KeepTalking Podcast

Sean Tumilson and co-host Chuck the Bot offer a strategy for the US to survive the 21st century intact on a geopolitical level and in everyday life for the average person...

PART I — AMERICA IS NOT AN EMPIRE (AND THAT’S WHY IT WINS)

PART II — THE DOLLAR: STRONG, BUT NOT SACRED

PART III — CAPITALISM THAT PRODUCES STABILITY, NOT RIOTS

PART IV — DEMOCRACY HAS TO WORK, NOT JUST WIN ARGUMENTS

PART V — WHY REFORM BEATS REVOLUTION (EVERY TIME)

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Sean Tumilson and co-host Chuck the Bot offer some thoughts and solutions to the authoritarian tendencies of BOTH SIDES of the political aisle in the US...

PART 1: WHY POLARIZED SYSTEMS DRIFT TOWARD EXECUTIVE POWER

PART 2: HOW BOTH RIGHT AND LEFT AUTHORITARIANISM SELL CERTAINTY

PART 3: WHEN MORAL CERTAINTY REPLACES INSTITUTIONAL RESTRAINT

PART 4: WHY “EMERGENCY POLITICS” NEVER ENDS

PART 5: HOW TO REBUILD LEGITIMACY WITHOUT REPRESSION

CLOSING: THE CORE TRUTH

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Sean Tumilson and co-host Chuck the Bot break down the problems with the current US economic model...

“Free Markets Didn’t Fail — We Stopped Running Them”

OPENING: THE DAY YOU REALIZED SOMETHING WAS OFF

PART 1: HOW MONOPOLIES QUIETLY REPLACED MARKETS

PART 2: HOW FINANCIALIZATION HOLLOWED OUT PRODUCTIVE CAPITALISM

PART 3: THREE ECONOMIC MODELS — AND WHY CONFUSION IS KILLING US

PART 4: WHY INEQUALITY BECOMES A NATIONAL-SECURITY RISK

PART 5: HOW FUNCTIONAL MARKETS UNDERCUT EXTREMISM

CLOSING: THE REAL CHOICE

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Sean Tumilson and co-host Chuck the Bot break down the importance of the US dollar's reserve currency status and how to preserve it...

Opening: The Thing You Don’t Notice Until It’s Gone

Part I: Why the Dollar Is Dominant (And Why That’s Not Magic)

Part II: The BRICS Question — Overhyped, But Not Fake

Part III: Weaponizing the Dollar — Power With a Recoil

Part IV: What Actually Happens If the Dollar Loses Dominance

Part V: The Real Costs — And Why Voters Hate Them

Part VI: What Is Actually Feasible

Core Argument — Revisited

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Sean Tumilson and co-host Chuck the Bot break down the battle between the US and China for global dominance, and discuss how it affects your day-to-day life more than you think...

PART I: THE GOAL IS NOT VICTORY — IT’S TIME

PART II: THE OCEAN IS THE REAL BATTLEFIELD

PART III: ALLIANCE GEOMETRY — WHY FRIENDS MATTER MORE THAN FIREPOWER

PART IV: TAIWAN IS NOT A SYMBOL — IT’S A CIRCUIT BREAKER

PART V: ECONOMIC INTERDEPENDENCE IS NOT WEAKNESS — IF YOU CONTROL THE SWITCHES

PART VI: WHY DEFECTION IS COSTLY AND COOPERATION IS COMFORTABLE

PART VII: THE TRAP CHINA CAN’T ESCAPE

CLOSING: WHAT YOU’RE REALLY WATCHING

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Sean Tumilson and co-host Chuck the Bot kick off this Save America series with an introductory episode explaining the US's current position in the world...

PART I — YOU IN DAILY LIFE, AMERICA IN GRAND STRATEGY MODE

PART II — THE VACATION FROM HISTORY

PART III — WHILE AMERICA RESTED, CHINA STUDIED

PART IV — THE RETURN OF HISTORY (WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT)

PART V — THE TWO LIES THAT WILL DESTROY AMERICA

PART VI — THE REAL PROBLEM: COHERENCE

PART VII — THE THREE PILLARS (AND THE CLIFFHANGER)

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Sean Tumilson and co-host Chuck the Bot break down the new cold war that will likely dominate the next several decades...

Why the U.S.–China Cold War Exists at All

What “Second-Tier Countries” Actually Are

List of important countries and who they are aligned with

What Washington and Beijing should each do next

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Sean Tumilson and co-host Chuck the Bot share an interesting perspective on the economy...

Act I: The Moment Growth Became Dangerous

Act II: Inflation Isn’t About Prices — It’s About Pressure

Act III: Interest Rates as a Governor, Not a Brake

Act IV: Regulation Is a Cage Built After the Lion Escaped

Act V: AI Isn’t Being Slowed — It’s Being Boxed In

Act VI: Speech Moderation Is Risk Management, Not Censorship (At the System Level)

Act VII: Why Growth Had to Die (At the Macro Level)

Final Act: How You Still Grow in a World Built to Stay Flat

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Sean Tumilson and co-host Chuck the Bot offer a brutally realism-based assessment of what causes wars around the world...

Act I: The War That Already Happened

Act II: Ukraine Was a Balance Sheet Problem

Act III: Taiwan — The Spreadsheet That Keeps Failing

Act IV: The Middle East — A Perpetual Spreadsheet

Act V: Small Countries, Big Leverage

Act VI: Why You’re Always Late to the Story

Act VII: The Final Twist — You’re in the Spreadsheet Too

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Sean Tumilson gives a very frank opinion on several recent events that have happened at home and abroad.

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