Podcast – Muthonomics

Episode in which I discuss the recently detailed revelations of how taxpayer money has been laundered through USAID.

It seems that the human heart is wired to advocate for principles when in the minority, then to flip to wielding power when in the majority.

Episode in which I compare the current political climate to a theoretical thespian uprising in a mid-1990s high school setting. This is also the first episode which I simultaneously published to x.com so if you want to see me rambling into a microphone you can head over to x.com/muthonomics to watch. Enjoy!

Episode in which I discuss how I’m approaching The Most Important Election of Our Lifetime™

Episode in which I recap a conversation I had with a liberal leaning, Marxist friend on the topic of Bill Burr’s opinion of professional women soccer and basketball players’ compensation.

Episode in which I ask you to examine whether technology you choose to engage with is adding value to your life, or addicting your time in ways that are counter-productive to the goals you want to achieve. Basis for the discussion is the book Human Action by Ludwig von Mises.

A look at how growing up in poverty exposes you to “multiple alternate uses” and how you can use the power from these experiences to develop a competitive advantage in any job or marketplace.

One of the most destructive forces that poverty leaves in its wake is trapping people in a cycle of daydreaming and despair. In this episode, I recount my experiences with this cycle and share thoughts that I’ve found very useful in breaking this cycle.

Welcome to 2023! Join in as I talk through events in my personal life over the last year that have shaped the focus and direction of the Muthonomics podcast going forward.

1) The battle for your mind is real. 2) Cowards will be remiss to persist in their cowardly ways 3) Stop being a coward. Yep, that pretty much sums up this episode.

This episode is Part 1 of 2 with my good friend and former doubles partners, Juri Hakola. Juri and I met in 1991 and have shared many experiences on and off the tennis court. We lost touch for two decades before reconnecting in Tampa in 2018. Juri is currently traveling the country with his fiance …

Join me as I recount my first SEC football experience and contrast it to WAC football of the 90s, share a few thoughts on Zuckerberg’s “Metaverse”, and discuss truck driver Edward Durr becoming the second most powerful man in Virginia by spending $163 on his campaign.

Episode in which I wrestle through aligning capitalism with personal values and rail against Evangelicals worshipping a “golden calf hair colored savior”. As always, have fun and listen at your own risk!

Join me as I live trade CEI, ramble about Dave Chappelle’s latest “comedy” special and probably talk way too much about the stock market.

Join me as I blather on about Rolls Royce, real life dad struggles of trying to fix a broken dryer switch, Nirvana lawsuits and berate anti-capitalist hippies who probably regret being anti-capitalist hippies.

Super nerdy episode in which I draw on my screen with crayons and magic markers in an attempt to make day trading decisions. Other topics covered include AOC, American flags, Aesop’s fables, BeachBody stock, political blitzkrieg and more old man tennis happenings.

Episode in which I talk about Gab, the need for decentralized content, remind everyone that collectivism is bad, sympathize with Warren Buffet’s biggest stock regret, and talk about drawing on computer screens with Crayons.

We are going down the wrong path by assigning value to victimhood and incentivizing individuals to create and embellish hardships, instead of working to productively overcome hardships. To quote a quote I’ve seen floating around on social media “Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, weak men …

Episode in which I reject the narrow-mindedness of Dogma Dolts, talk about the book Irreversible Damage and recount the undisputed carb champion king who simultaneously had the balls to order a burger sans bun. Have a great weekend and I look forward to doing it again next Saturday!

Episode in which I talk about vacationing on the island where the Federal Reserve was created, answer 2 listener questions, talk about sports injuries, preview upcoming Book, Beat, Butter episodes and talk about losing 40% in 3 days buying Game Stop put options. What a time to be alive!

A meandering story telling episode, in which, amongst other things, I try out a new podcast hook, recount old man tennis tales of trying to keep up with D1 youngsters, spill the beans on a handful of interesting LYFT passengers, give a cursory mention to New Zealander rugby and play around with the idea of …

Episode in which I discuss 1950’s musicals, the 2008 Bucs, Jamarcus Russel and Johnny Manziel’s laziness, Sabby Piscitelli’s abs, the 1988 Fog Bowl, Outbreak, Batman Forever, DuckDuckGo, woke weenies, ThriftBooks.com, the post-modern Marxist Vitamix blender and unprecedented mass manipulation by the media.

Episode in which I discuss, among other things, woke weenies, the lack of courage present in our culture, Justin.tv, 1 inch wool socks, ordering the manliest books in the world, and accuse Adonis of being Aphrodite’s simp.

It’s a sad state of affairs in our country at the moment, but we can right the proverbial ship if we focus on principle over popularity, and instead of hunting for hypocrisy, begin to focus on ourselves being good stewards.

Episode in which I scroll through comments left on my children’s tik tok posts and kvetch about the future of our country, Hollywood drug addiction, the #makemefamous hashtag and Common Core math. If listening to forty-something dads stumble through teenage slang then this episode is for you.

We live in a society where individual declarations are accepted as truth ex nihilo. Outside of the reprobate nature of mankind, you can trace this to Kant and Hume, who questioned the discovery of universal truth, thus opening Pandora’s box to unravel never-ending delusions. Good luck on coming back from this one America! If we …

Episode in which I delve into lessons learned during the Twilight Zone of the last few months (fearing the rule of law vs. the rage of the mob, identifying primary Marxian tactics, calling out the faulty logic of the mask marauders, resisting the urge to cancel the cancellers, etc). I also journey down a few …

Episode in which I recount an experience with a moral goody two shoes who looked like Mr. Clean, bemoan FDR as being one of the worst Presidents ever, advocate for asking “yes, but what happened before that?”, argue that fear and want are powerful motivators (and a much better option than acquiescing to the benevolence …

Episode in which I outline 4 steps I’ve found are necessary to free yourself from manipulative situations/people, as well as, 3 ways to grow as a person after you’ve left the manipulative environment. Other topics mentioned include shopping at Staples, Mount Everest, Jeff Bezos, Samuel Rutherford and the exploration on origins of certain English phrases.

An extremely bird’s eye view of the end game of toxic masculinity proponents, a call to resist caricatures, and a call to pursue MLK’s dream of judging people by the content of their character, by defending the individual dignity of every single human, whether they look like us or not.

Episode in which I finally get around to discussing two “scientific” articles that caught my attention over the summer. The first one deals with the a Canadian study bemoaning the oppressive nature of dodgeball, while the other tackles the supposedly sensitive subject of obesity by equating it to slavery. Insert eye roll emoji and click …

Riveting episode, complete with the low, ambient background noise / roar of the pavement beneath my tires for 73 minutes. Enjoy!

Economic progress can be disruptive to both industry and individual livelihood. How you respond (retreating in panic is never a good option) to the growing number of algorithms replacing human labor is vitally important to your ability to continue to make a living. Other topics hit on, among others, include road trips to DC, 300 …

Instead of burying my head in the sand and being an evidence ignoring proponent, I decide to take my own advice from Muthonomics #17 and discuss what happens when laissez faire fails. I also might make fun of Nicolas Mahut getting plastered three times in the men’s Wimbledon doubles final.

Episode in which I read some reader emails, advocate for regulating the regulators, delve into the logic of BIID, go after someone for launching a future, theoretical, gender-assumed protest, and generally advocate for consistent rationale. I also may or may not refer to the American revolution as “a startup kerfuffle.”

I reach the quarter century mark of this here podcast by ranting about participation trophies, double dribbles, species dysphoria, chromosome deniers and extinction level, apocalyptic events. Dungeons and Dragons and POG collecting get nods as well. Listen at your own peril.

Episode in which I argue that rights don’t come to us in groups, but are instead guaranteed to the individual. Also, rights are not granted by government and we should resist the current trend of preferences diluting rights.

Episode, in which, I labor to point out the primary danger of playing group identity games, namely, the ever-more-specific clamping down on thoughts and opinions that results from the fallacious and frightening pursuit of “purifying the group”. The primary material for this endeavor is comments Martina Navratilova made regarding trans-gender athletes, however, other items mentioned …

Episode in which I argue that racism has nothing to do with skin color, but is the result of adopting the wholesale fallacy that group identity is paramount. As a result, I implore each of us to stop playing group identity games and instead, strive to value each person as an individual who is worthy …

Episode in which I look at Charles Drew and encourage you to use self-discipline not as an end in itself, but as the means to benefiting others. We really need to cultivate this mentality of benefiting others or our culture runs the increased risk of quickly devolving into a narcissistic nightmare.

Episode in which I talk about the importance of how paying attention to the small details will largely determine your success as an entrepreneur. Step your game up!

I start the new year by discussing what most successful business people won’t delve into, namely, the soul-crushing, hope-sapping environment of living in poverty. People enduring this environment have an either/or choice to make, which may sound coldhearted and mean, but which also has the power to change their lives for the better.

I start this episode singing a free market variation of the “Bear Necessities” song from Jungle Book and it only improves from there, including targeted rebukes of price gouging moralists (“supply and demand doesn’t care about your stupid price gouging moralism”), vetting listener emails (one suggesting I rename Muthonomics to “The Mean Capitalist” LOLOLOLOL), and …

Jim Carrey, Lavar Burton, Hugo Chavez, Sean Penn, Bill Maher, Ozzie Guillen, Floyd Mayweather, Lil’ Wayne and others all contribute various forms of show fodder for Muthonomics #17. So climb aboard and get ready to explore, among other things, the predictable outcome of democratic socialism, namely, the barbecuing of Mongeese and/or Flamingos at your local …

Playing off the 1990’s SNL skit “Bad Idea Jeans”, I am starting a mini-series called “Bad Idea Genes”, which covers bad ideas being adopted by our culture. The first bad idea I am tackling is “Evidence Free Argumentation”, with ample discussion surrounding Serena Williams and the code violations she was given during the 2018 US …

Episode in which I outline the negative effects (namely, rent controls) of price ceilings, via a quote from Thomas Paine, reminisce about Gremlins and Glo Bugs, rail against “salt baths of dopamine” destroying reason, and question the wisdom of disparaging effort by equating it with failure.

Episode in which I examine basic economic laws of price floors and express my growing distaste for the mentality the Marvel Cinematic Universe promotes.

Having grown up in poverty, I’ve had 20 years to think deeply about its impact on me and have decided to summarize my experiences into five main points. 1) Isolation 2) Despair 3) Grumbling 4) Apathy 5) Fatalism Understanding and accepting these perils have been fundamental in rewiring my brain and have helped me process …

Thoughts on what constitutes a “fakeapreneur” and how to avoid becoming one. (Audio lecture length 39:59)