#1004 - Sam Corcos - Inside DOGE, The IRS & How to Scam the US Government
Sam Corcos is an entrepreneur, CEO of Levels, and a special advisor to the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
What’s really happening inside the U.S. government? For the first time, a DOGE insider exposes the chaos, corruption, and dysfunction plaguing Washington. How did America’s most powerful system lose its way, and can we climb out of this financial and technological free fall?
Expect to learn what is currently happening inside DOGE, why Sam decided to step into a political position, Sam’s biggest misconceptions he had about the government before he went inside, how the government actually operates internally, why it’s so hard to make change in the government, how to scam the US government, how to solve the government contract problem, how the IT in the government got so dysfunctional and how we might get out of this, what the IRS actually does and if tax collection is actually viable to help the debt problem, and much more…
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Timestamps:
(0:00) Becoming Chief Information Officer of the Treasury Department
(6:22) The Politics of Working in Politics
(11:19) What It’s Really Like Working for the US Government
(25:05) How Do You Change the System?
(37:46) What Has Sam Sacrificed for the Government?
(43:51) The Procurement Process is Broken
(53:47) How Much Money Does the Government Really Spend?
(01:01:28) Why is Finding Engineers Proving Difficult?
(01:10:56) Are Young People Favoured for Government Jobs?
(01:15:54) US Media is Fuelling Federal Mistrust
(01:25:55) DOGE is More Than a Meme
(01:30:04) How Does DOGE Save Money?
(01:38:05) Why Spending Cuts are So Important
(01:43:02) Modernisation Isn’t the Answer
(01:48:55) Is Data Security at Risk?
(01:55:09) The Reduction in Force Process is Brutal
(02:00:58) What Sam Would Go Back and Change About DOGE
(02:10:06) What Does the IRS Actually Do?
(02:16:32) How are Tax Policies Really Enforced?
(02:25:52) People are at the Core of DOGE
(02:35:26) How Long Will It Take to Fix IT Systems?
(02:42:14) What Have Been the Biggest Changes in Sam’s Work?
(02:52:32) How Will Systematic Changes Stick?
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#1003 - Konstantin Kisin - The Forces Behind Britain's Downfall
Konstantin Kisin is a podcaster, a speaker and an author.
Is the UK facing its breaking point? Once the world’s greatest empire, the UK now finds itself engulfed in political chaos and cultural upheaval. From leadership crises to deep divisions, what’s really happening on the front lines, and can Britain be saved from itself?
Expect to learn why the UK is in a major crisis right now, why the border operates differently in the UK versus other countries, what Konstantin learned from being on the frontlines of the migrant hotel crisis, if multiculturalism is a failed experiment in the UK, what it means to hold traditional British values, why the UK doesn’t have freedom of speech, if the root cause of the UK’s issues are actually economical, and much more...
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Timestamps:
(0:00) Will Immigration Be the Death of the UK?
(7:31) Immigration in UK vs the US
(12:50) We Can’t Let Immigration Become a Moral Issue
(16:37) Why are Immigrants Choosing the UK?
(25:20) Has Multiculturalism Failed?
(32:34) Konstantin’s View on Immigration as an Immigrant
(36:30) Cultural Assimilation Needs to Improve
(41:52) Are the Left Over-Organising Protests?
(50:16) What are the Left Trying to Achieve?
(01:00:16) Negativity is Breaking the UK
(01:07:41) Why is the UK So Depressed?
(01:13:02) Have Racists Hijacked the English Flag?
(01:18:06) Did Tony Robinson Predict the Migrant Crisis?
(01:21:09) Free Speech is Under Attack
(01:39:31) Is the Economy the Problem?
(01:44:39) Why We Combine Beliefs
(01:48:43) The Super-Rich are Not the Problem
(02:01:43) Left-Leaning Content is Rising in the UK
(02:06:56) Is the Right Fracturing?
(02:15:07) New Media Needs to Head Important Conversations
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#712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf
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#1002 - Andrew Doyle - Political Violence & The Lunatics of Your Own Side
Andrew Doyle is Titania McGrath, host of GB News, a comedian and a writer.
The world has shifted dramatically over the past few years, and the pace of change has only accelerated in recent months. Ideas that once lived outside the mainstream have quickly entered the Overton Window, while others have been pushed out. So what does the future hold for “woke”? Is it fading, primed for a resurgence, or simply mutating into the next cultural battleground? And more importantly, what new culture war is waiting just over the horizon?
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Timestamps:
(0:00) Are Liberals Becoming More Violent?
(9:42) Why Out-of-Context Clips are So Damaging
(14:44) Was Charlie Kirk a Future President?
(18:50) Wokeness is Dying
(35:28) The Dangers of Pushing Too Hard
(45:40) Andrew’s Stance on the Wokeness
(55:22) Does Environmentalism Fit into the Woke Movement?
(01:00:48) The Woke Movement is Homophobic
(01:16:09) Why Queers for Palestine is So Juxtaposing
(01:22:41) Authoritarianism in the UK
(01:36:18) The Attack on Free Speech
(01:45:06) Activist Judges Need to Be Removed from Government
(01:49:53) Steven’s Views on Unite the Kingdom
(01:53:15) Should Jimmy Kimmel Have Been Cancelled?
(02:03:50) Cancel Culture is Going Too Far
(02:14:25) We Shouldn’t Feel Threatened By Disagreement
(02:21:19) What Happens Next?
(02:26:26) Where to Find Andrew
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#712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf
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#1001 - Ryan Holiday - Stoicism’s Lessons on Becoming Wise
Ryan Holiday is a podcaster, marketer and an author.
If intelligence were enough, the smartest among us would also be the wisest. Yet time and again, they stumble over life’s simplest lessons. Wisdom isn’t about knowing more; it’s about seeing deeper. So how do we shed the illusion of being ‘smart,’ and actually grow into wisdom?
Expect to learn what Ryan learned from his near-death experience, what most people get wrong about wisdom, how daily habits compound into wisdom across a lifetime, what Ryan learned from studying the Wright Brothers, why in a culture of shortcuts and “life hacks,” how Ryan convinces people that wisdom is worth the long, uncomfortable path, what a Stoic would say about when you’ve lost yourself in life, why humility is such a crucial ingredient for wisdom, and much more…
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Timestamps:
(0:00) Why We Need to Push Outside Our Comfort Zone
(5:13) Banning Books Isn't Ethical
(16:41) Does Learning Keeps Us Humble?
(27:48) Why We Learn Lessons from Old Tales
(33:41) Literally True, Figuratively False
(50:33) Do the Work Now to Build Your Wisdom
(57:55) Stoic Advice for When You’re Lost in Life
(01:03:45) How Stockdale Remained Unbroken
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#1000 - Matthew McConaughey - The Art of Living a Courageous Life
Matthew McConaughey is an Academy Award-winning actor, producer and an author.
Expect to learn why Matthew says life often “rhymes”, why it’s okay if you do everything right and still not get the result you want, how Matthew views the role courage plays in his life, how to learn to deal with failure, the difference between a nice guy and a good man, the most important principle Matthew refuses to compromise on, the appropriate balance of running toward a life you want vs. away from one that you fear, how to balance self-confidence with humility, the difference between “being” and “acting”, what it means to be more impressed with the wow instead of the how, rumors on Matthew’s return to the True Detective franchise, and much more…
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Timestamps:
(0:00) What It Means When Life “Rhymes”
(9:34) How Forgiving Betrayal Can Free You
(20:32) Hope, Faith, and How To Become Your Own Hero
(25:47) This Approach to Success is Everything
(31:57) The Mindset That Will Change Your Outlook on Life
(41:11) How To Find Significance in the Noise
(53:30) The Power of Courage and Conviction
(01:00:31) How To Find Balance Between Life and Work
(01:10:31) The Difference Between a Nice Guy and a Good Man
(01:17:17) Principles Matthew Refuses To Compromise On
(01:29:15) Why We Need to Stop Cancelling Men
(01:34:31) Why Living Better Outweighs Living Longer
(01:40:55) How to Build Confidence
(01:47:10) How to Stop Worrying & Trust the Process
(01:52:16) On the Road with Matthew
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#712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf
#700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp
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