Solving America's Problems

Jerremy Alexander Newsome & Dave Conley

Solving America’s Problems isn’t just a podcast—it’s a journey. Co-host Jerremy Newsome, a successful entrepreneur and educator, is pursuing his lifelong dream of running for president. Along the way, he and co-host Dave Conley bring together experts, advocates, and everyday Americans to explore the real, actionable solutions our country needs. With dynamic formats—one-on-one interviews, panel discussions, and more—we cut through the noise of divisive rhetoric to uncover practical ideas that unite instead of divide. If you’re ready to think differently, act boldly, and join a movement for meaningful change, subscribe now.

  1. 55 phút trước

    Starting at Negative 100: Why Help Isn't Coming for You

    Most people aren't starting at zero — they're at negative 100, and Chris Remboldt says the first move is giving up the belief that help is coming. He tells Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley that UBI "makes him think of the DMV" and that in 10-15 years food and housing are free — ad-supported. Labor is a terrible foundation for human dignity. The best mind-virus architect wins every election. Timestamps: (00:00) Negative 100 – people starting in the hole don't have the luxury of optimism(01:28) The calibration problem – why nobody is coming to save you first(02:49) The floor has never been higher – but addiction is the real modern crisis(04:43) Short-form video is the addiction – more pervasive than anything else(06:20) Labor and dignity – why your job title is a terrible identity foundation(07:29) Your hero's journey – where are you in your own mythology(08:38) The infinite money glitch – Elon's robot thesis and when the fleet arrives(10:54) UBI is a horseshoe – on a horse we're about to stop riding(12:37) Free housing, free food — with ads – the 10-15 year window(15:21) Human-made becomes luxury – once machines make everything else(17:23) Mind-virus architect wins – the real power dynamic in every election(20:09) Two hours beats eight – Alpha School's gamified curriculum explained Connect: Chris Remboldt – LinkedIn | X 🌍 Connect with us: Instagram | YouTube | X

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  2. 1 ngày trước

    Shareholder Capitalism Broke the Deal. AI Has a Four-Year Fix.

    Shareholder charters legally force companies to prioritize quarterly stock prices over mission — and Chris Remboldt says that's the engine behind a generation priced out of owning anything. Post-money isn't a utopia pitch: it's a recognition that real wealth is time, energy, and atoms. Chris tells Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley that a stay-at-home mom can now ship a product with AI that used to require a 10-person tech company. The old deal isn't dead. It's sick. Timestamps: (00:00) The old American deal is cracking – AI is repricing work faster than policy can follow(01:57) Ripped out the plumber's work – what building a house taught Chris about real agency(04:29) Who goes post-money first – homeschool families vs. the credential system(08:15) "Millennials are like people.zip" – apartments, shrinkflation, and the shareholder trap(10:53) Lawsuits force companies backward – why charters legally prevent long-term thinking(13:25) Real wealth is atoms – why money becomes the wrong unit of account(15:08) The nanotech nobody's talking about – the breakthrough that makes things weird(18:07) The zero-start problem – why "make money with AI" is the one strategy that doesn't work(20:30) Meal prep to app to TikTok – how one stay-at-home mom built a product(23:05) The tools are ready – but the one-paycheck crowd didn't get the memo Connect: Chris Remboldt – LinkedIn | X 🌍 Connect with us: Instagram | YouTube | X

    25 phút
  3. 4 ngày trước

    Ron Lynch on UBI, the Surveillance State, and Who Owns You (Full)

    Ron Lynch moved $6 billion in consumer sales, made four films, and called Spielberg from a grocery store basement at 23. He says UBI doesn't hand out income — it hands out outcome, and outcome without effort is a cage. Alaska's $1,700 annual checks prove nothing; the realistic number is $30K, and at that level you buy complacency — and when a neighbor dies, their check redistributes. Plantations ran on UBI. The surveillance stack to enforce it — Palantir, IDEMIA, Allied Universal — is already built and waiting. Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley pull every thread for an hour. Timestamps: (00:00) $15K monthly government check – free money or slow ownership?(01:25) Grocery clerk at 23 – calls Spielberg from the basement, gets in(04:59) $150 in art supplies – the path to a million-dollar painting(07:07) Purpose destroyed – Ron's one-sentence verdict on UBI's real cost(09:16) Rice, not Lunchables – why TeleHelp chose limitation over comfort(10:52) Alaska's $1,700 check – why it proves nothing about real UBI(14:28) $30K and complacency – the real number and what it actually buys(16:47) Tribal math – your death doubles someone else's UBI payment(19:16) Palantir, IDEMIA, Allied Universal – the stack already watching you(22:11) No middle class – feudalism returns, and it comes with Wi-Fi(24:38) Tiny homes, shared kitchens – Ron's word for them is cages(27:45) Manifesto for a Modern Millennium – Ron's update to Common Sense(28:54) Three to five hours – the only time humans ever needed to survive(31:55) Not the check, the chain – Ron's one-line verdict on UBI(32:08) Photo albums hit the table – every phone disappeared instantly(33:28) Freedom vs liberty – ability to choose versus actually doing it(43:24) Netflix disrupted at $5K – what happens when anyone makes films(46:32) $1 movies, blockchain – the creator studio with no corporations(47:44) One film funds the dynasty – some kid's future built on one story(48:58) Make the case for UBI – Dave asks, Ron's answer lands hard(49:28) Plantations ran on UBI – if you love slavery, love this policy(50:08) Which dystopia are we – lightning round picks the film we're in(50:35) Bible outside of time – not predictive, told from a different vantage(55:30) Last thing to trust – not the government with your income(56:03) UBI vs communism – Ron's verdict is worse, not equal(56:48) AI won't create jobs – Ron says that's a human responsibility(59:10) Is purpose chained to a paycheck – Dave's final pushback on Ron Connect: Ron Lynch – Website | Trust Me | The Prismic | Substack 🌍 Connect with us: Instagram | YouTube | X

    1 giờ 4 phút
  4. 5 ngày trước

    Blockchain Studios at $5K and Why UBI Is Worse Than Communism

    UBI isn't communism — it's worse, and the strongest case for it ends with one word: slavery. Ron Lynch says in five years you'll produce a feature film for $5,000 using AI tools and four photos — blockchain kills the studio middleman, $1 admissions split 50/50 with creators, and some random kid funds his family's entire dynasty off one film. Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley run the lightning round: which dystopian film we're already in, whether the Bible is predictive or retrospective, and why AI won't create jobs — that's a human responsibility. Dave pushes back on whether purpose is really chained to a paycheck. Ron's final word is a story about one person who proved it isn't. Timestamps: (00:12) Netflix disrupted at $5K – what happens when anyone makes films(03:10) $1 movies, no corporations – Ron's blockchain creator studio model(04:38) One film funds the dynasty – some kid pays for his family's future(05:30) Make the case for UBI – Dave asks, Ron's answer surprises(06:10) Plantations ran on UBI – if you love slavery, love this(07:00) Which dystopia are we building – lightning round picks the film(07:30) Bible isn't predictive – Ron says it's told from outside time(12:18) Last thing to trust – not the government with your income(12:59) UBI vs communism – Ron says UBI is worse, not equal(13:42) AI won't create jobs – Ron says that's a human responsibility(16:03) Purpose chained to a paycheck – Dave's pushback on Ron's core claim(19:09) Ron's final word – one story that proves any of us can Connect: Ron Lynch – Website | Trust Me | The Prismic | Substack 🌍 Connect with us: Instagram | YouTube | X

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  5. 6 ngày trước

    The Surveillance Stack That Makes UBI a Leash

    Palantir tracks every digital transaction, IDEMIA harvests biometrics, and Allied Universal has cameras on every corner — the compliance infrastructure isn't coming, it's already here. Ron Lynch says UBI is the carrot that locks you into that stack. Without a middle class, you get feudalism with Wi-Fi; tiny homes with shared kitchens are cages with better branding. Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley walk through what a 38-year-old's daily life looks like in twenty years under this model. The quote that sticks: "The problem with UBI is not the check, it's the chain." Ron draws the line between freedom — the ability to choose — and liberty — actually doing it. Timestamps: (00:20) Surveillance stack already running – Palantir, IDEMIA, Allied Universal(02:31) No middle class left – feudalism returns, just with Wi-Fi(04:58) Tiny homes, shared kitchens – Ron calls them cages, not communities(08:49) Buy back meth towns – Ron's pitch for cultural villages instead(10:30) Three to five hours – all humans ever needed to survive daily(13:05) Not the check, the chain – Ron's one-line verdict on UBI(17:00) 38-year-old in twenty years – what daily life actually looks like(19:37) No collective human experience – technology breaks the last shared moment(20:07) Photo albums hit the table – every phone disappeared immediately(21:30) Freedom vs liberty – ability to choose versus actually doing it Connect: Ron Lynch – Website | Trust Me | The Prismic | Substack 🌍 Connect with us: Instagram | YouTube | X

    25 phút
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    Free Lunch? AI, UBI, and Who's Really Paying the Tab (Full)

    A third of American workers are one missed paycheck from crisis, and AI is repricing the assumption that human labor has permanent value faster than any safety net can respond. Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley open their UBI series by naming what dissolved the American Dream contract — and pointing to three real experiments that prove giving people a floor doesn't produce laziness: the Alaska Permanent Fund, the Cherokee Nation dividend, and the 2021 Child Tax Credit. The conversation runs the full length — what $1,500 and $15,000 a month actually change in a person's life, why crime data makes the case nearly unarguable, and why Jerremy calls Social Security outright fraud while both agree it should be replaced with UBI for anyone under fifty-five. Dave argues the program has to be constitutionally locked in as Amendment 28 or it gets captured, while Jerremy nominates Vitalik Buterin, pitches a working solar coin concept, and draws a direct line between Bitcoin's 2008 origin and the thesis of universal basic currency. The failure scenario isn't a policy dispute — it's WALL-E and Idiocracy, and both agree shame still has a role to play. Timestamps: (00:00) Free lunch or global socialism – which one does UBI actually deliver?(00:02:37) The dissolving deal – AI reprices the American labor contract, fast(00:08:14) Trust at historic lows – one-third of workers one paycheck from collapse(00:12:06) Funding the floor – loopholes, tax reform, and the negative income tax(00:16:12) $1,500 hits your account tomorrow – what changes and what doesn't(00:19:00) The $15,000 threshold – where financial freedom starts feeling real(00:25:19) Lazy or motivated – where people land when the pressure actually lifts(00:30:27) Crime tied directly to poverty – inject money and watch what happens(00:38:53) Social Security is fraud – Jerremy makes the case, Dave agrees it's toast(00:44:59) Amendment 28 or nobody – no institution can be trusted without guardrails(00:48:04) Vitalik and solar coin – Ethereum, energy credits, and a live vision(00:52:07) Bitcoin as universal basic currency – borderless, ungoverned, and the template(00:57:13) Fewer wage hours – why that trade-off is actually the success metric(01:03:19) The WALL-E scenario – complacency, base desires, and the role of shame 🌍 Connect with us: Instagram | YouTube | X

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Solving America’s Problems isn’t just a podcast—it’s a journey. Co-host Jerremy Newsome, a successful entrepreneur and educator, is pursuing his lifelong dream of running for president. Along the way, he and co-host Dave Conley bring together experts, advocates, and everyday Americans to explore the real, actionable solutions our country needs. With dynamic formats—one-on-one interviews, panel discussions, and more—we cut through the noise of divisive rhetoric to uncover practical ideas that unite instead of divide. If you’re ready to think differently, act boldly, and join a movement for meaningful change, subscribe now.