In this episode, environmental scientist Dr. Mark Schwartz joins us to unpack the devastating California wildfires, which have already destroyed over 12,000 structures and displaced more than 100,000 residents. Schwartz explains why these fires were predictable, how the state’s geography and housing patterns fuel the crisis, and why most proposed solutions—from controlled burns to home hardening—face major political and regulatory obstacles.

-Guest Info: Dr. Mark Schwartz, Professor Emeritus, UC Davis

We discuss:

• The difference between Northern and Southern California fire risk
• Why LA’s chaparral makes fires fast and unmanageable
• The real economics behind fire suppression vs. prevention
• How outdated zoning and insurance rules keep people in harm’s way
• Why individual and community action may be more effective than top-down policy

Dr. Schwartz also offers hopeful insights into grassroots strategies that could finally shift the paradigm—and why now is the narrow window to act.

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Pedro Uria-Recio joins us to explore the transformative power of AI—its impact on jobs, education, geopolitics, and society at large. From job automation and universal basic income to AI’s role in medicine, war, religion, and entrepreneurship, this wide-ranging conversation tackles the hopes, fears, and opportunities of our AI-driven future.

We also dive into quantum computing, the US-China AI rivalry, and the critical need for smart regulation. Don’t miss Pedro’s practical insights and his new book on staying ahead in the age of intelligent machines.

🔗 Book: How AI Will Shape Our Future → Amazon

• Chapters:
  00:00 AI's Impact on Society
  05:27 AI’s Dual Impact on Employment
  12:24 Skills for the Future Workforce
  16:51 UBI & Education’s Role
  33:13 US vs China: The AI Cold War
  42:21 AI in Medicine & Industry
  46:12 AI & Religion
  49:35 Bitcoin & Quantum Computing
  54:15 AI and UBI Impacts
  59:59 Entrepreneurial Opportunities
  01:04:10 Final Thoughts & Book Info

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Dustin Whitney joins us to explore the economic, social, and policy implications of population decline. We discuss aging societies, the myth of overpopulation, and what a shrinking GDP means for business, government, and everyday life.

Guest Info: Dustin Whitney – Business executive, entrepreneur, and author of Demographic Deception: Exposing the Overpopulation Myth and Building a Resilient Future

Topics Covered:

• Why GDP models break down in a low-population future
• The labor force crisis: fewer workers, more retirees
• Dependency ratios, social security, and government spending
• The illusion of AI as a silver bullet
• Housing market shifts due to boomer wealth transfer
• The myth of endless immigration as a solution
• Business opportunities in a declining demographic environment
• Trade skills, automation, and adapting education
• Private equity, planned obsolescence, and regulatory barriers
• Cultural narratives about family and fertility
• Global outlook: Africa, Eastern Europe, and shifting borders

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In this eye-opening episode, Dr. Thomas Seyfried dismantles the genetic theory of cancer and reveals how targeting cancer’s metabolic roots—glucose and glutamine dependence—could revolutionize treatment and prevention.

🧠 Guest: Dr. Thomas Seyfried – Professor of Biology at Boston College, pioneering researcher in cancer metabolism, and author of Cancer as a Metabolic Disease.

📌 Topics Covered:

• The core thesis: Cancer is not a genetic disease but a metabolic one rooted in mitochondrial dysfunction.
• Fermentation fuels: All cancer cells rely on glucose and glutamine; they cannot use ketones or fatty acids for energy.
• Warburg Effect update: Otto Warburg was correct that cancer arises from defective respiration, but missed glutamine's role.
• New findings: Succinic acid, a byproduct of mitochondrial-level fermentation, is a second key waste product alongside lactate.
• Treatment framework: Seyfried’s “Press-Pulse” therapy combines ketogenic diets with strategic, low-toxicity drugs targeting glutamine and glucose.
• GKI tool: The Glucose Ketone Index (GKI) can guide both prevention and treatment; optimal target GKI ~2.0–5.0.
• Mainstream failure: The genetic theory dominates academia, pharma, and hospitals despite mounting metabolic evidence.
• Industry inertia: Cancer treatment is built on profits from gene-targeted drugs, not prevention or metabolic care.
• Preventative strategy: Emulating a Paleolithic lifestyle—low sugar, fasting, and ketosis—can reduce cancer risk.
• Stress & environment: Chronic stress, processed foods, sedentary life, and poor sleep contribute to mitochondrial decline.
• Alternative therapies: Some repurposed drugs (e.g., fenbendazole, metronidazole) show promise by disrupting cancer fermentation pathways.
• Cultural change needed: Knowledge and lifestyle shifts are essential; convenience and addiction to processed foods are major barriers.

📚 Mentioned Resources:

• Cancer as a Metabolic Disease by Dr. Thomas Seyfried
• Keto-Mojo device for GKI tracking
• BMC Medicine & ASN Neuro – recent publications by Seyfried
• Travis Christofferson’s Foundation for Metabolic Cancer Therapies

💡 Key Quote:

“You better damn well know what I’m talking about—because this now opens up the strategy for how we can manage cancer.”📺

🔗 Where to Find Dr. Seyfried:

• ResearchGate and PubMed for his publications
• Book available via Amazon and major academic retailers

Watch the full episode on YouTube➡️https://youtu.be/jBY5UHubFRg

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In this episode, researcher Mads Larsen warns that modern societies may be on a path to self-eradication unless we find a way to reconcile female freedom with reproduction.

Guest Info: Mads Larsen, researcher at the University of Oslo and author of Stories of Love: From Vikings to Tinder (open access)

Topics Covered:

• Global population collapse and generational shrinkage
• Why South Korea’s fertility rate (.7) spells demographic disaster
• How female mate choice and Tinder skew the dating market
• Historical shifts from arranged marriage to individual choice
• Norway’s generous welfare state—and why it hasn’t stopped fertility decline
• The illusion of immigration as a solution
• The psychological and economic impacts of declining reproduction
• Polygamy, incels, and mating inequality
• The promise (and risk) of AI and automation for humanity’s future

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Professor Martin Grace explains how natural disasters, inflation, bad policy, and population shifts are breaking the U.S. homeowners insurance market — and what that means for your future coverage.

👤 Guest Bio: Dr. Martin F. Grace is a professor of risk management and insurance at the Tippie College of Business at the University of Iowa. A nationally recognized expert on insurance regulation and catastrophe risk, he has published extensively on property insurance, tort reform, and disaster economics. Prior to joining Iowa, he taught at Temple University and Georgia State University.

📚 Topics Covered:

• Why homeowners insurance is getting more expensive and harder to obtain
• The effects of hurricanes, wildfires, and convective storms on insurers
• How COVID-19 disrupted housing markets, labor, and supply chains
• The failures of public insurance programs in Florida and California
• The hidden risks of flood zones and outdated FEMA maps
• The role of reinsurance and why global markets matter
• Why many condo HOAs are underinsured and at risk
• The need for bundled flood and homeowners coverage
• Policy fixes that could stabilize the system over the next two decades

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Tax reform architect Scott Hodge breaks down the bold plan to cut trillions in federal spending, streamline bureaucracy, and tackle America’s unsustainable budget—one obsolete agency at a time.

👤 Guest Bio: Scott Hodge is President Emeritus and Senior Policy Advisor at the Tax Foundation, where he served as president for over 20 years. A national expert on tax policy, budget reform, and government inefficiency, Hodge helped design the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and has testified before Congress over 30 times. He has spent decades studying how to make government leaner, more accountable, and less expensive.

📚 Topics Covered:

• What the proposed “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) would actually do
• Whether it's realistic to cut $2 trillion from the federal budget
• Why it's so hard to shrink government despite obvious waste
• Examples of outdated agencies and programs that should be eliminated
• The influence of entrenched nonprofits and the “NGO-industrial complex”
• Why Social Security and Medicare are growing faster than the economy
• How student loans fuel the college affordability crisis
• The hidden size of government—federal contractors, state agencies, and off-the-books spending
• Why optics, messaging, and marketing matter when reforming government
• The risks of “bulldozer” reform versus strategic dismantling
• Lessons from past efforts (Reagan, Clinton, Nixon) to downsize government
• Why true reform needs to start with taxpayers understanding the cost of government

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Bankrate senior writer Jeff Ostrowski returns to discuss the evolving real estate commission rules, post-disaster housing markets, Airbnb regulations, mortgage rates, commercial real estate shifts, and the long-term impact of U.S. demographic aging on housing.

Guest Info: Jeff Ostrowski – Senior Writer at Bankrate, award-winning journalist with over 20 years covering real estate; board member of the National Association of Real Estate Editors since 2019.

Topics Covered:

• Real estate commission lawsuit and rule changes
• Post-hurricane housing dynamics in Asheville and Florida
• FEMA floodplain regulations and rebuild requirements
• Airbnb and short-term rental restrictions
• Mortgage rate trends and Fed policy
• Commercial real estate and the future of office space
• Population aging, Baby Boomer housing decisions, and long-term U.S. housing supply outlook

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Veteran financial journalist and bestselling author Diana B. Henriques joins to discuss the historical parallels between the unregulated crypto markets of today and the chaotic Wall Street of the 1920s, drawing from her latest book Taming the Street, which chronicles FDR’s creation of the SEC, the FDIC, and other transformative reforms that reshaped American capitalism.

Guest Info: Diana B. Henriques – Award-winning investigative journalist, former New York Times financial reporter, and bestselling author of The Wizard of Lies (on Bernie Madoff) and Taming the Street (2023), which explores how FDR’s New Deal brought accountability to U.S. financial markets.

Topics Covered:

• Parallels between crypto and pre-SEC Wall Street
• The 1920s income inequality and consumer debt buildup
• FDR’s creation of the SEC, FDIC, Glass-Steagall, and Public Utility Holding Company Act
• Joseph P. Kennedy as the first SEC chair
• Dangers of deregulation and recent Supreme Court decisions
• Role of misinformation in modern elections
• Bernie Madoff’s fraud compared to crypto platforms
• Centralization of finance and decline of local journalism
• AI, autocracy, and the future of democratic governance

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Law professor Ken Klein explains why so many Americans are unprotected against natural disasters—and what happens when your home is gone and insurance falls short.

Guest Bio: Ken Klein is a law professor at California Western School of Law specializing in disaster recovery, insurance law, and housing policy.

Topics Covered:

• What standard homeowners insurance covers (and doesn’t)
• Flood vs. wind damage and the legal gray zones
• Why most people are underinsured and how to fix it
• The role of mortgage lenders and force-placed insurance
• Recovery timelines and psychological toll of losing a home
• Market speculation after disasters (e.g. Lahaina, Asheville)
• Government programs, last-resort insurance, and FEMA’s role
• Equity concerns for low-income and generational homeowners
• Policy reform challenges and why there's no quick fix
• Practical tips for homeowners to get better coverage

Watch the full episode on YouTube➡️https://youtu.be/W2vwJ2dpHIU

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