The Financial Guys

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Broadcasting arm of The Financial Guys, a Buffalo-based financial firm, delivering bold conservative commentary at the crossroads of money, politics, and community. What began as a radio show is now a fast-growing podcast network featuring weekly episodes, exclusive interviews, and no-nonsense takes from hosts Mike Lomas, Glenn Wiggle, Mike Hoeflich, and Mike Sperrazza. Tired of mainstream spin? So are we—follow us for the truth they won’t tell you

  1. 6d ago

    Trump's 50% Canada Tariff vs. Carney's "Very Friendly" Sit-Down

    Mike Lomas and Glenn Wiggle open with a look at market stability and the quiet that has followed cuts to organizations they argue were funding street unrest, including commentary on fraud charges tied to Black Lives Matter leadership. The conversation turns to research integrity, with Glenn walking through recent guilty pleas from a vaccine researcher and a former senior advisor to Dr. Fauci, and the hosts arguing that funding structures create incentives to shape findings in both public health and climate science. They discuss the New York Times finally acknowledging the lab leak theory, and press the case for accountability over pandemic school closures and business shutdowns. From there, the hosts critique what they describe as misplaced public sympathy for criminal defendants, citing a viral video and a Texas sentencing case. The back half centers on trade, with clips from Prime Minister Mark Carney's White House meeting prompting a debate over reciprocal tariffs, the shift from NAFTA to USMCA, and the decline of private sector unions. Mike shares a client story about a Lockport manufacturer that grew from ten employees to a hundred after General Motors moved sourcing stateside. The episode closes with Trump's remarks on South Korean defense payments, Treasury action against Iranian money laundering, concerns about federal spending and the national debt, and a lighter Rochester-area story about a children's lemonade stand run by local teachers. 00:00:00 Quiet Markets and the Money Behind the Riots 00:02:50 Research Fraud and Conflicts of Interest in Science 00:04:48 Fauci, COVID Accountability, and Guilty Pleas 00:07:53 Lab Leak Origins and the New York Times Op-Ed 00:10:33 Misplaced Sympathy, Social Media, and Soft Sentencing 00:19:44 Canada Tariffs and the Carney White House Meeting 00:23:34 From NAFTA to USMCA and the Decline of Private Unions 00:29:04 How Tariffs Grew a Lockport Manufacturer 00:33:41 South Korea Defense Payments and Iranian Money Laundering 00:42:07 A Rochester Lemonade Stand and a Misspelled Sign

    Trump's 50% Canada Tariff vs. Carney's "Very Friendly" Sit-Down

  2. Aug 19

    Scott Presler's Voter Rolls vs. Hochul's Immigrant Slush Fund

    Mike Lomas, Mike Hoeflich, and Glenn Wiggle open with the steady flow of clients relocating from Western New York to Florida before turning to a Virginia case in which a man found not guilty by reason of insanity left a mental health facility on an unsupervised pass and boarded a flight overseas. The hosts react to a New York pilot program extending free health care to sex workers in Buffalo and New York City, question the state's moratorium on data centers, and point to Virginia's data center corridor as evidence the projects bring investment rather than harm. They discuss a cocaine trafficking case involving Penn State fraternity members, then raise concerns about Flock camera surveillance being used for low-level offenses and misidentifications instead of missing children cases. Glenn walks through his hands-on experience building a team of AI agents to handle research, portfolio tracking, and inbox management, and the hosts consider what that means for back office work, offshore labor, and the advisor relationships they argue technology cannot replace. The conversation closes on brownfield redevelopment at former steel and power plant sites, the hosts' view of how each party's policies shape its voter base, immigration screening, and election integrity efforts including voter ID and voter roll cleanup. 00:00:00 Clients heading to Florida00:01:50 Virginia insanity acquittal and overseas escape00:04:25 New York's free health care pilot for sex workers00:07:14 Data center moratorium and Virginia's example00:08:51 Penn State fraternity cocaine ring00:11:07 Flock cameras and surveillance overreach00:15:14 Building an AI agent team with Grok00:23:05 AI, back office jobs, and the advisor relationship00:29:32 Brownfield sites, solar panels, and energy00:32:58 Party incentives, immigration, and election integrity

    Scott Presler's Voter Rolls vs. Hochul's Immigrant Slush Fund

  3. Aug 12

    Fauci’s COVID Lies Meet RFK’s Vaccine Truth

    Glenn Wiggle and Mike Lomas open by playing a series of clips, mixing footage of political figures and progressive activists with their own running commentary. They begin with vaccines, praising RFK Jr. and arguing that open debate on the childhood vaccine schedule has been shut down, and criticize reports that COVID vaccines were promoted to pregnant women. From there they turn to crime, citing the case of a repeat offender in Savannah and blaming what they describe as lenient liberal judges for releasing career criminals. The hosts react to interview clips of Democratic Socialist figures on taxing millionaires, defunding police, and holding up Cuba as a socialist success story, which they mock as uninformed. They also weigh in on flock cameras and surveillance, arguing money would be better spent on officers and prosecution, and connect failing New York reading scores to teachers' unions. A large stretch is devoted to Dr. Fauci and the COVID vaccine, where Wiggle claims a far higher miscarriage rate than was publicly reported and both hosts call for Fauci and other officials to be prosecuted, extending that demand to figures like Comey, Brennan, and Hillary Clinton and voicing frustration that Trump has not done more to "drain the swamp." They close on new abortion laws in Massachusetts and Washington, a defense of legal over illegal immigration prompted by a Joy Behar clip, and lighter banter about listener complaints, before promoting the Financial Guys app and a September 9 Heroes on the Harbor barbecue for veterans. 00:00:00 - Intro00:00:24 - Vaccine debate and RFK Jr.00:04:08 - Repeat offenders and lenient judges00:08:00 - Taxing millionaires and defunding police clips00:12:52 - Flock cameras, surveillance, and policing priorities00:16:46 - Cuba as socialism and failing NYC schools00:20:34 - Fauci, COVID vaccines, and pregnancy risks00:28:12 - Calls for prosecution and draining the swamp00:31:05 - Abortion laws and legal vs. illegal immigration

    Fauci’s COVID Lies Meet RFK’s Vaccine Truth

  4. Aug 5

    The AI Arms Race: America vs. China

    In this episode of The Financial Guys, hosts Glenn Wiggle and Mike Lomas argue that policies favored by Democratic leadership have left Western New York's economy underdeveloped, pointing to struggling assets like the Walden Galleria and Niagara Falls and to trade that increasingly bypasses the region via the new Gordie Howe Bridge near Detroit. They criticize New York's handling of crime and public safety, react to New York City mayoral politics and a proposed pied-à-terre tax, and characterize progressive economic views as hostile to success. Much of the conversation centers on Governor Kathy Hochul's moratorium on data centers, which the hosts frame as self-defeating in what they describe as an energy-and-AI race between the United States and China. They discuss potential sites like the former Bethlehem Steel property and shuttered power plants in Dunkirk and Somerset, and play a clip of an entrepreneur alleging Chinese-linked funding behind opposition to Utah data-center projects. The episode closes with Mike's market commentary on volatility and rebalancing, followed by a segment in which the hosts contend that figures like Anthony Fauci and Deborah Birx should face prosecution over pandemic-era decisions. 00:00:00 - Intro and catching up00:01:50 - Western New York decline and the Galleria00:04:43 - Trade bypassing New York, Niagara Falls00:07:32 - NYC mayoral politics and the pied-à-terre tax00:10:32 - Hochul's data center moratorium and the US-China AI race00:15:16 - Where to build data centers: Bethlehem Steel, Dunkirk, Somerset00:20:15 - Utah data centers and alleged Chinese-linked funding00:29:17 - Market volatility and rebalancing00:31:45 - Fauci, Birx, and calls for prosecution00:39:44 - Closing and services

    The AI Arms Race: America vs. China

  5. Jul 29

    How Soft Policies Fuel Terror and Socialism

    Hosts Michael Shaver and Jack Haxton open with a series of violent attacks abroad, walking through the timeline of an Islamic terrorist who carried out a machete attack at a German pride parade despite prior arrests, along with a separate stabbing of three women in Paris, and using both cases to argue for tougher sentencing, more prisons and mental institutions, and the value of Second Amendment rights and concealed carry. They then turn to New York City, where they critique Mayor Mamdani's city-owned grocery store plan on supply-and-demand grounds, run through the deficit and startup cost figures, and review his campaign promise tracker, including the Office of LGBTQ Affairs, gender-affirming care funding, ending ICE cooperation, and landlord enforcement, framing these as misplaced priorities relative to repeat-offender crime. The pair also revisit the Salamanca school district's now-halted AI teacher program, arguing AI should partner with rather than replace teachers while raising concerns about teacher pay, pensions, and Tier 6 retirement rules. They close on the Israel-Iran conflict, its effect on the markets and the upcoming midterms, and reported threats against the Trump family, before noting their own work integrating AI into their financial advising practice. 00:00:00 - Welcome back00:00:24 - Germany pride parade machete attack and attacker's timeline00:03:53 - Vigil controversy and political response to the attack00:05:59 - Paris stabbing of three women00:07:40 - Second Amendment, concealed carry, and prisons vs. community programs00:10:15 - Mamdani's city-owned grocery stores and the economics00:14:31 - Mamdani promise tracker and campaign priorities00:19:11 - Salamanca AI teacher program halted, teachers and pensions00:25:13 - Israel-Iran conflict, markets, and threats to the Trump family

    How Soft Policies Fuel Terror and Socialism

  6. Jul 22

    Naked Bike Rides, Robot Teachers & Kathy Hochul's Upstate Insult

    Mike Lomas hosts this week with Glenn Wiggle out, welcoming advisor Jack Haxton for his first podcast appearance, with a push to feature more of producer Ann Horan going forward. Haxton opens with the cancellation of Buffalo's 11th annual World Naked Bike Ride, called off over threats of violence, and the two react to organizers' framing of public nudity as protected protest against oil dependency and inequality, with Lomas arguing such displays cross a line when children are present. The conversation turns to Salamanca schools testing an AI educational robot named Sally, prompting Lomas to reflect on how much AI has changed his own daily problem-solving, from checking whether his daughter's medication was gluten-free to tackling home projects himself. He and Haxton discuss why America needs to lead on AI and where data centers should be built, then shift to wealth-building, where Lomas shares the story of a friend whose $50-a-month contribution grew to $265,000 over three decades and makes the case for starting young, staying consistent, and rebalancing rather than chasing the market. The episode closes with the hosts criticizing Governor Kathy Hochul's remark that small upstate communities lack the sophistication to negotiate with major tech companies, which Lomas counters by praising the business acumen of local farmers, before broader jabs at Zohran Mamdani, critiques of capitalism, and figures like Barack Obama and Bernie Sanders. 00:00:00 - Intro: Jack Haxton joins, Glenn off 00:02:01 - Buffalo Naked Bike Ride canceled 00:07:37 - Robot teachers and AI in schools 00:09:09 - AI as an everyday learning tool 00:16:33 - US leadership in AI and data centers 00:17:15 - The case for investing early 00:21:51 - Rebalancing and taking profits 00:23:16 - Hochul's "unsophisticated upstate" remarks 00:26:22 - Capitalism, Mamdani, and the left 00:28:35 - Closing and sign-off

    Naked Bike Rides, Robot Teachers & Kathy Hochul's Upstate Insult

  7. Jul 15

    Florida vs. New York: Why People Flee Blue States (And What It Costs)

    Glenn Wiggle and Mike Hoeflich open with weather banter and a preview of The Financial Guys' client appreciation event, expected to draw well over a thousand people. From there the conversation turns political: the abrupt resignation of Buffalo Public Schools superintendent Pascal Mubenga and the naming of Ebony Prophet Bullock as interim, which the hosts use to argue against DEI-driven hiring and in favor of merit, citing Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. They walk through a Liz Peek column on affordability in Democrat-run states, debate why Florida landed among the most expensive states, and cover the push to eliminate Florida property taxes, Albany's growing budget deficit, and Buffalo's Moody's downgrade. The back half gets more combative, with critiques of how local media frame ICE shootings and police statistics, a clip of Senator Alyssa Slotkin on the SAVE Act, and an extended stretch of speculation tying various political deaths and the Trump assassination attempt to a supposed deep state. Glenn closes with his theory that Democratic policy is designed to keep voters poor and dependent. 00:00:00 - Welcome back 00:01:50 - Client appreciation event preview 00:03:25 - Buffalo schools superintendent steps down; DEI hiring debate 00:06:08 - Scott Bessent and the case for merit-based hiring 00:07:17 - Blue-state costs, the "affordability" pitch, and why Florida ranks high 00:14:13 - Florida's plan to scrap property taxes 00:18:39 - Albany's deficit and Buffalo's Moody's downgrade 00:21:00 - Bryant Park "utopia," police stats, and ICE-shooting coverage 00:27:00 - SAVE Act clip and theories on suspicious political deaths 00:34:57 - The "party of the poor" thesis

    Florida vs. New York: Why People Flee Blue States (And What It Costs)

  8. Jul 1

    Markets at Mid-Year Highs, World Cup, and America Turns 250

    Mike Lomas and Mike Hoeflich open with a mid-2026 stock market check-in, discussing the Dow's best mid-year run since 2021 and why Wall Street isn't rattled by overseas tensions. They dig into why the market matters to Main Street, not just Wall Street, covering pensions versus 401(k)s and the "pay yourself first" mindset, before connecting AI's spread into other sectors to 250 years of American innovation. From there they break down the Supreme Court's ruling allowing states to count ballots received after Election Day, make the case for restricting Congressional stock trading, and swing into World Cup soccer and their Bills and Sabres fandom. The back half covers a heated Congressional clash over transgender bathroom policy and decorum, homelessness and public safety, and a Bill Maher clip on how visiting World Cup fans are reacting to America ahead of its 250th birthday. They close out by plugging the July 7th Wings of Hope Super Cruise Night at Lancaster Speedway, held in memory of a 14-year-old who passed away from brain cancer. 00:00:24 – Intro & mid-2026 market check-in 00:01:39 – Why the market matters to Main Street (pensions, 401(k)s, paying yourself first) 00:06:05 – AI's spread across sectors & 250 years of American innovation 00:10:08 – Supreme Court ruling on late-arriving mail ballots 00:12:50 – The case for restricting Congressional stock trading 00:14:49 – World Cup soccer, Bills and Sabres fandom 00:16:21 – Congressional clash over transgender bathroom policy and decorum 00:20:44 – Homelessness, public safety, and political accountability 00:23:38 – Bill Maher's take & World Cup tourists reacting to America 00:33:59 – Independence Day tribute & July 7th Wings of Hope Cruise Night

    Markets at Mid-Year Highs, World Cup, and America Turns 250
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Broadcasting arm of The Financial Guys, a Buffalo-based financial firm, delivering bold conservative commentary at the crossroads of money, politics, and community. What began as a radio show is now a fast-growing podcast network featuring weekly episodes, exclusive interviews, and no-nonsense takes from hosts Mike Lomas, Glenn Wiggle, Mike Hoeflich, and Mike Sperrazza. Tired of mainstream spin? So are we—follow us for the truth they won’t tell you

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  • Creator
    The Financial Guys
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodes
    605
  • Rating
    Explicit
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