# episode karl (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover episode karl. Page: Feed: --- ## [The Worry List Is Long and Stocks Keep Going Up](https://keggerss.libsyn.com/the-worry-list-is-long-and-stocks-keep-going-up) _2026-08-22 · Creating Richer Lives_ Long rates hit their highest level since 2007, the national debt topped $40 trillion, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced he's doubling long-dated bond buybacks. Karl breaks down what that move actually is (hint: it isn't QE), why it looks a lot like 2011's Operation Twist, and why the 10-year is higher now than before the announcement. Plus: gold's rebound, Bitcoin's big week, and why… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/keggerss/Creating_Richer_Lives_20260822_FINAL.mp3?dest-id=18215) ## [History of Money Series: The Bank Holiday of 1933 - The Week America Closed Every Bank](https://keggerss.libsyn.com/history-of-money-series-the-bank-holiday-of-1933-the-week-america-closed-every-bank) _2026-08-15 · Creating Richer Lives_ Imagine waking up tomorrow and every bank in America is closed. Not just yours. All of them. No withdrawals, no cash, no way to make payroll. And nobody can tell you when it ends. That happened. In March of 1933, every bank in the country was shut down for about a week. And when they reopened, Americans lined up not to pull their money out, but to put it back in. In this episode of the History of… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/keggerss/Creating_Richer_Lives_1933_BANK_HOLIDAY_FINAL.mp3?dest-id=18215) ## [History of Money Series: Black Monday 1987 - The Worst Day in Market History](https://keggerss.libsyn.com/history-of-money-series-black-monday-1987-the-worst-day-in-market-history) _2026-08-08 · Creating Richer Lives_ October 19, 1987. The Dow fell 22.6% in a single day. It's still the worst day in the history of the American stock market, nearly double the worst day of the 1929 crash. And here's the part almost nobody remembers: the market finished that year up. In this first episode of the History of Money series, Karl Eggerss walks through what actually happened on Black Monday. Why an expensive market,… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/keggerss/Creating_Richer_Lives_BLACK_MONDAY_final.mp3?dest-id=18215) ## [Rebroadcast: Humor in Video Games](https://smbvgmp.blogspot.com/2026/08/rebroadcast-humor-in-video-games_0503525799.html) _2026-08-07 · supermarcatobros@gmail.com (Karl & Will Brueggemann) · Super Marcato Bros. Video Game Music Podcast_ In this "Rebroadcast" episode, Karl & Will share their episode originally released way back in August of 2014- "Humor in Video Games (#126)!" Enjoy this unique episode! [Listen](https://archive.org/download/smbvgmp-rebr-humor-in-video-games/SmbvgmpRebrHumorInVideoGames.mp3) ## [Money Won't Matter in 2036 - Should You Believe It?](https://keggerss.libsyn.com/money-wont-matter-in-2036-should-you-believe-it) _2026-08-01 · Creating Richer Lives_ The richest man in the world, Elon Musk, just told The Economist that money won't matter a decade from now. Not that it'll look different, but that it won't matter. And he laid out the mechanism: AI and robots producing more goods and services than humans can possibly consume, governments simply issuing money to people, and deflation instead of inflation because output grows faster than the money… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/keggerss/Creating_Richer_Lives_20260801_FINAL.mp3?dest-id=18215) ## [It's Groundhog Day on Wall Street - Until It Isn't](https://keggerss.libsyn.com/its-groundhog-day-on-wall-street-until-it-isnt) _2026-07-25 · Creating Richer Lives_ There's a war in the Middle East, oil is spiking, tariffs are back, and Big Tech is spending like never before. If it all feels like Groundhog Day , that's exactly the problem. The market can shrug off any one of these headlines—and it has all year. But when they start pulling in the same direction, especially during the summer of a midterm election year, the rerun becomes something worth paying… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/keggerss/Creating_Richer_Lives_20260725_FINAL.mp3?dest-id=18215) ## [Twice the Return? The Truth About Leveraged Single-Stock ETFs](https://keggerss.libsyn.com/twice-the-return-the-truth-about-leveraged-single-stock-etfs) _2026-07-18 · Creating Richer Lives_ What if a stock went up over three years — and the fund designed to double its return still lost nearly half its value? That's not a hypothetical. It's happening right now, inside one of the fastest-growing product categories on Wall Street. On this episode of Creating Richer Lives, Karl Eggerss pulls back the curtain on leveraged single-stock ETFs — the 2x and 3x funds tied to individual stocks… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/keggerss/Creating_Richer_Lives_20260718_FINAL.mp3?dest-id=18215) ## [Karlcast: Beach & Vacation Tunes!](https://smbvgmp.blogspot.com/2026/07/karlcast-beach-vacation-tunes.html) _2026-07-13 · supermarcatobros@gmail.com (Karl & Will Brueggemann) · Super Marcato Bros. Video Game Music Podcast_ Let's hit the beach! In this laidback summer-themed and inaugural Karlcast episode, Karl plays and discusses some awesome VGM with the theme of beach and vacation! This playlist was submitted by our wonderful discord community. Enjoy! [Listen](https://archive.org/download/SMBVGMPKarlcastBeachandVacation/SMBVGMPKarlcastBeachandVacation.mp3) ## [Is Investing Just Gambling? After 30 Years, Here's My Honest Answer](https://keggerss.libsyn.com/is-investing-just-gambling-after-30-years-heres-my-honest-answer) _2026-07-11 · Creating Richer Lives_ Americans are on track to lose $250 billion gambling this year — and some of those same people say they'd never touch the stock market because "it's just gambling." On this episode of Creating Richer Lives, Karl Eggerss settles the question once and for all. Karl breaks down the one-sentence difference between gambling and investing (it's arithmetic, not opinion), why time is your enemy at the… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/keggerss/Creating_Richer_Lives_20260711_FINAL.mp3?dest-id=18215) ## [Original Release: Land of the Pocket](https://smbvgmp.blogspot.com/2026/07/original-release-land-of-pocket.html) _2026-07-03 · supermarcatobros@gmail.com (Karl & Will Brueggemann) · Super Marcato Bros. Video Game Music Podcast_ In this bonus episode, Karl shares his new chiptune album "Land of the Pocket" in its entirety! Featuring a sound combining snes, nes, synth bass, and real wurli, this album creates a uniquely evocative palette. And if you dig it, you can grab it on Karl's bandcamp! [Listen](https://archive.org/download/landpocketbonusep/landpocketbonusep.mp3) ## [Build with the cheapest GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/CScnCeRka7Py) _2026-07-03 · **Sponsored**_ Deployed a live API in minutes; one user spent under $10. ## [Marcato Classic: Mina the Hollower](https://smbvgmp.blogspot.com/2026/06/marcato-classic-mina-hollower.html) _2026-06-28 · supermarcatobros@gmail.com (Karl & Will Brueggemann) · Super Marcato Bros. Video Game Music Podcast_ In this episode, Karl & Will celebrate and spotlight the incredible new score by Jake Kaufman to Mina the Hollower! If you're a virt fan (why would you not be) you'll not want to miss this! [Listen](https://archive.org/download/smbvgmpminathe-hollower/SMBVGMPMinatheHollower.mp3) ## [Grantham Says 70% Crash. Should You Listen This Time?](https://keggerss.libsyn.com/grantham-says-70-crash-should-you-listen-this-time) _2026-06-27 · Creating Richer Lives_ Jeremy Grantham just called this the most expensive U.S. stock market in history and warned of a potential 70% decline — on the same day the Nasdaq has been up huge the past year. So who's right: the legendary bear, or the tape? This episode argues the answer is "both," and that the real skill isn't picking a side — it's managing risk so you can ride a momentum market and step aside before the big… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/keggerss/Creating_Richer_Lives_20260627_FINAL.mp3?dest-id=18215) ## [The $390,000 Family: The Federal Deficit at Your Kitchen Table](https://keggerss.libsyn.com/the-390000-family-the-federal-deficit-at-your-kitchen-table) _2026-06-20 · Creating Richer Lives_ What if the U.S. government were just a family sitting at your kitchen table? In this episode, we shrink the entire federal budget down by a factor of 100 million and meet a family that earns $52,000 a year, spends $70,000, and already owes $390,000 — with nearly one of every five dollars they earn going straight to interest. Then we reveal who that family really is. From there, we unpack the real… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/keggerss/Creating_Richer_Lives_20260620_FINAL.mp3?dest-id=18215) ## [Marcato Radio 43](https://smbvgmp.blogspot.com/2026/06/marcato-radio-43.html) _2026-06-14 · supermarcatobros@gmail.com (Karl & Will Brueggemann) · Super Marcato Bros. Video Game Music Podcast_ It's time for another installment of Marcato Radio! Once again, it's another non-stop collection of outstanding video game music. Some tracks you've heard before, and some you have not! Enjoy! [Listen](https://archive.org/download/marcato-radio-43/MarcatoRadio43.mp3) ## [The Trillionaire Who Broke Every Rule: What Elon Musk's $1 Trillion Means for Your Money](https://keggerss.libsyn.com/the-trillionaire-who-broke-every-rule-what-elon-musks-1-trillion-means-for-your-money) _2026-06-13 · Creating Richer Lives_ On June 12, 2026, Elon Musk officially became the world's first trillionaire after SpaceX's record-shattering IPO. But here's the uncomfortable part: he built that fortune by breaking the most repeated rule in personal finance. He never diversified. He bet everything — twice — on companies he controlled. In this episode, I unpack what that actually means for your money. We walk through Musk's… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/keggerss/Creating_Richer_Lives_20260613_FINAL.mp3?dest-id=18215) ## [The Truth About IPOs - Pros, Cons & What's Coming in 2026](https://keggerss.libsyn.com/the-truth-about-ipos-pros-cons-whats-coming-in-2026) _2026-06-06 · Creating Richer Lives_ If you've been hearing the term "IPO" everywhere lately, there's a reason — and it's a big one. In this episode, Karl Eggerss breaks down everything you need to know about Initial Public Offerings in plain English, no finance degree required. With 152 IPOs already hitting the U.S. market in 2026 and companies worth a combined $3 trillion potentially going public this year — including SpaceX,… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/keggerss/Creating_Richer_Lives_20260606_FINAL.mp3?dest-id=18215) ## [Rebroadcast: Indie Games](https://smbvgmp.blogspot.com/2026/05/rebroadcast-indie-games.html) _2026-05-25 · supermarcatobros@gmail.com (Karl & Will Brueggemann) · Super Marcato Bros. Video Game Music Podcast_ For this "Rebroadcast", Karl & Will share their episode originally released way back in December of 2015- "Indie Games (#193)!" Enjoy this blast from the past, featuring some amazing VGM from Indie Games! [Listen](https://archive.org/download/SMBVGMPEp.193IndieGames/SMBVGMPEp.193IndieGames.mp3) ## [Performance: Ultraglide Live at VGM Con!](https://smbvgmp.blogspot.com/2026/05/performance-ultraglide-live-at-vgm-con.html) _2026-05-10 · supermarcatobros@gmail.com (Karl & Will Brueggemann) · Super Marcato Bros. Video Game Music Podcast_ In this very special episode, Karl presents the entire Ultraglide set professionally recorded live from VGM Con 2026! Enjoy! [Listen](https://archive.org/download/smbvgmpperformance-ultraglide/SMBVGMPPerformanceUltraglide.mp3) ## [Kirby OG Duo!](https://smbvgmp.blogspot.com/2026/04/kirby-og-duo.html) _2026-04-26 · supermarcatobros@gmail.com (Karl & Will Brueggemann) · Super Marcato Bros. Video Game Music Podcast_ In this DELIGHTFUL episode, Karl & Will spotlight on the first 2 scores in the beloved Kirby series! This is Dream Land and Adventure! Enjoy this celebration of some of the most iconic VGM, back to where it all started. [Listen](https://archive.org/download/SMBVGMPKirbyOGDuo/SMBVGMPKirbyOGDuo.mp3) ## [Marcato Radio: Guests of VGM Con 2026](https://smbvgmp.blogspot.com/2026/04/marcato-radio-guests-of-vgm-con-2026.html) _2026-04-13 · supermarcatobros@gmail.com (Karl & Will Brueggemann) · Super Marcato Bros. Video Game Music Podcast_ Enjoy this special timely Marcato Radio featuring awesome music from just some of the guests that will be at VGM Con 2026 this year! [Listen](https://archive.org/download/marcatoradiovgmcon26/marcatoradiovgmcon26.mp3) ## [Ask the crowd: AI or not (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/8p2RmmGtTK8q) _2026-04-13 · **Sponsored**_ Get a transparent verdict from verified humans via web, RSS, or API. ## [Rebroadcast: Final Levels](https://smbvgmp.blogspot.com/2026/03/rebroadcast-final-levels.html) _2026-03-30 · supermarcatobros@gmail.com (Karl & Will Brueggemann) · Super Marcato Bros. Video Game Music Podcast_ For this "Rebroadcast", Karl & Will share their episode originally released way back in January of 2015- "Final Levels (#148)!" Enjoy this blast from the past, featuring mostly old-school tracks, but a few killer modern tracks as well! [Listen](https://archive.org/download/SmbvgmpEp.148-FinalLevels/SmbvgmpEp.148-FinalLevels.mp3)