All Too Human with Kala Hampton
All Too Human with Kala Hampton is the show you wake up with. Each episode, I take one story — or a set of stories — and pull them apart. Sometimes it’s a headline on CNBC. Sometimes it’s a book I’m reading about someone like Elon Musk, Donald Trump, or Bill Clinton. Sometimes it’s a celebrity caught in the same cycle of behavior we’ve seen a hundred times before.
Either way, the point is simple: tech changes, markets swing, politics shift — but people don’t. Human behavior repeats itself. Greed, ego, power, fear, vanity. It’s all right there if you know how to look.
This show is about learning to see it — tying what’s happening today to the patterns we’ve always known. So you start your day not just more informed, but with a fresh perspective.
Pop culture, politics, and markets. Just the world, as it is.
All Too Human with Kala Hampton
The Great Capital Heist: How Big Banks Rigged the System in 2008
In 2008, the U.S. government handed out $700 billion in bailout money under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). But who really benefited? It wasn’t small businesses, entrepreneurs, or everyday Americans. It was the big banks—who turned government money into power, influence, and a near-permanent lock on capital access.
In this episode of The Kala Hampton Show, we’re diving deep into one of the biggest financial power plays in modern history.
Here’s what we’re unpacking:
- Where the bailout money actually went—and why small businesses were left out.
- How banks spent $114 million on lobbying and campaign contributions, securing a 258,000% return on investment.
- The long-term impact of TARP on wealth concentration and economic inequality.
- How today’s policies, including the new Sovereign Wealth Fund, are following the same patterns.
- What small businesses, startups, and underrepresented founders can do now to avoid getting locked out—again.
This isn’t just a history lesson. It’s a warning. Because the same forces that shaped 2008 are at play today. If you don’t understand the game, you can’t compete.
Tune in to learn how capital really moves, who’s making the rules, and what it takes to break through the barriers designed to keep power in the hands of the few.
Link to Policy Analysis: Strategic Policy Analysis: Navigating Federal Shifts in Capital Access, AI, and Global Economic Competition.
