The Unconstrained Podcast
267 episodes - English - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsJoin us on the journey towards financial independence and being unconstrained. Your host, Myles Wakeham, explores the art of financial sustainability and individual sovereignty resulting in a debt free lifestyle. If you want to be challenged by a contrarian, think outside the box and go against the grain, this show is for you. Myles has spent his life doing the polar opposite of the "social mantra" in multiple countries and this has resulted in extraordinary results. Open your mind to thinking different, and getting MUCH better results for your finance, freedom and family.
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EP145 - What they don't tell you about retirement
June 19, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 104 MBWhether you are in your 50s and looking at when you want to pull the trigger & retire, or if you are in your 30s and think you can retire early, you need to hear this episode. Im going to tell you that it isnt rainbows & unicorns out there and most have no plan for how this period of their life will play out.
EP145 - Wealth creation is an art, not a science
June 12, 2022 07:00 - 46 minutes - 63.6 MBIn this episode, I explore why most new entrants to becoming financially free fail - misunderstanding the basics of humans vs. science, and what is needed to understand and be responsible in betting against the herd to gain wealth.
EP144 - Contrarian Guide to Planet Earth
June 05, 2022 07:00 - 34 minutes - 41.8 MBIn this episode I explore the freedom of movement - travel, and how to find wealth in opportunities on our planet. I discuss how having a domestic only view excludes all the gems that exist outside of your homeland and explore the concept of ''You can never be a wise man in your home town''.
EP143 - Retire early is dead
May 29, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 97.4 MBThe concept of retirement assumes a finite end of work. When one is older, they may not be able to work due to age, but for those capable and younger, the idea of retiring early assumes you are not doing what you love to begin with. In this episode, I react to many that are defending the idea of retiring early in a world of high inflation, low stock market returns, etc. rather than addressing whether the entire strategy is flawed to begin with. And I offer an alternative.
EP142 - The Church of Retirement
May 22, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 106 MBIn this episode I will take the long held social position and faith-based retirement planning industry and blow it out of the water - whether it be for someone looking to retire in their 60s or someone looking to retire a lot earlier.
EP141 - Pay off your damn home mortgage
May 15, 2022 07:00 - 58 minutes - 80.6 MBIn this unscripted episode, I talk about my own personal experiences since the age of 26 in buying my own home, the numerous homes (and mortgages) I've had, and how I eventually paid off the home mortgage. I talk about the differences between investment property and your principal residence, and how many view this unrealistically.
EP140 - Society is infected by an insecurity virus
May 08, 2022 07:00 - 34 minutes - 47.6 MBFor the past couple of years, weve been dealing with a biological virus that has turned people into fearful victims, and given tacit permission to evil to prevail in governance. But for far longer than that, weve been dealing with a very different plague the plague of insecurity. In this episode Im going to deep dive this plague, and how this is turning out.
EP139 - 10 Years of Bitcoin
May 01, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 106 MBIn this episode, I spend the first half talking about how I stumbled into Bitcoin and left the space after getting 1,800x my original investment. In the second half, I talk about what Bitcoin & cryptocurrencies have become and where I see this all heading.
EP138 - Changing the debt mindset
April 24, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 130 MBThroughout the western world, we have generations that have been raised on the idea of getting things that they want with other peoples money. Understandable since earning & savings hasnt been wise for a very long time due to low interest returns. But things are about to change, and I fear that western society will be faced with a shocking scenario it is not prepared for. In this episode we will talk about the debt mindset and what you need to do to shake it, and be unconstrained.
EP137 - Speculating vs Investing
April 17, 2022 07:00 - 57 minutes - 78.9 MBI would hope that in todays world, the general rule of thumb is that it is better to invest than to speculate. I think Warren Buffet really underscored this principle, but I see all around me people not understanding the difference and even those that do, seem to follow the herd into the world of speculation when they should be investing. So in this episode, we will deep dive the different approaches to help you become unconstrained.
EP136 - The cerebral society - A warning
April 10, 2022 07:00 - 38 minutes - 52.7 MBOver the past 100 years, weve seen the western world go through massive change, but one such change that is rarely discussed is towards an increased focus on the mind. In this episode, I invite you to join me on exploring the concept of the cerebral society a world in which you explore the dimensions of thought, and often at the peril of physical reality.
EP135 - Demographics & how to predict the future
April 03, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 108 MBImagine if you knew next weeks lottery numbers? Would you have to work in that crappy job and deal with that crappy boss any more? Well demographics give you a long term view of where things are going and for those (like me) that pay attention to them, weve enjoyed not working for a very long time.
EP134 - Travel Hacking - How Myles generates miles and travels the world for free
March 27, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 106 MBThe only time Ive paid for an airline ticket or a hotel room in the past 8 years, is when it was literally cheaper to buy it than to use my points. Otherwise Ive traveled the world for free using travel hacking. In this episode, Ill tell you how Ive done it and how you can to.
EP133 - The Fourth Turning
March 20, 2022 07:00 - 45 minutes - 62 MBMuch of the chaos that we see surrounding us right now was predicted and fortold. But few took notice. Those that did, already set themselves up for the greatest wealth transfer that will be seen in 100 years. But those that idly sit by watching, are doomed to be victims to it. In this episode, we are going to explain The Fourth Turning, and why this is critical in understanding why things are the way they are right now.
EP132 - The road from analog to digital
March 13, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 149 MBIn this episode I will deep dive the opportunities and traps of a species changing the underlying protocol of its existence. Real entrepreneurs know you make money when you solve problems and anytime a major social change is underway, problems unveil themselves and opportunities generate wealth. So if you are interested in finding the diamonds in the rough, this is the episode for you.
EP131 - I built a privacy phone
March 06, 2022 07:00 - 53 minutes - 73.4 MBIf there is one thing I think we unilaterally agree on is that George Orwells 1984 was a brilliant work of fiction that has become a playbook by governments & humanity to enslave us. How we could take a warning like that and turn it into a standard operating procedure just shows how we do things against our best interest. So I decided to try and fight back and built my own De-Googled privacy phone, and took it to Mexico to test it out. Lets find out just how well I did.
TWIF - 030422 - Special release of "This week in freedom" podcast
March 04, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 86.3 MBI'm doing something different this week - this is the normal ''This Week in Freedom'' podcast that I do for our Patreon supporters. I'm giving you a taste of it - if you like what you hear, please consider becoming a Patron of our efforts over at https://www.beunconstrained.com/patreon and you can have this podcast every week.
EP130 - The 5 things I learned about Medical Tourism
February 27, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 113 MBI get asked a lot about my experiences in medical tourism. As many of you know, I had major surgery in Guadalajara, Mexico, that saved me about $120K vs. having it in the USA. But it was a massive leap of faith, and if anyone is looking down the barrel at a similar situation, Im hoping what I learned from it might just help you out.
EP129A - Russia invades Ukraine - What this means for you
February 22, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 107 MBIn this out of sequence episode, I'm going deep into the importance of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and why this changes everything. Including the risks to you and your family and western reaction to this situation.
EP129 - Escape to Canada with Brandon Miller
February 20, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 116 MBOn this episode, I'm joined by Brandon Miller who is an expert in helping people move to Canada. I was surprised to find out that the barriers to entry to Canada that I thought were there change everyday, and Brandon knows of literally 100 different methods that people can use to migrate to Canada if they choose to. Additionally, we talk about Brandon's own experience in living in Asia for many years, what he learned by being an actual nomad himself so that he can completely relate to what h...
EP128 - Winning with rising interest rates
February 13, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 82.9 MBAs I record this, Goldman Sachs have stated that they expect the US Federal Reserve to raise interest rates 6 times this year. And many speculators are thinking the Fed will try and get to about a 2.5% base interest rate in order to try and reign in inflation. But although we had this only a couple of years ago, this could result in a lot of changes in the economical world that we all live in. In this episode I want to discuss different strategies that you can have to deal with rising intere...
EP127 - Time to give up containing COVID
February 06, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 91.6 MBSomething noticeable appears to be happening. Countries are starting to get real with COVID, and move from a strategy of containment to a strategy acceptance and learning to live with it. Calls for some countries to accept that past strategies of containment havent worked, and have in fact destroyed individual freedoms, commerce and mental health, are being heard everywhere. No more so than in my home country of Australia. So in this episode I put out the same call for sanity here, and how t...
EP126 - Surviving Inflation
January 30, 2022 07:00 - 50 minutes - 69.4 MBYour dollar is not worth as much as you think it is. Thats hard to accept and process. But even though Ive been telling you this for years now, it seems more of us are starting to accept it. The question now is How can I learn to live with inflation, and how can I combat it?
EP125 - The Singularity
January 23, 2022 07:00 - 54 minutes - 74.4 MBSince the days of George Orwell in the 1940s, we have been warned of a dystopian future a future of Big Brother, lack of personal freedom and individual sovereignty, but it wasnt until about 25 years ago, that the technologies became available that would give Big Brother the weaponry to entrap humanity at scale. As we launch into a new year, I want this episode to remind us all of the perilous descent to enslavement that we find us on, and what you need to do to remain vigilant and unconstra...
EP124 - Talking Liberty with Marc Clair
January 16, 2022 07:00 - 57 minutes - 79.1 MBMarc Clair is a leader in the Liberty movement in the USA, having been involved since the early 2000s with Ron Paul and his presidential campaigns, to eventually starting the popular ''Lions of Liberty'' podcast in 2013. Well after almost 9 years, he's still roaring and I was delighted to have him join me on the show to talk Liberty and its relevance to the unconstrained.
EP123 - America from an Immigrant's eyes
January 09, 2022 07:00 - 47 minutes - 64.7 MBAs someone who was raised in another country, and came to the USA at the age of 25, I already had the ideology of the country of my birth stamped into my psyche, but I was still at an age where I could carve it into the American experience. But 30 years later, the molding of my past with my American experience has unveiled so many observations that are often unseen by my American friends. So in this episode I wanted to talk about these things, and maybe youll hear something that will be unex...
EP122 - The positive side of forest fires
January 02, 2022 07:00 - 56 minutes - 77.6 MBIn this first episode of 2022, I'm going to talk about my experience in my early 20s that helped form much of my world view as to the connection between nature, our planet and our economy. I'm going to do a historical look back at events and how things could have turned out so much differently than what we are dealing with today, and what you may need to do for you and your family as a result.
EP121 - 2021 This year in Freedom
December 26, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 116 MBIn this annual wrap up for 2021 episode, I look at whether we have progressed to or strayed from being unconstrained in 2021. I review many aspects of freedom - money, thought & expression, travel and health. This episode is full of factual statistics that help you make some real sense of what is going on.
EP120 - The 4% rule - A round peg in a square hole
December 19, 2021 07:00 - 55 minutes - 75.9 MBThe round peg & the square hole the concept of amassing liquid capital and saving, living frugally, and having a nest egg as some magical method for a life of leisure, quitting the 9-5 workforce and retiring, seems to be the dream sold to all of us by the financial services industry. But it doesnt work in a world of inflation, out of control govt spending and an economy that only survives based on consumption. Yet this is the continual debate on whether this method works, particularly for th...
EP119 - How Jack bought 12 rental property units in 3 years
December 12, 2021 07:00 - 50 minutes - 69.3 MBHaving gone through the adventures of buying rental real estate many decades ago, and now living a free and unconstrained life with no job because of it, I was interested to hear that Im not alone. Today on the show I am joined by Jac k Allweil who, at the age of 32, is well on his way to building his real estate empire, having purchased property creatively and in only 3 years time, he has 12 rental units, with a goal to purchase 100 in 5 years. I think youll enjoy hearing his story.
EP118 - I bought a bull fighting ring in Mexico
December 05, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 117 MBI told our Patreon subscribers about this, but it is now far enough along that I thought that it was time to share a personal story of a dream project. Partly because I wanted to invite you, the listeners, along on this journey but also because I want to demonstrate the adventures you can have if you are living an unconstrained life.
EP117 - A frank discussion on energy
November 28, 2021 07:00 - 44 minutes - 60.6 MBFollowing the COP26 summit in Glasgow, Scotland and it seems, particularly in Europe, that the only discussion on the table is about green energy. Look, I get it. We humans are a messy bunch and weve decided to burn sequestered fuel (fossil fuels) rather than take advantage of other energy sources. But are the solutions being discussed really the answer?
EP116 - Inside the IRS with Anthony Parent
November 21, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 83.5 MBToday on the program I have a special treat for you. I have been trying to get Anthony Parent, the co-founder of IRS Medic law firm on the show. Anthony is an expert attorney on tax law, specifically with helping US persons who are either thinking about expatriation, expats, or those that find themselves accidentally falling foul of the US tax system. But what came out in this episode is an inside baseball view of the IRS, what being an attorney for his clients and dealing with the IRS is li...
EP115 - Why won't people go back to work?
November 14, 2021 07:00 - 42 minutes - 96.3 MBOften it makes me laugh how the macro economists, government advisors and banking experts pontificate on supply chain disruptions, unemployment rates and other statistical data as they pour over spreadsheets trying to find the reasons why things happen. But the answers are simple for this yet few people are willing to address the truth. Lets talk about this.
EP114 - Being sustainable as a farmer in the 21st century
November 07, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 92.3 MBWhen people think about farming they typically think about growing food or animals for consumption. Whereas that is an important part of human survival, to be completely self-sufficient and sustainable in the 21st century, it takes more than that. In this episode Im going to delve into different aspects of farming and how you can do this yourself in the quest to regain control and your freedom back.
EP113 - How I got my start in rental real estate
October 31, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 100 MBI realize that it takes time to build up wealth, but you gotta start somewhere. Although I had years of business experience before I bought my first rental property, none of that experience actually yielded real wealth. It wasnt until I spoke with another business owner I was friends with, and realized he bought his own commercial building that he operated in, that I realized the building was where the money was. Like McDonalds, it wasnt about the burgers. It was about the real estate. That ...
EP112 - I'm in debt. HELP!!!
October 24, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 99.3 MBI was recently talking with a self-proclaimed personal finance coach, about being interviewed on his podcast. He wanted my input on how people who are in debt can deal with it. The interview didnt happen, because he thought my methods were unusual and wouldnt work for his audience. But it got me thinking who is this audience, and why the hell are they in debt in the first place. Then I realized it is 99% of the people in the USA, and it is no wonder they are in that position.
EP111 - Communism by Proxy
October 17, 2021 07:00 - 45 minutes - 62.1 MBI've been realizing just how statistics dont tell a complete story of the decline of civil liberties, individual freedoms and life quality. For most people who have some memory of the cold war, or are students of 20th century history, it is well accepted that giving up all power and control to the state, in return to get your physical needs met, is a deal with the devil that has continually failed. Yet we seem to have done this without even realizing it. I call this Communism by proxy. Let t...
EP110 - Personal morality & the shackles of a job
October 10, 2021 07:00 - 36 minutes - 50.4 MBAt some point in all of our lives, we are faced with challenges of being asked to do something we dont agree with. Organizations are notorious to be populated with individuals of differing levels of ethics & morality, and yet the challenge to protest against doing something you believe to be morally wrong is a deeply personal thing. In this episode we will explore how you can mitigate against the risk of having your personal morality challenged with work.
EP109 - Run away from early retirement
October 03, 2021 07:00 - 52 minutes - 71.7 MBIt is somewhat amusing to read through the countless posts on various forums on Facebook on the early retirement movement. I use the term Movement intentionally because this has become more of a cult that follows a fictional future event. That is not to say that the intentions are bad it is that often the endpoint is flawed.
EP108 - Run away from early retirement
September 26, 2021 07:00 - 52 minutes - 71.7 MBHaving spent a career as a software engineer, I encountered a world of problems in hundreds of different industries. I knew nothing about the industries at all, but what I did know was that a method to gather their needs, analyze them, design something to solve their needs and build to that design worked. We call that a methodology. When I looked outside of the engineering space, I found a few implementations of methodologies in particular, business methodologies used in large organizations....
EP107 - Is Australia becoming a totalitarian state?
September 19, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 98.9 MBIn this episode, Im going to address a question I have received numerous times in the past week Is Australia a totalitarian state? It is one of those episodes that I would have preferred not to record, but it is... well... complicated. I hope that people take this information for what it is - Im sure Ill upset some people, and maybe Ill help educate others. But Ill let you be the judge.
EP106 - How Ernie fought cancer and won in Mexico
September 12, 2021 07:00 - 2 hours - 166 MBWhat if you decided to take the plunge, quit your job, be unconstrained, buy property in a far away land, and in the process of doing this, you get diagnosed with cancer? Well on todays show Im talking to my friend Ernie Baca, a US expat who lives in San Miguel de Allende, in which exactly this happened. Ernie will tell us how the US medical system failed him, how he took on the battle with cancer in Mexico, and how he won that battle. This is a detailed accounting of the whole ordeal, it wi...
EP105 - Your right to healthcare
September 05, 2021 07:00 - 47 minutes - 65 MBIn this episode, I continue the ''Unconstrained Bill of Rights'' series to healthcare. Why those that don't have it, are seriously constrained and those that think they have coverage, may be right in line for the worst wake up call of their lives.
EP104 - How insurance can screw up your life
August 29, 2021 07:00 - 44 minutes - 60.9 MBWe have all been told and encouraged to buy insurance. Insurance for health, your assets like housing, real estate, your car, etc. In many cases, insurance is mandated. If bad things happen, you better have insurance. But it has created a society of irresponsible and ill-prepared citizens who dont have any idea about personal responsibility and are ill equipped to manage their lives. In this episode Im going to deep dive the concept of insurance and the promises & lies we are told about it.
EP103 - How we got Mexican residency VISAs for less than $1,000
August 22, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 87.6 MBMy wife & I completed the long process of obtaining permanent residency VISAs in Mexico last week, so I decided (after receiving a large number of requests on the details) to cover the entire process for anyone that may wish to do the same.NOTE: Most of the information out there on other podcasts or YouTube channels is either wrong, incomplete and doesn't take into consideration the details of the work required INSIDE your home country (ie. USA) before you come to Mexico. This episode is a c...
EP102 - Your Right to travel
August 15, 2021 07:00 - 46 minutes - 63.4 MBFor those that have never left their home land, they might have a hard time understanding the importance of the right to travel. But for those that are living under some totalitarian regime, have family in a place you cannot visit, or just feel that the walls are closing in on them and need to get out, this right is mission critical.
EP101 - The right to financial freedom
August 07, 2021 07:00 - 46 minutes - 64.2 MBWe kick off a series called ''The Unconstrained Bill of Rights'' in which I introduce a set of guidelines that those seeking to be unconstrained should follow. In this first installment, we talk about your right to financial freedom, but more so what that actually means - it may not be what you think it is.
EP100 - The state of the union of the unconstrained
August 01, 2021 07:00 - 51 minutes - 71.1 MBHoly cow! 100 episodes already. That went by fast. But although this might be a milestone in our show, I'm not celebrating yet. Because there is so much to do. But in this episode, we'll cover how the show came about, what has happened since episode 1, the ongoing challenges we all face and how we must win this fight for our future.
EP099 - Safely leaving the workforce
July 25, 2021 07:00 - 55 minutes - 76.5 MBFirst, let me say this. I hate the word retirement. I think our social mantra of working for 40 years has turned the act of choosing not to be employed to be misunderstood, and the term retirement has become the end game for those enslaved in employment. I dont see it that way, but I have to use a term that people seem to understand. Regardless of your age, the choice to leave the 9-5 world and become your own person again can be scary and threatening, so in this episode I want to explore th...