Politically High-Tech

Send us Fan Mail We examine how incentives broke mainstream dating apps and how an AI matchmaker that learns from both people can realign dating around outcomes. The talk widens to data ownership, crypto marketplaces for real-world collectibles, and a spiritual lens on algorithms, feedback, and growth. • AI-generated tags from real digital footprints • Matching that learns from both sides of a chat • Why swipe-first models skew the marketplace • Date planning, debriefs, and constructive feed...

Send us Fan Mail We push past basic budgeting and dig into the modern family office, money emotions, and the definition of true wealth, with guest Stoy Hall sharing candid insights and practical steps. We also trace how policy and market games affect real households and how to respond with clarity. • redefining a family office for real households • money memories driving adult choices • using emotion as data in financial planning • why custom plans stick and templates fail • systemic barrier...

Send us Fan Mail We confront tribal habits, set aside ego, and explore how to disagree without scorched-earth rhetoric. Nathan Smolensky shares tools for curiosity, active listening, and clear messaging, plus a realistic path for independents in a system built for two. • defining the problem of outrage-first politics • using curiosity to lower defenses • active listening as a repeatable habit • balancing humility with confidence in your voice • replacing coded language with clear, simple wor...

Send us Fan Mail We turn a rough founder setback into a bigger lesson on resilience, then map where AI is actually headed: agent coders, wild generative video, IP fights, outages that prove why decentralization matters, and a bumpy creative economy that needs smarter transitions. • converting anger into productive energy • founder vision, community drift, and the why • generative video hype, satire, and line-crossing • copyright, fair use, and overreach risks • AI coding agents, tool orchest...

Send us Fan Mail We push back on outrage culture and political hypocrisy with a low-tech symbol: the yellow feather. Carew Papritz joins us to share how shame, gratitude, and small acts of courage can restore integrity in public life, alongside stories from The Legacy Letters and life on the border. • why the yellow feather calls out bully cowards without violence • how The Legacy Letters teaches responsibility, humility, and truth • why gratitude and reading build civility in a distracted c...

Send us Fan Mail We sit with author and podcaster Teri M. Brown to explore how fiction builds empathy, why Ukraine’s past matters to the present, and how to argue without hate. We challenge media echo chambers, defend real free speech, and make the case for reading widely as an antidote to doomscrolling. • the meaning behind Sunflowers Beneath the Snow • 2014 as the overlooked precursor to 2022 • focusing on people over punditry • correcting errors and valuing accuracy • free speech versus t...

Send us Fan Mail We sit down with St. Louis Recorder of Deeds Michael Butler to unpack how AI can make government faster and safer without cutting people, and to map the long game of Missouri politics where policy wins often outpace party wins. The throughline is mission over personality—use tech to serve residents and organize for durable change. • why back-office AI beats shiny chatbots • human-in-the-loop workflows for records and filings • shifting roles without cutting pay • fixing serv...

Send us Fan Mail The wisdom of the body contains powerful secrets that can lead to profound healing when we learn to listen and respond to its language. • Our bodies communicate through sensations, pains, and feelings that signal deeper emotional and energetic imbalances • Every experience and trauma in our lives impacts our physical health and creates patterns in our body • The human body consists of multiple energy layers—the physical, etheric (memory), and astral (emotional) bodies ...