The Currency

I’m honored to have my friend, and Charleston city councilman, Jim McBride as a guest. In this episode we talk about Jim’s role as a local politician, what motivated him to seek office, and what he’s found surprising since taking on his role in municipal politics.

Learn more about Jim McBride here, as well as sign up for his newsletter: https://votejimmcbride.com.

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In this episode I share a vision of work; my work. The goal is clear, but I am without clarity on the details.

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I’ve been alcohol free for well over a year and a half now. It’s not something I talk a lot about but I wanted to share the benefits I’ve been experiencing since making the decision in the hopes that it might help someone else considering making a similar choice.

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Information as power, supply and demand, arbitrage—there’s an opportunity for those in the know. And it transcends markets. In this episode of The Currency Mike Gastin unpacks a different way of looking at Truth and applies it to our current situation.

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I recently quit using (and paying for) Adobe’s Creative Suite; a big move as I’ve been an Adobe user for almost 40 years. I published a video about my reasons, and my frustration with Adobe, and was surprised to see that video take off (over 90K views as of this writing). But what was interesting was a common theme among my detractors in the comments—a criticism that says more about the state of society than I think it does about me. Join me as I unpack all of it in this episode.

Watch the vid on YouTube: Leaving Adobe (a long time coming).

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A discussion on the real purpose of business—and it’s not profits.

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Crashing container ships, chocolate and the global supply chain, Trump and the market, and Legoland follows Wendy’s in going in on surge pricing.

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The state of Texas just pulled $8.5 Billion from Blackrock in response to Blackrock’s hostility to hydrocarbon-related investments. In this episode we talk about this, plus the Biden Admin’s announcement today that they’re “forgiving” $6 Billion in student debt for public-service workers, and Reddit’s IPO.

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Wendy’s announced they’re rolling out surge pricing on this food—and then they changed their tune. We’re on it in this episode of The Currency.

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Myron Weber joins me for a discussion on virtue as it applies to business and to life. This conversation was also broadcast as a livestream on YouTube.

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Learn more about my guest, Myron Weber: https://www.northwoodadvisors.com

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