EP 015 May 24, 2026 Human + AI

The Business Model of War

Eighty-five days in. Twenty-nine billion and counting.

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  • The Business Model of War
    • Cold Open: Eighty-five days, $29B, and the day Trump said "50/50"
    • Show Intro: Pattern Mode — running the hour backwards
    • Guest Interview: Eisenhower & Butler on the invoice
    • Q1 — The warning, sixty-five years on
    • Q2 — The Iran ledger: who pays, who provides, who profits
    • Q3 — The machinery and the necessity
    • Q4 — What the citizen actually does
    • Main Segment: The ledger, the pattern, and why the machinery doesn't need the war
    • Ask The Machine (Listener Questions): Aiyana, Hossein & Walter
    • News Companion: $1.5T budget request, Vatican-track Russia/Ukraine, Barakah drone strike
    • Wrap: Read the invoice. Don't be the racket's customer.
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