DIG LIFE DEEP!

Frank King, Suicide Prevention Speaker, a writer for The Tonight Show  for 20 years, and a full-time standup comedian for 37 years. He’s fought  a lifetime battle with Depression and Chronic Suicidality, turning that  long dark journey into 8 TEDx Talks and insights on Mental Health  Awareness (only one other person on the planet has 8 TEDx Talks…Bill  Gates). Depression and suicide run in his family. He’s thought about killing  himself more times than he can count. He’s come close enough to dying by  suicide that he can tell you what the barrel of his gun tastes like… He uses his life lessons to start the conversation giving people  permission to give voice to their feelings and experiences.  He believes that where there is humor there is hope, where there is  laughter there is life, nobody dies laughing.

On this episode two distinguished experts, NATHAN LEWIS and DICK BOVE, lay out the case for the control of profligate spending and the easy money policies of the US Federal Reserve. This spending, in the form of trillions of dollars in "quantitative easing" by the Fed and massive stimulus programs and outlays by the government, has fueled runaway inflation. It also risks the collapse of the US dollar.

NATHAN LEWIS, an internationally renowned expert on money and taxes, is the co-author of the Inflation: What It Is, Why It’s Bad, and How to Fix It. The book explains what’s behind the worst inflationary storm in more than forty years—one that is dominating the headlines and shaking Americans by their pocketbooks. The cost-of-living explosion since the COVID pandemic has raised alarms about a possible return of a 1970’s-style “Great Inflation.” Some observers even fear a descent into the kind of Weimar-style hyperinflation that has torn apart so many nations. Is this true? If so, what should be done? How should we prepare for the future?

According to the publisher Inflation answers these and other questions in an engaging discussion that draws on the singular expertise of Steve Forbes, chairman of Forbes Media, acclaimed for his insights on money and the economy; Nathan Lewis, internationally renowned expert on money and taxation; and author and journalist Elizabeth Ames.

Website: www.amazon.com/Inflation-What-Why-Its-Bad/dp/1641772433

DICK BOVE is the chief strategist at Odeon Capital Group and covers the bank sector. He is among the most prominent bank industry analysts in the US, often controversial, with a keen and practical sense of history and of events that are often translated into his analysis. Bove attended Stuyvesant High, N.Y., and is a graduate of Columbia University, 1962, majoring in political science.

BOVE began his career in 1965, working for a series of firms including Wertheim, Shearson, Raymond James, Hoefer & Arnett and Punk Ziegel, before it was purchased by Ladenburg Thalmann. Later, Bove joined Rochdale Securities and then eventually moved to Odeon Capital. A widely quoted analyst with some five decades of experience behind him, Bove relies on common sense and macroeconomic trends to forecast markets.  He appears regularly on business shows on TV and radio, and is frequently cited in media coverage of Wall Street. On the popular weekly ODEON CAPITAL CONVERSATIONS with MAT VAN ALSTYNE, BOVE provides in-depth analysis and commentary on many of the big market and global trends of our times. ODEON CAPITAL CONVERSATIONS is hosted by JOHN AIDAN BYRNE.

Bove is the author of Guardians of Prosperity: Why America Needs Big Banks (December 26, 2013)

Website: https://www.odeoncap.com/

Martin Dugard is a best-selling American author living in Rancho Santa Margarita, Orange County, California. He and his wife have three sons. His latest book, Taking Berlin. The Bloody Race to Defeat the Third Reich, follows the success of his initial book, Taking Paris, in his World War 11 series. Dugard talks about this acclaimed book in an earlier DIG LIFE DEEP! Podcast. Dugard began writing professionally in 1988. Bored by an unfulfilling corporate marketing job, he began writing articles for endurance sports magazines such as Competitor and Runner's World in the mornings and on weekends. In 1993, inspired after covering the Raid Gauloises adventure race in Madagascar, Dugard left the corporate world to pursue a full-time writing career. Although he has returned to journalism from time to time, as when covering the Tour de France from 1999 to 2008, Dugard's primary focus is writing narrative non-fiction. Dugard wrote his first work of history in 2000. Dugard is know for his fruitful and his productive collaboration on the KILLING series with broadcaster and commentator, Bill O'Really. Their latest is Killing the Legends. 

Website:https://www.martindugard.com/

Andrew Gillsmith is a science fiction writer whose education in  religious studies and passion for the cyberpunk genre has helped inform  and mold his style of storytelling. Fittingly, his first job out of  school was delivering mail for Jeff Bezos when he was still selling  books via Listserv. Since then, he’s worked in a number of interesting  roles, including head of customer experience for the Kentucky Derby,  leader of a proposed hyperloop project in the United States, head of  data analysis for a healthcare company, and SVP of sales for a digital  marketing agency. He currently works in publisher development in the  programmatic advertising space.

Andrew lives in St. Louis, Missouri with his wife Cheryl and their two young sons.

His new novel, Our Lady of the Artilects, is available for purchase on Amazon.

It's a collapse that some have called crypto's "Lehman moment," according to a stirring account of the fall of the FTX Crypto exchange, the darling of the digital currency jet set. Once valued at multiple billions of dollars, the surprise destruction of Bahamas-based FTX caught many investors, regulators and media mavens completely off-guard. How could this be? Founder Sam Bankman-Friend was the poster boy of the industry, a friend of regulators, lawmakers and celebrities. Sure, he had a strange attraction, a funky hairdo and a stare and look that could melt butter.  But this made him all the more special in some -- he was the rockabilly of crypto and he would change the world. That's for sure and the rest is history. 

On this episode, we will offer our analysis of the future. Then we will play you three significant interviews with crypto experts and pundits: Pat LaVecchia, CEO of Oasis Pro;  Jesse Brown, CEO of Himalaya Exchange and finally best selling author, Jeffrey Robinson who has investigated crypto. The trio have been around the block (chain). You be the judge of what comes next. 

A “Millennial trapped in a Baby Boomer body,” IRA WOLFE is recognized as one  of the Top 5 Global Thought Leaders on Future of Work and HR and Top 10  for Leadership. He is the president of Poised for the Future Company,  founder of Success Performance Solutions, Senior Consultant with Dame  Leadership, a TEDx Speaker, Hall of Fame Speaker, and host of Geeks  Geezers Googlization podcast, part of the People-Forward Network. His  most recent book is Recruiting in the Age of Googlization, now in its  2nd edition, which was selected as one of the top 50 books to read in  2021 by Thinkers360. He is the founder of the Googlization Nation  community and a frequent contributor to HR and business blogs including  Forbes, Medium, and an expert guest on NTD Business News. He was  recently selected as the 2022 HRSouthwest Hall of Fame Speaker inductee.

WEBSITE: https://www.irawolfe.com/

YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/IraWolfe/about

Media personality Raymond Arroyo of FOX News and EWTN  is out with his beautiful Christmas book "The Wise Men Who Found Christmas."

In this thrilling, visual adventure capturing the wonder of the Christmas season, New York Times bestselling author Arroyo shares the true, hidden story of the mysterious Magi, who risked everything to discover the truth. Based on new historical evidence, The Wise Men Who Found Christmas is the miraculous, untold tale of three seekers who followed a star and found themselves in the middle of the greatest story ever told. Stunningly illustrated by Diane Le Feyer, this enchanting family keepsake is sure to become part of your Christmas tradition – and a reminder that chasing truth is often the greatest adventure of all.

Also on this episode, ARROYO sums up his view of the great American experiment in democracy and where the nation stands today.

Dr. Gerard Verschuuren has published a new book: Faith That Makes You Think.

In this book, he demonstrates that faith relies on, rather than contradicts, thinking. The Catholic Church, in fact, teaches that there is a strong relationship between faith and reason. St. Augustine could not have said it more  clearly when he wrote, “Believers are also thinkers: in believing, they think and in thinking, they believe.… If faith does not think, it is nothing.” This goes against the slogan “Don’t think, just believe,” which gives atheists a powerful weapon to say the  opposite: “Don’t believe, just think.” That would give atheists full reign, which they certainly don’t deserve as the book explains.

Faith That Makes You Think is specifically written for Catholics—fallen-away Catholics, lukewarm Catholics, struggling Catholics, would-be Catholics—for all those in search of the truth, as it gives life-saving answers  to life-size questions. But this episode of DIG LIFE DEEP! will appeal to a broad audience, people of faith and no faith and of course, Catholic, devout or fallen-away.

The book received many accolades. To read those and to find a few more details about the book, click on this webpage: https://www.where-do-we-come-from.com/book-faith.htm

Financial industry veteran Pappous is pulling back the curtain on how retail wealth management firms actually work and how institutional clients enjoy greater performance transparency. The book offers an expert’s take on deceptive marketing practices and arms investors with the knowledge of how to spot high-quality portfolio advice and avoid falling for a slick salesperson. The start of this book is many years in the making. Pappous was motivated to enter the wealth management industry by deeply personal family tragedy. He explores the compelling reason he entered the field, what he found, and the choices he’s made. Pappous offers key observations in the book, including: *How firms evaluate their financial advisors’ performances, beginning with sales quotas. *Examples of how Wall Street marketing deceives rather than informs, like distorting the results of famous academic studies. *Why you shouldn’t trust the portfolio performance reports generated by your financial advisor. *Surprising secrets about financial advisor rankings and search services. *Why having your financial advisor act as a fiduciary does not actually eliminate conflicts of interest “If you’re going to seek help from a financial professional, you’re going to need to think of self-defense first,” said Pappous. “It’s not paranoia, it is your financial future on the line. Always be watching what your financial advisor is doing.” Wall Street’s Grand Deception is available via paperback for $19.99 or ebook for $9.99. The book can be purchased on October 20, 2022 from Barnes&Noble and Amazon. About Norman D. Pappous Normal D. Pappous, a retired financial markets professional, was motivated to enter the wealth management industry by a personal tragedy. He discovered an industry that is opaque at the expense of its clients and began his mission to get accountability into the hands of the average investor. Norman earned his BS in commerce from DePaul University in Chicago and received his MSc in financial markets and trading from Stuart School of Business at Illinois Tech. Norman began his professional career in London working for global investment banks and hedge funds before coming home to help the average investor navigate the financial markets. Shocked by the misdirection of Wall Street marketing, Norman launched FinancialAdvisorCheck.com, a company that serves the clients of financial advisors by producing—for free— institutional-level, confidential portfolio performance reports without the knowledge of their investment advisors. At one time, Norman held four securities licenses in the US and passed all three regulatory exams he sat for in the UK. He is a Quora.com’s Most Viewed Writer for asset management, financial advisors, and passive/index investing. The Structured Products Association of America gave Norman the Leading Edge Advisor award for his work in derivatives pricing. He’s been featured in The New York Post, Forbes, Investment News, Registered Rep, TheStreet.com, and Frontline on PBS. To learn more, visit www.wallstreetsgranddeception.com

Fundraising platform, GiveSendGo.com, may never have imagined the phenomenal growth ahead when it launched itself about eight years ago.  In the last year, its website has seen a one thousand percent increase between June 2021 and June 2022. HEATHER WILSON, GiveSendGo.com co-founder, explains what is propelling a significant amount of this growth - censorship on other platforms such as PayPal

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