Kyle Risdell

Do you buy gold, like for you?

I do.

Over the past couple of years, the high price of gold has drawn a whole new generation of prospectors into the mix.

There are even gold influencers now on social media.

We've talked about that on this show.

It's part of how Todd's daughter, Rebecca, the third generation of Brackens in the jewelry trade.

You work for your dad, right?

Has been trying to get attention for this old school business, posting about it on TikTok and Instagram.

Do you ever go gold painting with your dad?

Is that for you like it is for him, or is it just a thing you do?

Todd, after you finish putting all that gold back in the safe, what would your dad make of the next generation working on this stuff?

This final note on the way out today, do what you will with this one.

Idle musings of the president of the United States or a turn farther into the state capitalism that has marked the second Trump administration.

The president said today he would like to get a piece of the big artificial intelligence companies once they go public.

And here I quote, there's something very interesting about it, the president said, where it almost becomes a partnership.

The American people can benefit from the success of AI.

And by doing that, they're going to like it better.

End of quote right there.

And to be clear and fair about this, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders have said versions of the same thing.

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