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The Brian D. O’Leary Show December 5, 2023 Jason Purcell – The petrodollar system (Part 2) Ep. 93 Check us out on Substack: We welcome financial analyst Jason Purcell on the program for the second part in a series on the history of money and banking. We’re talking about the “petrodollar” once again. Jason is working on a book on the topic which includes a chapter about his theory of the “Petrodollar System.” You can find the first episode at our Substack page (and on all podcatchers): Jason will be on the show again soon to complete his analysis of the...
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The Brian D. O’Leary Show December 4, 2023 Matthew Sercely – Agorist Tax Advisor Ep. 92 Matthew Sercely has been a licensed attorney since 2009, and in 2020 he founded his own company to provide tax advice and planning for small businesses. He is dedicated to helping entrepreneurs, solopreneurs, and side-hustlers by setting up their businesses to legally avoid as much tax as possible. While he exclusively works with those who have or are starting businesses, Matthew’s weekly newsletter offers general advice that anyone can use. When he's...
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The Brian D. O’Leary Show November 29, 2023 We welcome financial analyst Jason Purcell on the program for the first part of what we hope to be a series on the history of money and banking. Jason is working on a book on the topic which includes a chapter about his theory of the “Petrodollar System.” In this first part of our series, Jason gives us a background on the history leading up to the idea of the “petrodollar” phenomenon. Jason will be on the show again soon to complete his analysis of the petrodollar system. Once we complete the discussion, we’ll have a more robust show...
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The Brian D. O’Leary Show October 12, 2023 Try as I may, I still can’t shake not being a sports narrowcaster. The topic still comes up. At some point, I have to accept that it is part of who I am. An interesting thing came up today when I was listening to a podcast that my friend and Natural Order Podcast co-host Adam Haman was on. They mentioned a “Deep Thought” from Jack Handey. That got my wheels spinning, and thus this podcast. Links on topics mentioned are below… Brian O’Leary home page The O’Leary Letter Natural Order Podcast Brian O’Leary on 𝕏-Twitter ...
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The Brian D. O’Leary Show September 15, 2023 Show notes available: The O’Leary Letter Brian O’Leary on Twitter/𝕏 Baseball College Football Football (Movie) (the best Eagles blogger out there) Pro Football resource page Fountain.FM Listen and support us at the same time over at For all the rest of it, go to for more information.
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The Brian D. O’Leary Show September 12, 2023 Show notes available: The O’Leary Letter Brian O’Leary on Twitter/𝕏 New York Jets Baseball Fantastic new rules from Major League Baseball turning game into a travesty College Football Fountain.FM Listen and support us at the same time over at For all the rest of it, go to for more information.
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The Brian D. O’Leary Show August 17, 2023 Show notes available: The O’Leary Letter The Brion McClanahan Show A must listen-to podcast. Rich Men North of Richmond – Oliver Anthony Twitter (X?) account Viral song with soul. The Arena Football League I’m thinking of how to get an amateur version of this game. I love it. The Pac-12 Implodes That’s not the real story. Listen to the pod for more. Richard Nixon: California’s Native Son by Paul Carter (Paul Carter’s Twitter) Foreword by Tricia Nixon Cox (the president’s daughter)...
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The Brian D. O’Leary Show June 30, 2023 Show notes available: In yesterday's email, we wrote about the great Kris Kristofferson. If you didn’t get the email and want to read it, reply to this email and we will send it to you. Kristofferson Moonlight Graham Show Host is Tim Flattery & I was a recently a guest on his brother Andy Flattery’s podcast, The Reformed Financial Advisor Podcast, episode: “What we have been reading…” Fountain.FM Listen and support us at the same time over at For all the rest of it, go to for more information.
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The Brian D. O’Leary Show June 23, 2023 Show notes available: Daily 3 1. Don’t take criticism from someone you wouldn’t take advice from. 2. The hardest battle you will fight is living in a world where—every single day—someone is trying to make you be someone you don’t want to be. 3. Control the Controllables. It’s not “don’t worry about things outside our control…” Take initiative. o What can you control? § Our words § Our routine § ...
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The Brian D. O’Leary Show June 21, 2023 Show notes available: Daily 3 1. Discipline: If you’re offering excuses for your behavior, don’t accept the offer. 2. Boundaries: Define your own. Don’t let others define your own boundaries. 3. “I make myself rich by making my wants few.” ~Thoreau. Just marinate on this thought and see if it makes sense or if it is mere blowhardiness. I find it a mixture. The Reformed Financial Advisor Podcast I was a guest on Andy Flattery’s podcast....
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Tonight, we welcomed Jeremy Evans on to the program.
Jeremy is a self-described “madman” in the marketing world.
We talk about how Jeremy got his start, who some of his mentors are, and how he arrived at his philosophy of life.
Join Brian and Jeremy at:
Book mentioned:
Albion’s Seed by David Hackett Fischer
Greg Stemm
https://www.odysseymarine.com/team/greg-stemm-
Spanish gold crisis
Errata: Your humble host erroneously claimed that the Spanish Republican government gave away about 90% of its gold reserves to the Russians in order to help finance its side of the Spanish Civil War.
It turns out, the “Republic” only gave away 72.6% of the total gold reserves sitting in the Bank of Spain.
Still a significant number (510 metric tons of gold) and one of many major blunders on behalf of Republican Spain.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_gold_(Spain)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/briandomitrovic/2011/05/09/there-be-moscow-gold/
https://www.montfort.org.br/eng/veritas/historia/pilhagem/
Join Jeremy at Atlas Talked.
Brian at BrianDOLeary.com
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