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Episode 2 — Machines, Markets & the Mirror of Progress
This week on Wealth & Means, we explore what happens when technology, trade, and time collide.
From China’s rare-earth squeeze to AI’s moral dilemma, this episode is a full-stack tour through the forces defining the 2020s.
🧠 What You’ll Learn
• Why the global economy’s next big fight is over the periodic table.
• How baseball became a content algorithm.
• The single most valuable lesson in finance — the time value of money.
• Why AI might be the biggest job killer and the greatest co-pilot.
• How a Russian-born inventor’s cathode-ray dream still powers your screens.
🎤 Featuring:
Wealth (Judith) — witty, insightful, and always one espresso ahead.
Means (Bernard) — measured, thoughtful, with professor-energy and a compassionate lens.
🗣️ Segments:
What You Didn’t See in the News
Wake Up Ready
Knowledge Bomb
Humor Me
The Greater Debate (AI and the Future of Work)
Invent Again (Vladimir Zworykin and the Cathode-Ray Revolution)
☕ Because information is power — but timing is everything.
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