Peak Prosperity
Episodes
Here’s Why Iran Got Everything It Asked For
18 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Trump suddenly caved in to Iran, and the reason is that he was finally informed by someone that just a few more weeks of the Strait being closed would...
It's Official: Stocks Are the Most Expensive Ever
18 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Talk about a difficult investing environment! Join us as we unknot the tangled threads.Click Here for Peak Financial Investing
Investing When Still Nothing Matters and Anything Goes
11 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
To call the recent market moves in oil, gold and equities bizarre is an understatement. They are 180 degrees off from historical behaviors, as well a...
Michael Gayed: "Nothing Has Gone Wrong Until It Does"
10 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Truly gigantic changes are afoot in the global financial system. Michael Gayed says "keep your eyes firmly on credit markets," especially credit spre...
How and Why Oil Could Explode Higher in Price (and Probably Will)
08 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
It seems that the oil markets will remain irrational right to the bitter end. Predictions: Eventual oil price chaos (higher, of course) and the 'sur...
Will Things Devolve Far Enough to Trigger The Great Taking?
04 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
With the Strait of Hormuz still closed, possibly until Labor Day (Sept 7th) , and inflation picking up steam while the yen threatens to breach the 160...
It’s Intentional, Which Means It’s All Going to Get Worse, Not Better
30 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
I'm always searching for the theory that makes all the data fit. I'm happy to accept and reject hypotheses along the way, but it's becoming pretty cle...
Surviving the Inflationary Money Flood
28 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The current stock market boom is running in the US as well as Japan and Europe. It did not begin with the Iran war, but began in 2022 when monetary a...
The Math Isn’t Mathing: US Natural Gas Shortfalls by 2030
15 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Having ‘energy awareness’ is like a superpower these days. It should be routine, but it’s not. Time to level up with a dive into natural gas sup...
The Commodity Bull Market Has Begun (But So Has Inflation)
15 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The US is selling its reserve setting up future price spikes, commodities are launching on a new bull market, and inflation is set to come roaring bac...
The US Is Exporting Like Mad as Global Oil Stocks Deplete at a Record Pace
14 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The US continues to export its wealth in the form of oil and gasoline and other energy products. We’re eating our seed corn. When that ends, the pri...
Negotiations Crumble as Gasoline and Diesel Prices Rise to a National Record
12 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The US-Iran negotiations are going nowhere, Trump is growing impatient, and oil executives are sounding positively doomerish. Currently, there’s no ...
The Damage Has Been Done, Is This What Comes Next?
08 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
There be whales and elephants swimming and stomping through the markets. When big money moves, it’s our job to figure out why and how to position ou...
Markets Explode Higher on Imaginary Peace Deals
08 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Are we in a blow off top? Can the AI-fueled earnings be believed? Can the prospect of both war and peace be stock market bullish? All this and much mo...
Adam Rozencwajg: The Greatest Energy Shock in History Is Unfolding
07 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Time to talk to a calm, measured, highly-experienced oil and gas resource investor about it all…the Devil is truly in the details.
Iranian Reality Check With Ret. Lt. Col. Daniel Davis
06 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Trump’s Iran options: ‘bad’ negotiations or ‘worse’ escalation, amid an oil crisis risking a global depression.
Tick Tock, Time Is Running Out: The Path to $200 Oil Laid Out
05 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We’re almost out of time. The US has to get the Strait of Hormuz open, one way or the other, before its own inventories of oil and refined petroleum...
Energy Prices Spike, Inflation Set to Roar, and Urgent Warnings About Credit Markets
01 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Urgent warnings about credit markets from Hank Paulson and Jamie Dimon deserve your attention. And the looming set of nested supply and inflationary s...
The Largest Energy Shock On Record Is Worse Than You Think
25 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Even if the Strait of Hormuz reopens tonight, the damage has been done and it’s a lot worse than most people understand. Here’s the math… and th...
Who Will Win, The Money Printers Or Physics?
24 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Equity markets are signaling the usual thing during a war: lots and lots of excess liquidity from “somewhere.” But this time, the loss of oil and ...
Investing When Nothing Matters and Anything Goes
17 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve entered a New Normal for US equity markets where fundamentals no longer seem to matter. Nor the reality of a a global disruption in energy and...
The Fat Pipe April 10th, 2026: Broken “Markets,” Oil Update, the Golden Future, WTH Europe?, and Claude Mythos
11 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The suppression of the price of oil cannot last much longer. When it breaks – watch out – there could be significant (if not uncontrollable) marke...
Are Markets Providing Signal or Noise?
10 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Time for our weekly Finance U episode with Paul Kiker. The “markets” are operating as if the largest energy shock in world history weren’t alrea...
Almost Nobody Understands How Bad It’s Going to Get
08 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The situation in the Middle East just got a lot worse yesterday and last night. Yes, worse! And even if hostilities stopped right now, there’s going...
Energy Shocks and Inflation vs. Market Complacency – Which Is Stronger?
03 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Western financial markets, (US, EU and Japan) are all stumbling into the future, no longer discounting, but seemingly lobotomized and unable to proper...
Is This the Covid-Like Calm Before the Storm?
28 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Given the circumstances, US equity markets have been calm. Too calm…Click Here for Peak Financial Investing
Episode #12 of the Wake-Up Call: Slowly, Then All at Once
26 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
I’ll tell you the simple “step zero” to help you crush your prepper shame and start today. I also rip the lid off market scams, fertilizer short...
Investing in an Age of Uncertainty
20 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Between the unpredictable impacts of the world’s worst energy shock and the sudden loss of so many high salaried jobs to AI, what’s an investor to...
The Iran War Is Roiling Markets and Supply Chains
13 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Things are developing slowly…then all at once…Click Here for Peak Financial Investing
Investor Complacency Amid an Energy Shock
06 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The fog of war has crept over into the “markets” which are puzzlingly complacent. How to even begin to make sense of it all? Tune in…Click Here ...
AI’s Golden Promises and Dark Risks With Mike Adams
05 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Deconstructing the AI hype, and very real risks, with Mike Adams of Natural News.Click Here for this Month's Renaissance Report on AI
The AI Horizon: Existential Risks to Work, Wealth, and Currency
27 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
I began my inquiry into AI with concern. Now I am profoundly alarmed: even if it goes well, catastrophic risks to work, wealth, and currency are ridic...
The Not-So-Great Economy, and Will Private Credit Be the Spark That Kicks Off GFC 2.0?
26 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The headline stock index numbers look good, but beneath the surfaced things really aren’t all that great for the majority of Americans.Click Here fo...
Did Retail Pile in at the Exact Wrong Moment?
20 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Creak! Pop! Beneath the surface equity markets are flashing warning signs.Click Here for Peak Financial Investing
The McJobs Report, and Is Oil the Next Bull Market?
13 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
It’s time for the latest episode of Finance U. We dissect the latest BLS McJobs report (so named because it does not reflect reality) and the possib...
A Vital Conversation: Bridging the Generational Divide With Hakeem Anwar
12 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Chris and Hakeem examine generational economic burdens, entrepreneurship risks, AI’s workforce impact, community resilience, real skills like permac...
Has The Great Rotation Begun?
06 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Was that a market liquidity tremor last week? If so, does that mean equity declines are ahead, or was it signaling something more dramatic?Click Here ...
Either Trump’s Dollar Weakening Works or It Doesn’t
30 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Get ready for some very alarming moves in the markets over the coming months. The old regime is ending and a new one is starting.Click Here for Peak F...
Generational Wealth Will Be Made and Lost as the Carry Trades Unwind
29 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
One of my favorite podcast guests is back with us for our quarterly sit-down. Adam Rozencwajg’s thoughtful and measured views on trends, resources a...
Investing During The Age of Consequences
23 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Staying abreast of these markets is a full time job. Unless you love doing it, which both myself and Paul Kiker do. Then it’s not work at all.Click ...
U.S. Retail Is Slowly Waking Up to Buying Gold and Silver
22 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Dana Samuelson’s decades of precious metals experience shed light on the biggest monetary story of our lifetimes.Click Here for American Gold Exchan...
Escaping Fiat Madness and Counterparty Risk With Gold, the Only “Tier Zero” Monetary Asset
22 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Dave Russell joins me to discuss gold surge signaling monetary reset, fiat crisis, Japan’s bond yield spike, physical metals demand from big money, ...
Welcome to the Crack Up Boom?
16 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Do you know what is the last act of any bubble? The crack-up boom.Click Here for Peak Financial Investing
Volatility: Friend or Foe?
09 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
2026 has started out with a bang. In this wide-ranging podcast, Paul Kiker and I help you quickly catch up on the most important financial and economi...
Dave Collum: A Forensic Exploration of The 2025 Train Wreck
01 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This is a long one. We cover a LOT of territory. The conclusion is that our entire way of life is in deep trouble, top to bottom. The financial elites...
A Contrarian’s Take: AI’s Electricity Problem and the Bull Case for Oil
19 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The key, we are told, is to buy low and sell high. This translates, roughly, into buying when others are selling and selling when others are buying. I...
Every .30-06 Round Went Clean Through!
13 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Look, the current Charlie Kirk PsyOp is indistinguishable from the Covid or 9/11 FedSlop. We’re being lied to. But why and for what reason? Let’s ...
Getting Ready For Anything
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Have we reached Peak Debt? It seems likely, and the future will be dominated by dealing with the consequences. Japan is flashing warning signs, while ...
Lanci: “The Silver Short Squeeze Hasn’t Even Begun”
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Vince Lanci shares his expertise with us and we cover a LOT! So download the audio and go for nice long walk, or stack wood, or something.Click Here f...
Luke Gromen: The Debt Dilemma and the Fork in the Road
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a true banger of a podcast, packed with insights and depth. The conclusion? It’s time to make your portfolio as resilient as your homestead....
Reclaiming Privacy With the Above Phone
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Worried about being tracked? You should be. Today’s podcast guest has solutions. It’s time to reclaim a large portion of our privacy, and we can.C...
Introducing Dana Samuelson, a Trusted Expert in Gold and Silver
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you’ve been thinking about buying gold or silver, you’re going to want to listen in to this interview with a true market expert with deep exper...
It’s Time to Believe Your Lying Eyes
28 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The stock market and the real economy have separated. The former keeps magically elevating while the latter is sliding into recession.Click Here for P...
Our Money System Is a Ponzi Scheme
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Chris’ guest Simon Dixon exposes the fiat system as a debt Ponzi scheme run by stateless (and heartless) financial networks, forecasts a multipolar ...
Creak! Pop! More Signs That the Everything Bubble Is Getting Ready to Burst
21 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Fed has been a serial bubble blower for my entire adult life. Once again, we’re facing the prospect of a colossal bubble bursting event, this ti...
Yesterday’s Underinvestment in Silver Mining Is Tomorrow’s Price Spike
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Finance U, David Russell of GoldCore and I discuss all things silver and gold. The world is changing. Tune in to find out what’s ...
We’ve Failed Our Youth, and They Have Every Right to Be Angry
15 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Here’s a generational apology for student debt, unaffordable housing, wealth inequality, AI threats, disability surges, scientific corruption, fueli...
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14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI is in a completely obvious super bubble. They all end the same way; in tears. Meanwhile, Trump is busy alienating his base at the exact same time t...
Ed Dowd: It Has Begun — Housing, Credit and FCF Have Cracked … Stocks Are Next
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What is a Hindenburg Omen? Why does Ed Dowd think that a deflationary event has already begun…one which will shake the world? Tune in to find out…...
Proof! Charlie Kirk Was *Not* Shot With a .30-06 As Claimed
08 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We’re busying doing the FBI’s work…again. In these experiments we show that a close mimic of a human neck (pork roasts) and a gel block both pro...
When the AI Bubble Bursts, the Damage Will Be Severe
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The AI bubble is both massive and nearing its end. At least that’s how we read the tea leaves. When it bursts…the damage is going to be profound, ...
Cucumbers vs. Grapes: Stocks Go Up as the Economy Goes Down
01 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SNAP runs out, the rich get richer, while the struggles for the majority of the country deepen. Navigating the next few years is going to be … trick...
“Fix the Money, Fix the World!”
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As the fiat (dollar) regime grinds to an end, there will be vastly more losers than winners. Those on the right side of the wealth transfer line will ...
Paper Markets That Mislead Will Eventually Fail
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The recent smack down of gold and silver in the dark of night had the usual aroma of bullion bank manipulation, but also an extra whiff of true desper...
Adam Rozencwajg: Inflation Will Come Roaring Back, Gold’s Tale, and Shale Oil’s Long Goodbye
18 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Gold is being remonetized, Western nations are broke and set to resume money printing, and the US is ignoring the fact that its shale oil basins are n...
Gold and Silver Markets Are Exposing a Long-Running Scam
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The overt fraud of the futures market’s ability to set the price for, well, every financial asset, is now being more widely recognized. The question...
Gold Is Screaming: Are You Listening?
10 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is this “it?” Has the West finally lost pricing control of gold and silver? If so, is it going too far to suggest that there’s a gigantic moneta...
The Government Shuts Down, Jobs Crater, but Stocks Go… Up?
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Chris and Paul explore government shutdown impacts, market perturbations, gold’s 408% YTD surge signaling big money trust issues, equity market disc...
Episode 2: ‘Roof Guy’ Not the Shooter, Tracking ‘Tyler,’ and Debunking the Junk
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I desperately tried to avoid diving in. But now that I have, I’m all the way in. Charlie’s murder needs to be solved. The fingerprints of Deep Sta...
Solved! Analysis Reveals Kirk Killed by Rifle Round, but Not From Robinson’s Position
27 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Charlie Kirk was shot with a high-velocity rifle round that lodged in his body. However, that shot could not have been taken from Tyler Robinson’s s...
The Fed Steals From the Many to Give to the Few
26 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Fed has set the stage for a gigantic bubble collapse…but not before funneling most of the wealth of the nation to the top 1% via asset price inf...
Canadian Prepper: It’s Time to Let Your Survival Instinct Kick In
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast with The Canadian Prepper (Nate) we cover the various risks and ways to go about preparing for them. Because most people won’t do th...
The Fed Throws Gasoline on the Inflation Fire
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With its rate cut decision, the Fed has given up on containing inflation. Combined with the lack of any fiscal restraint by DC, we all need to be read...
When Political Narratives Become Economic Quicksand
12 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Wow! The BLS had to revise away a a huge number of jobs, sparking conjecture that they were politically motivated numbers, not an honest but whopping-...
Nepal’s Stunning Revolution
10 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nepal’s entire government was just dismantled by protesters, with many government officials either tossed in a river and beaten, or run completely o...
Which Side Are You On?
06 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Covid laid things bare. We now can see the territory before us. On one side we have communist utilitarians who believe they have the obligation and th...
Is an Inflation Shock Next? A Natural Gas Energy Shock Could Be the Spark
05 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Poor energy planning and a lack of fiscal restraint might conspire to drive a repeat of the 1970’s double-hump inflation. Here’s how that might un...
Craig Hemke: “Just Be Ready and Keep Stacking”
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The large describes the small. Huge pieces are shifting about in the monetary, fiscal and geopolitical landscapes, which is why gold and silver are (f...
Creak! Pop! This Thing’s Gonna Blow!
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Every bubble is in search of a pin. Even as the AI bubble screams higher, both mounting recession indicators and spiking long-bond yields are indicati...
Censorship, Health, and the Fight for Resilience
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Chris and Evie explore censorship, autism epidemic evidence, COVID vaccine injuries, excess deaths, cultural erosion, migrant crime in the UK, and the...
Trump’s Economic and Monetary Gambits Will Either Succeed or Wildly Fail
27 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Trump and Bessent are taking us into uncharted territory. The outcome is binary, will it be brilliant success or massive failure? Either way, gold and...
A Time for Caution
22 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Beware the divergence! Retail investors are piling in as professional investors are trimming their holdings back. At the same time, the AI-bubble is s...
Ozempic Horrors, Pedo Escapes, and Toxic Betrayals
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode covers Ozempic’s severe side effects, a Las Vegas pedophile case with international implications, and EPA misconduct in the East Palest...
The Biggest Untold Story of 2025
15 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
My presentation at the Limitless Expo covered peak oil, energy scarcity, economic impacts, shale oil limits, AI’s ridiculous energy demands, looming...
Overvalued Equities Are Ignoring These Seven Recession Indicators
15 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
August is usually a quiet market month. But the creaking and popping sounds coming from the economy are suddenly quite difficult to ignore. What happe...
Job-Stealing AI, Sun Taxes, and Broken Trust
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Chris and Evie explore AI’s disruption of jobs for young graduates, its psychological impact causing “AI psychosis,” societal trends of declinin...
AI's Energy and Resource Crisis with the Rebel Capitalist
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Chris joins George Gammon’s show and explores AI’s explosive growth, massive energy and water demands, data center consumption, U.S. grid challeng...
Adam Rozencwajg: Platinum, Gold, Silver, Oil and Natural Gas, Oh My!
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This quarter, Adam Rozencwajg and I discussed platinum, oil, silver, gold, natural gas and nuclear power. As always, Adam provides a wealth of knowled...
Is the Middle Class Being Destroyed on Purpose?
09 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our hardships are often reported back to us as if they were mysterious objects found at an archeological dig. But US citizens are subject to a bewilde...
Stagflation Has Arrived, Job Weakness Is Apparent, and Stocks Party On!
08 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Stagflation. It’s back on the menu, boys and girls!Click here for Peak Financial Investing
Gerrymandering Games, Digital IDs, and Deep State Drama
06 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This Signal Hour covers political developments, Epstein revelations, gerrymandering hypocrisy, and digital surveillance threats, exploring accountabil...
Mike Maloney: “No Matter What the Fed Does, the Precious Metals Are Going North!”
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Maloney thinks silver is going to triple digits, the Fed will print more, and gold will surge higher as a result. Hard assets my friends, this is...
CBDCs, Control, and Crumbling Fiat Currencies (Part 1)
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Aaron Day discusses how our debt-based currency system works and the path to CBDCs.Click Here for Part 2
Stablecoins and the Unstable Truth Behind Them (Part 2)
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Aaron Day focuses on digital technocracy, focusing on stablecoins, CBDCs, and the Genius Act, highlighting financial surveillance, tokenization,...
The Goldilocks Gamble on a Perfectly Imperfect Future
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of Finance U explores stock market surges, housing affordability crises, AI’s economic impact, commercial real estate challenges, infla...
Rigged Markets, Death Cults, and Silver Suppression Scandals
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This Signal Hour podcast explores precious metals market manipulation, societal toxicity, organ harvesting crises, pesticide scandals, AI risks, and a...
My Most Powerful Economic Insight in One Lesson
19 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Surprise!! Peak Oil has arrived, and the US is making zero plans for that except to accelerate federal spending and not talk about the obvious implica...
Equities Are Churning While Bonds Are Burning
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Stocks are for show, but bonds are for dough. And bonds are screaming in distress at the present moment. Meanwhile, be extremely cautious about privat...
Epstein Cover-Up: Worse Than the Crime Itself?
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This Signal Hour continues to explore the Epstein case cover-up, analyzing deceptive footage, political fallout, and societal trust erosion, alongside...
Silver Breaks Out!
12 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Silver surges past $39 per ounce, joined by oil, palladium, and copper gains, signaling inflation and a shifting global financial landscape favoring h...