# Should Billionaires Be Abolished? Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-beyond-tomorrow-podcast-with-julian-issa-7222201/should-billionaires-be-abolished Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-beyond-tomorrow-podcast-with-julian-issa-7222201/should-billionaires-be-abolished.md Podcast: [The Beyond Tomorrow Podcast with Julian Issa](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-beyond-tomorrow-podcast-with-julian-issa-7222201) Published: 2026-02-03T17:30:00+00:00 Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/julian-issa/episodes/Should-Billionaires-Be-Abolished-e3ejb0m Audio file: https://anchor.fm/s/fa2b1038/podcast/play/114977238/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-3%2F417397824-44100-2-682662f418b17.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-beyond-tomorrow-podcast-with-julian-issa-7222201/episodes/should-billionaires-be-abolished Duration seconds: 523 ## Resource Are billionaires building the future or breaking it? Julian steps out of the studio and into the real world, putting a single uncomfortable question in front of everyday people: should billionaires exist at all? From candid street interviews to the polished halls of the World Economic Forum in Davos, and finally to the stark realities of Cape Town, South Africa, the responses reveal a world deeply divided on wealth, power, and fairness. As opinions collide, innovation versus inequality, ambition versus responsibility, this episode doesn’t offer easy answers. Instead, it challenges us to rethink how wealth should work in a rapidly changing, AI-driven world and who the system is really designed to serve. ⏱ Timestamps 00:00 Intro 00:38 Should Billionaires Get Abolished? 02:34 How Do We Close the Wealth Gap? 05:35 Billionaires are Also Hardworking People Connect with Julian πŸ“Έ Instagram: @thebeyondtomorrowpodcast 🌐 Website: www.beyondtomorrowpodcast.com πŸ“© Email: bookings@beyondtomorrowpodcast.com 🎧 Subscribe on Spotify, Apple, and YouTube for more stories from the edge of what is possible. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-beyond-tomorrow-podcast-with-julian-issa-7222201/episodes/should-billionaires-be-abolished/transcription-requests` β€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-beyond-tomorrow-podcast-with-julian-issa-7222201/should-billionaires-be-abolished.md` β€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.