 Why Trade Deficits Aren’t What Politicians Think

22:24 25 Years Later: Remembering 9/11

25:25 Where We Were When the Attacks Happened

29:03 How 9/11 Changed America Overnight

31:39 Fear, Terrorism, and the Wars That Followed 9/11

34:22 How 9/11 Changed the Nature of War

35:17 The War on Terror and America’s “Wars on Nouns”

42:28 TSA, Security Theater, and the Post-9/11 Surveillance State

44:30 The Militarization of American Law Enforcement

46:06 Did Americans Trade Freedom for Security?

48:31 Fear, Crime, and the Lasting Legacy of 9/11

50:32 Closing Thoughts: Have Some Charity in Your Heart

What's the deal with bonds and interest rates? Find out on Words & Numbers, where we will use both words and numbers to get to the bottom of things.

0:00 Introduction and Episode Preview

0:42 Free Speech and the First Amendment

7:45 Rutgers Dean Caught Recording Students

09:55 Renaming the Great Lakes “Lake America”

11:41 Foolishness of the Week: George Santos Gets Banned From Kalshi

14:27 Is the Government Running Out of Places to Borrow?

20:24 Why Treasury Investors Are Demanding Higher Returns

22:10 The Federal Debt and the Interest Rate Spiral

24:06 Can the Government Tax Its Way Out of the Deficit?

26:24 Will the Government Eventually Monetize the Debt?

27:43 The Federal Reserve vs. the Treasury

33:05 Scott Bessent’s Plan to Push Interest Rates Down

36:42 Is the Treasury Gambling on Short-Term Debt?

41:37 Is the Treasury Trying to Conduct Monetary Policy?

44:38 Are We Seeing the Beginning of a U.S. Debt Crisis?

49:03 Can Social Security Force Congress to Confront the Debt?

51:35 Closing Thoughts: Find an Excuse to Be Nice

A priest shows up. Antony doesn’t confess, James doesn’t convert, but they all talk about human dignity.

Checkout Fr. James Martin, SJ 's book, 'Work in Progress.'

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0062694480

0:00 Introduction and Overview

0:29 The Ultimate Quiet Quitting Story

4:32 Scott Bessent’s $950 Billion Bond Buyback Plan

8:05 Is the Treasury Conducting Its Own Monetary Policy?

12:14 Foolishness of the Week: American Airlines Does It Again

16:57 Father James Martin on Pope Leo, AI, and Human Dignity

20:50 What Happens When AI Meets Humanlike Robots?

22:48 AI, Loneliness, and Replacing Human Relationships

24:57 Can Free Markets Serve the Common Good?

29:22 Property Rights, Poverty, and the Role of the Church

34:53 Who Gets to Define the “Common Good”?

36:17 Subsidiarity, Data Centers, and Local Decision-Making

41:18 Human Rights vs. Human Flourishing

43:38 Wealth, Profit, and the Morality of Capitalism

48:00 What Did Jesus Mean by “The Poor Will Always Be With You”?

51:22 Individual Charity vs. Community Responsibility

55:15 Social Media, Human Dignity, and the Loss of Community

1:00:09 Father James Martin’s Work in Progress