Solving America's Problems

A fast great displacement is already underway — AI, robots, drones, and autonomous vehicles repricing jobs while many new grads work roles that don't require their degrees. Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley sit down with Justin Meyers and Jason Sipple to map what's actually happening. Justin argues businesses will replace humans for ROI, predicts most work becomes supervising AI , and warn...

"No one's gonna come save us" — that's the working assumption the whole segment runs on. Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley press Justin Meyers and Jason Sipple on whether too much weight for surviving 2030 gets dumped on individuals while government, academia, corporations, family, and community get a pass. Jason doesn't trust government or big corporations to act in people's interests, re...

Purposelessness leads to violence — and the panel thinks America is at the front edge of that curve. Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley dig into widening wealth inequality , a shrinking middle class, two-tier justice, inflation, and AI displacement with Justin Meyers and Jason Sipple. They borrow Joe Rogan's " Bob the lawyer " thought experiment to explain what happens to identity when AI o...

Businesses will replace humans for better ROI — and the timeline is shorter than most people think. Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley sit down with Justin Meyers and Jason Sipple on what AI, robots, and automation actually do to work. Justin predicts that by 2030 most people will spend their day talking to a personal AI model and reviewing what it produced. Jason left a corporate leadershi...

The S&P 500 is up roughly 17% since April 1 and mega-caps are sitting at all-time highs — while South Florida gas clears $5 and diesel runs above $6. Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley argue the gap between reported numbers and lived costs isn't noise; it's the whole story. Wednesday's CPI print carries a 3.7% year-over-year consensus, but both hosts question whether that figure has any...

Most job postings aren't real hiring signals — they're unprioritized requisitions in a labor-arbitrage economy, and the school-degree-job pipeline behind them is already broken. Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley spend the full episode with Ryan Kohler, who built applicant tracking software and watched hiring fracture through multiple recessions, and Sarah Montana, a wellness CEO who descri...

Companies already view payroll as a tax, and private equity is quietly consolidating the trades — that's stated plainly before any optimism enters. Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley and guests Ryan Kohler and Sarah Montana open on nervous-system basics — quiet time, morning light, breathwork, hydration — as the floor for staying functional during prolonged workplace volatility. The old Ame...

The Industrial Revolution comparison only holds if workers own a slice of what replaces them — and right now, most don't. Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley press Ryan Kohler on whether AI is a net jobs creator, and his answer splits cleanly on ownership: the investor and tech class will deploy agents to cut headcount, but individuals who build first keep the value. Sarah Montana argues any...

Most job postings aren't real hiring signals — they're unprioritized requisitions in a system built for labor arbitrage, not placement. Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley dig into that with Ryan Kohler, who spent two decades building applicant tracking software, and Sarah Montana, a wellness CEO raising kids while the lines between work and home dissolved. Ryan argues job boards have no cre...

99 employees lost their jobs when a general contracting firm's Chapter 11 converted to Chapter 7 in open court — a company with strong sales and no cash. Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley bring in Pam Jordan, who was there and built Pivot Business Group on that lesson: it's not what you make, it's what you keep. She walks through her fractional-CFO process — books, financials, tax returns...

A California marketing agency cut staff from seven to two, kept top-line revenue flat, and raised profit 300% — the result of narrowing to the highest-margin offer and layering in tax strategy. Pam Jordan says AI fear is a distraction; the move is to use it to automate, monetize, and buy back time. She walks through how her firm uses AI to transcribe client calls, review tax returns for strategy g...

The U.S. school day and the standard nine-to-five were never designed for working families — and the system isn't broken by accident. Pam Jordan argues 2020 forced remote-work acceptance but education stayed stuck, with better options still gated by income. Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley push on who's responsible for fixing it; Pam says government should step aside while individuals use...

A general contracting firm's Chapter 11 filing converted to Chapter 7 in open court — 99 employees out, and the books had looked fine. Pam Jordan was there as legal counsel, and it's the moment that shaped everything she does now. Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley get into her core argument: it's not what you make, it's what you keep — companies can hit eight figures and still be broke wit...

Amazon just hit the highest price in human history. Dave Conley calls this the largest oil shock in history and notes that nobody is saying "this time it's different" — yet markets keep climbing. Jerremy Alexander Newsome walks through specific chart levels and earnings setups for Apple , Amazon , Google , and Microsoft with actual buy zones, not sentiment. The underlying tension: markets have dec...

On Solving America’s Problems, Jerremy Alexander Newsom and Dave Conley interview former GE executive Cruz Gamboa. He describes closing an $800M Latin America deal after six months of 8:30 a.m.–9 p.m. work with a 50-person team, leading to cognitive burnout and family damage. Even promoted, he felt nothing. Fear, scarcity, and identity tied to achievement trap people. Cruz contrasts the “old contr...

On Solving America’s Problems, Jerremy Alexander Newsom and Dave Conley talk with Cruz Gamboa about shifting from scarcity to abundance mindsets in faith and business. Jerremy uses Jonah as metaphor for how suffering yields growth signals. His upcoming book “Be Rich Like Jesus” highlights initial wealth for Jesus, parallels with other figures. Riches come in varied forms. Gratitude and inner work...

On Solving America’s Problems, Jerremy Alexander Newsom and Dave Conley discuss with Cruz Gamboa the shift from corporate to entrepreneurship and the importance of “inner work” to find meaning. Dave shares his own decade finding purpose after tech. Cruz uses Jesus as example of impact without wealth. He helps founders trapped making revenue but unable to make payroll or “paying the business.” Most...

On Solving America’s Problems, Jerremy Alexander Newsom and Dave Conley speak with Cruz Gamboa. As GE exec he closed massive $800M deal in Latin America with 50 people grinding long days, missing family, leading to burnout. Promotion brought no joy. Fear, scarcity, and achievement-based identity trap people. Corporate delivered skills and pay but the success guarantee was false. His breaking point...

Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley host 27-year-old New York HR professional Kathryn Conley. She earned an international studies degree equipped with soft skills yet mistrustful of the system and drifted into HR amid a tough market. Kathryn describes starting fully remote during the pandemic, the disorienting shift to hybrid, paying $3,000 rent in Brooklyn, and needing early financial liter...

Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley ask Kathryn what today’s moment will teach future generations and what scares or gives her hope; she cites AI, future access to clean water, and especially human connection, arguing technology and social media can both unite communities and isolate people into judgmental, exclusionary spaces, reducing empathy. She describes small acts of community—like bak...

Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley discuss how AI is reshaping hiring, arguing that blasting resumes into automated systems misses the human connection and that networking and informational interviews still matter. Kathryn, who works in HR ops, says much of her job (emails and core systems) could be replaced by AI, while many HR ops peers feel resilient because they’ll manage and direct AI;...

Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley spot MAGA fractures as influencers JP Sears to Patrick Bet-David bail on Trump, eyeing midterm and lame duck risks. They review S&P 500 resilience despite Iran volatility and gas prices, contrasting PE ratios vs free cash flow for AI-heavy big tech like Meta, Amazon, Google. AI bubble selloff largely over with sector rotation ahead, April bounce likely...

Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley open by noting half of recent college graduates work jobs that don’t match their degree and entry-level professional work is being cut faster than any prior downturn. They interview 27-year-old New York City HR professional Kathryn Conley, who studied international studies, describes graduating with soft skills plus a distrust of the system, and says she f...

Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave “DC” Conley interview James Klein , who has spent 45 years building businesses without finishing college and runs his consulting entirely by word of mouth. Klein describes leaving school at 19, trusting gut instincts , and the entrepreneurial rollercoaster. He outlines a K-shaped economy where capitalized businesses scale while others struggle, predicts a recessi...

Jerremy and Dave interview Canadian entrepreneur James Klein about universal healthcare . He details the government health card system, wait times for procedures, doctor shortages, and private pay options. Americans face high monthly premiums while Canadians pay through payroll. The talk turns to a new social contract for work by 2030 as automation and AI change fields like banking and law. Klein...