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Common Sense - Red State Finance
Let's talk about what's actually happening in America — the economy, the markets, the politics, and the decisions that affect 'real' life. No boring scripted narrative. Just common sense, out loud, for the people the mainstream media stopped talking to a long time ago. New episodes every Thursday at 2pm ET.
Episodes
Common Sense - Red State FinanceIs AI Coming for Your Job? Depends Who You Are
Is AI coming for your job? It depends who you are. In January, Amazon cut 16,000 corporate jobs. Meanwhile in Abilene, Texas, a local electrician lost two of…
Common Sense - Red State FinanceDoes Being Successful Make You a Villain in America?
Does being successful make you a villain in America? Gallup's latest poll found 95% of Americans view small business positively but only 35% feel that way…
Common Sense - Red State FinanceSix Figures and Still Broke: Inflation or Corporate Greed?
Making six figures and still feel broke? You're not imagining it. The Federal Reserve's 2025 Survey of Consumer Finances found almost 20% of families are…
Common Sense - Red State FinanceRepublicans. Democrats. Why Am I Still Getting Screwed?
Is America in decline? Cole and Savannah skip the shouting and hand out a 50-year report card. Four subjects, real numbers: • Education: we spend more than…
Common Sense - Red State FinanceYou'll Own Nothing. And Apparently Everything Has a Monthly Fee.
Diesel is six bucks a gallon in a lot of places, and the internet has about forty theories why. Cole and Savannah put on the tinfoil hats, then take them off…
Common Sense - Red State FinanceAI Panic, Revisited: Real Threat or Billionaire Theater?
The people building AI keep telling you it might end the world. Then they go right back to selling it. Cole and Savannah sort out what's real, what's hype, and…
Common Sense - Red State FinanceIf the Economy Is Doing So Well, Why Is Everyone Pissed Off?
Washington says the K-shaped economy is over. Cole and Savannah check the receipts. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says we're in a "C-shaped" economy now. So…
Common Sense - Red State FinanceThe Fifty-Year Deficit: Is the American Empire Actually in Decline?
Dana and Anthony ask the big, uncomfortable one this week: is America in long-term decline? No cable news shouting. No doom-scrolling. Just an honest audit of…
Common Sense - Red State FinancePetrodollars & Conspiracy Theories: Is Uncle Sam Engineering High Energy Prices?
On this week's episode, Dana and Anthony strap on their tin-foil hats and dive into the wild world of geopolitical conspiracy theories, high-stakes energy…
Common Sense - Red State FinanceAI Panic: Real Threat or Billionaire Theater?
This week, Dana and Anthony take on a question that sounds like a bad sci-fi trailer but is now a real debate in boardrooms and Congress: is AI actually going…
Common Sense - Red State FinanceBessent's Alphabet Soup Economy
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent went on national TV and declared the K-shaped economy dead. In its place? A "C-shaped economy," where lower-wage workers are…
Common Sense - Red State FinanceThe Treasury's $1 Trillion Shell Game
This week Dana and Anthony dig into one of the strangest moves coming out of the U.S. Treasury: the government is running a $1 trillion checking account…
Common Sense - Red State FinanceWhy The Dollar’s Reserve Status May Be America’s Biggest Curse
The Exorbitant Trap: Why Wall Street Loves the Dollar and Main Street Pays the Bill On this week's episode, Dana and Anthony dissect a financial flex that…
Common Sense - Red State FinanceIs the Four-Day Workweek Actually Coming?
Dana and Anthony take on corporate America's favorite daydream this week: the four-day workweek. Are three-day weekends actually coming, or is this just…
Common Sense - Red State FinanceShould the Capital Gains Tax Even Exist?
Dana and Anthony go after one of Wall Street's favorite sacred cows this week: the capital gains tax. What happens if Uncle Sam scraps it entirely tomorrow?…
Common Sense - Red State FinanceThe Biggest Hedge Fund Blow-Up EXPLAINED
This week, Dana and Anthony pick apart the wildest financial story of the summer: a 24-year-old former OpenAI researcher who turned a single essay into a hedge…
Common Sense - Red State FinanceBuy Now Pay Later - The New Debt Dilemma
This week, Dana and Anthony look at the new backbone of the American economy: splitting a $12 carton of eggs into four "interest-free" payments. Buy Now, Pay…
Common Sense - Red State FinanceWhat Happens If (When) the AI Bubble Bursts?
This week's episode asks the question every index fund investor is quietly avoiding: what happens when Silicon Valley's favorite money-burning machine finally…
Common Sense - Red State FinanceWhere is America's Gold?
Is Fort Knox Empty, or Just Playing Dumb? Anthony and Dana tackle America's favorite conspiracy theory this week: is the gold actually in Fort Knox, or did…
Common Sense - Red State FinanceGlobal MAGA: Wrecking Ball or Political Virus?
Are world leaders running their countries, or just auditioning for a global franchise of the Trump show? This week, we take apart the populist wave sweeping…
Common Sense - Red State FinanceShould the USA Go Back to the Gold Standard?
Gold used to back every dollar in your pocket. Then, in 1971, Nixon cut the cord and the dollar became a promise instead of a receipt. Half a century later…
Common Sense - Red State FinanceThey Broke Your Brain On Purpose
You used to be able to argue with someone and still shake hands after. Now? Two headlines and a notification later, half the country can't finish a debate…
Common Sense - Red State FinanceTrump's Second Term Reckoning
Trump’s second term has already done one thing very well: expose who was never prepared for him to come back. In this episode, we give an honest review of…
Common Sense - Red State FinanceIs the American Dream Just a 30-Year Money Pit?
Grab your emotional support blanket, because we are here to reveal what buying a home actually costs over 30 years — and spoiler alert, the number is so…