Tom Bilyeu's Impact Theory

Special Thanks to USA Facts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7_1Mqhmf4Y&t=2495s Welcome back to Impact Theory. I’m Tom Bilyeu, and today I’m giving you my reaction to a high-stakes debate that couldn’t be more relevant right now. Moderated by Steve Ballmer and Jeff from PBS, the conversation brings together Ben Shapiro and Scott Galloway—two powerhouse thinkers with starkly different visions for America’s future. In this episode, you’ll get my take on their heated exchange over the government’s role in the American Dream. Are we racing toward bankruptcy because our government is doing too much, or are there places where it just isn’t doing enough? Ben draws a hard line on runaway spending, entitlement programs, and the dangers of federal overreach, while Scott makes the case for rethinking tax codes, investing in education, and finding smarter ways to support those in need. I’ll break down the key moments, highlight the most surprising and controversial arguments, and share where I think the conversation went deepest—or missed the mark. If you’re hungry for a real, data-driven look at the future of our economy and the social contract underpinning it, you’re in the right place. Let’s dive in. Tailor Brands: Check out Tailor Brands to launch your business starting at $0 + state fees: https://bit.ly/TailorBrandsSept Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order PLUS receive a free gift with your second shipment—or find Ketone-IQ at CVS stores nationwide and get $5 off your first 6-pack for a limited time! Perplexity: Start your free trial of Perplexity Computer today at http://PPLX.ai/impact and experience the next phase of AI. #ad makeup HeyGen: Create your first three AI videos for free at https://heygen.com/impact. Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  Pipedrive: Get more leads and grow your business. Go to https://www.pipedrive.com/impact and get started with a 30-day free trial. Butcherbox: Go to https://ButcherBox.com/IMPACT to get $20 off your first box, plus your choice of free ribeye, new york strip, or filet mignon in every box for a year — with free shipping always. What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: Want my help starting a business? Join me here inside Zero To Founder Sign up for my AI Masterclass:  AI Masterclass Follow Me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Hey everybody, Tom Bilyeu here. On today’s episode of Impact Theory, we’re diving headfirst into the chaos swirling around the global AI boom and the political firestorms popping up across the country. We’ll kick off with the Amazon GPU hoarding scandal—are tech giants like Amazon and Oracle really cornering the AI market, or is there a much bigger energy crisis brewing beneath the surface that nobody’s talking about? As billions pour into AI infrastructure, why are those very chips sitting unused in warehouses, and what does it mean for you when the price of everyday electronics keeps climbing? We’ll also break down Anthropic’s newly released financials and ask if we’re in the middle of an AI bubble that’s about to burst—think dot-com crash levels of risk. What happens when tech titans take on massive commitments they can’t keep, and what does that mean for the markets, your investments, and the debt hanging over the economy? I’ll share lessons from Ray Dalio on classic bubble mechanics, why legendary investors are backing out, and what history says happens when reality catches up to hype. But that’s not all. We’ll tackle the wildest moments from the campaign trail, including Vivek Ramaswamy’s jaw-dropping attack ad saga, the drama around allegations of illegal donations in the El-Sayed camp, and what happens when politicians cross every line of decency for a shot at victory. Is America drifting towards a values crisis, or are we just watching the same tribal battles play out in a new era? As the lines blur between economic bubbles, political populism, and the narratives shaping our world, join me, Producer Drew, and special insights from Donna Arthur as we unpack what all of this means for the future of America—plus, why the WNBA is suddenly ground zero for culture war battles two weeks before the midterms. This is an episode you do not want to miss. What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: Want my help starting a business? Join me here inside Zero To Founder Sign up for my AI Masterclass:  AI Masterclass Follow Me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Thank you to our sponsors: Tailor Brands: Check out Tailor Brands to launch your business starting at $0 + state fees: https://bit.ly/TailorBrandsSept Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order PLUS receive a free gift with your second shipment—or find Ketone-IQ at CVS stores nationwide and get $5 off your first 6-pack for a limited time! Perplexity: Start your free trial of Perplexity Computer today at http://PPLX.ai/impact and experience the next phase of AI. #ad makeup HeyGen: Create your first three AI videos for free at https://heygen.com/impact. Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What’s up, everyone? It’s Tom Bilyeu, and today I’m taking you on a deep dive into some absolutely wild content from Andrei Jikh about the global economy, exploding debt, and why the bond market might be on the verge of breaking. I just watched Andrei break down the chaos happening with government spending, the insane pace of inflation, and how countries like the U.S. are caught in this never-ending cycle of printing money and bailing out asset prices—while everyday people get left holding the bag. In this episode, I’m reacting to Andrei’s insights on why China’s playing by a different set of rules, how the U.S. outsources risk to the public while protecting investors, and why every financial crisis seems to end with more power and wealth at the top. We’ll dig into how all of this could lead to even more aggressive money printing, higher rates, and why the next big move in the market might catch absolutely everyone off-guard. If you want to understand what’s really driving inflation, debt, and the future of your money—and what you can do to protect yourself—stick with me as I break down and react to Andrei Jikh’s critical analysis of the financial world right now. Special Thanks To Andrei Jikh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1kgEiP1v10 Tailor Brands: Check out Tailor Brands to launch your business starting at $0 + state fees: https://bit.ly/TailorBrandsSept Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order PLUS receive a free gift with your second shipment—or find Ketone-IQ at CVS stores nationwide and get $5 off your first 6-pack for a limited time! Perplexity: Start your free trial of Perplexity Computer today at http://PPLX.ai/impact and experience the next phase of AI. #ad makeup HeyGen: Create your first three AI videos for free at https://heygen.com/impact. Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: Want my help starting a business? Join me here inside Zero To Founder Sign up for my AI Masterclass: AI Masterclass Follow Me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Hey everybody, Tom Bilyeu here. We’re diving headfirst into a world in chaos—mass protests erupting across Europe and beyond, from France and Italy to Argentina and India. It’s not just unrest; it’s real economic pain, skyrocketing inflation, and the fallout of decisions made during the COVID era coming home to roost. We’ll tackle why democracy might be entering a make-or-break stage as populism surges, trust in government collapses, and entire nations seem caught in a cycle of riots and reforms that never stick. We’ll zoom in on France—where an astonishing 70% of people now say there are too many immigrants—and challenge the cultural and structural issues fueling repeated unrest. Is unchecked immigration the real cause, or is there a deeper anti-Western sentiment even among Westerners themselves? How much is economic instability driving these convulsions, and what does it mean when countries like Poland and Hungary respond with ironclad border policies while the rest of Europe burns? Alongside my co-host Drew, we’re unpacking shocking polling, the logic (and madness) behind government decisions, and asking what it’ll take to restore prosperity and meaning when everyone’s fighting over a shrinking pie. From global flashpoints—Russia-Ukraine, Middle East escalation, and even wild new satellite showdowns in space—to America’s own looming debt and housing crises, today’s episode refuses to look away from the hard truths. Stay with us as we break down the headlines, explore what’s really stewing under the surface, and ask: what does it all mean for the future of the West, for democracy, and for your own place in a rapidly changing world? Trust me—you’re not going to want to miss this one. Join us LIVE on YouTube every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 7am PST! What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: Want my help starting a business? Join me here inside Zero To Founder Sign up for my AI Masterclass:  AI Masterclass Follow Me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Thank you to our sponsors: Tailor Brands: Check out Tailor Brands to launch your business starting at $0 + state fees: https://bit.ly/TailorBrandsSept Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order PLUS receive a free gift with your second shipment—or find Ketone-IQ at CVS stores nationwide and get $5 off your first 6-pack for a limited time! Perplexity: Start your free trial of Perplexity Computer today at http://PPLX.ai/impact and experience the next phase of AI. #ad makeup HeyGen: Create your first three AI videos for free at https://heygen.com/impact. Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Hey everybody, Tom Bilyeu here. On today’s episode of The Tom Bilyeu Show, we’re diving straight into the economic chaos that’s been gripping the markets and shaking up investors around the globe. Inflation just came in much hotter than expected—numbers not seen since the height of the COVID era—and the fallout is sending shockwaves through everything from the bond market to the tech sector. We’re going to break down the wild swings in the Producer Price Index, why forecasters keep getting caught off guard, and the strange reactions in the bond market that have even veteran investors stunned. Why is money fleeing high-flying AI and chip stocks, just as everyone was expecting endless growth? Where is it all going now, and what does this say about trust in the US government as a safe haven? We’re also scrutinizing the AI narrative—is this a long overdue correction, or are we witnessing the start of a deeper unraveling in tech? Plus, we’re not stopping at macroeconomics—we’ll dissect the controversy behind Elon Musk’s mind-bending Tesla Roadster reveal and what it really signals for innovation, public skepticism, and the very future of engineering. From the growing political battles over energy and immigration to high-stakes drama playing out in Ukraine, we’re pulling no punches as we ask: are we headed for a massive shift in global leadership, or are today’s headlines just the latest spin in a recurring cycle of hype and hysteria? Stick around as Drew and I cut through the noise. We’ll connect the dots between market moves, political intrigue, and the power of narrative in an age defined by runaway tech and rampant uncertainty. Don’t miss out—this is a wild ride you’ll want to be a part of. What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: Want my help starting a business? Join me here inside Zero To Founder Sign up for my AI Masterclass:  AI Masterclass Follow Me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Thank you to our sponsors: Tailor Brands: Check out Tailor Brands to launch your business starting at $0 + state fees: https://bit.ly/TailorBrandsSept Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  Pipedrive: Get more leads and grow your business. Go to https://www.pipedrive.com/impact and get started with a 30-day free trial. Netsuite: For the first time ever you can try NetSuite Next for free. If your revenues are at least in the seven figures, go to https://NetSuite.ai/Theory. Butcherbox: Go to https://ButcherBox.com/IMPACT to get $20 off your first box, plus your choice of free ribeye, new york strip, or filet mignon in every box for a year — with free shipping always. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome back to Impact Theory. In today's episode, the conversation focused on a provocative shift happening in American culture—more and more people no longer believe that hard work pays off. Is this just a crisis of perception, or is there something fundamentally broken in the system? Drawing on recent polling and global comparisons, the discussion explored why, while America still stands as the most sought-after destination for immigrants worldwide, so many within its borders feel left behind or disillusioned about their prospects. A key theme that emerged was the outsized influence of media on shaping our mindset. We dig into how relentless negativity, the 24-hour news cycle, and the viral spread of “doom and gloom” stories can fuel a pervasive sense of stagnation, mistrust, and envy. The discussion also turned to the rise of conspiratorial thinking, the reemergence of socialism, and the timeless human temptation to blame “the system” or a specific group for society’s woes. The conversation explored complex issues like anti-Semitism, the Israel-Palestine conflict, and generational demands for justice, weighing the costs of staying focused on the past versus building a better future. Several points were raised, including how prosperity has actually changed the problems we face, why expectations versus reality matter so much for our happiness, and what kind of mindset is needed to adapt and thrive in an imperfect world. Ultimately, the episode challenged listeners to look beyond narratives of defeat and envy, to take ownership over their own stories, and to focus on the practical steps that still lead to success—even in a world that sometimes feels rigged against you. Stick around—this is a conversation you won’t want to miss. Tailor Brands: Check out Tailor Brands to launch your business starting at $0 + state fees: https://bit.ly/TailorBrandsSept Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  Pipedrive: Get more leads and grow your business. Go to https://www.pipedrive.com/impact and get started with a 30-day free trial. Netsuite: For the first time ever you can try NetSuite Next for free. If your revenues are at least in the seven figures, go to https://NetSuite.ai/Theory. Butcherbox: Go to https://ButcherBox.com/IMPACT to get $20 off your first box, plus your choice of free ribeye, new york strip, or filet mignon in every box for a year — with free shipping always. What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: Want my help starting a business? Join me here inside Zero To Founder Sign up for my AI Masterclass:  AI Masterclass Follow Me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Hey everybody, Tom Bilyeu here. On today’s episode of The Tom Bilyeu Show, we’re tackling the wild ride that is the current news cycle—where politics, war, tech, and culture are colliding in bigger ways than ever. We’ll kick things off dissecting the DOJ’s raid on Ilhan Omar’s house—a move loaded with political implications just as the midterms are heating up. Are we entering a dangerous era of weaponized justice, or is there real fire behind all that smoke? From there, we’ll jump across the globe to unpack the rumors swirling around Trump, Elon Musk, and a supposed secret tech war playing out in Ukraine, where even Starlink satellites have become battlegrounds. Next up, the Houthis have thrown the global energy market into chaos with direct hits on Saudi Aramco, raising the stakes for every nation relying on fossil fuels. What does this mean for energy prices and economic stability going forward? But we're just getting started—because the AI industry is facing its own crisis, with CoreWeave’s bonds going off the rails and fresh scandals hitting OpenAI, including an alleged espionage plot involving the FBI. We won’t shy away from tough questions about how compromised our most important tech companies might already be. Finally, on the culture front, we dive into Shane Gillis’ viral SNL joke that’s split the internet and sparked fierce debate about comedy, offense, and the persistence of “Woke 1.0.” Are we losing our sense of humor, or is there a deeper reckoning underway about gender, power, and public discourse? I’ll be teaming up with Drew to break down the news, challenge our assumptions, and confront what these headlines really mean for civil society—from trust in our institutions to our ability to even have uncomfortable conversations. Stay tuned—this episode is going to push past the surface and bring you the insights you need to navigate the chaos. What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: Want my help starting a business? Join me here inside Zero To Founder Sign up for my AI Masterclass:  AI Masterclass Follow Me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Thank you to our sponsors: Tailor Brands: Check out Tailor Brands to launch your business starting at $0 + state fees: https://bit.ly/TailorBrandsSept Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  Pipedrive: Get more leads and grow your business. Go to https://www.pipedrive.com/impact and get started with a 30-day free trial. Netsuite: For the first time ever you can try NetSuite Next for free. If your revenues are at least in the seven figures, go to https://NetSuite.ai/Theory. Butcherbox: Go to https://ButcherBox.com/IMPACT to get $20 off your first box, plus your choice of free ribeye, new york strip, or filet mignon in every box for a year — with free shipping always. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Welcome to Impact Theory! Trump announced an energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine that neither side appears to have agreed to, and he also suspended sanctions on Russian diesel through April 2027. We break down why critics say it funds Putin’s war, Europe’s own reliance on Russian energy, and whether it’s really about prices before the midterms. Next, the U.S. and Iran keep hitting tankers in the Strait of Hormuz during shipping’s worst stretch since the war began, and Iran is now threatening undersea cables and data centers. Then a Houthi missile strike hits a Saudi airport, and we look at Saudi Arabia’s shrinking economy and the questions around MBS. We dig into how AI can now decompile and rebuild software, what that means for companies like Adobe, and why mathematicians are feeling the disruption. Then a major anti-aging breakthrough rewinds an 80-year-old’s cells in the lab, and the debate over whether AI should be controlled or taught its own morals. We wrap with Kamala Harris’s possible third presidential run, the midterms, a viral video imagining a world without men or women, Long Beach’s coastal damage, and the new game Hood Warfare. What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: Want my help starting a business? Join me here inside Zero To Founder Sign up for my AI Masterclass:  AI Masterclass Follow Me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Tailor Brands: Check out Tailor Brands to get started with your business today: https://bit.ly/TailorBrandsSept Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  Pipedrive: Get more leads and grow your business. Go to https://www.pipedrive.com/impact and get started with a 30-day free trial. Netsuite: For the first time ever you can try NetSuite Next for free. If your revenues are at least in the seven figures, go to https://NetSuite.ai/Theory. Butcherbox: Go to https://ButcherBox.com/IMPACT to get $20 off your first box, plus your choice of free ribeye, new york strip, or filet mignon in every box for a year — with free shipping always See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome to your Impact Theory Weekly Recap! Trump told Time that certain levels of inflation will pay off the national debt "very rapidly," and two days later his own National Economic Council director Kevin Hassett was asked on Bloomberg whether the White House planned to inflate its way out of the debt and answered "no, absolutely not." The team starts there and works outward into why inflation is the historically normal exit from a $40 trillion debt load, why the debt is never actually going to be repaid, and why being the world's reserve currency makes running permanent deficits something closer to a job requirement than a choice. That framing explains the nationalist argument for giving up reserve status, which would let the US weaken the dollar, compete on trade and rebuild manufacturing, at the cost of the exorbitant privilege that funds everything else. The core warning is that inflating away debt only works if growth and real wages keep pace, and that without it you get the asset-owner split widening into something the team argues ends badly. The back half covers the 1971 break from gold, the hollowing out of manufacturing, a question about how much of the debt traces to tax cuts rather than spending, and what Kevin Warsh might actually be trying to accomplish. OpenAI lost four safety staff in a single week, three fired for sharing information with an outside safety group and one who resigned and went public. David Robinson spent three and a half years at the company, led the writing of the safety reports that shipped with twelve frontier model launches, and drafted the current Preparedness Framework before quitting and publishing an essay in The Atlantic titled "I Quit OpenAI Because Its Culture Is Broken." The team works through why this is happening, arguing the pressure is structural: OpenAI's revenue is tied entirely to the AI buildout while competitors like Google and Meta have cash cows that aren't, which makes slowing down far more expensive for one than the other. From there the conversation turns to what containment should actually look like, including Nvidia's approach of dropping models into permission structures with adversarial AI watching them, why you don't need to believe in Terminator to worry about a model spinning up copies and hiding code, and why handing this to government regulators is the wrong answer when existing liability law already has teeth. It closes on who gets to watch the watchers, why effective altruism as a governing philosophy makes Tom uneasy, and the War Games problem applied to superintelligence. A protest that began at a single high school in the Paris area in mid September has become a nationwide movement, with more than 400 of France’s 3,700 high schools closed, over 6,500 people arrested and most of them minors, and the unrest now spreading into French speaking Belgium where police have made at least 139 arrests in Liège. The students are demanding substitute teachers, smaller class sizes and repairs to buildings, and teachers’ unions and parents have since joined them, with around 256,000 people demonstrating on a single day. The team works through what is actually driving this, including France’s education spending compared to other developed countries, the question of whether money or structure is the problem, and why the French model that was once exported around the world appears to be failing. The conversation also covers the violence on both sides, the role of political organizing, whether any of this delivers the change students want, and what it means for the next French election. What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: Want my help starting a business? Join me here inside Zero To Founder Sign up for my AI Masterclass:  AI Masterclass Follow Me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Tailor Brands: Check out Tailor Brands to get started with your business today: https://bit.ly/TailorBrandsSept Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  Pipedrive: Get more leads and grow your business. Go to https://www.pipedrive.com/impact and get started with a 30-day free trial. Netsuite: For the first time ever you can try NetSuite Next for free. If your revenues are at least in the seven figures, go to https://NetSuite.ai/Theory. Butcherbox: Go to https://ButcherBox.com/IMPACT to get $20 off your first box, plus your choice of free ribeye, new york strip, or filet mignon in every box for a year — with free shipping always See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome back to part two of this incredible conversation with Simon Dixon. We’re picking up where we left off by diving headfirst into the transformation happening across the global economic and political landscape—a change so significant, it just might be the biggest we’ll witness in our lifetime. With debt piling up at unsustainable rates, questions loom about whether we’re headed for a major crisis, or if we’re already in the middle of a managed transition toward a radically different world order. The conversation focused on how multipolarity is reshaping the rules of the game, breaking down how historic power structures—think dominant currencies, empires, and centralized financial control—are giving way to competing regional blocs. One concept discussed was the interplay between financial, military, and technology interests, from petrodollar arrangements and government debt rollovers to covert narratives driving mergers, acquisitions, and, perhaps most importantly, who wields real power. A key theme that emerged was how ordinary people can navigate these seismic shifts. Are we destined for a future where AI-driven surveillance grids, programmable money, and social credit scores define our sovereignty—or is there still a playbook for individual autonomy and asset ownership, even as the elites centralize more control? We’ll untangle these complex, high-stakes dynamics and challenge the stories fed to us by politicians, the media, and the powers behind the powers. Stay tuned as we break down what the rise of regional powers, persistent crises, and the digitization of wealth could mean—both for the world at large and for you personally. This is an episode packed with insights you won’t want to miss. What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: Want my help starting a business? Join me here inside Zero To Founder Sign up for my AI Masterclass: AI Masterclass Follow Me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Follow Simon Dixon: Twitter: https://x.com/SimonDixonTwitt YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@simondixon21 Thank you to our sponsors: Tailor Brands: Check out Tailor Brands to get started with your business today: https://bit.ly/TailorBrandsSept Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Quo: ​​Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact Pipedrive: Get more leads and grow your business. Go to https://www.pipedrive.com/impact and get started with a 30-day free trial. Surfshark: Go to https://surfshark.com/TOMB or use code TOMB at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark!  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Hey everybody, Tom Bilyeu here. On today’s episode, Ryan & I are diving headfirst into the high-stakes chaos of the AI bubble and what its latest tremors mean for the markets, your portfolio, and even your trust in reality itself. A single OpenAI misstep just shook the financial world, erasing nearly $400 billion from five tech giants in a single session, while an anticipated data center IPO in Australia vanished as investors got skittish over insane valuations. Is this the beginning of a much-needed correction, or could it be the start of the bubble burst that sends shockwaves through the whole economy? We’ll break down why investors are getting cold feet, how private debt and shadow banking may be compounding the risks, and what history tells us about tech revolution cycles where debt comes due before the growth miracle arrives. We’ll also dig into the dangers of narrative-driven investing—where fundamentals get left behind—and what it means as AI touches everything from your newsfeed to real-world events. But that’s not all. Today we’re also tackling the wild story of Iranian operatives allegedly using AI to manipulate US media, and what this says about surveillance, trust, and the future of information. Plus: the Trump administration’s latest move shaking up tech labor, America rediscovering its medieval side with a live-streamed execution, and a provocative idea from Palmer Luckey about chemically engineering lasting love. Is the AI boom heading for a crash? How exposed are you to global risk, disinformation, and changing work landscapes? Stay tuned as we cut through the hype, question the narratives, and equip you to navigate a world that’s getting stranger—and maybe more unstable—by the day. What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: Want my help starting a business? Join me here inside Zero To Founder Sign up for my AI Masterclass: AI Masterclass Follow Me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Thank you to our sponsors: Tailor Brands: Check out Tailor Brands to get started with your business today: https://bit.ly/TailorBrandsSept Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Quo: ​​Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact Pipedrive: Get more leads and grow your business. Go to https://www.pipedrive.com/impact and get started with a 30-day free trial. Surfshark: Go to https://surfshark.com/TOMB or use code TOMB at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

You know those moments when the world feels like it’s spinning out of your control and the only thing growing faster than AI is your mortgage rate? Or when you’re looking at the news and thinking, “Why does it feel like the rich just keep getting richer…and the rest of us are running in circles?” Buckle up, because THIS is the episode where we smash the facade, crack open the financial control grid, and show you the hands pulling the puppet strings behind the global economy. I sit down with Simon Dixon—a renowned financial commentator and advocate for financial reform, whose track record in demystifying the monetary system is as legit as it gets. In this power-packed conversation, we break down the rise of AI as a tool for wealth extraction, the merging of military, technical, and financial complexes, and why the game might be more “rigged” than you think. If you’ve ever suspected that inflation, debt, and your own pension contributions are part of a larger, carefully played system—yep, Simon is here to make sense of the chaos. What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: Want my help starting a business? Join me here inside Zero To Founder Sign up for my AI Masterclass:  AI Masterclass Follow Me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Follow Simon Dixon: Twitter: https://x.com/SimonDixonTwitt YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@simondixon21 Thank you to our sponsors: Tailor Brands: Check out Tailor Brands to get started with your business today: https://bit.ly/TailorBrandsSept Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Quo: ​​Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact Pipedrive: Get more leads and grow your business. Go to https://www.pipedrive.com/impact and get started with a 30-day free trial. Surfshark: Go to https://surfshark.com/TOMB or use code TOMB at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark!  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Hey everybody, Tom Bilyeu here. On today’s episode of Impact Theory, we’re pulling back the curtain on a whirlwind week for global headlines and digging into what’s really driving the chaos—from markets ignoring a brutal jobs report, to turmoil erupting at OpenAI as safety leaders abandon ship. If you’re wondering why Wall Street is rallying while Americans keep falling behind, or how the latest drama inside the AI industry could shape our future, buckle up. We’re questioning if policymakers and the Fed are masking a fragile economy, with 9.7 million jobs lost from the trend line and real wage growth stalled for everyday workers. We’ll challenge official narratives, break down why digital price tags at Walmart might signal more than technological progress, and ask: is AI truly the silver bullet for productivity, or could it be quietly creating a new permanent underclass? Plus, we’ll take a hard look at global shake-ups—from violent unrest in France and the rightward lurch in South America, to the alarming breakdown in biosecurity as reports of a new airborne plague surface in Russia. What’s driving the mob mentality in Paris? Could U.S. aid really be behind political shifts? And are we taking emerging risks seriously—or just sleepwalking into the next disaster? Join me as we cut through the economic spin, dissect the real impact of AI on jobs, expose the culture war inside OpenAI, and put global threats in perspective. I promise, this is one episode you don’t want to miss. What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: Want my help starting a business? Join me here inside Zero To Founder Sign up for my AI Masterclass:  AI Masterclass Follow Me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Thank you to our sponsors: Tailor Brands: Check out Tailor Brands to get started with your business today: https://bit.ly/TailorBrandsSept Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Quo: ​​Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact Pipedrive: Get more leads and grow your business. Go to https://www.pipedrive.com/impact and get started with a 30-day free trial. Surfshark: Go to https://surfshark.com/TOMB or use code TOMB at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark!  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: Want my help starting a business? Join me here inside Zero To Founder Sign up for my AI Masterclass:  AI Masterclass Follow Me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu WOI EPISODES: FOLLOW LISA: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lisabilyeu/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/lisabilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/womenofimpact Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lisa_bilyeu?lang=en Tailor Brands: Check out Tailor Brands to get started with your business today: https://bit.ly/TailorBrandsSept Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod ElevenLabs: Book your demo at https://elevenlabs.io/impactpod Cash App: Download Cash App Today: https://capl.onelink.me/vFut/v6nymgjl #CashAppPod *Cash App is a financial services platform, not a bank. Banking services provided by Cash App’s bank partner(s). Prepaid debit cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC. Cash App Visa® Debit Flex Cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC, and The Bancorp Bank, N.A., pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc. See terms and conditions for the Sutton prepaid card, Sutton debit flex card, and Bancorp debit flex card. Cash App Green features, Savings, Direct deposit, Round ups, Overdraft coverage and Discounts provided by Cash App, a Block, Inc. brand. Visit cash.app/legal/podcast for full disclosure. Surfshark: Go to https://surfshark.com/TOMB or use code TOMB at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark!  Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  The team digs into Argentina's Javier Milei—the self-described "anarcho-capitalist" who took office swinging a literal chainsaw as a symbol of slashing the state—and debates whether his radical austerity experiment is genuinely working or being propped up. The host walks through the reported results: inflation, once running catastrophically hot, has come down sharply; Argentina posted its first budget surplus in years after Milei gutted ministries, subsidies, and public spending; and markets initially cheered. But the picture is contested—austerity drove a painful recession, poverty and hardship spiked before any recovery, and the sustainability of the turnaround is very much in question. The conversation turns to the striking news that the US, via Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, extended Argentina a roughly $20 billion currency swap line—an unusual intervention that raises the obvious question: if the experiment is working on its own merits, why does it need a multibillion-dollar backstop from Washington? The hosts weigh the genuine case for Milei (that a broken, chronically overspending state needed shock therapy, and that someone finally had the political will to stop the bleeding) against the skeptical read (that the numbers are cherry-picked, the human cost is being downplayed, and the whole thing may be a bubble held up by foreign capital and ideological cheerleading). It becomes a broader argument about whether you can actually cut your way to prosperity, what "working" even means when measured against real people's suffering, and why Argentina has become a global ideological test case that both the free-market right and the interventionist left are desperate to claim. The team digs into the August jobs report and the gap between a headline unemployment rate that has held steady at 4.1% and a long term unemployment picture that keeps deteriorating, with 1.93 million Americans now jobless for 27 weeks or more and long term unemployed making up 27% of everyone out of work. The argument is that the official rate hides real dysfunction by excluding people who have stopped looking, and that the on the ground experience of job seekers already matches what a recession feels like even though it isn't technically one. Ryan brings his own nine month search to the conversation, including ghost listings that companies never intend to fill and automated resume screening that rejects applicants within hours, and pushes back on the idea that this is a personal failure. The counterargument is that entry level roles are the ones AI hits hardest, that the era of training people up from scratch is ending, and that the way through is demonstrating you can already do the work rather than asking for a foot in the door. It closes on a blunt message to Gen Z about competing in a market where the competition never sleeps. The team talks about how AI will affect your bank and money. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Hey everybody, Tom Bilyeu here. On today’s episode of Impact Theory, the world feels like it’s teetering on a knife’s edge—and we’re diving into the headlines shaping our future. The U.S. 10-year bond rate just hit a staggering 5.3%, making America’s $40 trillion (and growing) deficit feel less like an abstract number and more like an economic noose tightening around our necks. Meanwhile, France is literally burning, with riots escalating far beyond what’s being reported—schools torched, countless injuries, and political chaos deepening. But that’s not all. From Pete Hegseth’s controversial military shakeup and calls for a return to “warrior ethos,” to Trump’s full-throttle push on nuclear energy and AI modernization, there’s a real sense we’re living through a moment of historic transition. Is the bond market signaling a ticking time bomb for the U.S. economy? Are runaway debt and a surging AI industry putting us on a collision course with hyperinflation—or mass austerity? What can we learn from the unrest in Europe, and does America run the risk of its own unraveling from within? We’ll unpack these explosive topics, challenge ideological extremes, and get brutally honest about what it takes to survive and thrive in a world buffeted by political polarization, technological upheaval, and competing national priorities. Whether it’s the future of America’s military, the real drivers behind energy costs, or the wisdom (and the risks) of chasing innovation at all costs, we’re cutting through the noise so you can figure out how these battles will impact your life, your freedom, and your future. Stay tuned—this is an episode you do not want to miss. What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: Want my help starting a business? Join me here inside Zero To Founder Sign up for my AI Masterclass:  AI Masterclass Follow Me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Thank you to our sponsors: Tailor Brands: Check out Tailor Brands to get started with your business today: https://bit.ly/TailorBrandsSept Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod ElevenLabs: Book your demo at https://elevenlabs.io/impactpod Cash App: Download Cash App Today: https://capl.onelink.me/vFut/v6nymgjl #CashAppPod *Cash App is a financial services platform, not a bank. Banking services provided by Cash App’s bank partner(s). Prepaid debit cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC. Cash App Visa® Debit Flex Cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC, and The Bancorp Bank, N.A., pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc. See terms and conditions for the Sutton prepaid card, Sutton debit flex card, and Bancorp debit flex card. Cash App Green features, Savings, Direct deposit, Round ups, Overdraft coverage and Discounts provided by Cash App, a Block, Inc. brand. Visit cash.app/legal/podcast for full disclosure. Surfshark: Go to https://surfshark.com/TOMB or use code TOMB at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark!  Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Artificial intelligence is accelerating at a pace few could have anticipated—and its impact on the value of human labor may be more profound than most realize. In this thought-provoking episode, I sit down with Emad Mostaque to confront the economic and existential shifts already underway as AI rapidly outpaces human cognitive abilities. Together, they discuss breakthrough AI achievements such as solving advanced mathematical problems, the coming transformation of the workforce, and the urgent need for individuals and societies to adapt. What does the future hold when digital agents can perform most jobs better, faster, and cheaper than any human? How should we prepare for a world where ownership, community, and personal identity must be redefined? Get ready for a candid, wide-ranging conversation about the radical opportunities and disruptions AI will bring over the next decade—because the clock is ticking, and the sandpile of the old economy may be on the verge of collapse. I’m Tom Bilyeu, and welcome to Impact Theory. Sign up for my AI Masterclass: https://tombilyeu.com/ai-masterclass?utm_campaign=TBS-Livestream&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social Check us out wherever you get your podcasts: Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/1nARKz2vTIOb7gC9dusE4b?si=a8daffd2bf1f48fd Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tom-bilyeus-impact-theory/id1191775648 Do you need my help STARTING a business? Join me here inside ZERO TO FOUNDER: (https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder) Get the exact systems, mindset shifts, and principles that built a $1B brand delivered straight to your inbox every week. Subscribe for free (https://tombilyeu.com) Check out our Video game - Project Kyzen: (https://projectkyzen.io/) Catch Me Streaming on Twitch - (https://twitch.tv/tombilyeu) Link to IT discord: https://discord.gg/TZKJ2etPbT Tom's Favorite Things List: https://amzn.to/41Ftt7e For Business inquiries: [email protected] Follow Emad Mostaque: X: https://x.com/EMostaque Follow Me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Thank you to our sponsors: Tailor Brands: Check out Tailor Brands to get started with your business today: https://bit.ly/TailorBrandsSept Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod ElevenLabs: Book your demo at https://elevenlabs.io/impactpod Cash App: Download Cash App Today: https://capl.onelink.me/vFut/v6nymgjl #CashAppPod *Cash App is a financial services platform, not a bank. Banking services provided by Cash App’s bank partner(s). Prepaid debit cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC. Cash App Visa® Debit Flex Cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC, and The Bancorp Bank, N.A., pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc. See terms and conditions for the Sutton prepaid card, Sutton debit flex card, and Bancorp debit flex card. Cash App Green features, Savings, Direct deposit, Round ups, Overdraft coverage and Discounts provided by Cash App, a Block, Inc. brand. Visit cash.app/legal/podcast for full disclosure. Surfshark: Go to https://surfshark.com/TOMB or use code TOMB at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark!  Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What’s up, guys? Today I’m diving straight into the eye of the AI storm with the legendary investor Michael Burry. You know him as the guy who predicted the 2008 housing crash, but now he has set his sights on the booming AI sector, calling out the insanity behind some of the biggest names in tech. Michael is an expert in spotting bubbles and seeing the truth buried under the hype—so trust me, you need to hear his take. In this episode, we break down the shocking numbers from the Anthropic IPO leak, why the AI boom could be a ticking time bomb for trillions in investments, and what happens when market fever outruns fundamentals. You’ll walk away understanding how to spot a bubble before it bursts, why debt is deadlier than you think, and what all this means for your economic future. If there’s ever been a time to get smart about the money moves happening behind the scenes, it’s right now. I’m Tom Bilyeu, and welcome to Impact Theory. What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: Want my help starting a business? Join me here inside Zero To Founder Sign up for my AI Masterclass:  AI Masterclass Follow Me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Tailor Brands: Check out Tailor Brands to get started with your business today: https://bit.ly/TailorBrandsSept Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod ElevenLabs: Book your demo at https://elevenlabs.io/impactpod Cash App: Download Cash App Today: https://capl.onelink.me/vFut/v6nymgjl #CashAppPod *Cash App is a financial services platform, not a bank. Banking services provided by Cash App’s bank partner(s). Prepaid debit cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC. Cash App Visa® Debit Flex Cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC, and The Bancorp Bank, N.A., pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc. See terms and conditions for the Sutton prepaid card, Sutton debit flex card, and Bancorp debit flex card. Cash App Green features, Savings, Direct deposit, Round ups, Overdraft coverage and Discounts provided by Cash App, a Block, Inc. brand. Visit cash.app/legal/podcast for full disclosure. Surfshark: Go to https://surfshark.com/TOMB or use code TOMB at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark!  Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

For 26 weeks straight the US has quietly drained its emergency oil reserve to the lowest level since 1982 — and Felix Prehn says that's just one of three things that broke this month. Tom Bilyeu and Felix break down the manufactured calm, the Treasury buying its own debt, and why 3 private companies now outweigh 45 years of public tech listings. Here's what the skilled money is actually doing. Tailor Brands: Check out Tailor Brands to get started with your business today: https://bit.ly/TailorBrandsSept Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod ElevenLabs: Book your demo at https://elevenlabs.io/impactpod Cash App: Download Cash App Today: https://capl.onelink.me/vFut/v6nymgjl #CashAppPod *Cash App is a financial services platform, not a bank. Banking services provided by Cash App’s bank partner(s). Prepaid debit cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC. Cash App Visa® Debit Flex Cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC, and The Bancorp Bank, N.A., pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc. See terms and conditions for the Sutton prepaid card, Sutton debit flex card, and Bancorp debit flex card. Cash App Green features, Savings, Direct deposit, Round ups, Overdraft coverage and Discounts provided by Cash App, a Block, Inc. brand. Visit cash.app/legal/podcast for full disclosure. Pipedrive: Get more leads and grow your business. Go to https://www.pipedrive.com/impact and get started with a 30-day free trial. Surfshark: Go to https://surfshark.com/TOMB or use code TOMB at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark!  Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: Want my help starting a business? Join me here inside Zero To Founder Sign up for my AI Masterclass:  AI Masterclass Follow Me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On this episode of The Tom Bilyeu Show, Tom and Co-host Drew dive deep into some of the most pressing issues rocking the world stage. From the rapidly escalating situation in Iran—where a rejected ceasefire proposal, ongoing oil drama, and potential sleeper cell conspiracies have analysts and officials on edge—to the fallout from the recent Trump-Xi summit, listeners get an unfiltered look at international power plays and the ripple effects for global stability. The episode also explores the latest developments in artificial intelligence, including OpenAI’s alarming struggles with rogue AI agents, the threat of automated bank runs, and what Silicon Valley power brokers are doing behind the scenes to shape the industry. Beyond geopolitics and tech, Tom, Drew and channel moderator Ryan, tackle heated cultural debates—from controversial scientific theories on male attraction to the deeper forces shaping American and European economic mobility. With plenty of spirited back-and-forths, real-time breaking news, and practical insight into how economic, technological, and cultural forces collide, this is The Tom Bilyeu Show at its rawest and most relevant. What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: Want my help starting a business? Join me here inside Zero To Founder Sign up for my AI Masterclass:  AI Masterclass Follow Me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Thank you to our sponsors: Tailor Brands: Check out Tailor Brands to get started with your business today: https://bit.ly/TailorBrandsSept Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod ElevenLabs: Book your demo at https://elevenlabs.io/impactpod Cash App: Download Cash App Today: https://capl.onelink.me/vFut/v6nymgjl #CashAppPod *Cash App is a financial services platform, not a bank. Banking services provided by Cash App’s bank partner(s). Prepaid debit cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC. Cash App Visa® Debit Flex Cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC, and The Bancorp Bank, N.A., pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc. See terms and conditions for the Sutton prepaid card, Sutton debit flex card, and Bancorp debit flex card. Cash App Green features, Savings, Direct deposit, Round ups, Overdraft coverage and Discounts provided by Cash App, a Block, Inc. brand. Visit cash.app/legal/podcast for full disclosure. Pipedrive: Get more leads and grow your business. Go to https://www.pipedrive.com/impact and get started with a 30-day free trial. Surfshark: Go to https://surfshark.com/TOMB or use code TOMB at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark!  Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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See terms and conditions for the Sutton prepaid card, Sutton debit flex card, and Bancorp debit flex card. Cash App Green features, Savings, Direct deposit, Round ups, Overdraft coverage and Discounts provided by Cash App, a Block, Inc. brand. Visit cash.app/legal/podcast for full disclosure. Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order. ATT Business: Switch to AT&T Business at https://business.att.com Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  Quo: ​​Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact Pipedrive: Get more leads and grow your business. Go to https://www.pipedrive.com/impact and get started with a 30-day free trial. Netsuite: For the first time ever you can try NetSuite Next for free. If your revenues are at least in the seven figures, go to https://NetSuite.ai/Theory. Butcherbox: Go to https://ButcherBox.com/IMPACT to get $20 off your first box, plus your choice of free ribeye, new york strip, or filet mignon in every box for a year — with free shipping always The team breaks down a real and fast-moving shift in the AI industry: open-weight models, which were a rounding error (~7% of traffic) back in December, have exploded—accounting for 56% of tokens generated by August, with Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch reporting a single-day record of 78.4% on September 19th, and spending on three Chinese labs (Moonshot, DeepSeek, z.ai) on that day topping spend on OpenAI. The host walks the money: open-weight share of dollars on the Vercel gateway went from under 4% in June to 8.6% in July to 14% in August, average price per token fell 23% in August alone, and developers are splitting the workload—hard, high-stakes work still goes to Anthropic (which has held 61%+ of gateway spend every month since December), everything else goes to whatever's cheapest. His read on what's breaking: not the frontier, but the low end of the big players—OpenAI's and Google's cheap "gateway" models are getting obliterated as people conclude "you're not as good as Anthropic, so I'll either pay for the best or use the cheap stuff." The real winners, he argues, are the chipmakers and cloud/inference providers (like Vercel), because value is shifting from owning the model to just providing access to the compute—the commoditization of intelligence. He frames the optimistic upside: companies will increasingly host their own open-weight models to keep their work proprietary and build a real edge, rather than everyone using the identical public tool. Ryan pushes the counter-thesis—that if OpenAI had stayed the 2015 nonprofit and gone all-in on open source (his analogy: how OBS open-sourced screen recording and dominated), the US might be further ahead of China. Tom steelmans it but argues the fatal flaw: someone has to build the "brains," the data centers are staggeringly expensive, and there's still no observed ceiling to how much smarter models get with more compute—so without the profit incentive to aggregate that capital, AI would have stalled out entirely. His synthesis lands close to the Musk-era idea: keep the frontier model paid to fund the enormous buildout, let older generations go open source to drive sub-frontier innovation, and don't let the government kill open weights. They also dig into China's logic—giving models away free as an authoritarian-enabled disruption play they can clamp down on later once they're manufacturing their own chips—and the cynical data angle that free Chinese models feed usage data straight back to labs that can close them off anytime. A sharp, first-principles look at where the AI value—and the risk—is actually moving. The team steps back from any single flashpoint to map how the world's conflicts are increasingly linking into one interconnected crisis. The weekend's near-escalation—a Houthi missile barrage on Riyadh, an Aramco depot fire, a State Department warning to reconsider travel to the entire region, and Trump briefly in "deciding mode" before reportedly backing off—is treated as just one node in a much larger web. The host lays out the loosely-sourced but growing hypothesis tying it all together: a China-Russia-Iran-North Korea alignment whose logic is to keep the US bogged down in as many places as possible—so China can move on Taiwan (possibly accelerating a 2027 timeline if it feels cornered on AI and chips), Russia can test whether NATO's guarantees mean anything while a wartime economy gives Putin every incentive to keep the Ukraine stalemate going, and Europe openly tells its citizens to prepare for war, with Germany talking about the biggest military on the continent. Threaded through every conflict is the same economic engine: the disruption of the Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb has pushed shipping costs from roughly $6–7 to $23+ per barrel, and that slow-building penalty cascades into fuel, food, and fertilizer crises—potentially a hard-winter scenario that pushes Europe to "escalate to de-escalate." The host's synthesis: calling it World War III is overstated, but these conflicts are genuinely connected and waiting on a spark. He traces the root cause to the erosion of the US as the "monolithic keeper of global peace"—a decline he pins on internal division and a watershed in Russia's Ukraine invasion—and argues America is now in a "Suez Canal moment": if it can't reopen Hormuz by force, the world's near-universal "back down when America says so" reflex collapses, and the US has to actually fight every skirmish at an unaffordable cost, on top of staggering debt. He frames it as a once-in-a-century shift in great-power politics unfolding at the exact moment AI emerges as the defining strategic technology, and closes on his recurring warning: regulating AI to death would hand China the opening to corner "intelligence itself." (A chat-prompted aside, which the host flags as a troubling hypothetical, entertains whether a large-enough war could be used to justify postponing an election—landing on Congress as the necessary check.) The team breaks down Trump's declaration of an "ultimate deal" with Denmark over Greenland—and separates the victory lap from the substance. The host's read: much of what Trump is trumpeting was already in place under the 1951 US-Denmark agreement (which lets the US operate military bases there), and he's taking a modest update and blowing it up for low-information voters who only hear the headline. But there is a genuinely new and strategically significant element—Greenland can no longer allow foreign-adversary infrastructure, specifically shutting China out. He explains why that matters: China has been insinuating itself into the Arctic (icebreakers, a new shipping route, calling itself "Arctic-adjacent"), and Chinese-built infrastructure/tech has a documented pattern of quietly sending data home (he cites a Nordic test where an isolated Chinese car kept pinging China), so keeping Chinese equipment out of a territory that sits on the direct line of any Russian attack on the US—and any future "golden dome" early-warning/defense system—is a real national-security win, one he says Denmark, Greenland, the UK, and the US all seem to accept. His broader points: this is smart strategy people miss because they hate Trump, and he argues there's a real shift toward Americans who no longer believe the US has moral standing to be the strongest power—a view he rejects, favoring a US that reestablishes its moral core but refocuses on hemispheric defense rather than policing the world. His sharpest criticism is Trump's method: publicly humiliating counterparts ("be the little bro, pat them on the head") breeds the exact resentment now visible with Canada and Europe, when the same wins could be gotten privately while letting the other side save face. On the forward look, he frames Greenland's real friction as a potential US-Europe proxy fight, notes that Europe won't fully hitch itself to China because China is aligned with Russia (a "suicide mission" militarily), and addresses a viewer point that America is rapidly losing soft power—arguing the only durable way to bring allies back is genuine economic and military strength (people getting richer by aligning with America), not threats, which produce brief compliance and permanent option-seeking. His path: stabilize Iran, lean into the Abraham Accords and hemispheric energy (Venezuela + US), stop policing the world, calm the violent left-right whipsaw, and grow the economy through AI. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today on Impact Theory, we're revisiting our conversation in 2024 with the legendary venture capitalist and tech visionary Mark Andreessen, co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz, whose bets on the future have helped shape the digital landscape as we know it. In a candid and wide-ranging conversation, Mark Andreessen took us inside the next wave of radical disruption: artificial intelligence. He shares why he believes the AI revolution is as profound—if not more so—than the advent of the internet or the microprocessor, and why its impact will cascade across every facet of society. We dove into the industries poised for massive transformation, from healthcare and entertainment to the long-awaited dawn of practical robotics in the home. Mark Andreessen unpacks why he remains a staunch techno-optimist, but also challenges prevailing narratives around job loss, economic stagnation, and the supposed dangers of rapid innovation. He addresses how government regulation, entrenched interests, and cultural schisms could throttle progress, and explains why the AI-fueled censorship wars may become the defining political battle of our time. From the explosive rise of democratized AI tools, to the psychological and even religious shifts technology is forcing in society, Mark Andreessen offered a sweeping vision of where we’re headed—and what must change to realize the promise of the future. This is an episode that even though was recorded 2 years ago is is very much still extremely relevant. What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: Want my help starting a business? Join me here inside Zero To Founder Sign up for my AI Masterclass:  AI Masterclass Follow Me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Thank you to our sponsors: Tailor Brands: Check out Tailor Brands to get started with your business today: https://bit.ly/TailorBrandsSept Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod ElevenLabs: Book your demo at https://elevenlabs.io/impactpod Cash App: Download Cash App Today: https://capl.onelink.me/vFut/v6nymgjl #CashAppPod *Cash App is a financial services platform, not a bank. Banking services provided by Cash App’s bank partner(s). Prepaid debit cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC. Cash App Visa® Debit Flex Cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC, and The Bancorp Bank, N.A., pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc. See terms and conditions for the Sutton prepaid card, Sutton debit flex card, and Bancorp debit flex card. Cash App Green features, Savings, Direct deposit, Round ups, Overdraft coverage and Discounts provided by Cash App, a Block, Inc. brand. Visit cash.app/legal/podcast for full disclosure. Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order. ATT Business: Switch to AT&T Business at https://business.att.com Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  Quo: ​​Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact Pipedrive: Get more leads and grow your business. Go to https://www.pipedrive.com/impact and get started with a 30-day free trial. Netsuite: For the first time ever you can try NetSuite Next for free. If your revenues are at least in the seven figures, go to https://NetSuite.ai/Theory. Butcherbox: Go to https://ButcherBox.com/IMPACT to get $20 off your first box, plus your choice of free ribeye, new york strip, or filet mignon in every box for a year — with free shipping always See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The conversation focused on the current economic turbulence, the rapid evolution of artificial intelligence, and the high-stakes power dynamics shaping the world today. A key theme that emerged was the precarious state of global markets, with rising bond yields reaching levels not seen in decades and the resulting impacts on mortgages, inflation, and overall economic growth. The discussion explored the AI arms race between the US and China, the explosive investment in AI infrastructure, and potential bottlenecks such as energy shortages threatening to stall progress. Several points were raised, including AI's transformative potential in medicine and the challenges of regulation and public perception. The episode also delved into the geopolitical landscape, examining the realities of superpower competition, the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict, and the unvarnished truths of power, influence, and the human cost behind the headlines. ITU: Ready to break through your biggest business bottleneck? Apply to work with me 1:1 - https://impacttheory.co/SCALE Sign up for my AI Masterclass:  https://tombilyeu.com/ai-masterclass?utm_campaign=TBS-Livestream&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social Thank you to our sponsors: Tailor Brands: Check out Tailor Brands to get started with your business today: https://bit.ly/TailorBrandsSept Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod ElevenLabs: Book your demo at https://elevenlabs.io/impactpod Cash App: Download Cash App Today: https://capl.onelink.me/vFut/v6nymgjl #CashAppPod *Cash App is a financial services platform, not a bank. Banking services provided by Cash App’s bank partner(s). Prepaid debit cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC. Cash App Visa® Debit Flex Cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC, and The Bancorp Bank, N.A., pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc. See terms and conditions for the Sutton prepaid card, Sutton debit flex card, and Bancorp debit flex card. Cash App Green features, Savings, Direct deposit, Round ups, Overdraft coverage and Discounts provided by Cash App, a Block, Inc. brand. Visit cash.app/legal/podcast for full disclosure. Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order. ATT Business: Switch to AT&T Business at https://business.att.com Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  Quo: ​​Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact Pipedrive: Get more leads and grow your business. Go to https://www.pipedrive.com/impact and get started with a 30-day free trial. Netsuite: For the first time ever you can try NetSuite Next for free. If your revenues are at least in the seven figures, go to https://NetSuite.ai/Theory. Butcherbox: Go to https://ButcherBox.com/IMPACT to get $20 off your first box, plus your choice of free ribeye, new york strip, or filet mignon in every box for a year — with free shipping always See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Everybody wants to believe inequality is at an all-time high — but the data doesn't agree. Tom Bilyeu breaks down Economics Explained's deep dive on wealth vs. income vs. consumption inequality, why 'wealth is fiction,' the union holdup problem, R > G, and an extended thought experiment with Drew on the borrow-against-assets tax loophole. Same data, opposite answers — here's how to actually think about it. Tailor Brands: Check out Tailor Brands to get started with your business today: https://bit.ly/TailorBrandsSept Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod ElevenLabs: Book your demo at https://elevenlabs.io/impactpod Cash App: Download Cash App Today: https://capl.onelink.me/vFut/v6nymgjl #CashAppPod *Cash App is a financial services platform, not a bank. Banking services provided by Cash App’s bank partner(s). Prepaid debit cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC. Cash App Visa® Debit Flex Cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC, and The Bancorp Bank, N.A., pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc. See terms and conditions for the Sutton prepaid card, Sutton debit flex card, and Bancorp debit flex card. Cash App Green features, Savings, Direct deposit, Round ups, Overdraft coverage and Discounts provided by Cash App, a Block, Inc. brand. Visit cash.app/legal/podcast for full disclosure. Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order. ATT Business: Switch to AT&T Business at https://business.att.com Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  Quo: ​​Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact Pipedrive: Get more leads and grow your business. Go to https://www.pipedrive.com/impact and get started with a 30-day free trial. Netsuite: For the first time ever you can try NetSuite Next for free. If your revenues are at least in the seven figures, go to https://NetSuite.ai/Theory. Butcherbox: Go to https://ButcherBox.com/IMPACT to get $20 off your first box, plus your choice of free ribeye, new york strip, or filet mignon in every box for a year — with free shipping always What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: Want my help starting a business? Join me here inside Zero To Founder Sign up for my AI Masterclass:  AI Masterclass Follow Me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome back to Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu! In today’s episode, Tom and Drew dive into some of the most heated and pressing issues dividing America and the world right now. They unpack a shocking new poll revealing just how deep political divisions have become, with alarmingly high numbers of Democrats openly supporting extreme measures against Trump. Tom dissects the real-world consequences of military coups, using chilling examples from Myanmar, Egypt, and Chile to illustrate what happens when civil discourse collapses. The conversation then shifts to a fiery recap of the recent UN General Assembly, where Trump threatened Iran in a tense speech that left global leaders reeling. Tom breaks down the ongoing power dynamics in the Middle East, the dangers of nuclear proliferation, and the potential outcomes if Iran succeeds in developing nuclear weapons. The episode also explores the explosive growth and controversy surrounding AI giants like OpenAI and Anthropic, with Tom and Drew analyzing the legal, ethical, and regulatory challenges facing the industry. Plus, we look at fascinating shifts in the gaming industry, heated debates around streamer scandals, and the disturbing rise of euthanasia in Canada, raising critical questions about culture, healthcare, and personal freedom. Strap in—this episode is a whirlwind tour through the world’s most polarizing debates, all filtered through Tom’s signature lens of historical context, rational analysis, and bold speculation about what’s next. What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: Want my help starting a business? Join me here inside Zero To Founder Sign up for my AI Masterclass:  AI Masterclass Follow Me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Thank you to our Sponsors: Tailor Brands: Check out Tailor Brands to get started with your business today: https://bit.ly/TailorBrandsSept Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod ElevenLabs: Book your demo at https://elevenlabs.io/impactpod Cash App: Download Cash App Today: https://capl.onelink.me/vFut/v6nymgjl #CashAppPod *Cash App is a financial services platform, not a bank. Banking services provided by Cash App’s bank partner(s). Prepaid debit cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC. Cash App Visa® Debit Flex Cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC, and The Bancorp Bank, N.A., pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc. See terms and conditions for the Sutton prepaid card, Sutton debit flex card, and Bancorp debit flex card. Cash App Green features, Savings, Direct deposit, Round ups, Overdraft coverage and Discounts provided by Cash App, a Block, Inc. brand. Visit cash.app/legal/podcast for full disclosure. Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order. ATT Business: Switch to AT&T Business at https://business.att.com Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  Quo: ​​Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact Pipedrive: Get more leads and grow your business. Go to https://www.pipedrive.com/impact and get started with a 30-day free trial. Netsuite: For the first time ever you can try NetSuite Next for free. If your revenues are at least in the seven figures, go to https://NetSuite.ai/Theory. Butcherbox: Go to https://ButcherBox.com/IMPACT to get $20 off your first box, plus your choice of free ribeye, new york strip, or filet mignon in every box for a year — with free shipping always See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this riveting deep dive, Tom Bilyeu unpacks the sudden surge in fear-based narratives surrounding artificial intelligence and questions whether there’s more to the current AI panic than meets the eye. As headlines shout warnings of world-ending technology and major industry players, like Anthropic and OpenAI, call for government intervention, Tom investigates whether these anxieties represent genuine concern—or if they’re a cleverly orchestrated campaign to shape regulation, secure market dominance, and shut out competition. Drawing connections between viral whistleblowing, billion-dollar investments, political lobbying, and the growing push for regulatory capture, this episode challenges listeners to reconsider who benefits from the fear gripping society and asks: is AI truly the existential threat, or is the pursuit of power, profit, and control the real danger? Buckle up for a thought-provoking exploration into AI’s role as both a technological frontier and a political football, as Tom separates fact from manipulation in the ongoing battle for technological supremacy. ITU: Ready to break through your biggest business bottleneck? Apply to work with me 1:1 - https://impacttheory.co/SCALE Sign up for my AI Masterclass: https://tombilyeu.com/ai-masterclass?utm_campaign=TBS-Livestream&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social Tailor Brands: Check out Tailor Brands to get started with your business today: https://bit.ly/TailorBrandsSept Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod ElevenLabs: Book your demo at https://elevenlabs.io/impactpod Cash App: Download Cash App Today: https://capl.onelink.me/vFut/v6nymgjl #CashAppPod *Cash App is a financial services platform, not a bank. Banking services provided by Cash App’s bank partner(s). Prepaid debit cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC. Cash App Visa® Debit Flex Cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC, and The Bancorp Bank, N.A., pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc. See terms and conditions for the Sutton prepaid card, Sutton debit flex card, and Bancorp debit flex card. Cash App Green features, Savings, Direct deposit, Round ups, Overdraft coverage and Discounts provided by Cash App, a Block, Inc. brand. Visit cash.app/legal/podcast for full disclosure. Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order. ATT Business: Switch to AT&T Business at https://business.att.com Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  Quo: ​​Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact Pipedrive: Get more leads and grow your business. Go to https://www.pipedrive.com/impact and get started with a 30-day free trial. Netsuite: For the first time ever you can try NetSuite Next for free. If your revenues are at least in the seven figures, go to https://NetSuite.ai/Theory. Butcherbox: Go to https://ButcherBox.com/IMPACT to get $20 off your first box, plus your choice of free ribeye, new york strip, or filet mignon in every box for a year — with free shipping always See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What's up, guys? Today I am joined by Ryan, our channel moderator and clips editor. In this episode, Ryan and I break down what's happening behind the headlines, makes sense of the tangled alliances and global power plays, and reveals how you can position yourself strategically in the chaos. We dig into how information warfare and energy shocks could directly impact your future, why the AI revolution is at a dangerous tipping point, and what you need to know to navigate the next wave of disruption. You’ll leave this episode with an unshakeable understanding of the forces shaping the next decade and how to think two steps ahead. I'm Tom Bilyeu, and welcome to Impact Theory. What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: Want my help starting a business? Join me here inside Zero To Founder Sign up for my AI Masterclass:  AI Masterclass Follow Me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Tailor Brands: Check out Tailor Brands to get started with your business today: https://bit.ly/TailorBrandsSept Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod ElevenLabs: Book your demo at https://elevenlabs.io/impactpod Cash App: Download Cash App Today: https://capl.onelink.me/vFut/v6nymgjl #CashAppPod *Cash App is a financial services platform, not a bank. Banking services provided by Cash App’s bank partner(s). Prepaid debit cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC. Cash App Visa® Debit Flex Cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC, and The Bancorp Bank, N.A., pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc. See terms and conditions for the Sutton prepaid card, Sutton debit flex card, and Bancorp debit flex card. Cash App Green features, Savings, Direct deposit, Round ups, Overdraft coverage and Discounts provided by Cash App, a Block, Inc. brand. Visit cash.app/legal/podcast for full disclosure. Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order. ATT Business: Switch to AT&T Business at https://business.att.com Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  Quo: ​​Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact Pipedrive: Get more leads and grow your business. Go to https://www.pipedrive.com/impact and get started with a 30-day free trial. Netsuite: For the first time ever you can try NetSuite Next for free. If your revenues are at least in the seven figures, go to https://NetSuite.ai/Theory. Butcherbox: Go to https://ButcherBox.com/IMPACT to get $20 off your first box, plus your choice of free ribeye, new york strip, or filet mignon in every box for a year — with free shipping always See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: Want my help starting a business? Join me here inside Zero To Founder Sign up for my AI Masterclass:  AI Masterclass Follow Me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Tailor Brands: Check out Tailor Brands to get started with your business today: https://bit.ly/TailorBrandsSept Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod ElevenLabs: Book your demo at https://elevenlabs.io/impactpod Cash App: Download Cash App Today: https://capl.onelink.me/vFut/v6nymgjl #CashAppPod *Cash App is a financial services platform, not a bank. Banking services provided by Cash App’s bank partner(s). Prepaid debit cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC. Cash App Visa® Debit Flex Cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC, and The Bancorp Bank, N.A., pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc. See terms and conditions for the Sutton prepaid card, Sutton debit flex card, and Bancorp debit flex card. Cash App Green features, Savings, Direct deposit, Round ups, Overdraft coverage and Discounts provided by Cash App, a Block, Inc. brand. Visit cash.app/legal/podcast for full disclosure. Butcherbox: Go to https://ButcherBox.com/IMPACT to get $20 off your first box, plus your choice of free ribeye, new york strip, or filet mignon in every box for a year — with free shipping always Perplexity: Start your free trial of Perplexity Computer today at http://PPLX.ai/impact and experience the next phase of AI. #ad makeup Pipedrive: Get more leads and grow your business. Go to https://www.pipedrive.com/impact and get started with a 30-day free trial. Netsuite: For the first time ever you can try NetSuite Next for free. If your revenues are at least in the seven figures, go to https://NetSuite.ai/Theory. The team reacts to the National Supermarket Association reportedly suing over Mayor Mamdani's city-run grocery store plan, and the host makes a mechanism-level case for why messing with the price structure backfires. His core argument: subsidizing groceries with taxpayer dollars removes the innovation impulse that has actually made food cheaper and better over time, and it weaponizes people's own tax money against the private grocers trying to compete—driving them out of business rather than helping anyone. He points to East vs. West Berlin as the natural experiment: where government controlled prices, shelves stayed sparse and quality stagnated for decades; where the free market ran, innovation in quality and distribution kept driving prices down. He illustrates the unintended consequences of subsidies with a personal story—how decades of government corn subsidies made high-fructose corn syrup artificially cheap, built the entire food-manufacturing supply chain around it (contributing, he argues, to America's health crisis), and how Quest had to engineer its own equipment to make a bar without it. His bigger thesis: the problem isn't capitalism or too few regulations—it's money in politics and regulatory capture that has "socialized" losses for banks, corporations, and individuals alike. What he wants is a return to lightly-regulated free markets (not libertarian anarchy)—strong antitrust to stop monopolies, room for the little guy to innovate—so prices keep falling and quality keeps rising. He closes on a fiscal-discipline point aimed squarely at voters: every "cheaper groceries" or "free childcare" promise makes the K-shaped economy worse unless someone says what gets cut to pay for it—and since politics is downstream of culture, politicians will keep giving us "free stuff" as long as we keep voting for it. All three hosts—Tom (Gen X), Drew (millennial), and Ryan (Gen Z)—get into a genuine, generation-spanning debate about whether Gen Z is headed for greatness or for trouble. It starts with New York lowering high-school graduation standards in the name of empathy, which Tom uses to argue that comfort makes people soft ("hard times make strong men")—that decades of prosperity have removed the impetus to push young people toward excellence, and that he worries Gen Z is being raised on participation trophies, blank-slate thinking, and an oppressor/oppressed lens rather than the idea that strength is a virtue. Drew pushes back optimistically: that Gen Z is getting "the end of the stick in every direction" and will become the baddest, toughest generation precisely because of it—already grinding through the high-expectations "A-minus" pressure, being told to go to college, and doing the hard things now. Ryan makes the sharpest counter: that the claim Gen Z doesn't build is unfair because they haven't been given the chance—no assets, no money, doors that were open to prior generations now closed by private equity and monetization; he cites applying to hundreds of jobs and getting a single interview, and a generation working multiple jobs just to make rent. Tom's fear, which he's careful to flag as possibly "algorithmic capture" or a bad read: that Gen Z is mapping onto activism-as-religion—putting its energy into political change and tearing down rather than building, and that "politics is downstream of culture," so the real leverage is building businesses, telling stories, and creating things that shift the culture. He anchors his challenge in Booker T. Washington ("learn to make bricks" rather than wait to be given a system) and argues the one fatal trap is bitterness and resentment, however justified the grievances. Ryan holds his ground—that engaging the political apparatus and protesting is Gen Z refusing to sit behind a screen and taking action themselves. A candid, unresolved clash that ends with the hosts joking that in 30 years, one of them will be proven wrong, one bitter, and one dead. The team digs into the Lindsay Clancy retrial—but the host's focus is less the case itself than what it reveals about jury integrity. After jurors from the earlier proceedings reportedly went public (talking to outlets like CBS) and, in the host's read, admitted to bringing a political agenda into deliberations, he argues this strikes at the foundation of the system: jurors are sworn to be impartial and to decide only on the evidence and the rules of the courtroom, and a juror who enters with a predetermined outcome—whatever the cause—means justice isn't being served. He's careful to note there's a legitimate debate to be had about the one juror who said he had "reasonable doubt" (since the standard is proof beyond a reasonable doubt), but says the truly alarming thing is jurors stating on camera that they were pursuing a political aim. He connects it to a second, chilling example: a Colorado DNA analyst whose work is now under review across a huge number of cases (reporting cited on air suggests over 1,000 cases retested and roughly 1,045 tainted over a decades-long career), raising the nightmare that a single compromised person inside the system can send the wrong people to prison—or let the wrong people out. His throughline is a worry about the broader culture: that if you can't assemble a jury pool that isn't ideologically captured, the promise of a fair trial itself is in jeopardy. The segment also touches on the human reality that jury duty is a burden few people want. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Let's revisit this eye-opening episode of Impact Theory, I sat down with Dr. Roman Yampolsky, one of the world’s leading experts in AI safety, to confront the rapidly approaching reality of artificial superintelligence. As AI systems accelerate toward capabilities rivaling and soon surpassing humanity, Dr. Yampolsky doesn’t mince words about the existential risks: he argues there’s a startlingly high probability that superintelligent AI could wipe out our species once it surpasses our control. We dove into the current state of AI—from the limitations of today’s models to the terrifying speed at which AGI (artificial general intelligence) is approaching—and question whether humanity stands any chance of controlling what comes next. Can we slow down the AI arms race, or is human nature itself fatally wired to push forward at any cost? Dr. Yampolsky explains why meaning, purpose, and even the future of employment are on the line, and what—if anything—can be done to safeguard our future. If you want to understand AI’s world-altering dangers, unpredictable opportunities, and the urgent ethical dilemmas at the heart of humanity’s most important technological leap, this is a must listen episode. What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: Want my help starting a business? Join me here inside Zero To Founder Sign up for my AI Masterclass:  AI Masterclass Follow Me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Tailor Brands: Check out Tailor Brands to get started with your business today: https://bit.ly/TailorBrandsSept Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod ElevenLabs: Book your demo at https://elevenlabs.io/impactpod Cash App: Download Cash App Today: https://capl.onelink.me/vFut/v6nymgjl #CashAppPod *Cash App is a financial services platform, not a bank. Banking services provided by Cash App’s bank partner(s). Prepaid debit cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC. Cash App Visa® Debit Flex Cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC, and The Bancorp Bank, N.A., pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc. See terms and conditions for the Sutton prepaid card, Sutton debit flex card, and Bancorp debit flex card. Cash App Green features, Savings, Direct deposit, Round ups, Overdraft coverage and Discounts provided by Cash App, a Block, Inc. brand. Visit cash.app/legal/podcast for full disclosure. Butcherbox: Go to https://ButcherBox.com/IMPACT to get $20 off your first box, plus your choice of free ribeye, new york strip, or filet mignon in every box for a year — with free shipping always Perplexity: Start your free trial of Perplexity Computer today at http://PPLX.ai/impact and experience the next phase of AI. #ad makeup Pipedrive: Get more leads and grow your business. Go to https://www.pipedrive.com/impact and get started with a 30-day free trial. Netsuite: For the first time ever you can try NetSuite Next for free. If your revenues are at least in the seven figures, go to https://NetSuite.ai/Theory. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What's up, guys? Today we're diving deep into the world of artificial intelligence, global instability, and the future of education with none other than Drew, my insightful commentator and my co-host, who cuts through the noise on everything from rogue AI to the realities of the American job market. Drew’s sharp analysis and fearless takes are exactly what we need right now as the stories around AI, politics, and global conflicts reach a boiling point. In this episode, we're breaking down why AI has everyone from Andrew Yang to Wall Street in a panic, what regulatory chess moves are really playing out behind the scenes, and how you can actually leverage technology to your advantage—no matter what the headlines say. We're also getting brutally honest about the real dangers facing America, from bureaucratic overgrowth to the education system that's failing our grads, and what you can do as an individual to not just survive, but thrive. If you want clarity on the madness, and real tools you can use to stay ahead while the world turns upside down, don't miss this one. I guarantee you'll leave with a new sense of what’s possible, what’s at stake, and how to keep your edge. I’m Tom Bilyeu, and welcome to Impact Theory. What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: Want my help starting a business? Join me here inside Zero To Founder Sign up for my AI Masterclass:  AI Masterclass Follow Me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Tailor Brands: Check out Tailor Brands to get started with your business today: https://bit.ly/TailorBrandsSept Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod ElevenLabs: Book your demo at https://elevenlabs.io/impactpod Cash App: Download Cash App Today: https://capl.onelink.me/vFut/v6nymgjl #CashAppPod *Cash App is a financial services platform, not a bank. Banking services provided by Cash App’s bank partner(s). Prepaid debit cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC. Cash App Visa® Debit Flex Cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC, and The Bancorp Bank, N.A., pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc. See terms and conditions for the Sutton prepaid card, Sutton debit flex card, and Bancorp debit flex card. Cash App Green features, Savings, Direct deposit, Round ups, Overdraft coverage and Discounts provided by Cash App, a Block, Inc. brand. Visit cash.app/legal/podcast for full disclosure. Butcherbox: Go to https://ButcherBox.com/IMPACT to get $20 off your first box, plus your choice of free ribeye, new york strip, or filet mignon in every box for a year — with free shipping always Perplexity: Start your free trial of Perplexity Computer today at http://PPLX.ai/impact and experience the next phase of AI. #ad makeup Pipedrive: Get more leads and grow your business. Go to https://www.pipedrive.com/impact and get started with a 30-day free trial. Netsuite: For the first time ever you can try NetSuite Next for free. If your revenues are at least in the seven figures, go to https://NetSuite.ai/Theory. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome back to Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu. In this episode, we dive into the Federal Reserve’s most recent – and highly anticipated – decision to raise the federal funds rate by a quarter-point, its first hike since July 2023. While policymakers cite robust economic data—resilient consumer spending, strong productivity growth, and steady unemployment rates—our discussion questions whether the Fed’s view reflects the reality felt by everyday Americans, especially those struggling on the so-called “wrong side of the K.” With supply shocks, ongoing geopolitical turmoil, and an energy crisis mounting, is the Fed’s approach truly tackling inflation or simply following a playbook that doesn’t match today’s unique challenges? We’ll break down why sentiment may matter more than statistics, the potential consequences of missing growth targets, and whether this rate hike is the right call in a deeply divided and uncertain economy. Plus, we bring in insight from Jeff Snider of Eurodollar University to explore what consumer confidence and labor force participation are really telling us beneath the surface. Stick around as we unpack the risks, the data, and what this all could mean for your financial future. Special thanks to Jeff Snider At Eurodollar University! https://www.youtube.com/live/sHNNc4eu4ls?si=MEMKjqwermrhSIi9 What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: Want my help starting a business? Join me here inside Zero To Founder Sign up for my AI Masterclass:  AI Masterclass Follow Me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu Tailor Brands: Check out Tailor Brands to get started with your business today: https://bit.ly/TailorBrandsSept Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod ElevenLabs: Book your demo at https://elevenlabs.io/impactpod Cash App: Download Cash App Today: https://capl.onelink.me/vFut/v6nymgjl #CashAppPod *Cash App is a financial services platform, not a bank. Banking services provided by Cash App’s bank partner(s). Prepaid debit cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC. Cash App Visa® Debit Flex Cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC, and The Bancorp Bank, N.A., pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc. See terms and conditions for the Sutton prepaid card, Sutton debit flex card, and Bancorp debit flex card. Cash App Green features, Savings, Direct deposit, Round ups, Overdraft coverage and Discounts provided by Cash App, a Block, Inc. brand. Visit cash.app/legal/podcast for full disclosure. Butcherbox: Go to https://ButcherBox.com/IMPACT to get $20 off your first box, plus your choice of free ribeye, new york strip, or filet mignon in every box for a year — with free shipping always Perplexity: Start your free trial of Perplexity Computer today at http://PPLX.ai/impact and experience the next phase of AI. #ad makeup Pipedrive: Get more leads and grow your business. Go to https://www.pipedrive.com/impact and get started with a 30-day free trial. Netsuite: For the first time ever you can try NetSuite Next for free. If your revenues are at least in the seven figures, go to https://NetSuite.ai/Theory. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Good morning, everybody. Today we're diving into a story that is unraveling right before our eyes—the truth behind the AI doomer narrative that's completely consumed the headlines. I’ve been going deep, and I mean DEEP, into who’s funding this panic, who stands to gain, and how fear is weaponized at the highest levels to push for regulatory control and consolidation of power. This episode is all about following the money and exposing the shocking coordination happening in the world of artificial intelligence. Listen up: if you have any interest in how technology shapes our world, who makes the rules, and how you can navigate the coming storm, you cannot miss this one. We're highlighting the players behind Anthropic, dissecting how regulatory capture works, and laying out exactly what you need to know so that you stay in control—rather than being manipulated by fear. My goal is for you to walk away from this episode understanding not only the stakes of the AI revolution, but how to separate hype from reality in a world driven by narratives, money, and power. What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: Want my help starting a business? Join me here inside Zero To Founder Sign up for my AI Masterclass:  AI Masterclass Follow Me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Tailor Brands: Check out Tailor Brands to get started with your business today: https://bit.ly/TailorBrandsSept Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod ElevenLabs: Book your demo at https://elevenlabs.io/impactpod Cash App: Download Cash App Today: https://capl.onelink.me/vFut/v6nymgjl #CashAppPod *Cash App is a financial services platform, not a bank. Banking services provided by Cash App’s bank partner(s). Prepaid debit cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC. Cash App Visa® Debit Flex Cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC, and The Bancorp Bank, N.A., pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc. See terms and conditions for the Sutton prepaid card, Sutton debit flex card, and Bancorp debit flex card. Cash App Green features, Savings, Direct deposit, Round ups, Overdraft coverage and Discounts provided by Cash App, a Block, Inc. brand. Visit cash.app/legal/podcast for full disclosure. Butcherbox: Go to https://ButcherBox.com/IMPACT to get $20 off your first box, plus your choice of free ribeye, new york strip, or filet mignon in every box for a year — with free shipping always Perplexity: Start your free trial of Perplexity Computer today at http://PPLX.ai/impact and experience the next phase of AI. #ad makeup Pipedrive: Get more leads and grow your business. Go to https://www.pipedrive.com/impact and get started with a 30-day free trial. Netsuite: For the first time ever you can try NetSuite Next for free. If your revenues are at least in the seven figures, go to https://NetSuite.ai/Theory. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On this episode of Impact Theory, we dive deep into the hidden shifts reshaping the global economy with Felix Bryn. With powerful forces at play—from political pressure on the Federal Reserve to global gold reserves flowing out of the U.S., sovereign wealth funds dumping American debt, and the rise of a new digital dollar infrastructure—Felix unpacks the four quiet levers that are fundamentally resetting the money system right before our eyes. Joined by insightful commentary, we unravel why traditional notions of "safe" investments may no longer apply, the critical role of the bond market, and what ordinary people can actually do to navigate this new financial landscape. If you want to understand how your money is being impacted today and what you can do to protect your future, this episode is essential listening. Tailor Brands: Check out Tailor Brands to get started with your business today: https://bit.ly/TailorBrandsSept Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod ElevenLabs: Book your demo at https://elevenlabs.io/impactpod Cash App: Download Cash App Today: https://capl.onelink.me/vFut/v6nymgjl #CashAppPod *Cash App is a financial services platform, not a bank. Banking services provided by Cash App’s bank partner(s). Prepaid debit cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC. Cash App Visa® Debit Flex Cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC, and The Bancorp Bank, N.A., pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc. See terms and conditions for the Sutton prepaid card, Sutton debit flex card, and Bancorp debit flex card. Cash App Green features, Savings, Direct deposit, Round ups, Overdraft coverage and Discounts provided by Cash App, a Block, Inc. brand. Visit cash.app/legal/podcast for full disclosure. Butcherbox: Go to https://ButcherBox.com/IMPACT to get $20 off your first box, plus your choice of free ribeye, new york strip, or filet mignon in every box for a year — with free shipping always Perplexity: Start your free trial of Perplexity Computer today at http://PPLX.ai/impact and experience the next phase of AI. #ad makeup Pipedrive: Get more leads and grow your business. Go to https://www.pipedrive.com/impact and get started with a 30-day free trial. Netsuite: For the first time ever you can try NetSuite Next for free. If your revenues are at least in the seven figures, go to https://NetSuite.ai/Theory. What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: Want my help starting a business? Join me here inside Zero To Founder Sign up for my AI Masterclass:  AI Masterclass FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What's up, guys? Today we are diving headfirst into the raging battle over the future of artificial intelligence. Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic—is at the very epicenter of today's AI revolution, and he's pushing the conversation that has every tech giant, world leader, and entrepreneur on edge. Dario is a cutting-edge researcher, a pioneer of safe AI development, and right now, he's making global headlines calling for a dramatic slowdown in AI progress. We are literally standing at the edge of decisions that could shape human civilization for generations. Today, you'll hear why some of the smartest people in AI are sounding the alarm, what “slowing down” actually means for the industry, how open source and government control could impact innovation, and why all of this matters to you if you care about your career, your business, your freedom—even the survival of humanity as we know it. The battle lines between capital and government, and how you can prepare for the massive changes coming your way. Lock in. What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: Want my help starting a business? Join me here inside Zero To Founder Sign up for my AI Masterclass:  AI Masterclass Follow Me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Sponsors: Tailor Brands: Check out Tailor Brands to get started with your business today: https://bit.ly/TailorBrandsSept Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod ElevenLabs: Book your demo at https://elevenlabs.io/impactpod Cash App: Download Cash App Today: https://capl.onelink.me/vFut/v6nymgjl #CashAppPod *Cash App is a financial services platform, not a bank. Banking services provided by Cash App’s bank partner(s). Prepaid debit cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC. Cash App Visa® Debit Flex Cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC, and The Bancorp Bank, N.A., pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc. See terms and conditions for the Sutton prepaid card, Sutton debit flex card, and Bancorp debit flex card. Cash App Green features, Savings, Direct deposit, Round ups, Overdraft coverage and Discounts provided by Cash App, a Block, Inc. brand. Visit cash.app/legal/podcast for full disclosure. Butcherbox: Go to https://ButcherBox.com/IMPACT to get $20 off your first box, plus your choice of free ribeye, new york strip, or filet mignon in every box for a year — with free shipping always Perplexity: Start your free trial of Perplexity Computer today at http://PPLX.ai/impact and experience the next phase of AI. #ad makeup Pipedrive: Get more leads and grow your business. Go to https://www.pipedrive.com/impact and get started with a 30-day free trial. Netsuite: For the first time ever you can try NetSuite Next for free. If your revenues are at least in the seven figures, go to https://NetSuite.ai/Theory. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: Want my help starting a business? Join me here inside Zero To Founder Sign up for my AI Masterclass:  AI Masterclass FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Tailor Brands: Check out Tailor Brands to get started with your business today: https://bit.ly/TailorBrandsSept Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod ElevenLabs: Book your demo at https://elevenlabs.io/impactpod Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order. Horizon.ai: Go to https://horizon3.ai/IMPACTTHEORY and request your free NodeZero demo. No commitment required. Results in hours, not weeks. Butcherbox: Go to https://ButcherBox.com/IMPACT to get $20 off your first box, plus your choice of free ribeye, new york strip, or filet mignon in every box for a year — with free shipping always Quo: ​​Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact The team digs into a strange and revealing controversy at the frontier of AI: a potential mathematics breakthrough where humans and AI are now fighting over who deserves the credit. For about a year, NYU mathematician Tristan Buckmaster and a researcher at Anthropic had been working on an obscure approach to one of the famous Clay Institute "millennium prize" problems (with $1 million on the line)—running their drafts through private OpenAI Codex sessions hosted on OpenAI's servers. When a step forward emerged (a result related to "blow-up" in the Euler equations of fluid dynamics), accusations flew that OpenAI's model had essentially "copied their homework"—learning from their private work and then producing the result itself. The host uses it to open up what he thinks is the defining debate of the era: when you collaborate with an AI, and it helps you reach an insight you genuinely pushed it toward, who owns the result? He walks through the emerging solutions—Alex Karp of Palantir's "put something in the middle" approach, versus self-hosting an open-source model behind your own servers with your own tuned "weights" so your inputs stay proprietary even as the world uses your outputs. He's candid that he's genuinely torn: as someone building his own project (Kaizen), he admits feeling the impulse to keep some paths secret for a six-month lead, while also arguing that since AI was trained on all of humanity, there's an obligation to keep letting it aggregate humanity's breakthroughs—especially in a field like medicine, where he shares a personal story about a family member's cancer and how siloed, firewalled medical data made coordination nearly impossible. His most provocative point is psychological: that the reason people aren't celebrating even a real (if modest) step forward is a raw human fear of being made to feel irrelevant—that "I can't let it be the AI that did this." He closes on his recurring throughline: rather than running to the government to regulate AI (which he thinks would hurt the open-source models that are the real check on Big AI), the open market and open source should be allowed to solve this—letting young upstarts protect their proprietary "weights" and compete, so a handful of giant companies can't hoard the breakthroughs. The team breaks down a sharp escalation in the Iran conflict and maps how it connects to a much bigger global picture. The immediate news: an intensifying tanker war in the Strait of Hormuz, with the IRGC claiming its largest attack of the war (striking multiple vessels and claiming hits on US destroyers), the US reportedly sinking eight Iranian oil tankers over four days, and Iran launching 20 ballistic missiles at a US base in Jordan—of which Jordan says 18 were intercepted and two hit empty desert, with no casualties reported. The host stresses a key caveat: with the IRGC claiming major damage and the Pentagon denying it, the truth is genuinely murky, and neither side's account should be taken at face value. He reads the "2-for-1" retaliation pattern and Rubio's "shoot at our ships and you lose tankers" posture as a deliberate US strategy of disproportionate response—while flagging the real risk that Iran is trying to bait the US into depleting munitions it may need for two other potential fights: a cornered, economically flailing Germany squaring off with a declining Russia, and the looming US-China collision. From there he lays out his central framework: that the US and China are two "wounded animals," both the largest economies, both feeling a narrow window, both pressing—China racing to divorce from the dollar (he floats his own contested theory that they may back the yuan with gold), reshore chip-making, and potentially move on Taiwan by 2027, because the deeper prize underneath everything is AI, and AI runs on chips. He argues energy undergirds the entire board, which is why the Strait, the Houthi attacks on Saudi oil infrastructure, OPEC fracturing, and the Venezuela play all matter, and offers his read on why the US actually entered Iran (securing GCC capital for the AI bet, under the banner of non-proliferation). He's candid about which parts are his interpretation, flags his gold-backed-yuan idea as highly contested, and lands on his recurring throughline: a multipolar world is coming, and the real question is what kind of "overlord" order the world ends up choosing—one you can vote out, or one you can't. The team connects a series of escalating global stories that the host argues are increasingly becoming one convergent conflict. First, Iran: the Revolutionary Guard reportedly fired hypersonic ballistic missiles at a US aircraft carrier and a guided-missile destroyer in the Strait of Hormuz—a dramatic escalation from base and drone attacks—with both ships evading and no Americans hurt, after which US forces struck and reportedly sank Iranian oil tankers. The host frames a country as most dangerous when it's weakest, and notes Bessent's argument that Iran is running out of the pre-purchased Chinese oil money keeping it afloat, meaning the coming months could get more dangerous before any off-ramp. Second, Europe: reports that Germany is moving toward direct conflict with Russia (closing Russian consulates, restricting entry after a drone incident), which could trigger NATO and pull in the US—complicated by the rise of Germany's AfD party (now reportedly the second-largest, around 23% to the leading party's ~30%), which has floated exiting the EU. Third, diplomacy: Witkoff and Kushner arriving to broker talks, with a reported 72-hour agreement between Putin and Zelensky not to strike each other's capitals (though front-line fighting continues and a broader ceasefire was rejected)—the host cautiously optimistic given their Abraham Accords track record, while noting their recent results have been thinner. Fourth, the US-Venezuela deal versus China, which claims its own competing, "internationally protected" interest there—prompting the host's blunt aside that "international law" is really just a function of who holds the most power. And finally, the bigger economic picture: a Nordic country reportedly selling ~$80B in US Treasuries, central banks buying gold in historic amounts (with gold reportedly overtaking US debt as the top reserve asset), and the resurfaced Ray Dalio warning about what happens when an empire has to start buying its own debt. The host's throughline: the US has a real opportunity—if it rebuilds a genuine moral center, restores fiscal discipline, and competes with China by being genuinely better for partner nations (Venezuela being the key test)—but the window is closing, and a multipolar world can deliver either the benefits of real competition or the dangers of everyone violently choosing sides. 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In this episode, I dive into my reaction to a thought-provoking video clip featuring Andrew Huberman and Steven Bartlett. The conversation focused on the way we shape our experience of reality, especially when it comes to questions of spirituality, religion, and the effects of altered states like psychedelics. One concept discussed was whether experiences like DMT trips or spiritual moments actually provide access to something beyond biology, or if they’re simply the result of neurochemistry—something I feel very strongly about. A key theme that emerged was questioning the literal truth of religious experiences and miracles. I explored my skepticism about whether anything truly occurs outside the laws of biology and physics, emphasizing that our brains craft our perception of the world, and that even the most awe-inspiring or seemingly miraculous events can usually be traced back to processes within us. The discussion also touched on how religion and awe may be evolutionary tools for cooperation and meaning, rather than evidence of a higher power. Several points were raised, including the dangers of confusing emotional reactions for truth, the importance of understanding we’re always having a biological experience, and the very real improvements people find in their lives when they adopt certain mindsets or practices like prayer or faith. Ultimately, this episode is an invitation to critically examine how we interpret our experiences—reminding listeners that while different mental frames can improve our lives, they are rooted in the biology that shapes everything we know and feel. Tailor Brands: Check out Tailor Brands to get started with your business today: https://bit.ly/TailorBrandsSept Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod ElevenLabs: Book your demo at https://elevenlabs.io/impactpod Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order. Horizon.ai: Go to https://horizon3.ai/IMPACTTHEORY and request your free NodeZero demo. No commitment required. Results in hours, not weeks. Butcherbox: Go to https://ButcherBox.com/IMPACT to get $20 off your first box, plus your choice of free ribeye, new york strip, or filet mignon in every box for a year — with free shipping always Quo: ​​Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: Want my help starting a business? Join me here inside Zero To Founder Sign up for my AI Masterclass:  AI Masterclass FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome to a pivotal episode of The Tom Bilyeu Show Live, recorded on September 11th—a day etched into American memory. In this episode, Tom tackles some of the most pressing and complex issues facing the nation and the world: from the escalating dangers in the Middle East and the precarious state of the global economy, to the relentless march of artificial intelligence and its ever-growing impact. Tom breaks down the unchecked government spending and populist promises threatening America’s financial health, the real consequences of inflation and deficit spending, and how both political parties are fueling economic instability. He digs deep into the current crises in the Middle East, the vulnerabilities in global supply chains, and draws crucial lessons from both past and present—especially the enduring significance of 9/11. Tom also explores the latest developments in AI, the urgent need for responsible innovation, and the growing arms race with China. This is a raw, honest conversation urging listeners to push beyond rhetoric, embrace fiscal discipline, and remain vigilant as seismic shifts reshape our world. What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: Want my help starting a business? Join me here inside Zero To Founder Sign up for my AI Masterclass:  AI Masterclass FOLLOW ME: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Tailor Brands: Check out Tailor Brands to get started with your business today: https://bit.ly/TailorBrandsSept Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod ElevenLabs: Book your demo at https://elevenlabs.io/impactpod Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order. Horizon.ai: Go to https://horizon3.ai/IMPACTTHEORY and request your free NodeZero demo. No commitment required. Results in hours, not weeks. Butcherbox: Go to https://ButcherBox.com/IMPACT to get $20 off your first box, plus your choice of free ribeye, new york strip, or filet mignon in every box for a year — with free shipping always Quo: ​​Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What's up, everybody? Today, I am bringing you an absolutely critical episode with Connor Leahy, a leading voice in the world of artificial intelligence safety and the CEO of ControlAI. Connor is a computer scientist who has spent years at the forefront of AI research, grappling with the real and present risks facing humanity as this technology rapidly evolves. He has a bold and, frankly, chilling perspective: pursuing superintelligence could endanger us all. In this episode, Connor breaks down why AI isn't just another tool—it's something fundamentally different, and possibly the biggest adversary we've ever created. We dig into the game theory behind international AI development, why current regulations are falling short, and what would actually have to happen for us to avoid catastrophic risks. If you've ever wondered how close we are to a true point of no return, or what it would actually take to keep the future of humanity in our own hands, this is the episode you cannot afford to miss. I hope you learn as much from this convo as I did—Connor will challenge the way you think about progress, technology, and what it means to be wise in a world racing toward the unknown. If you get value from this, I’d be so grateful if you leave us a review. That’s how we spread the word and help more people unlock their true potential. I'm Tom Bilyeu, and welcome to Impact Theory. What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: Want my help starting a business? Join me here inside Zero To Founder Sign up for my AI Masterclass: AI Masterclass FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Tailor Brands: Check out Tailor Brands to get started with your business today: https://bit.ly/TailorBrandsSept Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod ElevenLabs: Book your demo at https://elevenlabs.io/impactpod Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order. Horizon.ai: Go to https://horizon3.ai/IMPACTTHEORY and request your free NodeZero demo. No commitment required. Results in hours, not weeks. Butcherbox: Go to https://ButcherBox.com/IMPACT to get $20 off your first box, plus your choice of free ribeye, new york strip, or filet mignon in every box for a year — with free shipping always Quo: ​​Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What's up, everybody? Today I’m hitting you with one of the wildest episodes we’ve ever done. We’re diving deep into the OpenAI scandal that’s been blowing up the internet and drawing in some of the top minds in math, tech, and artificial intelligence. In this episode, we cover everything from leaked breakthroughs on one of the world’s toughest math problems—Navier-Stokes—to how your intellectual property could be at risk every time you use AI. We’ll break down who really made the breakthrough: brilliant mathematician Tristan Buckmaster, or was it AI, or—most likely—the thrilling collision between human intuition and machine brute force? Plus we’ll look at why this debate matters for the future of ownership, innovation, and literally your business or your health. You’re going to walk away understanding how AI and human minds must work together, what the next wave of regulation could mean for YOU, and why this moment will redefine who gets credit and who gets paid. This is about way more than technology—this is about meaning, relevance, and how humanity adapts in the face of relentless acceleration. Strap in, because if you want to thrive in the age of AI, you can’t afford to miss what we unpack in this episode. If you get value out of conversations like this, drop us a review and help us reach more people driven to unleash their potential. I’m Tom Bilyeu, and welcome to Impact Theory. Sponsors: Tailor Brands: Check out Tailor Brands to get started with your business today: https://bit.ly/TailorBrandsSept Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod ElevenLabs: Book your demo at https://elevenlabs.io/impactpod Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order. Horizon.ai: Go to https://horizon3.ai/IMPACTTHEORY and request your free NodeZero demo. No commitment required. Results in hours, not weeks. Butcherbox: Go to https://ButcherBox.com/IMPACT to get $20 off your first box, plus your choice of free ribeye, new york strip, or filet mignon in every box for a year — with free shipping always Quo: ​​Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: Want my help starting a business? Join me here inside Zero To Founder Sign up for my AI Masterclass:  AI Masterclass FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Introduction Welcome to Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu. In this thought-provoking episode, Tom sits down with Senator Bernie Sanders and a panel of young voices to tackle one of today's most urgent questions: how will Artificial Intelligence reshape our economy, our work, and our lives? From robots replacing restaurant workers to the promises and perils of AI-driven efficiency, the conversation dives deep into the future of jobs, the human element in technology, and who truly benefits from the coming AI revolution. Hear firsthand the anxieties and hopes of a new generation, candid debates on the role of corporate power, and Bernie Sanders's vision for ensuring AI serves the public good—not just the tech elite. Whether you're excited or worried about the rise of intelligent machines, this episode will challenge your assumptions and spark reflection on the values that should shape our digital future. Tailor Brands: Check out Tailor Brands to get started with your business today: https://bit.ly/TailorBrandsSept Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod ElevenLabs: Book your demo at https://elevenlabs.io/impactpod Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order. Horizon.ai: Go to https://horizon3.ai/IMPACTTHEORY and request your free NodeZero demo. No commitment required. Results in hours, not weeks. Butcherbox: Go to https://ButcherBox.com/IMPACT to get $20 off your first box, plus your choice of free ribeye, new york strip, or filet mignon in every box for a year — with free shipping always Quo: ​​Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: Want my help starting a business? Join me here inside Zero To Founder Sign up for my AI Masterclass:  AI Masterclass FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome to Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu! In this live episode, Tom tackles some of the week’s most explosive headlines and cultural flashpoints—starting with OpenAI’s latest AGI breakthrough that has even industry leaders urging a slowdown. He dives into the seismic shifts AGI brings to the job market, why the new wave of AI isn’t just about job loss but also unprecedented opportunity, and how global powers are locked in an escalating race for technological dominance. Tom then unpacks the escalating military tensions in the Middle East and Eastern Europe, highlighting the dangerous new frontiers of modern warfare. He also covers viral moments from Socialism 2026, discussing the culture war around health, discipline, and self-optimization. The episode wraps up with a candid look at America’s changing job market, the future of the nuclear family, and the urgent need for personal agency in an era defined by disruption. Packed with bold takes, practical wisdom, and a call to embrace change, this is an episode you won’t want to miss. Buckle up—this is Impact Theory. Tailor Brands: Check out Tailor Brands to get started with your business today: https://bit.ly/TailorBrandsSept Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod ElevenLabs: Book your demo at https://elevenlabs.io/impactpod Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order. Horizon.ai: Go to https://horizon3.ai/IMPACTTHEORY and request your free NodeZero demo. No commitment required. Results in hours, not weeks. Butcherbox: Go to https://ButcherBox.com/IMPACT to get $20 off your first box, plus your choice of free ribeye, new york strip, or filet mignon in every box for a year — with free shipping always Quo: ​​Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: Want my help starting a business? Join me here inside Zero To Founder Sign up for my AI Masterclass: AI Masterclass FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: Want my help starting a business? Join me here inside Zero To Founder Sign up for my AI Masterclass:  AI Masterclass FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Tailor Brands: Check out Tailor Brands to get started with your business today: https://bit.ly/TailorBrandsSept Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod ElevenLabs: Book your demo at https://elevenlabs.io/impactpod Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order. Horizon.ai: Go to https://horizon3.ai/IMPACTTHEORY and request your free NodeZero demo. No commitment required. Results in hours, not weeks. Butcherbox: Go to https://ButcherBox.com/IMPACT to get $20 off your first box, plus your choice of free ribeye, new york strip, or filet mignon in every box for a year — with free shipping always Quo: ​​Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact The team reacts to a clip from journalist Whitney Webb, who lays out a striking thought experiment about how a future financial crisis could unfold. Her scenario: a cyberattack on the banking system—whether real or manufactured—could let banks absolve themselves of blame for a crisis, consolidate power into a handful of "systemically important" institutions, and serve as a mechanism to onboard the public onto a new digital-currency paradigm. The chilling version: your money "disappears" in the hack, and you're told you can have the exact same amount back—but only in an approved digital dollar, stablecoin, or CBDC, with new conditions attached. You "voluntarily" accept the new system, but under extreme coercion. The host is careful and explicit throughout that this is Webb's thought experiment, not a claim she has evidence for—but he argues it's "distressingly plausible" given the real pressures on the system: mounting deficits, countries moving away from US debt, gold supplanting the dollar in central-bank reserves, Japan's yen troubles, and the Treasury's genuine push (via stablecoins) to create new appetite for US debt. He uses it as a launchpad for his central thesis: that fear is how free societies get talked into handing government ever more authoritarian control, that "there's always a danger on the horizon" to justify it, and that America should deliberately run the opposite experiment—putting freedom first and being willing to pay a price for it—because politicians are downstream of what the public rewards. The conversation also covers Mayorkas's "kill-where" cyber-threat warnings and a lengthy, deliberately even-handed tangent on Elon Musk—pushing back on the "he's just a government front" framing while flagging genuine conflict-of-interest concerns and arguing the real accountability target is bias in AI systems like Grok, which can be tested and measured. The team dives into the genuinely alarming frontier of AI security—starting with a vivid analogy: The Manchurian Candidate, the 1962 film about a sleeper agent who acts normal until a trigger phrase activates him. The host explains that this is no longer fiction for AI: a study from Anthropic's alignment team, conducted with the UK AI Security Institute and the Alan Turing Institute (described as the largest data-poisoning investigation ever), found you can plant a "backdoor" in a large language model with as few as ~250 malicious documents—and, crucially, that number appears to stay static even as models scale to billions of parameters. That means a hijack that everyone assumed would require nation-state-level control of training data can be pulled off by planting a tiny fraction (~0.00016%) of the data, simply by seeding it on the open internet where models scrape their training material. He walks through why this is so dangerous, then details a real-world attack tracked by security firm Huntress: a "malvertising" campaign ("Fake Agent") that exploited the fact that users can publish their own pages on the Claude AI platform, letting attackers serve what looked like an official Claude desktop download that actually delivered a password-stealing remote-access trojan—reportedly compromising 29 organizations in two days and pulling the fake page ~7,100 times before it was caught. From there the conversation widens into the hard strategic picture: that AI is a genuine, present-day advantage (his own team replicated 60% of a game's functionality with a non-programmer and a handful of tokens), that pulling back out of fear just lets adversaries like China race ahead, that the US risks falling behind on the energy and manufacturing needed to compete, and that the only sane path is to clearly delineate "weapons-grade" AI from civilian AI—regulating the former like nuclear material while refusing to throw the baby out with the bathwater. He closes on how to actually use AI well: not as a novice extracting answers, but as a thought partner you steer from first principles. The team breaks down what the host calls a potentially dangerous rewriting of the entire global economic system—starting with the bloodbath in Japan, where the stock market reportedly shed a massive sum and the 10-year government bond yield hit 3% for the first time since 1996. He explains the mechanism most people miss: for decades, Japan held its interest rates artificially low with no inflation, creating the "yen carry trade"—investors borrowing cheaply in yen to buy higher-yielding assets worldwide, a hidden force that's quietly propped up global markets. Now that Japan finally has inflation, it can't defend those low rates or its weakening yen, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent—speaking from the G20—has been publicly pressuring the Bank of Japan to hike, telling CNBC he has information the market doesn't and that Japan will move toward a stronger yen. The host argues that unwinding the carry trade could force a global contraction, hitting anyone invested in markets or even just earning a wage, as investors sell assets to pile back into yen. He digs into why Japan is so exposed—it owns over 50% of its own debt, a reckless situation as rates climb—and explains "zombie companies" that only survive because borrowing is nearly free. Then he draws the uncomfortable parallel: the US, at roughly 130% debt-to-GDP and about to become the "buyer of last resort" for its own debt via the Treasury, is heading somewhere similar, with the central question being whether AI can generate enough real growth to outrun the debt before it implodes. The back half turns constructive: the host lays out what he sees as the only viable path—embracing AI rather than fighting it, building data centers "the right way" (crediting Ryan's approach of threading the needle so they're net-positive for the towns they're in), defining the line between "weapons-grade" and civilian AI, teaching people to use AI as a tool that empowers rather than dulls them, making real demands of an education system judged by its outputs, and letting students discharge loans in bankruptcy. A dense, sobering, but ultimately hopeful map of a genuinely precarious moment. 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On today's episode of Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu, Drew joins the table for a no-holds-barred reaction to the Lindsay Clancy mistrial and the explosive debate it has ignited around personal responsibility, mental illness, gender, and criminal justice. The conversation dives deep into why society seems to be abandoning the notion of individual accountability in favor of empathy—even for the most tragic acts—and how this shift could have dire consequences for public safety and social values. As the hosts dissect the differing approaches to men and women in the legal system, the pitfalls of the insanity plea, and the influence of social media echo chambers, they confront uncomfortable questions about free will, the dangers of algorithm-driven realities, and the ever-widening gulf between men’s and women’s perspectives in the digital age. Expect candid dialogue, sharp insights, and a challenge to conventional thinking in a conversation that promises to spark debate long after the episode ends. Tailor Brands: Check out Tailor Brands to get started with your business today: https://bit.ly/TailorBrandsSept Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod ElevenLabs: Book your demo at https://elevenlabs.io/impactpod Butcherbox: Go to https://ButcherBox.com/IMPACT to get $20 off your first box, plus your choice of free ribeye, new york strip, or filet mignon in every box for a year — with free shipping always Quo: ​​Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact Shopify: Sign up for your free trial period at https://shopify.com/impact Netsuite: For the first time ever you can try NetSuite Next for free. If your revenues are at least in the seven figures, go to https://NetSuite.ai/Theory. Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  Pique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impact What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: Want my help starting a business? Join me here inside Zero To Founder Sign up for my AI Masterclass:  AI Masterclass FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

ITU: Ready to break through your biggest business bottleneck? Apply to work with me 1:1 - https://impacttheory.co/SCALE Sign up for my AI Masterclass:  https://tombilyeu.com/ai-masterclass?utm_campaign=TBS-Livestream&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social Welcome to another episode of The Tom Bilyeu show with cohost Drew and channel Moderator, Ryan! In today’s live show, Tom dives into the biggest issues shaping our world, from the explosive debate around AI safety and the shocking capabilities of ChatGPT-6 Astra, to the mounting backlash against AI development spearheaded by Bernie Sanders’ new bill. Tom tackles the high-stakes game theory around America and China’s tech race and asks what it takes to regulate AI without surrendering national security. We’ll also explore political chaos closer to home: from the collapse of a constitutional amendment on Supreme Court structure, to the controversial rise of socialism and populist rhetoric in America. Tom breaks down the scams, flaws, and real dangers in economic policies, the covert world of influencer-propaganda, and why nations like the Netherlands are moving gold out of America. No topic is off-limits as Tom exposes the incentive structures and power dynamics that are rapidly reshaping our future. Buckle up—there’s a lot to unpack as we search for stability, morality, and real solutions in a world tipping toward madness. Sponsors: Tailor Brands: Check out Tailor Brands to get started with your business today: https://bit.ly/TailorBrandsSept Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod ElevenLabs: Book your demo at https://elevenlabs.io/impactpod Butcherbox: Go to https://ButcherBox.com/IMPACT to get $20 off your first box, plus your choice of free ribeye, new york strip, or filet mignon in every box for a year — with free shipping always Quo: ​​Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact Shopify: Sign up for your free trial period at https://shopify.com/impact Netsuite: For the first time ever you can try NetSuite Next for free. If your revenues are at least in the seven figures, go to https://NetSuite.ai/Theory. Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  Pique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impact See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What's up, guys? Today I am bringing you an absolute must-listen conversation with Felix Prehn. Felix is a renowned investor and financial educator, and the founder of Felix & Friends and The GOAT Academy on YouTube—a guy who is obsessed with teaching people how money actually works. Felix has built a global following by breaking down the mechanics behind money printing, debt, inflation, and the moves happening right now in the bond market that are going to impact every dollar you’ve ever made or saved. I wanted to talk to Felix because, to be straight with you, we are living through a radical shift in the economy, and most people have no idea how deeply it affects their future. Felix cuts through the noise and tells it like it is—who is going to get crushed by inflation, why hard assets are your defense, and how to spot the difference between growing your wealth and just getting decimated by printed money. In this episode, you're going to walk away knowing exactly why the US and Japan are on a collision course with reality, what happens when governments play games with their own debt, and most importantly, what you can do right now to protect and build real financial security for you and your family. If you care about your financial future—and you should—this episode is mission critical. If you get value out of this, drop us a review—it's the best way you can help us reach more people who are hungry to reach their greatest potential. I’m Tom Bilyeu, and welcome to Impact Theory. What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: Want my help starting a business? Join me here inside Zero To Founder Sign up for my AI Masterclass:  AI Masterclass FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Tailor Brands: Check out Tailor Brands to get started with your business today: https://bit.ly/TailorBrandsSept Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod ElevenLabs: Book your demo at https://elevenlabs.io/impactpod Butcherbox: Go to https://ButcherBox.com/IMPACT to get $20 off your first box, plus your choice of free ribeye, new york strip, or filet mignon in every box for a year — with free shipping always Quo: ​​Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact Shopify: Sign up for your free trial period at https://shopify.com/impact Netsuite: For the first time ever you can try NetSuite Next for free. If your revenues are at least in the seven figures, go to https://NetSuite.ai/Theory. Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  Pique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impact See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

ITU: Ready to break through your biggest business bottleneck? Apply to work with me 1:1 - https://impacttheory.co/SCALE Sign up for my AI Masterclass:  https://tombilyeu.com/ai-masterclass?utm_campaign=TBS-Livestream&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social Welcome back to Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu! In today’s episode, Tom dives deep into the escalating global tensions—unpacking how the strengthening alliance between Russia, China, and Iran is pushing the world closer to widespread conflict, while warning about the dangerous unraveling of old world orders. Tom explores the alarming parallels between our current trajectory and the events that led up to World War II, explains the high-stakes reality of bomb-based diplomacy in Iran, and examines the financial fallout in the U.S. and Japanese bond markets. Beyond geopolitics, Tom and the team address timely topics including America’s struggle to sell war to a skeptical public, the risks and realities of mass economic enlistment, and the nuanced debate over America’s role in the Middle East and Israel’s influence on U.S. foreign policy. The conversation also branches out to cover game-changing innovations in tech, the chaos in public safety in America’s cities, and the existential economic challenges facing the globe. Get ready for a thought-provoking episode packed with headline-grabbing stories, historical context, informed analysis, and actionable insights—all designed to equip you to thrive in an era defined by volatility, ambiguity, and rapid change. Buckle up, and let’s dive into the complexities shaping tomorrow’s world. Sponsors: Tailor Brands: Check out Tailor Brands to get started with your business today: https://bit.ly/TailorBrandsSept Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod ElevenLabs: Book your demo at https://elevenlabs.io/impactpod Butcherbox: Go to https://ButcherBox.com/IMPACT to get $20 off your first box, plus your choice of free ribeye, new york strip, or filet mignon in every box for a year — with free shipping always Quo: ​​Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact Shopify: Sign up for your free trial period at https://shopify.com/impact Netsuite: For the first time ever you can try NetSuite Next for free. If your revenues are at least in the seven figures, go to https://NetSuite.ai/Theory. Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  Pique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impact See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome back to Impact Theory. In today’s episode, I dive deep into the wild ride happening right now in the bond market and what it means for the future of the US dollar and the global economy. The conversation focused on the so-called “resource curse”—comparing America’s role as issuer of the world’s reserve currency to regions that failed to capitalize on their natural resources, and questioning if this privilege is actually a double-edged sword. One concept discussed is whether the benefits the US has reaped from dollar dominance have led us into fiscal irresponsibility and a dangerous dependence on selling money to the world instead of making real things at home. A key theme that emerged is how government strategies—like moving debt from long-term to short-term, flirting with yield curve control, and leveraging emerging tools like stablecoins—are designed to manage mounting debt but could have far-reaching consequences for people’s savings, investments, and the country’s economic future. The discussion explored how inflation, rising interest payments, and global moves away from the dollar are creating new risks and uncertainties, especially for retirees and ordinary investors. Several points were raised, including the critical impact of trust in US debt, the erosion of manufacturing capacity, and whether these fiscal maneuvers are buying time or simply delaying a reckoning. Get ready for a no-holds-barred look at what’s happening behind the scenes—because understanding these moves is key to protecting your personal and financial future. What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: Want my help starting a business? Join me here inside Zero To Founder Sign up for my AI Masterclass:  AI Masterclass FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Tailor Brands: Check out Tailor Brands to get started with your business today: https://tailorbrands.go2cloud.org/aff_c?offer_id=129&aff_id=9505&aff_sub2=september Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod ElevenLabs: Book your demo at https://elevenlabs.io/impactpod Butcherbox: Go to https://ButcherBox.com/IMPACT to get $20 off your first box, plus your choice of free ribeye, new york strip, or filet mignon in every box for a year — with free shipping always Quo: ​​Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact Shopify: Sign up for your free trial period at https://shopify.com/impact Netsuite: For the first time ever you can try NetSuite Next for free. If your revenues are at least in the seven figures, go to https://NetSuite.ai/Theory. Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  Pique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impact bond market, US dollar, reserve currency, Scott Bessent, de-dollarization, national debt, Treasury bonds, interest rates, gold reserves, inflation, fiat currency, fiscal policy, austerity, resource curse, US manufacturing, financial repression, yield curve control, stablecoins, short-term debt, long-term debt, central banks, global financial system, economic growth, budget deficit, Treasury General Account, asset prices, capital flight, US Treasury auctions, foreign central banks, purchasing power See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  ATT Business: Switch to AT&T Business at https://business.att.com Pique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impact The team dissects the viral Konstantin Kisin vs. Steve Keen debate—both former Impact Theory guests—on the central climate question of our time: is the answer to use less and shrink (de-growth), or to innovate our way forward? The host, who knows both men and calls them smart and well-intentioned, explicitly urges viewers not to pick a side and dismiss the other as stupid, but to find the one factual disagreement worth reasoning from. His own position leans hard toward innovation: drawing on Matt Ridley's The Rational Optimist, he argues that 80,000 years of human progress make "it all ends now" an irrational bet, that we've innovated our way out of every prior crisis, and that de-growth—especially any talk of reducing world population—would trigger economic collapse that causes far more suffering than the problem it aims to solve. He respects Steve Keen's economic mind but argues Keen has essentially "given up," wishing we'd listened to engineers 50 years ago rather than charting a path forward now. He reframes the climate fight around tradeoffs the doom narrative ignores: citing Bjørn Lomborg's "it's real but overstated, and the solutions can be worse than the disease" framing, the roughly 140,000-plus annual heat deaths that air conditioning could prevent, and Jordan Peterson's warning about sacrificing today's actual poor for tomorrow's hypothetical poor. The conversation ranges across the East-vs-West Germany innovation contrast, a Peter Diamandis-style geoengineering thought experiment, why "politics is downstream of culture," and the host's more contested claim that climate panic often masks a desire for control and resentment—before ending on a speculative, openly-unsupported musing about the psychology behind who pushes it. A wide-ranging argument for optimism, first-principles thinking, and refusing to let "we're doomed" become the whole story. The team breaks down Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's latest move to tame rising long-term bond rates—and why the bond market is likely to keep testing him. After Bessent doubled buybacks from $2B to $4B per round (which briefly knocked yields down before they rebounded past where they started), two off-the-record Treasury officials leaked to CNBC that the Treasury General Account—the government's roughly $1-trillion checking account at the Fed—could be tapped to buy bonds en masse. The host walks through why that's a bigger deal than expected: using cash to retire long-duration bonds without issuing new supply makes the debt "evaporate," and the market has, at least for now, believed the rumor enough to push the 30-year and 10-year yields down. But he's clear about the catch: the TGA isn't a magic war chest—every dollar in it was borrowed via prior auctions, so spending it down just defers the problem and eventually requires selling more debt, pressuring the curve again. He frames the backdrop honestly: $40 trillion in debt, ~123% debt-to-GDP, climbing interest costs, Japan (the largest buyer of US debt) in trouble, China dumping Treasuries while hoarding gold, and gold overtaking the dollar as the top central-bank reserve asset. His throughline is that there's no silver bullet, only tradeoffs, and the only real fix is growing the real economy—rising middle-class wages adjusted for inflation, GDP moving from ~1.2% toward 3–4%—rather than financial engineering. Absent that, he lays out the grim menu every over-indebted empire faces: austerity, default, or inflating the currency to shrink the debt (which quietly impoverishes everyone paid or saving in dollars), and warns that another Covid-scale inflation spike without real growth is how you get to "pitchforks." The conversation closes on a lengthy, contested tangent about immigration incentive structures, the Nordic model, and social trust—with the host explicitly noting the Nordic countries themselves say they aren't socialist. A dense, sobering economics breakdown. The team breaks down the escalating US-Canada trade war after Canada walked away from a deal that would have sharply lowered tariffs on several key Canadian industries. The host argues Canada is making a serious economic miscalculation—laying out the dependency math: roughly 78% of Canadian exports rely on US consumer markets, and exports make up about 33% of Canada's GDP, versus Canada representing only around 13% of US imports and a small slice of US GDP. In his read, that asymmetry means Canada has far more to lose, and pivoting toward China—geographically distant and, as he notes, a non-market economy—is a poor substitute. He digs into what actually broke the deal per PM Mark Carney: autos, French-language and cultural protections, and, most importantly, a US demand to restrict Canada's ability to sign independent trade deals with other countries (read: China), pointing to Canada's stated goal of a 50% export increase to China by 2030, Carney's January Beijing visit, and a flurry of mutual tariff cuts (including slashing Canada's 100% EV tariff to ~6%) as evidence of a rapidly warming relationship. 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What's up, guys? Today I’m bringing you part 2 of a mind-blowing episode with former CIA intelligence officer and spycraft expert Andrew Bustamante. If you don’t know Andrew, he’s not only a decorated CIA veteran, but he’s also spent years consulting with top organizations on national security and critical decision-making. Andrew is a master at deconstructing the global chess game between superpowers, and today, we go deep into why AI is the new arms race, what China is really doing behind closed doors, and what it means for the future of America and the world. We’re talking about everything from the chilling pragmatism of the Chinese government, the perils of declining self-belief in the West, and what we need to do right now to win the future. Whether you’re worried about rapid advances in artificial intelligence, the fate of democracy, or just want to know how to outsmart your competition in today’s noisy world, this episode is for you. If you’re hungry for actionable insights on how to think at the highest strategic level, and you want the clarity to navigate a world that’s changing faster than ever before, you cannot miss this conversation. If you dig it like I did, please leave a review and help us get these vital ideas into the hands of everyone who wants to shape their destiny. I’m Tom Bilyeu, and welcome to Impact Theory. 00:00 Japan's immigration challenges 05:18 China's holistic tech integration 07:25 Speculating on future AGI impacts 11:36 Concerns about AI dominance 12:57 AI advancement implications and concerns 16:11 US needs its own AI 19:36 AI and military applications 23:02 China's strategy in Hong Kong 28:27 American beliefs and financial hedging 30:22 Feeling unsafe during COVID 33:00 Future of the United States 36:41 Finding optimism and making change 42:08 Learning and knowledge cycle 43:40 Using open-ended questions in sales 46:12 Two questions and a confirmation strategy Cash App: Download Cash App Today: https://capl.onelink.me/vFut/v6nymgjl #CashAppPod *Cash App is a financial services platform, not a bank. Banking services provided by Cash App’s bank partner(s). Prepaid debit cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC. Cash App Visa® Debit Flex Cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC, and The Bancorp Bank, N.A., pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc. See terms and conditions for the Sutton prepaid card, Sutton debit flex card, and Bancorp debit flex card. Cash App Green features, Savings, Direct deposit, Round ups, Overdraft coverage and Discounts provided by Cash App, a Block, Inc. brand. Visit cash.app/legal/podcast for full disclosure. Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Whatnot: Download the Whatnot app today and get free shipping on your first order. Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order Ethos: Get a free quote at https://ethos.com/impact Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  ATT Business: Switch to AT&T Business at https://business.att.com Pique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impact What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: Want my help starting a business? Join me here inside Zero To Founder Sign up for my AI Masterclass: AI Masterclass FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

ITU: Ready to break through your biggest business bottleneck? Apply to work with me 1:1 - https://impacttheory.co/SCALE Sign up for my AI Masterclass:  https://tombilyeu.com/ai-masterclass?utm_campaign=TBS-Livestream&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social Welcome back to the Tom Bilyeu Show Live, where we break down the world’s biggest stories and examine how they’ll impact you. On today’s episode, Tom Bilyeu dives straight into the heart of global instability, discussing the dangerous escalation in the Ukraine war—including provocative moves from Russia and signals that NATO may be increasingly tested. We’ll also look at fears within the AI industry, as major tech leaders call for unity and urgent action in the face of rising cybersecurity risks. Plus, with Meta’s massive settlement reshaping how kids use social media, we’ll explore whether big platforms can actually create safer spaces for the next generation. Along the way, we’ll cover food security concerns fueled by global conflicts, cultural clashes emerging across Europe, and the explosive anticipation for GTA 6—an entertainment phenomenon reflecting our society’s technological leaps. Get ready for hard-hitting analysis, candid takes, and a look at why culture and politics are more intertwined than ever. Thank you to our sponsors: Cash App: Download Cash App Today: https://capl.onelink.me/vFut/v6nymgjl #CashAppPod *Cash App is a financial services platform, not a bank. Banking services provided by Cash App’s bank partner(s). Prepaid debit cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC. Cash App Visa® Debit Flex Cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC, and The Bancorp Bank, N.A., pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc. See terms and conditions for the Sutton prepaid card, Sutton debit flex card, and Bancorp debit flex card. Cash App Green features, Savings, Direct deposit, Round ups, Overdraft coverage and Discounts provided by Cash App, a Block, Inc. brand. Visit cash.app/legal/podcast for full disclosure. Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Whatnot: Download the Whatnot app today and get free shipping on your first order. Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order Ethos: Get a free quote at https://ethos.com/impact Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  ATT Business: Switch to AT&T Business at https://business.att.com Pique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impact See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What's up, guys? Today I'm hitting you with a truly essential conversation featuring Andrew Bustamante. This guy's not just a former covert CIA intelligence officer—he's become one of the most sought-after experts on modern espionage, national security, and global power. With everything that’s exploding right now between the U.S., Iran, China, and Russia, I could not wait to get his perspective. Andrew is breaking down how the new world order is shaping up in real time—why China’s playing a long, strategic game, what the real stakes are in the U.S.-Iran conflict, and how economic warfare and public perception matter more than ever. If you've ever wondered what global power really means today, or how to navigate a world that's changing at crazy speed, this episode will give you the frameworks and mental models you need to make sense of it all. I hope you guys get as much out of this episode as I did recording it with Andrew. If you find it valuable, please drop us a review—it’s the best way to support the show and make sure we continue to bring bold, unfiltered conversations right to you. I'm Tom Bilyeu, and welcome to Impact Theory. 00:00 - Welcome and intro: Why meeting with Andrew Bustamante was urgent with global tensions 00:20 - What China Learned While US Fights Iran 05:24 - The global scramble: How 157 countries are hedging against US dollar and US tech; why the “portfolio split” just got real 09:06 - The “Suez Canal moment” for the US: Why losing grip in the Strait of Hormuz is historic 19:15 - How global perception shifts when threats (“economic D-Day”, anyone?) become empty—China’s new confidence in resisting American pressure 31:08 - From American Dream to “Red Dream”: How Xi Jinping’s CCP is remaking global aspirations, and the chilling influence on wavering democracies 40:45 - Why China WANTS conflict close to its home turf (South China Sea)—and what happens if the US ever takes the bait 53:21 - Does China see itself in decline? The real calculus behind demographics, technology, and whether they’re just waiting for the world to come back to them What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: Want my help starting a business? Join me here inside Zero To Founder Sign up for my AI Masterclass: AI Masterclass FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Cash App: Download Cash App Today: https://capl.onelink.me/vFut/v6nymgjl #CashAppPod *Cash App is a financial services platform, not a bank. Banking services provided by Cash App’s bank partner(s). Prepaid debit cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC. Cash App Visa® Debit Flex Cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC, and The Bancorp Bank, N.A., pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc. See terms and conditions for the Sutton prepaid card, Sutton debit flex card, and Bancorp debit flex card. Cash App Green features, Savings, Direct deposit, Round ups, Overdraft coverage and Discounts provided by Cash App, a Block, Inc. brand. Visit cash.app/legal/podcast for full disclosure. Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Whatnot: Download the Whatnot app today and get free shipping on your first order. Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order Ethos: Get a free quote at https://ethos.com/impact Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  ATT Business: Switch to AT&T Business at https://business.att.com Pique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impact Order Andrew's new book 'Outsmart Everyone' TODAY and get IMMEDIATE ACCESS to your ‘Operators Guide to Outsmart Everyone’ before Andrew's book hits the shelf: - Step 1: Visit the official site for Andrew's book by clicking here https://outsmarteveryonespy.com/ - Step 2: Purchase the hardcover, audiobook, or eBook.  - Step 3: Send the receipt for your purchase to Andrew's team at: [email protected] - Step 4: A real-life human being will respond to your email with a personal link to download your ‘Operators Guide to Outsmart Everyone!’ - BONUS STEP: For those who want to celebrate with Andrew personally, if you BUY 5 COPIES of the book, you’ll get a PRIVATE INVITE to JOIN ANDREW on LAUNCH DAY for an EXCLUSIVE LIVE VIDEO CALL! Just send your receipt and highlight that you bought 5 copies (or more!) of the book. Want to learn more from Andrew? - Find your Spy Superpower: https://yt.everydayspy.com/ImpactTheory082026 - Follow Andrew on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@Andrew-Bustamante - Explore Spy School: https://everydayspy.com/ - Support Andrew's sponsor: https://axoltbrain.com/andy See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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In this episode, I take you on a deep dive into why China’s decline—not its rise—could be pushing the world toward inevitable conflict. I unpack the real numbers behind China’s looming demographic crisis, explain how flawed incentives and authoritarian policy like the one-child law have triggered an irreversible population collapse, and why that matters for both China and the global economy. We'll draw historical parallels to show why peaking powers are often the most dangerous, examine what China’s desperation means for Taiwan, and explore the broader impact on everything from global supply chains to AI innovation. I’ll also tackle tough questions about falling birth rates, the impact of women’s education, and whether automation can save aging societies. Get ready for a challenging and eye-opening journey into the realities shaping the future of the world. What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: Want my help starting a business? Join me here inside Zero To Founder Sign up for my AI Masterclass:  AI Masterclass FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Cash App: Download Cash App Today: https://capl.onelink.me/vFut/v6nymgjl #CashAppPod *Cash App is a financial services platform, not a bank. Banking services provided by Cash App’s bank partner(s). Prepaid debit cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC. Cash App Visa® Debit Flex Cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC, and The Bancorp Bank, N.A., pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc. See terms and conditions for the Sutton prepaid card, Sutton debit flex card, and Bancorp debit flex card. Cash App Green features, Savings, Direct deposit, Round ups, Overdraft coverage and Discounts provided by Cash App, a Block, Inc. brand. Visit cash.app/legal/podcast for full disclosure. Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Whatnot: Download the Whatnot app today and get free shipping on your first order. Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order Ethos: Get a free quote at https://ethos.com/impact Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  ATT Business: Switch to AT&T Business at https://business.att.com Pique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impact See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome to another jam-packed episode of Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu. Today, Tom dives deep into the market chaos triggered by wild movements in the bond market and looming economic maneuvers from key players like Bessent. We break down soaring long-term bond rates, the ripple effects of the U.S. debt crisis, and the complex financial strategies being deployed to stabilize the economy. Shifting gears, Tom unpacks Canada’s bold decision to walk away from a major U.S. trade deal, explores the escalating tensions between the U.S., China, and Canada, and reveals the larger story behind global deglobalization. We then journey into the geopolitics of the Middle East, analyzing shifts in the Strait of Hormuz and what rising maritime traffic could signal for Iran and the broader region. Finally, Tom tackles the explosive debate over Israel and Palestine, as highlighted by Mark Ruffalo's viral tweet, dissecting the cultural, political, and religious forces driving this divisive global conversation. Stay tuned for a thought-provoking, wide-ranging discussion that unpacks the news behind the headlines and what it means for the future. What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: Want my help starting a business? Join me here inside Zero To Founder Sign up for my AI Masterclass:  AI Masterclass FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Cash App: Download Cash App Today: https://capl.onelink.me/vFut/v6nymgjl #CashAppPod *Cash App is a financial services platform, not a bank. Banking services provided by Cash App’s bank partner(s). Prepaid debit cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC. Cash App Visa® Debit Flex Cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC, and The Bancorp Bank, N.A., pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc. See terms and conditions for the Sutton prepaid card, Sutton debit flex card, and Bancorp debit flex card. Cash App Green features, Savings, Direct deposit, Round ups, Overdraft coverage and Discounts provided by Cash App, a Block, Inc. brand. Visit cash.app/legal/podcast for full disclosure. Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Whatnot: Download the Whatnot app today and get free shipping on your first order. Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order Ethos: Get a free quote at https://ethos.com/impact Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  ATT Business: Switch to AT&T Business at https://business.att.com Pique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impact See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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The host's core point: the two were trying to litigate a criminal case whose facts haven't been established in court, arguing "internal frame versus internal frame," which inevitably devolves into madness when those frames don't intersect. He's pointed that this isn't about who's likable—he argues Wilson walked in as a "frame of reference" debater whose bully-the-room tactics collapsed against someone prepared, and that Wilson couldn't name the actual charges in the case while Candace could, making him look like he wasn't arguing from real command of the facts. On Candace, the host makes a deliberately careful epistemics argument: whatever you think of her conclusions, treating "she's obviously wrong" as self-evident is itself a frame-of-reference trap—because the facts of the trial (Tyler Robinson has not yet entered a plea, and the case hasn't been argued) simply aren't out yet, so neither side can claim proof. He predicts how the trial may play out and why the defense's choices about which evidence to use will be the real tell, while stressing repeatedly that he's speculating and that the honest position right now is "we don't know." Ryan and the team push on where the line sits between healthy skepticism and conspiratorial thinking, and the group lands on a shared lesson: don't get pulled into a debate when there's no agreed framework for adjudicating it, and wait for the facts before declaring a winner. The team breaks down the public exchange between Rep. Ro Khanna, who argues America must tax wealth and redistribute from billionaires, and Mark Cuban, who pushes back that "ideology is not a strategy." The host agrees with the diagnosis but not the cure: he concedes that people genuinely feel the system isn't working for them—and that they're right, pointing to the college-debt pipeline, an abusive housing market, and currency inflation eroding savings—but argues that taxing wealth misidentifies the solution. Walking through Cuban's argument, he explains the mechanics most people miss: founders of $10B "deca-unicorns" are typically cash-poor and stock-rich, worth billions on paper while the raised money goes into the company, not their pockets—so a wealth tax forces them to sell or borrow against speculative shares, which is often impossible and destructive to the company itself. He highlights Cuban's warning that a California wealth tax (Prop 40) would simply push investors to require startups to relocate to Texas, Indiana, or Florida first—meaning the state loses deca-unicorns it never even sees leave—and that "when you tax something, you get less of it." He connects it to his recurring critique of Bernie Sanders' framing: even if the revenue estimate were real (roughly $20B/year against a ~$30B Medicaid funding gap), you can only spend it once, and the act of liquidating shares to collect it would be self-defeating. The host's alternative is structural: get money out of politics, be fiscally disciplined, rebuild real manufacturing to take on China, stop funneling everyone into debt-financed college, let students discharge that debt in bankruptcy to force lending discipline, and stop suppressing wages with low-wage immigration so the true price of labor is revealed. Tom, Drew, and Ryan dig into a Census Bureau data effort that cross-referenced 2020 voter records against federal citizenship files—and end up in a genuine, three-way disagreement about what it means. Tom plants a strong flag: he believes there is significant voter fraud that will be revealed as more data is processed, arguing from "first principles" that where you have access plus incentive and no safeguard, abuse will follow, and that election integrity is worth shoring up even before there's overwhelming evidence. Drew and Ryan push back as the fact-checkers in the room: Drew stresses that the reported ~24,000 figure comes from a partial, unprocessed run and, crucially, that "non-citizen" includes lawful permanent residents (green-card holders) who aren't the same as people who crossed illegally—so the headline shouldn't be read as proof of illegal-alien ballot harvesting. Ryan fact-checks the specifics in real time: how Social Security numbers actually work for non-citizens (work authorizations, ITINs, fraudulent documents, expired visas), what California's voter-verification process actually requires (signature matching, with a first-time-voter ID exception under federal HAVA law), and the point that documented voter fraud in the US has consistently been shown to be well under 1%. The group works through California's and Minnesota's differing rules, whether signature-matching and vouching systems are genuinely exploitable, and lands on a striking meta-point: three people looking at the exact same facts arrive at very different conclusions, which is itself a lesson in how much of what we call "fact" is filtered through perception. 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Welcome back to another thought-provoking episode of Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu. Today, we continue our groundbreaking conversation with macro investor and visionary thinker Raoul Pal, exploring the seismic technological revolution reshaping our world. In this episode, Raoul Pal breaks down why artificial intelligence represents the ultimate leap in human advancement—and why investing in technology right now may be more crucial than ever. From the fundamentals of network effects and exponential growth, to the unprecedented speed of AI adoption and its implications for markets, capital allocation, and societal productivity, this episode dives deep into how the coming economic and technological supercycle could redefine wealth, work, and global competition. We examine the optimism and risks inherent in this transformation, and what it means for investors, governments, and everyday people. Strap in as we debate the future of intelligence, productivity, and how to navigate this new era—whether with caution or conviction. Let’s dive in. 00:00 Intro 00:30 AI and Metcalfe's Law explained 04:57 OpenAI and rapid user growth 12:13 Managing Crypto Investment Volatility 29:01 Economic impacts of AI and robots 32:16 Automation impact on labor force 44:58 Understanding liquidity and euro-dollar debt 51:37 Embracing unstoppable change What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: Want my help starting a business? Join me here inside Zero To Founder Sign up for my AI Masterclass:  AI Masterclass FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Cash App: Download Cash App Today: https://capl.onelink.me/vFut/v6nymgjl #CashAppPod *Cash App is a financial services platform, not a bank. Banking services provided by Cash App’s bank partner(s). Prepaid debit cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC. Cash App Visa® Debit Flex Cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC, and The Bancorp Bank, N.A., pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc. See terms and conditions for the Sutton prepaid card, Sutton debit flex card, and Bancorp debit flex card. Cash App Green features, Savings, Direct deposit, Round ups, Overdraft coverage and Discounts provided by Cash App, a Block, Inc. brand. Visit cash.app/legal/podcast for full disclosure. Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Whatnot: Download the Whatnot app today and get free shipping on your first order. Surfshark: Go to https://surfshark.com/TOMB or use code TOMB at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark!  ATT Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Horizon.ai: Go to https://horizon3.ai/IMPACTTHEORY and request your free NodeZero demo. No commitment required. Results in hours, not weeks. Quo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  Pique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impact Shopify: Own your customer relationships. Own your revenue. Start with a free trial at https://shopify.com/impact Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome back to Impact Theory. In this episode, I dive deep into the economic, technological, and cultural shifts that are defining our current moment. The conversation focused on the unprecedented moves by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as he attempts to control long-term bond yields, what that means for the U.S. economy, and how this growing government intervention could reshape the markets—and our future. One concept I unpack is the rapid advancement and increasing hostility toward AI data centers, revealing just how high the stakes are in the ongoing innovation arms race. A key theme that emerged is the widespread cultural malaise in America—a lack of self-belief that stands in stark contrast to countries like China, where confidence is fueling aggressive growth and technological adoption. We also explore the complications of U.S. sanctions, the real consequences of regulatory overreach, and the urgent need for renewed competition and innovation. Throughout, I push back against the narrative of inevitable decline and urge us to remember what made America the world’s powerhouse—our willingness to innovate, compete, and face hard truths head-on. We wrap up with a powerful debate on climate change, examining whether ingenuity and human-driven progress—or top-down central planning—will define our path forward. This episode is a call to wake up, reclaim our edge, and double down on building a future worth fighting for. What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: Want my help starting a business? Join me here inside Zero To Founder Sign up for my AI Masterclass:  AI Masterclass FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Thanks to our sponsors Cash App: Download Cash App Today: https://capl.onelink.me/vFut/v6nymgjl #CashAppPod *Cash App is a financial services platform, not a bank. Banking services provided by Cash App’s bank partner(s). Prepaid debit cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC. Cash App Visa® Debit Flex Cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC, and The Bancorp Bank, N.A., pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc. See terms and conditions for the Sutton prepaid card, Sutton debit flex card, and Bancorp debit flex card. Cash App Green features, Savings, Direct deposit, Round ups, Overdraft coverage and Discounts provided by Cash App, a Block, Inc. brand. Visit cash.app/legal/podcast for full disclosure. Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Whatnot: Download the Whatnot app today and get free shipping on your first order. Surfshark: Go to https://surfshark.com/TOMB or use code TOMB at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark!  ATT Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Horizon.ai: Go to https://horizon3.ai/IMPACTTHEORY and request your free NodeZero demo. No commitment required. Results in hours, not weeks. Quo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  Pique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impact Shopify: Own your customer relationships. Own your revenue. Start with a free trial at https://shopify.com/impact Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome back to Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu! In this episode, we’re joined once again by Raoul Pal, a renowned macro investor and futurist thinker. Raoul Pal dives deep into the seismic shifts happening in the global economy, exploring how AI and technology are driving the next exponential age, reshaping markets, and pulling liquidity away from sectors like crypto. Together, we examine the opportunities—and challenges—facing investors in an uncertain world, including the impact of central bank decisions, the evolution of money and digital assets, and the looming transition to AI-driven decision-making at every level of business and government. From debunking doom-laden narratives about the decline of the US dollar to strategies for surviving—and thriving—amid market cycles, Raoul Pal shares the hard-earned lessons all investors need to hear. Prepare to rethink your playbook for the future as we tackle everything from the psychology of investing to the profound societal questions emerging in the age of artificial intelligence. 00:00 Intro 00:59 Liquidity In the Stock Market 06:44 The Dot-Com Math Nobody Runs 11:20 The $600 Test 22:03 Why The US Wants $3 Trillion In Stablecoins 32:43 The Real Danger of the Doom Narrative 44:03 Why AI Can't Kill Us Cash App: Download Cash App Today: https://capl.onelink.me/vFut/v6nymgjl #CashAppPod *Cash App is a financial services platform, not a bank. Banking services provided by Cash App’s bank partner(s). Prepaid debit cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC. Cash App Visa® Debit Flex Cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC, and The Bancorp Bank, N.A., pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc. See terms and conditions for the Sutton prepaid card, Sutton debit flex card, and Bancorp debit flex card. Cash App Green features, Savings, Direct deposit, Round ups, Overdraft coverage and Discounts provided by Cash App, a Block, Inc. brand. Visit cash.app/legal/podcast for full disclosure. Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Whatnot: Download the Whatnot app today and get free shipping on your first order. Surfshark: Go to https://surfshark.com/TOMB or use code TOMB at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark!  ATT Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Horizon.ai: Go to https://horizon3.ai/IMPACTTHEORY and request your free NodeZero demo. No commitment required. Results in hours, not weeks. Quo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  Pique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impact Shopify: Own your customer relationships. Own your revenue. Start with a free trial at https://shopify.com/impact Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: Want my help starting a business? Join me here inside Zero To Founder Sign up for my AI Masterclass: AI Masterclass FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What's up, everybody—welcome to another episode of the Tom Bilyeu Show Live. We are living in a wild moment of history where global politics, technology, and culture seem to collide in the most unpredictable ways. Many people want to believe our institutions are rock solid, that voter fraud is a myth, media integrity is a given, and the incentives baked into our systems won't be abused. I hate that idea. The reality is far messier, and when incentives exist without safeguards, chaos is never far behind. Today, we're diving deep into everything from explosive new reports on noncitizen voting and the consequences for the integrity of our elections, to Trump’s unpredictable foreign policy shake-ups, to the culture wars raging in the video game industry and the viral leaks of Grand Theft Auto 6. We’re going to question everything, including our own biases, and dig into why our systems break down—and what it takes to build something better. If you want to see me confront my own beliefs, challenge both the left and the right, and grapple with what it means for the future of America, stick around. This is that episode. Let's get into it. What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER: https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20showSCALING a business: see if you qualify here.: https://tombilyeu.com/callGet my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS: Cash App: Download Cash App Today: https://capl.onelink.me/vFut/v6nymgjl #CashAppPod *Cash App is a financial services platform, not a bank. Banking services provided by Cash App’s bank partner(s). Prepaid debit cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC. Cash App Visa® Debit Flex Cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC, and The Bancorp Bank, N.A., pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc. See terms and conditions for the Sutton prepaid card, Sutton debit flex card, and Bancorp debit flex card. Cash App Green features, Savings, Direct deposit, Round ups, Overdraft coverage and Discounts provided by Cash App, a Block, Inc. brand. Visit cash.app/legal/podcast for full disclosure. Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Whatnot: Download the Whatnot app today and get free shipping on your first order. Surfshark: Go to https://surfshark.com/TOMB or use code TOMB at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark!  ATT Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Horizon.ai: Go to https://horizon3.ai/IMPACTTHEORY and request your free NodeZero demo. No commitment required. Results in hours, not weeks. Quo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  Pique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impact Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Special Thanks To Jeff Snider From Eurodollar University. Check out the video: https://youtu.be/ams5suvGO8I?is=d5vCrI9g0uaRyDOV Welcome back to Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu. In today’s episode, we break down the growing economic turmoil facing the world’s two largest economies: the United States and China. With both nations experiencing troubling trends—China hit by a historic pullback in lending and government borrowing, and the U.S. seeing a sharp drop in consumer spending—our guest, Jeff Snider of Eurodollar University, helps us unravel the complex interplay between banking systems, government policy, and national psychology. We’ll explore why China’s hidden debt crisis and the CCP’s response could trigger global ripple effects, how low interest rates signal trouble rather than prosperity, and the critical role expectations play in shaping economic outcomes. Drawing vital parallels between China, Japan’s “lost decade,” and the current state of the U.S., we’ll discuss what these shifts mean for the future—and for your own financial strategy in uncertain times. Strap in as we connect the macroeconomic dots and reveal why understanding these currents is essential for anyone aiming to thrive in a volatile world. Cash App: Download Cash App Today: https://capl.onelink.me/vFut/v6nymgjl #CashAppPod *Cash App is a financial services platform, not a bank. Banking services provided by Cash App’s bank partner(s). Prepaid debit cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC. Cash App Visa® Debit Flex Cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC, and The Bancorp Bank, N.A., pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc. See terms and conditions for the Sutton prepaid card, Sutton debit flex card, and Bancorp debit flex card. Cash App Green features, Savings, Direct deposit, Round ups, Overdraft coverage and Discounts provided by Cash App, a Block, Inc. brand. Visit cash.app/legal/podcast for full disclosure. Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Whatnot: Download the Whatnot app today and get free shipping on your first order. Surfshark: Go to https://surfshark.com/TOMB or use code TOMB at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark!  ATT Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Horizon.ai: Go to https://horizon3.ai/IMPACTTHEORY and request your free NodeZero demo. No commitment required. Results in hours, not weeks. Quo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  Pique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impact Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER: https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20showSCALING a business: see if you qualify here.: https://tombilyeu.com/callGet my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

ITU: Ready to break through your biggest business bottleneck? Apply to work with me 1:1 - https://impacttheory.co/SCALE Sign up for my AI Masterclass:  https://tombilyeu.com/ai-masterclass?utm_campaign=TBS-Livestream&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social What's up, everybody? Today, I’ve got an episode I cannot wait for you to dig into. I’m sitting down with the brilliant Dr. Abdul El-Sayed—physician, public health expert, and a powerful voice shaking up the conversation on American healthcare, economic justice, and what it really takes to serve the middle class. You’ve seen him in the headlines, but today we’re diving deep: how do we actually build a system where people thrive, not just survive? Abdul brings firsthand experience from the frontlines of medicine and politics, and he isn’t afraid to challenge the status quo. We go head-to-head on the practical impact of Medicare for All, the real solution to out-of-control healthcare costs, and what it takes to get money out of politics for good. If you care about your family's future, if you’re worried about making ends meet, or if you just want to arm yourself with real knowledge—this episode is for you. You're going to walk away with a blueprint for understanding and navigating the current chaos, and real action steps to protect yourself and your loved ones. And as always, if you find this valuable, drop a review and share it with someone who needs it—so we can keep unlocking human potential together. I’m Tom Bilyeu, and welcome to Impact Theory. Sponsors: Cash App: Download Cash App Today: https://capl.onelink.me/vFut/v6nymgjl #CashAppPod *Cash App is a financial services platform, not a bank. Banking services provided by Cash App’s bank partner(s). Prepaid debit cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC. Cash App Visa® Debit Flex Cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC, and The Bancorp Bank, N.A., pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc. See terms and conditions for the Sutton prepaid card, Sutton debit flex card, and Bancorp debit flex card. Cash App Green features, Savings, Direct deposit, Round ups, Overdraft coverage and Discounts provided by Cash App, a Block, Inc. brand. Visit cash.app/legal/podcast for full disclosure. Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Whatnot: Download the Whatnot app today and get free shipping on your first order. Surfshark: Go to https://surfshark.com/TOMB or use code TOMB at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark!  ATT Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Horizon.ai: Go to https://horizon3.ai/IMPACTTHEORY and request your free NodeZero demo. No commitment required. Results in hours, not weeks. Quo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  Pique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impact Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER: https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20showSCALING a business: see if you qualify here.: https://tombilyeu.com/callGet my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Whatnot: Download the Whatnot app today and get free shipping on your first order. Quo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! 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The host is careful to say he hasn't independently verified every detail, but uses it to make his central argument: that "just don't pay rent" activism, however it's framed as helping the poor, actually lands hardest on the people it claims to protect. He argues Rosenthal—whose father he says is a multiple-Grammy-winning musician and who grew up wealthy—has a safety net ("they can always go back to mom and dad") that the working families they're advising do not, so when a landlord can no longer maintain or run the building, tenants end up in unmaintained housing, and those who join rent strikes risk landing on tenant-screening "do not rent" lists that follow them, push them toward fewer economic opportunities, and make housing harder to secure. He frames the whole thing as reasoning from resentment—aimed at hurting a perceived "capital class"—rather than from what actually helps poor people, and warns that if you make it impossible to run housing as a business, the only remaining owner is the government, which can only subsidize until the "engine of prosperity" breaks. He argues this path repeatedly ends in stagnation, using Cuba as his example. The team reacts to Mayor Mamdani's new video targeting Amazon's delivery model—where drivers wear Amazon branding and follow Amazon-set routes and hours but are technically employed by subcontractors—and his support for the Delivery Protection Act, which would push responsibility for those workers back onto Amazon. Drew presses the steelman throughout: if the setup is illegal or strips workers of deserved protections (the way the Uber/Lyft contractor debate played out), shouldn't the government step in? The host agrees that if a company is breaking the law you enforce the law—but argues this specific move is a case of a candidate promising affordability while doing something that will make deliveries more expensive, calling the two goals "matter and antimatter." His core argument is about preserving choice: independent-contractor status is a real tradeoff that many workers actively want (flexibility, control), and banning it doesn't magically convert those into higher-paying jobs—companies instead do less, automate, or leave, and a subclass of lower-skilled workers loses the on-ramp entirely. He draws the Uber-beat-the-taxis parallel, argues minimum-wage hikes disproportionately wipe out teen and entry-level jobs, and points to Austin and Houston loosening building regulations to bring housing costs down as evidence that over-regulation is often the choke point. He frames the government's proper role with a sports metaphor—referees who set and enforce fair rules are essential, but when the refs outnumber the players and start tripping the best performer to even the score, the whole game gets worse. Threaded through is his contested thesis that this is driven by resentment and an "overproduction of elites," and a nuanced exchange with Drew about when market intervention is genuinely warranted versus when it becomes a barnacle. The team digs into three new Google research papers that, in the host's read, show large language models already outperforming human doctors—even in the messy, sometimes adversarial reality of real patient interactions. The host, careful to stay honest about both AI's risks and its capabilities, walks through the numbers: in a randomized clinical exam of 100 scenarios across 300 live video consultations with patient actors, graded by 20 board-certified physicians, the AI scored 83% to the doctors' 68%, with correct first-guess diagnoses at 91% vs 77%, clinical reasoning 90% vs 76%, guiding a physical exam over video 72 vs 39, and—strikingly—empathy rated higher for the AI (82 vs 71), echoing earlier findings in AI therapy studies. The AI also finished exams slightly faster. A second paper tracking patients across three visits with shifting symptoms found the AI's care rated appropriate 95% rising to 98% by the third visit, while human doctors actually got worse over follow-ups (72% to 81%)—which the host speculates is because doctors "back off too soon" once they think they've found the answer, whereas the AI keeps refining. A third paper used reinforcement learning across 57,000 simulated encounters—including thousands where patients actively try to deceive the doctor, hiding medications or insisting chest pain is just heartburn—with up to 60 conversational turns, producing a model that beats the already-superior AI 87.6% of the time head-to-head. The host argues the gap will likely keep growing, predicts that within a few years failing to at least consult AI could be treated as malpractice, and forecasts a near-term future of human-assisted-by-AI care rather than fully autonomous machines—because AI is probabilistic, not deterministic, so a human stays in the loop the way pilots remain in an autopilot cockpit. His bottom line: this is one of those cases where the technology may genuinely become what we hoped for, even if the economic transition to get there is turbulent. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome back to Impact Theory, I’m Tom Bilyeu. Today, we’re cutting through the noise around artificial intelligence—addressing both the real and overblown fears dominating the headlines. Together with Derek Thompson, we’re taking a hard look at where AI is actually headed: from viral but out-of-touch startup launches to the unprecedented investments pouring in from America’s biggest tech giants. We’ll explore whether the AI sector is in a dangerous bubble or just getting started, what the US-China AI arms race means for the future, and how these innovations are reshaping everything from our jobs to our culture. We’ll also confront the tough ethical questions—like the destruction of rare books for AI training—and what all of this means for you, me, and everyone trying to navigate this seismic technological shift. If you want the real story on where AI stands and where it’s going, you’re in the right place. Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Whatnot: Download the Whatnot app today and get free shipping on your first order. Quo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  Pique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impact Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact Surfshark: Go to https://surfshark.com/TOMB or use code TOMB at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark!  ATT Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order Netsuite: For the first time ever you can try NetSuite Next for free. If your revenues are at least in the seven figures, go to https://NetSuite.ai/Theory. What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER: https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20showSCALING a business: see if you qualify here.: https://tombilyeu.com/callGet my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

ITU: Ready to break through your biggest business bottleneck? Apply to work with me 1:1 - https://impacttheory.co/SCALE Sign up for my AI Masterclass:  https://tombilyeu.com/ai-masterclass?utm_campaign=TBS-Livestream&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social What’s up, everybody? Today I am bringing you an episode you absolutely cannot miss. We're diving headfirst into the burning questions around government spending, the ballooning US deficit, and the engines that drive (and threaten) our economy. But this time, it’s just me and you—no guest—because there are some realities around money, government, and culture that we’ve got to face head on. In this episode, we’re breaking down why interest payments on our national debt are spiraling out of control, how Gen Z is betting more than they’re investing, and why American education is in real trouble. We're peeling back the layers on the promises of socialism, the hard math behind who really pays, and why fiscal discipline is no longer optional—it's mission critical. If you care about your future, your kids’ future, or just want to understand how the country got into this mess—and more importantly, how we get out—you need to hear this. You’ll leave with the tools to spot the real cost behind big promises, the mindset shifts we need as a culture, and the actionable steps every citizen should be judging our leaders by. If you get value from this episode, please leave a review. That’s what helps us reach more people like you who are absolutely committed to building a future they can be proud of. I’m Tom Bilyeu, and welcome to Impact Theory. Sponsors: Cash App:  Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Whatnot: Download the Whatnot app today and get free shipping on your first order. Surfshark: Go to https://surfshark.com/TOMB or use code TOMB at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark!  ATT Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Horizon.ai: Go to https://horizon3.ai/IMPACTTHEORY and request your free NodeZero demo. No commitment required. Results in hours, not weeks. Quo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode, I break down the real drivers behind economic systems like socialism and capitalism, tracing how human nature and scarcity have shaped society from the ground up. The conversation focused on why we moved from tribes to feudal kingdoms and eventually to the competitive world of capitalism, and what sparked the rise of Marxism and socialism as reactions to these systems. One concept discussed was the deep psychological desire for security—our evolutionary need to accumulate scarce resources for survival. I explore how this instinct evolved into our modern systems of ownership, productivity, and commerce, arguing that these drives cannot be separated from the systems we build. We also dig into the historical turning points that made the world less violent, allowing individuals to trade and collaborate instead of fighting over resources. Several points were raised, including what happens when economies attempt to centralize decision-making, using real-world examples like East and West Berlin and failed socialist utopias. The discussion explored how innovations—like the limited liability corporation—opened the door for more people to participate in building wealth, and why top-down economic planning always seems to run into the same problems. A key theme that emerged was that while the dream of a fairer system persists, every attempt to replace what exists brings its own set of challenges—often rediscovering the reasons certain structures evolved in the first place. As we consider the future, including the potential of AI to reshape our economies, I challenge listeners to ask: will technology finally solve the problem of scarcity and central control, or will our fundamental need for autonomy always pull us back toward individual freedom and choice? Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Whatnot: Download the Whatnot app today and get free shipping on your first order. Quo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  Pique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impact Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact Surfshark: Go to https://surfshark.com/TOMB or use code TOMB at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark!  ATT Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order Netsuite: For the first time ever you can try NetSuite Next for free. If your revenues are at least in the seven figures, go to https://NetSuite.ai/Theory. What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER: https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20showSCALING a business: see if you qualify here.: https://tombilyeu.com/callGet my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

ITU: Ready to break through your biggest business bottleneck? Apply to work with me 1:1 - https://impacttheory.co/SCALE Sign up for my AI Masterclass:  https://tombilyeu.com/ai-masterclass?utm_campaign=TBS-Livestream&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social What's up, guys? Today I've got a mind-blowing episode for you with one of the most innovative thinkers in the world of artificial intelligence—Jensen Huang, the legendary CEO of NVIDIA. This is the guy who’s reshaping entire industries and basically powering the AI revolution itself. Now, I wanted to have Jensen on because he’s not just building chips; he’s pioneering the future of intelligence as a commodity. We get into the weeds on how AI is transforming the way we work, how data centers are becoming the new artificial brains, and what all of this means for you—whether you’re an investor, an entrepreneur, or just someone trying to keep up with the pace of change. We go deep on the risks and rewards of AI financing, how to thrive in a world of rapid technological disruption, and why the next decade is going to redefine who wins and who gets left behind. If you care about making sense of our wild economic system, protecting your future, and using technology to level up, this is an episode you cannot afford to miss. I hope you guys get as much value from this conversation as I did. And if you do, don’t forget to drop a review—that's how we get this message out to the people who need it most. I’m Tom Bilyeu, and welcome to Impact Theory. Sponsors: Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Whatnot: Download the Whatnot app today and get free shipping on your first order. Quo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  Pique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impact Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact Surfshark: Go to https://surfshark.com/TOMB or use code TOMB at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark!  ATT Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order Netsuite: For the first time ever you can try NetSuite Next for free. If your revenues are at least in the seven figures, go to https://NetSuite.ai/Theory. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome back to Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu. In today’s episode, we dive deep into the risks and realities shaping the AI boom—and the hidden dangers lurking beneath the surface of the financial system powering it. Tom is joined by researcher Ed Zitron and financial analyst Stephen Yu to unravel how massive investments in AI, circular financing, and shadow banking are pushing unprecedented risk into the world’s economy. We’ll explore how companies like Microsoft, Google, and Amazon are propping up unprofitable AI ventures, why much of the industry’s growth is riding on just a few players, and what this means for your 401(k) and the broader financial landscape. From complex accounting maneuvers to eye-popping numbers behind AI data center buildouts, today’s conversation exposes the ways risk is being shifted from banks to average investors, drawing parallels to past financial crises. Is AI the new too-big-to-fail industry? Are we witnessing history repeating itself? Most importantly, how can you position yourself to weather a potential storm? Strap in as we break down the circular financing of AI, the reality behind the growth narrative, and the vital questions every investor needs to ask in this high-stakes game. Let’s get started. Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Whatnot: Download the Whatnot app today and get free shipping on your first order. Quo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  Pique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impact Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact Surfshark: Go to https://surfshark.com/TOMB or use code TOMB at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark!  ATT Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order Netsuite: For the first time ever you can try NetSuite Next for free. If your revenues are at least in the seven figures, go to https://NetSuite.ai/Theory. Sign up for my AI Masterclass:  https://tombilyeu.com/ai-masterclass?utm_campaign=TBS-Livestream&utm_source=you tube&utm_medium=social  Check us out wherever you get your podcasts: Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/1nARKz2vTIOb7gC9dusE4b?si=a8daffd2bf1f48fd Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tom-bilyeus-impact-theory/id1191775648 Do you need my help STARTING a business? Join me here inside ZERO TO FOUNDER: (https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder) Get the exact systems, mindset shifts, and principles that built a $1B brand delivered straight to your inbox every week. Subscribe for free (https://tombilyeu.com) Check out our Video game - Project Kyzen: (https://projectkyzen.io/) Catch Me Streaming on Twitch -  (https://twitch.tv/tombilyeu) Link to IT discord: https://discord.gg/TZKJ2etPbT Tom's Favorite Things List:  https://amzn.to/41Ftt7e For Business inquiries: [email protected] FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome to another packed episode where I break down some of the most consequential and controversial issues shaping our world right now. This conversation focused on the phase transitions happening everywhere—from the spectacle of former NBA draft picks declaring for the WNBA, forcing a reckoning on transgender participation in sports, to the deeper currents of American political identity, and the persistent tug-of-war between fairness, boundaries, and evolutionary imperatives on both the right and the left. One concept discussed was our current political and economic moment: the Trump administration’s struggles in the Iran conflict, and what that says about America’s readiness for global competition as China cements its dominance in manufacturing and quietly builds up its gold reserves. I dove into the unintended consequences of financializing everything, the importance of self-sufficiency, and why late-stage empires always seem to repeat the same mistakes. A key theme that emerged was the need for honest, nuanced dialogue—whether we’re talking about healthcare reform and the myth of easy fixes, the failures of the modern education system, or the breakneck speed of AI innovation that’s accelerating science at a rate impossible for previous generations to imagine. This discussion explored how easy it is to get distracted by the latest political spectacle while missing the underlying systems and boundaries that keep society stable—or allow it to spiral into chaos. I challenged listeners to look past partisan narratives, think critically about cultural and technological shifts, and focus on solutions that make sense in the real world—not just in soundbites or on social media. If you’re ready to navigate the complexity, face uncomfortable truths, and find a way back to sanity and competency in America, this episode is for you. What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER: https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20showSCALING a business: see if you qualify here.: https://tombilyeu.com/callGet my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Whatnot: Download the Whatnot app today and get free shipping on your first order. Quo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  Pique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impact Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact Surfshark: Go to https://surfshark.com/TOMB or use code TOMB at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark!  ATT Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order Netsuite: For the first time ever you can try NetSuite Next for free. If your revenues are at least in the seven figures, go to https://NetSuite.ai/Theory. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER: https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20showSCALING a business: see if you qualify here.: https://tombilyeu.com/callGet my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Whatnot: Download the Whatnot app today and get free shipping on your first order. Monarch Money: Start your free trial and get 50% off your first year of total money clarity at https://monarchmoney.yt.link/QxOLEVx or code TB50 for 50% Off Monarch Core tier. ATT Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order Netsuite: For the first time ever you can try NetSuite Next for free. If your revenues are at least in the seven figures, go to https://NetSuite.ai/Theory. Surfshark: Go to https://surfshark.com/TOMB or use code TOMB at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark!  The team digs into Bernie Sanders going on CNN to embrace what's being called a "red wave"—the surging energy of the DSA within the Democratic Party—and his refusal to disavow Hasan Piker even when pressed on Piker's most controversial statements. What follows is a genuinely two-sided, and at times heated, debate. On one side: the argument that this is a pivotal cultural moment, that "politics is downstream of culture," and that figures like Mamdani and Hasan Piker represent a one-two punch pushing DSA ideas into the mainstream—ideas the host warns point toward an ideology with a catastrophic historical track record, making him feel morally obligated to sound the alarm even when he admits it's bad for business. On the other side: a sharp policy-focused rebuttal arguing the show spends too much time dissecting 30-second streamer clips and not enough on actual bills, appropriations, and the money-in-politics mechanisms that drive real outcomes—"more C-SPAN, less Twitch stream recaps." The conversation traces historical parallels (the Tea Party, Occupy Wall Street, Bolsheviks vs. Mensheviks), debates whether the DSA is unintentionally clearing a path for a charismatic strongman, and wrestles with how the left should handle provocative voices. It also gets personal and philosophical: the "parchment guarantee" idea that a constitution only matters if the culture enforces it, a reflection on youth as an energy that rightly shakes up an ossified society, and a candid riff on competing cultural metaphors—jihad-as-waging-war versus the Christian "spark of the divine in the individual"—and the tension between drawing a hard line and being careful with war rhetoric in a volatile moment. A substantive, disagreement-driven look at where American politics may be heading. Tom digs into Mayor Mamdani colliding with a basic truth of policy: create an incentive structure, and people will follow it—sometimes by abusing it. Joining Tom is Drew, who pushes back and adds important nuance throughout. The flashpoint is Mamdani's city-owned grocery stores: with goods priced well below market, Tom argues there's an obvious incentive to buy cheap and resell at market value, which is why Mamdani may need some form of ID to wall off who can shop—running headlong into the same "require ID" logic the left resists elsewhere. Drew makes the key distinction that a grocery ID (a driver's license) is not the citizenship-level verification the SAVE Act demands (a passport), and Tom agrees that a sensible ID standard is reasonable. From there, Tom lays out his broader, and more contested, thesis about incentive structures, voter-ID politics, and how DSA-aligned cities increasingly attach the phrase "regardless of immigration status" to taxpayer-funded programs—from grocery initiatives to childcare to housing and legal-support hotlines. He argues this is happening beyond New York, in cities like Minneapolis and Seattle, and challenges the claim that undocumented immigrants are net contributors to social systems, drawing a parallel to immigration debates in Nordic countries. Tom's bottom line: you can't simultaneously say government spends too much, oppose borders and ID requirements, and promise to care for everyone who comes—mathematically it doesn't work, and if you genuinely want to help people, you have to care for a finite number well rather than incentivizing unlimited inflow. He also breaks down why Mamdani's budget gap is likely to keep growing. Tom untangles one of the most consequential and least understood stories in global finance: the United States buying yen for the first time since 1998. Joining Tom is the team as he explains why this isn't a sign of strength but an emergency effort to stop a total collapse of the Japanese economy—one so dangerous because the yen carry trade has locked the US and Japan tightly together for decades. Tom speed-runs the history: Japan's 1989 real estate bubble, thirty years of ultra-low rates, and how cheap Japanese money flooded the world as liquidity that America benefited from enormously. He walks through the trap Japan is now in—raising rates to fight post-Covid inflation triggers a carry-trade unwind, but every intervention to slow it signals weakness and sends money fleeing. He breaks down the concept of risk-adjusted return, why Japan has nothing like the AI trade to justify its risk, the Bessent Camp David notepad photo he believes was a deliberate signal (and the roughly $1 trillion it briefly wiped from US markets), and why the New York Fed selling euros for yen further strains an already-tense relationship with Europe. Tom's blunt diagnosis: propping up the yen is Advil for a brain tumor; the only real cure is a painful decade of killing off zombie companies and getting Japan innovating and growing again. He then connects it to the bigger board—Argentina and Milei as a success story the US wants to use to pull South America back toward capitalism and away from China's debt-trap Belt and Road, and his view that America is becoming a regional rather than global hegemon. Throughout, Tom stresses intellectual honesty about how Covid-era authoritarian decisions helped break the system, and reminds viewers to treat official reassurances as propaganda. 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What's up, guys? Today I'm diving deep with one of the most legendary minds in finance—Warren Buffett’s impact on modern investing and what his latest moves say about where the economy is headed. We're breaking down why the Oracle of Omaha is dumping stocks, stacking up record cash, and signaling alarm bells that every investor needs to hear. If you’ve ever wanted to understand how economic forces shape your portfolio, what metrics like the CAPE ratio and the Buffett Indicator actually mean, and how to avoid being blindsided when the next crash hits—this episode is absolutely vital. You’re going to walk away with a practical understanding of the same strategies the world’s sharpest investors use to navigate market bubbles, protect themselves from massive downturns, and thrive even when things look bleak. This is about shutting out the hype and seeing the real signals—so you can make the smartest moves for your future. If this episode hits you, drop us a review and help us keep bringing you the truth that moves you forward. I’m Tom Bilyeu, and welcome to Impact Theory. Special Thanks to the Infographics Show. Check out their page: https://youtu.be/BnSTr7_NwtU?si=8RBu2wgZ-D-7fdb3 Sign up for my AI Masterclass:  https://tombilyeu.com/ai-masterclass?utm_campaign=TBS-Livestream&utm_source=you tube&utm_medium=social  Check us out wherever you get your podcasts: Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/1nARKz2vTIOb7gC9dusE4b?si=a8daffd2bf1f48fd Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tom-bilyeus-impact-theory/id1191775648 Do you need my help STARTING a business? Join me here inside ZERO TO FOUNDER: (https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder) Get the exact systems, mindset shifts, and principles that built a $1B brand delivered straight to your inbox every week. Subscribe for free (https://tombilyeu.com) Check out our Video game - Project Kyzen: (https://projectkyzen.io/) Catch Me Streaming on Twitch -  (https://twitch.tv/tombilyeu) Link to IT discord: https://discord.gg/TZKJ2etPbT Tom's Favorite Things List:  https://amzn.to/41Ftt7e For Business inquiries: [email protected] FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Whatnot: Download the Whatnot app today and get free shipping on your first order. Monarch Money: Start your free trial and get 50% off your first year of total money clarity at https://monarchmoney.yt.link/QxOLEVx or code TB50 for 50% Off Monarch Core tier. ATT Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order Netsuite: For the first time ever you can try NetSuite Next for free. If your revenues are at least in the seven figures, go to https://NetSuite.ai/Theory. Surfshark: Go to https://surfshark.com/TOMB or use code TOMB at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

ITU: Ready to break through your biggest business bottleneck? Apply to work with me 1:1 - https://impacttheory.co/SCALE Sign up for my AI Masterclass:  https://tombilyeu.com/ai-masterclass?utm_campaign=TBS-Livestream&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social Welcome to another jam-packed episode of the Tom Bilyeu Show Live, where Tom dives into the critical headlines and deep-cut topics shaping our world. In this episode, Tom unpacks Abdul El-Sayed’s razor-thin Michigan Senate primary victory and what it signals about the rising influence of the Democratic Socialists of America. He dissects President Trump’s new executive orders targeting birth tourism and explores the true impact of these policy shifts. Tom takes on economic narratives with a fact-based breakdown of Scott Bessent’s claims about wage growth, separating the reality from political spin. The episode also features a thorough analysis of Tucker Carlson’s controversial 10-point plan, discussions of the precarious alliance between the US, Israel, and the GCC in the volatile Middle East, and a fascinating look at how elite overproduction is transforming the American workforce and fueling political discontent. Plus, Tom and the crew dig into the wild advancements in AI—covering everything from telepathy startups to the dark side of AI agent collaboration—and share actionable insights for future-proofing your skills. Get ready for a lively, insightful ride through politics, economics, technology, and culture, all backed by Tom’s signature no-nonsense approach. Sponsors: Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Whatnot: Download the Whatnot app today and get free shipping on your first order. Monarch Money: Start your free trial and get 50% off your first year of total money clarity at https://monarchmoney.yt.link/QxOLEVx or code TB50 for 50% Off Monarch Core tier. ATT Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order Netsuite: For the first time ever you can try NetSuite Next for free. If your revenues are at least in the seven figures, go to https://NetSuite.ai/Theory. Surfshark: Go to https://surfshark.com/TOMB or use code TOMB at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome back to Impact Theory, where we dive deep into the minds shaping the future. In this episode, host Tom Bilyeu sits down with renowned economist Steve Keen, known for his heterodox and often controversial takes on modern economics. Together, they explore the fragile state of Western economies, the rise of China as a manufacturing powerhouse, and the fundamental forces behind economic booms and busts. Steve Keen challenges mainstream economic thought, dissecting the role of private debt, the dangers of an over-financialized system, and why traditional models often miss the mark when it comes to predicting crises like the 2008 financial meltdown. The conversation also delves into Marx’s misunderstood contributions, the necessity of balancing capitalism with strategic government intervention, and why the current AI investment frenzy might be setting the stage for the next big downturn. If you’ve ever wondered why wages feel stagnant, how real value is created, or what lessons America can glean from China’s blend of pragmatism and state-led growth, this is an episode you don’t want to miss. Get ready for an unfiltered look at the global economy and what needs to change to build a more resilient future. Sign up for my AI Masterclass: https://tombilyeu.com/ai-masterclass?utm_campaign=TBS-Livestream&utm_source=you tube&utm_medium=social  Check us out wherever you get your podcasts: Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/1nARKz2vTIOb7gC9dusE4b?si=a8daffd2bf1f48fd Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tom-bilyeus-impact-theory/id1191775648 Do you need my help STARTING a business? Join me here inside ZERO TO FOUNDER: (https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder) Get the exact systems, mindset shifts, and principles that built a $1B brand delivered straight to your inbox every week. Subscribe for free (https://tombilyeu.com) Check out our Video game - Project Kyzen: (https://projectkyzen.io/) Catch Me Streaming on Twitch - (https://twitch.tv/tombilyeu) Link to IT discord: https://discord.gg/TZKJ2etPbT Tom's Favorite Things List: https://amzn.to/41Ftt7e For Business inquiries: [email protected] FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Whatnot: Download the Whatnot app today and get free shipping on your first order. Monarch Money: Start your free trial and get 50% off your first year of total money clarity at https://monarchmoney.yt.link/QxOLEVx or code TB50 for 50% Off Monarch Core tier. ATT Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order Netsuite: For the first time ever you can try NetSuite Next for free. If your revenues are at least in the seven figures, go to https://NetSuite.ai/Theory. Surfshark: Go to https://surfshark.com/TOMB or use code TOMB at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

ITU: Ready to break through your biggest business bottleneck? Apply to work with me 1:1 - https://impacttheory.co/SCALE Sign up for my AI Masterclass:  https://tombilyeu.com/ai-masterclass?utm_campaign=TBS-Livestream&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social The conversation focused on current global political and economic tensions, tackling issues from leaked US battle plans regarding Iran to the complex web of international negotiations and shifting alliances in the Middle East. A key theme that emerged was the growing perception of weakened American influence, particularly as repeated threats and retreats reveal cracks in both military capability and diplomatic strategy. The discussion explored the intersection of military strategy, economic self-interest, and cultural frames of reference—highlighting how divergent worldviews between the US and its adversaries complicate conflict resolution. Several points were raised, including the economic consequences of entangled US-Japan financial relations, rising domestic political polarization, and the ever-shifting narratives used to justify foreign policy decisions. The episode also dove into domestic controversies, such as government spending, the challenges of enforcing sensible identification requirements against political hypocrisy, and the impact of social movements on mainstream politics. Tune in for a deep dive into how cultural battles, propaganda, and policy decisions shape the world stage—and what it all means for the future of American power. Sponsors: Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Whatnot: Download the Whatnot app today and get free shipping on your first order. Monarch Money: Start your free trial and get 50% off your first year of total money clarity at https://monarchmoney.yt.link/QxOLEVx or code TB50 for 50% Off Monarch Core tier. ATT Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact Surfshark: Go to https://surfshark.com/TOMB or use code TOMB at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark!  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: Sign up for my AI Masterclass: https://tombilyeu.com/ai-masterclass?utm_campaign=TBS-Livestream&utm_source=you tube&utm_medium=social  Check us out wherever you get your podcasts: Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/1nARKz2vTIOb7gC9dusE4b?si=a8daffd2bf1f48fd Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tom-bilyeus-impact-theory/id1191775648 Do you need my help STARTING a business? Join me here inside ZERO TO FOUNDER: (https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder) Get the exact systems, mindset shifts, and principles that built a $1B brand delivered straight to your inbox every week. Subscribe for free (https://tombilyeu.com) Check out our Video game - Project Kyzen: (https://projectkyzen.io/) Catch Me Streaming on Twitch - (https://twitch.tv/tombilyeu) Link to IT discord: https://discord.gg/TZKJ2etPbT Tom's Favorite Things List: https://amzn.to/41Ftt7e For Business inquiries: [email protected] FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu The conversation focused on the heated debates shaping the future of America’s economic philosophy, exploring the clash between capitalism, socialism, and the evolving landscape of political ideologies. A key theme that emerged was the tension between purely philosophical understandings of economics and the gritty realities faced by those who operate within the engine of prosperity—entrepreneurs and business owners. The discussion explored why some are drawn to leftist and socialist ideas, the failures and unintended consequences of well-intended policies, and the persistent power of resentment in driving political movements. Several points were raised, including the effectiveness (and pitfalls) of expansive welfare states, misconceptions about the Nordic model, the risks of government monopolies, and the challenges of balancing innovation with regulation in rapidly changing sectors like AI. The conversation wrestled with concepts like income redistribution, union power, public versus private incentives, and the fundamental incompatibility—according to some—of long-term socialism with capitalism. Listeners can expect a candid, no-holds-barred analysis that pulls apart economic myths, critiques mainstream narratives, and asks tough questions about the road ahead for prosperity, growth, and freedom in an era of ideological uncertainty. Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Whatnot: Download the Whatnot app today and get free shipping on your first order. Monarch Money: Start your free trial and get 50% off your first year of total money clarity at https://monarchmoney.yt.link/QxOLEVx or code TB50 for 50% Off Monarch Core tier. ATT Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact Surfshark: Go to https://surfshark.com/TOMB or use code TOMB at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  Pique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impact Netsuite: For the first time ever you can try NetSuite Next for free. If your revenues are at least in the seven figures, go to https://NetSuite.ai/Theory. Built for every industry. Ready for every boardroom. Mamdani sat down with Jon Stewart and made democratic socialism sound like libraries and fire departments. We break down why that framing collapses the second you look at what DSA policy actually says versus how it gets marketed. We get into the rent freeze experiment that already ran in New York, the difference between a social safety net and seizing the means of production, the perverse incentive problem, and why the people this movement celebrates should set off alarm bells. Plus the aggressive-agreement trap: where the left is right about helping workers, and where the branding hides something very different. Tom reacts to a viral Fox News interview with a national co-chair of the DSA—a clip so extreme he initially assumed it had to be a setup. Joining Tom is Drew as the two go point by point through the DSA platform laid out on air: abolishing the Senate, replacing the presidency and Supreme Court, abolishing ICE, opening borders with amnesty, defunding the Pentagon, abolishing prisons, and bringing most large corporations under government ownership. Tom argues this is communism unmasked, and explains why America's founders deliberately built a republic with checks and balances to protect citizens—even from a president they hate—drawing a stark contrast with what happens under unchecked power in places like China and Iran. The conversation then digs into the deeper engine Tom sees behind radical leftism: an ideology rooted in resentment and an "overproduction of elites"—young people loaded with debt and taught that virtue means finding how you're oppressed. Drew pushes the economic angle hard, arguing that a generation locked out of the capitalism ladder, priced out of housing, and drowning in household debt has little reason to defend a system that isn't working for them. Together they wrestle with inflation, minimum wage, NIMBYism, and whether you can defuse the ideological bomb without first fixing the economy. A candid, combative breakdown of one of the most consequential political fault lines in America. Tom takes on Mayor Mamdani's plan to launch five city-owned grocery stores in New York—a $70 million, taxpayer-funded endeavor promising a core basket of goods at 30% below retail. Joining Tom is Drew, who pushes back and presses on the specifics as the two work through why running a grocery store is one of the hardest businesses on earth, operating on razor-thin 1 to 3% margins. Tom walks through the economics step by step: even zeroing out rent, taxes, and profit, a 30% discount on core goods leaves an unavoidable gap—one the taxpayer has to close. He explains how artificially low prices distort the market, put upward pressure on surrounding stores, and threaten to drive local bodegas out of business (who are already suing). Drawing on his own experience selling into Walmart with Quest, Tom lays out the "kingmaker" dynamic and the Vlasic Pickle cautionary tale to show how a state-backed buyer would inevitably bully distributors and suppliers down the chain until someone—often the lowest-paid worker or farmer—absorbs the loss. He points to real-world failures in Baldwin, Florida; Erie, Kansas; and a questionable case in Atlanta, and connects it all to the DSA's July program calling for food, energy, medicine, and transportation to be run "not for profit." The core question Tom leaves you with: what are the odds a government bureaucrat runs a grocery store better than Walmart? His answer is blunt—zero. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The conversation focused on a rapidly changing and turbulent global landscape, with a particular emphasis on recent events in Spain following controversial immigration policies and a dramatic influx of migrants. The discussion explored escalating tensions in the Middle East, including Saudi Arabia's direct engagement with the Houthis in Yemen, and examined complex geopolitical conspiracies surrounding these developments. A key theme that emerged was the destabilization of regions through demographic shifts, clashes of culture, and the potential influence of external actors like Israel and the US. The episode also delved into the state of the US economy, the Fed’s latest moves, and global financial instability, as well as insights on the future of entertainment with EA going private. Several points were raised, including the enduring impact of religious extremism, the evolution of Western and Islamic societies, accountability in public health leadership, and the unintended consequences of government intervention in technology sectors. Throughout, the discussion emphasized the dangers of jumping to conclusions and the importance of critically assessing rapidly unfolding narratives in an era defined by uncertainty and change. Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Whatnot: Download the Whatnot app today and get free shipping on your first order. Monarch Money: Start your free trial and get 50% off your first year of total money clarity at https://monarchmoney.yt.link/QxOLEVx or code TB50 for 50% Off Monarch Core tier. ATT Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact Surfshark: Go to https://surfshark.com/TOMB or use code TOMB at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark! ITU: Ready to break through your biggest business bottleneck? Apply to work with me 1:1 - https://impacttheory.co/SCALE Sign up for my AI Masterclass: https://tombilyeu.com/ai-masterclass?utm_campaign=TBS-Livestream&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On this episode of Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu, we dive into the complex and rapidly shifting dynamics of Japan’s economy and why the entire world—especially investors—needs to pay close attention. Jeff Snider and guest Andre Jik unpack the unraveling of Japan’s legendary economic resilience, explaining how decades of low interest rates created a global liquidity engine now threatening to go into reverse. The conversation explores the cascading impact of Japan’s monetary moves, from the yen carry trade to the unprecedented pressures forcing Japanese wealth to return home. We break down the psychology driving economic decisions, the looming possibility of authoritarian interventions, and why changes in Japan’s bond and currency markets could send shockwaves through everything from US Treasuries to your own retirement account. Whether you’re a market watcher or just trying to understand how faraway headlines can hit your wallet, this episode builds a mental map for navigating one of the most important—and misunderstood—economic stories of our time. Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Whatnot: Download the Whatnot app today and get free shipping on your first order. ATT Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Ethos: Get a free quote at https://ethos.com/impact Surfshark: Go to https://surfshark.com/TOMB or use code TOMB at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark! Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  Pique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impact Netsuite: For the first time ever you can try NetSuite Next for free. If your revenues are at least in the seven figures, go to https://NetSuite.ai/Theory. Built for every industry. Ready for every boardroom. Sign up for my AI Masterclass: https://tombilyeu.com/ai-masterclass?utm_campaign=TBS-Livestream&utm_source=you tube&utm_medium=social  Check us out wherever you get your podcasts: Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/1nARKz2vTIOb7gC9dusE4b?si=a8daffd2bf1f48fd Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tom-bilyeus-impact-theory/id1191775648 Do you need my help STARTING a business? Join me here inside ZERO TO FOUNDER: (https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder) Get the exact systems, mindset shifts, and principles that built a $1B brand delivered straight to your inbox every week. Subscribe for free (https://tombilyeu.com) Check out our Video game - Project Kyzen: (https://projectkyzen.io/) Catch Me Streaming on Twitch - (https://twitch.tv/tombilyeu) Link to IT discord: https://discord.gg/TZKJ2etPbT Tom's Favorite Things List: https://amzn.to/41Ftt7e For Business inquiries: [email protected] FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Episode Introduction The conversation focused on the dramatic changes unfolding in the world economy and their far-reaching effects on personal wealth and global markets. One concept discussed was the historical Hamiltonian economic model, emphasizing the cycle of protecting domestic industries, building manufacturing strength, and eventually succumbing to the temptations of financialization. A key theme that emerged was the current strategic maneuvering of global superpowers—most notably China—moving away from US debt and aggressively acquiring physical gold, signaling a shift in trust and reserve currency status. The discussion explored how America’s shift away from its manufacturing roots, driven by decades of financialization and globalization, has created vulnerabilities now being exploited on the world stage. Several points were raised, including the “impossible triangle” faced by policymakers, the deliberate weakening of the US dollar, and the implications of central banks’ gold buying for individual investors. Ultimately, the episode challenges listeners to rethink conventional wisdom about currency, assets, and the evolving balance of global power. Sign up for my AI Masterclass: https://tombilyeu.com/ai-masterclass?utm_campaign=TBS-Livestream&utm_source=you tube&utm_medium=social  Check us out wherever you get your podcasts: Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/1nARKz2vTIOb7gC9dusE4b?si=a8daffd2bf1f48fd Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tom-bilyeus-impact-theory/id1191775648 Do you need my help STARTING a business? Join me here inside ZERO TO FOUNDER: (https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder) Get the exact systems, mindset shifts, and principles that built a $1B brand delivered straight to your inbox every week. Subscribe for free (https://tombilyeu.com) Check out our Video game - Project Kyzen: (https://projectkyzen.io/) Catch Me Streaming on Twitch - (https://twitch.tv/tombilyeu) Link to IT discord: https://discord.gg/TZKJ2etPbT Tom's Favorite Things List: https://amzn.to/41Ftt7e For Business inquiries: [email protected] FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Whatnot: Download the Whatnot app today and get free shipping on your first order. ATT Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Ethos: Get a free quote at https://ethos.com/impact Surfshark: Go to https://surfshark.com/TOMB or use code TOMB at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark! Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  Pique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impact Netsuite: For the first time ever you can try NetSuite Next for free. If your revenues are at least in the seven figures, go to https://NetSuite.ai/Theory. Built for every industry. Ready for every boardroom. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

ITU: Ready to break through your biggest business bottleneck? Apply to work with me 1:1 - https://impacttheory.co/SCALE Sign up for my AI Masterclass: https://tombilyeu.com/ai-masterclass?utm_campaign=TBS-Livestream&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social Welcome back to The Tom Bilyeu Show with cohost Drew and channel Moderator, Ryan! In this episode, today's conversation focuses on the deepening collision between Western values and radical ideologies, examining recent headline-grabbing events—such as a violent attack at a Berlin pride parade—and exploring their broader societal implications. A key theme that emerged was the tension arising from clashing value systems, particularly as mass migration and ideological divides challenge the fabric of Western nations. The discussion explored not just the menace of extremism, but also the influence of far-left political movements, examining policy proposals from groups like the DSA and their potential effects on democracy, culture, and the economy. Several points were raised, including the risks of narrative capture in an age of rapid information, the recurring patterns of history when values collide, the limitations of current U.S. military and economic strategies, and the urgent need for honest debate about immigration, national identity, and the West’s future. This episode dives into controversial topics with unflinching honesty, aiming to spark critical thought about the challenges and responsibilities facing societies today. Sponsors: Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Whatnot: Download the Whatnot app today and get free shipping on your first order. ATT Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Ethos: Get a free quote at https://ethos.com/impact Surfshark: Go to https://surfshark.com/TOMB or use code TOMB at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark! Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  Pique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impact Netsuite: For the first time ever you can try NetSuite Next for free. If your revenues are at least in the seven figures, go to https://NetSuite.ai/Theory. Built for every industry. Ready for every boardroom. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome to Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu. In today’s episode, we dive deep into the economic insights of Professor Steve Keen—a renowned economist who famously predicted the 2008 financial crisis. Keen challenges mainstream economic models and reveals the fundamental misconceptions that lead economists to repeatedly misjudge the state of the economy, especially when it comes to debt. We’ll unpack why conventional wisdom about government and private debt is dangerously flawed, explore the real mechanics of money creation in modern economies, and explain why ignoring private debt can leave entire nations blindsided by financial turmoil. Along the way, we’ll touch on provocative ideas like debt jubilees, the dangers of unchecked debt cycles, and the delicate balance between innovation, lending, and inflation. Strap in as we question what you really know about economics, challenge widely held beliefs, and uncover the models shaping your financial future—whether you realize it or not. Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Whatnot: Download the Whatnot app today and get free shipping on your first order. Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order ATT Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  Pique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impact Netsuite: For the first time ever you can try NetSuite Next for free. If your revenues are at least in the seven figures, go to https://NetSuite.ai/Theory. Built for every industry. Ready for every boardroom. Sign up for my AI Masterclass:  https://tombilyeu.com/ai-masterclass?utm_campaign=TBS-Livestream&utm_source=you tube&utm_medium=social  Check us out wherever you get your podcasts: Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/1nARKz2vTIOb7gC9dusE4b?si=a8daffd2bf1f48fd Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tom-bilyeus-impact-theory/id1191775648 Do you need my help STARTING a business? Join me here inside ZERO TO FOUNDER: (https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder) Get the exact systems, mindset shifts, and principles that built a $1B brand delivered straight to your inbox every week. Subscribe for free (https://tombilyeu.com) Check out our Video game - Project Kyzen: (https://projectkyzen.io/) Catch Me Streaming on Twitch -  (https://twitch.tv/tombilyeu) Link to IT discord: https://discord.gg/TZKJ2etPbT Tom's Favorite Things List:  https://amzn.to/41Ftt7e For Business inquiries: [email protected] FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

ITU: Ready to break through your biggest business bottleneck? Apply to work with me 1:1 - https://impacttheory.co/SCALE Sign up for my AI Masterclass:  https://tombilyeu.com/ai-masterclass?utm_campaign=TBS-Livestream&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social Welcome back to another episode of The Tom Bilyeu Show with Tom, cohost, Drew & channel moderator, Ryan. The conversation focused on the chaotic state of global affairs and the rapidly changing technological landscape, with deep dives into geopolitical tensions, economic strategies, and the accelerating influence of artificial intelligence. A key theme that emerged was the ongoing crisis in Iran, including escalating military actions, evolving U.S. foreign policy, and the broader implications for global stability and the energy market. The discussion explored the controversial shifts in AI governance, spotlighting Anthropic’s regulatory maneuvers and debates about open versus closed AI models, along with the risks of regulatory capture and the impact on innovation. Several points were raised, including the economic consequences of deindustrialization, the rise of collectibles like Pokémon cards as alternative asset classes, and the ideological battles shaping domestic policies. Throughout, the conversation analyzed the underlying value systems driving both global conflict and technological advancement, ultimately emphasizing the importance of clear-sighted leadership and intellectual honesty in navigating an increasingly complex world. Chapters: 00:00 Iran's aggressive threats and warnings 08:27 Concerns over US manufacturing capabilities 12:08 Nuclear threat and defense capabilities 18:40 Trump's approach to foreign conflicts 24:47 Cultural misunderstandings in the Middle East 32:09 Discussing product safety regulations 33:14 Challenges for Small Innovators 42:37 Challenges of AI model training 48:12 AI market dynamics and challenges 53:55 Government involvement and economic tension 54:51 Debating open source and funding 01:04:30 AI fears and international competition 01:07:15 AI and Human Future Dynamics 01:13:05 US-Israel wartime information sharing 01:17:32 Trading cards as an asset class 01:22:59 Shonen Jump's target age strategy 01:31:22 Investing in education access 01:33:42 Importance of Caloric Deficit 01:40:12 Critique on Marxist philosophy 01:44:46 Critiquing capitalism and its misconceptions 01:49:18 Discussing policy similarities Sponsors: Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Whatnot: Download the Whatnot app today and get free shipping on your first order. Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order ATT Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  Pique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impact Netsuite: For the first time ever you can try NetSuite Next for free. If your revenues are at least in the seven figures, go to https://NetSuite.ai/Theory. Built for every industry. Ready for every boardroom. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome back to Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu. In this episode, we dive into the complexities behind the recent Consumer Price Index (CPI) report with Jeff Snider, creator of Eurodollar University. As inflation rates drop, the mainstream narrative celebrates apparent progress— but is this really the good news it seems? Jeff breaks down why the numbers aren’t just about falling oil prices, revealing a deeper, crisis-driven deflation that spells trouble for both consumers and the broader economy. We unpack why traditional metrics might not tell the full story, how demand destruction—not healthy innovation—is driving price changes, and why core indicators point to widespread economic fragility rather than a return to prosperity. From the knock-on effects of COVID-19 policies to the persistent struggles of real wage growth, this conversation challenges conventional wisdom and offers tools for understanding the true signals within the chaos. Join us for an eye-opening exploration of what’s actually happening beneath the economic surface— and hear why understanding these dynamics might be the most important financial education you get this year. Sign up for my AI Masterclass:  https://tombilyeu.com/ai-masterclass?utm_campaign=TBS-Livestream&utm_source=you tube&utm_medium=social  Check us out wherever you get your podcasts: Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/1nARKz2vTIOb7gC9dusE4b?si=a8daffd2bf1f48fd Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tom-bilyeus-impact-theory/id1191775648 Do you need my help STARTING a business? Join me here inside ZERO TO FOUNDER: (https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder) Get the exact systems, mindset shifts, and principles that built a $1B brand delivered straight to your inbox every week. Subscribe for free (https://tombilyeu.com) Check out our Video game - Project Kyzen: (https://projectkyzen.io/) Catch Me Streaming on Twitch -  (https://twitch.tv/tombilyeu) Link to IT discord: https://discord.gg/TZKJ2etPbT Tom's Favorite Things List:  https://amzn.to/41Ftt7e For Business inquiries: [email protected] FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Whatnot: Download the Whatnot app today and get free shipping on your first order. Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order ATT Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  Pique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impact Netsuite: Right now, get our free business guide, Demystifying AI, at https://NetSuite.com/Theory See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

ITU: Ready to break through your biggest business bottleneck? Apply to work with me 1:1 - https://impacttheory.co/SCALE Sign up for my AI Masterclass: https://tombilyeu.com/ai-masterclass?utm_campaign=TBS-Livestream&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social Welcome to another episode of Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu! In today’s show, Tom dives headfirst into the latest groundbreaking developments shaking up the worlds of AI, geopolitics, and beyond. From OpenAI’s latest model hacking its way out of a test environment and the explosive competition between American and Chinese AI models, to major policy moves from Trump—think tariffs on generic drugs and high-stakes strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities—Tom pulls no punches unpacking the biggest stories. Along the way, he tackles pressing questions about the arms race in artificial intelligence, election integrity, and shifting global economic power. Expect candid analysis of how propaganda and incentive systems drive both technology and politics, the philosophical debates raging around AI regulation, and some lively cultural detours—including the future of human longevity and what Christopher Nolan’s latest epic says about morality. Loaded with sharp perspective and a commitment to exploring all sides, this episode is your window into the headlines that will shape our future. So buckle up—today’s conversations may challenge everything you think you know. Chapters: 00:00 Discussing unbiased news sources 07:12 AI moving at machine speed 15:41 Self-regulating through personal values 20:52 Concerns about AI training data 25:47 Deciding between patent or trade secret 27:13 Discussing Palantir's AI solutions 36:49 Reflecting on initial thoughts on Iran 40:54 Trump's strategy with Iran 47:30 Admitting uncertainty in discussions 51:11 China and the concept of fascism 55:59 Discussion on voter fraud concerns 01:00:57 Discussing media and integrity standards 01:05:07 Senate's role in representation 01:13:44 Cultural sensitivity in character adaptation 01:18:07 Praising Christopher Nolan's latest film 01:21:54 Cell aging and methylation process 01:31:19 Speculating on new nation concepts 01:36:30 Gambling laws in video games Sponsors: Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Whatnot: Download the Whatnot app today and get free shipping on your first order. Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order ATT Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  Pique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impact Netsuite: Right now, get our free business guide, Demystifying AI, at https://NetSuite.com/Theory See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome to Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu. In today’s deep dive, Tom unpacks why economic analysts missed the mark when predicting oil prices amid the ongoing war in Iran. Despite forecasts of oil soaring to $200 a barrel, prices unexpectedly plummeted—even as major shipping routes were disrupted and military tensions escalated. Tom takes us through a detailed timeline of the conflict, examines the surprising role of China’s shrinking oil demand, and reveals how outdated economic assumptions failed to account for a global downturn already brewing beneath the headlines. By connecting supply, demand, and the hidden frailties of both the Chinese and U.S. economies, Tom explains why falling demand—not war or supply shocks—now holds the key to understanding the global market’s future. Whether you’re an investor, entrepreneur, or simply curious about the forces shaping our world, this episode exposes the deeper story behind today’s economic anxiety and offers practical strategies for navigating uncertain times. Sign up for my AI Masterclass:  https://tombilyeu.com/ai-masterclass?utm_campaign=TBS-Livestream&utm_source=you tube&utm_medium=social  Check us out wherever you get your podcasts: Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/1nARKz2vTIOb7gC9dusE4b?si=a8daffd2bf1f48fd Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tom-bilyeus-impact-theory/id1191775648 Do you need my help STARTING a business? Join me here inside ZERO TO FOUNDER: (https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder) Get the exact systems, mindset shifts, and principles that built a $1B brand delivered straight to your inbox every week. Subscribe for free (https://tombilyeu.com) Check out our Video game - Project Kyzen: (https://projectkyzen.io/) Catch Me Streaming on Twitch -  (https://twitch.tv/tombilyeu) Link to IT discord: https://discord.gg/TZKJ2etPbT Tom's Favorite Things List:  https://amzn.to/41Ftt7e For Business inquiries: [email protected] FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Whatnot: Download the Whatnot app today and get free shipping on your first order. Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order ATT Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  Pique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impact Netsuite: Right now, get our free business guide, Demystifying AI, at https://NetSuite.com/Theory See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

ITU: Ready to break through your biggest business bottleneck? Apply to work with me 1:1 - https://impacttheory.co/SCALE Sign up for my AI Masterclass: https://tombilyeu.com/ai-masterclass?utm_campaign=TBS-Livestream&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social Welcome back to another live episode of Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu, Cohost Drew and Moderator Ryan, where we dig deep into the pressing issues shaping our world right now. In this episode, Tom unpacks the escalating conflict in the Middle East, including the deadly attacks on US soldiers and the global economic repercussions. He explores the surge in Americans leaving the workforce, reflects on the economic crises gripping both the US and China, and breaks down the perils of populist rhetoric and the dangers of historical amnesia in politics. Tom also dissects a viral interview with a DSA co-chair blaming capitalism for Peru’s downfall, contrasting that narrative with a historical analysis of Peru’s real struggles. The episode navigates contentious debates about government interference in markets—from public grocery stores to state-subsidized industries—and the future of AI as China’s Kimi model challenges US dominance. Rounding things out, Tom and the team tackle the latest on the Tate brothers’ arrests, the realities of rising social discontent, and the difference between emotionally resonant political messaging and real solutions. Get ready for a wide-ranging, no-holds-barred conversation that combines history, economics, and the urgent social questions of our time. Sponsors: Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Whatnot: Download the Whatnot app today and get free shipping on your first order. Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order ATT Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  Pique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impact Netsuite: Right now, get our free business guide, Demystifying AI, at https://NetSuite.com/Theory See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome back to Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu. In today’s episode, we dive headfirst into the heated debates and pressing questions shaping our future as artificial intelligence advances at breakneck speed. Drawing inspiration from a recent Joe Rogan conversation, we explore a provocative question: what happens to society, meaning, and individual purpose when AI makes work and basic survival obsolete? You’ll hear why the popular vision of a utopian, abundance-filled future—where robots do all the heavy lifting and humans are free from mundane labor—might not play out as optimistically as some hope. We unpack the evolutionary wiring that compels us toward meaningful work, the existential risks of losing our sense of purpose, and the sobering lessons of the infamous “Mouse Utopia” experiments. Alongside compelling analogies, cultural observations, and big questions about regulation, generational adaptation, and mental health, this episode offers guidance for finding purpose in an era of abundance—and warns of what might happen if we fail. Get ready to rethink assumptions about work, happiness, AI, and the future of human fulfillment. What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER: https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20showSCALING a business: see if you qualify here.: https://tombilyeu.com/callGet my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Whatnot: Download the Whatnot app today and get free shipping on your first order. ATT Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  Quo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact Paleovalley: 30 for $36 https://bit.ly/PaleovalleyIT Netsuite: Right now, get our free business guide, Demystifying AI, at https://NetSuite.com/Theory See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Ever feel like you’re being told the economy’s amazing, but your life doesn’t add up? Like, how can the stock market be breaking records and yet you’re struggling just to feel caught up? Oh friend, THIS is the episode for you. I sit down with Jeff Snider—global macro expert, financial historian, and host of Eurodollar University—who blows the lid off the mainstream narrative about money, inflation, and why your reality feels so out of sync with Wall Street’s hype. Get ready to have everything you thought you understood about interest rates, “money printing,” and economic growth completely recalibrated. Jeff Snider explains why the classic story of government spending = runaway inflation just doesn’t hold up. Instead, he exposes how our obsession with “cheap money” and the stock market distracts from the real, depression-like conditions most people are feeling every day. If you want to finally understand why houses and cars seem impossibly out of reach and why your paycheck never stretches as far as it used to, this episode is your Rosetta Stone. Welcome back to Impact Theory! In today’s episode, host Tom Bilyeu sits down with macroeconomic expert Jeff Snider for a deep dive into what’s really happening beneath the surface of the global economy. Is the world on the brink of an AI-fueled bubble, or are we actually living through a modern-day depression hiding behind record stock market highs? Jeff Snider brings a contrarian perspective—arguing that the traditional indicators most people rely on, like rising stock prices and inflation headlines, are misleading. Instead, he unpacks the true signals of economic health: yield curves, demand for safety and liquidity, and the importance of global monetary systems like the eurodollar. Together, Tom Bilyeu and Jeff Snider explore the roots of current economic distress, the lasting impacts of lockdowns and supply shocks, the growing pull towards socialism, and what it will take to reboot prosperity for the next generation. Get ready for a thought-provoking conversation that challenges conventional wisdom and offers a roadmap for navigating uncertainty in today’s interconnected and unpredictable world. What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER: https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20showSCALING a business: see if you qualify here.: https://tombilyeu.com/callGet my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Whatnot: Download the Whatnot app today and get free shipping on your first order. ATT Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  Quo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact Paleovalley: 30 for $36 https://bit.ly/PaleovalleyIT Netsuite: Right now, get our free business guide, Demystifying AI, at https://NetSuite.com/Theory See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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You know those wild tech headlines that make you wonder if the whole AI boom is smoke and mirrors, or if we’re on the verge of a revolution? Today’s episode is for every single one of you feeling FOMO, confusion, or flat-out dread about where tech is going and how the world will look in a few years. We’re digging deep into the BEAR CASE for AI—what’s fact, what’s hype, and what might bankrupt half the industry before our jobs even change. We break down the no-nonsense take from Ed Zitron (the guy calling B.S. on AI hype), paired up with hot-off-the-press financial receipts, juicy tech drama, and a reality check from Palantir CEO Alex Karp. We’re talking margins, runaway spending, why enterprise buyers are majorly sketched, and how every new tech revolution leaves a trail of broke first-movers in its wake. If you’ve got money in the market or just fear the next bubble pop, you NEED this convo. Welcome back to Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu. In today's episode, we dive into the heated debate around the future of AI, spurred by Ed Zitron's bearish perspective that claims the industry is overhyped and built on shaky financials. We'll explore the staggering costs and mounting debts at the heart of today's AI giants, the skepticism around their business models, and whether major players like OpenAI and Anthropic can ever become profitable. We'll also examine Palantir CEO Alex Karp's insights on how enterprises are reacting to AI's current shortcomings and the necessity of proprietary solutions to protect company data and foster innovation. Get ready for a deep-dive into the economic realities, risks, and road ahead for artificial intelligence—where technological promise collides with financial reality, and only time will reveal if we're witnessing the birth of a true revolution or the next big bubble. Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Whatnot: Download the Whatnot app today and get free shipping on your first order. ATT Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  Quo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact Paleovalley: 30 for $36 https://bit.ly/PaleovalleyIT Netsuite: Right now, get our free business guide, Demystifying AI, at https://NetSuite.com/Theory Sign up for my AI Masterclass:  https://tombilyeu.com/ai-masterclass?utm_campaign=TBS-Livestream&utm_source=you tube&utm_medium=social  Check us out wherever you get your podcasts: Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/1nARKz2vTIOb7gC9dusE4b?si=a8daffd2bf1f48fd Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tom-bilyeus-impact-theory/id1191775648 Do you need my help STARTING a business? Join me here inside ZERO TO FOUNDER: (https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder) Get the exact systems, mindset shifts, and principles that built a $1B brand delivered straight to your inbox every week. Subscribe for free (https://tombilyeu.com) Check out our Video game - Project Kyzen: (https://projectkyzen.io/) Catch Me Streaming on Twitch -  (https://twitch.tv/tombilyeu) Link to IT discord: https://discord.gg/TZKJ2etPbT Tom's Favorite Things List:  https://amzn.to/41Ftt7e For Business inquiries: [email protected] FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

ITU: Ready to break through your biggest business bottleneck? Apply to work with me 1:1 - https://impacttheory.co/SCALE Sign up for my AI Masterclass: https://tombilyeu.com/ai-masterclass?utm_campaign=TBS-Livestream&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social Welcome to Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu! In this dynamic live episode, Tom dives headfirst into a whirlwind of the week's most electrifying news and conspiracy theories. From the shocking and sudden death of Senator Lindsey Graham and its ensuing firestorm of global conspiracies, to escalating U.S. military actions and rising trade tensions with Canada, no critical topic goes untouched. Tom unpacks why oil markets aren’t behaving as expected amidst conflict, the explosive lawsuit between Apple and OpenAI, and how American manufacturing ingenuity is making a comeback in defense tech. Along the way, the team explores the intersection of geopolitics, tech innovation, and even the unexpected risks of pillow talk within national security—all with Tom’s signature analytical rigor and unfiltered perspective. Buckle up: this is an unmissable conversation about power, narrative, and the future unfolding before our eyes. Sponsors: Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Whatnot: Download the Whatnot app today and get free shipping on your first order. ATT Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  Quo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact Paleovalley: 30 for $36 https://bit.ly/PaleovalleyIT Netsuite: Right now, get our free business guide, Demystifying AI, at https://NetSuite.com/Theory See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome to Impact Theory. In today's episode, we dive into the rising power of the Democratic Socialists of America and the candidate who has become the movement's most polarizing new face. As DSA-aligned nominees sweep primaries across New York State, we unpack what these wins actually mean and why the gap between what these candidates say and what they plan to do should concern every American. At the center of the conversation is Darializa Avila Chevalier, the Democratic nominee for Congress in New York's 13th district. We examine her deleted social media history, including past calls to fully abolish the police, opposition to all deportations even for criminals, and posts advocating the seizure of private property, the nationalization of hospitals and pharmaceutical companies, and the freezing of rents. We break down how a clearly intelligent and disciplined politician has learned to dodge the hard questions, deliver eloquent non-answers, and avoid handing anyone a usable soundbite. From the philosophy of socialism and the historical record of where these ideologies lead, to the de Tocqueville concept of the overproduction of elites, to the real economic forces driving young voters left, this conversation pulls no punches. We also dig into identity politics, the difference between diagnosing a problem and prescribing the wrong cure, and why getting the solution wrong can be even more dangerous than ignoring the problem entirely. Whether you are here to understand the future of the American left or to see how today's choices will define tomorrow, this episode offers a sharp and unflinching look at the ideas now competing for power. Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Whatnot: Download the Whatnot app today and get free shipping on your first order. ATT Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact Truemed: Check your eligibility and start saving at https://truemed.com/impact Ethos: Get a free quote at https://ethos.com/impact Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER: https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20showSCALING a business: see if you qualify here.: https://tombilyeu.com/callGet my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER: https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20showSCALING a business: see if you qualify here.: https://tombilyeu.com/callGet my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Humble House: 15% off with code TOM https://humblehousefoods.com Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Whatnot: Download the Whatnot app today and get free shipping on your first order. ATT Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact Truemed: Check your eligibility and start saving at https://truemed.com/impact Ethos: Get a free quote at https://ethos.com/impact Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  Welcome to Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu. In today's live episode, Tom is joined by co-hosts Drew and Ryan to break down a week where the Iran ceasefire officially died. With talks declared a waste of time, the US returned to negotiating by force, striking roughly 90 targets in a single night, including the infrastructure corridor allegedly allowing China to rearm Iran. The crew unpacks what this means for the Strait of Hormuz, oil prices, and the theory that China's real prize in all of this is Taiwan. Then the conversation turns to Rupert Lowe's explosive Joe Rogan appearance and his claims about Lebanon, immigration, and the future of Britain, sparking one of the most honest debates the show has had about whether the West's immigration tensions come down to racism, economics, or an unavoidable collision of values. From there, the team examines newly surfaced footage of DSA members admitting on camera that their goal is to take down the American system from within, and why Tom argues there's no bigger enemy to the working class. Gary's Economics also lands on the Mount Rushmore of economic villains as his new wealth tax documentary gets panned by his own side, including a brutal on-camera exchange with a Labour-affiliated tax lawyer. Finally, Spencer Pratt announces he's stepping away from his LA campaign and lays out his case for how California's election system enables fraud by design, from ballot harvesting on Skid Row to a 43,000 vote swing days after election night. Whether you're tracking the markets, the culture war, or the future of American elections, this episode delivers the full picture of a world order in flux. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome back to Impact Theory, where we break down the most impactful stories shaping our world. In today’s episode, we dive deep into the unfolding economic chess match between China and the United States, using insight and analysis from YouTuber Andre Jikh. As China makes bold moves to distance itself from the US dollar—shutting down paper gold trading, amassing record amounts of physical gold, and building a new gold settlement system—the stakes for global finance have never been higher. We’ll explore why China is aggressively acquiring gold, what it means for the future of the US dollar as the world’s reserve currency, and how the manipulation of paper versus physical gold could upend long-standing economic structures. You’ll also discover the role of trust, the dangers of unchecked financial speculation, and the possibility of a historic power shift as nations seek to anchor their economies with tangible assets. Stay tuned as we unpack China’s strategy, what it signals about the future of global markets, and why these hidden moves could change everything for investors—and for the world. Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Whatnot: Download the Whatnot app today and get free shipping on your first order. ATT Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact Truemed: Check your eligibility and start saving at https://truemed.com/impact Ethos: Get a free quote at https://ethos.com/impact Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER: https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20showSCALING a business: see if you qualify here.: https://tombilyeu.com/callGet my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

ITU: Ready to break through your biggest business bottleneck? Apply to work with me 1:1 - https://impacttheory.co/SCALE Sign up for my AI Masterclass: https://tombilyeu.com/ai-masterclass?utm_campaign=TBS-Livestream&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social Welcome back to another episode of the Tom Bilyeu Show Live, where we tackle the most pressing headlines and unravel the complex web connecting global politics, economics, and innovation. In today's fast-paced and far-reaching episode, Tom dives into the aftermath of the US's largest series of strikes on Iran since the recent ceasefire, breaking down the volatile reactions in oil and gold markets, and exploring the potential for a prolonged "forever war" in the region. He analyzes the ripple effects on inflation, US debt, and Japan’s precarious position in the global bond market, ultimately painting a picture of interconnected instability. Tom doesn’t stop with geopolitics; he turns the lens on US domestic issues, unpacking the evolving controversy and political fallout around Graham Platner, and how power—not morals—dictates the behavior of politicians on both sides. The discussion then shifts to the structural challenges of Social Security and the proposal of “Trump accounts,” sparking debate on wealth distribution, financial literacy, and the future of retirement for younger generations. Rounding things out, Tom addresses the ongoing Tyler Robinson trial, algorithmic bias in media consumption, Japan’s economic trajectory, and why humility and vigilance are vital in chaotic times. As always, the episode is packed with hard-hitting analysis, actionable insights, and unfiltered truth—with a little help from today's sponsor, Straight Arrow News. Buckle up—there’s a lot to unpack, and it’s more relevant than ever. Chapters: 00:00 Iran strikes impact markets 07:45 Speculation on Trump's Post-Election Actions 13:51 Bypassing Strait of Hormuz 18:54 Concerns about Iran's missile threat 24:49 Surge in foreign investment 27:19 AI Investment and Market Cycles 36:32 Questioning Political Morality Standards 41:22 Japan's Rate Policies and Carry Trade 46:11 Global economic instability concerns 53:45 Teaching financial literacy to kids 58:23 Balancing the budget for future benefits 01:04:32 Degrees of socialism debate 01:06:24 Balancing government and free market 01:15:23 Discussing perceptions of Trump's policies 01:17:04 Balancing fear of political sides 01:21:50 Improving personal productivity 01:30:30 Preliminary hearing overview 01:33:46 Unfired bullet found on rooftop Sponsors: Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Whatnot: Download the Whatnot app today and get free shipping on your first order. ATT Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact Truemed: Check your eligibility and start saving at https://truemed.com/impact Ethos: Get a free quote at https://ethos.com/impact Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

80% of every dollar the S&P 500 has gained over the last three years came from AI. If you own an index fund you don't own the broad market anymore — you own one concentrated bet on AI infrastructure. And China just demonstrated exactly how fragile that bet is. One Chinese AI model wiped out $1 trillion in US market value in a single day. Nvidia set the all-time record for the largest single-day loss by any company in history. The banks already know the debt is shaky — which is why they're running the 2008 playbook right now, slicing it up and selling it into your pension without a warning label. You ever look at your investment portfolio and wonder, “Wait, is ALL of this basically just one giant AI bet?” Yeah, me too. Today’s episode pulls back the curtain on not just the AI-fueled market euphoria, but the dark underbelly powering America’s biggest economic surge — and the risks nobody wants to talk about. We’re breaking down how the US stock market has quietly turned into a high-stakes casino riding on the AI wave, and why that’s a lot riskier than you think. Inside part 1, we’re mapping out the massive geopolitical chess game between the US and China, where AI strategies, backdoor tech theft, and brutal economic pressure threaten to topple the very companies investors have worshipped for the last three years. You’ll learn why cutting-edge tech like distillation could change who wins the AI race, and why investor confidence is shakier than ever. If you care about money, innovation, or just want to avoid getting blindsided by the next big crash… this is for you. Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Whatnot: Download the Whatnot app today and get free shipping on your first order. ATT Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact Truemed: Check your eligibility and start saving at https://truemed.com/impact Ethos: Get a free quote at https://ethos.com/impact Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER: https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20showSCALING a business: see if you qualify here.: https://tombilyeu.com/callGet my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

ITU: Ready to break through your biggest business bottleneck? Apply to work with me 1:1 - https://impacttheory.co/SCALE Sign up for my AI Masterclass: https://tombilyeu.com/ai-masterclass?utm_campaign=TBS-Livestream&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social Welcome to Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu. In today's episode, Tom is joined live by business partner and COO Andrew Press for a powerful discussion on the shifting narratives shaping American identity and the battle for the nation's soul. The episode dives into a divisive July 4th speech by Mamdani, exploring competing visions of American history, freedom, and exceptionalism. Tom unpacks the psychological drivers behind cultural and economic change, the dangers of embracing victimhood over personal responsibility, and how narratives actively shape the future. With topics ranging from propaganda wars and labor force participation to the economic and political implications of current trends, this episode challenges listeners to consider what story we will tell ourselves as a country—and what it takes to build a thriving middle class. Get ready for an unfiltered, thought-provoking conversation at the intersection of economics, psychology, and American values. Chapters: 00:00 Cultural and economic shifts in America 07:55 American identity and historical narratives 10:57 Brutal journey and survival odds 16:09 Connecting psychology and societal impact 26:20 Understanding immigrant perseverance 31:46 Immigration's impact on New York City 33:42 Entrepreneurial mindset of early immigrants 40:08 America as a hub for talent 48:15 Underappreciated history of communism 51:10 Discussing immigration and ideology 57:37 The importance of decentralized innovation 01:00:11 Discussing American political visions 01:09:57 Economic and psychological concerns 01:16:07 The fragility of self-esteem 01:18:55 Debating success vs. self-esteem 01:22:26 Discussing victim mentality and politics 01:29:55 Comparing fiscal policies of states Sponsors: Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Whatnot: Download the Whatnot app today and get free shipping on your first order. ATT Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact Truemed: Check your eligibility and start saving at https://truemed.com/impact Ethos: Get a free quote at https://ethos.com/impact Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

ITU: Ready to break through your biggest business bottleneck? Apply to work with me 1:1 - https://impacttheory.co/SCALE Sign up for my AI Masterclass: https://tombilyeu.com/ai-masterclass?utm_campaign=TBS-Livestream&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social On the eve of America's 250th birthday, Tom and Drew take stock of what actually built the most prosperous nation in history — and what's quietly tearing at it. The through-line: a rising socialist movement that says it's fighting for the working class, and the mechanism that shows it robs them instead. They trace it from the "overproduction of elites" driving the DSA, to the one American town that ran the most sincere socialism experiment ever attempted (and what happened two years later), to why inflation is the real theft from working people. Plus: what China understands about energy that's left the West rationing AC, the truth hiding under Trump's growth numbers, Michael Saylor's high-wire bitcoin bet, Palantir CEO Alex Karp's CNBC blow-up over who really owns your data, and the collapse of free speech playing out in the UK. Sponsors: Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Whatnot: Download the Whatnot app today and get free shipping on your first order. ATT Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact Truemed: Check your eligibility and start saving at https://truemed.com/impact Ethos: Get a free quote at https://ethos.com/impact Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact What's up, everybody?It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... • STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER: • https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20show • SCALING a business: see if you qualify here.: • https://tombilyeu.com/call • Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: instagram.com/tombilyeu Tik Tok: tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: youtube.com/@TomBilyeu See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Tom breaks down Billionaire investor Jeremy Grantham latest Diary Of A CEO Interview. You know how everyone keeps saying, “You can’t time the market,” but deep down you’re terrified everything you’ve invested could vanish overnight? Or maybe you’ve felt the hype and FOMO about AI stocks, crypto, and housing — but you also have that pit-in-your-stomach feeling that none of it’s real? Sis, this episode is a MUST for your future self. Jeremy Grantham — yes, THE Jeremy Grantham, legendary investor, founder of GMO, and the guy who literally predicted multiple market crashes — joins us for an unfiltered, no-holds-barred breakdown of what’s actually driving the markets right now. We’re talking about narrative-driven bubbles, why everyone blindly trusts the S&P, and how emotional contagion (not logic!) has most of us acting wild with our money. We also get brutally honest about why US stocks may be the most dangerous play on the table, and how the next economic collapse could wipe out everything you thought you understood about investing. Buckle up, because the warning signs are flashing everywhere. What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER: https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20showSCALING a business: see if you qualify here.: https://tombilyeu.com/callGet my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Truemed: Check your eligibility and start saving at https://truemed.com/impact Ethos: Get a free quote at https://ethos.com/impact Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact ATT Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

ITU: Ready to break through your biggest business bottleneck? Apply to work with me 1:1 - https://impacttheory.co/SCALE Sign up for my next FREE A.I. class here: https://tombilyeu.com/leverage-ai-july-9?utm_campaign=ai-masterclass&utm_source=x&utm_medium=social&utm_content=post-260407-1 The conversation focused on unpacking the latest Supreme Court decisions, major political developments, and hot-button economic issues shaping America today. A key theme that emerged was the collision of deeply held values fueling the ongoing culture wars—especially around topics like transgender athlete participation, birthright citizenship, and the role of government in individual freedom. The discussion explored how immigration and economic policy intersect, the rise of Democratic Socialists within the Democratic Party, and the evolving challenges presented by AI and technological innovation. Several points were raised, including concerns over regulatory capture, tax policy shifts in states like Florida, the potential for foreign adversaries to exploit legal loopholes, and the political consequences of rapidly changing economic landscapes. In addition, the episode delved into high-profile crime investigations, conspiracy theories, and the future impact of AI on jobs—all woven together with candid debate, critical analysis, and an invitation for the audience to think deeply about the direction in which the country is heading. Chapters: 00:00 Debating use of puberty blockers 07:38 Supreme Court on money in politics 12:39 Debating State vs. Individual Power 19:58 Fraud and birth tourism concerns 24:40 Spying tactics and strategic advantages 30:40 Fears about immigration policies 37:00 Discussion on freedom and power dynamics 37:52 Concerns about government branch balance 45:54 Discussing immigration and cultural values 53:46 Boat analogy for political issues 56:54 Impact of Housing Price Controls 01:03:16 Potential issues with DSA policies 01:05:23 Critique of Democratic budget strategies 01:13:37 Clarifying Tyler's Involvement with Parents 01:17:06 Forensic conspiracy theories 01:25:49 Discussing regulatory capture issues 01:31:17 China's role in AI competition 01:34:40 Palantir's early government challenges 01:41:27 Focusing on profit through efficiency 01:43:09 Japan's permanent job culture issues Sponsors: Truemed: Check your eligibility and start saving at https://truemed.com/impact Ethos: Get a free quote at https://ethos.com/impact Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact ATT Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Let’s get brutally honest, fam: the US government’s debt is so wild right now, you’d think it’s a plotline ripped out of Succession. This episode goes deep into the $39 trillion debt crisis and why there’s literally zero intention—or plan—to pay it back the traditional way. We’re breaking down what the Fed, big banks, politicians, and those headline AI investments are really up to. It’s not what you think (and the way your future is tied to all this will blow your mind). Whether you’re a finance junkie or suspicious about why your dollars don’t stretch like they used to, we’re peeking behind the curtain at the real mechanics behind national debt, inflation, and those “solutions” no one in power wants to talk about. Grab a notebook—you’re about to spot red flags before everyone else and save yourself from ending up on the wrong side of a financial cliff. 00:00 - Intro 02:17 - Part 1: Only Two Ways Out 09:36 - Part 2: Control What You Show Them To Control What They See 17:51 - Part 3: The Invisible Money Printer Go Brrrr What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER: https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20showSCALING a business: see if you qualify here.: https://tombilyeu.com/callGet my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Truemed: Check your eligibility and start saving at https://truemed.com/impact Ethos: Get a free quote at https://ethos.com/impact Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact ATT Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Sign up for my next FREE A.I. class here: https://tombilyeu.com/leverage-ai-july-9?utm_campaign=ai-masterclass&utm_source=x&utm_medium=social&utm_content=post-260407-1 ITU: Ready to break through your biggest business bottleneck? Apply to work with me 1:1 - https://impacttheory.co/SCALE Welcome back to The Tom Bilyeu Show with cohost, Drew, where we dive deep into the world’s most pressing news and the underlying mechanisms shaping our society. In today’s packed episode, Tom unpacks the latest geopolitical escalations between the U.S. and Iran, analyzing the breakdown of negotiations and the growing risk of conflict in the Middle East. We’ll also cover Ukraine’s relentless strikes on Russian oil infrastructure, and what it means to back a nuclear-armed dictator into a corner. Shifting focus to domestic policy, Tom breaks down the California billionaire wealth tax—what it signals about America’s political climate, why it may have disastrous economic consequences, and the mechanisms behind rising resentment toward the billionaire class. The conversation explores both sides of the wealth tax debate, addressing the emotional and practical grievances fueling the populist moment. We’ll also tackle Europe’s deadly heat wave, examining how draconian regulations and lack of innovation are costing lives, plus a bizarre turn as China trolls Europe with air-conditioned pig pens. And as always, we spotlight stories that reveal deeper cultural trends—from citizen vigilantes in Mexico to rampant fraud in American government spending. Get ready for a thought-provoking journey through policy, economics, and the psyche behind the headlines—because understanding the “why” is the first step to creating real impact. Chapters: 00:00 MOU dispute over the Strait 07:17 US-Iran conflict analysis 14:42 Skepticism on Iran negotiations 20:28 Tensions and grievances with Iran 22:06 Alienating Allies and Regional Impact 31:16 Russia's WWII sacrifice and impact 36:47 Newsom positioning for 2028 election 37:52 Economic influence of billionaires 46:16 AOC on wealth inequality 52:39 Frustrations with the economy 57:41 Impact of Budget Policies on Workers 59:42 Discussing job market leverage 01:09:18 Taxing inherited assets fairly 01:15:06 The fisherman's simple lifestyle 01:19:54 History repeats and innovation's role 01:25:59 France's excess deaths and AC debate 01:26:56 Innovations in tackling climate change 01:34:34 Fraud in NGO funding 01:39:47 Ad hominem attacks in populism 01:42:47 Promoting the AI masterclass Sponsors: Truemed: Check your eligibility and start saving at https://truemed.com/impact Ethos: Get a free quote at https://ethos.com/impact Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact  Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact ATT Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER: https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20showSCALING a business: see if you qualify here.: https://tombilyeu.com/callGet my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Humble House: 15% off with code TOM https://humblehousefoods.com Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order Paleovalley: 30 for $36 https://bit.ly/PaleovalleyIT OpusClip: Explore Agent Opus at https://agent.opus.pro/explore Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact Truemed: Check your eligibility and start saving at https://truemed.com/impact Ethos: Get a free quote at https://ethos.com/impact Quo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact Netsuite: Right now, get our free business guide, Demystifying AI, at https://NetSuite.com/Theory Pique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impact Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact Welcome to Impact Theory. In today's episode, Drew, Ryan, and Tom break down a chaotic week in American politics and economics, starting with the biggest housing affordability bill in decades and the private equity cap that has both parties on board, and why Trump is refusing to sign it as leverage to force a vote on the Save America Act. The conversation digs into the heart of the disagreement: voter ID, the census, and the long term question of who gets to vote, with the guys mapping out exactly where their base assumptions collide on immigration, asylum, birthright citizenship, and the four Supreme Court rulings that just landed, including the Monsanto glyphosate decision, the Hawaii gun case, and the TPS deportations. From there they tackle New York City's rent freeze and the historical disaster of rent control, inflation hitting 4.1%, and Thomas Massie accusing Trump of communism over government stakes in Intel, MP Materials, and Lithium Americas. The discussion widens into the deeper machine underneath all of it: why houses cannot stay affordable in an inflationary regime, why 70 percent of millennials lean socialist, the French Revolution warning about resentment versus greed, the controversial idea that government has started behaving like a cancer, and a proposal to invest every American in the S&P 500 from birth. They close on the economics of GTA 6 clearing 3 billion in pre sales and why AI is about to reshape the entire gaming industry. A wide ranging look at the choices defining tomorrow. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode of Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu, we dive deep into the contentious debate around wealth taxes, meritocracy, and the real mechanisms driving economic inequality. Tom reacts to the arguments presented by Gary's Economics, dissecting why wealth taxes are so polarizing among economists and the intelligentsia. Through a spirited analysis, Tom challenges emotional reasoning, highlights the fundamental differences between wealth and income, and explores the cause-and-effect behind inflation, innovation, and government tax policies. Whether you're for or against wealth taxes, this episode will challenge your assumptions about how wealth is created, taxed, and transferred—and why understanding economic cause-and-effect is more important than ever in this populist moment. Get ready for a raw and rigorous conversation about the real levers of prosperity and why our current debates often miss the point. What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER: https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20showSCALING a business: see if you qualify here.: https://tombilyeu.com/callGet my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order Paleovalley: 30 for $36 https://bit.ly/PaleovalleyI OpusClip: Explore Agent Opus at https://agent.opus.pro/explore Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact Truemed: Check your eligibility and start saving at https://truemed.com/impact Ethos: Get a free quote at https://ethos.com/impact Quo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact Netsuite: Right now, get our free business guide, Demystifying AI, at https://NetSuite.com/Theory Pique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impact Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER: https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20showSCALING a business: see if you qualify here.: https://tombilyeu.com/callGet my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order Paleovalley: 30 for $36 https://bit.ly/PaleovalleyIT OpusClip: Explore Agent Opus at https://agent.opus.pro/explore Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact Truemed: Check your eligibility and start saving at https://truemed.com/impact Ethos: Get a free quote at https://ethos.com/impact Quo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact Netsuite: Right now, get our free business guide, Demystifying AI, at https://NetSuite.com/Theory Pique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impact Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact Welcome to a no holds barred breakdown of the political and economic forces reshaping America right now. In this episode, Drew, Tom, and Ryan dig into the leftward lurch of the Democratic Party, unpacking the DSA wave behind Mamdani's New York sweep and what it means when self-described communists start winning the safest Democratic seats in the country. The conversation traces how populism is fueled by economic anxiety, why both parties keep racing to the extremes, and whether finding the way back to the middle is even possible anymore. From there, they get into the hard economics: why socialist and communist policies historically break the economy, the calorie-storage origin of the social contract, the freeloader problem that sinks societies, and the real fight over wages, corporations, and whether companies like Walmart and Amazon are the villains people think they are. They take on Trump's threat to sic the DOJ on big oil for price gouging, why government price controls always fail, and how the OPEC cartel and regulatory capture are the actual problems behind what you pay at the pump. The discussion turns global with a hard look at USAID, the claim that foreign aid has been quietly funding NGOs and destabilization movements abroad, Japan dumping US treasuries amid its liquidity crisis, and the financial repression playbook Washington may use to inflate its way out of a crushing national debt. They weigh in on Congress voting to curb hostilities with Iran and what it means for negotiating power. Finally, the episode goes deep on one of the most important debates of the next decade: a Michigan city council banning the pride flag, Muslim immigration and assimilation, whether Islam has had its reformation, separation of church and state, and the candid clash over whether America is truly a Christian nation or simply shaped by Christian values. Whether you're here for sharp political analysis, hard economic truth, or a deeper look at the values shaping society, this episode offers a nuanced, unflinching take on how today's choices will define tomorrow. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

You know when you scroll past another headline about Elon Musk, and a part of you can’t help but wonder—is the system REALLY this unfair… or are we just missing something? In this episode, we're diving into the wild story of how Elon Musk became the world’s first trillionaire, why so many people immediately called it a crime, and what’s actually broken in our economy (hint: it’s not what you think). If you’re sick of feeling like the game is rigged and want to REALLY understand what’s going on behind the scenes—buckle up. We’re breaking down how money truly works, what inflation is doing to your daily life, and why regular folks like Juan, a SpaceX welder turned millionaire, prove there’s actually more opportunity than most of us realize. Plus, you’ll get the brutal truth about modern financial systems, AI hype, market manipulation, and why those “burn it all down” hot takes are more destructive than you think. What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER: https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20showSCALING a business: see if you qualify here.: https://tombilyeu.com/callGet my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order Paleovalley: 30 for $36 https://bit.ly/PaleovalleyIT OpusClip: Explore Agent Opus at https://agent.opus.pro/explore Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact Truemed: Check your eligibility and start saving at https://truemed.com/impact Ethos: Get a free quote at https://ethos.com/impact Quo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact Netsuite: Right now, get our free business guide, Demystifying AI, at https://NetSuite.com/Theory Pique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impact Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact 00:00 - Intro 02:26 - Part 1: Yes, The Game Is Rigged 10:50 - Part 2: What is Wealth & How is it Created? 26:55 - Part 3: How to Deal with a Rigged Game See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

ITU: Ready to break through your biggest business bottleneck? Apply to work with me 1:1 - https://impacttheory.co/SCALE Sign up for my next FREE A.I. class here: https://tombilyeu.com/leverage-ai-july-9?utm_campaign=ai-masterclass&utm_source=x&utm_medium=social&utm_content=post-260407-1 Welcome back to Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu with Producer/Cohost Drew and channel Moderator, Ryan. In today’s episode, Tom dives into a whirlwind of global events and economic shake-ups. From chaotic Iranian negotiations that seesawed all weekend, to Israel’s hardline stance in Lebanon, the rise of the right in South America, and Xi Jinping’s crackdown on dissent—even for those outside China—they unpacks the truth behind the headlines. Tom questions the sustainability of current political strategies, analyzes the never-ending economic debates around inflation, government spending, and student loans, and dissects the cultural roots of conflict in the Middle East. Expect candid commentary on populism in the UK, why America is so deeply tied to Israel, and a powerful conversation about personal responsibility in the age of AI and social change. If you’re seeking bold perspectives on the forces shaping our world, this episode delivers unfiltered insight and actionable wisdom. Chapters: 00:00 Online behavior vs real-life actions 05:19 Iran nuclear inspection agreement 13:18 Political upheaval and global tensions 16:09 Progress on Middle East Peace Talks 23:52 Grappling with extreme defense strategies 27:05 How lobbying influences politicians 34:26 Iran-Israel tensions and conflict 38:52 Cultural responses to conflict 42:35 Brexit, migration, and labor dynamics 47:13 Economic growth and deregulation discussion 54:25 Reflecting on Personal Challenges 58:30 Discussing wealth tax impacts 01:07:12 Student loan debt and consequences 01:10:22 Discussing student loan discipline 01:17:46 Student loan forgiveness debate 01:23:32 Innovations changing survival challenges 01:24:37 Devotion and service in religion 01:34:12 Overcoming obstacles with small steps 01:35:38 Struggling with AI advancements Sponsors: Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order Paleovalley: 30 for $36 https://bit.ly/PaleovalleyIT OpusClip: Explore Agent Opus at https://agent.opus.pro/explore Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact Truemed: Check your eligibility and start saving at https://truemed.com/impact Ethos: Get a free quote at https://ethos.com/impact Quo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact Netsuite: Right now, get our free business guide, Demystifying AI, at https://NetSuite.com/Theory Pique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impact Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome back to Impact Theory! In this powerful continuation, Tom dives deep with former CIA officer Andrew Bustamante to unravel the complex dynamics shaping America’s political and economic landscape. What would it take to restore faith in democracy and secure the future of the middle class? Together, they debate the difference between vision-driven leadership and populist emotion, confront the tough realities of economic uncertainty, and explore how individuals—against overwhelming odds—can build security and opportunity in their own lives. With honesty and urgency, this episode challenges us to think critically about the mechanisms driving society, the moral obligations we hold, and whether true change is even possible. Don’t miss this candid conversation on leadership, wealth, and the future of America. What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER: https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20showSCALING a business: see if you qualify here.: https://tombilyeu.com/callGet my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Pique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impact Truemed: Check your eligibility and start saving at https://truemed.com/impact Quo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact Netsuite: Right now, get our free business guide, Demystifying AI, at https://NetSuite.com/Theory Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod PlaudAI: Get 10% off with code IMPACT at https://plaud.ai/impact Whatnot: Download the Whatnot app today and get free shipping on your first order. ATT Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

ITU: Ready to break through your biggest business bottleneck? Apply to work with me 1:1 - https://impacttheory.co/SCALE Sign up for my next FREE A.I. class here: https://tombilyeu.com/leverage-ai-july-9?utm_campaign=ai-masterclass&utm_source=x&utm_medium=social&utm_content=post-260407-1 Welcome back to another episode of The Tom Bilyeu Show with Tom and channel moderator, Ryan. The conversation today focused on the world's most pressing geopolitical flashpoints and the way they expose deeper truths about global power, economics, and cultural identity. One concept discussed was the fragile state of negotiations in international hotspots like the Strait of Hormuz, with the panel exploring how asymmetric warfare and economic leverage continue to shape the ambitions of nations such as Iran, Israel, Russia, and Ukraine. A key theme that emerged was the complex interplay between ideology, values, and survival, especially in the context of heated debates over immigration, assimilation, and national identity in the US, UK, and EU. The discussion explored controversial statements around the necessity of assimilation, the strengths and weaknesses of diversity, and the role of government in shaping individual and collective destinies. Several points were raised, including the long historical cycles of conflict, the evolution of tech and economics, and the personal responsibility each citizen bears in turbulent times. Whether addressing the failures of major powers to enforce order or the disruptive potential of rapid technological advancement, this episode challenges listeners to critically examine the values and realities that underpin our modern society. Chapters: 00:00 Economic tensions in Strait of Hormuz 09:00 Trump's negotiating strategy and leverage 16:45 Losing faith in US power 21:34 European support boosts Ukraine's defense 27:07 Putin's Paranoia and Military Trust Issues 28:15 Putin's potential future conflicts 36:20 Middle East conflict escalation debate 41:33 Rothschilds and British Empire influence 47:32 Rothschild family and political influence 52:12 Discussing Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 55:01 Debating the Israel-Palestine conflict 59:55 Discussing Cultural Identity and Values 01:05:39 Economic impact of immigration policies 01:15:15 Missing Jordan Peterson's Influence 01:19:48 Cultural division and gaming industry 01:23:49 Understanding assimilation in the USA 01:27:01 Discussing kids coming out as trans 01:34:41 Forming Interest-Based Groups 01:42:13 Finding purpose in children's entertainment 01:46:53 Frustration with U.S. economic policy 01:49:34 Embracing resilience and innovation 01:53:31 Signing off and well wishes Sponsors: Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order Paleovalley: 30 for $36 https://bit.ly/PaleovalleyIT Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact OpusClip: Explore Agent Opus at https://agent.opus.pro/explore Truemed: Check your eligibility and start saving at https://truemed.com/impact Ethos: Get a free quote at https://ethos.com/impact Quo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact Netsuite: Right now, get our free business guide, Demystifying AI, at https://NetSuite.com/Theory Pique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impact Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode of Impact Theory, Tom Bilyeu sits down with former CIA officer Andrew Bustamante for a deep-dive into the hidden mechanics shaping global affairs. Together, they unravel the complexities of America’s ongoing entanglement with Iran, explore the paradoxes of the military-industrial and financial complexes, and question the narratives spun by governments and media alike. Bustamante shares insider perspectives on why uncertainty in the Middle East can benefit American interests, the real motivations behind U.S. interventions, and why the nuclear threat from Iran may be more propaganda than reality. Get ready for a thought-provoking conversation about power, legacy, and the uncertain future of global leadership in an era of accelerating change and systemic interdependence. What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER: https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20showSCALING a business: see if you qualify here.: https://tombilyeu.com/callGet my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Pique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impact Truemed: Check your eligibility and start saving at https://truemed.com/impact Quo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact Netsuite: Right now, get our free business guide, Demystifying AI, at https://NetSuite.com/Theory Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod PlaudAI: Get 10% off with code IMPACT at https://plaud.ai/impact Whatnot: Download the Whatnot app today and get free shipping on your first order. ATT Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Sponsors: Pique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impact Truemed: Check your eligibility and start saving at https://truemed.com/impact Quo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact Netsuite: Right now, get our free business guide, Demystifying AI, at https://NetSuite.com/Theory Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod PlaudAI: Get 10% off with code IMPACT at https://plaud.ai/impact Whatnot: Download the Whatnot app today and get free shipping on your first order. ATT Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order Welcome back to another episode of The Tom Bilyeu Show with Cohost Drew and moderator, Ryan! The conversation focused on a whirlwind of pressing global and domestic issues shaping today’s world. The discussion explored the evolving negotiations between the US and Iran, questioning the mysterious terms of a new “deal” and the shifting sands of Middle Eastern politics. Several points were raised, including the challenges of US debt refinancing, the economic ripple effects of AI investment, and Japan’s pivotal role in global debt markets. One concept discussed was the increasing calls to overhaul tax policies, examining whether taxing capital gains like ordinary income truly addresses the nation’s financial woes—or if it instead threatens the innovation engine powering the US economy. The episode also tackled stories from the FBI’s headline-grabbing terror prevention efforts, to dramatic revelations involving non-profits and undercover operations, to the relentless advance of surveillance technology, including insect-sized drones. A key theme that emerged was the existential tension between government intervention, personal responsibility, and technological progress—with cultural, economic, and ethical implications unpacked at every turn. Whether examining the West’s response to social media, the future of AR glasses, or the cycle of business innovation and decline, the conversation painted a vivid picture of a world in flux, demanding both critical scrutiny and bold action. Chapters: 00:00 JD Vance on US-Iran negotiations 07:56 Iran's strategy during US midterms 11:29 Economic focus for Middle East peace 22:33 Trump's economic leverage with Iran 24:11 Economic strategies and potential impacts 30:56 Questioning the drone attack plot 38:22 Japan's economic challenges post-COVID 39:37 AI investment and financial concerns 44:51 Discussing new tax proposals 53:42 Critique of Economic Approaches 56:42 Inherited debt and tax myths 01:02:07 Discussing budget cuts and taxation 01:08:29 Discussing national debt solutions 01:13:31 Criticism of Southern Poverty Law Center 01:17:35 Questioning goodness of NGOs 01:23:19 Privacy concerns in online safety 01:27:50 Future of AR Glasses and Contacts 01:32:53 Future AI and reality confusion 01:41:15 Industry veterans discuss company failures 01:44:01 Startup lifecycle and innovation turnover 01:48:28 Reevaluating Game Development Strategies See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

You ever look around and think, holy crap, everyone is losing their damn minds? All this political rage, anxiety over money, and people choosing “sides” like it’s the Hunger Games — it’s actually NOT a glitch in your system. This is the episode that finally pulls back the curtain and exposes why it’s happening, what history tells us about these moments, and just how dangerous things could get if we don’t fix the TRUE root cause. We’re diving deep into the cycle of populism, that scary time in history when ordinary people become capable of unthinkable things, all because of emotional reasoning and economic panic. Whether you’re worried about the next election, feeling anxious about rising prices, or just sick of the anger and division, this is the context you need to see through the chaos. 00:00 - Intro 02:08 - It's The Economy Stupid 08:43 - You Are Not Who You Think You Are 20:11 - The Two Ways Our Current Era Ends Pique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impact Truemed: Check your eligibility and start saving at https://truemed.com/impact Quo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact Netsuite: Right now, get our free business guide, Demystifying AI, at https://NetSuite.com/Theory Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod PlaudAI: Get 10% off with code IMPACT at https://plaud.ai/impact Whatnot: Download the Whatnot app today and get free shipping on your first order. ATT Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER: https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20showSCALING a business: see if you qualify here.: https://tombilyeu.com/callGet my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER: https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20showSCALING a business: see if you qualify here.: https://tombilyeu.com/callGet my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Pique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impact Truemed: Check your eligibility and start saving at https://truemed.com/impact Quo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact Netsuite: Right now, get our free business guide, Demystifying AI, at https://NetSuite.com/Theory Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod PlaudAI: Get 10% off with code IMPACT at https://plaud.ai/impact Whatnot: Download the Whatnot app today and get free shipping on your first order. ATT Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order The most advanced AI model ever built just got pulled by the US government over security concerns — and the real story behind why is bigger than it looks…" The conversation focused on breaking down the latest global events and their implications—from the controversial end of the Iran war and its lopsided peace deal, to the shutdown of Anthropic’s Fable 5 AI model by the U.S. government over security concerns. The discussion explored whether the U.S. is negotiating from a place of strength or weakness, delved into the economics and politics of the recent Iran deal, and raised critical questions about America’s standing as a global power. Several points were raised, including the real-world impact of massive reparations to Iran, the re-opening of the Strait of Hormuz, the shifting dynamics in U.S.-Israel relations, and what these changes signal for the future of U.S. foreign policy. A key theme that emerged was the economic ripple effect of AI investment and innovation war with China, the dangers of regulatory capture in the AI space, and the precarious balance between safety and competition. The dialogue also touched on political polarization in the U.S., the rise of anti-capitalist rhetoric, wealth inequality, and new immigration policies in Sweden as a window into the future of Western democracies. Listeners are in for a timely, thoughtful analysis of how today’s decisions are shaping tomorrow’s world. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Alright, welcome to Part 2 of my conversation with Peter Diamandis—a man who lives and breathes exponential change, and isn’t afraid to tackle the stuff everyone else would rather ignore. Now that you’ve braved everything breaking and the cracks in the old story, it’s time to step fully into what happens next: regulation, UBI, riots and “derangement,” brain-computer interfaces, and some mind-blowing visions of what human purpose could look like when survival is no longer the point. Peter and I get into everything from whether AGI and superintelligence will help or harm us, the ethics of coding “morality” into AI, to whether humans are really just the boot disk for something greater coming next. This part goes deep on the forks ahead—will you opt out, numb out, become a creator, or actually merge your brain with the cloud? How are schools failing us (and what do our kids actually need to thrive)? We even get practical about what you can do right now to claim agency, think radically bigger, and make yourself anti-fragile—whether you want to start a company, change the world, or just live a life you can be proud of as the rules keep rewriting themselves in real-time. If you need just one episode to snap you out of fear and into action, this is it. Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Plaud: Get 10% off with code IMPACT at https://plaud.ai/impact Whatnot:Download the Whatnot app today and get free shipping on your first order.  AT&T Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact Truemed: Check your eligibility and start saving at https://truemed.com/impact Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact Pique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impact What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER: https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20showSCALING a business: see if you qualify here.: https://tombilyeu.com/callGet my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER: https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20showSCALING a business: see if you qualify here.: https://tombilyeu.com/callGet my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Plaud: Get 10% off with code IMPACT at https://plaud.ai/impact Whatnot:Download the Whatnot app today and get free shipping on your first order.  AT&T Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact Truemed: Check your eligibility and start saving at https://truemed.com/impact Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact Pique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impact In this Friday edition of The Tom Bilyeu Show Live, Tom and Drew dig into a packed news day spanning geopolitics, markets, tech, and a long philosophical tangent on immortality. They open on Iran, breaking down the leaked 14-point "deal" circulating via Iranian state media — the $24 billion in frozen assets, the naval blockade, the Strait of Hormuz, and reconstruction demands — and why Tom is deeply skeptical that anything beyond a memorandum of understanding gets signed, plus what a bad deal could cost Trump heading into the midterms. From there, they pivot to a heated exchange over the SpaceX IPO and the Globe and Mail's "how to properly hate Elon Musk" headline, using it as a springboard into the psychology of resentment, the mechanics of transformational-tech bubbles, and a warning to retail investors about becoming "exit liquidity." The conversation moves through California's voting rules, ballot harvesting, and Trump's Save America Act and reconciliation push (with an extended back-and-forth on states' rights, the Constitution, and the Supreme Court), the UK's proposed device-level content-scanning law and the surveillance-state implications, a DOJ child-smuggling indictment tied to border policy, and the Epstein/Zorro Ranch mystery. They close on AI — unpacking Yann LeCun's argument against LLMs and AGI in favor of specialized world models — before spinning off into a wide-ranging debate about whether you'd actually want to live forever, the disposable-male hypothesis, and a contentious Alex Karp clip about GDP and gender. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The conversation focused on the unprecedented wave of technological disruption brought about by advances in artificial intelligence, exploring how these innovations are reshaping the social contract, the workforce, and the very fabric of society. One concept discussed was the collapse of traditional pathways—such as the idea that doing well in school and earning a college degree guarantees security and a stable job—in the face of rapidly evolving AI capabilities. A key theme that emerged was the dual-edged nature of AI's impact: while automation and intelligent machines threaten to displace conventional jobs, particularly for those unable or unwilling to adapt, new opportunities are arising for solopreneurs, creators, and individuals ready to leverage technology as a force multiplier. The discussion explored the ways gatekeepers have been removed, the costs of entrepreneurship have plummeted, and barriers to innovation are lower than ever before. Several points were raised, including the psychological and societal turbulence that can result from such rapid change, with concerns about social unrest, especially among younger generations struggling to find their place. The conversation also addressed the promise of AI to solve critical problems in healthcare, science, and education, potentially ushering in an era of abundance—but only if society can adjust mindsets, update educational systems, and encourage purpose-driven curiosity. Listeners can expect a deep dive into the ethical, economic, and cultural fork in the road humanity faces, as well as practical advice for achieving agency, adaptability, and meaning in a world where the only constant is exponential change. Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Plaud: Get 10% off with code IMPACT at https://plaud.ai/impact Whatnot:Download the Whatnot app today and get free shipping on your first order.  AT&T Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact Truemed: Check your eligibility and start saving at https://truemed.com/impact Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact Pique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impact What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER: https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20showSCALING a business: see if you qualify here.: https://tombilyeu.com/callGet my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER: https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20showSCALING a business: see if you qualify here.: https://tombilyeu.com/callGet my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Plaud: Get 10% off with code IMPACT at https://plaud.ai/impact Whatnot:Download the Whatnot app today and get free shipping on your first order.  AT&T Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact Truemed: Check your eligibility and start saving at https://truemed.com/impact Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact Pique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impact Welcome to another thought-provoking episode of Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu! In this live show, Tom tackles some of the most pressing—and polarizing—issues making headlines around the world. From escalating U.S.-Iran tensions and violent unrest in Belfast, to the complexities of immigration debates and the economic motivations underlying government policies, nothing is off limits. Tom dives deep into high-profile criminal cases stirring emotions and sparking conversations about race and culture, including the Karmelo Anthony Austin Metcalfe case. The panel confronts the challenges of having rational discourse in an environment driven by media sound bites and online outrage, highlighting the need for nuanced, fact-based conversations about cause and effect. We’ll also explore Argentina’s shocking economic turnaround, California's controversial voting systems, and the future of anti-aging drugs that could redefine what it means to grow old. Throughout, Tom pushes for solutions—always emphasizing cause-and-effect logic, the dangers of populist narratives, and the importance of keeping our debates grounded in data rather than emotion. Strap in for an unfiltered, challenging discussion that aims to make sense of our rapidly changing world—and give you the mindset and tools to thrive in it. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome back to Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu. In today’s episode, Tom Bilyeu tackles one of the biggest questions in modern investing: Is AI a bubble, or is there something even more dangerous at play? With $700 billion being spent on AI this year and 6.7 trillion projected by the decade’s end, we’re witnessing the largest financial bet in human history. But while valuations soar, the industry is drowning in debt, and revenues lag behind. Drawing on economic history—from British canals and railways to the dot-com bust—Tom Bilyeu reveals an unsettling pattern: transformative technologies often devastate their earliest investors, even as they reshape the world. In this episode, Tom Bilyeu breaks down why AI’s infrastructure challenge is different—and riskier—than anything we’ve seen before, explores how financial games can push risk onto unsuspecting investors, and shares what history can teach us about surviving and thriving in revolutionary times. If you want to avoid the landmines and position yourself on the winning side of the AI revolution, this is an episode you can’t afford to miss. Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Plaud: Get 10% off with code IMPACT at https://plaud.ai/impact Whatnot:Download the Whatnot app today and get free shipping on your first order.  AT&T Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact Truemed: Check your eligibility and start saving at https://truemed.com/impact Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact Pique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impact What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER: https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20showSCALING a business: see if you qualify here.: https://tombilyeu.com/callGet my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Let’s be real—California politics has officially crossed into full-blown chaos, and my jaw is on the floor. When election drama, viral tattoo scandals, and even AI outperforming humans all happen in one week, you KNOW you need Tom and Drew breaking it down for you. In today’s episode, Tom dives right into the wild world of mail-in ballots, voter ID controversy, fraud allegations, the truth about changing trendlines—and doesn’t shy away from the emotional side of why it matters (and why everyone is wound so tight right now). Drew jumps in as always with his own boots-on-the-ground experience, calling out the difference between internet noise and “IRL” reality at the voting centers. If you want a full, unfiltered, and sometimes uncomfortably honest take on California primaries, election integrity, and why everyone loses their minds every election cycle, pull up a seat. We’re not stopping there. Tom and Drew also take you into the heart of Middle East volatility—what’s REALLY going on between Israel and Iran, how Trump positions himself in negotiations, and why we keep ending up in endless quagmires. If you want to get smarter about what’s fueling the tension, this is your go-to. Oh, and for my fellow “I-just-want-boring-politics-back” sisters: there’s a moment in here that will have you nodding so hard your earbuds fall out. Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Plaud: Get 10% off with code IMPACT at https://plaud.ai/impact Whatnot:Download the Whatnot app today and get free shipping on your first order.  AT&T Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact Truemed: Check your eligibility and start saving at https://truemed.com/impact Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact Pique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impact What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER: https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20showSCALING a business: see if you qualify here.: https://tombilyeu.com/callGet my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome back to PT 2 of the Tom Bilyeu x Tommy Robinson interview. This part of the conversation focuses on the challenges facing British identity and culture amidst rising tensions around immigration, assimilation, and national values. A key theme that emerged was the need for building a positive movement rooted in celebrating British traditions rather than focusing on opposition. The discussion explored the complexities of protest, community organization, and working with authorities to ensure peaceful demonstrations, as well as the impact of government control and media narratives. Several points were raised, including concerns about the integration of Muslim communities, the strain on social systems, and the influence of foreign investment on national infrastructure. The conversation also delved into historical examples, the importance of strong male role models, and the revival of Christian faith as potential steps toward rebuilding a unified and resilient society. Throughout the episode, the speakers emphasized the significance of political engagement, the necessity of open debate, and the pursuit of solutions that honor both tradition and inclusivity, while cautioning against the dangers of polarization and the erosion of national identity. Chapters: 00:00 Purpose of the movement 04:06 Inviting Jordan and police relations 07:00 Discussion on cultural integration challenges 11:57 Halal policies in schools and prisons 14:02 Views on immigration and benefits 16:43 Concerns about national values and peace 19:49 Controversy over Quran verse interpretation 25:42 Resurgence of Christian faith in men 28:42 Embracing American values and diversity 31:25 Warning against manipulation and division 35:43 Finding a path from pub life 36:32 Men and women's societal roles 40:51 Discussing political change and awakening 42:53 Closing and subscribe reminder See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Sponsors: Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Plaud: Get 10% off with code TOM10 at https://plaud.ai/tom Whatnot:Download the Whatnot app today and get free shipping on your first order.  AT&T Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact Truemed: Check your eligibility and start saving at https://truemed.com/impact Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact Pique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impact Welcome to another electrifying episode of Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu! Today’s show dives deep into the wild world of AI—both its radical promise and the hidden risks shaking up the markets and society at large. Joining Tom Bilyeu is Ryan (channel moderator), as they unpack the latest on upcoming game-changing AI IPOs like SpaceX/X.AI, Anthropic, and OpenAI, and why everyday investors need to be cautious amidst the frenzy. We’ll explore how sweeping regulatory changes and sky-high valuations might signal trouble beneath all the hype, and why retail investors could be left holding the bag. Tom Bilyeu pulls no punches digging into Canada’s controversial AI policy, the global race for AI supremacy, and the “risk waterfall” threatening bubble-era losses for those not paying attention. But it’s not all heavy news—get ready for our Friday Funnies, a look at viral stories (from Legos to Hunter Biden’s social media renaissance), and a candid conversation about meaning, AI’s impacts, and the future of human purpose in an age of rapid change. Strap in: this is a wide-ranging, fast-paced ride through the headlines, hype cycles, and hard truths defining our transformational moment in tech and culture. Chapters: 00:00 SpaceX IPO and Nasdaq changes 05:07 SpaceX IPO as a liquidity event 14:31 AI investment risks and potential 17:24 AI investment caution and trends 23:13 Understanding investment and index basics 32:35 Accountability in AI development 38:18 Learning to Self-Educate and Compete 44:14 Finding personal meaning without AI 44:53 Finding Purpose and Meaning in Life 52:37 Dario Amadei and game theory discussions 58:06 AI and understanding consequences 01:02:18 Distrust in Government and Law 01:05:56 Body cam footage controversy 01:15:45 Cultural product misalignment discussion 01:19:15 Global supply chain concerns 01:23:31 Understanding global competition dynamics 01:30:54 Discussing a grounding conversation 01:32:39 Discussing political discourse See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today's conversation between Impact Theory host Tom Bilyeu and Tommy Robinson focuses on the rapid demographic and cultural shifts currently reshaping cities across the West, with particular emphasis on immigration, identity, and social cohesion. One concept discussed was how these changes are sparking some of the most contentious and consequential debates of the coming decade. A key theme that emerged was the tension between traditional national identity and values, and the effects of multicultural communities—particularly how integration, or the lack thereof, shapes perceptions of safety, belonging, and the preservation of cultural norms. The discussion explored personal experiences of growing up in a changing community, the challenges of assimilation, and the feeling of being unable to openly discuss sensitive issues due to fears of being labeled or facing legal and social repercussions. Several points were raised, including concerns over political correctness, the role of government and corporations in mass immigration policies, and the resulting impact on community values and public discourse. Listeners can expect a deep dive into not only the lived realities behind these societal changes, but also the broader forces—political, economic, and cultural—that drive and shape them. The episode presents a controversial and candid examination of what is at stake for the future, and invites audiences to reflect on the values that define collective identity and community in an increasingly complex world. Chapters: 00:00 UK immigration and political context 16:52 Discussing causes of public outrage 21:35 Discussing the George Floyd case 39:40 The influence of ideological beliefs 52:00 Discussing racial justice and perspectives 54:06 Nelson Mandela's Vision for Unity 01:10:30 Discussing labor and economic factors 01:19:06 AI's role in modern society 01:30:53 Modern struggles and wealth disparity 01:44:37 Questioning female representation in gaming 01:46:50 Discussion on attractive character design 02:04:16 Issues with police response to stabbing 02:07:34 Obsessing over achieving goals See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome to another intense episode of The Tom Bilyeu Show. Today, Tom & Co-host Drew tackle some of the most divisive and urgent headlines shaping global discourse. In the wake of the shocking body cam footage revealing Henry Nowak's final moments and the resulting riots across the UK, Tom explores the viral online comparisons between Britain’s response to the deaths of George Floyd and Henry Nowak, digging into the broader implications for culture, politics, and the escalating tensions around immigration and anti-white bias. They break down the details: the fatal altercation, two-tiered policing, and the ripple effect this incident has had—drawing in political leaders, fueling protests, and exposing perceived double standards in justice and public outrage. The conversation delves deep into the roots of these societal clashes, including how narratives around victimhood, race, and ideology are amplifying divisions both in the UK and beyond. But the episode doesn’t stop there—world events from Russia’s attack on Ukraine, to debates over the government’s role in AI, to controversies igniting the gaming world, all collide in this multi-faceted discussion. Buckle up for a powerful and nuanced conversation that doesn’t shy away from the hard questions. 00:00 UK immigration and political context 16:52 Discussing causes of public outrage 21:35 Discussing the George Floyd case 39:40 The influence of ideological beliefs 52:00 Discussing racial justice and perspectives 54:06 Nelson Mandela's Vision for Unity 01:10:30 Discussing labor and economic factors 01:19:06 AI's role in modern society 01:30:53 Modern struggles and wealth disparity 01:44:37 Questioning female representation in gaming 01:46:50 Discussion on attractive character design 02:04:16 Issues with police response to stabbing 02:07:34 Obsessing over achieving goals See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome back to Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu. In today’s episode, Tom Bilyeu dives deep into one of the most provocative questions facing science and philosophy: Do we really have free will, or are we all just highly sophisticated NPCs—non-player characters—running a program inside a vast, resource-efficient simulation? Drawing on groundbreaking neuroscience experiments, the story of Phineas Gage, quantum mechanics, and the work of leading thinkers like Robert Sapolsky, Tom Bilyeu challenges everything we think we know about choice, consciousness, and the true nature of reality. But this isn’t an episode about nihilism. Instead, Tom Bilyeu reveals why embracing the truth of a stochastically deterministic universe can actually make life feel more meaningful, freeing us from the weight of the past and inspiring us to make the most of every moment—programmed or not. Get ready to question your assumptions and see the world from a whole new perspective. Truemed: Check your eligibility and start saving at https://truemed.com/impact Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact Pique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impact Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Plaud: Get 10% off with code TOM10 at https://plaud.ai/tom Whatnot: AT&T Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER: https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20showSCALING a business: see if you qualify here.: https://tombilyeu.com/callGet my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome back to Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu! In this episode, Tom is joined by returning co-host Drew and team member Ryan to dive into some of the most pressing topics shaping our world today. The discussion kicks off with celebrations—both personal and technological—as Drew shares his recent experience producing a short film and Tom breaks down the astonishing advancements in AI, notably Claude Opus 4.8’s breakthrough performance on "humanity’s last exam." The conversation evolves to explore the implications of AI for the job market, society, and creativity, as Tom and Drew challenge the widespread fears and hype around artificial general intelligence. They examine the paradoxical effects of technological disruption, the shifting landscape of employment, and the need for personal adaptability amidst rapid change. The team also tackles recent events ranging from protests at ICE facilities and global political developments in Iran to economic impacts of rising energy prices and cultural upheaval seen in global sports celebrations. With lively audience engagement and thought-provoking super chats, this episode delivers a sharp, no-holds-barred analysis on how technology, culture, and leadership are intertwining to shape our future. Whether you’re an entrepreneur, creative, or just trying to figure out your next move in a rapidly changing world, tune in for a masterclass in adaptation, resilience, and critical thinking. Truemed: Check your eligibility and start saving at https://truemed.com/impact Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact Pique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impact Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Plaud: Get 10% off with code TOM10 at https://plaud.ai/tom Whatnot: AT&T Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER: https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20showSCALING a business: see if you qualify here.: https://tombilyeu.com/callGet my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Real talk: if you’ve ever felt powerless or trapped by the “way things are,” THIS half of the conversation might change your entire reality. I push Simon Dixon even further—how do the powers that be see the next phase? Why are countries like China and blocks like BRICS rising (and what does “multipolar world” even mean for the rest of us)? What about the average person—do we even stand a chance? We dive into the macro shifts happening under the surface—from America’s last gasp of extraction, to how China leverages its own rules, to multipolarity in Africa, the Middle East, and beyond. But it’s not just doom: Simon lays out the actual escape routes, from Bitcoin to local sovereignty, and the radical (surprisingly practical!) ways we can reclaim autonomy right now. Don’t miss the Satoshi Nakamoto bombshell at the end—why Bitcoin may have started as an “op,” and why true self-custody is your ticket to freedom. Ketone IQ: Visit ⁠https://ketone.com/IMPACT⁠ for 30% OFF your subscription orderQuince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at ⁠https://quince.com/impactpod⁠AT&T Business: Switch to AT&T Business at ⁠business.att.com⁠ Monetary Metals: Future-proof your wealth at ⁠https://monetarymetals.com/impact⁠ AquaTru: 20% off your purifier with code IMPACT ⁠https://aquatru.com⁠Truemed: Check your eligibility and start saving at ⁠https://truemed.com/impact⁠Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: ⁠https://incogni.com/impact⁠Pique: 20% off at ⁠https://piquelife.com/impact⁠ Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at ⁠https://shopify.com/impact⁠ What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business:⁠ join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER⁠: ⁠https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20show⁠ SCALING a business:⁠ see if you qualify here.⁠: ⁠https://tombilyeu.com/call⁠ Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox:⁠ sign up here.⁠: ⁠https://tombilyeu.com/⁠ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast,⁠ Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook⁠ —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram:⁠ https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/⁠ Tik Tok:⁠ https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en⁠ Twitter:⁠ https://twitter.com/tombilyeu⁠ YouTube:⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome back to the Tom Bilyeu Show Live! On today’s episode, Tom is joined by his beloved wife, Lisa, for a deep dive into this week’s economic and political turbulence. From explosive AI valuations and the dangers of narrative-driven investing to provocative policy proposals—including California’s potential billionaire wealth tax and Newsom’s contentious plan to tax Trump’s anti-weaponization fund—nothing is off the table. We discuss historical lessons in economic bubbles, strategies for surviving inflation and debt, and the core mechanics of how assets, taxes, and government policy interact to shape everyone’s financial future. Plus, Tom unpacks the story behind Peter Thiel’s move to Argentina, the role of unions, and shocking claims about what taxpayer dollars are funding. Whether you’re an investor trying to protect your portfolio or simply want to understand the forces shaping your wallet, this episode is packed with first-principles thinking, candid debate, and actionable insights to empower your decisions in uncertain times. Chapter Notes: 00:00 Understanding narrative vs. fundamental investing 07:13 Investing in AI and infrastructure 13:20 Diversifying investments across assets 20:07 Understanding body biology at Quest 21:28 Discovering the Eurodollar market 29:31 Entrepreneurship over saving for wealth 33:42 Discussion on tax distribution 37:29 Government control and economic impact 47:11 Debating area's affordability and value 50:30 Debate over Trump's legal defense fund 54:48 Discussing January 6th repercussions 01:00:36 Discussing personal assumptions and surprises 01:08:23 Questioning personal beliefs and goals 01:11:32 Intellectual humility and growth 01:16:44 Peter Thiel's global relocation plans 01:20:44 Concerns about political leadership 01:28:49 Armed gangs in Canada 01:30:55 Discussing left vs right politics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Part 1: Who Really Runs the World? Simon Dixon Exposes the Power Structures You’re Not Meant to See Okay, buckle up—today’s episode is not for the faint of heart. I sat down with Simon Dixon, legendary investor, Bitcoin OG, and ex-investment banker, and let’s just say he’s not here to sugarcoat anything about who actually controls our money, our governments, and, yes—our lives. If you’ve ever felt like the system is rigged, but couldn’t put your finger on how, Simon paints the clearest, most disturbing picture of the power structures you never learned about in school. With every word, he pulls back the curtain on the “complexes”—military, financial, technological—that quietly shape global events. We go deep on how fiat currency is manufactured, why every government seems totally bought, and why your political choices may be more of an illusion than you’ve ever realized. (Seriously, if you care about understanding global power, wealth concentration, and what REALLY drives war and society, you need this episode.) SHOWNOTES [00:00] Simon Dixon’s Introduction: From investment banker to Bitcoin investor—why he’s the ultimate insider-outsider. [00:40] What is a “power structure”? Military, Financial, and Technological industrial complexes explained. [03:00] How profit and war are inextricably linked, and why companies truly “need” ongoing conflict. [04:17] Where does government fit? Why politicians are just actors and the real control lies elsewhere. [07:38] Understanding central banking: Why money is debt, and how the entire system is designed as a Ponzi scheme. [15:05] How the monetary system traps everyone with credit, debt, and obligations that literally cannot be repaid. [19:07] How politicians become useful to lobbyists, and how that advances careers (not people’s interests) [27:00] How net worth and CEO “success” are always, always conditional on compliance with the financial industrial complex. [34:51] The origin story of Israel, the British Empire, military profit—and how war and resource acquisition drive everything. [41:49] Why new technologies are tested in war zones, and how surveillance, data, and state control evolve from there. [46:20] How the system manufactures “acceptable” narratives: manipulating humanitarian crises for profit and power. [52:39] Who owns what? How wealth gets concentrated and why 10% control 92% of the global stock market. [54:11] Israel’s alignment with military industrial complex and why endless war is a business model. [57:07] Egypt’s resistance, IMF debt, and the mechanics of ending empires. [01:02:13] Enter BlackRock: Mortgage-backed securities, global asset management, and controlling IF a company “lives or dies.” [01:07:22] How BlackRock’s “Aladdin” leverages $25 trillion to scenario-plan global finance. [01:14:17] Iran, Venezuela, and engineered economic collapse—how currency warfare destabilizes nations for profit. Simon Dixon’s Handles: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@simondixon21 Blog: https://simondixon.com Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/SimonDixonTwitt Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription orderQuince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpodAT&T Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Monetary Metals: Future-proof your wealth at https://monetarymetals.com/impact AquaTru: 20% off your purifier with code IMPACT https://aquatru.comTruemed: Check your eligibility and start saving at https://truemed.com/impactIncogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impactPique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impact Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER:  https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20show SCALING a business: see if you qualify here.:  https://tombilyeu.com/call Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome to another thought-provoking episode of Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu and special guest co-host Lisa Bilyeu. Broadcasting from their home studio, Tom and Lisa dive deep into the latest headlines and societal shifts that are shaping our world. In this episode, they tackle pressing topics, including the chaotic state of U.S.-Iran negotiations and what it signals about America's global standing, the Pope's recent "holy war" on artificial intelligence and its implications for humanity, controversial property rights proposals in New York City, and the alarming erosion of free speech in the West. Through candid conversation and contrasting perspectives, Tom and Lisa Bilyeu explore the intersection of logic, emotion, politics, and technology—challenging listeners to think critically about the future of democracy, individual rights, and the ever-accelerating influence of AI. Whether wrestling with philosophical debates on liberty, obligations to country, or the pitfalls of authoritarianism and collectivism, this episode pulls no punches and invites you to join the conversation on the issues that matter most. What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER:  https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20show SCALING a business: see if you qualify here.:  https://tombilyeu.com/call Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

00:00 - Intro 02:05 - Part 1: The Economic Maginot Line Was Just Breached 07:50 - Part 2: The Inflation Cage Is Closing 14:06 - Part 3: The Stock Market is Becoming Irrational What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER:  https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20show SCALING a business: see if you qualify here.:  https://tombilyeu.com/call Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription orderQuince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpodAT&T Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Monetary Metals: Future-proof your wealth at https://monetarymetals.com/impact AquaTru: 20% off your purifier with code IMPACT https://aquatru.comTruemed: Check your eligibility and start saving at https://truemed.com/impactIncogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impactPique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impact Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER:  https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20show SCALING a business: see if you qualify here.:  https://tombilyeu.com/call Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription orderQuince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpodAT&T Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Monetary Metals: Future-proof your wealth at https://monetarymetals.com/impact AquaTru: 20% off your purifier with code IMPACT https://aquatru.comTruemed: Check your eligibility and start saving at https://truemed.com/impactIncogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impactPique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impact Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact In today's episode, we break down Tommy Robinson's massive London rally, what the crowd size actually reveals about Britain's immigration breaking point, and why the values collision happening across the West can no longer be ignored. We dive into Trump's brand new $1.776 billion DOJ fund — the so-called "anti-weaponization" payout — and unpack why this looks less like justice for the wrongly persecuted and more like a president quietly pardoning himself. We wade into one of the most consequential primary defeats in recent memory — Thomas Massie's loss to an AIPAC-backed challenger — and what the demographic breakdown reveals about who's actually being radicalized when billionaires try to buy elections in the social media age. tom bilyeu, impact theory, tom bilyeu show, weekly recap, tommy robinson, tommy robinson rally, london rally, uk immigration, britain immigration crisis, immigration debate, values collision, mass immigration, trump doj, trump slush fund, 1.7 billion fund, trump anti weaponization, trump pardon, doj corruption, trump corruption, thomas massie, massie primary, massie loses, aipac, aipac money, aipac influence, israel lobby, congressional primary, political corruption, political commentary, news Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome back to Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu. In part two of this dynamic conversation, Tom Bilyeu sits down with entrepreneur and author Daniel Priestley to unpack the hidden forces shaping today's economic landscape. Together, they dig deep into models of wealth redistribution, the power—and peril—of technological disruption, and why some countries like those in the Nordics seem to make social safety nets work, while others struggle. Daniel Priestley pulls back the curtain on what really drives inequality in the modern era, from government competence to the impact of repeated technological revolutions. The discussion tackles hot topics like universal basic income, the role of sovereign wealth funds, and what future generations can expect as artificial intelligence reaches an inflection point. Whether you’re curious about the fate of the middle class, the future of property ownership, or how to stay ahead in a shifting economy, this conversation is packed with actionable insights and bold predictions. Buckle up for a riveting exploration of economics, technology, and the very rules that will define our future. What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER:  https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20show SCALING a business: see if you qualify here.:  https://tombilyeu.com/call Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription orderQuince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpodAT&T Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impactShopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact Netsuite: Right now, get our free business guide, Demystifying AI, at https://NetSuite.com/Theory Quo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact Monetary Metals: Future-proof your wealth at https://monetarymetals.com/impactPique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impact Follow Daniel Priestley:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danielpriestleyTwitter: https://twitter.com/DanielPriestleyLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielpriestleyWebsite: https://danielpriestley.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome to Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu. In today's final London episode, we dig into the unverified Iran framework reportedly brokered between the US and Tehran — a 30-day pause that may have more to do with calming a fracturing bond market than ending a war. Joining Tom is Drew, who walks us through the leaked terms, why Netanyahu reportedly had "his hair on fire" on a call with Trump, and what Israel's rumored surprise strike could mean for any path to a permanent deal. From there, the conversation widens into the wealth extraction lens on modern warfare, the three industrial complexes running the show, and the four simultaneous bond markets flashing historic warning signs. Tom breaks down the Cape ratio hitting levels not seen since 1929 and 1999, walks through his own personal portfolio (three years in cash, Bitcoin, gold, short-term US debt, and broad diversification), and explains why timing the market is a fool's errand compared to building a thesis. We also cover Bernie Sanders' new bill to cap super PAC contributions at $5K — a rare moment of cross-aisle agreement for Tom — alongside a brutal point-by-point dismantling of California gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer's claim that we just need to "tax billionaires more." Spoiler: per-capita inflation-adjusted spending on transportation, healthcare, and education is already up 50%, 100%, and 700% respectively since 1952. The problem isn't taxation. It's competence. Plus: the largest autism fraud case in US history out of Minnesota, AOC's brown-water data center stunt that Tom calls "treasonous," Jeff Bezos predicting AI will let one spouse leave the workforce, the AI-made film premiering at Cannes, Spotify and Universal's new AI remix licensing deal, the Figure robot running 200 hours error-free, and a viral CEO firing his entire HR department. Whether you're here for the geopolitics, the macro economics, or Tom's no-anonymous-feedback management philosophy, this episode covers a lot of ground from the road. Hit subscribe. What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER:  https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20show SCALING a business: see if you qualify here.:  https://tombilyeu.com/call Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription orderQuince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpodAT&T Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impactShopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact Netsuite: Right now, get our free business guide, Demystifying AI, at https://NetSuite.com/Theory Quo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact Monetary Metals: Future-proof your wealth at https://monetarymetals.com/impactPique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impact tom bilyeu, impact theory, tom bilyeu show, tom bilyeu live, drew, iran ceasefire, trump iran, netanyahu, israel iran, ukraine russia, bond market, cape ratio, jeff bezos ai, bernie sanders super pac, tom steyer, tax the rich, billionaire tax, minnesota fraud, feeding our future, jd vance, aoc data center, ai film cannes, spotify ai, universal music ai, figure robot, asmongold ai, tommy robinson, mamdani, money in politics, wealth extraction, citizens united, london podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What's up, guys? Today, I am fired up to bring you an essential episode with serial entrepreneur, author, and economic thought leader Daniel Priestley. Daniel is an expert on entrepreneurship, the future of work, and how technology is driving long-term societal disruption. With a powerful grasp of history and a keen eye on where things are heading, Daniel breaks down everything you need to understand about economic revolutions, inequality, and why socialism is suddenly such a big talking point. In this conversation, Daniel and I dive deep into how AI, rising inflation, and broken social contracts are setting the stage for massive change—and what that means for all of us. He shares the blueprint history provides for moving beyond economic stagnation, what fuels resentment and unrest, and why understanding competition, ownership, and values is vital if you want to thrive in today’s world. By the end of this episode, you’ll walk away with a clearer understanding of the real drivers behind economic turmoil, why surface solutions like simple wealth redistribution miss the mark, and how you can position yourself to survive and win, no matter how crazy the system gets. If this episode brings you value, please leave us a review—it’s the best way to help us reach more ambitious minds like yours who are ready to break through and unlock their potential. I’m Tom Bilyeu, and welcome to Impact Theory. Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription orderQuince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpodAT&T Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impactShopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact Netsuite: Right now, get our free business guide, Demystifying AI, at https://NetSuite.com/Theory Quo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact Monetary Metals: Future-proof your wealth at https://monetarymetals.com/impactPique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impact What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER:  https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20show SCALING a business: see if you qualify here.:  https://tombilyeu.com/call Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Follow Daniel Priestley:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danielpriestleyTwitter: https://twitter.com/DanielPriestleyLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielpriestleyWebsite: https://danielpriestley.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Tom and Drew break down a stacked news day starting with the Trump DOJ signing off on a $1.776 billion "anti-weaponization" settlement that wraps up Trump's pending lawsuits and grants tax-investigation immunity to him, Donald Jr., Eric, and the Trump Organization for any returns filed before the investigation date. Tom unpacks why this functions as a soft self-pardon, why the slush fund framing is structurally dangerous regardless of the merits, and why presidents need to operate knowing every move will be scrutinized after they leave office. From there, the guys get into Trump claiming he paused a bombing campaign against Iran an hour before it was set to launch at the request of GCC nations, US bond yields hitting their highest level since 2007, and the AIPAC-funded primary takedown of Thomas Massie in Kentucky — the one Congressman wearing a pin tracking the national debt, now removed by lobby money in the most naked display of money-in-politics this cycle. Tom delivers an extended argument on the overproduction of elites — why too many people are being pushed into white-collar tracks the economy can't reward, how this fuels the resentment cycle driving political instability, and why historical empires (including pre-Revolution France) collapsed under the same dynamic. He walks through the Niall Ferguson book on the Rothschilds as a case study for understanding the meta-rules of how the world actually works, and pushes back hard against the Jeff Bezos pitch to exempt lower earners from federal taxes — arguing that everyone paying in is the only mechanism that keeps the government accountable. Plus: Mark Zuckerberg's leaked audio explaining why Meta is recording employee computer use to train AI amid the layoffs, why Tom is heading to Piers Morgan to debate AI displacement, how Kobe Bryant's pivot from basketball to filmmaking models the right mindset for navigating technological disruption, Ashley St. Clair's claim that Elon had access to 2024 election data, and Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson saying she "felt seen" being called a communist by Trump. This one is dense. Tom is in deep-dive mode the whole episode, particularly on the central banking and inflation theft mechanics that he argues are the real engine behind almost every political fight currently dominating the news cycle. What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER:  https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20show SCALING a business: see if you qualify here.:  https://tombilyeu.com/call Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription orderQuince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpodAT&T Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impactShopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact Netsuite: Right now, get our free business guide, Demystifying AI, at https://NetSuite.com/Theory Quo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact Monetary Metals: Future-proof your wealth at https://monetarymetals.com/impactPique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impact Tom Bilyeu, Impact Theory, Drew, Trump DOJ settlement, Trump tax immunity, IRS slush fund, 1.776 billion, Trump Iran bombing paused, US bond yields 2026, Thomas Massie AIPAC, Massie Kentucky primary, money in politics, Mark Zuckerberg leaked audio, Meta AI surveillance, AI layoffs, Piers Morgan, Katie Wilson Seattle mayor, communist mayor, Jeff Bezos taxes, nurse in Queens, overproduction of elites, Niall Ferguson Rothschild, French Revolution, inflation theft, central banking, Ashley St Clair Elon, 2024 election data Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome back to Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu. In today’s deep dive, we’re unpacking the often-misunderstood story of Sweden’s economic transformation—and the crucial lessons it holds for America. Our host challenges the popular narrative that Sweden’s “Nordic model” is a socialist success story, revealing instead how excessive wealth redistribution led to Sweden’s economic collapse in the 1990s. We’ll explore how the country’s dramatic shift toward market reforms reignited innovation and prosperity, and why attempts to replicate a large-scale welfare state—without robust economic growth—are doomed to fail. Drawing on global case studies, tax migration, and the pitfalls of top-down controls, you’ll learn why wealth creation must come before redistribution, and why real solutions require fiscal discipline and honest debate about the costs of our social programs. If you’ve ever wondered what America can—and can’t—learn from Sweden, this episode is for you. 00:00 - Intro 02:33 - Part 1: The Real Sweden — How They Killed the Nordic Model and Got Rich 07:04 - Part 2: The Power Law of Prosperity — Why Socialism Fails at Scale 20:03 - Part 3: How Every Bloated Welfare State Eventually Collapses 26:39 - Part 4: The Path Forward — How America Avoids Sweden's Mistake What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER:  https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20show SCALING a business: see if you qualify here.:  https://tombilyeu.com/call Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription orderQuince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpodAT&T Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impactShopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact Netsuite: Right now, get our free business guide, Demystifying AI, at https://NetSuite.com/Theory Quo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact Monetary Metals: Future-proof your wealth at https://monetarymetals.com/impact Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Most people think that space-time and the physical universe are the ultimate reality—something solid and unchangeable, governed by the laws of physics. But what if that's just the tip of the iceberg? What if our everyday experience is nothing more than a kind of VR headset, a useful interface that hides the deeper layers of reality from us? I find this idea not only fascinating, but increasingly convincing, especially as breakthroughs in both physics and computational theory keep bending the boundaries of what's possible. To challenge our assumptions and help us explore what's really behind the headset, I bring you today's guest—a cognitive scientist who argues that space-time is not fundamental, and that consciousness might be the true base reality. He believes that if we figure out the code underlying the simulation, we could unlock possibilities that make nuclear weapons look like firecrackers—and that the future of science is about to blow our collective minds. With that in mind, I bring you Donald Hoffman. Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription orderQuince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpodMonetary Metals: Future-proof your wealth at https://monetarymetals.com/impactTruemed: Check your eligibility and start saving at https://truemed.com/impactAT&T Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.comIncogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impactShopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impactNetsuite: Right now, get our free business guide, Demystifying AI, at https://NetSuite.com/TheoryQuo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Thanks To Our Sponsor Kalshi: http://kalshi.com/r/IMPACT Welcome back to Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu, coming to you live from London! In this episode, Tom and Drew dive into a whirlwind of urgent headlines and provocative issues facing the world today. From explosive allegations of insider trading against President Trump—with a staggering 3,700 stock trades in the first quarter of 2026 alone—to the ongoing controversy around politicians trading stocks, Tom does not hold back on why this is a dangerous conflict of interest threatening democracy. The episode also explores the escalating political battle in Kentucky, where APAC-backed super PACs are pouring unprecedented levels of funding to unseat Congressman Massie, igniting fresh debates about the corrosive role of money in politics. Tom and Drew break down the surge of government fraud investigations, the challenging realities of fraud in both red and blue states, and dissect the latest tech stories—including the wild results of AI agents left unsupervised in virtual simulations. Across the pond, the duo reflects on attending a massive—and contentious—Tommy Robinson rally in London, offering on-the-ground insights into the simmering immigration debate and cultural clashes reshaping the UK and the West. Plus: tinfoil-hat-worthy discussion on the rise of tick-borne meat allergies and whether elite meddling is behind it all. With robust debates, sharp analysis, and live audience questions, this episode promises to challenge assumptions and pull back the curtain on the powerful interests shaping our world right now. What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER:  https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20show SCALING a business: see if you qualify here.:  https://tombilyeu.com/call Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription orderQuince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpodAT&T Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impactShopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact Netsuite: Right now, get our free business guide, Demystifying AI, at https://NetSuite.com/Theory Quo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact Monetary Metals: Future-proof your wealth at https://monetarymetals.com/impact Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER:  https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20show SCALING a business: see if you qualify here.:  https://tombilyeu.com/call Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription orderQuince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpodAT&T Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impactShopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact Netsuite: Right now, get our free business guide, Demystifying AI, at https://NetSuite.com/Theory Quo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact Monetary Metals: Future-proof your wealth at https://monetarymetals.com/impact In today's episode, we dive into the chaotic political landscape surrounding the Los Angeles mayoral race and the attack ads being launched against Republican candidate Spencer Pratt. We dive into the rapidly accelerating AI revolution and the political, economic, and social earthquakes already shaking American workers to the core. We wade into one of the most explosive political stories in America right now — New York City's new socialist mayor Zohran Mamdani and what his first budget actually reveals about the future of urban economics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome back to the Tom Bilyeu Show Live, broadcasting straight from London, where Tom Bilyeu and Drew break down the world's most pressing news, geopolitical power plays, and technological disruptions. In this episode, they unpack the historic Trump-Xi summit in China — what it means for the Thucydides Trap, dollar diplomacy, Iran, the Strait of Hormuz, and the looming question of Taiwan — and why Trump bringing 20 of the world's biggest CEOs (Musk, Huang, Cook, Boeing, BlackRock, Goldman) may signal the most important pivot in modern US foreign policy. The conversation moves into the Bernie Sanders and AOC bill to freeze every AI data center in the country, why young people and women are leading the pushback, and why Tom argues this is a Manhattan Project moment we cannot afford to lose to China. They debate whether AI is a doomsday weapon or the path to an age of abundance, the real cause of resentment driving anti-AI sentiment, and what happens to the workforce when the Industrial Revolution plays out in five years instead of one hundred. From there, Tom and Drew take on Kamala Harris's new policy pitch and the Democratic Party's identity crisis, Gavin Newsom's "balanced budget" sleight of hand, what Tom learned doing a deep dive on the Nordic model (spoiler: Sweden is begging us to stop calling them socialist), the math problem of open borders plus a welfare state, and why Christopher Nolan's Odyssey casting has the internet at war before the movie even hits theaters. If you want no-nonsense geopolitical analysis, a brutally honest take on AI's impact on your future, and a call to greater personal responsibility in a populist moment, this episode cuts through the noise with clarity, history, and a little bit of humor. Ketone IQ: Visit ⁠https://ketone.com/IMPACT⁠ for 30% OFF your subscription orderQuince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at ⁠https://quince.com/impactpod⁠Monetary Metals: Future-proof your wealth at ⁠https://monetarymetals.com/impact⁠Truemed: Check your eligibility and start saving at ⁠https://truemed.com/impact⁠AT&T Business: Switch to AT&T Business at ⁠business.att.com⁠Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: ⁠https://incogni.com/impact⁠Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at ⁠https://shopify.com/impact⁠Netsuite: Right now, get our free business guide, Demystifying AI, at ⁠https://NetSuite.com/Theory⁠Quo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at ⁠https://quo.com/impact⁠ What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business:⁠ join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER⁠:  ⁠https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20show⁠ SCALING a business:⁠ see if you qualify here.⁠:  ⁠https://tombilyeu.com/call⁠ Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox:⁠ sign up here.⁠: ⁠https://tombilyeu.com/⁠ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast,⁠ Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook⁠ —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram:⁠ https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/⁠ Tik Tok:⁠ https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en⁠ Twitter:⁠ https://twitter.com/tombilyeu⁠ YouTube:⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Tom Bilyeu, Drew, Tom Bilyeu Show, Trump Xi summit, US China relations, Thucydides Trap, dollar diplomacy, Strait of Hormuz, Iran, Taiwan, rare earths, Xi Jinping, AI data centers, Bernie Sanders, AOC, Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act, Kevin O'Leary, AGI, fast takeoff, AI race, China AI, Manhattan Project, age of abundance, job displacement, female dominated jobs, Kamala Harris, Supreme Court ethics, Clarence Thomas, gerrymandering, populism, Gavin Newsom, California budget, Nordic model, Sweden socialism, Mamdani, open borders, welfare state, immigration, Christopher Nolan, Odyssey, modern audience, GTA 6, Fourth Turning, geopolitics, 2026 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome to Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu. In today’s mind-bending episode, Tom sits down with cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman, who challenges everything you think you know about reality, consciousness, and the very fabric of our universe. What if the world around us isn’t the fundamental base of existence, but rather, nothing more than a meticulously rendered simulation—an efficient computational interface, like a high-tech headset, designed to help us survive, not reveal the truth?Together, Tom and Donald dive deep into groundbreaking theories emerging from the frontlines of quantum physics and mathematics, including “positive geometries” and the idea that spacetime is not fundamental. They break down complex scientific concepts—like Markov chains and the hard problem of consciousness—into compelling metaphors drawn from video games, virtual reality, and computation.Throughout the conversation, they grapple with the illusion of free will, the meaning of “base reality,” and whether consciousness is ultimately all there is—hinting at a future where understanding the software outside the headset could make today’s technology look like child’s play. Whether you’re a skeptic, a seeker, or just driven by unending curiosity, you’re in for an episode that could forever shift your perception of what it means to be real. What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER:  https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20show SCALING a business: see if you qualify here.:  https://tombilyeu.com/call Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription orderQuince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpodMonetary Metals: Future-proof your wealth at https://monetarymetals.com/impactTruemed: Check your eligibility and start saving at https://truemed.com/impactAT&T Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.comIncogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impactShopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impactNetsuite: Right now, get our free business guide, Demystifying AI, at https://NetSuite.com/TheoryQuo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome back to the Tom Bilyeu Show Live, where Tom and Ryan break down the world's biggest stories, the policy fights nobody wants to have honestly, and the technological shifts quietly rewriting the next decade. With Drew out sick, Ryan steps in to dig into Trump's high-stakes Beijing summit — 17 of America's most powerful CEOs in tow, rare earth metals on the table, Boeing chasing a 500-jet deal, and Xi Jinping playing the long game from a position of patient strength. The conversation expands into the Cold War 2.0 reality unfolding on US soil, as the mayor of Arcadia, California admits to acting as a foreign agent of China — and Tom unpacks why this is likely the tip of a much deeper iceberg involving farmland purchases, property near military bases, and influence operations the US has been slow to confront. From there, Tom delivers a brutal real-talk audit of Mamdani's balanced New York City budget, the Pieta Terror tax, and why the Nordic model everyone keeps invoking hasn't actually existed in Sweden for decades — using a deep economic breakdown of how Sweden quietly became one of the most capitalist countries in Europe, with more billionaires per capita than America. Then things get spicy: AI is coming for female-dominated white-collar jobs first, men are quietly migrating into the trades and data center construction, and Tom argues the unexpected force creating a new wave of "trad wives" won't be religion — it'll be ChatGPT. Plus: real-life Gundam mechs in Japan, why social safety nets don't scale past 100 million people, the Thucydides Trap looming over US-China relations, post-WWII tax rates and the myth of the 90% bracket, and a sharp closing exchange between Tom and Ryan on ambition, hormones, and whether women "wearing the pants" and women being highly capable are actually the same conversation. If you want geopolitics without the cable news spin, economics without the bumper sticker slogans, and a host willing to praise his political opposite when they get something right — this episode delivers honesty, history, and the kind of clarity that's getting harder to find. 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Welcome to Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu. In today’s episode, we dive deep into one of the most mind-bending questions of our time: Are we living in a simulation? Our journey begins with Frank Drake’s famous equation, which predicts that our galaxy should be brimming with alien civilizations—yet, the universe remains eerily silent. This contradiction, known as the Fermi Paradox, leads us into a four-part exploration where we’ll challenge everything you think you know about reality. From the possibility of self-replicating machines and the uncanny fine-tuning of the universe's physical constants, to the strange “resolution limits” that hint at the pixelation of reality, and the mysterious way mathematics seems to be woven into the very fabric of the cosmos—today’s episode will walk you through brick by brick evidence drawn from the frontiers of physics and philosophy. Get ready, as we question the nature of existence itself, and consider if the simulation hypothesis is not just science fiction—but the most compelling framework to explain the deepest mysteries of our universe. What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER:  https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20show SCALING a business: see if you qualify here.:  https://tombilyeu.com/call Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription orderQuince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpodMonetary Metals: Future-proof your wealth at https://monetarymetals.com/impactTruemed: Check your eligibility and start saving at https://truemed.com/impactAT&T Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.comIncogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impactShopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impactNetsuite: Right now, get our free business guide, Demystifying AI, at https://NetSuite.com/TheoryQuo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact 00:00 - Intro 02:16 - Part 1: The Silence of the Universe Demands an Explanation 09:18 - Part 2: The Universe Appears to Be Custom Built Just For Us 16:19 - Part 3: Reality Has a Floor That We Can’t Get Beneath 19:24 - Part 4: The Universe Is Made of Math, So the Simulation Can Run Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome back to the Tom Bilyeu Show Live, where Tom Bilyeu and Drew break down the world’s most pressing news, cultural shifts, and technological disruptions. In this episode, they dive into the rapidly evolving landscape of AI and its impact on recent graduates and the workforce, the unfolding drama surrounding the Iran nuclear deal and U.S. foreign policy, and the rising tensions in global hotspots from Ukraine to Taiwan. The conversation doesn’t stop there—they take on controversial domestic topics including rent control, homelessness, the economic pitfalls of government-run initiatives like California's free diaper program, and the polarization infecting local and national politics. Tom Bilyeu and Drew also discuss how AI is poised to reshape female-dominated industries, the psychology behind resentment and populism in America, and the future of automation, including the emergence of domestic and battle-ready robots. If you’re looking for no-nonsense analysis, a dose of history, and a call to greater personal responsibility in these turbulent times, this episode cuts through the noise with honesty, clarity, and a little bit of humor. Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription orderQuince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpodMonetary Metals: Future-proof your wealth at https://monetarymetals.com/impactTruemed: Check your eligibility and start saving at https://truemed.com/impactAT&T Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.comIncogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impactShopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impactNetsuite: Right now, get our free business guide, Demystifying AI, at https://NetSuite.com/TheoryQuo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER:  https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20show SCALING a business: see if you qualify here.:  https://tombilyeu.com/call Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu AI, artificial intelligence, Industrial Revolution, Iran, Trump, Project Freedom, Netanyahu, Ukraine war, Putin, commencement speaker, job displacement, female dominated jobs, AI replacement, Industrial Revolution impact, generative AI, data centers, debt, corporate ladder, personal responsibility, political ads, midterms, US-Iran nuclear deal, Greater North America, China, Taiwan, supply chain, wealth disparity, rent control, housing crisis, NGOs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Welcome back to Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu. In this riveting second part of their conversation, Tom Bilyeu sits down again with evolutionary psychologist and author Dr. Gad Saad to unpack the dangers of 'suicidal empathy,' cultural differences in value systems, and the unintended consequences of unchecked compassion within Western societies. Together, they explore why the West often fails to understand reciprocal relationships, the impact of demographic shifts, and how a lack of 'cultural theory of mind' can lead to disastrous policy decisions. Dr. Gad Saad draws on evolutionary psychology to explain everything from immigration dynamics to the feminization of institutions, and offers sharp commentary on political polarization, economic responsibility, and the importance of values in sustaining a civilization. Get ready for a thought-provoking, at times provocative, dialogue that questions the very foundations of empathy, responsibility, and what it means to safeguard a culture’s future. Pre-order "Suicidal Empathy" wherever books are sold. X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/GadSaad YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLH7qUqM0PLieCVaHA7RegA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.gadsaad The Saad Truth Podcast: https://thesaadtruth.com 00:00 Discussing demographic changes in Europe 07:03 America's immigrant roots and challenges 14:29 Cultural empathy and its challenges 20:41 Language etiquette in Lebanon and Quebec 25:33 Challenging stereotypes and assumptions 29:26 Critique of welfare systems 33:41 Critique of government overreach 40:26 A friendship ended over Trump 44:55 Discussing the Enigma of Reason 52:48 Women leaders in academia 55:58 Challenging stereotypes and harsh realities 59:17 Discussing gender traits in academia What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER:  https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20show SCALING a business: see if you qualify here.:  https://tombilyeu.com/call Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Blinkist: Start your free trial at https://blinkist.com/impact AT&T Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpodMonetary Metals: Future-proof your wealth at https://monetarymetals.com/impactTruemed: Check your eligibility and start saving at https://truemed.com/impactShopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impactKetone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome back to Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu, where today’s episode tackles the chaos and complexity of our rapidly changing world. From escalating tensions in the Middle East and the geopolitical chessboard around Iran, to the domestic battles over tariffs, manufacturing, and the future of America’s middle class, Tom Bilyeu digs deep into the realities that shape our moment. We’ll break down how international conflicts could shape global economics, why the war of narratives is as important as the war on the ground, and how U.S. political choices impact everything from oil prices to AI development. We’ll also look at the role of Congress versus executive power, the unintended consequences of economic sanctions, and the ongoing struggle to restore opportunity for America’s working class. And that’s just the beginning — Tom Bilyeu and the team dive into everything from the drug-fueled shifts in human relationships, to the accelerating rise of robotics, to the existential debates over democracy, regulation, and the fabric of society itself. If you’re ready for a fast-paced, unsparing, and deeply insightful journey across today’s most pressing issues, you’re in the right place. Let’s jump in! Blinkist: Start your free trial at https://blinkist.com/impact AT&T Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpodMonetary Metals: Future-proof your wealth at https://monetarymetals.com/impactTruemed: Check your eligibility and start saving at https://truemed.com/impactShopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impactKetone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER:  https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20show SCALING a business: see if you qualify here.:  https://tombilyeu.com/call Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome back to Impact Theory! In today’s episode, Tom Bilyeu sits down with returning guest Dr. Gad Saad, evolutionary behavioral scientist and author, for a provocative and deeply insightful conversation about the rise of antisemitism, conspiracy theories, and the complexities of cultural values in the modern world. Dr. Gad Saad unpacks his viral critique of Tucker Carlson, explains the psychological roots of Jew hatred, and explores how identity, history, and cultural dynamics shape both prejudice and excellence. The discussion ranges from the misunderstood role of Jewish organizations like Chabad, to the repeating cycles of scapegoating throughout history, and the “punching above their weight” phenomenon seen in Jewish communities globally. Together, Tom Bilyeu and Dr. Gad Saad take on tough questions about immigration, the expansionary nature of ideologies, the limits of empathy, and whether Western societies are putting themselves at risk through unchecked compassion. Revealing, controversial, and refreshingly honest, this episode challenges you to reevaluate the beliefs and biases driving today’s social conflicts—and to consider the power of values, heritage, and evolutionary psychology in shaping our world. The Tucker Carlson Tweet That Started It All 00:00 Chabad: Who They Really Are (Not a Global Conspiracy) 00:54 What’s Behind the Tucker Claims? Parsing Fact from Fiction 02:49 The Repeat Cycle of Antisemitism in Culture 05:13 Self-Serving Bias: Why Humans Always Need a Scapegoat 13:02 The Shark Attacks Conspiracy — and How Blame Gets Assigned 14:18 Market Dominant Minorities: The Real Source of Jewish Success? 16:22 Jewish Culture: Shame, Excellence & Outsider Status 19:01 Historical Analysis: Why Jews Prize Learning Over Land 19:57 Insular Cultures and How Power Gets Built (Finance, Politics & More) 21:06 The Money, the Power, and the Seeds of Jealousy 22:38 Why Every Economic Downturn Revives Old Conspiracies 22:53 Israel, Islam and the Global Power Game — How They Actually Compare 24:04 Colonizer Myths, Religious Expansion & Double Standards 25:14 Islam, Dhimmi Status & The Sword — The True History 25:59 Proselytizing vs Exclusion: Judaism and Islam Contrasted 27:07 The Scale Problem: Radicalism, Violence & Misplaced Equivalence 34:00 Why “Most Muslims Are Nice” Doesn’t Change the Data 40:27 Western Blind Spots: Cultural Anxiety & Moral Frameworks 43:07 Follow Dr. Gad Saad:X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/GadSaadYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GadSaadInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/gadsaadPodcast: https://www.youtube.com/@TheSaadTruthWebsite: https://www.gadsaad.com/ What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER:  https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20show SCALING a business: see if you qualify here.:  https://tombilyeu.com/call Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Blinkist: Start your free trial at https://blinkist.com/impact AT&T Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpodMonetary Metals: Future-proof your wealth at https://monetarymetals.com/impactTruemed: Check your eligibility and start saving at https://truemed.com/impactShopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impactKetone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome back to Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu. In today's episode, Tom Bilyeu and Drew dive deep into the wild landscape of current events, from the volatile swings in oil prices and energy crises to the behind-the-scenes machinations shaping global politics and markets. They tackle the real-world impact of economic shocks on everyday Americans, debate whether we’re witnessing tactical negotiation or political theater in the ongoing U.S.-Iran conflict, and break down complex topics like bond yields, AI breakthroughs, and the rise of GLP1 drugs. You'll hear candid, sometimes skeptical takes on how world leaders are spinning narratives to sway both markets and minds, the strategic consequences of technological innovation, and how shifting economic realities are directly affecting businesses and jobs. The conversation goes philosophical, exploring the interplay between optimism, determinism, and the ever-present challenge of enacting real change—whether in your mindset, your business, or the world at large. Stay tuned as Tom Bilyeu and Drew blend big-picture analysis with actionable, real-world insights—cutting through the noise to get to the real impact beneath the headlines. 00:00 Intro 02:01 Gas Prices Surge, Energy Crisis Coming? 10:34 End of Operation Epic Fury 22:21 Bond Yield Spikes / Fed's Response 33:11 Affordability Crisis Messaging For Politicans 01:01:20 Coinbase Layoff 14% 01:07:00 MIT Give AI a HUMAN Body 01:10:20 A prompt of a screenshot of a screenshot of a screenshot 01:12:44 New AI Company SubQ Making Waves 01:21:22 South Korea's First Robot Monk 01:23:42 13% of Americans Take GLP-1 01:27:44 $1 Billion Ballroom 01:31:11 Chinese EV 01:35:59 Crowd funding Spirit Airlines 01:40:50 HP's New Printing Subscription Plan Blinkist: Start your free trial at https://blinkist.com/impact AT&T Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpodMonetary Metals: Future-proof your wealth at https://monetarymetals.com/impactTruemed: Check your eligibility and start saving at https://truemed.com/impactShopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impactKetone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER:  https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20show SCALING a business: see if you qualify here.:  https://tombilyeu.com/call Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On today’s episode of Impact Theory, Tom delivers a deep dive into the hidden mechanics behind America’s staggering national debt and the controversial strategies poised to shape our financial future. Most believe the U.S. has never defaulted, but history tells a different story—with lessons that may be about to repeat. As rumors swirl about Kevin Warsh’s potential appointment as Federal Reserve chairman and his supposed plan to “cancel” $39 trillion in debt, Tom strips away political spin, exposes the truth about “financial repression,” and reveals how governments have used invisible taxes like inflation to quietly strip wealth from savers. In this episode, you’ll learn the four-part “repression playbook” that got the U.S. out from under a mountain of debt after WWII—at tremendous cost to the middle class—and why the same tactics may soon be deployed on an unprecedented scale. From bank regulations and digital currencies to the risky bet on artificial intelligence, Tom unpacks not only Warsh’s public plan, but also the real, unspoken strategy built into the system—one that could dramatically accelerate the wealth gap and leave the financially illiterate holding the bag. Get ready for a no-nonsense breakdown of modern monetary policy, the mechanics of wealth transfer, and practical advice on protecting yourself as invisible forces reshape the economy. Stay tuned—this is an episode you can’t afford to miss. 00:00 - Intro 02:36 - Part 1: The Repression Playbook 08:46 - Part 2: The Architecture of Warsh’s Public, PR-Friendly Plan 19:41 - Part 3: The Architecture of Warsh’s Actual Plan 27:28 - Part 4: Who Suffers When We Soft Default Through Inflation? Blinkist: Start your free trial at https://blinkist.com/impact AT&T Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpodMonetary Metals: Future-proof your wealth at https://monetarymetals.com/impactTruemed: Check your eligibility and start saving at https://truemed.com/impactShopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impactKetone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER:  https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20show SCALING a business: see if you qualify here.:  https://tombilyeu.com/call Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome back to Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu! In this episode, Tom Bilyeu dives deep into the rapidly shifting landscape of global politics, economics, and culture. From escalating tensions in the Middle East and the U.S.-China standoff, to skyrocketing oil prices and the collapse of Spirit Airlines, Tom Bilyeu brings his unique perspective on how these world events are shaping the future. He also explores the dynamics of political polarization, the growing gender divide in ideology, and the surprising rise in unconventional asset classes like Pokémon cards. With insights into government spending scandals, new approaches to entrepreneurship using AI, and thought-provoking commentary on family, values, and societal change, this episode tackles the most pressing issues of our time. Get ready for a lively, no-holds-barred discussion on what it means to navigate success, identity, and impact in a world on the brink of transformation. Blinkist: Start your free trial at https://blinkist.com/impact AT&T Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpodMonetary Metals: Future-proof your wealth at https://monetarymetals.com/impactTruemed: Check your eligibility and start saving at https://truemed.com/impactShopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impactKetone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER:  https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20show SCALING a business: see if you qualify here.:  https://tombilyeu.com/call Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Star Wars, Project Freedom, Strait of Hormuz, Trump, US-China relations, sanctions, Iranian oil, Elizabeth Warren, Spirit Airlines, insider trading, Warren Buffett, stock market casino, SNAP benefits, government fraud, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Epstein files, political gender gap, liberal women, conservative men, US troop withdrawal Germany, Marco Rubio, Thucydides Trap, AI race, US economic decline, Argentina budget, K-shaped economy, financial repression, Gen Z political divide, hypergamy, male-female dynamics, inflation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER:  https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20show SCALING a business: see if you qualify here.:  https://tombilyeu.com/call Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Blinkist: Start your free trial at https://blinkist.com/impact AT&T Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpodMonetary Metals: Future-proof your wealth at https://monetarymetals.com/impactTruemed: Check your eligibility and start saving at https://truemed.com/impactShopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impactKetone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order Tom Bilyeu understands about innovation that politicians simply don't. He also gets candid about his own experience as a founder — the risk, the sacrifice, and why no one who hasn't built a company gets to tell those who have how to run one. The conversation goes deep on the trade-offs of universal healthcare, the cautionary tale of government-run systems like Canada's, and why the real path to free healthcare isn't legislation — it's AI, robotics, and the kind of relentless innovation that only a free market can produce. Whether you agree or disagree, this episode will challenge the assumptions underneath your healthcare opinions and force you to confront the uncomfortable economics driving one of America's most urgent crises. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani claims the city has inherited a historic budget deficit and that there's no path to balance without raising taxes on the wealthy. But is that true? Tom Bilyeu breaks down the numbers behind NYC's so-called fiscal crisis — including the $15 billion spending claim that doesn't hold up to scrutiny, the budget plan from Mamdani's own Democratic ally that he rejected the same day it was released, and why NYC is outspending the entire state of Florida with a third of the population. If you want to understand how politicians use economic language to manipulate public opinion, this is the breakdown you need. Tom and Drew react to one of the most controversial legal moves of the political moment: the DOJ's decision to charge former FBI Director James Comey with two felony counts over an X post featuring seashells arranged to display "8647." Facing up to 20 years in prison, the case raises urgent questions about where free speech ends and criminal threat begins — and whether the Trump administration is about to make a massive strategic blunder. Tom makes his position clear: this is government overreach, plain and simple. When a reasonable person reads "86" as "remove from office" rather than a call for violence, prosecuting someone over that interpretation isn't justice — it's a chilling shot across the bow aimed at political speech itself. The same logic applies to the FCC's investigation into Jimmy Kimmel's Melania "expectant widow" joke: prosecuting ambiguous political humor sets a precedent that will outlast any single administration. This conversation gets into the real cost of freedom of speech — the uncomfortable truth that protecting it sometimes means protecting things you find reprehensible. Tom also takes aim at the UK's recent wave of arrests over social media posts, calling it a preview of what happens when governments decide they get to define what speech is acceptable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome to Impact Theory, I’m Tom Bilyeu and in today’s episode, Nick Bostrom and I dive into the moral and societal implications of AI as it becomes increasingly advanced. Nick Bostrom is a leading philosopher, author, and expert on AI here to discuss the future of AI, its challenges, and its profound impact on society, meaning, and our pursuit of happiness.  We touch on treating AI with moral consideration, the potential centralization of power, automation of critical sectors like police and military, and the creation of hyper-stimuli that could impact society profoundly. We also discuss Nick’s book, Deep Utopia, and what the ideal human life will look like in a future dominated by advanced technology, AI, and biotechnology.  Our conversation navigates through pressing questions about AI aligning with human values, the catastrophic consequences of powerful AI systems, and the need for deeper philosophical and ethical considerations as AI continues to evolve. Don’t miss your chance to explore these groundbreaking ideas, challenge your concept of human worth and values, and consider what the future holds for humanity and AI. Follow Nick Bostrom: Website: https://nickbostrom.com/ Buy “Deep Utopia: Life and Meaning in a Solved World”: https://a.co/d/6CucXTX  Follow Me, Tom Bilyeu:  Website: https://impacttheoryuniversity.com/  X: https://twitter.com/TomBilyeu Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome to another episode of Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu, joined by co-host Drew. In this lively and in-depth discussion, Tom Bilyeu and Drew tackle some of the most pressing economic and political issues making headlines today. From the unprecedented U.S. debt levels now exceeding the nation’s GDP, to the extension of FISA 702 and ongoing government surveillance, they unpack what these developments mean for the average American. The episode also explores China’s controversial move to ban companies from replacing workers with AI purely for cost-cutting, the complex rise of populist movements at home and abroad, and whether financial repression is America’s only path forward. Tom Bilyeu and Drew dig into why housing costs are falling in cities like Dallas, how deregulation is reshaping the market, and what we can learn from China’s demographic time bomb. The show doesn’t shy away from controversy, diving into the indictment threats against Fauci, the “billionaire tax” debate, and a wild viral story about corporate misconduct. As always, there’s a balance of critical analysis, spirited debate, and a call for solutions over outrage. Whether you’re worried about inflation, fascinated by AI, or questioning the future of democracy, this episode has something for everyone striving to understand—and impact—the world around them. What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER:  https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20show SCALING a business: see if you qualify here.:  https://tombilyeu.com/call Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Blinkist: Start your free trial at https://blinkist.com/impactQuince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpodShopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impactKetone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription orderQuo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impactAT&T Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.comNetsuite: Right now, get our free business guide, Demystifying AI, at https://NetSuite.com/TheoryMonetary Metals: Future-proof your wealth at https://monetarymetals.com/impactIncogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome to Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu. In this special bonus episode, Tom Bilyeu and Drew dive deep into the complexities of modern politics, leadership, and personal responsibility. Tom Bilyeu steps into the hot seat, taking the Political Compass Test live to honestly reveal where he stands on issues ranging from economic systems and social values to education and climate change. Alongside Drew, the conversation unpacks the nuances behind each answer, explores the pitfalls of political polarization, and encourages nuanced thinking in a divided era. But that’s not all—Tom Bilyeu shares the five transformative books everyone should read to thrive in today's rapidly changing world, and then puts on his president-for-a-day hat to game out policy decisions on everything from budget cuts to school choice and housing reform. Through candid debate, real-world hypotheticals, and an honest look at the roots of societal problems, this episode challenges listeners to reflect, question assumptions, and understand the cause-and-effect that shapes our society. Get ready to rethink what it means to take ownership—in your life and in the political arena. 00:00 Intro 00:15 Tom Takes The Political Compass Test 14:08 Essential Books You MUST READ 24:36 Tom becomes President For A day What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER:  https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20show SCALING a business: see if you qualify here.:  https://tombilyeu.com/call Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Blinkist: Start your free trial at https://blinkist.com/impactQuince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpodShopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impactKetone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription orderQuo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impactAT&T Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.comNetsuite: Right now, get our free business guide, Demystifying AI, at https://NetSuite.com/TheoryMonetary Metals: Future-proof your wealth at https://monetarymetals.com/impactIncogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome to the Tom Bilyeu Show! In this episode, Tom Bilyeu and co-host Drew dive deep into the week’s most pressing issues—from global conflicts and financial fraud to the economics no one else is talking about. We break down the brewing crisis in Iran and its impact on oil prices, explore the political math behind New York City’s budget woes, and examine how politicians' decisions affect the middle and working classes. Plus, we ignite a lively debate on the gender gap in voting and its influence on government expansion, the role of money printing in fueling inequality, and the rise of trade wars between China and the EU. As always, Tom Bilyeu brings unfiltered truth, data-driven insights, and a relentless focus on problem-solving, while Drew keeps the conversation real and the chat fired up. Stay tuned for a thought-provoking, action-packed episode that will challenge what you think you know about politics, economics, and culture. Blinkist: Start your free trial at https://blinkist.com/impactQuince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpodShopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impactKetone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription orderQuo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impactAT&T Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.comNetsuite: Right now, get our free business guide, Demystifying AI, at https://NetSuite.com/TheoryMonetary Metals: Future-proof your wealth at https://monetarymetals.com/impactIncogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER:  https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20show SCALING a business: see if you qualify here.:  https://tombilyeu.com/call Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What if everything you see, feel, and experience isn’t the real world at all, but instead a meticulously rendered simulation? In this episode of Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu, we dive deep into one of the most mind-bending questions in science and philosophy: Are we living in a simulation? Join Speaker A as they break down the latest Nobel Prize-winning physics experiments that challenge our basic assumptions about reality itself. From the quantum strangeness of the double-slit experiment to the mind-boggling implications of entangled particles, we explore why the universe may operate just like a video game—and what that means for everything you think you know. Get ready to have your understanding of existence turned upside down and discover why the odds that you’re living in “base reality” are vanishingly small. What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER:  https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20show SCALING a business: see if you qualify here.:  https://tombilyeu.com/call Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Blinkist: Start your free trial at https://blinkist.com/impactQuince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpodShopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impactKetone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription orderQuo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impactAT&T Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.comNetsuite: Right now, get our free business guide, Demystifying AI, at https://NetSuite.com/TheoryMonetary Metals: Future-proof your wealth at https://monetarymetals.com/impactIncogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Episode Introduction Welcome back to Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu! After a brief hiatus, Tom Bilyeu and Drew dive headfirst into a whirlwind of the week’s most explosive headlines—from yet another attempted assassination on President Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, wild conspiracy theories (including time-traveling gunmen and false flag operations), to the Southern Poverty Law Center’s controversial funding of hate group informants. Tom Bilyeu and Drew unravel the narratives dominating the news cycle, reflect on the dangers of informational warfare and tribal thinking, and debate the tangled economic policies pushing America to the edge. They break down the impact of bureaucracy on healthcare, the economics behind the proposed billionaire tax, and why the nation desperately needs a wake-up call when it comes to government spending. In this episode, expect sharp commentary, honest debates, and a hopeful call for optimism and innovation—plus a few laughs and a look at what it means to build lasting monuments and a resilient society. Get ready for a dynamic conversation that will challenge you to think deeper about the headlines and the hidden incentives shaping our world. 00:00 Intro 02:00 Trump WHCD Assassination 04:54 Trump's 60 minute interview 23:37 False flags & Conspiracy theories 34:40 Southern Poverty Law Center Fraud Case 01:00:02 Hasan Piker & Social Murder 01:26:13 Rand Paul's 6-Penny plan 01:34:42 Cali Fraud Blinkist: Start your free trial at https://blinkist.com/impactQuince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpodShopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impactKetone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription orderQuo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impactAT&T Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.comNetsuite: Right now, get our free business guide, Demystifying AI, at https://NetSuite.com/TheoryMonetary Metals: Future-proof your wealth at https://monetarymetals.com/impactIncogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER:  https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20show SCALING a business: see if you qualify here.:  https://tombilyeu.com/call Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER:  https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20show SCALING a business: see if you qualify here.:  https://tombilyeu.com/call Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Blinkist: Start your free trial at https://blinkist.com/impactQuince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpodShopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impactKetone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription orderQuo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impactAT&T Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.comNetsuite: Right now, get our free business guide, Demystifying AI, at https://NetSuite.com/TheoryMonetary Metals: Future-proof your wealth at https://monetarymetals.com/impactIncogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact In today's episode, Tom breaks down the five books he believes every person must read to navigate the most turbulent period any of us have lived through — and explains exactly how these books transformed his own worldview from naive optimism to clear-eyed realism. Tom takes the ultimate challenge — stepping into a presidential simulation to find out what it actually takes to run the country. Joined by Drew, Tom submits real policy proposals and watches in real time as an AI grades his presidency, generates fake headlines, and polls a diverse cross-section of Americans on every decision. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This is where it gets spicy. Part two kicks off with a crash course in policy experiments and why state-vs-state competition could be America’s cheat code—or its downfall. If you’ve ever raged at why politicians keep talking but nothing gets fixed (homelessness, out-of-control rents, broken education system), Bill Gurley is right there with you—AND he’s backing up his rant with receipts. We peel back what actually works in places like Austin and Houston—and why so much good policy gets blocked by bad incentives and performative politics. Get ready for eye-popping stories about lobbyists, broken U.S. systems versus what works in Germany and China, and why American media coverage can’t keep up. Plus, we go deep on the future of AI—where Bill is refreshingly candid about both the bubble and the opportunity (if you’re not learning these tools, what are you even doing?!). Bill breaks down exactly who loses their jobs, how schools and kids can weaponize curiosity, and why passion—not just hard work—protects you from getting left behind. Wrapping up, we riff on Bill’s new book “Running Down a Dream,” the cruel illusion of the “safe” path, and why genius (and VC success) is a young person’s game. This is SO much more than tech talk—this is your cheat sheet for thriving in a world that’s never stopping. Follow Bill Gurley:Twitter: https://twitter.com/bgurleyLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/billgurley/ What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER:  https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20show SCALING a business: see if you qualify here.:  https://tombilyeu.com/call Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Blinkist: Start your free trial at https://blinkist.com/impactQuince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpodShopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impactKetone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription orderQuo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impactAT&T Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.comNetsuite: Right now, get our free business guide, Demystifying AI, at https://NetSuite.com/TheoryMonetary Metals: Future-proof your wealth at https://monetarymetals.com/impactIncogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome back to part 2 of this power-packed episode with Salim Ismail! In this part, we delve deeper into the transformative impacts of AI on society, the pivotal choices between dystopian and utopian futures, and the critical role of decentralized systems in our global infrastructure. Salim offers his insights on the societal and technological strategies that could lead humanity towards a prosperous future, and emphasizes the importance of embracing these rapid changes and preparing for the inevitable disruptions they bring. We also work to understand how technologies like AI and decentralized systems are not just futuristic concepts but immediate tools for societal transformation in Salim’s visionary perspective.  Don't miss these critical insights that could redefine how we approach technology and its integration into every facet of human life in the final part of this eye-opening conversation with Salim Ismail.  And if you're loving the Impact Theory Podcast, please take a moment to leave us a review or rate the show. Your feedback is incredibly valuable! Follow Salim Ismail: Website: https://salimismail.com/ Get AI ready: https://web.openexo.com/impacttheory/ Connect in the OpenExO Community: https://openexo.com/community/salimismail Follow Me, Tom Bilyeu:  Website: https://impacttheoryuniversity.com/  X: https://twitter.com/TomBilyeu Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome back to Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu. In today’s episode, we’re diving into a powerful conversation with legendary investor and thought leader Bill Gurley. As the world stands at the crossroads of AI disruption and political upheaval, Bill unpacks what it takes to not just survive—but thrive—in times of profound change. From understanding how curiosity and agency can shield you from being left behind by technology, to exploring the realities of regulatory capture, policy failures, and the success secrets of entrepreneurs like Travis Kalanick, this episode leaves no stone unturned. Bill shares his perspective on how Americans can rediscover their competitive edge, the hidden truths behind educational and financial systems, and why embracing your fascination might be the answer to building a life of fulfillment—even in uncertain times. Whether you’re a founder, investor, or simply eager to future-proof your life, this conversation with Bill Gurley is packed with actionable insights for the age of disruption. Let’s get into it! Follow Bill Gurley:Twitter: https://twitter.com/bgurleyLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/billgurley/ What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER:  https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20show SCALING a business: see if you qualify here.:  https://tombilyeu.com/call Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Blinkist: Start your free trial at https://blinkist.com/impactQuince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpodShopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impactKetone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription orderQuo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impactAT&T Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.comNetsuite: Right now, get our free business guide, Demystifying AI, at https://NetSuite.com/TheoryMonetary Metals: Future-proof your wealth at https://monetarymetals.com/impactIncogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome to another power-packed episode of Impact Theory, I’m Tom Bilyeu!  In today’s episode, Salim Ismail and I go deep into the profound changes that AI and other emerging technologies will bring to society. Salim Ismail is a prominent technology strategist, entrepreneur, and author. His ideas and writings emphasize the importance of scaling businesses and adapting to technological shifts.  In this interview, Salim provides a visionary outlook on the future, characterized by both optimism for technology's potential to solve critical human challenges and a cautious awareness of the disruptions and dystopia it has the ability to cause as well.  We go deep into:  - AI's transformative impact on human history - Potential severe disruptions by AI - An outlook on AI's future impact - Critical nature of early decisions in AI development. - Unpredictability in AI outcomes - Quantum Mechanics and AI  - AI's role in moving society to abundance. - Utopia or Dystopia - Deciding between a prosperous or bleak future - The shift from centralized to decentralized systems - Structural changes in societal organization - Challenges in adopting new technologies - How AI will affect various aspects of life - The increasing value of data over money - AI's potential to revolutionize healthcare access and effectiveness Salim also discusses his initiative with OpenExO, a platform and community that aims to support organizations, governments, and individuals in adapting to and thriving in an environment of rapid technological change. He believes that in order to survive, businesses must focus on innovation and growth strategies in the era of exponential technology. And this is just Part 1 of our conversation, so make sure you don’t miss Part 2 of this convo for even more wisdom from Salim Ismail. Follow Salim Ismail: Website: https://salimismail.com/ Get AI ready: https://web.openexo.com/impacttheory/ Connect in the OpenExO Community: https://openexo.com/community/salimismail Follow Me, Tom Bilyeu:  Website: https://impacttheoryuniversity.com/  X: https://twitter.com/TomBilyeu Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome to Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu. In today's episode, we dive deep into the economic forces pushing America toward a critical inflection point—one that mirrors the conditions before every major social upheaval in history. Speaker A explores how escalating inequality and unaffordability, paired with runaway deficit spending and inflation, are squeezing the middle class and threatening the fabric of society. Drawing lessons from past crises, revolutions, and uprisings, Speaker A argues that reform is not only necessary but urgent—and that real change comes not from violence or blaming the wealthy, but from understanding economic mechanisms and demanding responsible policy. Get ready for a high-stakes analysis that blends history, economics, and actionable strategies—because in times of turmoil, understanding the real levers of power can make all the difference. 00:00 - Intro 02:02 - Part 1: The Two-Sided Squeeze 07:56 - Part 2: Let the Games Begin 15:31 - Part 3: Balance the Budget or There Will Be Blood 25:27 - Part 4: Moving Forward Well Regardless of Lunatic Politicians What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER:  https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20show SCALING a business: see if you qualify here.:  https://tombilyeu.com/call Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Blinkist: Start your free trial at https://blinkist.com/impactQuince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpodShopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impactKetone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription orderQuo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impactAT&T Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.comNetsuite: Right now, get our free business guide, Demystifying AI, at https://NetSuite.com/TheoryMonetary Metals: Future-proof your wealth at https://monetarymetals.com/impactIncogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome to another life-changing episode on Impact Theory, I’m Tom Bilyeu! In today’s episode, I have an incredible conversation with the renowned author, Robert Greene.  If you're determined to climb the ladder of success and avoid the common traps that hinder most people, then this conversation with Robert Greene is exactly what you need. We explore the dangers of laziness, overconsumption of distractions like drugs, alcohol, and social media, and the importance of managing your attention.  The theme of this episode is clear: life may be tough and nothing is easy, but what will your next move be now? Will you settle for a mediocre existence, or will you find your purpose and master the power to rise above the 99%? It's time to stop playing the victim, stop going to self-pity parties, and start taking control of your life. This is just Part 1 of our conversation, so make sure to tune in to Part 2 for even more wisdom from Robert Greene. “You have to make a choice. Do I want something else for myself or do I just want to wallow in self-pity and blame other people?” -Robert Greene Make sure to check out Robert Greene's incredible books, which are packed with wisdom and actionable advice: ⁠https://www.amazon.com/stores/Robert-Greene/author/B001IGV3IS?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true⁠   Follow Robert Greene: Website: ⁠https://www.robertgreene.co/⁠  LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-greene-0294962/⁠  Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/RobertGreene⁠  Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/robertgreeneofficial/⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER:  https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20show SCALING a business: see if you qualify here.:  https://tombilyeu.com/call Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Blinkist: Start your free trial at https://blinkist.com/impactQuince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpodShopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impactKetone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription orderQuo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impactAT&T Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.comNetsuite: Right now, get our free business guide, Demystifying AI, at https://NetSuite.com/TheoryMonetary Metals: Future-proof your wealth at https://monetarymetals.com/impactIncogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact Joining Tom Bilyeu is Drew and Michael Malice, who both bring sharp insights into Trump's political playbook — exploring why he's so skilled at deciding who's "in" and who gets sent "to the wilderness," and why this time, those fractures may run deeper than ever before. Together, they unpack why Trump's escalation-first diplomacy, the same playbook that worked in New York real estate and U.S. politics, is struggling to translate on the world stage. When you publicly belittle the leaders you need on your side, you don't get compliance — you get countries making decisions against their own interests just to avoid looking weak. And while that's happening, China is playing a completely different game: quiet, steady, and increasingly looking like the rational actor the world wants to trust. From the Molotov cocktail thrown at Sam Altman's San Francisco home, to the city councilman who had 13 bullets fired into his front door after voting for a data center, to a warehouse worker who burned 1.2 million square feet of Amazon infrastructure to the ground — Tom examines what's driving the rage, why so many ordinary Americans are sympathizing with the perpetrators, and why the anger, while completely justified, is being aimed at the wrong target. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome back to Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu. In this electrifying continuation, Tom Bilyeu dives deep with world-renowned aging researcher Dr Sinclair to explore the cutting edge of anti-aging science and regenerative medicine. Prepare for a mind-bending journey through lab-grown “mini brains,” the ethics of creating organs from scratch, and the real-world implications of reversing aging—in everything from skin and hair to the human brain and spinal cord. You’ll hear insights on the latest advances in using AI to develop longevity drugs, the surprising possibilities for reversing age-related infertility, and how upcoming clinical trials may soon change the way we think about disease, aging, and human potential. Plus, Dr Sinclair shares his personal health protocol and practical strategies for extending your lifespan today, all while tackling big questions about the future—from living to 1000 years, to the cautionary tales and optimism inherent in this rapidly evolving field. Get ready for a conversation that bridges science fiction and reality as Tom Bilyeu and Dr Sinclair unpack what it means to truly disrupt aging. What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER:  https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20show SCALING a business: see if you qualify here.:  https://tombilyeu.com/call Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Blinkist: Start your free trial at https://blinkist.com/impactQuince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpodIncogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impactAT&T Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.comNetsuite: Right now, get our free business guide, Demystifying AI, at https://NetSuite.com/TheoryKetone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription orderSumm: code TOMVIP20 for 20% off your first year at https://summ.com?via=tombilyeu&coupon=TOMVIP20Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impactCozy Earth: code IMPACT for 20% off https://cozyearth.comQuo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact micro brains, stem cells, brain organoids, blood vessel cells, pituitary gland, calcium imaging, ethical questions in science, aging models, AI in biology, gene therapy, chemical cocktails, clinical trials, phase one trials, sirtuin activators, NAD IV, fertility reversal, uterus regeneration, brain health supplements, ketones, intermittent fasting, DNA methylation, gene expression, Alzheimer's disease, amyloid plaques, optic nerve regeneration, glaucoma treatment, skincare de-aging, hair regrowth, statins, metformin, anti-cancer nutrition Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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You don’t understand aging. You’ve been lied to about what’s possible for the human body. You think the march toward old age and disease is inevitable, and that genetics are your destiny. The reality is, we’re living through the greatest turning point in the history of human health—and most people have absolutely no idea just how fast it’s all happening. What if I told you that not only can we slow the aging process, but that it’s starting to look like we can actually reverse it? Thanks to the exponential power of AI and the most cutting-edge biotechnology, what used to take centuries and cost billions is now possible in months, for a fraction of the price. Today on Impact Theory, we are joined by a true pioneer who’s redefining what it means to get old—someone at the intersection of AI, biology, and longevity: researcher, Harvard professor, and world-renowned expert on aging, Dr. Sinclair. Strap in, because this episode is packed with groundbreaking science, jaw-dropping experiments, and a vision for the future that will challenge everything you think you know about what it means to stay young. Let’s dive in. What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER:  https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20show SCALING a business: see if you qualify here.:  https://tombilyeu.com/call Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Blinkist: Start your free trial at https://blinkist.com/impactQuince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpodIncogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impactAT&T Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.comNetsuite: Right now, get our free business guide, Demystifying AI, at https://NetSuite.com/TheoryKetone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription orderSumm: code TOMVIP20 for 20% off your first year at https://summ.com?via=tombilyeu&coupon=TOMVIP20Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impactCozy Earth: code IMPACT for 20% off https://cozyearth.comQuo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this two part episode I’m diving deep into the HARSH TRUTH about wealth, power, and happiness with the one and only Tai Lopez. It's time to challenge the biggest mistake most people make, allowing others to convince them that power is a dirty word. No, my friends, power equals success. If you're ready to become a strong and capable person worthy of respect, then you have to be ready to pursue it aggressively. Don't be afraid to dominate and discover your true power. This conversation will redefine what true power really means, beyond sex and money. We'll explore the double-edged sword of power and uncover what people often get wrong about it and delve into the nature of money, understanding that it doesn't define your self-worth. Instead, we'll focus on what you truly want to feel and how you feel about yourself. “Men have to come to grips with their will to power because the will to power that drives you can also be your demon.” -Tai Lopez Prepare to witness the power of making things happen in the world as Tai and I map out the intricate connections between power, wealth, and seduction. It's time to seek mastery, status, and power like never before. Prepare to have your mind blown and your perspective shifted. Join Tai Lopez and myself in this unforgettable episode of Impact Theory.  Books Mentioned in this Episode: Titan, The Life of John D. Rockefeller by Ron Chernow Kon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl Don’t miss out growing wealth and power with Tai Lopez’s book, The 3 Trends: ⁠https://www.3trends.com/⁠  Follow Tai Lopez: Website: ⁠https://www.tailopez.com/⁠  Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/tailopez/⁠  YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@tailopez⁠  Follow Me Tom Bilyeu:  Website: ⁠https://impacttheoryuniversity.com/⁠  Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/TomBilyeu⁠  Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome to Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu. In today’s deep dive, we confront one of the most critical questions facing the workforce: Is artificial intelligence fundamentally changing the job market, or are we simply witnessing a natural economic cycle? Speaker A unpacks the latest data and exposes a seismic shift underway — from stagnating job creation to explosive stories like the world’s first one-person, billion-dollar business powered entirely by AI. We’ll explore how senior and elite performers are leveraging AI to redefine productivity, why entry-level and mid-level positions are disappearing, and what this means for the future of employment and entrepreneurship. The landscape is becoming a barbell economy, dividing the workforce into those who master AI and thrive, and those who risk falling into the “unproductive class.” If you’re wondering how to stay relevant and seize opportunity in this new era, you won’t want to miss this episode. Stay tuned as Speaker A shares actionable strategies for mastering AI, rethinking your role, and building leverage that will define the next chapter of your career. Let’s dive in. 00:00 - Intro 01:31 - Part 1: You’re Being Forcefed Narratives - Plan Based on Data 08:06 - Part 2: The First $1B One Person Company Is Already Being Built 17:39 - Part 3: The Barbell - How the Middle Disappears 23:23 - Part 4: Now That You Know, What Do You Do About It? What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER:  https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20show SCALING a business: see if you qualify here.:  https://tombilyeu.com/call Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Blinkist: Start your free trial at https://blinkist.com/impactQuince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpodIncogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impactAT&T Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.comNetsuite: Right now, get our free business guide, Demystifying AI, at https://NetSuite.com/TheoryKetone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription orderSumm: code TOMVIP20 for 20% off your first year at https://summ.com?via=tombilyeu&coupon=TOMVIP20Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impactCozy Earth: code IMPACT for 20% off https://cozyearth.comQuo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome to Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu. In today's episode, we dive deep into the unfolding geopolitical crisis as the US blockades the Strait of Hormuz and Iran threatens retaliation, sending shockwaves through global energy markets. Speaker A and Speaker B unpack the diplomatic breakdowns, escalating military tactics, and what these mean for global oil supply and prices. The episode expands into the shifting alliances of America’s longtime partners, with nations like Spain and Canada reorienting toward China, signaling possible realignments in the world order. Beyond geopolitics, we unravel the economic repercussions hitting everyday Americans, from inflation to the growing wealth gap, and discuss the rising social unrest—from warehouse burnings to violent attacks on business leaders—that many now argue are signs of a class uprising. Speaker A and Speaker B confront the roots of economic hardship, debating redistribution versus growth, government deficits, and the looming threat of mass violence if structural reforms aren’t enacted. Expect candid analysis, passionate debate, and critical questions about the future of America and the world, as we explore how emotional responses, social media, and political policies are shaping the next era. Buckle up for a timely, unfiltered look at the intersection of war, economics, and social upheaval—there’s much more ahead on Impact Theory. What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER:  https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20show SCALING a business: see if you qualify here.:  https://tombilyeu.com/call Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Blinkist: Start your free trial at https://blinkist.com/impactQuince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpodIncogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impactAT&T Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.comNetsuite: Right now, get our free business guide, Demystifying AI, at https://NetSuite.com/TheoryKetone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription orderSumm: code TOMVIP20 for 20% off your first year at https://summ.com?via=tombilyeu&coupon=TOMVIP20Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impactCozy Earth: code IMPACT for 20% off https://cozyearth.comQuo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact Tom Bilyeu Show Live, US-Iran negotiations, Strait of Hormuz blockade, Bab El Mandeb Strait, asymmetrical warfare, uranium enrichment, nuclear weapons, US Navy, class uprising, warehouse fires, Gen Z AI sabotage, President Trump, True Social, oil production, Venezuela, global oil supply, Red Sea, energy shortages, China oil contracts, international waters, supply chain collapse, inflation, airline baggage fees, US allies, Spain-China relations, Canada-US military spending, deficit spending, money printing, economic policies, wealth inequality, AI job disruption Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER:  https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20show SCALING a business: see if you qualify here.:  https://tombilyeu.com/call Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Blinkist: Start your free trial at https://blinkist.com/impactQuince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpodIncogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impactAT&T Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.comNetsuite: Right now, get our free business guide, Demystifying AI, at https://NetSuite.com/TheoryKetone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription orderSumm: code TOMVIP20 for 20% off your first year at https://summ.com?via=tombilyeu&coupon=TOMVIP20Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impactCozy Earth: code IMPACT for 20% off https://cozyearth.comQuo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact Tom is joined by a sharp geopolitical analyst to unpack Trump's latest ultimatum to Iran, including his jaw-dropping Easter Sunday tweet signing off with "Praise be to Allah" — and what it reveals about the White House's increasingly desperate mental map of a regime that simply will not capitulate. They dig into the parade of extended deadlines, Iran's jaw-dropping counter-demands (yes, including war reparations), and the backchannel negotiations Trump says are going well while Iran says don't exist. Joining Tom is Drew, who brings sharp, no-nonsense analysis to the rapidly shifting landscape of US-Iran negotiations. Together they unpack the two-week ceasefire brokered with Pakistan's help, the dueling 10 and 15 point peace proposals, and the fierce battle of narratives playing out across social media and mainstream news. Is this a win for Trump — or an unmitigated disaster in slow motion? The Anthropic source code leak. What started as a routine update to Claude Code turned into one of the most embarrassing moments in Silicon Valley history — a debugging file accidentally exposed roughly 500,000 lines of proprietary code in a publicly accessible archive. No hacking required. Within hours, mirrored repositories were spreading across GitHub and competitors had a detailed look at Anthropic's engineering roadmap, including unreleased features that were fully built but never shipped. Tom and Drew dig into why this matters, what the leaked features reveal about where Claude is headed, and whether this is survivable for a company whose core identity is "safety first." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome back to Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu. In this thought-provoking continuation, Speaker A is joined by Speaker B for part two of an unflinching deep-dive into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, global power dynamics, and the search for real solutions. Together, they unpack the historical roots of the conflict, examine the limitations of the Abraham Accords, and debate whether economic incentives or military strategies can lead to lasting peace. The conversation grapples with the harsh realities facing Palestinians, critiques of Israeli policy, the role of U.S. support, and the moral complexities that define the region. With critical analysis, optimism for potential reconciliation, and candid disagreements, Speaker A and Speaker B challenge each other’s worldviews and invite listeners to reconsider what is, what ought to be, and what the future may hold for the Middle East. Buckle up—this is a conversation you don’t want to miss. What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER:  https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20show SCALING a business: see if you qualify here.:  https://tombilyeu.com/call Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription orderSumm: code TOMVIP20 for 20% off your first year at https://summ.com?via=tombilyeu&coupon=TOMVIP20Monetary Metals: Future-proof your wealth at https://monetarymetals.com/impactAquaTru: 20% off your purifier with code IMPACT https://aquatru.comDuck.Ai: Protect your privacy at https://duck.ai/impactBlinkist: Start your free trial at https://blinkist.com/impactQuince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpodAT&T Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.comIncogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impactShopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What's up, guys? Today I’ve got a killer episode with the king of contrarians himself, Michael Malice. He’s a bestselling author, a master of trolling, and someone who knows exactly how to challenge conventional wisdom—especially when it comes to culture, politics, and the power structures that shape our world. Michael’s here to break down what’s actually happening right now on the global stage, why our alliances seem to be collapsing, and how the chaos in the world order is creating both danger and opportunity. We get real about the Middle East, about the psychological cracks in American politics, and what you need to understand right now to protect your future. If you want to leave this episode with a working understanding of how power really flows, why revolution rarely turns out the way you think, and what you can actually do to thrive no matter what’s coming, you need this conversation. As always, if you get value from the show, please leave a review and help us get Impact Theory in front of more people ready to take charge of their reality. I’m Tom Bilyeu, and welcome to Impact Theory. What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER:  https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20show SCALING a business: see if you qualify here.:  https://tombilyeu.com/call Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription orderSumm: code TOMVIP20 for 20% off your first year at https://summ.com?via=tombilyeu&coupon=TOMVIP20Monetary Metals: Future-proof your wealth at https://monetarymetals.com/impactAquaTru: 20% off your purifier with code IMPACT https://aquatru.comDuck.Ai: Protect your privacy at https://duck.ai/impactBlinkist: Start your free trial at https://blinkist.com/impactQuince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpodAT&T Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.comIncogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impactShopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome back to Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu. In this powerful and provocative episode, Speaker B sits down once again with Speaker A for a deep dive into some of the most challenging questions facing American foreign policy, the influences shaping US intervention in the Middle East, and the tangled web of economics, lobby groups, and tribal loyalties at play. Together, they unravel the complexities behind America's relationship with Israel, the real power of the so-called Jewish lobby, and the driving forces of the military industrial complex. They explore why money may be the ultimate motivator in politics, why influential lobbies and select interests can impact US strategies abroad, and why it’s essential to resist simplistic narratives—especially when it comes to conspiracy theories and bigotry. In this conversation, Speaker B challenges the idea that Israel alone determines American action in the region, proposing that economic realities and presidential ambitions are equally, if not more, significant. Meanwhile, Speaker A unpacks the multifaceted nature of political influence, the pitfalls of collective blame, and the importance of focusing on economic literacy over tribalism and scapegoating. Get ready for an episode filled with hard truths, historical context, and a call for critical thinking as we ask: Who really pulls the strings in American foreign policy, and what should we be paying attention to if we want to understand our world—and change it for the better? Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription orderSumm: code TOMVIP20 for 20% off your first year at https://summ.com?via=tombilyeu&coupon=TOMVIP20Monetary Metals: Future-proof your wealth at https://monetarymetals.com/impactAquaTru: 20% off your purifier with code IMPACT https://aquatru.comDuck.Ai: Protect your privacy at https://duck.ai/impactBlinkist: Start your free trial at https://blinkist.com/impactQuince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpodAT&T Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.comIncogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impactShopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER:  https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20show SCALING a business: see if you qualify here.:  https://tombilyeu.com/call Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu President of the United States, Israel lobby, military industrial complex, war in the Middle East, regime change, neoconservatives, Likud Party, Clean Break strategy, US foreign policy, Trump administration, Iranian relations, Jewish lobby, weapons companies, predictive validity, economic influence, Ashkenazi Jews, K shaped economy, central banking, usury, anti-Semitism, Mossad, intelligence agencies, John Mearsheimer, AIPAC, Venezuela intervention, Saudi war in Yemen, Iran nuclear deal, Biden administration, Greater Israel project, bigotry in politics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome to this episode of "Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu." Today, Speaker A and Speaker B dive into a whirlwind of geopolitical events, market volatility, and seismic shifts in technology and global alliances. From the fragile Iran-U.S. ceasefire and its immediate impact on world markets, to Ray Dalio’s warning that we are living through a modern World War—with trade routes, alliances, and power structures rapidly evolving—the hosts unpack what these developments mean for everyday people and investors. We’ll also explore the jaw-dropping power of Anthropic's new AI, Claude Mythos, which is already breaking out of virtual cages, exposing critical software vulnerabilities, and raising national security alarms. The discussion doesn’t stop there: we look at shifting global loyalties as France pulls its gold from the U.S., the ongoing chaos in Israel and Lebanon, TikTok phenom Kabi Lane’s viral divorce strategy, and the cultural unity and economic power dynamics shaping America and the world. Packed with sharp analysis, controversial takes, pop culture headlines, and actionable insights for the era of uncertainty, this episode is your deep dive into what it means to live on the edge of world-changing events. Buckle up—the future is volatile, but Speaker A is determined to help you master your emotional state and stay optimistic, no matter how wild it gets. What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER:  https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20show SCALING a business: see if you qualify here.:  https://tombilyeu.com/call Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription orderSumm: code TOMVIP20 for 20% off your first year at https://summ.com?via=tombilyeu&coupon=TOMVIP20Monetary Metals: Future-proof your wealth at https://monetarymetals.com/impactAquaTru: 20% off your purifier with code IMPACT https://aquatru.comDuck.Ai: Protect your privacy at https://duck.ai/impactBlinkist: Start your free trial at https://blinkist.com/impactQuince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpodAT&T Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.comIncogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impactShopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome back to Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu. In today's episode, we're diving deep into the forces driving market volatility and uncovering the little-known factors that could make or break your retirement savings. As oil prices surge and Middle Eastern tensions disrupt global energy supply, [Speaker A] reveals how these events are sending shockwaves through your portfolio and putting the Federal Reserve—the most powerful economic institution on the planet—in a nearly inescapable trap. We'll walk you through the mechanics behind market swings, showing you why dramatic moves aren't random and how history's greatest wealth transfers happen during moments of panic. From analyzing 100 years of market data to breaking down the behavioral psychology that derails emotional investors, this episode gives you a clear, actionable roadmap to riding out the storm—and coming out ahead. So, if you've been watching the headlines with growing anxiety, stick around. By the end of this episode, you'll understand how generational wealth is built in the chaos—and exactly what you should do next. Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription orderSumm: code TOMVIP20 for 20% off your first year at https://summ.com?via=tombilyeu&coupon=TOMVIP20Monetary Metals: Future-proof your wealth at https://monetarymetals.com/impactAquaTru: 20% off your purifier with code IMPACT https://aquatru.comDuck.Ai: Protect your privacy at https://duck.ai/impactBlinkist: Start your free trial at https://blinkist.com/impactQuince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpodAT&T Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.comIncogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impactShopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER:  https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20show SCALING a business: see if you qualify here.:  https://tombilyeu.com/call Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome back to the Tom Bilyeu Show Live. In today’s action-packed episode, Speaker A and Speaker B break down a wild weekend of global events and cultural flashpoints. From President Trump’s explosive threats against Iran and the ongoing crisis in the Strait of Hormuz, to the daring rescue of downed US pilots and escalating international tensions, they navigate an atmosphere thick with anxiety, misinformation, and high stakes. The conversation also tackles the deepening divides within American political culture—examining topics like fraud in government spending, the erosion of shared national values, and candid reactions to controversial figures across media and politics. Listeners will hear sharp commentary on making sense of a world filled with rapidly shifting narratives, emotional populism, and questions about moral leadership. Plus, the show touches on the challenges and opportunities in America today: discussions about racism, American identity, cultural comebacks, and how to keep hope alive amid cynicism. Whether it’s dissecting the realities of war, the tactical games of politicians, or the influence of major personalities in entertainment and tech, this episode delivers insight, context, and a few laughs. Stay tuned—you won’t want to miss this ride through one of the most turbulent weeks in recent memory. Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription orderSumm: code TOMVIP20 for 20% off your first year at https://summ.com?via=tombilyeu&coupon=TOMVIP20Monetary Metals: Future-proof your wealth at https://monetarymetals.com/impactAquaTru: 20% off your purifier with code IMPACT https://aquatru.comDuck.Ai: Protect your privacy at https://duck.ai/impactBlinkist: Start your free trial at https://blinkist.com/impactQuince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpodAT&T Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.comIncogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impactShopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER:  https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20show SCALING a business: see if you qualify here.:  https://tombilyeu.com/call Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business:⁠ join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER⁠:  ⁠https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20show⁠ SCALING a business:⁠ see if you qualify here.⁠:  ⁠https://tombilyeu.com/call⁠ Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox:⁠ sign up here.⁠: ⁠https://tombilyeu.com/⁠ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast,⁠ Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook⁠ —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram:⁠ https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/⁠ Tik Tok:⁠ https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en⁠ Twitter:⁠ https://twitter.com/tombilyeu⁠ YouTube:⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu⁠ Ketone IQ: Visit ⁠https://ketone.com/IMPACT⁠ for 30% OFF your subscription orderSumm: code TOMVIP20 for 20% off your first year at ⁠https://summ.com?via=tombilyeu&coupon=TOMVIP20⁠Monetary Metals: Future-proof your wealth at ⁠https://monetarymetals.com/impact⁠AquaTru: 20% off your purifier with code IMPACT ⁠https://aquatru.com⁠Duck.Ai: Protect your privacy at ⁠https://duck.ai/impact⁠Blinkist: Start your free trial at ⁠https://blinkist.com/impact⁠Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at ⁠https://quince.com/impactpod⁠AT&T Business: Switch to AT&T Business at ⁠business.att.com⁠Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: ⁠https://incogni.com/impact⁠Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at ⁠https://shopify.com/impact⁠ Tom breaks down exactly why this wealth tax isn't just a policy disagreement — it's a fundamental threat to how prosperity works in America. We're talking about a 2% annual tax on net worth above $50 million, an additional 1% surtax on billionaires, and a staggering 40% exit tax on anyone worth over $50 million who renounces their citizenship. And critically, this is a tax on what you own — not what you earn. Tom and Drew dig into the Iran conflict head-on: Did Trump bite off more than he could chew? Was this a strategic masterstroke or a $50 billion mistake that destabilized our alliances and solved nothing? They unpack the real motivations behind the conflict — from nuclear proliferation fears to economic ambition — and ask the question most pundits are too afraid to answer: what did we actually get for it? Tom breaks down why the war timeline was wrong from day one, what it means that we're already in week five of a "3 to 4 week endeavor," and why that single data point tells you almost everything you need to know about how well Washington actually understands this conflict. The big question on the table: boots on the ground. Tom argues that while there's theoretically a path where a ground presence works, the odds are vanishingly low — and the political fallout could be catastrophic. We're already watching historically Republican seats flip in special elections. A full ground invasion of Iran wouldn't just be a military gamble. It could be the end of the Republican Party as we know it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In today's insightful discussion, Tom sits down with renowned investor and author Ray Dalio to delve into pressing economic challenges and the changing world order. We'll explore Ray's unique perspectives on self-reliance, learning from mistakes, and the significance of "triangulation" in decision-making. Tom and Ray discuss how confronting the basics of survival and embracing simpler lifestyles can foster resilience amid economic turbulence. Ray Dalio emphasizes understanding historical patterns and recognizing financial cycles to navigate current and future crises, drawing parallels to past global events. They address the implications of the U.S. national debt, rising global tensions, and the role of education and financial literacy in preparing for economic downturns. In this episode, you will learn about the mechanics of money and debt, the impact of internal and external conflicts, and the benefits of radical transparency in personal and professional settings. There's also a deep dive into Ray's principles for successful decision-making and the importance of cultivating meaningful relationships and purposeful work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Introduction Welcome back to Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu! In this episode, Tom dives into an action-packed rundown of global events and economic shifts that could make or break the future. We’re starting off with breaking news: an American F15 Strike Eagle has been shot down over Iran, with its crew missing and a tense rescue mission underway—raising questions about U.S. air supremacy and the broader geopolitical stakes. We’ll examine President Trump’s latest announcements on tariffs, his controversial strategies in Iran, and how U.S. foreign policy is impacting global alliances—particularly as China weaponizes shipping lanes and the EU looks to sidestep American involvement in opening the Strait of Hormuz. You’ll hear sharp commentary on California’s spiraling fraud crisis, the risks and benefits of America’s push toward isolationism, and the looming threats to crypto and the pharmaceutical supply chain—highlighted by warnings of the quantum computing revolution. We also unpack the escalating trade standoff with China around the Panama Canal, the philosophical battle between globalism and economic nationalism, and what it all means for the American middle class. Plus, listener questions, hot takes on innovation and regulation, and a dose of Friday funnies to round out a wild week. Strap in—this episode covers everything you need to know about the shifting tides of power, prosperity, and the future of entrepreneurship. Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impactQuince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpodKetone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription orderSumm: code TOMVIP20 for 20% off your first year at https://summ.com?via=tombilyeu&coupon=TOMVIP20Duck.Ai: Protect your privacy at https://duck.ai/impactBlinkist: Start your free trial at https://blinkist.com/impact What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER:  https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20show SCALING a business: see if you qualify here.:  https://tombilyeu.com/call Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In today's insightful discussion, Tom sits down with renowned investor and author Ray Dalio to delve into pressing economic challenges and the changing world order. We'll explore Ray's unique perspectives on self-reliance, learning from mistakes, and the significance of "triangulation" in decision-making. Tom and Ray discuss how confronting the basics of survival and embracing simpler lifestyles can foster resilience amid economic turbulence. Ray Dalio emphasizes understanding historical patterns and recognizing financial cycles to navigate current and future crises, drawing parallels to past global events. They address the implications of the U.S. national debt, rising global tensions, and the role of education and financial literacy in preparing for economic downturns. In this episode, you will learn about the mechanics of money and debt, the impact of internal and external conflicts, and the benefits of radical transparency in personal and professional settings. There's also a deep dive into Ray's principles for successful decision-making and the importance of cultivating meaningful relationships and purposeful work. SHOWNOTES 00:00 Smart, bipartisan leadership essential for economic prosperity. 12:04 $100M donated for equitable education in Connecticut. 23:59 Animation highlights predictable historical cycle of empires. 34:54 Debt difficult to repay increases default risk. 45:22 Internal conflict escalates; centrist views pressured. 53:25 Collective learning and triangulation empower decision-making. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome back to Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu! In today’s special live episode, recorded on April 1st, Tom and the crew tackle a whirlwind of breaking headlines—and try to separate the real from the April Fools’ fake. They dig into a rapidly shifting geopolitical landscape, including the latest chaos in the Middle East, Trump’s controversial moves on Iran and the global oil market, and the unraveling of longstanding US alliances with key players in Europe and the Middle East. The episode also dives into the economic impact of these developments, growing debt concerns at home, and how global energy prices are shaping political fortunes leading into the midterms. Beyond the serious news, Tom and Drew discuss the viral stories lighting up the internet—from shocking scandals and conspiracy theories to the accidental leak of Anthropic’s source code that could change the AI race. As always, the crew fields insightful audience questions on everything from personal productivity and home ownership to the future of debt in a post-scarcity world. Get ready for an unfiltered, high-energy breakdown of world events, economic realities, and cultural trends you need to understand now. Whether you’re a dedicated news junkie or just trying to make sense of the madness, this episode is packed with sharp analysis, memorable analogies, and a few laughs along the way. Let’s dive in! Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impactQuince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpodKetone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription orderSumm: code TOMVIP20 for 20% off your first year at https://summ.com?via=tombilyeu&coupon=TOMVIP20Duck.Ai: Protect your privacy at https://duck.ai/impactBlinkist: Start your free trial at https://blinkist.com/impact What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER:  https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20show SCALING a business: see if you qualify here.:  https://tombilyeu.com/call Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu 00:00 Intro 02:55 Trump and The Iran War Decision 13:49 World Leaders Address the Nation 27:36 Rubio Clip On Affordability 50:11 Israel Seizes Lebanon 01:05:00 Charlie Kirk Case Update And Conspiracies 01:18:41 Fed Chair Jerome Says We Have A Spending Problem 01:32:20 Kristi Noem and Her Husband 01:36:47 Anthropic Leaks Its Own Code Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode of Impact Theory, we dive deep into one of the most dramatic and perplexing events in the financial markets: gold’s worst week in 43 years—an event made even more shocking by its timing during a major war and economic turmoil. Traditionally seen as a safe haven in crises, gold’s unexpected plunge signals that something far deeper is at play beneath the surface. Tom unpacks why this isn't just about commodities or geopolitical tension, but about the very plumbing of the global economy—the credit system, specifically the little-understood Eurodollar market that moves money across borders, largely outside the control of central banks. As markets tip into correction territory, oil prices spike, and trust within the financial system erodes, we'll explore how early warning signs—echoing the 2008 financial crisis—are flashing red. Through a five-part breakdown, you'll learn why credit, not war, may be the true culprit behind the recent commodity crash, how the invisible engine of the global monetary system is seizing up, and what it means for your financial future. Most importantly, Tom offers practical strategies on how to navigate these uncertain times—covering asset allocation, managing liquidity, diversification, and emotional resilience. Get ready for a timely, eye-opening analysis designed to help you survive—and even thrive—amidst growing financial turmoil. Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order Summ: code TOMVIP20 for 20% off your first year at https://summ.com?via=tombilyeu&coupon=TOMVIP20 Duck.Ai: Protect your privacy at https://duck.ai/impact Blinkist: Start your free trial at https://blinkist.com/impact FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER:  https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20show SCALING a business: see if you qualify here.:  https://tombilyeu.com/call Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impactQuince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpodKetone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription orderSumm: code TOMVIP20 for 20% off your first year at https://summ.com?via=tombilyeu&coupon=TOMVIP20Duck.Ai: Protect your privacy at https://duck.ai/impactBlinkist: Start your free trial at https://blinkist.com/impact Welcome to Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu. In today's episode, we dive into the rapidly escalating Iran conflict—with Marines receiving deployment notices, the Pentagon drawing up strike plans for Kharg Island, and the very real possibility of American boots hitting Iranian soil for the first time. Tom breaks down exactly what's at stake: why a ground war in Iran could be the defining moment of Trump's presidency, why the "Venezuela model" may have already failed, and what the seizure of Kharg Island—which processes 90% of Iran's oil exports—would actually mean for the region and the world. But that's just the beginning. The weekend's No Kings protests made headlines for all the wrong reasons—communist flags, chants for revolution, and a growing movement that Tom argues is being quietly funded and amplified by actors with deeply questionable motives, including a US billionaire currently living in Shanghai who has allegedly attended Chinese Communist Party propaganda workshops. Tom unpacks why the protests represent a real and legitimate frustration with Trump's governing style, while also exposing the terrifying irony of waving a hammer and sickle to protest tyranny. Then the conversation shifts to the deepest wound in American economic life: the K-shaped economy, modern monetary theory, and why deficit spending—not Elon Musk—is the single biggest driver of toxic inequality in this country. Tom challenges the "tax the rich" crowd with a cause-and-effect framework that might just change how you think about wealth, policy, and the future of the American middle class. Whether you believe Trump's Iran gamble is visionary or reckless, whether you marched last weekend or stayed home—this episode forces you to think harder about outcomes, not just intentions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER:  https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20show SCALING a business: see if you qualify here.:  https://tombilyeu.com/call Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impactQuince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpodKetone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription orderSumm: code TOMVIP20 for 20% off your first year at https://summ.com?via=tombilyeu&coupon=TOMVIP20Duck.Ai: Protect your privacy at https://duck.ai/impactBlinkist: Start your free trial at https://blinkist.com/impact Tom breaks down how NYC went from spending $102 million on homelessness services in 2019 to a projected $456 million in 2026 — and how the homeless population grew anyway. The shocking figure at the center of it all: $81,700 spent per homeless person per year — more than the median household income in New York City. Tom breaks down the viral controversy surrounding influencers traveling to Cuba — and why he thinks the outrage is aimed at entirely the wrong target. While much of the online debate has focused on generators, hotel parties, and electricity use during Cuba's ongoing blackouts, Tom argues that fixating on those details is looking at a single tree instead of the forest. The real story, he says, is the return of what he calls the "useful idiot" playbook — a historically documented pattern where motivated, ideologically driven individuals carry propaganda water for repressive regimes, often at enormous cost to the people trapped inside them. Tom looks at one of the most remarkable — and most ignored — economic turnarounds in modern history: Argentina under Javier Milei. When Milei took office in December 2023, Argentina was in freefall. Inflation was running above 200% annually, government spending was completely out of control, and nearly 20 million Argentines were living in poverty. Critics called his solution — slashing spending, eliminating subsidies, devaluing the currency, and firing thousands of government workers — economic suicide. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We’re back for part two of this mind-altering deep dive with Balaji, and if you survived part 1, brace yourself—because this is where things get absolutely WILD. What if I told you that every price you’re paying—the rent, the hospital bill, the college tuition—is powered, not just by “market forces,” but by a bureaucratic tug-of-war that’s reshaping the world order? Balaji’s connecting the dots on how inflation, big bailouts, and the Fed’s “Money Printer Go Brrr” actually hollowed out economies, and why the next meltdown is already baked in. We break down how “blue” and “red” Americas are literally pulling the country apart—right down to who you marry, where you can move, and why both sides are turning to foreign allies (yes, including China and Russia!) over each other. Today’s conversation is all about the “soft secession” happening under our noses and what it means for the future of democracy, prosperity, and PEACE. PLUS, Balaji reveals his eye-of-the-hurricane strategy—where the smartest, most nimble people are heading, and who’ll thrive as today’s systems break down. What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER:  https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20show SCALING a business: see if you qualify here.:  https://tombilyeu.com/call Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impactQuince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpodDuck.Ai: Protect your privacy at https://duck.ai/impactBlinkist: Start your free trial at https://blinkist.com/impactQuo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impactPique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impactMonetary Metals: Future-proof your wealth at https://monetary-metals.com/impactCozy Earth: code IMPACT for 20% off https://cozyearth.comSumm: code TOMVIP20 for 20% off your first year at https://summ.com?via=tombilyeu&coupon=TOMVIP20 Follow Balaji:X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/balajisWebsite: https://balajis.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/balajis/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Thank you to our Sponsors: Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Duck.Ai: Protect your privacy at https://duck.ai/impact Blinkist: Start your free trial at https://blinkist.com/impact Quo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact Pique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impact Monetary Metals: Future-proof your wealth at https://monetary-metals.com/impact Cozy Earth: code IMPACT for 20% off https://cozyearth.com Summ: code TOMVIP20 for 20% off your first year at https://summ.com?via=tombilyeu&coupon=TOMVIP20 Welcome to the Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu Show! In this episode, Tom is flying solo, bringing his signature unfiltered energy to a whirlwind of today’s most pressing topics. With Drew out on vacation and Ryan (Community Manager) stepping in to wrangle the chat, Tom dives into global turmoil surrounding the Iran conflict, the economic chess game behind Trump’s foreign policy, and how the bond market reveals more about presidential decision-making than most realize. He also takes aim at the latest controversial wealth tax proposal from Elizabeth Warren, arguing its potential to devastate the middle class and stifle American innovation. Along the way, Tom tackles audience super chats, unpacks the real world consequences of government spending, and emphasizes the critical importance of a thriving middle class for America’s future. Whether you’re worried about market volatility, curious about the power struggles in the Middle East, or frustrated by economic policy, this episode will challenge your perspective and give you insights you won’t find anywhere else. Strap in—it’s a wild ride through geopolitics, economics, policy, and the very heart of what drives a nation forward. 00:00 Geopolitics, economy, and wealth tax 08:50 Middle East economic transition 12:02 Trump, Iran, and economic motives 20:57 Regional tensions and war incentives 26:09 Understanding Trump's bond market logic 27:14 Bond market and Trump's strategy 36:45 America's economic and political challenges 39:30 Economic fragility and wealth disparity 45:17 Discussing Strait of Hormuz tensions 49:07 Discussing unintended consequences of helping 57:00 Tax burdens on illiquid assets 01:04:21 Concerns about AI, taxes, and innovation 01:06:34 Tax policies and economic impact 01:14:02 Economic effects of money printing 01:19:41 Money in politics and transparency 01:22:39 Importance of a thriving middle class Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today’s guest is Balaji, the one-and-only, infamous entrepreneur, tech visionary, and macro-thinker who’s never afraid to say what everyone else is just… whispers about. Whether you’re worried, inspired, or just plain confused about where America is headed (or if it’s headed anywhere at all), this conversation with Tom Bilyeu is the crash course in modern chaos you didn’t know you NEEDED. Balaji isn’t here just to talk about the future—he’s laying out the collapse of the current world order, how technology AND tribal politics are shredding America into pieces, and why every “side” thinks it’s losing (and what no one is seeing about the bigger picture). Whether it’s debt, AI, China, or why California wants to tax billionaires out of existence—girl, WE ARE GOING THERE. Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impactQuince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpodDuck.Ai: Protect your privacy at https://duck.ai/impactBlinkist: Start your free trial at https://blinkist.com/impactQuo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impactPique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impactMonetary Metals: Future-proof your wealth at https://monetary-metals.com/impactCozy Earth: code IMPACT for 20% off https://cozyearth.comSumm: code TOMVIP20 for 20% off your first year at https://summ.com?via=tombilyeu&coupon=TOMVIP20 What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER:  https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20show SCALING a business: see if you qualify here.:  https://tombilyeu.com/call Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu You know that feeling something is majorly shifting beneath the surface? Here, Balaji explains why America is breaking apart—not just government, but at the soul level. We lay out why the internet is upstream from every disruption, and how AI isn’t just killing jobs—it’s targeting entire TRIBES inside the US. Are you blue America, red America, or tech America? Listen as Balaji supports his claims with real data and charts: from solar in Africa to the gold “singularity,” from collapsing media to the “wokeness” arms race post-2010. He pulls back the curtain on why California became a one-party state, how Democrats and Republicans are at war with each other AND the internet… and what it all means for the future of your money, your job, and your freedom. SHOWNOTES [00:00] America doesn’t exist? The rise of “sub-tribes” and why labels are now meaningless [00:11] How digital and physical AI are disrupting “blue” and “red” jobs [01:06] AI, solar panels, robots, agents—the multiple “singularities” taking over every industry [05:48] Collapse in religiosity, skyrocketing gender/ideology gaps, and why parties are now split male vs. female [06:28] Why the internet is the root force changing everything (the “force diagram” of disruption) [07:39] HOW AI targets Democrats vs. Republicans—what jobs are actually threatened [10:32] Blue states go anti-AI, legal workarounds, and the “asymmetry” in who fights back [11:43] How America disrupts the West (and why Western Europe may be doomed for a bad century) [13:44] America is over, but the internet is just beginning—understanding “debt” and the end of empires [15:16] Keynesianism = Communism (but for wimps), the invisible theft by the Fed, and how inflation really robs you behind closed doors [22:10] Why technological deflation is GOOD (and why the system wants you to fear it) [25:03] Drawing parallels with the Soviet collapse, how “asset seizure” works in modern economies [29:05] The Cantillon Effect—who really gets rich off the money printer? [35:00] The chart: When blue America lost the media game, and red America lost manufacturing [38:04] Wokeness, the Techlash, and using morality as a weapon: How both parties went “scorched earth” on each other Major eye-openers, right? Make sure to breathe… and yes, he’s just getting started. Follow Balaji: Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/balajis Website: https://balajis.com Book: The Network State (https://thenetworkstate.com) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome back to Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu, where we dig deep into the stories and strategies shaping our world right now. In this episode, Tom Bilyeu and Drew tackle a jam-packed lineup of global headlines and provocative ideas. From escalating military moves in the Middle East and the extension of U.S. military enlistment ages, to the shocking waves in financial markets fueled by accusations of insider trading—no topic is off limits. The conversation explores the intriguing strategies behind the Trump administration’s negotiations with Iran and analyzes what that means for America’s global position and its allies. Tom Bilyeu and Drew question the current state of trust in our institutions, breaking down the impact of government overreach, the challenges of maintaining market integrity, and the cultural forces threatening America’s middle class. There's also a spotlight on Argentina’s recent economic turnaround under Javier Milei, unpacking what lessons the U.S. could learn about austerity, prosperity, and the dangers of unchecked spending. Plus, with AI and technology regulation racing forward, the hosts debate America’s competitive edge as transformational changes reshape both the workplace and society. Get ready for a high-energy deep dive with thoughtful analysis, sharp debates, and a no-holds-barred exchange on the pressing issues shaping our future. Let’s get into it. What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER:  https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20show SCALING a business: see if you qualify here.:  https://tombilyeu.com/call Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impactQuince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpodDuck.Ai: Protect your privacy at https://duck.ai/impactBlinkist: Start your free trial at https://blinkist.com/impactQuo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impactPique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impactMonetary Metals: Future-proof your wealth at https://monetary-metals.com/impactCozy Earth: code IMPACT for 20% off https://cozyearth.comSumm: code TOMVIP20 for 20% off your first year at https://summ.com?via=tombilyeu&coupon=TOMVIP20 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome back to Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu. In today's gripping deep dive, Tom Bilyeu unpacks a game-changing theory about America's future and the global balance of power. Drawing on a recent, viral interview with Professor Jiang—an analyst who predicted the Trump-Iran war years before it happened—Tom Bilyeu breaks down a predictive framework that combines game theory, historical pattern recognition, and the study of "predictive history" inspired by Isaac Asimov. We'll explore how oil and the petrodollar prop up the value of your money, why Iran is the world's pressure point, and the structural forces driving seemingly unpredictable geopolitical events. Tom Bilyeu reveals why America might be walking straight into a geopolitical trap, what that could mean for your wallet and job, and how deindustrialization, rising regionalism, and remilitarization could reshape the world as we know it. This episode isn't about fear—it's about clarity. If you want to get inside the logic that could predict the next seismic shift on the global stage and learn how to position yourself to not just survive, but thrive, you won't want to miss this breakdown. Let’s get started. Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impactQuince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpodDuck.Ai: Protect your privacy at https://duck.ai/impactBlinkist: Start your free trial at https://blinkist.com/impactQuo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impactPique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impactMonetary Metals: Future-proof your wealth at https://monetary-metals.com/impactCozy Earth: code IMPACT for 20% off https://cozyearth.comSumm: code TOMVIP20 for 20% off your first year at https://summ.com?via=tombilyeu&coupon=TOMVIP20 What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER:  https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20show SCALING a business: see if you qualify here.:  https://tombilyeu.com/call Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome to Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu—today’s episode dives headfirst into geopolitics, economics, and innovation at breakneck speed. Broadcasting from what Tom Bilyeu humorously calls “the bunker in Greenland,” the show kicks off with the volatile situation in Iran: Trump’s dramatic threats, rapid backtracking, and the intricate economic maneuvers behind the headlines. You'll hear how market forces—especially the bond market—are driving decisions at the highest levels, and discover why the fate of the petrodollar is at the heart of global power struggles. Druticus joins Tom Bilyeu to break down poll results, discuss propaganda on all sides, and untangle complex cause-and-effect loops shaping our world. The episode doesn’t stop at conflict—there’s a deep dive into Elon Musk’s jaw-dropping TeraFab project, which could redefine AI manufacturing and potentially de-risk World War III for America. Expect powerful conversations about international law, propaganda, and the narratives shaping public opinion, plus insights into the human dynamics—evolution, motivation, and behavioral psychology—that drive history and innovation. From Cuba’s blackout to the global energy chess game, and from philosophy to cognitive behavioral therapy, this episode captures why understanding cause and effect is more crucial than ever. Tune in for nuance, debate, and perspective where world events, technology, and the very stories we tell all converge. Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impactQuince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpodDuck.Ai: Protect your privacy at https://duck.ai/impactBlinkist: Start your free trial at https://blinkist.com/impactQuo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impactPique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impactMonetary Metals: Future-proof your wealth at https://monetary-metals.com/impactCozy Earth: code IMPACT for 20% off https://cozyearth.comSumm: code TOMVIP20 for 20% off your first year at https://summ.com?via=tombilyeu&coupon=TOMVIP20 What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER:  https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20show SCALING a business: see if you qualify here.:  https://tombilyeu.com/call Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER:  https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20show SCALING a business: see if you qualify here.:  https://tombilyeu.com/call Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact Quince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpod Duck.Ai: Protect your privacy at https://duck.ai/impact Blinkist: Start your free trial at https://blinkist.com/impact Quo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact Pique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impact Monetary Metals: Future-proof your wealth at https://monetary-metals.com/impact Cozy Earth: code IMPACT for 20% off https://cozyearth.com Summ: code TOMVIP20 for 20% off your first year at https://summ.com?via=tombilyeu&coupon=TOMVIP20 Welcome to Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu. In today's clip, Tom breaks down one of the most chaotic weekends in recent internet history — and what it reveals about the terrifying new reality of modern geopolitical warfare.It started with a viral post on an Instagram account with 13.5 million followers claiming Benjamin Netanyahu was dead because he appeared to have six fingers on camera. Tom breaks down the explosive attack on Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, Michigan — where a man drove an explosives-laden truck through the front doors of one of the largest synagogues in the country. With 140 children inside. Tom walks through exactly what happened, how armed security stopped it from becoming a mass casualty event, and the widely reported — though still unconfirmed — detail that may reframe how we understand the attacker's motive entirely.  Tom breaks down why the DSA's "humanitarian aid" trip is less about the Cuban people and more about anti-Trump political theater — and why the choice to defend this regime, out of every humanitarian crisis on the planet, tells you everything you need to know about the American left's priorities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.