E334: Milkin' It
This Wreckage
Sean KB and AP Andy
4.2 • 980 Ratings
🗓️ 13 May 2026
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
NEWS EP! Sean reports back from the a Beverly Hills Hedge Fund summit. Europe goes solar punk. US debt passes GDP as Project Freedom fails, and the Mideast bases lie in ruin. Is America through, or just through being cool?
Billionaires Unfazed by Iran: https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/19bda51e-fb62-4432-bc37-b9b425f19edd
Labor Market Unfazed by Iran https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/57482c61-164e-4f48-8214-370b269ac7b6
Europe Solar/Iran War: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/business/europe-solar-panels-iran-war.html
US Debt Milestone: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/business/us-debt-trump-policies-budget.html
This (US base) Wreckage: https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/01/world/video/us-military-bases-iran-strikes-images-invs-digvid
"Operation Trust Me Bro" : https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2026/05/07/top-iran-negotiator-mocks-operation-trust-me-bro-and-questions-reports-of-trumps-peace-proposal/
Saudi/Kuwait Cold Feet — Gulf states pulling back from US posture on Hormuz https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/us/politics/trump-strait-of-hormuz-saudis.html
Iran Economic Wreckage: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/10/world/middleeast/iran-economy-layoffs.html
America is through being cool? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/10/opinion/vintage-clothes-america-cool-culture.html
Song: Nirvana - Milk It
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Check, check. |
| 0:10.6 | So we want to talk about work or no? |
| 0:12.8 | I don't know. |
| 0:13.5 | What's there to, like, pitching about work? |
| 0:15.7 | I guess that's kind of in our wheelhouse, right? |
| 0:17.9 | That's kind of what we do. |
| 0:19.0 | I think a lot of people listen to as a worker to hear what's going on to live vicariously. |
| 0:25.8 | Sure, yeah. My brother said that recently. My brother's like a middle manager in tech. |
| 0:30.6 | He's like, I wish I did what you did. It's so fucking stressful or whatever. And I was like, |
| 0:36.6 | oh, the grass is always greener you know I guess |
| 0:38.9 | it's uh it's good to just let your mind go for example when we talk about work like I had all |
| 0:44.3 | these uh topics that I brought up for this news episode hello and welcome to this wreckage |
| 0:50.1 | and I was like kind of batting them around my adult brain all weekend as I was taking time off |
| 0:57.8 | from work, you know, Saturday and Sunday, which we have won. And I didn't really actually get my |
| 1:04.5 | head around the news until today when I was working because when you work, you go in there and you let |
| 1:10.3 | your hands do the work, you know, you let your hands do the work you know |
| 1:11.9 | you let your muscles do the work that to an extent you let your brain do the work but that's the |
| 1:16.6 | real time to shine for me that's when I come up with all my good ideas is when I'm working so can I |
| 1:23.3 | really complain about work I don't know maybe I can i don't know because you can't listen to podcast |
| 1:27.8 | while you're working is too loud uh it is pretty loud to listen to podcast but i still do try |
| 1:33.4 | you know i'm like that i'm that asshole anymore that loves to have the uh the one ear button |
| 1:38.9 | you know that guy yeah that's what i did when i worked. It's awesome. I was doing bike delivery. |
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