{"podcast":{"title":"Trail-Boss Radio: AI, Tech & Digital Independence","slug":"trail-boss-radio-ai-tech-digital-independence-7780171","podcast_index_feed_id":7780171,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/johnsondanny866/feed.xml","website_url":"https://johnsondanny866.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/22164729/trail-boss-radio.jpg","author":"Dan Johnson | Trail-Boss Radio","episode_count":348,"summary":"”The campfire is lit, and the trail is clear. Welcome to the outpost for the Sovereign Owner.” Hosted by Dan ”Trail-Boss” Johnson, a 42-year sheet metal technician and logistics expert turned digital pioneer, Trail Boss Radio is the blueprint for the ”Encore Entrepreneur”. We are moving beyond the cold, algorithmic efficiency of ”rented” gig apps and reclaiming our independence in the Wild Wild West of 2026. Whether you are navigating the high-stakes highways of North Texas in a modern stagecoach or scaling an AI-driven empire from a minivan, this podcast delivers the technical grit and ”Vibe Coding” strategies needed to replace money with imagination. Join a global crew of listeners from Japan to Norway as we discuss: Sovereign Ownership: Evicting algorithmic landlords and building your own digital cash register. Logistics Resilience: Leveraging decades of trade precision to engineer a business that lasts. The Favorite Factor: Turning ”app metrics” into a loyal, private client base under the iLyft4U banner. Digital Anthropology: Mastering the human connection and ”Campfire Stories” that algorithms cannot replicate. The frontier belongs to those who own the infrastructure. It’s ti…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T22:18:37.076180+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/trail-boss-radio-ai-tech-digital-independence-7780171"},"episode":{"title":"The Trillion Dollar VOO for $100","slug":"the-trillion-dollar-voo-for-100","published_at":"2026-06-19T13:04:09+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/trail-boss-radio-ai-tech-digital-independence-7780171/the-trillion-dollar-voo-for-100","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/trail-boss-radio-ai-tech-digital-independence-7780171","url":"https://johnsondanny866.podbean.com/e/the-trillion-dollar-voo-for-100/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/ity9hapjbdctmipn/The_trillion_dollar_VOO_for_1007y0pl.mp3","summary":"The Trillion Dollar VOO for $100 What if $100 could buy you a seat at the same table as the world's largest investment fund? It can. And it just did. In this episode of Trail Boss Radio, Dan breaks down VOO — the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF — the first exchange-traded fund in history to cross $1 trillion in assets under management. Not $1 billion. Not $100 billion. One trillion dollars. And on June 18, 2026, at a FedEx office counter in Fort Worth, Texas, a 65-year-old logistics veteran and Elite Lyft driver bought 0.14513 shares of it for $100. This is Episode 4 of The $100 Experiment — the live, week-by-week investment series where Trail Boss Dan Johnson invests $100 every week into a rotating ETF portfolio on Robinhood and documents every decision, every hesitation, and every lesson in public. In this episode:Robinhood Link — What VOO actually is: not one company, but 500 of America's largest — Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Nvidia — all in one $100 purchase — Why the 0.03% expense ratio is one of the most important numbers in personal finance (Vanguard charges you 30 cents per year per $1,000 invested) — What a 10-year average annual return of 20%+ actually means for a weekly $100 discipline habit — Why DRIP (Dividend Reinvestment) turned ON means your shares grow automatically every quarter without you lifting a finger — What dollar-cost averaging really means — and why buying at a FedEx counter on a random Thursday is smarter than waiting for the \"perfect\" entry point — Why VOO is the baseline that every other position in The $100 Experiment will be measured against — What a geopolitical peace deal had to do with the market being near record highs the day Dan clicked Buy VOO is not exciting. It is not a hot tip. It is not a get-rich-quick play. 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