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Rich people's money, explained by a broke guy.
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Episode 02
$50 Million Is $16 Million: Why Celebrities Go Broke
How a $50 million deal turns into about $16 million before anyone buys anything, and five public-record ways famous people lost the rest. Plus the "78% of athletes go broke" stat, checked against actual bankruptcy records.
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You Won $1 Billion. Here's Why You're Still Broke.
What a $1 billion lottery ticket actually pays, the three hidden bills that eat it, and why the famous "70% of winners go broke" stat is itself broke.
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17,000 rent-yearsHow the show works
Rich people's numbers. Ray's rent.
The unit
Every price gets converted into rent-years. A $600M superyacht is 40,000 of them. It's the only unit Ray truly understands.
The receipt
Every episode ends with a receipt card: the line items, the total and the rent-years. Stamped estimated, because it is.
The sources
Numbers come from public sources: court records, filings, studies, official rules. Each episode page lists them. No financial advice, ever.