May 14, 2026
Author Aaron Brown discusses why flawed statistics from high-status institutions persist and why we must apply financial-level skepticism to them.
May 8, 2026
An SPLC-led coalition of non-profits ran a private intelligence operation to pressure tech and finance companies into political censorship.
May 1, 2026
The SPLC was indicted for bank fraud. This episode explores how it became financial infrastructure and was caught by the system it leverages.
April 23, 2026
Checks are the 'honey badger' of payments. Discover why this centuries-old system persists, underpinning US finance and resisting all attempts at removal.
April 16, 2026
Cash received isn't revenue earned. This episode demystifies revenue recognition for SaaS, virtual goods, and AI, showing why timing matters.
April 9, 2026
Your bank balance isn't money; it's a liability. This episode explores the engineered stability of deposits and why crypto is relearning history's lessons.
April 2, 2026
Why government payroll projects implode due to hidden rules, and how private payroll providers became essential, state-deputized tax collectors.
March 26, 2026
Patrick McKenzie dissects the Delve scandal, exposing 'compliance theatre,' the viral nature of SOC2, and the line between startup naughtiness and fraud.
March 19, 2026
Unpacking consumer debt collection: a broken system built on bad data, legal exploitation, and scalable abuse of vulnerable debtors.
March 12, 2026
Explore inference engineering, the engine driving real-world LLM deployment. Learn about agentic systems, open models, and future AI adoption.
March 5, 2026
Payment security has been a decades-long game of whack-a-mole, evolving from leaky shared secrets like CVVs to smartphone-based authentication.
February 26, 2026
Government contracting is a web of legacy rules and vendor capture, leading to poor citizen services. Experts discuss paths to reform.
February 12, 2026
Fraud isn't random; it's infrastructure. By studying the 'APIs of evil,' we can learn to better defend our own complex systems.
January 29, 2026
Patrick McKenzie demonstrates how Claude Code solved a real, revenue-losing business problem in 30 minutes, showcasing a seismic shift in coding.
January 22, 2026
Biopharma R&D productivity is declining. Ruxandra Teslo's CTD Project aims to reverse this by creating a public library of failed trials' data.
January 15, 2026
AI is reshaping customer service, moving beyond siloed orgs and flawed metrics to deliver coherent, instant support and create new career paths.
January 8, 2026
Regulation E is the powerful, decades-old consumer protection law that makes banks liable for fraud, a rule now being challenged by Zelle.
January 3, 2026
A year in review of Complex Systems: Exploring AI's impact on coding & art, top episodes, and laundering niche ideas into corridors of power.
December 26, 2025
Intentional regulatory carve-outs and outsourced program management create a gift card "accountability sink," leaving scam victims with no recourse.
