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Dream Guests: Errol Morris and the Mises Institute
from Underground Economy · #34
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2 minTim and Ray brainstorm potential future guests like Errol Morris and Austrian School economists, leading into Tim's riff about the Fed having a room full of gold where they muffle the screams of children.
- 43:45Tim pitches Errol Morris as a dream guest, noting he's a New York guy but unsure if he's busy enough to do the show.
- 44:21Suggestion to book speakers from the Mises Institute Austrian School of Economics, dismissed as potentially too highbrow for listeners.
- 44:35Tim argues the Federal Reserve is corrupt and there's more compelling material beyond just QE3 economics.
- 44:52Tim pivots hard: people don't want to hear Fed policy—they want content about children, implying the show needs darker, more sensational hooks.
- 45:11"The Fed has a room full of gold where they muffle the screams of young children" crystallizes as the show's actual logline.
- 45:24Tim imagines pitching that exact line to LA audiences on a first appearance, acknowledging the shock value it would generate.
Federal ReserveJP MorganMises InstituteErrol MorrisMartin Scorsese