Beyond the Workforce isn’t just another podcast about labor, it’s a declaration. Hosted by David Thomas Graves, this show calls out the truth about a rigged economy, corporate manipulation, and union leaders who’ve gotten too comfortable while their members lose everything.

We dig into the issues no one else wants to touch: Social Security as a government-run Ponzi scheme, the collapse of the American film industry, the death of the 60/40 retirement portfolio, and why unions are bleeding out under outdated laws. We strip away the slogans and the culture war noise to reveal the real fight: workers versus the system built to drain them.

This is where broken systems get torn down, unapologetically. This is where something better gets built, intentionally. No polish. No PR. Just purpose.

If you’re ready to flip the table instead of fighting for a seat at it, this podcast is for you.

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What happens when money loses its anchor? In this episode of Beyond the Workforce, David Thomas Graves unpacks how two pivotal decisions, Franklin Roosevelt’s 1933 gold confiscation and Richard Nixon’s 1971 closure of the gold window, reshaped the dollar forever.

We trace how the move from gold-backed money to fiat currency turned debt into the fuel of the American economy, ignited the stagflation of the 1970s, and laid the foundation for a system addicted to credit, bailouts, and Federal Reserve intervention. From housing bubbles to quantitative easing, the story isn’t abstract economics, it’s the paycheck in your pocket, the mortgage on your house, and the retirement you’re counting on.

If you’ve ever wondered why stability for Wall Street always seems to mean instability for workers, this episode explains how we got here, and why it all started the moment the dollar lost its anchor.

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Most Americans never think about the Federal Reserve, but they live with its consequences every single day. From the value of your paycheck to the cost of your mortgage, the Fed shapes your financial reality with decisions made in rooms you’ll never enter.

In this episode of Beyond the Workforce, we pull back the curtain on the machine that drives the American economy. We’ll trace the Fed’s birth out of financial panic, break down how it creates and destroys money, and expose the illusion of neutrality that hides its true role as a partner in power. This isn’t theory, it’s the plumbing of your daily life: your bills, your savings, your job security.

If you’ve ever wondered why your money buys less, why the housing market feels rigged, or why Wall Street always seems to get rescued while workers get left behind, this episode explains why.

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Politicians love to sell tariffs as “pro-worker.” The truth? They’re political theater that hits your wallet harder than any foreign competitor ever could. In this episode of Beyond the Workforce, we cut through the patriotic slogans and break down how tariffs collide with inflation, wage compression, and stagnant paychecks. We’ll look at why targeting allies like Canada and Mexico doesn’t strengthen America, it weakens us, and why the real path forward isn’t division, it’s integration.

If you’ve ever wondered why your paycheck feels smaller even when the numbers look bigger, this episode is for you.

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