Podcast Host

Tom Bilyeu

Host of Impact Theory.

Known For

Impact Theory

Canon

Behavioral Economics: Humans Are Predictably Irrational

Pragmatic Theory of Belief: Beliefs as Tools, Not Truths

Beliefs Shape Perception and Define Possibility

Cliffs and Fog: How Life's Sudden Transitions and Uncertainties Reveal Character

The Meaning Problem: How Civilizations Create Purpose When Scarcity Is Solved

Dollar Dominance: The US Financial System as Structural Superpower

Elite Overproduction

Freedom Implies Responsibility

Human Value Is Irreducible to Function, Intelligence, or Productivity

Governments Use Inflation to Erode the Real Value of Debt

K-Shaped Recovery

Locus of Control: Internal vs. External

Long-Term Orientation: Thinking in Decades, Compounding Small Advantages

Narrative Economics

Real-World Persuasion: A Learnable Skill

Predictive Processing: The Brain as a Prediction Machine

Regulatory Capture: When Regulators Serve the Regulated

The Reticular Activating System: What You Focus On Determines What You Notice

The Yen Carry Trade: Japan’s Global Liquidity Engine

Episodes

#Lula Defeats Bolsonaro in Brazil, Netanyahu's Nuke Post, and Trump Hits On Nicki Minaj | The Tom Bilyeu ShowOct 26, 2026 #AI Boom Just Hit a Wall, Eight European Countries Are ON FIRE Right Now, Poland and Hungary Just Sent Europe a Warning | Weekly RecapOct 25, 2026 #We're Racing Toward Bankruptcy — And No One Will Touch EntitlementsOct 22, 2026 #Tom Bilyeu: What to Do If AI Threatens Your CareerOct 21, 2026 #Amazon Has Warehouses Of GPUs That Can’t Be Installed + Shocking Campaign AllegationsOct 21, 2026 #Half of Americans Think Hard Work Is Pointless. They’re Wrong.Oct 15, 2026 #Livestreamed Executions, Wall Street AI Panic, and the War for Worker Power | The Tom Bilyeu ShowOct 9, 2026 #From Forever Wars to AI: The New Elite Wealth Extraction Model | Simon Dixon PT 1Oct 8, 2026 #Why Argentina Is the Test Case for the Whole World, 1.93 Million Americans Have Been Jobless for Six Months, AI Will Break the Banks| Weekly RecapOct 4, 2026 #AI’s $518 Billion Gamble: Is the Next Financial Crash Already Here? | Tom Bilyeu ReactsOct 3, 2026 #America’s $40 Trillion Debt Spiral, French Riots, and Trump’s Nuclear GambitOct 2, 2026 #Why 3 Private Companies Are Worth 45 Years of Public Tech — And You're Locked OutSep 29, 2026 #AI Giants HATE Open Source, the World is on Fire, Greenland | Weekly RecapSep 27, 2026 #The Gen Z Debate, Mamdani Sued For Grocery Stores, The Jury Problem the Clancy Retrial Exposed | Weekly RecapSep 20, 2026 #France Prepares for War, AI Goes Rogue, and Hasan Piker’s Wildest Claims Yet | The Tom Bilyeu ShowSep 18, 2026 #Planned Episode 9/17/2026Sep 17, 2026 #Regulatory Capture: How Big AI and Washington Are Rigging the Game | The Tom Bilyeu ShowSep 16, 2026 #Surrogate Scandal, Diesel Crisis, and Why Trump’s Skipping AI Calls | The Tom Bilyeu ShowSep 14, 2026 #You Are Having a Biological Experience: Tom Bilyeu on God, DMT & the Matrix in Your SkullSep 12, 2026 #The Point of No Return: Connor Leahy on Stopping AI Before It's Too LateSep 10, 2026 #Whitney Webb's Chilling Theory About the Next Financial Crisis, The AI Poisoning Attack That Should Terrify You, Why Japan's Bond Market Should Terrify Everyone | Weekly RecapSep 6, 2026 #The Case That's Breaking Marriages: Why Men and Women See Lindsay Clancy So DifferentlySep 5, 2026 #GPT-6 Launches, Senate Freak Out, and the Voting Rights Battle No One’s Ready For | Tom Bilyeu ShowSep 4, 2026 #Weapon-Grade AI, China’s Power Move & Why the Middle Class Is at RiskAug 31, 2026 #Ex-CIA Spy: The Government Is Hiding A Threat Bigger Than Iran... | Andrew Bustamante Pt 2Aug 29, 2026 #Ex-CIA Spy: The Iran War Was China's Trap — And We Walked Right InAug 27, 2026 #Why a DYING China Is More Dangerous Than a Rising OneAug 25, 2026 #Deglobalization Dangers, Bond Market Chaos, and Why Canada Is Betting on ChinaAug 24, 2026 #The Charlie Kirk Debate, Ro Khanna vs Mark Cuban, 2020 Voter Fraud Has Been Found | Weekly RecapAug 23, 2026 #$300K Debate Meltdown, JD Vance’s Dollar Bombshell & The Wealth Tax That Could Destroy Silicon Valley | The Tom Bilyeu ShowAug 17, 2026 #Mamdani vs Amazon, AI Replacing Doctors, DSA Member Is $108K Behind On Rent | Weekly RecapAug 16, 2026 #China’s Gold Grab, WNBA Mayhem & America in Decline? The Hard Truths We Can’t Ignore | Tom Bilyeu ShowAug 10, 2026 #Why the US Just Bought Yen for the First Time Since 1998, Mamdani Just Learned People Abuse Systems, Democrats Are About to Start Sounding Like the DSA | Weekly RecapAug 9, 2026 #This Number Is Higher Than It Was Before The 1929 Crash — We Had To ReactAug 8, 2026 #They Finally Admitted Socialism And Capitalism Can't Coexist — We Had To ReactAug 4, 2026 #Why Global Interventions Fail: From Japan’s Economy to the Middle East’s Oil WarsAug 3, 2026 #Mamdani on John Stewart, DSA on Fox News, and NYC's City-Run Grocery Stores | Weekly RecapAug 1, 2026 #Chaos in Spain: Immigration Crisis, Conspiracies, and European InstabilityJul 31, 2026 #China Just Made Its Biggest Gold Move In 3 Years — We Had To ReactJul 28, 2026 #Cultural Suicide or Progress: The West’s Struggle with Immigration, Identity, and RadicalismJul 27, 2026 #America’s Manufacturing Crisis, Open Source AI, and Middle East Strategy BreakdownJul 24, 2026 #AI Warfare and the Rise of Open Source Models in the US-China Tech BattleJul 22, 2026 #Understanding Socialism’s Historical Failures and America’s Economic CrossroadsJul 20, 2026 #The 3-Step Mind Routine That Attracts Anything You WantJul 18, 2026 #Can Humanity Survive AI Utopia? Lessons from Rodents and RoganJul 18, 2026 #America Is 8 Million Jobs Short — And It's Getting WorseJul 16, 2026 #Trump Declares War on Iran (again), Inflation Crashes HARD, and ICE Killings Continue | The Tom Bilyeu ShowJul 15, 2026 #"This Is A $10 Billion Industry Pretending To Be A Trillion Dollar One" — We Had To ReactJul 14, 2026 #Apple Just Filed the Lawsuit That Could Destroy OpenAIJul 13, 2026 #Why This DSA Win Should Terrify Every AmericanJul 11, 2026 #Iran Ceasefire is DEAD, Spencer Pratt Quits & the DSA Says the Quiet Part Out LoudJul 10, 2026 #China Just Made A Move That Could Wreck Your Dollar & Gold Holdings — We Had To React | Tom Bilyeu ReactsJul 9, 2026 #China Is Running The Same Play That Wiped Out The First Wave Of Internet InvestorsJul 7, 2026 #Are We Losing What Makes America Great? Mindset, Prosperity, and Political DivisionJul 6, 2026 #America at 250: Socialism, Economic Reality, and the Truth About AI and PowerJul 3, 2026 #Billionaire Investor Says US Market Is Headed For A HUGE CRASH! | Tom Bilyeu ReactsJul 2, 2026 #Supreme Court Rulings, Birthright Citizenship, and the Impact of AI on America’s FutureJul 1, 2026 #The Fed Just Changed How They Measure Inflation — Right Before The Election. Not A CoincidenceJun 30, 2026 #Why Negotiating Through Violence Fails: Middle East, Ukraine, and the Collapse of the Freedom of SeasJun 29, 2026 #GTA 6 Made 3 Billion Early, The Housing Bill Standoff, NYC Just Froze Rent Under the DSA's Watchful Eye| The Tom Bilyeu ShowJun 26, 2026 #Gary's Economics Can't Answer This One Question About Wealth Taxes | Tom ReactsJun 25, 2026 #Socialist Takeover in New York City, USAID Funded NGOs That Destabilized Governments, Tolerance Becomes Suicidal When It Isn't Returned | The Tom Bilyeu ShowJun 24, 2026 #The Real Reason Elon Is A Trillionaire Has Nothing To Do With Greed — It Has To Do With Your SavingsJun 23, 2026 #Wild Weekend Recap: Iran Chaos, Global Shifts, and the Economic Debate Shaping Our FutureJun 22, 2026 #How Immigration and War Test the Strength of Values and National IdentityJun 19, 2026 #Trump Isn't Confused, He's Doing This on Purpose | Andrew BustamanteJun 18, 2026 #500 Ordinary Men Were Given A Way Out — Only 12 Took It. The Rest Killed 83,000 PeopleJun 16, 2026 #SpaceX IPO Day, We Won The Iran War Again, & US Tops Oil Export List | The Tom Bilyeu Show LiveJun 12, 2026 #The Trillion-Dollar AI IPO Trap (Why You Will End Up Holding the Bag) | Tom's DeepdiveJun 9, 2026 #The Real Reason Trump Backed Down Has Nothing to Do With IranMar 23, 2026 #Navigating AI With Tom BilyeuMay 28, 2025