After Nate brags about his minimalist achievement in the Android App Drawer, Brian brings up some strange tweets and bizarre circumstances surrounding the recent shooting at White House Correspondents Dinner. The lads are left to speculate how much of our reality is actually manufactured for our consumption. The boys then dig into ruling class’s motivation for deception. To buttress the point, Nate launches into a brief history of attempts to dismantle the USA’s only public bank, the Bank of North Dakota.
Killing the Bank of North Dakota
The Economic Motivation for Ruling Classes to Deceive
May 11, 2026
System Failure
We live in a time of great change. Familiar systems are crumbling all around us, and the terrifying unknown lies ahead. But your hosts Brian and Nate spread optimism by exploring the secret histories of faith and finance that have delivered us to the most exciting moment in human history.
We live in a time of great change. Familiar systems are crumbling all around us, and the terrifying unknown lies ahead. But your hosts Brian and Nate spread optimism by exploring the secret histories of faith and finance that have delivered us to the most exciting moment in human history.Listen on
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