Wealth & Means

In this episode of Wealth and Means, we track the quiet signals shaping markets, media, and culture before they hit the headlines. From consumer trust and creator backlash against AI “slop,” to performance culture, physical media, and the return of ownership, we connect the dots between trends that all point to the same shift: discernment is becoming scarce—and valuable.

We break down the week ahead in Wake Up Ready, covering key e...

This is a video about Wealth and Means - Episode 12 - Culture, Capital, and the Quiet Setup for 2026 This episode of Wealth and Means is about the signals no one’s screaming about—but everyone serious should be watching. We start with What You Didn’t See in the News: hyper-nerdy YouTube deep dives, subculture fandoms, mid-budget Hollywood bets, podcast experimentation, and stocks moving quietly on institutional volume—clues about...

What looks like noise often turns out to be signal—and this episode follows that thread all the way through culture, markets, and history.

We start with What You Didn’t See in the News: Minecraft as prestige television, fan-made trailers outpacing studios, cloud gaming drifting toward subscriptions, podcasts winning on trust over novelty, and the speculative corners of the stock market where momentum moves faster than fundamentals.

Episode 10!

This week on Wealth & Means, we unpack the strange, surprising, and quietly important forces shaping culture, markets, and the machinery of modern life.

In What You Didn’t See in the News, we explore why holiday meme culture has suddenly become emotional self-defense, how ASMR workouts are soothing a burnt-out internet, why prediction markets are turning X into a casino for policy obsessives, and the rising influenc...

From ancient tombs to automated fulfillment centers, Episode 9 of Wealth & Means is a tour through the invisible systems shaping your money, your markets, and your future.

We start with the stories you didn’t see in the headlines—but should have—breaking down breakthroughs in recycling “forever chemicals,” CRISPR-engineered wheat that makes its own fertilizer, the mystery solved inside a sealed Egyptian tomb, viral generosity t...

Episode Summary

This episode peels back the layers beneath the headlines to show how culture, markets, and technology quietly shape what comes next.

We start with what’s really moving the internet—from early-stage TikTok trends and participatory storytelling formats to the unsettling rise of AI-powered deepfake confessions and the emerging global remix culture changing how music, food, and identity spread. Then we zoom out to sport...

In this jam-packed episode of Wealth & Means, we break down the internet trends you missed, the market signals hiding beneath the headlines, and the deeper story about what it really means to “own” something in the modern economy.

First up: matcha explodes, memes go geopolitical, mid-caps start waking up, and grandma goes viral again. Then we take you through Thanksgiving week’s biggest economic data—day by day—so you know exac...

“The College Fight, The Robot Uprising, and The Man Who Beat Scar Tissue”

This week’s episode of Wealth & Means blends sharp analysis, surprising stories, and a sweep of ideas shaping how we work, earn, heal, and prepare for the future.

The show opens with What You Didn’t See in the News, spotlighting the quieter forces driving the week. Starbucks baristas organize with generational precision, Disney pulls entire networks from ...

Wealth & Means — “Cut the Card? Patch the Future.” This week we surface the stories you didn’t see: shrinking Tibetan schools in exile, FAA flight trims amid a shutdown, a zero-fatality Kamchatka quake, the AI-meets-media makeover, and the rise of mesh Wi-Fi, craft kits, and… mushrooms. “Wake Up Ready” previews a macro-heavy week (Treasury auctions, CPI/PPI, FOMC minutes, earnings from Disney/Cisco/Walmart, energy data). Our Kn...

🎙️ Wealth & Means — Episode 4: “From Vampires to Zambonis” Advice dressed up like hard work.

In this packed episode, Wealth and Means uncover the stories shaping the world you’ll wake up to next week — the ones that didn’t trend, but will matter most.

🧛‍♂️ From LEGO’s Twilight nostalgia play to a biotech pill that replaces injections...

🧠 From brainwave therapy getting insurance coverage to Google’s quantum leap...

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Because the real stories don’t always trend — they ripple.

• NBA Gambling Scandal: Chauncey Billups and Terry Rozier named in an illegal betting ring — integrity in pro sports under the microscope.

• Reality TV Reckoning: Love Is Blind faces a backlash over “authenticity fatigue.” The next big format? Real-time verified reality.

• Kim Kardashian’s Health Sca...

Episode 2 — Machines, Markets & the Mirror of Progress

This week on Wealth & Means, we explore what happens when technology, trade, and time collide.

From China’s rare-earth squeeze to AI’s moral dilemma, this episode is a full-stack tour through the forces defining the 2020s.

🧠 What You’ll Learn • Why the global economy’s next big fight is over the periodic table. • How baseball became a content algorithm. • The single m...