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Looking ahead and looking for opportunities with Jason Hartman, CEO of a real estate investment firm and host of his very .own podcast 'Creating Wealth with Jason Hartman.

In this New Years Day episode we cover alot of ground, talking about predictions, social media, precious metals, and what Jason knows best... real estate.

Jasons podcast is one I have listened to for over a year now and every few weeks I scan the list of guests to find topics that interest me. His podcast centers around real estate but the topics are varied and the interviews are excellent. You can find his podcast on Itunes. 

The Creating Wealth Podcast

Holistic Survival Podcast, Jasons other podcast

Jason Hartmans Website

Some other mentionable links; Life or Debt the movie, John Perkins Confessions of an Economic Hitman,

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When I first got confirmation that Bill Still was going to be on 'Two Beers With Steve' I rushed to my wife to tell her the good news... that I would soon be talking with a legend, an icon of mine. I have to thank Nathan Martin for making the meeting possible, Nathan also sat in during the interview and we all had a great conversation.

Bill Still has been beating the drum for monetary reform for decades, long before my 'awakening' Bill was hard at work writing books, articles and had made the film 'The Money Masters'. His latest venture has been another film titled 'The Secret of Oz', which I have seen and highly recommend.

This interview covers many topics but the most facsinating discovery for me was finding out how Bill Still, a journalist, became to be interested in monetary reform. A great interview, thanks Bill.

Buy The Secret of Oz - Buy the film and support the cause.

 The Secret of Oz Website

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Nathan Martin of Nathans Economic Edge talks with me about his vision of where monetary reform should be headed, what he calls Freedom's Vision.  

In this first discussion, Nathan points out the problems with our current system and possible tactics to enact REAL change. Nathan also makes the distinction between hoping change will happen and working towards making change happen... (hint, they are not the same thing, at all).

In a later episode we will be discussing a few more concepts of Nathans proposed plan and we will also be talking with Bill Still, narrator of the films The Secret of Oz and The Money Masters. Please join us.

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James Howard Kunstler, author of The Long Emergency takes a seat at the roundtable to discuss Peak Oil and the American lifestyle. This was an hour of discussion on the grim reality of a world that is not planning on a world without plentiful and cheap oil, with moments of humor and chat splashed in for good measure.

 James Howard Kunstler's Website

Buy the book The Long Emergency

The KunstlerCast, JHK's own podcast.

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Josh Kosman author of the book, The Buyout of America, talks with the Two Beers With Steve crew about how he sees the Next Great Credit Crisis coming from the failures of companies that were acquired by the Private Equity firms during the PE boom of 2000-2007.

Steve picked up this book because it is the only new release to be looking at the challenges in front of us and not what has already happened (ie. the housing meltdown or bailouts). Excellent book, excellent interview.

Buy the book here

The Buyout of America Website

Listen to the NPR podcast with Josh Kosman and Terry Gross

The Two Beers With Steve Magnum Opus. What are we going to do about it? Are we going to keep typing intelligent forum posts and slapping ourselves on the back because we are soooo smart. Or is the constant-student (that would be you!) finally going to get to the point in his/hers re-education and back away from the computer and join in on the movement.

I have faith that the movement is under way you'll just have to find it. Find your role in how you can help and get out there. You can help me (Steve), I most definitely could use the assistance and let me be clear, we will screw up, we'll be amateurs, we'll embarrass ourselves, and we'll pick ourselves back up and keep marching forward.

I'm finally getting busy...

The second part of our two part interview with Steve Crower on the topic of Peak Oil. I would highly suggest you listen to Part 1 before listening to this episode as we make some references to the earlier episode.

In this episode we interview the author of the viral video "Peak Oil 91 * 86 * 90", Steve Crower. Up until two weeks ago Steve Crower was virtually unknown to any of the Two Beers With Steve crew until his video was forwarded onto me. Steve Crower is an energy investment banker with Starlight Investments LLC of Denver, CO who started researching the topic of Peak Oil in 2005 after a Matt Simmons speech.

Watch the Peak Oil video here (8 Minutes)

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In this episode we go back to our roots and give you a glimpse of what happens when we just get together and BS about random topics. Even though there may be some faulty assumptions in our logic sometimes (On a second review I realized the error of my www.prosper.com 100% reserve banking argument) but the discsussions have an important role in our Metamorphosis.

The Metamorphosis from the type of people that read, listen and comment on the topics covered in the Crash Course to the type of people that can talk about these topics and teach others as well as overcoming common objections to our arguments. Obviously, we are still in the learning phase so feel free to comment on our discussions. I consider these sessions 'Practice' for those opportunities when I get in front of people who are genuinely interested in hearing what I have to say and I don't want to confuse or bore them.

Links Mentioned

McAlvany Podcast - Terrific podcast, I highly recommend making this part of your weekly listening (along with Max Keiser). McAlvany might be an offshoot from the Financial Sense Newshour, which for the most part I don't care for, but it is far more insightful and even-handed politically.

Bill Moyer - Joe Mancini made mention of this show. You'll have to do some searching for the actual episode, but here is a start.

Pat Carmack, producer of the film The Money Masters, joins us for a discussion on how the film came into existence along with his thoughts on the banking industry and the Federal Reserve.

Probably the highlight of the show for me was Pat's stance on the gold standard and a 100% reserve ratio for banks. Pat also gave good insight on money creation and the repeating pattern of market manipulations by banks.

The Money Masters Website

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