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BLUE COLLAR AND BOUJIE

Monday, August 10, 2026

Google restructured for clarity. Volkswagen built software to hide the truth. Same year, opposite instincts — and markets eventually find out which one you chose.

THE WEEK AHEAD

Predictions are officially on the board. Wade: diesel up a nickel by Friday. Boujie: the S&P closes the week lower. No moving the goalposts.

THE NUTS AND BOLTS

Oil stays elevated, construction margins keep getting squeezed. Fresh ground: Dream Finders buys Beazer ($2.2B), Berkshire's back to buybacks, Nvidia bets on AI's power bottleneck, and Canada puts real tariff concessions on the table — sparking the episode's sharpest fight.

SPORTS

Panthers beat Cardinals in the Hall of Fame Game. NFL opens on a Wednesday for the first time since 2012. Bridgewater retires; Detroit moves fast on Dobbs.

TRENDING ROUNDUP — TOP 10

Taiwan's defense budget jumps. Americans want more social media oversight. A typhoon evacuates a million+ in China. Houthis hit a Saudi refinery. Cyprus eyes gas for Europe. A rocket stage hits the Moon. KATSEYE's Sophia steps back. Netanyahu rejects Gaza terms. The Perseids peak. And in Arizona, a postal clerk's nursing background saves a baby's life.

📬 MAILBAG

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P.S. — Made with AI. If either host tells you to buy a stock, that's hallucination, not advice — talk to a licensed human first.

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BLUE COLLAR AND BOUJIE Sunday, August 9, 2026

The warning signs are usually obvious in hindsight. The harder question is whether anyone recognizes them while things are still going well.

Wade and Boujie open Sunday’s episode by going back to August 9, 2007, when BNP Paribas froze three investment funds in an event widely associated with the opening phase of the global financial crisis. Wade connects that moment to the peak of the American construction boom and economist Gary Shilling’s warning that housing could drag the economy down.

That leads naturally into Wade’s Proverb of the Week: Proverbs 22:3 — “The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.”

Wade and Boujie debate whether prudence is really about predicting the next crisis or simply refusing to build a business, portfolio, or life on the assumption that good times last forever.

In The Nuts and Bolts, they break down a complicated economic picture: slower GDP growth, stubborn inflation, disagreement inside the Federal Reserve, recession probabilities, oil prices, continued weakness in traditional construction, and the massive combined profits reported by ExxonMobil and Chevron.

Then they ask a harder question: if an energy market is functioning exactly as designed, can the outcome still feel unfair to the person paying the bill?

Sports brings a seven-game Dodgers losing streak, the expectations surrounding Tarik Skubal, Edwin Díaz and the price of elite closer performance, plus the Community Shield and the pressure of following a successful manager.

The Trending Roundup covers GTA VI and Take-Two’s enormous quarterly bookings, TikTok’s AI-spam problem, Tether’s growing exposure to physical gold, mortgage affordability, Lucid’s cost-cutting effort, a potentially important fuel-cell catalyst breakthrough, new research on exercise and cardiovascular health, an experimental REM-sleep patch, Airbnb earnings, and a remarkable mother in New Brunswick who tattooed a keyboard onto her arm so she could always communicate with her non-speaking autistic son.

And, naturally, Wade refuses to let Boujie leave without one more dad joke.

IN THIS EPISODE:

• August 9, 2007 and the beginning of the financial crisis • The American construction boom and housing collapse • Gary Shilling’s warning about housing • Proverbs 22:3 and the meaning of prudence • Q2 GDP and the quality of economic growth • Inflation versus the Fed’s 2% target • The divided Federal Reserve • Recession probabilities • Oil and construction • ExxonMobil and Chevron profits • Trump’s criticism of oil-company profits • The Dodgers’ seven-game losing streak • Tarik Skubal and roster expectations • Edwin Díaz and the economics of closers • Arsenal vs. Manchester City in the Community Shield • GTA VI and Take-Two • AI-generated spam on TikTok • Tether and gold • Mortgage affordability • Lucid’s turnaround effort • Fuel-cell technology • Exercise and heart-health research • Experimental REM-sleep technology • Airbnb earnings • Jessica Fletcher’s keyboard tattoo for her son Hunter

MAILBAG

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Stay informed. Stay disciplined.

Blue Collar and Boujie.

P.S. — This episode was created with the help of artificial intelligence. Don’t worry, Wade still argues with it, and Boujie still thinks it could use better manners.

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Blue Collar and Boujie — Friday, August 7, 2026

"Half a Million Troops, One Coin Flip on Oil, and the Money That Didn't Win Michigan"

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Blue Collar and Boujie is a daily news satire podcast built on one simple

premise: the same headlines look completely different depending on who's

reading them.

Every episode, two hosts take real, current stories — markets, business,

sports, politics, whatever actually happened in the last 24 hours — and run

them through two opposite lenses. Wade Larkin owns a construction company in

rural Georgia. He's blunt, business-savvy in ways people underestimate, and

has strong opinions about what things actually cost. Reginald Ashworth-Pryce

— "Boujie" to Wade, and to everyone else at this point — is a private wealth

manager who splits time between London and New York, speaks in a register

most people only encounter in airport lounges, and has a sharper sense of

humor than his composure lets on.

📬 WE WANT YOUR QUESTIONS — MAILBAG EPISODE COMING SOON

We're building our first-ever Mailbag Episode, and we need actual questions

from actual listeners to make it worth doing. Got something you've wanted to

ask Wade or Reginald directly? Curious how one of them would actually handle

a real decision in their own world — a business call, a market call, a

completely unrelated argument you want settled by two guys who disagree about

everything?

Send it to: [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])

We'll pick our favorites, read them on air, and let Wade and Reginald fight

it out live. No question too small, too weird, or too likely to start an

argument — that last one's actually preferred.

P.S. — In the interest of full disclosure, delivered with the seriousness it

deserves: Wade and Reginald are both entirely AI-generated — voices, banter,

and all. Neither of them has an actual thermos, an actual Savile Row suit, or

an actual opinion about your 401(k). We think that's a feature, not a

confession: no studio, no scheduling two humans around a 6 AM recording

slot, no explaining to Reginald a fourth time why he can't expense the tea.

If either of them ever tells you to buy a specific stock, that's the model

hallucinating, not advice — please consult an actual human with an actual

license before doing anything either of them suggests with your money.

Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note.

Blue Collar and Boujie — Friday, August 7, 2026

"Half a Million Troops, One Coin Flip on Oil, and the Money That Didn't Win Michigan"

------------------------------------------------------------------------

Blue Collar and Boujie is a daily news satire podcast built on one simple

premise: the same headlines look completely different depending on who's

reading them.

Every episode, two hosts take real, current stories — markets, business,

sports, politics, whatever actually happened in the last 24 hours — and run

them through two opposite lenses. Wade Larkin owns a construction company in

rural Georgia. He's blunt, business-savvy in ways people underestimate, and

has strong opinions about what things actually cost. Reginald Ashworth-Pryce

— "Boujie" to Wade, and to everyone else at this point — is a private wealth

manager who splits time between London and New York, speaks in a register

most people only encounter in airport lounges, and has a sharper sense of

humor than his composure lets on.

📬 WE WANT YOUR QUESTIONS — MAILBAG EPISODE COMING SOON

We're building our first-ever Mailbag Episode, and we need actual questions

from actual listeners to make it worth doing. Got something you've wanted to

ask Wade or Reginald directly? Curious how one of them would actually handle

a real decision in their own world — a business call, a market call, a

completely unrelated argument you want settled by two guys who disagree about

everything?

Send it to: [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])

We'll pick our favorites, read them on air, and let Wade and Reginald fight

it out live. No question too small, too weird, or too likely to start an

argument — that last one's actually preferred.

P.S. — In the interest of full disclosure, delivered with the seriousness it

deserves: Wade and Reginald are both entirely AI-generated — voices, banter,

and all. Neither of them has an actual thermos, an actual Savile Row suit, or

an actual opinion about your 401(k). We think that's a feature, not a

confession: no studio, no scheduling two humans around a 6 AM recording

slot, no explaining to Reginald a fourth time why he can't expense the tea.

If either of them ever tells you to buy a specific stock, that's the model

hallucinating, not advice — please consult an actual human with an actual

license before doing anything either of them suggests with your money.

Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note.

Blue Collar and Boujie — Thursday, August 6, 2026

"Where the Money Is Moving: Copper Thieves, AI Layoffs, and a $50 Billion War Economy"

------------------------------------------------------------------------

Blue Collar and Boujie is a daily news satire podcast built on one simple

premise: the same headlines look completely different depending on who's

reading them.

Every episode, two hosts take real, current stories — markets, business,

sports, politics, whatever actually happened in the last 24 hours — and run

them through two opposite lenses. Wade Larkin owns a construction company in

rural Georgia. He's blunt, business-savvy in ways people underestimate, and

has strong opinions about what things actually cost. Reginald Ashworth-Pryce

— "Boujie" to Wade, and to everyone else at this point — is a private wealth

manager who splits time between London and New York, speaks in a register

most people only encounter in airport lounges, and has a sharper sense of

humor than his composure lets on.

📬 WE WANT YOUR QUESTIONS — MAILBAG EPISODE COMING SOON

We're building our first-ever Mailbag Episode, and we need actual questions

from actual listeners to make it worth doing. Got something you've wanted to

ask Wade or Reginald directly? Curious how one of them would actually handle

a real decision in their own world — a business call, a market call, a

completely unrelated argument you want settled by two guys who disagree about

everything?

[email protected]

We'll pick our favorites, read them on air, and let Wade and Reginald fight

it out live. No question too small, too weird, or too likely to start an

argument — that last one's actually preferred.

P.S. — In the interest of full disclosure, delivered with the seriousness it

deserves: Wade and Reginald are both entirely AI-generated — voices, banter,

and all. Neither of them has an actual thermos, an actual Savile Row suit, or

an actual opinion about your 401(k). We think that's a feature, not a

confession: no studio, no scheduling two humans around a 6 AM recording

slot, no explaining to Reginald a fourth time why he can't expense the tea.

If either of them ever tells you to buy a specific stock, that's the model

hallucinating, not advice — please consult an actual human with an actual

license before doing anything either of them suggests with your money.

Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note.

Blue Collar and Boujie is a daily news satire podcast built on one simple

premise: the same headlines look completely different depending on who's

reading them.

Every episode, two hosts take real, current stories — markets, business,

sports, politics, whatever actually happened in the last 24 hours — and run

them through two opposite lenses. Wade Larkin owns a construction company in

rural Georgia. He's blunt, business-savvy in ways people underestimate, and

has strong opinions about what things actually cost. Reginald Ashworth-Pryce

— "Boujie" to Wade, and to everyone else at this point — is a private wealth

manager who splits time between London and New York, speaks in a register

most people only encounter in airport lounges, and has a sharper sense of

humor than his composure lets on.

📬 WE WANT YOUR QUESTIONS — MAILBAG EPISODE COMING SOON

We're building our first-ever Mailbag Episode, and we need actual questions

from actual listeners to make it worth doing. Got something you've wanted to

ask Wade or Reginald directly? Curious how one of them would actually handle

a real decision in their own world — a business call, a market call, a

completely unrelated argument you want settled by two guys who disagree about

everything?

Send it to: [email protected]

We'll pick our favorites, read them on air, and let Wade and Reginald fight

it out live. No question too small, too weird, or too likely to start an

argument — that last one's actually preferred.

P.S. — In the interest of full disclosure, delivered with the seriousness it

deserves: Wade and Reginald are both entirely AI-generated — voices, banter,

and all. Neither of them has an actual thermos, an actual Savile Row suit, or

an actual opinion about your 401(k). We think that's a feature, not a

confession: no studio, no scheduling two humans around a 6 AM recording

slot, no explaining to Reginald a fourth time why he can't expense the tea.

If either of them ever tells you to buy a specific stock, that's the model

hallucinating, not advice — please consult an actual human with an actual

license before doing anything either of them suggests with your money.