The United States keeps running into the same strategic problem.

We say we want to compete with China without going to war.
We say we want to support allies without dominating them.
We say places like Greenland and the Arctic matter strategically.

And yet, when it comes to non-military power, the U.S. has almost nothing credible to offer.

In this solo episode, Daniel Stih breaks down why Greenland exposes a deeper flaw in U.S. strategy — not a failure of leadership, but a failure of available tools. When the only funded options are military force, sanctions, or profit-seeking private investment, even reasonable leaders are forced into bad choices.

This episode introduces a missing alternative:
a Federal Highway Act–style model for allied strategic infrastructure.

Instead of coercion or transactional deals, what if the U.S. built shared, civilian infrastructure as a long-term public good — the same way it once built the interstate highway system at home?

You'll hear:
• Why military power alone can't compete with long-term infrastructure investment
• Why Greenland isn't "broken" — it's underbuilt
• Why private markets can't justify highways, ports, or Arctic resilience
• How the interstate highway system solved a similar problem in 1956
• What a non-war U.S. power model could actually look like
• Why real leadership sometimes means inventing the option that doesn't exist yet

This is not an argument about politics.
It's a conversation about systems, incentives, and missing institutions.

Greenland is not the story.
Greenland is the test case.

If the U.S. wants influence without force, alignment without coercion, and competition without war — it needs a civilian strategic infrastructure model that matches the world we actually live in.

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Most people think banks lend money.
They don't. They create it.

I sit down with economist Steve Keen to explain how money, banking, and the Federal Reserve actually work. Our conversation tackles one of the biggest sources of confusion in economics:
where money comes from, what the Federal Reserve was designed to do, and why financial crises keep repeating—even when the tools change.

This episode is about mechanics, incentives, and systems.

• Where money really comes from
• Why banks don't lend existing money
• How money is created when a loan is approved
• How this explains booms, crashes, and sudden financial collapses
• What the Federal Reserve is—and what it isn't
• Is the Federal Reserve public or private?
• Why it wasn't designed as a normal government agency
• What the Fed was never meant to fix
• Why stabilizing panic ≠ fixing incentives
• How boom–bust cycles really work
• Quantitative Easing explained without jargon

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Steve Keen

Substack - Building a New Economics: https://profstevekeen.substack.com/

Website: https://www.stevekeen.com/
Invite-Only: Dr. Steve Keen's Private 7-Week 'Rebel Economist Challenge'

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ProfSteveKeen

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ProfSteveKeen

Books:

Money and Macroeconomics from First Principles for Elon Musk and Other Engineers.: https://www.amazon.com/Money-Macroeconomics-First-Principles-Engineers-ebook/dp/B0FLWJ8LXY

Debunking Economics (Digital Edition - Revised, Expanded and Integrated): The Naked Emperor Dethroned: https://www.amazon.com/Debunking-Economics-Digital-Integrated-Dethroned-ebook/dp/B09LQ9JJYP

• USA: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FLWJ8LXY
• UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FLWJ8LXY
• Germany: https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0FLWJ8LXY
• FR ; ES ; IT ; NL ;JP ; BR ; CA ; MX ; AU

Forbes Articles: https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevekeen/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Most explanations about Venezuela fall into two simple stories:

• "They removed a bad guy."
• "This will lead to cheaper gas."

Both sound plausible. Neither survive with how oil markets, geopolitics, and incentives work. Examine the mechanics underneath the story:

• How "bad actor" narratives simplify a complex structural conflict
• How oil prices are set and why Venezuela's oil won't lower gas prices
• Why strategic alignment, precedent, and rule-setting matter more than bad actor behavior and pump prices

This is not a defense of any government or leader, and it does not minimize real abuses or governance failures. This is an exercise in thinking clearly.

If the economy is "strong," why does everyday life feel harder than ever? In this episode, I break down the disconnect between official economic indicators like GDP and job numbers, and why prices rise faster than paychecks. Clarity comes first. Solutions come after understanding the problem.

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Most people believe they're eating "healthy." Many are still nutrient deficient.

In this episode, I sit down with James Barry, founder of Pluck, a unique all-purpose seasoning made from grass-fed, pasture-raised beef organ meats — liver, kidney, spleen, heart, and pancreas — so you get the nutrition withouthaving to eat organ meat.

• Why modern diets are often nutritionally incomplete
• What makes organ meats uniquely powerful
• Why most people avoid them and how to get the benefits anyway
• The difference between muscle meat nutrition and organ meat nutrition

This is a conversation about thinking clearly about food, questioning assumptions, and finding solutions that actually work in real life.

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Eat Pluck : https://eatpluck.com

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Geoengineering is a misunderstood topic in climate science. Some imagine massive secret programs spraying chemicals from planes. Others think geoengineering is our last hope to cool the planet.

In this episode, Daniel Stih breaks down what geoengineering is, how it works, why "chemtrails" are not a form of geoengineering. What's real, what's not, and what concern matters. This episode brings clarity about Geoengineering.

In this episode :

🔹 What geoengineering is
🔹 Why some confuse chemtrails as geoengineering
🔹 Types of climate engineering
🔹 Risks and ethical questions

Clear thinking in a world full of noise. Whether you're a skeptic, curious, or concerned, this conversation gives you the grounded insight you need to think for yourself.

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Energy practitioner and near-death experiencer Steve Noack and Daniel Stih take a grounded, clarity-first look at one of the most misunderstood ideas in ancient philosophy: the Archons. Drawing on insights from Gnosticism, psychology, consciousness studies, and Steve's NDE, Daniel explores a provocative question:

Why does the modern world feel engineered to keep us divided, distracted, and afraid? And if ancient cultures used words like Archons or Mara to describe these forces, what were they pointing to? This conversation reframes Archons—not as dogma or superstition - rather as a metaphor for forces (internal and external) that cloud our judgment, drain our energy, and keep us from remembering who we are.

Steve shares practical tools for raising awareness, maintaining sovereignty, and staying aligned with your true identity in a world full of noise.Daniel brings his engineering mind to the table, asking whether these influences—if they exist—could ever be measured, quantified, and understood scientifically.

This episode is about clarity over fear, self-knowledge over confusion, and freedom over manipulation. Whether you interpret Archons literally, symbolically, psychologically, or spiritually, this conversation offers a powerful reminder:

Fear keeps you stuck.
Clarity sets you free.
Remembering who you are is the first step out of any illusion.

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A solo episode by Daniel Stih

Public trust in science is collapsing, and the consequences are bigger than politics and pandemics. In this solo deep-dive, Daniel Stih breaks down how America reached a point where millions of people believe "viruses don't exist," why RFK Jr.'s CDC shake-up is happening, and what caused public confidence to fall apart.

Drawing from 25 years of experience as a microbial consultant (including research done with Los Alamos National Laboratory), Daniel exposes the communication failures, mixed messages, corporate incentives, and AI censorship that fueled today's environment of confusion and distrust.

This episode explores:

🔹 RFK Jr.'s controversial restructuring of the CDC
🔹 Why people no longer trust health authorities
🔹 Germ Theory vs. Terrain Theory — what's true, what's misunderstood
🔹 How AI, Google, and search engines censor information
🔹 PCR testing errors and why it deepened skepticism
🔹 Corporate ethics scandals (Ford Pinto, Boeing 737 MAX) that shaped public attitudes
🔹 How misinformation spreads on both sides
🔹 Why "viruses don't exist" resonates with so many
🔹 What we must change to rebuild trust before the next crisis

Most importantly, Daniel offers solutions:

✔ Radical transparency
✔ Structured scientific debate
✔ Honest communication of uncertainty
✔ Better incentives for public health
✔ Treating adults like adults — not censoring them

This is not a political episode.
It's a clarity episode.

If we want to handle the next crisis better than the last one, we must rebuild trust — not demand obedience.

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Article Link: Viruses Don't Exist? AI Censorship, Germ Theory, Terrain Theory, Solutions

https://danielstih.com/blogs/think-better/posts/viruses-don-t-exist-ai-censorship-germ-theory-terrain-theory-solutions/viruses-don-t-exist-ai-censorship-germ-theory-terrain-theory-solutions

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