Jason Spiess and Sterling Brown sit down in The Industrial Forest Studios for a production meeting and podcaster planning session. The two discuss a variety of topics, questions of interest and whom might be the podcasters to answer said questions.

Jason starts the production meeting off asking “Why doesn’t the IRS give me an itemized receipt?” Sterling seemed confused since he gets a receipt. Jason explained the receipt he wants itemizes all the way down to how much he gave Planned Parenthood, the NRA and the rich family down the street.

“The world would change overnight,” Jason said. “I think it would usher in world peace with the stroke of a pen.”

Sterling and Jason banter back and forth about why an itemized receipt from the IRS would change the local community and local leadership. Especially amongst the wealthy business owners who have received government subsidies, economic development grants and even preferred banker rates.

The conversation ranges all over the place from polka music as the root to ska music, to economic development start up funnels playing favorites due to infidelity, and how companies use to own your identity while you worked for them.

Sterling makes a comments about how the entertainment industry seems to just be giving us nostalgia and recycled people.

“I feel like most of the time nowadays, we’re getting basically the equivalent to a shive in the gut by the movie industry and media with nostalgia,” Sterling said. “They’re pricking us with these nostalgic moments.”

This sparks a conversation about the Sequel Economy. The Sequel Economy is where the government, economic development organizations and bankers have started giving tax dollars and grants to the same people and companies’ off spring. The kids of wealthy people and side companies from corporations.

“It reminds me of my 8-year-old daughter who will not watch anything she hasn’t seen before,” Sterling said. “It’s that conundrum. I’m not going to try something new until I’ve tried it already.”

Jason introduces Friday the 13th’s Jason to the conversation to try and explain how the Sequel Economy works.

“Imagine if you and I, a couple of regular guys who go to a group of investors and said ‘hey I got an idea for you… Jason in Space,'” Jason said. “The Muppets have been to Space, why not Jason. The Muppets have been to Manhattan, so was Jason. Muppets went on to a Treasure Island Ship and so did Jason. It’s Jason Meets The Muppets, the ultimate crossover.”

The two discuss trying to navigate through the different levels of funnels of idea purgatory.

“There are like three or four different levels of funnels to funnels our ideas into a place where they can decide whether to fund them, steal them or just say no,” Jason said. “The government and non profits should not be acting and running like a business. When I was growing up all the shitty businessmen who couldn’t make it in the real world went into government and economic development groups.”

The words “oligarchs” and “dukes” are uttered by Sterling as the two talk their way through whether the IRS should give us an itemized receipt.

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