The Brad Rykal Brief

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  • Episode 63 - Die With Zero

    I recently finished the book Die with Zero by Bill Perkins.  I discuss the book and the concepts of how to spend your money throughout your life to get maximum value out of it instead of accumulating wealth and dying with a bunch of money.  

    I hope you enjoy today's show. -Brad

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    14 min
  • Episode 62 - Losing Money in the Stock Market

    In today's show we cover the stock market (S&P 500) being down 14% from all time high's. This is a great opportunity to check in with yourself and see if you are invested correctly because drawdowns happen all the time.  

    I hope you enjoy the show. -Brad

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    12 min
  • Episode 61 - Decide, Detect, Deliver, Assess. The D3A approach to life.

    D3A is the targeting process in the US Army.  It helps defeat your enemies, see them driven before you and I have found it as a model to help my life when I need to put cognitive effort towards a problem.  It is model that can be used from macro to micro and I go into detail about why it is better than other decision making processes out there. 

    I hope you enjoy the show. -Brad

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    14 min
  • Episode 60 - Tom DeCoster (Part 4)

    Dr. Tom DeCoster is back on the show discussing his final years of residency at the University of Vermont back in the 1980's.  This a part 4 of a series of shows that I am doing with Tom about his life story.  

    Previous shows:

    Episode 49  (Part 3)
    Episode 34 (Part 2)
    Episode 5 (Part 1)

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    1 hr 53 min
  • Episode 59 - A Call to Reframe US Intelligence Analysis and US National Security w/ Author Gary Amoroso

    Gary Amoroso is back on the show to discuss his book - A Call To Reframe US Intelligence Analysis and US National Security. 

    We discuss the background of our book, the problems with in the US Intelligence Community (US IC) and some solutions. 

    Buy it on Amazon here. 

    I hope you enjoy today's show! -Brad

    From the back cover:

    The United States is the most powerful country in the history of humankind. The process by which it interprets its security impacts not only itself but the world. We argue that this process is increasingly unclear and ineffective.

    The authors of this book spent decades within a national level knowledge-creation vocation; the U.S. Intelligence Community (US IC). Over the last 20 years, especially since the attacks on the United States on 9/11/2001, a US IC perpetuated narrative has falsely identified an increasingly uncertain and threatening world. The US Government’s (USG) actions associated with this narrative have had extraordinary consequences in not only American but also human blood and treasure.

    An ill-defined and impractical concept of US national security (rather than US intelligence failure) on 9/11/2001 was the principal cause for America’s losses. After twenty years, continued confusion surrounding the concept represents an existential threat to not only America but also the world.

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    1 hr 14 min
  • Episode 58 - Gary Amoroso

    Gary Amoroso is back on the show.  We talk about his fight with multiple myeloma, his time with the Peace Corp, and his retirement from the Defense Intelligence Agency.  

    I hope you enjoy today's show. -Brad

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    1 hr 8 min
  • Episode 57 - Amanda Amoroso

    My guest today is Amanda Amoroso.  Amanda sits down to tell her story about growing up in Bogota, Colombia.  We cover her growing up 20 people to  a house, her relationship with her mother, the FARC, street venders selling cows blood and much more.  

    I hope you enjoy today's show.  -Brad

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    1 hr 17 min
  • Episode 56 - The Hill Climbing Algorithm and the benefits of Randomness

    How do you find the things that you value the most in life?  A little randomness in life can help us discover it. 

    I hope you enjoy. -Brad

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    13 min
  • Episode 55 - James Spencley

    James Spencley live from Italy is on today's show.  The creator of the shows music sits down to talk about working as a defense contractor, his time supporting special forces, COVID updates, parenting, aging parents, money and where we will be in a year. 

    I hope you enjoy today's show. -Brad

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    1 hr 29 min
  • Episode 54 - Thoughts on the Market drawdown and my crypto lesson

    On today's show I talk about my thoughts and feelings on the current stock market pullback, on my crypto experience and the hard lessons I need to relearn every so often to be a good long term investor.  

    I hope you enjoy the show. -Brad

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    13 min

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