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Solving America's Problems
America's Opportunities: From Conversation to Candidacy. Solving America's Problems is a weekly podcast that turns real conversations about America's toughest issues into a movement, so the best and brightest serve in government, not chase Wall Street or Silicon Valley. It's for anyone who wants a serious hour on the country's problems without a team jersey. Hosted by Jerremy Alexander Newsome (co-host and candidate) and Dave Conley (co-host and producer). Guests include authors, academics…
Episodes
- Solving America's Problems
Free Lunch? AI, UBI, and Who's Really Paying the Tab (Full)
A third of American workers are one missed paycheck from crisis, and AI is repricing the assumption that human labor has permanent value faster than any safety…
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Amendment 28, Ethereum, and How UBI Actually Gets Protected
If guaranteed income demonstrably cut violent crime, lowered healthcare costs, and boosted entrepreneurship — and the only documented trade-off was recipients…
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The Lazy Myth, Crime Data, and Why Social Security Is Fraud
Crime drops exponentially when money enters poverty — Jerremy Alexander Newsome calls the data nearly unarguable. Dave Conley and Jerremy work through the…
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AI Is Destroying the Work Contract — Can UBI Replace It?
A third of American workers are one missed paycheck from crisis, and AI is repricing the assumption that human labor has permanent value faster than any safety…
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Series Wrap: AI, Broken Institutions, and the UBI Debate (Full)
One guest puts the odds of a US recession by end of 2026 at 95%. Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley close out one of their longest series by walking…
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A $213K Dream Now Costs $5 Million — Own Equity Instead
A home that cost $213,000 in 1988 costs $5 million today — and Jerremy argues the math doesn't work anymore. Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley make the…
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Who's Accountable? Boomers, Markets, and Consequence-Free Power
Markets haven't priced in reality yet — and when they do, most people won't have options. Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley argue that individual…
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AI Is Already Cutting Jobs — What the Series Guests Said
One guest puts the odds of a US recession by end of 2026 at 95%. Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley spend this episode running through six guests and…
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AI's Great Displacement: Self-Reliance, UBI, and Owning Your Data by 2030 (Full)
A fast great displacement is already underway — AI, robots, drones, and autonomous vehicles repricing jobs while many new grads work roles that don't require…
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Work in 2030: Radical Self-Reliance, AI, and Who You Can Trust
"No one's gonna come save us" — that's the working assumption the whole segment runs on. Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley press Justin Meyers and…
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AI Job Loss, Purpose Collapse, and Who Owns Your Data?
Purposelessness leads to violence — and the panel thinks America is at the front edge of that curve. Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley dig into…
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Fed Chair Drama, CPI Spin, and Mega-Caps at All-Time Highs (Audio)
The S&P 500 is up roughly 17% since April 1 and mega-caps are sitting at all-time highs — while South Florida gas clears $5 and diesel runs above $6. Jerremy…
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The Great Displacement: AI, Jobs, and Who Gets Left Behind
Businesses will replace humans for better ROI — and the timeline is shorter than most people think. Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley sit down with…
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The Old Job Deal Is Gone: AI, Hiring, and Who Owns the Agents (Full)
Most job postings aren't real hiring signals — they're unprioritized requisitions in a labor-arbitrage economy, and the school-degree-job pipeline behind them…
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You Hold the Pen: Fear, Nervous System, and the Agent Ownership Fight
Companies already view payroll as a tax, and private equity is quietly consolidating the trades — that's stated plainly before any optimism enters. Jerremy…
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Micro-SaaS, Cooperatives, and How to Outlast the AI Takeover
The Industrial Revolution comparison only holds if workers own a slice of what replaces them — and right now, most don't. Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave…
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Fake Jobs, Broken Hiring, and Why the Degree Deal Is Dead
Most job postings aren't real hiring signals — they're unprioritized requisitions in a system built for labor arbitrage, not placement. Jerremy Alexander…
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Pam Jordan on Cash, Pricing, Taxes, and the New American Deal (Full)
99 employees lost their jobs when a general contracting firm's Chapter 11 converted to Chapter 7 in open court — a company with strong sales and no cash…
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Cut to the Highest Margin: AI, Focus, and a 300% Profit Jump
A California marketing agency cut staff from seven to two, kept top-line revenue flat, and raised profit 300% — the result of narrowing to the highest-margin…
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School Schedules, Rigid Jobs, and the $3K Side Hustle Fix
The U.S. school day and the standard nine-to-five were never designed for working families — and the system isn't broken by accident. Pam Jordan argues 2020…
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99 Jobs Gone: The Company Had Sales but Not Cash
A general contracting firm's Chapter 11 filing converted to Chapter 7 in open court — 99 employees out, and the books had looked fine. Pam Jordan was there as…
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Mag 7 Earnings, Oil Shock, and Why Markets Don't Add Up
Amazon just hit the highest price in human history. Dave Conley calls this the largest oil shock in history and notes that nobody is saying "this time it's…
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$800M Deal Burnout: Why Success Left Him Empty (Full)
On Solving America’s Problems, Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley interview former GE executive Cruz Gamboa. He describes closing an $800M Latin America…
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Jesus Was Born Rich – How Abundance Starts Faith Movements
On Solving America’s Problems, Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley talk with Cruz Gamboa about shifting from scarcity to abundance mindsets in faith and…
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Most Million-Dollar Founders Can't Make Payroll
On Solving America’s Problems, Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley discuss with Cruz Gamboa the shift from corporate to entrepreneurship and the…
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The Lie of Being a "Good Soldier" in Corporate America
On Solving America’s Problems, Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley speak with Cruz Gamboa. As GE exec he closed massive $800M deal in Latin America with…
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Why Are Half of Recent College Grads Stuck in Jobs That Don’t Match Their Degree? (Full)
Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley host 27-year-old New York HR professional Kathryn Conley. She earned an international studies degree equipped with…
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Why Is the Most Connected Generation Also the Most Lonely?
Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley ask Kathryn what today’s moment will teach future generations and what scares or gives her hope; she cites AI, future…
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Will AI Replace HR While Bosses Keep Plans Vague on Purpose?
Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley discuss how AI is reshaping hiring, arguing that blasting resumes into automated systems misses the human connection…
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MAGA Fractures, AI Cash Flow, and Why Markets Keep Rising Anyway
Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley spot MAGA fractures as influencers JP Sears to Patrick Bet-David bail on Trump, eyeing midterm and lame duck risks…
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Pandemic Grads Hit Ghost Jobs and NYC Rent Wall
Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley open by noting half of recent college graduates work jobs that don’t match their degree and entry-level professional…
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James Klein on No-Degree Entrepreneurship and Recession Signals (Full)
Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave “DC” Conley interview James Klein, who has spent 45 years building businesses without finishing college and runs his…
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Canadian Healthcare vs USA and the 2030 Work Contract
Jerremy and Dave interview Canadian entrepreneur James Klein about universal healthcare. He details the government health card system, wait times for…
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The Recession Is Coming Faster Than Most Admit
Jerremy and Dave hear from James Klein on why a recession is likely 3-6 months away with conditions like the Jimmy Carter era. Sustained high oil prices will…
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Dave and Jerremy Have Opposite Calls on the Market — Only One of Them Can Be Right
Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley break down how Middle East tensions are impacting markets. They review the S&P 500 futures, energy sector breakout…
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You Don't Need a Degree to Build a Real Business Career
Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave “DC” Conley speak with James Klein about entrepreneurship without a degree. He shares leaving at 19 when his father had…
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Half of New Grads Underemployed – Is the American Playbook Dead? (Full)
The old American playbook is breaking. Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley interview Spencer Conley, a Big Four consulting manager, about why the…
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Will AI Make Trade Schools the New Path for Young Americans?
Jerremy Alexander Newsome asks Spencer and Dave to forecast how AI will reshape America’s workforce over the next 25 years. Spencer predicts corporate slides…
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Is AI Efficiency Just Code for Headcount Reduction in Consulting?
Corporate AI pitches sell efficiency but often mean headcount reduction. Spencer and Dave discuss how job losses to AI have already happened at large research…
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Relief Rally or Oil Virus? Markets & War Signals (Full)
Jerremy and Dave break down a wild market open as Q1 2026 closes. Tech, oil, and metals are up, but the VIX sits above 30. They see it as a relief rally fueled…
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Why Half of New Grads Are Underemployed After Following All the Rules
The traditional American playbook is breaking. Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley explain how school, credentials, and work no longer deliver as half of…
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Current Events: Why Does Tokyo Have Zero Homeless People While Iran Wages $100 Oil Economic War?
Japan shows a different standard. Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley discuss his trip to Tokyo where he saw zero homeless people, fewer than five…
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The American Dream Is Changing Jobs (Full)
Go to school, get a degree, get a job, build a life — that contract expired and nobody sent the memo. Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley trace the…
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$145M in Apprenticeship Funding Got Zeroed Out — Now What?
The Department of Labor had $145 million earmarked for apprenticeships in shipbuilding, semiconductors, and healthcare. Then it got zeroed out. Jerremy…
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Your 401(k) Was Never Meant for Retirement
Eighty-one percent of workers fear losing their jobs in 2025 — and most of them can't afford to quit anyway. Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley call the…
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Nobody Talks About Their Job on Their Deathbed
A buddy told Dave he was qualified for "stupid" — that's how he got hired at AOL with 200 college credits and nothing to show for it. Jerremy Alexander Newsome…
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Is the American Work Deal Already Dead?
The deal was always simple: school, degree, stable job, good life. Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley launch their Work In Progress series by asking…
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Trigger Warning: What Did We Learn About Guns? (Full)
erremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley close out the Trigger Warning series with a full recap of what four guests taught them about guns in America. 44,000…
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Harden Schools, Fix Education, Put Purpose Before Pills
Stronger doors, working locks, bulletproof glass — $500 million could make every American school safe. Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley break down why…
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Gun Violence: Human Rights & Broken Men
44,000 Americans die by guns every year. 62% are suicides — disproportionately lonely rural veterans. The rest is mostly young men killing each other in…
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Do Algorithms Keep Us Crazy While Schools Lack Basic Locks? (Full)
Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley talk school safety with Paresa Noble. Dave, who helped build early social media in the late 1990s, says algorithms…
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Uvalde Sparked Real School Safety Action – Here's the Hope (Part 3)
Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley conclude with Paresa Noble on what gives hope. They cover her origin story after Uvalde, lightning round, what they…
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Phones and Social Media Are Breaking Kids – Parents, Step Up (Part 2)
Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley continue with Paresa Noble on mental health as root cause. Dave covers social media, phones and youth mental health…
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School Safety Is Low Hanging Fruit – Why Aren't We Picking It? (Part 1)
Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley sit with Paresa Noble on practical school safety as low hanging fruit. Dave shares insights on algorithms and the…
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Current Events: Middle East War Buildup and Epstein Elite Ties (Full)
Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley talk from Reno Airport about rising global tensions and the largest U.S. military buildup in the Middle East in 30…
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Income Gap & Corruption Exposed (Full)
59% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, worst since the Great Depression. Former U.S. Congresswoman Marie Newman shares her take on the income gap…
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Why 59% live paycheck to paycheck now.
59% live paycheck to paycheck—worst since Depression. Political funding truths revealed. Summary: 59% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, the worst since…
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Why do veterans self-harm double after VA cuts?
Veterans face a fatal lag in support. Self-harm attempts doubled after a 67% cut to Veterans Administration funding. Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley…
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Why does money drive gun violence?
Gun violence doesn't happen in a vacuum—it's tied to money, misinformation, and public health. Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley dive into reform with…
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Most Gun Deaths Are Suicides—Why Are We Still Debating Magazines? (Full)
44,000 Americans die each year from gun-related deaths, the majority suicides. Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley sit down with Steven Orr to argue we…