Intro

Housekeeping

Headlines

Emails

Top 5

Beyond the Bullshit

Outro

Max and 99 kick things off revisiting old predictions and check how they're holding up. They hit the headlines: billionaires breaking records, geopolitical conflict threatening economic stability, and monopoly concerns in the music industry. Listener emails cover politics, financial industry backdoors, and navigating complicity. They rank their Top 5 historical figures to reclaim, do some movie talk, and member shoutouts round it out. Enjoy!

Chapters

Intro: 00:00:18

Housekeeping: 00:00:34

Headlines: 00:21:13

Emails: 00:48:54

Top 5: 01:00:23

Beyond the Bullshit: 01:19:35

Outro: 01:43:27

Resources

Acquired: Epic Systems (MyChart)

Bloomberg: Europe Rushes to Contain Price Fallout From War in Middle East

Foreign Policy: The Iran War Is Jeopardizing the Entire Global Economy

Forbes: World’s Billionaires List

The Cut: ‘My Friends Live in a Bubble. Should I Dump Them?’

NPR: Live Nation and Justice Department reach settlement in antitrust case

Reuters: Judge tells Live Nation, state AGs to negotiate potential deal

Straight White American Jesus Podcast

John Fugelsang: Separation of Church and Hate: A Sane Person's Guide to Taking Back the Bible from Fundamentalists

Margin Call

Inside Job

Forbes: AI Minted More Than 50 New Billionaires In 2025

Matt Taibbi: Griftopia: A Story of Bankers, Politicians, and the Most Audacious Power Grab in American History

Kanopy

UNFTR Resources

The End of the American Experiment.

The Clinton Series.

Phone A Friend: Zohran Mamdani.

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Max and 99 kick things off revisiting old predictions and check how they're holding up. They hit the headlines: billionaires breaking records, geopolitical conflict threatening economic stability, and monopoly concerns in the music industry. Listener emails cover politics, financial industry backdoors, and navigating complicity. They rank their Top 5 historical figures to reclaim, do some movie talk, and member shoutouts round it out. Enjoy!
Chapters
Intro: 00:00:18
Housekeeping: 00:00:34
Headlines: 00:21:13
Emails: 00:48:54
Top 5: 01:00:23
Beyond the Bullshit: 01:19:35
Outro: 01:43:27
Resources
Acquired: <a href="https://www.acquired.fm/episodes/epic-systems-mychart">Epic Systems (MyChart)</a>
Bloomberg: <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-11/europe-rushes-to-deal-with-price-fallout-from-trump-s-iran-war">Europe Rushes to Contain Price Fallout From War in Middle East</a>
Foreign Policy: <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/04/iran-war-dubai-saudi-qatar-global-economy-oil-shipping-trade/">The Iran War Is Jeopardizing the Entire Global Economy</a>
Forbes: <a href="https://www.forbes.com/billionaires/">World&rsquo;s Billionaires List</a>
The Cut: <a href="https://www.thecut.com/article/friendship-breakups-fights-politics-social-media.html">&lsquo;My Friends Live in a Bubble. Should I Dump Them?&rsquo;</a>
NPR: <a href="https://www.npr.org/2026/03/09/nx-s1-5742433/live-nation-ticketmaster-doj-antitrust-case">Live Nation and Justice Department reach settlement in antitrust case</a>
Reuters: <a href="https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/judge-tells-live-nation-state-ags-negotiate-potential-deal-2026-03-10/">Judge tells Live Nation, state AGs to negotiate potential deal</a>
<a href="https://www.straightwhiteamericanjesus.com/">Straight White American Jesus Podcast</a>
John Fugelsang: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/23377/9781668066898">Separation of Church and Hate: A Sane Person's Guide to Taking Back the Bible from Fundamentalists</a>
<a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/margin-call/">Margin Call</a>
<a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/inside-job-2010/">Inside Job</a>
Forbes: <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/aliciapark/2025/12/25/ai-minted-more-than-50-new-billionaires-in-2025/">AI Minted More Than 50 New Billionaires In 2025</a>
Matt Taibbi: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/23377/9780385529969">Griftopia: A Story of Bankers, Politicians, and the Most Audacious Power Grab in American History</a>
<a href="https://www.kanopy.com/">Kanopy</a>
UNFTR Resources
<a href="https://www.unftr.com/episodes/unftr167">The End of the American Experiment</a>.
<a href="https://www.unftr.com/unftr-series/the-clinton-years">The Clinton Series</a>.
<a href="https://www.unftr.com/episodes/paf18">Phone A Friend: Zohran Mamdani</a>.
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