{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Paul Truesdell Podcast","title":"Can't Touch This","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3151,"description":"In full disclosure, I am an investment advisor, and I practice what I preach. I have a method that I believe works, but as every compliance officer will remind you, past performance is no guarantee of future performance. At the end of this podcast, you will hear the full disclaimer, and I encourage you to listen carefully. But let me set the stage for where I am coming from. I favor large, well-capitalized companies over small speculative ones. I focus on megatrends, not on flipping stocks, day trading, or chasing the latest meme stock making headlines. I am old-fashioned, old-school, and unapologetically traditional in my approach.My emphasis is on income over growth, because the people I work with are not 22-year-old TikTok traders. Nearly every one of my clients is over the age of fifty, many are fully retired, and the average client is probably somewhere between their mid-seventies and early eighties. That perspective matters. When you are living on the results of decades of hard work, your primary concern is cash flow, preservation, and stability—not wild speculation.Because of that, I have no problem calling things the way I see them, even when it ruffles feathers. In this discussion, you are going to see that I am willing to take on the medical industry, the insurance industry, Big Pharma, and any other entrenched interest that profits at the expense of the public. If you are ready for a frank, fact-driven conversation about health, medicine, industry, and how these forces intersect with your financial life, buckle up—this is going to be a good one.From a historical standpoint, there is no doubt that human longevity has been influenced more by evolving data, environmental awareness, and fundamental healthcare advances than by any modern medical breakthrough. Disease, famine, unsanitary conditions, and the lack of emergency medical care once shaped the very structure of society. The most profound improvements in public health came not from miracle cures,...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/115-XsjkdwCpJ99xv-8oZ76t6jr8ScWEC5MYSKzL0ig/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS82MTUx/OWRiNTc0NTk0Y2Nk/M2VjYTliMGVhN2Zm/YTZkZi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}