The St. Louis Podcast

Three weeks ago Trump signed a peace deal. This week the US bombed 80 targets in Iran, Iran fired missiles at a US base in Jordan, and the Strait of Hormuz slammed shut again. No vote. No declaration. No debate. The war just restarted over the July 4th weekend while everyone was grilling. Also this week — 57,000 jobs added against an expectation of 110,000. Real wages fell for the third straight m...

Trump signed the peace deal less than a week ago. Iran's military says the strait is closed. Iran's own foreign ministry says it's open. The US says it never closed. Nobody agrees, and ships still aren't moving normally. Tucker says it's a retreat. Schumer says Iran won. Ted Cruz says Trump got bad advice. The left and the right are united against this deal for the first t...

Trump demanded unconditional surrender in March. Iran just got its oil revenue back, a path to lifting every sanction, and a $300 billion reconstruction fund. Even Lindsey Graham says the deal sounds awful. Why end it now? Trump said it himself at the G7: "Every time we talked about the possibility of peace, the stock market shot up like a rocket ship." Same week, Elon Musk became the wo...

A 36-year CBS veteran was fired the day after he asked why management was ordering him to put falsehoods on air. The new executive producer has zero broadcast experience. The new editor-in-chief was hired partly for her pro-Israel stance. And the owner's family just happens to be the largest private donor to the IDF. Trump sued CBS, got a $16 million settlement, and the FCC approved the merge...

Trump sued the IRS (an agency he controls!!!) over a leak that exposed he paid $750 in federal income taxes. The lawsuit was almost certainly dead on arrival. So why file it? To manufacture a settlement. His own DOJ, run by his personal former defense lawyer who was told to recuse himself, quietly posted a one-page document to a government website. The IRS is now forever barred from auditing Trump...

One year after the tornado. 5,000 damaged homes. 69 demolitions completed. And the city just quietly signed a $26 million contract with an out-of-state company, no press release, no announcement, that's been audited for price gouging in three other states. Oh, and AutoZone just quietly warned its managers about the largest motor oil shortage in American history. Because the Strait is still cl...

10-year-old boys are searching bone smashing on TikTok. Teenagers are injecting steroids to fix their jawlines. A meth-addicted 20-year-old with millions of followers was calling it "empowering young men" until YouTube finally banned him. Meanwhile America is hosting the biggest sporting event in human history and the hotels are empty. 85% of Kansas City bookings are below projections. T...

Three massive oil trades placed 15 to 20 minutes before each one. $2.3 billion total. The negotiations were classified. There was no public news. Someone knew. And the DOJ unit built to investigate exactly this? Gutted from 36 lawyers to two. Then there's your new car. By 2027, a federal mandate requires infrared cameras watching your eyes and a kill switch that decides if you're allowed...

Missouri's "no income tax" plan sounds like a win. It isn't. The top 1% saves $40,000 a year. You save $231 then lose $500 when sales taxes go up to cover the gap. 60% of Missourians end up paying more. And once you vote yes, lawmakers never have to ask permission to raise the sales tax again. On groceries. Rent. Car repairs. Prescriptions. No voter approval required. One St. L...

In less than 50 days, the US started the worst energy crisis in the history of the global oil market. Then blockaded the same waterway we were screaming at Iran to reopen. Japan is burning coal it promised to stop burning. South Korea's stock market crashed 12% in a single day because Samsung's semiconductor fabs run on energy that flows through the Strait of Hormuz. Germany says it&apos...

A self-taught independent analyst named Nick Nemo is making a case that 29 of the top 30 U.S. life insurers are technically insolvent without reinsurance credit that may not actually exist. The man who bet against subprime mortgages in 2008 is calling it a potential great financial crisis. The forensic accountant who spent 41 years inside the industry agrees. And Vermont passed a law making the bo...

Boomers paid $738 a year for college. Millennials are starting life $40,000 in debt. Boomers bought homes at 3x their annual income. Millennials are looking at 7-8x. And boomers now own 51% of all U.S. wealth while millennials hold just 10%. In this episode, Eric breaks down the real generational wealth gap with hard data: housing, wages, student debt, retirement savings, healthcare costs, and a S...

Eric breaks down 314 Day in St. Louis, the growing fallout from the Iran war, the LaGuardia crash, and the massive jury verdict against Meta and YouTube that could become a turning point for Big Tech. Because once a jury says these platforms knowingly addicted kids, this stops feeling like a debate and starts feeling a lot bigger. 🎧 Listen now. Share it. Start a conversation. 👉 Connect with us!...

The U.S. and Israel are now in direct conflict with Iran and the consequences could hit far beyond the Middle East. In this episode, Eric breaks down the history behind the conflict, why the Strait of Hormuz matters so much to the global economy, and how this war could send oil, food, and energy prices soaring around the world. If the shipping lanes stay closed… this doesn’t just stay a regional w...

This episode lays out a simple thesis: the people with the most wealth and political power keep shifting the costs onto younger generations and the incentives make it almost impossible to fix. If you’ve ever wondered why housing, taxes, and policy feel rigged… this connects the dots. 🎧 Listen now. Share it. Start a conversation. 👉 Connect with us! Website: https://stlouispodcast.com/ Facebook: T...

Electric bills are rising. Data centers are multiplying. And most people have no idea how connected those two things are. We also break down the chaos at the Winter Olympics, a tragic shooting in Rhode Island, and why the AI boom might not benefit the people paying for it. 🎧 Listen now. Share it. Start a conversation. 👉 Connect with us! Website: https://stlouispodcast.com/ Facebook: The St. Loui...

Eric is back with another solo episode breaking down the latest fallout from the file releases, the DOJ hearings, and the growing frustration around redactions, accountability, and political theater. From cabinet officials and tech billionaires to stock market manipulation, AI hype, job market revisions, and widening wealth inequality…this episode asks one question: Is anyone actually going to be...

Eric and Clayton Natoli go down the rabbit hole on the newly released Epstein files, the names popping up, and why nobody in power seems to be held accountable. From politicians and billionaires to celebrities and media figures, the conversation gets uncomfortable fast. If even half of this is true… it’s bigger than anyone wants to admit. 🎧 Listen now. Share it. Start a conversation. 👉 Connect w...

Eric is joined by friend of the show Clayton Natoli for one of those episodes that starts with one topic and somehow ends up everywhere. They talk about St. Louis ice storm chaos, empty highways, snowboarding downtown, gold and silver prices going crazy, inflation, and the random aches and pains that come with getting older. 🎧 Listen now. Share it. Start a conversation. 👉 Connect with us! Websit...

In this solo episode Eric continues the conversation around where things are headed — and why so many people feel uneasy even when they can’t quite explain it. Eric reflects on the patterns he’s seeing play out in real life: rising pressure, constant noise, and the growing gap between expectations and reality. This episode isn’t about chasing headlines — it’s about zooming out and asking the uncom...

In this solo episode, Eric continues his unfiltered commentary on where things stand right now — personally, economically, and culturally. This episode is less about headlines and more about patterns. Eric talks through the pressure people are feeling, the disconnect between what we’re told versus what we experience, and why so many feel burned out, frustrated, or stuck despite “doing everything r...

It’s the annual St. Louis Podcast Christmas Episode, and things get exactly as chaotic as you’d expect. Eric Brown is joined by Clayton Natoli, Evan Archambault, Matt Parker, Alex Dietrich, and Codey Recht for a no-agenda, no-filter holiday episode filled with laughs, stories, drinks, and unfiltered conversation. This episode isn’t about solving the world’s problems,  it’s about hanging out, talki...

In this solo episode of The Official STL Podcast, Eric Brown opens with a headline-grabbing news story and uses it as a springboard into a bigger conversation about where the country’s at right now — culturally, financially, and mentally. Eric digs into the “the economy is fine” narrative and argues that it doesn’t match what everyday people are experiencing. He breaks down unemployment stats, why...

In this episode of The Official STL Podcast, Eric Brown breaks down some big news for St. Louis and why it ties into a much larger problem across the United States. First, Eric dives into Waymo coming to St. Louis — what autonomous vehicles could mean for the city, how the rollout works, the safety record, the weird edge cases (like DDOS-style prank attacks on fleets), and whether we should actual...

In this solo episode of The St. Louis Podcast, Eric Brown continues the conversation around where things are headed — personally, culturally, and as a society. This is an honest, unscripted episode built around reflection and real-life perspective. Eric talks through the pressure people are feeling, the noise that never seems to stop, and why so many feel stuck, frustrated, or disconnected right n...