The Zach Foust Show

Send us Fan MailI just finished laying 204 feet of fencing. No producer, no notes, no script. Just me in the basement with something on my mind that I cannot shake.I think the tech bros are winning. And I do not mean that as a compliment.I spent two hours in Afghanistan in 2013 working alongside an intel contractor who had a blimp camera 400 yards in the air that could read a name tag from two miles away in 10K resolution. That was 2013. Now Flock cameras are going up in Milford Delaware reading your license plate, your dents, your face. Digital IDs are being voted on. CBDCs have no ban. Sam Altman has said publicly he thinks AI could be the end of humankind and he is still building it. Peter Thiel cannot answer why Palantir is being used to target and kill people in the Middle East. And Anthropic executives are quitting to go write poetry in Europe because they believe they have built something that could end the world.I walk through how we got here. The flip phone to the iPhone. The algorithm arriving in 2015. Operation Condor and 96% of American history being spent in active war. Lockheed Martin, Boeing, and Raytheon as the world's most profitable independent security contractors. The military industrial complex not as a conspiracy theory but as a line item on a balance sheet.And then I get to the thing that is keeping me up at night. I think they are selling America for parts right in front of us while we watch, get angry, do a boycott for a week, and then go back to filling our Amazon carts. What would it actually take to do something? I have a number. It is 10 million people. And I walk through what that would look like.This is a long one. Make yourself comfortable.Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe government says cumulative inflation since 2010 is 52.72%. I think that number is a lie and I have the receipts.I spent time building out what I am calling the Real Inflation Tracker. I took real items that real 25 to 34 year olds buy every single week and I looked at what they cost in 2010 versus what they cost today. A McDonald's meal that was $5.29 in 2010 is now $16.79. That is not 52%. That is over 200%. A pack of bacon, ground beef, dish soap, car insurance, health insurance, rent on a one bedroom apartment, a college education, a new construction home. Every single one of them has gone up more than 100%. Most of them more than double the official number.I also walk through what has gone up the least since 2010. Video games, smart TVs, streaming devices, hotel rooms, cell phone plans, Bud Light. Nothing you actually need. Just the things that keep you distracted and comfortable enough not to notice what is happening to everything else.I break down Kevin Warsh's statement on price stability versus persistently high prices and why those two things are not the same sentence. I walk through the Dodge versus Ford 1919 court case that legally locked corporations into choosing shareholders over workers and why repealing it would do more for American wages than any tariff ever could. And I close with five things that would actually fix this system if anyone in Washington had the spine to do them.They are lying about the economy on purpose. I am going to keep building the data to prove it.https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OAbihkG-bQ70pCUPknM1Gzw-IpR1iPqcEZXnAubdNfM/edit?gid=0#gid=0Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe government says cumulative inflation since 2010 is 52.72%. I think that number is a lie and I have the receipts.I spent time building out what I am calling the Real Inflation Tracker. I took real items that real 25 to 34 year olds buy every single week and I looked at what they cost in 2010 versus what they cost today. A McDonald's meal that was $5.29 in 2010 is now $16.79. That is not 52%. That is over 200%. A pack of bacon, ground beef, dish soap, car insurance, health insurance, rent on a one bedroom apartment, a college education, a new construction home. Every single one of them has gone up more than 100%. Most of them more than double the official number.I also walk through what has gone up the least since 2010. Video games, smart TVs, streaming devices, hotel rooms, cell phone plans, Bud Light. Nothing you actually need. Just the things that keep you distracted and comfortable enough not to notice what is happening to everything else.I break down Kevin Warsh's statement on price stability versus persistently high prices and why those two things are not the same sentence. I walk through the Dodge versus Ford 1919 court case that legally locked corporations into choosing shareholders over workers and why repealing it would do more for American wages than any tariff ever could. And I close with five things that would actually fix this system if anyone in Washington had the spine to do them.They are lying about the economy on purpose. I am going to keep building the data to prove it.Support the show

Send us Fan MailI want you to sit with this question for a second. Why does none of this make logical sense?We give Israel billions. We get nothing back. We go to war on their behalf. We tank our own economy. We choke off a fifth of the world's oil supply. We block 40% of global fertilizer. We threaten Iranian peace negotiators telling them you won't even make it back to your country. And then the moment a deal is close Israel bombs Lebanon again and the Strait shuts back down. Five vessels through on Sunday after 67 the day before. We are right back to square one.James Lee raised a theory I cannot stop thinking about. Trump is stuck between two choices. Support the Israeli agenda and keep doing their bidding or risk more Epstein exposure. Is that tinfoil? Maybe. But Trump was best friends with Jeffrey Epstein. He was best friends before that with Roy Cohn who was suspected of the same thing. The Rothschild family is mentioned 11,938 times in the Epstein files. Twelve CEOs have stepped down since the files dropped. Nobody named in those files has called any of it fake. And Howard Lutnick is on the list. And so is Trump. I said what I said.Bloomberg is now reporting that when our Strategic Petroleum Reserve stockpiles hit physical reality the price of oil does not go from 75 to 85. It goes from 75 to 135 in a month. Chevron and Exxon are both publicly warning the same thing. We have about 340 million barrels in reserve. We use 20 million a day. The math is not complicated.I close with something I believe in more than almost anything I talk about on this show. Whole wealth. Your net worth and your personal worth are not the same thing. Disconnect. Plant something. Put your phone down. You are the number one asset.Support the show

Send us Fan MailSomething happened in the last 36 hours and I need to walk you through it because Trump said six things in one day that made me think somebody injected him with the truth serum from Spy Kids.He said Iran can keep ballistic missiles because other countries have them. He admitted the stock market shoots up every time peace is mentioned and crashes when it is not because the people like it. He called the bombing of Beirut unnecessary and unfair. He said Iran never won a war but never lost a negotiation in a tweet from 2020 that just resurfaced. And then he told Bibi Netanyahu to stop bombing Lebanon on his birthday while standing next to a mongoose. I am not making any of this up.I also got to watch Kevin Warsh's very first Federal Reserve meeting as chairman and I have a take that a lot of you are not going to like. He actually handled it well. No more future outlooks outside of the meeting. Rates held unanimously 12 to 0. Inflation not returning to 2% until 2028. Half of officials now expect at least one rate hike this year. And he said things clearly and directly in a way that felt genuinely different from what we have been watching for years. I did not expect to say any of that.The MOU has apparently been signed. The terms now include $100 billion in unfrozen Iranian assets instead of $24 billion and all secondary sanctions dropped including those from US allies. Israel has stated they will continue bombing Lebanon regardless. Netanyahu is furious about the deal. And based on a poll of 3300 of my listeners, 49% believe Iran won this war and only 2% believe America did.I am eating a cucumber from my garden during this episode. It is a large cucumber. That is also relevant.Support the show

Send us Fan MailTwo big things are happening in the next 48 hours and I want you to know what to listen for so you can make smart decisions with your money.Tomorrow at 2 p.m. eastern Kevin takes the podium for his very first Federal Reserve meeting as chairman. This is the man Trump appointed, whose wife's father is Ron Lauder, who attended a Boris Epstein Christmas party in 2010 where Jeffrey Epstein was a neighbor and guest. Am I supposed to just be okay with that? Because I am not sure I am. Either way he is walking into a quagmire that Jerome Powell handed off to him. Inflation is up. The job market is struggling. Lowering rates helps jobs but fuels inflation. Raising rates fights inflation but hurts jobs. There is no clean move. I am going to walk you through the three things I think we should listen for tomorrow including whether he hints at full quantitative easing coming back and what the Cantillon effect means for your assets right now.Then on Friday there is a memorandum of understanding being signed in Geneva between the US, Iran, and Pakistani mediators. JD Vance is expected to sign on behalf of America. Trump may be present. The terms include $24 billion in frozen Iranian assets being released, $300 billion in reconstruction aid, full withdrawal of US forces from around Iran, and Iran taking joint control of the Strait of Hormuz with Oman and charging a maritime services fee. Trump said in a tweet the 300 billion was fake news and accidentally said 300 million instead of 300 billion. The deal is real and the terms are not a win for America. I will walk you through exactly why.I also close with the real reason I do not think this 60 day ceasefire leads to a lasting peace. Same reason I have given for two months. Israel does not want it to end.And Bo is still alive. We have seen him three times on the trail camera. The cage is set with fried chicken. We are going to get him back.Support the show

Send us Fan MailThere is a deal on the table. The Strait of Hormuz has more traffic. Markets are moving. Crypto, gold, silver, and stocks all reacting the way they should for the first time in a while. And I want to be excited about it. I genuinely do. I just came back from the gym. I am wearing a SpongeBob outfit. I want to be pumped up.But I cannot get past the terms. $24 billion in frozen Iranian assets unfrozen. $300 billion in US reconstruction aid. Full withdrawal of American forces from around Iran. Iran and Oman taking joint control of the Strait of Hormuz with a maritime services fee. And the one thing America gets to call a win is Iran reiterating a promise not to build nukes that they have already made before.I also cannot get past the pickleball analogy that explains this entire war better than anything I have seen in a newspaper. You have a pickleball partner who keeps getting his kneecap destroyed right before your big tournaments. And you just found out that the guy playing in his place is the one who has been hitting him with the lead pipe all along. Just so he can keep playing. That is the situation.I close with two things I am almost certain about regardless of how this deal plays out. A supply shock in oil is still coming because thousands of boats are stuck in the Persian Gulf and the Strait is still only moving a fraction of normal traffic. And food is going to get more expensive because 40% of the world's fertilizer supply came through that Strait and it has been choked off for over 100 days.Plant a garden. Stack your savings. Cut the subscriptions. You know what to do.Support the show

Send us Fan MailI pulled 11 graphs together and I want to walk you through every single one of them because I think most people are feeling this economy without being able to see it clearly. These graphs show it clearly.We start with data centers surpassing office construction in value for the first time in history and why the 200 jobs they promise are mostly custodial and security. We look at the S&P 500 versus job openings and the K shaped gap that began the exact month ChatGPT launched in November 2022. We watch a Harvard economist break down how 92% of Americans agree wealth distribution is unfair and yet nothing changes. We look at a series of graphs showing something dramatically broke in the American economy right around 1971 and then again in the mid 70s covering everything from incarceration rates to income inequality to the price of tomato soup.From there we go into unemployment. The headline 4.3% number is fake and I am going to explain exactly why. Frankie got fired. He delivers a couple burritos a week. The BLS does not count him as unemployed. Meanwhile 50% of under 30 year olds with a degree are underemployed right now in 2026. The national debt graph looks like a hockey stick sharp enough to stab somebody and it does not even include the last six years.We close on four housing graphs. Who is actually buying homes in America right now. One out of three homes purchased in 2025 was by an investor. The Blackrock Scooby-Doo buying theory. Why builders are not building. Why sellers are not selling. And why a crash is still not coming despite everything.You are not lazy, crazy, or dumb. You are just living inside a system that was designed to make you feel that way.Support the show

Send us Fan MailThis is the eighth time a specific set of steps toward a ceasefire has been put in front of us. The 27th time we have declared victory. The 38th time we have declared a peace agreement is right around the corner. So let me walk you through what is actually on the table, what Iran actually wants, and why I do not think this deal happens.I break down the full timeline of this week. The Apache helicopter that went down in the Strait of Hormuz. The four regions we struck in southern Iran and northern Tehran. The Iranian drone responses into Kuwait and Jordan. The planned attack on Qeshm Island that got pulled back. And the Thursday evening announcement that a deal had been reached, which Iranian media immediately contradicted.I also walk through the 14 point deal that Iran has released publicly. The $24 billion in frozen assets. The $300 billion reconstruction fund. The full withdrawal of US forces from the region. The reopening of the Strait within 30 days. And the one thing America gets to call a win, Iran reiterating its commitment under the NPT not to build nuclear weapons.Here is my honest take. That is not a win for America. And more importantly this deal cannot happen for the same reason this war started in the first place. Israel is still bombing Lebanon. 3,711 people dead since March 2nd. Trump told Bibi to stop. Bibi launched Operation Arrows of Fire instead. Iran has made peace for Lebanon a non negotiable. Israel has made peace in Lebanon impossible. That is the wall this deal keeps running into.Support the show

Send us Fan MailI sat down with Todd Achilles, the independent veteran running for US Senate in Idaho against a man who has been in Idaho politics for over 50 years, bragged that the Senate was an easy job in his first month, and has become a rubber stamp for whatever comes out of the White House.Todd served in the Idaho Legislature and built a reputation as one of the most bipartisan members in the capital. He is now running as an independent and was trailing the incumbent by 14 points 90 days before we recorded this. As of last week he was down four. Pay attention to Idaho.We went deep on everything. RealPage and algorithmic price fixing that has stolen an estimated $700 million from Idaho renters since 2000. Corporate ownership of single family homes and why banning purchases is not enough without a forced divestment period. The Dodge versus Ford case from 1917 that legally locked corporations into favoring shareholders over workers. The Powell Memo. Citizens United. Stock buybacks consuming 90% of corporate profits while employees fall onto the social safety net. Non compete agreements being used on burger flippers. Unions. Public lands. And why competition is the single most powerful economic tool we have stopped using.Todd answered every lightning round question I threw at him. Age limits on Congress. Term limits. Ending insider trading. Banning corporate PACs. Ending the carried interest loophole. Banning Citizens United. No super PAC money for himself. He said yes to nearly all of them without hesitation.This is the kind of candidate that gets replaced. Let us make sure that does not happen.Subscribe to the Zach Foust Show and join the Dollar Club to keep independent media alive. Drop a comment. Would you vote for Todd Achilles?Support the show

Send us Fan MailI recorded this one on the move. We have a missing dog and I had to get this out before I went to go find him. If you are in Camden Delaware and you see a dog named Bo please hit me up.On to the episode. Inflation just dropped this morning from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and it came in higher than expected at 4.2% annual. Energy is up 23.5% year over year. Fuel oil is up 58.9% year over year. And I want you to really sit with that because fuel oil is not just your gas tank. Fuel oil is in everything that ships, manufactures, farms, and moves in this country. That is not a gas price problem. That is an everything problem.Trump has now claimed the Iran deal was close 38 times since this war started. The war has now crossed 100 days and is more than ten days past the legal limits of the War Powers Resolution of 1973. Three US bases in Jordan and Kuwait were hit overnight. An Apache helicopter went down over the Strait of Hormuz. And Trump put out a tweet this morning about the naval blockade. Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded calling us the American terrorist regime. I am a veteran and I barely had a visceral reaction to that anymore. That should tell you something.Then I close with three big warnings. JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon, the IMF, and the CEO of Exxon are all saying the same thing from different angles. Something is coming and the stock market is not reflecting it.Three things you can do. Hold assets. Recession proof your job. Take care of yourself.Support the show

Send us Fan MailI have ten reasons why the Federal Reserve should be something every American looks at sideways. And I promise even if you have heard the Jekyll Island story before there are a couple facts in here you probably have not connected yet.We start with the name. It is not federal and it does not have reserves. As of March 15th 2020 the reserve requirement for American banks dropped to zero percent in response to Covid. Zero. We are operating an entire banking system on vibes and printed money.From there I walk through the secret 1910 Jekyll Island meeting where six men representing roughly one quarter of the world's wealth snuck away from their families lying about where they were going to draft what would become the Federal Reserve Act. I walk through the Pujo Committee that found nearly half of America's banking assets were held by 180 people, wrote up damning findings, and then did absolutely nothing because the man who wrote the final report was already connected to the same banking houses he was supposed to be investigating.I walk through December 23rd 1913 when the Federal Reserve Act was passed at ten thirty at night hours before Christmas Eve by 18 votes with 27 senators not present. I walk through World War One, the Great Depression and how the Fed could have stopped it but chose not to. I walk through the Titanic and who was on board and why that matters more than most people realize. And I close with the Rockefeller and Nelson Aldrich family connection that ties the whole thing together in a way that is very hard to call a coincidence.And then I go one step further. I think central bankers lost control around 2001. Wall Street took over. Then private equity beat Wall Street around 2008. And now the tech bros and private equity are running the global financial system together. The Federal Reserve might already be a legacy system that nobody at the top actually needs anymore.Support the show

Send us Fan MailOnly 4% of Americans live somewhere their vote actually matters in a general election. 96% of congressional races are decided in the primaries where almost nobody shows up. That is not an accident. That is the design.From there the guys dig into the $1.7 billion being allocated toward January 6th defendants, the DOJ making Trump completely untouchable from IRS audits, content creators getting subpoenaed, and what it actually felt like to watch the Massie race from the inside knowing what was at stake.Then Nico Agosto from Stalking Capital and the Integrity Index joins the conversation. Nico is building a tool that scores your congressperson based on whether they take corporate PAC money, trade individual stocks while in office, and co-sponsor legislation to get money out of politics. It is one of the most practical things being built right now for people who want to actually do something beyond just being angry.The conversation covers Citizens United, closed primaries, why you should probably switch your party registration even if you hate both parties, the Texas Senate runoff where 8% of eligible voters decided the outcome, and why Massie losing might be exactly the wake up call the movement needed.Support the show

Send us Fan MailI know you want a crash. I want one too. But I need to tell you the truth about why it is not coming and what is actually going to happen to home prices over the next three to five years.In this episode I walk through three battles destroying housing affordability for everyday Americans right now. The wage battle, where wages have gone up 25% since 2020 but home prices have gone up 52%. The price battle, where median existing home prices are sitting at $414,000 and barely moving. And the rate battle, where 30 year mortgage rates stay high because the ten year Treasury yield will not come down as long as inflation stays baked into the bond market.I also break down why a crash is structurally almost impossible right now. Half of all homes on the market are new construction being sold by corporate builders like Ryan Homes and DR Horton. 111,000 of those homes are not even built yet. They are blueprints being counted as inventory. We do not have the supply conditions that caused 2008 and we are not getting them anytime soon.I react to three tweets from housing creators calling for a crash, walk through real data on supply, demand, builder activity, tariff impacts on lumber, and what 100 economists surveyed by a Canadian firm actually said about where home prices are headed by 2031. The answer will make Sean sad. It makes me sad too.Support the show

Send us Fan MailNoah Tanner brought me on Bigg Fella for one of those conversations that just goes everywhere in the best way possible. We started talking about buying your first home in 2026 and ended up deep in self discipline, mental health, disconnecting from screens, and what it actually means to build a life that is worth living.I told him my honest take on homeownership right now. Is it still worth it? Yes. But not for the reasons most people think. We broke down what the housing market actually looks like for Gen Z and millennials today, how to think about your first purchase when the numbers feel impossible, and why owning an asset in a K shaped economy is still the single best thing most people can do for their long term financial picture.We also got into the stuff I have been talking about more on my own show lately. You are the number one asset. Your discipline, your mental clarity, your ability to sit in silence and know yourself is worth more than anything in your portfolio. And I closed with the one thing I want you to remember. Your net worth and your personal worth are not the same thing and should never be treated like they are.Noah Tanner is doing something real with Bigg Fella. He coaches big guys, he runs marathons, and he asks real questions without an agenda. Go subscribe to his channel and show him some love.Support the show

Send us Fan MailI shot this one as an emergency broadcast. Iran has officially backed away from the negotiating table. Their deputy head of central military command said it plainly. Without surrender, war is inevitable. And we are not surrendering. So here we are.On top of that the CEO of Exxon is now calling oil at $150 to $160 a barrel within weeks. We are currently sitting at $91.50 as I shot this. For context we were at $62 to $64 before the Strait shut down on February 28th. Do the math on what that means for your gas, your groceries, your fertilizer, and everything that moves by diesel in this country.There is also a report out of Axios that Trump called Bibi Netanyahu and screamed at him. Called him crazy. Told him everybody hates Israel because of this. I do not believe that phone call happened the way it is being described and I will tell you exactly why. Because the day after that call Israel attacked Lebanon and killed six more people including two children. That is not what a steamrolled man does the morning after getting chewed out.I also break down the Axios funding question, the Glass-Steagall repeal, why crises never happen immediately but always trace back to a single moment, and why February 28th 2026 is going to be in the economic history books.And I close this one with three things you can do right now. Hold assets. Invest in yourself. Disconnect.Support the show

Send us Fan MailI just want to know what's actually happening. Not what the headlines say. Not what the stock market says. What is actually happening.The S&P 500 is breaking records every week since March 27th while oil is still up 30% from pre war levels, bond yields are screaming inflation, credit card defaults are climbing, car loans are going 60 and 90 days no payment at record rates, and the housing market is frozen. Those two things cannot both be telling the truth at the same time. One of them is lying. And I think I know which one.We also walked through the Iran peace deal for the sixth week in a row and for the sixth week in a row I am calling BS. Iran's lead negotiator said they will not sign anything until $24 billion in frozen assets are released. Trump's own post says no money will exchange hands in any way shape or form. Those two things are not a deal. That is two countries still at war using the word peace to move markets.We also got into the jobs numbers, the K shaped economy, stock buybacks consuming 90% of corporate profits, and why the government statistics we get once a month are not reflecting what real people are living every single day.Episode 73 of the Zach Foust Show. Half a million downloads and counting. Thank you for being here.Subscribe, leave a like, and drop a comment telling me one thing you are grateful for today. I will reply to every single one on this episode.source list:https://www.instagram.com/p/DY5VmGNT7hA/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-29/stocks-rally-continues-on-peace-deal-hopes-ai-spending-optimismhttps://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/29/oil-prices-iran-ceasefire-us-trump-strait-hormuz-energy-costs.html?taid=6a197288d6c7180001779f52&https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/crude-oilhttps://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:56.6/centery:26.7/zoom:11https://x.com/DropSiteNews/status/2060347318616900030https://x.com/BRICSinfo/status/2059370612129198366https://x.com/ggreenwald/status/2058683492804817353https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/2060139377456460000https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEHOINUSA672Nhttps://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/UNRATEhttps://www.reddit.com/r/antiwork/comments/1t3ocmi/what_am_i_missing_the_job_market_is_dead_but/https://www.wgal.com/article/college-grads-face-rising-unemployment/71430314https://www.youtube.com/shorts/blruX1AoORchttps://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CIVPARTFinance & Corruption tied together with Current Events2 uploads a week covering current events, historical context, and cool guestsTikTok: tiktok.com/@zacharyloftInstagram: instagram.com/zachary.loftzachary-loft-shop.fourthwall.compatreon.com/cw/ZacharyFoust?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creatorSupport the show

Send us Fan MailI got on a call with Ali Sabir from Pakistan for the very first episode of The Honest Middle and honestly one of the best conversations I have had in a long time.Ali lives in a country that feels every move America makes at the fuel pump, at the currency exchange, at the border. The Strait of Hormuz closes and Pakistan pays five to six dollars a gallon on a minimum wage of 120 dollars a month. That is the real cost of American foreign policy and most Americans never think about it because they do not have to.We went deep on the Epstein class and who actually sits above the system. The Rothschild family, August Belmont, the 1895 and 1907 bank panics, Jekyll Island, the Balfour Declaration, Robert Maxwell, Ghislaine, and how every single thread connects if you just pull it. We talked about Peter Thiel, Palantir, the tech bros building a surveillance state and calling it governance. We talked about the two party system being completely politically homeless for most Americans. We talked about where the power is actually shifting and why the answer might be techno feudalism if we do not wake up.Ali is brilliant. He knows more about the American system than most Americans do. He is just getting started on his YouTube journey and this is episode one of something that is going to be very important.Support the show

Send us Fan MailI turned on the camera today because I just needed to talk. Sean and Joe aren't here. It's just me and you.I was suicidal at 13. I had ADHD, constant social anxiety, and spent years at the bottom of the totem pole in a private Christian school with 16 kids in my class. I joined the Army to prove I was worth something. I got kicked out of college. I got fired from two jobs. I became a corrections officer in Delaware prisons. And then real estate came along and I got everything I thought I wanted.Rookie of the year. Selling 60 homes personally a year. Getting flown into Texas and California to consult. Speaking at events. Walking through millionaires homes. The wonderkid. And then one day I just asked myself is this it?This episode is me walking you through the whole story. The ADHD and the fight or flight that ran my life for years. The army and what it really taught me. The real estate career and the moment the money button in my brain just shut off. The surrender that changed everything in February 2023. The garden, the chickens, the off grid projects, the microdosing, the meditation, the Bible, and why I feel more purpose making this content than I have felt doing almost anything else in my life.I also want you to know exactly why I make this show. Not for the algorithm. Not for the money. Because I genuinely believe there is something bigger coming and I want you prepared when it does.Support the show

Send us Fan MailI sat down with Rick Beard, the third party candidate running for governor of Nebraska, and this conversation opened my eyes to something happening in the middle of America that nobody is covering.Nebraska voters passed cannabis legalization with 71% of the vote. Their own legislature came in and dismantled it. That is not a coincidence. That is lobbying money doing exactly what it was paid to do. Rick is running on the Legal Marijuana Now party ticket with zero PAC money, zero foreign lobbyist dollars, and a platform that nobody else in the race is willing to touch.We talked about using hemp to build homes at $150 a square foot versus the $200 to $250 it costs today. We talked about the constitutional ballot amendment strategy that would put power back in the hands of the people and out of the hands of the legislature. We talked about Big Pharma, Big Cannabis from other states blocking new markets, data center moratoriums, property taxes higher than California on a state with 2 million people, and what it actually looks like to run a people's campaign against a machine that has infinite money.Rick is polling at 12% as an independent. That is the highest any third party gubernatorial candidate in Nebraska has polled since 1905. Pay attention to this one.Support the show

Send us Fan MailI was in Florence, Kentucky when Thomas Massie lost. I was running an exit poll outside Seabrook Elementary. I watched it happen in real time. And I need to talk about it.The creators who showed up generated 2.2 billion views in six days. We out-viewed the $30 million AIPAC machine on a national scale. But that money was never aimed at the nation. It was aimed directly at 310,000 registered Republicans in that one district. Mailboxes. Home phones. Television sets. Boomers. And it worked. That race was not rigged in the ballot box. It was rigged long before anyone showed up to vote.On top of that we are breaking down this so called Iran peace deal that has now been floated five times. The S&P 500 is at record highs, ten year treasury yields are screaming inflation is coming, and the goal of these negotiations as stated by Marco Rubio is just to get back to where things were before the war started. So what exactly did we gain?And to close things out we are going deep on the Fox News interview that may or may not have featured a masked actor posing as Admiral Robert Harward. I did not plan to go there. We went there.Source List:https://x.com/search?q=trump%20iran%20blockade&src=typed_queryhttps://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/crude-oilhttps://x.com/HormuzLetter/status/2057535441117773965https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116596094940250402https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-trump-us-peace-talks-strait-of-hormuz-control/https://x.com/Macrobysunil/status/2057818163426037847https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/2057762643419795680https://x.com/LeadingReport/status/2057840849048781108https://x.com/ErikSperling/status/2057584386938122706https://x.com/KobeissiLetter/status/2057831520316854731https://x.com/GlobalMktObserv/status/2057805745224122378https://x.com/Barchart/status/2057513837872726209https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MORTGAGE30UShttps://x.com/Barchart/status/2057517635953418335https://x.com/OunkaOnX/status/2056927968413601795https://x.com/MassieforKYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X06b8rITwRESupport the show

Send us Fan MailEpisode ten. And we are apparently on somebody's radar now.The guys break down the White House's brand new 2026 counterterrorism strategy and what it actually says about who the government now considers a threat. Spoiler alert it includes being anti-fascist. From there the conversation goes deep into Kevin O'Leary showing up on Fox News in pink flip flops accusing two grassroots Utah girls of being Chinese Communist Party operatives because they pushed back on his data center expansion. Then Joe Kent update. He resigned, he is under FBI investigation, and nobody in mainstream media is talking about it. And the Epstein conversation that never gets old because the biggest names still never get touched.Support the show

Send us Fan MailPlease like and subscribe Bread and Banter on there platforms @breadnbanterpodWhat if the version of Christianity most Americans grew up with was shaped not by scripture but by a convicted con man with no theological background and a political agenda? In this episode we sit down with Zach Foust, Delaware realtor turned one of the most honest voices on economics, power, and corruption online, to tackle one of the heaviest topics we have ever covered. Christian Zionism.We dig into how dispensationalism replaced covenant theology, who John Nelson Darby and Cyrus Scofield were and why it matters, the Balfour Declaration, and why the early church fathers from Augustine to Luther to Calvin were all saying something completely different than what American evangelicals are told today. Zach also breaks down the casino analogy that will make you rethink everything about how America operates and who the house actually is.This is not about hate. This is about asking honest questions as Christians and following them wherever they lead.🔔 Follow the show so you never miss an episode.Support the show

Send us Fan MailI drove ten hours from Delaware to Florence, Kentucky. No high speed rail. No public transit. Just exit after exit of McDonald's, Exxon, and Subway while billions of dollars flood overseas and our own infrastructure crumbles. I sat down with James Lee, 5149 on all platforms, for a real conversation about what this Massie primary actually means and why both of us felt like we had no choice but to show up.Thomas Massie has a 70 plus percent approval rating. The rest of Congress sits somewhere around six percent. Yet $30 million in mostly foreign and special interest money poured into a single congressional race in Kentucky to remove one man who voted against the Iran war, pushed to release the Epstein files, and tried to hold Bayer accountable for its pesticides. The question at the center of all of it is simple. Can people beat money?James and I break down the AIPAC money trail, Paul Singer buying Citgo a month before the Venezuela moves, AI generated attack ads, Turning Point USA flipping on Massie after Charlie Kirk called him his favorite politician, and why a win on Tuesday could be contagious across the entire country. And if he loses, what that actually means for every American who still believes their vote counts for something.Support the show

Send us Fan MailJoe Kent resigned from inside the government because he watched it happen in real time. Israeli officials and mega donors like Miriam Adelson bypassed official intelligence channels to feed the president and his inner circle a single message over and over again until US policy changed. Not through force. Through access. Through repetition. Through the echo chamber of think tanks, Fox News pundits, and the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies all saying the same thing at the same time.The result? America is now two and a half months into a war that was supposed to last two to four weeks. One fifth of the world's energy supply is being choked off at the Straits of Hormuz. Gas prices are up. Fertilizer supply is in crisis. And the goal of current negotiations is essentially just to get back to where things were in February.Joe breaks down how we got here, why killing Iran's religious leadership removed the moderates and empowered the hardliners, why there is no military solution, and what a real exit strategy could actually look like. He also weighs in on the Thomas Massie primary, the splintering of MAGA, and why a Massie win on Tuesday could be contagious in the best possible way for the American people.This is the conversation Washington does not want you to have.Support the show

Send us Fan MailTrump just said it himself — he's not thinking about your financial situation. So somebody has to. The war in Iran has gas over $4, car loan delinquencies at an all time high, and median home prices requiring six figures just to qualify. Nobody in Washington is fixing this for you. So let's fix it ourselves.In this episode I'm walking you through 8 steps — surviving, building, and thriving — in a wartime economy. We're breaking down exactly what's happening to your dollar right now, why the stock market is not the economy, and what I'm personally doing with my money. Gold, silver, crypto, index funds, rainy day funds, and the one mindset shift that changed everything for me. This is real talk for real people.You're an investor, not a consumer. Let's get to work.Net worth sheet link -  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LGeDwS2y6v36HkNtj4BqcNZUbYmC8B3h3qsNC1FucFI/edit?usp=sharingSupport the show

Send us Fan Mail​ @tiffanycianci   - Leading the charge @RyanMatta - In Kentucky @5149jamesli - in Kentucky @moreperfectunion   already ran a piece w John Russell @shannonjoyshow - in Kentucky @KaceeAllenShow - great clip at the end + in Kentucky @hunteralexanderhowell - in Kentucky @takenaps - in Kentucky @Fmsmith319 - in KentuckyAIPAC has spent $25.6 million to remove one congressman from office. His name is Thomas Massie. He's taken zero foreign lobbying dollars, he's pushed for Epstein accountability, and he's fighting Bayer and big agro on behalf of American farmers. So why does Israel want him gone so badly?In this episode, Zach breaks down the most expensive primary in American history, the foreign money flooding Kentucky's fourth district, and why this race is about way more than one seat. Creators are on the ground. The clock is running. And if young voters don't show up, AIPAC wins again.Support the show

Send us Fan MailCabin Fever is back and we’re all over the place in the best way. We start with a classic “Balloon Boy” throwback and how easy it is for nonsense to hijack the whole news cycle, then jump into real life updates like gardening, chickens, and trying to build actual self reliance skills.From there it gets darker fast. Car theft tech, why everything feels more unstable, and a quick look at a wealth gap chart that honestly feels like a punch in the face. We talk about how the people in power don’t build for the long term anymore, why that mindset matters, and what it does to society.We wrap with a story from DC that shows how broken incentives really are, using the Bayer Supreme Court fight as an example of how money and lobbying can reshape outcomes, even when the human cost is obvious. Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe housing market is getting harder to navigate, and for many people, it feels nearly impossible to break in.From rising home prices to increasing rent and higher interest rates, affordability is becoming a major issue across the country. First-time homebuyers are relying more than ever on family assistance, while others are being priced out entirely.This conversation breaks down what’s really happening behind the scenes, including why wages aren’t keeping up, how second-home buyers and investors are impacting the market, and what the future could look like if nothing changes.Is there a path forward, or are we heading toward a deeper divide between those who can afford housing and those who can’t?Support the show

Send us Fan MailEveryone keeps saying the Iran situation is “cooling off” and the Strait of Hormuz is about to “open back up.” But when you actually look at the data, it doesn’t match the headline.We start with a Chevron CEO warning about real supply stress showing up overseas, then we walk through the market moves around the so called ceasefire and the “deal” rumors. We track the Strait live, look at crude, urea fertilizer, and the 10 year, and then get into the weirdest part: huge crude oil shorts getting placed right before major news drops.Then we pivot to the other domino that nobody wants to talk about: AI data centers. Kevin O’Leary’s Utah plan is massive, and communities across the country are starting to fight back. We show what happened in other states, and then bring it home to Delaware, including the Project Washington ruling and why this is bigger than “jobs and tax revenue.”Support the show

Send us Fan MailWe missed a week, so the world did what it always does and cranked the muzzle velocity to 100.We start with life updates (France trip, New York, and a wild story that somehow circles right back to the same conflict you cannot escape). Then Joe takes us through what’s been moving underneath the surface while everyone is distracted.We talk about ICE, why the numbers aren’t getting the attention they should, and the masks and accountability problem. Then we zoom out to the real engine behind the chaos: money in politics, Citizens United, and why white collar enforcement keeps collapsing right when it should be spiking.After that we get into the Democrat vs Republican loop, the Epstein file “why didn’t they do it” argument, and the way both parties keep dodging the obvious. We close with Hasan Piker clips and the bigger point: people are starving for anyone who will talk like a real human and say the quiet part out loud, even if they say it messy.Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe stock market is ripping, but the stuff you actually pay for is not. Gas is still up. Crude is still high. Fertilizer is still volatile. And if you’re living in the real economy, none of this feels like a win.We break down what’s happening in Iran right now through the lens that matters: the Strait of Hormuz, the toll booth narrative, and why the “terminated” headline doesn’t match the reality on the ground. We track the ships, the timeline, and the incentives behind the messaging.Then we move into affordability and the middle class economy: why necessities keep climbing, why companies can profit while people get squeezed, and why it keeps feeling like the ground is moving under us.At the end, I give you three predictions for the next six months. Save them. Screenshot them. And we’ll come back and see if I was right.Support the show

Send us Fan MailMoney is not disappearing overnight, it is losing power right in front of you. A small group is driving most of the market, owning the majority of stocks and making up over half of all consumer spending. At the same time, a large portion of Americans are feeling tighter budgets, higher grocery bills, and less buying power every single month.This is what a k-shaped economy looks like. One side continues to move up while the other gets squeezed. The gap is not staying the same, it is widening.Inflation plays a major role in this shift. It does not take money directly out of your pocket, it quietly reduces what your dollar can actually buy. That hidden pressure is what many people are starting to feel in their day to day lives.As this divide grows, the question becomes how far it goes and who it impacts the most.Source list:https://x.com/HQNewsNow/status/2022029972337025122https://x.com/factpostnews/status/2027449242889994400https://www.scrippsnews.com/us-news/crime/epstein-files/house-oversight-sets-interview-dates-with-lutnick-gates-in-epstein-probehttps://x.com/EdKrassen/status/2046625388588319185https://x.com/WatcherGuru/status/2046617416046669916https://x.com/Breaking911/status/2046580479483121682https://www.npr.org/2026/04/21/nx-s1-5787863/federal-reserve-kevin-warsh-confirmation-hearinghttps://x.com/StealthQE4/status/2046799170040647969https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:56.900/centery:26.491/zoom:12https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:56.887/centery:26.495/zoom:12https://x.com/Its_ereko/status/2046929765513261449https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:56.179/centery:26.566/zoom:12https://x.com/MrImranPk/status/2045463970837086666https://www.lse.ac.uk/research/research-for-the-world/ai-and-tech/ai-and-stock-markethttps://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/ureahttps://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/crude-oilhttps://x.com/MOSCOW_EN/status/2046929070718648448https://apnews.com/live/iran-war-israel-trump-04-22-2026#0000019d-b584-dbb7-a79f-f5b693970000https://x.com/DropSiteNews/status/2046860941690638359https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116445555373723862https://www.scrippsnews.com/us-news/crime/epstein-files/house-oversight-sets-interview-dates-with-lutnick-gates-in-epstein-probehttps://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116444507618729432Support the show

Send us Fan MailIf you want to understand why everything feels like chaos, start with the incentives. We talk about war goals that keep shifting, why nobody defines what “winning” even means, and how panic and turmoil can be used to push massive changes.Then we get into the money side: Citizens United, why money got treated like speech, and how that opened the floodgates for influence. We also break down the BlackRock timeline from 2008, the bailouts, and how power grows when the system gets “saved.”Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe stock market is ripping, but the stuff that actually hits your life is still up. Gas, crude, fertilizer. None of it is back to pre war levels, yet the S&P is flirting with 7000. That disconnect is the point of this episode. We break down the Iran update through the only lens that matters, oil and shipping, including the Strait of Hormuz noise, the China angle, and why the narrative keeps changing depending on the day. Then we pivot to the Fed drama nobody is covering enough. Powell’s clock is ticking, the budget fight is being weaponized, the next chair is in limbo, and the bigger question is what happens if they try to force lower rates.Support the show

Send us Fan MailCabin Fever 5 gets back into the economy and why normal people feel trapped. We start with how the Iran war is already pushing mortgage rates higher, then break down the math behind housing affordability and why the “starter home” is becoming unreachable for most households.From there, we talk inflation truthfully: the inflation rate going down does not mean prices come down. We get into modern monetary theory, bonds, and why the system has been designed to benefit asset holders while squeezing wages, jobs, and buying power. Then we connect it all to the war economy, corporate subsidies, and why so many people feel like they’re being gaslit by the headlines.Support the show

Send us Fan MailThis is not a “hot take” episode. This is a dominoes episode.We lay out six dominoes that connect the Iran war to your day to day life: fuel, food, famine, the Fed, the freeze, and the real end result, freedom. If the Strait of Hormuz stays unstable and oil stays elevated, everything downstream gets more expensive: shipping, manufacturing, groceries, and the basic cost of living.Then we show the fertilizer problem that nobody is talking about enough. Urea spikes hit farmers at the worst time of year, and they only have two options: pay more or use less. Either way, that cost lands in your grocery cart.After that, we break down why the Fed is trapped, why mortgage rates don’t come down if inflation stays sticky, and why a frozen market is still a crisis even without a “crash.”And we finish with the part that matters most: what happens to freedom when the system gets stressed.Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe headlines are already calling it a win. The war is “over.” Iran “blinked.” We “won.” Cool. Define the win.In this episode, we walk through the actual timeline of statements, threats, and reversals and ask the only question that matters: what box got checked. Regime change? No. Uranium enrichment stopped? No proof. Missiles stopped? Not even close. And now we’re supposed to celebrate because the Strait of Hormuz might reopen, after it was already open before all this started.Then we get into the part that hits your real life: oil, fertilizer, and the ripple effects that don’t wait for your paycheck. We pull up urea and fertilizer data, hear directly from farmers, and talk about why the costs are about to show up at the grocery store.We wrap with the “third option” that explains how this peace deal actually happened, and then we give you a free tool we built to track the economy with raw data, no ads, no email, no fluff.Trump Trackerhttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VNPGRB5ZcrxxIk_27Mmbe10nxc5wyCuHJPpD4ZGSvEU/edit?gid=1528334158#gid=1528334158Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe Zach Foust Show features Hunter Howell, a political pundit focused on economic corruption and insider trading. We break down Citizens United and why it opened the floodgates for super PACs and dark money. Then we get into how politicians build war chests, why both parties get funded by the same interests, and how much of Congress is really run by staff behind the scenes.From there, we connect the corruption conversation to the bigger headlines, Iran, oil, and why markets can move off narratives and even presidential tweets. We wrap with practical resources for how to research political funding yourself and how Hunter thinks about building a third lane through economic populism.Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe Rothschild name shows up thousands of times in the Epstein files, but almost nobody in media wants to touch it. Today we break down who the Rothschilds are, why they mattered historically, and why they still matter now. We walk through the “corruption map”, the Balfour Declaration and the early banking timeline, then connect it to modern names like Les Wexner, Jeffrey Epstein, and Alan Dershowitz.Support the show

Send us Fan MailToday I sit down with Erik from Pathlayer to break down the crypto corruption web. We talk Trump family meme coins, World Liberty Financial, and why most crypto starts centralized with insiders controlling supply. We also get into Bitcoin vs crypto, how meme coins are designed to pull value from the public, and why stablecoins like Tether and USDC may be changing the banking system faster than most people realize. We finish by connecting the dots across Ripple, political money, big institutions, and why this whole space rewards attention more than truth.Support the show

Send us Fan MailWhy are we in Iran right now, and who is actually driving the decision making. Zach and Joe sit down with Julian Andreoli  @DropSiteNews   a Capitol Hill correspondent, to break down what lawmakers are saying in public, what they avoid, and why the official explanations keep shifting.We talk about lobbying, money, media narratives, and why “winning” in a conflict like this is so hard to define. Then we get into the deeper questions people keep asking, including the Epstein file angle, censorship pressure, and what this could turn into if the war escalates.Support the show

Send us Fan MailCabin Fever is back. Zach, Sean, and Joe sit down for an unscripted weekly style breakdown of what’s been happening, and what feels real versus what feels like noise. We start with a brutal hearing moment that set the tone for the week, then zoom out to the Iran, Israel, and U.S. involvement question and why people are so frustrated.From there we talk about how fast misinformation spreads online, how propaganda works, and why major stories like the Epstein files still feel locked behind redactions and leverage. We also get into oil, Venezuela, defense spending, and how money moves through war, media, and influence.Support the show

Send us Fan MailFinance & Corruption tied together with Current Events2 uploads a week covering current events, historical context, and cool guestsShort Form Stuff:TikTok: tiktok.com/@zacharyloftInstagram: instagram.com/zachary.loftMore ways to Support:Support with Merch inspired by our mission:  zachary-loft-shop.fourthwall.comHomefrontFund: patreon.com/cw/ZacharyFoustutm_campaign=creatorshare_creatorSupport the show

Send us Fan MailCabin fever is setting in, and the bigger picture feels impossible to ignore. We talk about why a “side hustle” isn’t extra income anymore, how Super Bowl ads felt like a snapshot of the future, and why so many people feel trapped between staying informed and protecting their peace.Then we dig into the culture war layer: selective outrage, politics swallowing religion, and what happens when people stop trusting institutions, media, and even reality itself. From there, the conversation turns toward the bigger web: elite connections, global power plays, and why the “normal life” advice feels harder to follow when the stakes feel personal.Support the show

Send us Fan MailMore Epstein updates and a timeline that keeps getting darker. We react to new comments around the Epstein files, dig into why key names were still redacted, and trace the connections between Les Wexner, the Mega Group, and major political influence. Then we follow the thread into shipping power, Greenland, and Ron Lauder’s link to Benjamin Netanyahu, plus the Fed chair connection through Kevin Warsh. This one is a fast moving web of names, money, and influence, with a reminder at the end to stay grounded and protect your energy. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Zach sits down with Ryan for a wide ranging conversation about the patterns shaping the economy and everyday life. They talk about how money and power move through central banks, debt cycles, and financial incentives that most people never see. From there, the discussion shifts into the growing push toward digital identity systems, what “control” can look like in the real world, and why so many people feel like the rules keep changing for normal families. They also zoom out to talk about how fear, distraction, and information overload shape our behavior, and what you can do to stay grounded. The goal is not panic, it is clarity. If you have felt like the world is accelerating and you are trying to make sense of it, this conversation will help you connect the dots. Support the show

Send us Fan MailA new Fed chair may be coming in May and the name on the board is Kevin Warsh. In this episode we walk through Warsh’s public track record on inflation, the political pressure around Jerome Powell, and why mortgage rates do not simply follow Fed decisions.Then it gets deeper. We map the relationships behind Warsh through the Lauder family, the Greenland angle, and what shows up inside the newly released Epstein files. This is a timeline episode, focused on what we can actually verify, what looks suspicious, and why it matters for the economy, housing, and the next chapter of the Fed.Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe world feels like it is getting louder, darker, and more chaotic. In this podcast we talk through why everything feels so unstable right now, from inflation and rising costs, to energy prices, propaganda, and the way technology and power are reshaping daily life. We also hit housing and zoning, AI data centers and electricity demand, and why it feels like the pressure keeps stacking for regular people.Support the show

Send us Fan MailZach sits down with Certified Financial Strategist Miguel Landa for a practical conversation on managing your money. They talk about paying yourself first, how to get out of credit card debt, and where a high-yield savings account fits when you are building a buffer. They also get into subscription creep, how consumer habits keep people stuck, and why you have to break the algorithm if you want your future to look different.Support the show