Summary: Today Trevor sits down for a solo show to talk thru his current views of the writer's strike as well as its possible outcomes. With a semi-deep dive into wall street to show how it is itself a Panzi scheme to help illustrate the rationale of the executives of studios and streamers and then in part 2 goes all in on how he believes the strike will end and who will benefit and who will be cast aside.<br> <br> Links mentioned in this episode are:<br> <br> Age of Easy Money (full documentary) | FRONTLINE - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpMLAQbSYAw&ab_channel=FRONTLINEPBS%7COfficial" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpMLAQbSYAw&ab_channel=FRONTLINEPBS%7COfficial</a><br> <br> Not Vice: <a href="https://notvice.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://notvice.com/</a><br> <br> SBA Potentially Lost $200 Billion In Covid Pandemic Relief To Fraud And Abuse, Government Watchdog Finds: <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/anafaguy/2023/06/27/sba-lost-200-billion-in-covid-pandemic-relief-to-fraud-and-abuse-government-watchdog-finds/?sh=7060614275eb" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.forbes.com/sites/anafaguy/2023/06/27/sba-lost-200-billion-in-covid-pandemic-relief-to-fraud-and-abuse-government-watchdog-finds/?sh=7060614275eb</a><br> <br> How the Paycheck Protection Program went from good intentions to a huge free-for-all: <a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/01/09/1145040599/ppp-loan-forgiveness" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.npr.org/2023/01/09/1145040599/ppp-loan-forgiveness</a><br> <br> 'Biggest fraud in a generation': The looting of the Covid relief plan known as PPP: <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/biggest-fraud-generation-looting-covid-relief-program-known-ppp-n1279664" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/biggest-fraud-generation-looting-covid-relief-program-known-ppp-n1279664</a><br> <br> This is Part 1 of a two-part episode. Part 2 is free to all paid subscribers over at <a href="http://www.patreon.com/posts/86059234">www.patreon.com/posts/86059234</a>. Become a paid subscriber for $5/month over at<a href="https://www.patreon.com/champagnesharks"> patreon.com/champagnesharks</a> and get access to the entire archive of subscriber-only episodes, the Discord voice and chat server for patrons, detailed show notes for certain episodes, and our newsletter.<br> <br> Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA (<a href="http://www.piercedearsrec.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">www.piercedearsrec.com</a>). Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu. Closing theme composed by Dustfingaz (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRazhu" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRazhu</a>_)
