Episodes
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Channels with Peter Kafka
Microdramas turn phone fiction into a global media business
Microdramas are testing whether mobile-first storytelling can build a major paid entertainment market while reshaping how Hollywood develops and distributes stories.
Aug 26, 2026 · 51 min
The American Idea
The Northwest Ordinance mapped America’s westward future
The ordinance shows how the early United States paired self-government and civil liberties with territorial expansion, slavery’s restriction, and Native dispossession.
Aug 26, 2026 · 48 min
Reuters World News
Tariffs, power outages and war expose widening global fault lines
The episode connects political brinkmanship, fragile energy routes and uneven disaster recovery to pressures affecting governments and civilians.
Aug 26, 2026 · 11 min
Motivation Daily by Motiversity
Naval Ravikant argues that desire creates much of life’s distress
The episode links happiness, anxiety, status, and meaningful work to the choices people make about attention and desire.
Aug 26, 2026 · 23 min
Pod Meets Twirl'd: Traitors with Regular Ass People
Ryan Cabrera revisits pop stardom before social media
Ryan Cabrera’s story connects early-2000s music fame, manufactured reality television, and the lasting appeal of an era built around live connection.
Aug 26, 2026 · 51 min
Two Ts In A Pod with Teddi Mellencamp and Tamra Judge
Bravo stars debate casting, criticism and Housewives’ second chances
Teddi Mellencamp and Tamra Judge weigh franchise politics, personal criticism and the blurred line between reality-TV drama and real grief.
Aug 26, 2026 · 51 min
BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast
Conservative underwriting beats aggressive scaling for first rentals
The episode argues that controlling downside, choosing a stronger first property, and accepting taxes or losses can produce better investing decisions than chasing leverage or deferral.
Aug 26, 2026 · 32 min
The 7
A Moscow flight reveals a rare CIA director visit
The briefing connects trade retaliation, political influence, technology, cultural loss, and an unusually opaque U.S.-Russia encounter.
Aug 26, 2026 · 10 min
Daily Motivation by Ardus
Relentless effort turns fear and failure into fuel
The episode presents achievement as a daily choice to accept responsibility, endure discomfort, and keep acting when motivation and confidence disappear.
Aug 26, 2026 · 51 min
My First Million
Zapier’s CEO turns AI into an executive operating system
Wade Foster’s workflows show how AI is moving from a productivity tool into a participant in company decisions, hiring, and management.
Aug 26, 2026 · 1h 9m
SBJ Morning Buzzcast
College sports money disputes expose an eligibility maze
The episode argues that unresolved legal questions are allowing money and eligibility disputes to overshadow the future of college sports.
Aug 26, 2026 · 12 min
Everyday AI Podcast – An AI and ChatGPT Podcast
AI agents move from promise to practical pilots
As agents become more capable, organizations must decide where autonomy adds value without creating unacceptable enterprise risk.
Aug 26, 2026 · 29 min
Kevin Kietzman Has Issues
Dolly Parton’s enduring appeal anchors a sprawling Kansas City commentary
The episode’s strongest thread is a tribute to Dolly Parton, set against commentary spanning politics, Kansas City, and sports.
Aug 26, 2026 · 57 min
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Institutions Can Reward Psychopathic Strategies Without Psychopaths
The episode examines how scale, abstraction, weak feedback, and high exit costs can make exploitation adaptive inside systems built by ordinary people.
Aug 26, 2026 · 1h 41m
Living Your Legacy
Veterans turn military discipline into a homebuilding company
The episode examines how veterans can replace military structure and identity with brotherhood, documented systems, and a shared business mission.
Aug 26, 2026 · 25 min
Living Your Legacy
Regulated hunting gives conservation an unlikely financial engine
The episode examines whether carefully managed hunting can protect habitats, sustain healthy wildlife populations, and reduce conflict between people and animals.
Aug 26, 2026 · 28 min
Living Your Legacy
Survivor turns lived trauma into law-enforcement leadership
Kathryn Griffin’s story shows how survivor-centered rehabilitation can confront trafficking, addiction, shame, and recidivism without separating recovery from accountability.
Aug 26, 2026 · 21 min
Living Your Legacy
Hockey player turns buried trauma into a family legacy
Jacob Newton’s story shows how therapy, honest connection, and storytelling can help transform childhood trauma into purpose without erasing its lasting effects.
Aug 26, 2026 · 24 min
Living Your Legacy
Veteran turns catastrophic injury into a career treating trauma
Kenneth Doyle’s recovery shows how military reintegration, disability, and trauma care can reshape one person’s definition of service.
Aug 26, 2026 · 22 min
Living Your Legacy
Healthy couples repair conflict instead of avoiding it
The episode offers a practical framework for understanding how childhood wounds and coping patterns turn ordinary relationship pain into recurring conflict.
Aug 26, 2026 · 26 min
Ringer-Verse Recommends
Star Wars Zero Company turns tactics into character drama
The discussion makes a case for Zero Company as an unusually complete Star Wars game, while testing whether technical flaws diminish its ambition.
Aug 26, 2026 · 1h 33m
UBS On-Air: Market Moves
Rising Treasury yields test the limits of fiscal policy
Higher long-term borrowing costs are sharpening questions about debt sustainability, Federal Reserve independence, and the future path of markets.
Aug 26, 2026 · 21 min
The Right Time with Bomani Jones
NFL pressure turned Kaepernick’s protest into a fight over power
The episode shows how a protest about racial injustice became a test of labor solidarity, institutional control, and who gets to belong in American football.
Aug 26, 2026 · 1h 7m
Bloomberg Surveillance
Strong growth puts Fed cuts and Treasury yields in tension
The episode connects sticky inflation, resilient demand, fiscal spending and geopolitical risks to the outlook for interest rates, bonds and energy markets.
Aug 26, 2026 · 50 min