FULL EPISODE: Simple Blueprints to End the World - February 24, 2026
episodePreviously titled “FULL EPISODE: Simple Blueprints to End the World- February 24, 2026” — renamed by the publisher on Aug 5, 2026
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Unfiltered discussions, unexpected guests, no topic is off-limits, from sex and relationships to the human condition, personal anxieties, and so much more.
How do your partner's spending habits affect your relationship?
The only talk show of its kind in the world, World This Is. Hello and welcome. Happy Tuesday. Lots to cover here on The Last Show. Here are some of the topics we'll hit and some of the things you'll learn. Does it ruin your momentum or build your muscle? In about 10 minutes time on this show, we'll reveal a psychology trick that only takes you 20 minutes, backed by science. that can reframe your past depression as strength. And for those who do it, they suddenly make progress and crush their goals.
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Then after that, prediction markets. Can they really predict the future or are they just sort of like gambling with a spreadsheet? Someone who's actually worked on them, set them up and studied them is going to join us to tell us why prediction markets, well, you should be skeptical of them. That'll be halfway through the hour. Now, that's just some of what we'll cover on the night show. There will be more. You will learn more. Let's dive in. Does your partner's spending style affect your relationship more than your actual bank balance? New research outlines how financial happiness isn't always about the numbers.
What are prediction markets and why should we be skeptical of them?
It's about whether, to you, your spouse feels like a saver or a splurger. Let's dive in with someone who worked on that research. She's a financial planner and lecturer at the University of Georgia, Jamie Lynn Byram. Jamie Lynn, welcome to the show.
Thank you. Thanks for having me.
So with your research, are we actually talking about money or are we talking about what money means in your relationship between you and your partner?
Both. So what we looked at was how couples perceive themselves and their partners in regards to whether they're a spender or a saver. So this work actually came from my dissertation.
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So I created a survey and had married couples separately and quietly complete the survey, and the study went from there.
Well, let's dig into the study. My understanding is that the perception of how your spouse spends or saves is more important than your actual financial reality. To me, that feels almost dangerous, right? We can kind of be in a blissful idea of the other person and that could ignore the kind of reality of the facts in the marriage with money.
True. Also, the opposite of that is common. People in relationships sometimes incorrectly assume that they know their partner, their perceptions of their partner are correct or could be incorrect. As a financial planner, I've seen several times where one person believes that their partner is a spender when And in actuality, looking at it from my point of view, that person is most definitely a saver. It just may be that that person spends differently than their partner. So they're going to perceive it differently.
Or perhaps they spend a lot, but they always spend within their means. And they're also very good at saving. The other partner might get annoyed by that, but there's actually nothing wrong with it.
Exactly. That idea itself is what sparked my desire to do this as a dissertation. I had a client, a married couple, both senior level partners in their jobs. They had fully funded retirement, fully funded education goals.
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They were on the path and doing very well. And it happened the wife got a bonus for her particular work that season, and she bought herself a purse, a four-figure purse. And when her husband found out about it, he hit the roof. and even said that she was going to spend them just into bankruptcy, which was far from the case. I mean, they were A-plus if I had to grade them as clients as far as reaching their goals. But in his mind, she was a spender and was going to cause them financial harm. And another interesting piece of it she was done with his behavior towards her spending and other things. And she was thinking about divorce.
Well, he thought the marriage- Wow, I'm loving this example.
How can couples benefit from joint savoring during stressful times?
I'm on the edge of my seat with this example.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:16
2
How do your partner's spending habits affect your relationship?
0:16–0:50
3
What simple exercise can help reframe depression as strength?
0:50–1:22
4
What are prediction markets and why should we be skeptical of them?
1:22–2:05
5
What unbelievable doomsday devices have governments actually planned?
2:05–3:48
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Why is mid-career a dangerous time for burnout?
3:48–4:52
7
How can couples benefit from joint savoring during stressful times?
4:52–6:03
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Can AI chatbots provide effective weight loss coaching?
6:03–1:20:10
Speakers
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