{"podcast":{"title":"The Russell Brunson Show","slug":"the-russell-brunson-show-743397","podcast_index_feed_id":743397,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/YAP7634977833","website_url":"https://marketingsecrets.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/eede8e0c-f048-11ee-bf7f-5fe8d12a8b74/image/7c3d06ab29be18694fabb789edfb1db3.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Russell Brunson","episode_count":865,"summary":"Welcome to The Russell Brunson Show, a podcast that breaks free from the marketing \"box\" to explore the ideas, strategies, and stories shaping success in business and life. Building on the foundation of the Marketing Secrets Podcast, this new evolution dives into Russell’s passions and expertise beyond just marketing. In each episode, Russell shares insights on marketing, selling, personal development, and the lessons he’s learned from studying some of the most important figures in history. It’s a mix of practical strategies, timeless principles, and fascinating stories that will inspire and challenge you to think differently about business and life. Whether you’re an entrepreneur, creator, or someone striving to make an impact, The Russell Brunson Show is your go-to guide for thinking outside the box, achieving success, and leaving your mark on the world. Subscribe now to join Russell as he shares his playbook and his passion for growth.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-27T16:18:58.197972+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-russell-brunson-show-743397"},"episode":{"title":"The Propaganda Playbook: Scam School ($1.7 Trillion in Debt and AI Just Made the Degree Worthless) | #Marketing - Ep. 128","slug":"the-propaganda-playbook-scam-school-1-7-trillion-in-debt-and-ai-just-made-the-degree-worthless-marketing-ep-128","published_at":"2026-05-18T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-russell-brunson-show-743397/the-propaganda-playbook-scam-school-1-7-trillion-in-debt-and-ai-just-made-the-degree-worthless-marketing-ep-128","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-russell-brunson-show-743397","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/cohst.app/pdcst/2Y7X1X/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/YAP4372470906.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/cohst.app/pdcst/2Y7X1X/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/YAP4372470906.mp3","summary":"It was Saturday, May 14th, 2005. I was sitting in the middle of a packed auditorium on graduation day from Boise State, and I looked left, I looked right, and I saw hundreds of people with huge smiles on their faces. And I was confused. Not for myself - I’d gone to college for one reason and one reason only, to wrestle - but for them. Because I knew what was about to happen the next morning. Most of them were about to walk into entry-level jobs that wouldn’t pay enough to cover the monthly payments on their student loans. Loans that, by the way, you can’t even discharge in bankruptcy. They follow you forever. And they were smiling about it. This is the episode I’ve been thinking about for months. The idea that you need a college degree to be successful is not a fact - it was manufactured. It was sold to an entire generation by the same system Edward Bernays used to sell wars and cigarettes, and it’s grown into a $1.7 trillion debt machine - more than every credit card in the country combined. And there’s a new piece nobody has fully connected yet: AI just made almost every technical skill colleges still charge $200,000 to teach obsolete, while schools across the country are banning students from using the one tool that actually matters in the modern economy. I walk you through the manufactured-consent history, the moment in my own sophomore-year economics class that built my entire business, the seven skills AI just made worthless, and the framework I now use with my own kids. Key Highlights: ◼️The manufactured-consent history of college - how the post-war GI Bill created a massive customer base for universities, how tuition has gone up roughly 1000% since 1980 while wages stayed flat, and how $1.7 trillion in non-dischargeable student debt became the most successful p…","meta_description":"It was Saturday, May 14th, 2005. 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