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Trump demanded unconditional surrender in March. Iran just got its oil revenue back, a path to lifting every sanction, and a $300 billion reconstruction fund. Even Lindsey Graham says the deal sounds awful.

Why end it now? Trump said it himself at the G7: "Every time we talked about the possibility of peace, the stock market shot up like a rocket ship."

Same week, Elon Musk became the world's first trillionaire off Sp...

A 36-year CBS veteran was fired the day after he asked why management was ordering him to put falsehoods on air. The new executive producer has zero broadcast experience. The new editor-in-chief was hired partly for her pro-Israel stance. And the owner's family just happens to be the largest private donor to the IDF.

Trump sued CBS, got a $16 million settlement, and the FCC approved the merger weeks later. Paramount is now s...

Trump sued the IRS (an agency he controls!!!) over a leak that exposed he paid $750 in federal income taxes. The lawsuit was almost certainly dead on arrival. So why file it?

To manufacture a settlement. His own DOJ, run by his personal former defense lawyer who was told to recuse himself, quietly posted a one-page document to a government website. The IRS is now forever barred from auditing Trump, his sons, and over 400 bus...

One year after the tornado. 5,000 damaged homes. 69 demolitions completed. And the city just quietly signed a $26 million contract with an out-of-state company, no press release, no announcement, that's been audited for price gouging in three other states.

Oh, and AutoZone just quietly warned its managers about the largest motor oil shortage in American history. Because the Strait is still closed and nobody wants to say it o...

10-year-old boys are searching bone smashing on TikTok. Teenagers are injecting steroids to fix their jawlines. A meth-addicted 20-year-old with millions of followers was calling it "empowering young men" until YouTube finally banned him.

Meanwhile America is hosting the biggest sporting event in human history and the hotels are empty. 85% of Kansas City bookings are below projections. The world just doesn't want to come her...

Three massive oil trades placed 15 to 20 minutes before each one. $2.3 billion total. The negotiations were classified. There was no public news.
Someone knew.

And the DOJ unit built to investigate exactly this? Gutted from 36 lawyers to two.

Then there's your new car. By 2027, a federal mandate requires infrared cameras watching your eyes and a kill switch that decides if you're allowed to drive. Meanwhile, 80,000...

Missouri's "no income tax" plan sounds like a win. It isn't.

The top 1% saves $40,000 a year. You save $231 then lose $500 when sales taxes go up to cover the gap. 60% of Missourians end up paying more. And once you vote yes, lawmakers never have to ask permission to raise the sales tax again. On groceries. Rent. Car repairs. Prescriptions. No voter approval required.

One St. Louis billionaire has spent $45 million pu...

In less than 50 days, the US started the worst energy crisis in the history of the global oil market. Then blockaded the same waterway we were screaming at Iran to reopen.

Japan is burning coal it promised to stop burning. South Korea's stock market crashed 12% in a single day because Samsung's semiconductor fabs run on energy that flows through the Strait of Hormuz. Germany says it's not their war. France is blocking Israel...

A self-taught independent analyst named Nick Nemo is making a case that 29 of the top 30 U.S. life insurers are technically insolvent without reinsurance credit that may not actually exist. The man who bet against subprime mortgages in 2008 is calling it a potential great financial crisis. The forensic accountant who spent 41 years inside the industry agrees. And Vermont passed a law making the books confidential — even under...

Boomers paid $738 a year for college. Millennials are starting life $40,000 in debt. Boomers bought homes at 3x their annual income. Millennials are looking at 7-8x. And boomers now own 51% of all U.S. wealth while millennials hold just 10%.

In this episode, Eric breaks down the real generational wealth gap with hard data: housing, wages, student debt, retirement savings, healthcare costs, and a Social Security system that m...

Eric breaks down 314 Day in St. Louis, the growing fallout from the Iran war, the LaGuardia crash, and the massive jury verdict against Meta and YouTube that could become a turning point for Big Tech.

Because once a jury says these platforms knowingly addicted kids, this stops feeling like a debate and starts feeling a lot bigger.

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The U.S. and Israel are now in direct conflict with Iran and the consequences could hit far beyond the Middle East.

In this episode, Eric breaks down the history behind the conflict, why the Strait of Hormuz matters so much to the global economy, and how this war could send oil, food, and energy prices soaring around the world.

If the shipping lanes stay closed… this doesn’t just stay a regional war.
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This episode lays out a simple thesis: the people with the most wealth and political power keep shifting the costs onto younger generations and the incentives make it almost impossible to fix.

If you’ve ever wondered why housing, taxes, and policy feel rigged… this connects the dots.

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Electric bills are rising. Data centers are multiplying. And most people have no idea how connected those two things are.

We also break down the chaos at the Winter Olympics, a tragic shooting in Rhode Island, and why the AI boom might not benefit the people paying for it.

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Eric is back with another solo episode breaking down the latest fallout from the file releases, the DOJ hearings, and the growing frustration around redactions, accountability, and political theater.

From cabinet officials and tech billionaires to stock market manipulation, AI hype, job market revisions, and widening wealth inequality…this episode asks one question: Is anyone actually going to be held accountable?
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Eric and Clayton Natoli go down the rabbit hole on the newly released Epstein files, the names popping up, and why nobody in power seems to be held accountable.

From politicians and billionaires to celebrities and media figures, the conversation gets uncomfortable fast. If even half of this is true… it’s bigger than anyone wants to admit.

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Eric is joined by friend of the show Clayton Natoli for one of those episodes that starts with one topic and somehow ends up everywhere.

They talk about St. Louis ice storm chaos, empty highways, snowboarding downtown, gold and silver prices going crazy, inflation, and the random aches and pains that come with getting older.

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In this solo episode Eric continues the conversation around where things are headed — and why so many people feel uneasy even when they can’t quite explain it.

Eric reflects on the patterns he’s seeing play out in real life: rising pressure, constant noise, and the growing gap between expectations and reality. This episode isn’t about chasing headlines — it’s about zooming out and asking t...

In this solo episode, Eric continues his unfiltered commentary on where things stand right now — personally, economically, and culturally.

This episode is less about headlines and more about patterns. Eric talks through the pressure people are feeling, the disconnect between what we’re told versus what we experience, and why so many feel burned out, frustrated, or stuck despite “doing everything right.&rdqu...