James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss the story of the US soldier that is being charged for using confidential insider information to win bets about the capture of Maduro on the prediction market platform Polymarket and consider the risks that society faces as prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi seem to be turning the whole world into a casino.  The guys then react to recent research on extent to which our brains progress through stages like childhood, adolescence (which lasts surprising long!), adult, and old age, and consider how society should use this type of information.

Soldier Charged After Using Classified Intel On Maduro Raid To Win $400,000 On Polymarket (Forbes)

Kalshi CEO outlines the difference between prediction markets and sportsbooks (ProFootballTalk)

U.S. CFTC adds New York to string of states its suing to stop prediction market pushback (Coindesk)

Brazil blocks prediction platforms, tightens rules to curb 'bet-like' products (Reuters)

Billionaire Investor Warns Sports Prediction Markets Harm Men (Yahoo! Finance)

The key phases your brain changes – and how to protect it (The Telegraph)    (Apple News Link)

James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana continue their Streaming Between the Lines series and take a look at Louis Theroux’s “Inside the Manosphere,” the 2026 documentary that is available to stream on Netflix.  The guys discuss Theroux’s presentation of the manosphere, including the over the top characters that are featured in the documentary, and consider what drives the substantial appetite that there clearly is for this type of content and these types of characters.

This podcast contains spoilers.

Louis Theroux Goes Inside the Manosphere in His Latest Documentary (Tudum - Netflix)

Watch Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere (Netflix)

James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana take a look at the recent Artemis II mission, consider its important from a scientific and a psychological standpoint, and consider whether the US really has the money to be spending money on projects like Artemis II and the upcoming Artemis missions.  The guys then react to recent research involving the repeated cloning of a mouse over tens of generations leading a catastrophic end result, and discuss what went wrong, what went right, and how society should be handling this type of scientific advancement.

Artemis II’s record-breaking journey around the moon ends with dramatic splashdown (AP)

Artemis II Multimedia (NASA.gov)

Why Has It Been 50 Years Since Humans Went to the Moon? (National Air and Space Museum)

NASA redirects Artemis moon mission program, postponing a planned astronaut landing (NPR)

How much does Artemis II cost—and who pays for it? (MSN)

Scientists Cloned a Mouse for 58 Generations. The Results Were Catastrophic. (Popular Mechanics)

All the celebrities who have cloned their dogs — from Tom Brady to Barbra Streisand (Hello Magazine)

James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana take a look at Albert Einstein’s 1946 essay “The Negro Question” and discuss how Einstein saw race affecting American society as well as Einstein’s perspective on an issue like that.  The guys then react to a piece from the Christian Century magazine about both longstanding and recent connections between Africa and Judaism which refute many people’s modern conceptions of the Jewish religion and people.

Einstein's Civil Rights Activism (PBS)

The Negro Question, by Albert Einstein (Sigma Xi)

Judaism’s deep roots and new offshoots in Africa (The Christian Century)

James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss the shocking statistics on how little spending power Gen Z has compared to what baby boomers had in their twenties, the reason American society was set up for baby boomers to succeed, and the way it has been reconfigured since the baby boomers in ways that made it harder for subsequent generations to get ahead.

Gen Z has 86% less purchasing power than baby boomers did in their 20s (Fast Company)

Baby boomers have now ‘gobbled up’ nearly one-third of America’s wealth share, and they’re leaving Gen Z and millennials behind (Fortune)

Why College Graduates Feel Betrayed (NY Times)

James Keys and Rob Richardson take a look at a recent claim from Goldman Sachs that the ongoing AI boom we are living through, with the hundreds of billions of dollars of investment and endless hype from media and corporate interests, did not actually produce GDP growth in the US in 2025.  The guys also consider whether there is any truth to the narrative that AU development is being held back by too much regulation in the US.

You’ll Snort-Laugh When You Learn How Much AI Actually Added to the US Economy Last Year (Futurism)

Goldman finds ‘no meaningful relationship between AI and productivity at the economy-wide level,’ but a 30% boost for 2 specific use cases (Fortune)

Is AI already driving U.S. growth? (JP Morgan Asset Management)

‘Things are going to get much, much worse’: Andrew Yang says AI could eliminate millions of jobs and split the US economy — how to stay ahead (Moneywise)

Uber CEO says other execs are lying about AI: 'They say it'll be fine' publicly but privately admit millions of jobs are gone (Moneywise)

Why the Trump Administration’s Latest Approach to AI Deregulation is Dangerous (NYU Stern Center for Business & Human Rights)

James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss willpower and its limitations, and consider whether the common effort by parents to help kids strengthen their willpower in order to prepare their kids to make good choices in life may be misguided or if it actually is just setting one up for failure.  The guys then discuss  the continuing importance of strength training as one ages and take a look at how strength training must evolve to as the body changes.

Kids' willpower is no match for fast food and screens. Try this instead (NPR)

How to Take On Your Workouts After 40 to Keep Building Muscle and Strength (Men's Health)

James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana react to the ongoing efforts in the US government to allow for more toxic chemicals including glyphosate, the ingredient in herbicides like Roundup, and forever chemical based pesticides, to be introduced into people’s food and water and consider whether all the talk about making America healthy was just a scam.

Trump angering MAHA with glyphosate order gives Democrats an opening (CNBC)

Trump officials set to approve ‘forever chemical’ as pesticide ingredient (The Guardian)

Trump EPA Approves Its First ‘Forever Chemical’ Pesticide (Center for Biological Diversity)

Republican House bill guts laws protecting US consumers from toxic chemicals (The Guardian)

Former Staff Show How Trump Acted to Upend EPA’s Mission and “Make America Sicker” (Mother Jones)

James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss Kyle Chayka’s “Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture,” the 2024 book that looks at where the recommendation algorithms that control what we consume on services like Instagram, TikTok, Netflx and Spotify came from, how they work to change us and the trajectory of our culture, what we may be losing from a personal and cultural standpoint as we continue to hand over so much of our decision making on what we see to them.

Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture (Penguin Random House)

James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana react to a surprising study from the Cato Institute, the well-known libertarian think tank, which demonstrates that over the last 30 years, immigrants (counting both legal and illegal) have contributed trillions more in taxes to federal, state, and local governments than they received back in benefits.  The guys also discuss how immigrants have been and remain an effective way to continually infuse youth into a society grow economic output and avoid economic contraction due to population aging.

Cato Study: Immigrants Reduced Deficits by $14.5 Trillion Since 1994 (Cato Institute)

Europe’s population crisis could shave 4% off its GDP by 2040, Morgan Stanley warns, and the options to solve it aren’t good (Fortune)