Our Love-Hate Relationship with Wealth

The Esau McCaulley Podcast

Esau McCaulley

Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

5.0 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Why do some successful people inspire us while others ignite our outrage? Esau is joined by John Onwuchekwa to unpack our complicated relationship with wealth, celebrity, and privilege. From Katy Perry and her trip to space, to Deon Sanders' son, Shedeur Sanders' jersey retirement controversy, we explore what our inconsistent reactions reveal about ourselves and what we prioritize. Also, we introduce a brand new segment - Low Stakes Conspiracy Theories. Mike wonders if Stevie Wonder is actually blind and John is just asking if we actually went to the moon...

0:00 - Theme Song

0:34 - Low Stakes Conspiracy Theories

9:56 - Going to Space

19:56 - Sponsor - No Small Endeavor - Award-winning podcast where theologians, philosophers, and best-selling authors talk about faith with Lee C. Camp. Start listening today: https://pod.link/1513178238

33:35 - Fantastic Four Trailer

48:12 - End Credits

We Go On by John Onwuchekwa: https://a.co/d/5BRpREP

Transcript

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0:00.0	Passion in my pockets on my pennies should be.
0:10.0	What they selling these cheaps?
0:12.0	So I'm buying that this freedom is free.
0:14.0	I've been becoming me.
0:15.0	See when Jesus taking the lead.
0:16.0	With purpose I bleed and riles like going under the heat.
0:19.0	Defeat is never.
0:20.0	You can't reattach
0:21.2	with a sever what's bringing you pleasure can tell you where you stacking your treasure
0:24.6	when storm is your weather know that it gets worse for it's better
0:31.4	welcome to the esau macaoli podcast I'm your host Esau McCauley podcast. I'm your host, Issaa McCauley. I am joined by our producer,
0:40.8	producer, Mike. Hey, thanks. It's good to be here. Are you feeling good? For those of you who don't
0:45.9	follow our social media on Instagram, you should follow the Holy Post. But Mike is really feeling good
0:51.6	about himself because last week he got his first Instagram reel. And you know, and he gave a title producer Mike. Are you going to update your Instagram, your personal Instagram to producer Mike? Is that what you're going to do? Maybe. I'll have to think about it. But Esau, I'm just glad that finally the white guy is getting a platform to speak. Okay? It's about time. That was going on. There? There was a lack of white guys on the Holy Post.
1:12.6	On the Holy Post.
1:14.6	So thank you for bringing some diversity to the podcast.
1:17.6	On the podcast today, we have my good friend John Anwu Chequah.
1:22.6	He is the director of thought, leadership, and innovation.
1:25.6	That means they pay him to be really smart. And to keep him from getting behind the times, the city to city network. Thank you so much for coming on the podcast. Oh, thank you, man. And also, he is the owner and the co-founder of portrait coffee. And I've had some of their coffee. It should be the official podcast of The Holy Post. I'm just selling sponsorships. Give us a dollar. You're the sponsor. Okay. Oh, that's it. All right. There we go. I'm always sure. I'll take it. Matter of fact, if you keep sending me free coffee internet, I'm for sale. If you, if you submit a free coffee, then I will, I will drink it on the Holy Post. We do the whole thing.
2:08.5	We wanted to debut because we got John here, a new segment on the podcast we've never done before.
2:08.9	Yes, I'm excited.
2:09.9	And we're calling it low stakes conspiracy theories.
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