Cat Mitchell stands in a dead government facility holding a data drive full of billing anomalies. Daniel O'Brien stands behind her with a warning from a man she has never met. And buried in the corrupted data, a trail that connects Medicare cascade failures to the end of civilization.

In this episode we trace the money. How insurance claims became weapons. How denial codes triggered the dominoes. And why Ghost wrote "Trust no one. Not even me" in toxic dust on a ruined console.

A deep dive into Episode 1, Scene 2: "The Shepherd"

Transmissions from the Timeline

Companion to Cat & Daniel: Collapse Protocol

Listen to the story: [Collapse Protocol RSS link]

Watch the scene: https://youtu.be/SdAKEy6jxzs

A Future Vision XPRIZE submission

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