In this episode of Sit Say Think, we step away from the usual political analysis to look at Greenland through a much older lens: imperialism. Not power plays, not polling, not personalities—but the enduring obsession nations have with taking land.

From Greenland to Taiwan to Ukraine, the justifications may change—“national defense,” “history,” “security”—but the pattern remains the same: powerful countries claiming territory while denying the people who live there the right to decide their own future.

What if we imagined a world where countries didn’t fight over land?
Where cooperation replaced conquest?
Where self-determination wasn’t negotiable?

This episode is an invitation to pause, zoom out, and question a practice humanity has normalized for far too long.

In this episode of Sit, Stay, Think, we break down what the federal interest rate actually is, how it works, and why it has become such a major political flashpoint.

Starting with a simple explanation of how banks borrow money from one another, the episode walks through how interest rates affect mortgages, car loans, business borrowing, and, indirectly, prices throughout the economy. We also look at why lower interest rates don’t always make things cheaper—especially when it comes to housing—and how short-term relief can lead to long-term consequences.

Finally, the episode examines why political pressure to rapidly lower interest rates misunderstands how businesses use borrowed money, and why attempts to force the Federal Reserve’s hand risk creating bigger economic problems rather than solving existing ones.

This is an explainer episode focused on clarity over headlines—what interest rates are, why they matter, and what’s really at stake when politics collides with monetary policy.

In this episode of Sit, Stay, Think, Paul sets aside prepared topics to respond in real time to a police shooting involving an ICE agent in Minnesota.

After watching the video, reviewing witness testimony, and reading conflicting accounts from media and government officials, this episode doesn’t debate policy or legality. Instead, it asks a harder question: what happens when people entrusted with authority lack restraint, critical thinking, and the ability to de-escalate?

Drawing on lived experience and a Buddhist understanding of fear, Paul argues that this incident reflects a deeper institutional failure—one rooted not in public safety, but in panic, insecurity, and power without accountability. The episode concludes with a blunt reckoning over the origins of ICE, the role of fear in governance, and the human cost of normalizing violence as control.

This is not a comfortable episode.
It is a necessary one.