Geek Economy

Season 2 Episode 1: The case for Twitter... Freehand Media presents Geek Economy. Twitter has been unchanged really since its inception but could it be more? James and Dave run some theories and speculations. Also sorry for being away for so long, we took a small break which really became much more as life things came down. We will be recording more regularly for the next few months at least. Peak Money Intro Music is Phase 2 by Xylo-Ziko. Interstitial Music Blippy Trance by Kevin MacLeod. Other Music: bensound.com and PodingtonBear at the FreeMusic Archive This Peak Money episode was Edited and Produced by Dave Donars Creators: James Li and Dave Donars --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/peakmoney/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/peakmoney/support

Episode 6: News Your Own Adventure Freehand Media presents Geek Economy. Today, more than ever new sources are more divided than ever. Liberal media, trump media, conservative news, QAnon.... its just crazy. Are things worse than it has ever been? Should we be worried? Turns out its not that bad, we have always had sources this disparate, just never been ignited with the internet and social media before. So James and Dave talk about this and journey through a bit of history about the most exciting topic ever the news. Peak Money Intro Music is Phase 2 by Xylo-Ziko. Interstitial Music Blippy Trance by Kevin MacLeod. Other Music: bensound.com and PodingtonBear at the FreeMusic Archive This Peak Money episode was Edited and Produced by Dave Donars Creators: James Li and Dave Donars --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/peakmoney/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/peakmoney/support

Episode 5: Quibi Down Under Freehand Media presents Geek Economy. Quibi, we hardly knew ye. I mean we did know ye and collectively--as a society--we decided that you were one of the absolute worst things about 2020 and needed to end immediately. Mind you Quibi, us Americans can't even work together to rid ourselves of a deadly global pandemic. Americans cannot even agree on empirical facts like who won the election and is Q-Anon real. There are fleetingly few things my country-folk ever agree on, but this was abundantly clear with a preponderance of certitude: Quibi was a dumb bucket of bad ideas. Thank you for showing us unity, don't let the bankruptcy door hit you on the way to absolute obscurity. Peak Money Intro Music is Phase 2 by Xylo-Ziko. Interstitial Music Blippy Trance by Kevin MacLeod. Other Music: bensound.com and PodingtonBear at the FreeMusic Archive This Peak Money episode was Edited and Produced by Dave Donars Creators: James Li and Dave Donars --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/peakmoney/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/peakmoney/support

Episode 4: A bonus episode: The Geek Economy Freehand Media presents The Geek Economy. Just Extra ranting The Geek Economy is a non-profit project brought to you by Freehand Media. We discuss economics, finance, business, marketing, culture and technology...but never really get to it. Peak Money Intro Music is Phase 2 by Xylo-Ziko. Interstitial Music Blippy Trance by Kevin MacLeod. Other Music: Battalion by krakatoa, bensound.com and PodingtonBear at the FreeMusic Archive This Peak Money episode was Edited and Produced by Dave Donars Creators: James Li and Dave Donars --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/peakmoney/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/peakmoney/support

Episode 4: The Geek Economy Freehand Media presents The Geek Economy. Where James Li and Dave Donars breakdown the election results and talk about what's next for us and what this all could mean. James talks about the Proud Boys and their brilliant strategy for brand redevelopment and Dave talks about the real first Indian American VP of the United States. The Geek Economy is brought to you by Freehand Media. We discuss economics, finance, business, marketing, culture and technology...but never really get to it. Peak Money Intro Music is Phase 2 by Xylo-Ziko. Interstitial Music Blippy Trance by Kevin MacLeod. Other Music: Battalion by krakatoa, bensound.com and PodingtonBear at the FreeMusic Archive This Peak Money episode was Edited and Produced by Dave Donars Creators: James Li and Dave Donars --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/peakmoney/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/peakmoney/support

Episode 3: The Geek Economy Freehand Media presents The Geek Economy. Where James Li and Dave Donars discuss the US Department of Justice's suit against a lil' ol' company called Google. What are the implications for the future and an insider perspective on the changes this could unearth for the Marketing Industry. James also goes into a quite thorough history of Anti-Trust suits in America (though he missed including The Dutch East Indies Company) and Dave continues his crusade to change the podcast name and subject matter: "Stop or My Mom Will Pod." Then James Swears. A LOT. The Geek Economy is a non-profit project brought to you by Freehand Media. We discuss economics, finance, business, marketing, culture and technology...but never really get to it. Peak Money Intro Music is Phase 2 by Xylo-Ziko. Interstitial Music Blippy Trance by Kevin MacLeod. Other Music: Battalion by krakatoa, bensound.com and PodingtonBear at the FreeMusic Archive This Peak Money episode was Edited and Produced by Dave Donars Creators: James Li and Dave Donars --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/peakmoney/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/peakmoney/support

The Geek Economy - 02 BONUS - Freehand Media presents The Geek Economy. The second amendment is stupid now, im pretty sure the founding fathers didnt consider preditor drones into their calculus about writing it. ALSO Dave goes into the real worst-case scenario and it is scary. Geek Economy Intro Music is Phase 2 by Xylo-Ziko. Interstitial Music Blippy Trance by Kevin MacLeod. Other Music: Battalion by krakatoa, bensound.com and PodingtonBear at the FreeMusic Archive This Geek Economy episode was Edited and Produced by James Li Creators: James Li and Dave Donars --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/peakmoney/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/peakmoney/support

The Geek Economy - 02 - if you cant trust the mob who can you trust? Freehand Media presents The Geek Economy. The debates were an utter nightmare and the next month is going to get weird. SO what does this mean now? How does this impact us in the future? are we all just screwed? Geek Economy Intro Music is Phase 2 by Xylo-Ziko. Interstitial Music Blippy Trance by Kevin MacLeod. Other Music: Battalion by krakatoa, bensound.com and PodingtonBear at the FreeMusic Archive This Geek Economy episode was Edited and Produced by James Li Creators: James Li and Dave Donars --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/peakmoney/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/peakmoney/support

The Geek Economy - 01 - the future is Lawnmower Man Freehand Media presents The Geek Economy. Nvidia buys ARM, this is a big deal in the world of tech, but maybe a bigger deal in another emerging industry, AI. James and Dave talk about what this could mean for our futures. Geek Economy Intro Music is Phase 2 by Xylo-Ziko. Interstitial Music Blippy Trance by Kevin MacLeod. Other Music: Battalion by krakatoa, bensound.com and PodingtonBear at the FreeMusic Archive This Geek Economy episode was Edited and Produced by James Li Creators: James Li and Dave Donars --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/peakmoney/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/peakmoney/support

Hey everyone, Some news for our pod, we have changed the name of the podcast to Geek Economy. Please be patient with us as we have been making this transition to be a better more organized podcast. Thanks! James and Dave --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/peakmoney/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/peakmoney/support

Episode 12: Peak Money Gets Cancelled, Part II Freehand Media presents Peak Money. Where James Li and Dave Donars continue to discuss Cancel Culture. We dive deep on Bayard Rustin, Eldridge Cleaver, The Harper's Letter, Power dynamics and discuss Kurt Anderson's awesome new book Evil Geniuses. Peak Money is a non-profit project brought to you by Freehand Media. We discuss economics, finance, business, marketing, culture and technology...but never really get to it. Peak Money Intro Music is Phase 2 by Xylo-Ziko. Interstitial Music Blippy Trance by Kevin MacLeod. Other Music: Battalion by krakatoa, bensound.com and PodingtonBear at the FreeMusic Archive This Peak Money episode was Edited and Produced by Dave Donars Creators: James Li and Dave Donars --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/peakmoney/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/peakmoney/support

Freehand Media presents Peak Money. Where James Li and Dave Donars discuss Cancel Culture, The history of public shaming, cancellation as a bully profit of the anonymous mob, truth to power, justified and unjustified shaming and, ultimately, forgiveness Peak Money is a non-profit project brought to you by Freehand Media. We discuss economics, finance, business, marketing, culture and technology...but never really get to it. Peak Money Intro Music is Phase 2 by Xylo-Ziko. Interstitial Music Blippy Trance by Kevin MacLeod. Other Music: Battalion by krakatoa, bensound.com and PodingtonBear at the FreeMusic Archive This Peak Money episode was Edited and Produced by Dave Donars Creators: James Li and Dave Donars --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/peakmoney/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/peakmoney/support

Freehand Media presents Peak Money. Where James Li and Dave Donars discuss more sports, our dead heroes and Mary Trumps new book. Peak Money is a non-profit project brought to you by Freehand Media. We discuss economics, finance, business, marketing, culture and technology...but never really get to it. Peak Money Intro Music is Phase 2 by Xylo-Ziko. Interstitial Music Blippy Trance by Kevin MacLeod. Other Music: Battalion by krakatoa and bensound.com This Peak Money episode was Edited and Produced by Dave Donars Creators: James Li and Dave Donars --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/peakmoney/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/peakmoney/support

Freehand Media presents Peak Money. Where James Li and Dave Donars discuss truck nuts and sports. How baseball, basketball and football might look over the next year or so and if they fail. Peak Money is a non-profit project brought to you by Freehand Media. We discuss economics, finance, business, marketing, culture and technology...but never really get to it. Peak Money Intro Music is Phase 2 by Xylo-Ziko. Interstitial Music Blippy Trance by Kevin MacLeod. Other Music: Battalion by krakatoa and bensound.com This Peak Money episode was Edited and Produced by Dave Donars Creators: James Li and Dave Donars --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/peakmoney/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/peakmoney/support

Freehand Media presents Peak Money. Where James Li and Dave Donars discuss Rodger Stones get out of jail free card, Gary V is dangerous, why are there so many streaming platforms and Dave sings a song from his new solo album. Peak Money is a non-profit project brought to you by Freehand Media. We discuss economics, finance, business, marketing, culture and technology...but never really get to it. Peak Money Intro Music is Phase 2 by Xylo-Ziko. Interstitial Music Blippy Trance by Kevin MacLeod. Other Music: Battalion by krakatoa and bensound.com This Peak Money episode was Edited and Produced by Dave Donars Creators: James Li and Dave Donars --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/peakmoney/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/peakmoney/support

Freehand Media presents Peak Money. Where James Li and Dave Donars discuss Lewis Latimer's stolen invention credit, recent virus trends, potential outcomes, American vs every other countries (except Brazil) handling of COVID-19. Peak Money is a non-profit project brought to you by Freehand Media. We discuss economics, finance, business, marketing, culture and technology...but never really get to it. Peak Money Intro Music is Phase 2 by Xylo-Ziko. Interstitial Music Blippy Trance by Kevin MacLeod. Other Music: Battalion by krakatoa and bensounds.com, Break Stuff by Limp Bizkit and This Is How We Walk On The Moon (Remix) by Arthur Russell This Peak Money episode was Edited by Dave Donars and Produced by James Li Creators: James Li and Dave Donars --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/peakmoney/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/peakmoney/support

Small outtake clip before the next episode is loaded up. Most Americans don't know who Alex Azar is. The few that do wonder if our 24th Securtary of Health and Human Services has a shred of credibility in face of the global pandemic. Intrepid host Dave Donars might want to take him to dinner. James Li explores what is really going on... --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/peakmoney/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/peakmoney/support

Freehand Media presents Peak Money. Where James Li and Dave Donars discuss Jim Clyburn's response to Defund the Police Peak Money is a non-profit project brought to you by Freehand Media. We discuss economics, finance, business, marketing, culture and technology...but never really get to it. Peak Money Intro Music is Phase 2 by Xylo-Ziko. Interstitial Music Blippy Trance by Kevin MacLeod. Other Music: Battalion by krakatoa and bensounds.com This Peak Money episode was Edited and Produced by Dave Donars Creators: James Li and Dave Donars --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/peakmoney/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/peakmoney/support

Freehand Media presents Peak Money. Where James Li and Dave Donars discuss: Psychopathy at Ebay; Virtue Hustling Everywhere and the Failure of Diversity Officers at Fortune 1000 Corporations. Real Change requires much more than optics and many attempts at diversity, guided by the D&I industry itself, are simply failures. Seriously people, woke-washing our sins away. We're all doing it wrong. Beware, this episode gets a bit heavy. Peak Money is a non-profit project brought to you by Freehand Media. We discuss economics, finance, business, marketing, culture and technology...but never really get to it. Peak Money Intro Music is Phase 2 by Xylo-Ziko. Interstitial Music Blippy Trance by Kevin MacLeod. Other Music: Battalion by krakatoa and bensound.com This Peak Money episode was Edited and Produced by Dave Donars Creators: James Li and Dave Donars --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/peakmoney/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/peakmoney/support

Freehand Media presents Peak Money. Where James and Dave are joined by Neeraj Kulkarni and Mike Lichter to Discuss eCommerce, brick and mortar, digital integration, customer centrality and the future of shopping. Neeraj is a brilliant problem solver and has worked with some of the largest companies in the world. He is President and Chief Data Scientist of CIEK Solutions, an analytics consulting firm. Ciek uses a collaborative analytics practice to help brands solve their most complex issues. Mike is an incredible strategist who embraces both his analytical and creative gifts. Mike is driven to help make the world a wee bit better. Mike is also the Co-Founder of Freehand Circle with Dave Donars. Peak Money is a non-profit project brought to you by Freehand Media. We discuss economics, finance, business, marketing, culture and technology...but never really get to it. Peak Money Intro Music is Phase 2 by Xylo-Ziko. Interstitial Music Blippy Trance by Kevin MacLeod. Other Music: Battalion by krakatoa This Peak Money episode was Edited and Produced by Dave Donars Creators: James Li and Dave Donars --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/peakmoney/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/peakmoney/support

Where James Li and Dave Donars discuss protest as demonstrative, yet lived, marketing, BLM branding, ‘Defund the Police' shifting the Overton campaign window. Of course, we also discussed the passing of Gymkata actor Kurt Thomas (whose second billing in life was gold medal Olympian), Limp Bizkit, Colin Kapernick and former Milwaukee Alderman Michael McGee Sr. Freehand Media presents Peak Money. Peak Money is a podcast by--and for--contrarians. We discuss economics, finance, business, marketing, culture and technology...but never really get to it. Peak Money Intro Music is Phase 2 by Xylo-Ziko. Interstitial Music Blippy Trance by Kevin MacLeod. Outro Music By Andrew Gold Other Music: Battalion by krakatoa This Peak Money episode was Edited and Produced by Dave Donars Creators: James Li and Dave Donars --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/peakmoney/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/peakmoney/support

Where James Li and Dave Donars reflect on the nationwide George Floyd protests and discuss why our Podcast is actually called Peak Money (hint: the name references how America can fix capitalism). Recorded at the very beginning of the New York protests this episode takes a break from marketing and awkwardly tries to tackle some of the historical context around the historical moment we are all living through. Obviously we don't have the solutions, but James and Dave feel it is important to keep talking. We also argue about automated cars versus people who are just sh*t drivers. Sadly Dave's discussion about the Yang Gang and Jame's discussion of condition implication structures and normative derivations was edited out by James. Freehand Media presents Peak Money. Peak Money is a podcast by--and for--contrarians. We discuss economics, finance, business, marketing, culture and technology...but never really get to it. Peak Money Intro Music Blippy Trance by Kevin MacLeod Peak Money is Edited by James Li and Produced by Dave Donars Creators: James Li and Dave Donars --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/peakmoney/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/peakmoney/support

Where James Li and Dave Donars discuss: The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg, Psycho-Cybernetics by Dr. Maxwell Maltz and what the long-term impact of eight weeks of lock-down will have on brands. Everything is shut down now and will soon reopen. Eight weeks is long enough for people to pick up new habits. Some brands are stronger than ever, but marketing is based on aspiration and fear. Are these forces strong enough to overcome business cycle inertia? James and Dave discuss. Habit Loops are the neurological patterns that governs any habit, so what happens when folks start to learn to cook at home, sew their own masks and realize no one dies if they miss a few boozy brunch Sundays (i.e. people become more self-sufficient)? Welp, brands, do you want the good news or the bad news first...? Listen to find out. Freehand Media presents Peak Money. Peak Money is a podcast by--and for--contrarians. We discuss economics, finance, business, marketing, culture and technology...but never really get to it. Peak Money Intro Music: Blippy Trance by Kevin MacLeod Peak Money is Edited by James Li and Produced by Dave Donars Creators: James Li and Dave Donars --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/peakmoney/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/peakmoney/support

Freehand Media presents Peak Money. Trailer For Upcoming Podcast Peak Money is a weekly podcast where we discuss economics, finance, marketing, business, technology and culture. And why we believe that we are all at Peak Money--and where we go next. This podcast is for anyone who doesnt want to be a prisoner of this moment, because this moment sucks We will explore and ideate on topics like how coronavirus is will permanently change migration patterns, the rise of olympic esports, soverign debt, UBI, and retail's 15 year deathspiral Creators: James Li and Dave Donars Produced by Freehand Media --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/peakmoney/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/peakmoney/support