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System Failure

The Knopp Brothers

Everyone knows that we live in a period of great transition. Familiar systems are crumbling all around us and the terrifying unknown lies ahead. But your hosts Brian and Nate are here to inject some optimism into your life. This podcast explores the forgotten histories of finance and faith that have carried us to the brink of the most exciting time in human history. www.systemfailure.org

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10:08

Crumbling Empires

System Failure ·

2025/07/03

In this System Failure Short, Nate reads this week’s essay entitled “Crumbling Empires”. Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/subscribe

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60:34

All the World's a Stage

System Failure ·

2025/06/30

The boys begin this episode by commenting on the performative exchange of hostilities with Iran. They then speculate on the modern, post-Westphalian political paradigm of the past 400 years, and whether a world organized into nation-states will be the future. How much kayfabe, or fakery, would our leaders engage in to prop that system up? Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/subscribe

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12:46

Rebels of the Reformation

System Failure ·

2025/06/26

In this System Failure Short, Nate reads this week’s essay entitled “Rebels of the Reformation”. Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/subscribe

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78:09

The Humiliation of Ted Cruz

System Failure ·

2025/06/23

The boys start this episode by hoping to avoid war with Iran and lamenting the dubious casus belli on offer. Then, they turn to the talk of the internet this week: the humiliation of Senator Ted Cruz. The lads use his shameful interview to connect the recent saber-rattling to nefarious foreign political influence. Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/subscribe

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12:08

Christmas Coronation

System Failure ·

2025/06/19

In this System Failure Short, Nate reads this week’s essay entitled “Christmas Coronation”. Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/subscribe

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75:04

Monetary Mythology

System Failure ·

2025/06/16

The boys begin this episode discussing promotion, Reddit, and the issue of attention spans. Then they turn their attention to tension in international geopolitics and the curious case of Samantha Smith. Finally, the lads break down the remarkably thick layer of mythology surrounding monetary policy. Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/subscribe

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12:56

Killing Golden Geese

System Failure ·

2025/06/12

In this System Failure Short, Nate reads this week’s essay entitled “Killing Golden Geese”. Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/subscribe

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89:53

Trump vs Musk

System Failure ·

2025/06/09

Nate begins this episode by reading a WSJ article about the Big Beautiful Bill working its way through DC. Then, the boys comment on clips from the NYT’s Jeff Stein on Breaking Points and Sen. Ron Johnson on Tucker Carlson about the bond markets flashing warnings about government debt. Then, the lads turn their attention to a sensational clip by Tom Bilyeu about the looming debt apocalypse, before connecting that issue to the Trump vs Musk debacle. Get full access to System Failure at

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13:59

Demeter & The Medici

System Failure ·

2025/06/05

In this System Failure Short, Nate reads this week’s essay entitled “Demeter & The Medici”. Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/subscribe

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68:47

Private Equity Apocalypse?

System Failure ·

2025/06/02

After acknowledging that Brian is under the weather, Nate begins with David Graeber’s 2013 essay B******t Jobs. Then, the boys dive into a recent Breaking Points clip rife with prophecies of economic doom triggered by private equity. Finally, the lads share a recent Ian Carroll segment about a terrifying “Megacorp” that owns most of the global economy. Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/subscribe

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12:37

Double Apocalypse

System Failure ·

2025/05/29

In this System Failure Short, Nate reads this week’s essay entitled “Double Apocalypse”. Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/subscribe

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68:32

Two Thousand Sixteen

System Failure ·

2025/05/26

After the recent credit downgrade of US sovereign debt, Nate compares the sales of Treasury Bonds to the infamous Sale of Indulgences during the late Middle Ages. Then, the boys discuss Bernie Sanders’ recent resurgence and how that fits in with the broader trajectory of the Democratic Party. Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/subscribe

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11:05

Dante’s Inferno

System Failure ·

2025/05/22

In this System Failure Short, Nate reads this week’s essay entitled “Dante’s Inferno”. Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/subscribe

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91:47

The Pirate Code

System Failure ·

2025/05/19

The boys begin by acknowledging Kanye West’s banned music and its moment in history. They then pivot into a wild WSJ exposé on Klaus Schwab's downfall and follow this up with a brief discussion of Dante’s Inferno. After the break, Nate does a deep dive into the potentially connected histories of the Knights Templar, the Freemasons, and the Golden Age of Piracy. Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/subscribe

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15:18

The Alchemical Journey

System Failure ·

2025/05/15

In this System Failure Short, Nate reads this week’s essay entitled “The Alchemical Journey”. Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/subscribe

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91:48

The Black Cube

System Failure ·

2025/05/12

Nate begins this episode with a quote from Will Durant about the Kaaba, the black cube venerated in Islam. That brings up the black hexagram on Saturn and the monolith in 2001: A Space Odyssey. All of this serves as a foundation for a discussion of Plato’s Cave, and some clips from a recent American Alchemy about a possible connection between UFOs and Platonism. Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/subscribe

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11:55

The Magical Underground

System Failure ·

2025/05/10

In this System Failure Short, Nate reads this week’s essay entitled “The Magical Underground”. Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/subscribe

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101:57

Mystery Schools

System Failure ·

2025/05/05

The boys begin this episode with a quote from Will Durant about the financial role of a magical priestly class in Sasanian Persia. That leads to a verbal dissection of a recent interview with Catherine Fitts, who gives us a penetrating insight into shadowy power structures that exist over and above nominal state governments. Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/subscribe

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12:17

The Crucifixion

System Failure ·

2025/05/01

In this System Failure Short, Nate reads this week’s essay entitled “The Crucifixion”. Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/subscribe

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85:13

Detecting Parasitism

System Failure ·

2025/04/28

In this episode, Nate reads some engaging quotes from historian Will Durant. Then, the lads compare and contrast two different diagnoses of the mounting economic problems facing modern society: one from Dr. Eric Weinstein and another from Dr. Jordan Peterson. Finally, the boys highlight some of the finer economic points that the good doctors are overlooking. Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/subscribe

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