Curious Worldview Podcast: Recent Episodes
Ryan Faulkner-Hogg
The Curious Worldview Podcast is an interview show featuring a whole manner of incredibly interesting guests from far and wide. From James Robinson of Why Nations Fail to Jack Weatherford of Genghis Khan & The Making Of The Modern World all the way to a three part series on the life of Nietzsche with philosopher Stephen Hicks - the theme is likely to vary from episode to episode however every time the central question will remain… what can we learn from your worldview?
Andrea Wulf was born in India to German parents, grew up in Hamburg, and became a writer through pure serendipity...
She has since become one of the finest narrative historians today: The Brother Gardeners, Founding Gardeners, Chasing Venus, then The Invention of Nature, her life of Alexander von Humboldt, which won fifteen international awards including the Costa Biography Award, the Royal Society Science Book Prize and the LA Times Book Prize, followed by Magnificent Rebels and now her new book, and the subject of our interview today, The Traveler, which brings alive George Forster, the man Humboldt himself credited with making him an explorer, and the most open mind of the 18th century.
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It’s an enormous pleasure to have spoken with Andrea, we discussed...
- Fernweh — the German word for the ache for the distance, and why it's Andrea's "main condition of being"
- Living voyeuristically through the subjects of her books, and why she had to write about a traveller again after Magnificent Rebels in the pandemic
- Who was George Forster: the wunderkind who taught himself to read off book spines, was a working botanist on a Russian expedition at ten, and translated a Russian history book into English at twelve.
- Why Forster was unique among explorers: Columbus's "green" and "naked" vs Forster painting Antarctica in blue, purple and green
- Dying at thirty-nine in disgrace — written out of history in Germany as a traitor, in Britain as a critic of empire — and the East German rediscovery of the 1950s
- James Cook's moral ledger: firearms as display of power, even-handed punishment of crew and islanders, the property concept he couldn't see past, and his genius as navigator and scientist
- Forster and religion: what he actually grasped of Māori and Tahitian cosmology, the Lutheran upbringing, the Rosicrucian detour, and the Bible as "a book of oriental fantasy"
- Serendipity: the borrowed London house that made her a writer
Curious Worldview (catalogue connections to this ep)
- The Fernweh thread — the ache for the distance that opens this episode is the same force behind Tim Cope's 10,000km ride in the shadow of Genghis Khan, Robyn Davidson's camel trek and life of nomadism, Colin Thubron's half-century of crossing borders, Levison Wood's life in adventure and Chris Arnade walking the world.
- Why we travel at all — Andrea's distinction between slow travel in an explorer's footsteps and photo-stop tourism picks up exactly where Ash Bhardwaj's 'Why We Travel' left off.
- The forgotten traveller — Forster joins James Holman, the Blind Traveller, in the catalogue's gallery of history's misplaced adventurers, from the Bryan Bashin episode.
- The great explorers — Cook, Columbus and the moral spectrum of the age of exploration, ground first surveyed with Scott Rank on the great and famous explorers of history.
- Colonial reckoning — Cook's contested legacy and the darkness Forster's attitude shines out of run straight back to Adam Hochschild on King Leopold's Ghost and Tim Butcher's Blood River journey through the Congo.
- Narrative non-fiction masters — Andrea name-checked alongside David Grann, the GOAT of narrative non-fiction, in the conversation itself.
- The serendipity question — asked now some 300 times, a thread first unspooled with Christian Busch on inviting serendipity into your life.
Timestamps...
00:00 — Fernweh: the ache for the distance, the word that opens the episode and defines her whole career
02:37 — Living voyeuristically through her subjects; writing Magnificent Rebels during the pandemic; why she had to return to a traveller
09:41 — Why Forster was unique: Columbus who could only say "green" and "naked" vs the storyteller who painted Antarctica in colour; neither idealising (Rousseau) nor demonising
13:34 — The six weeks that changed him: Dusky Sound's "art and industry to these savages" to Queen Charlotte Sound's "we bring death and disease"
15:48 — Dead at 39, a traitor; written out of history in Germany and Britain; the East German rediscovery
20:15 — The Humboldt imprint: A Voyage Round the World, the 1790 journey through Europe, shovelling sand in revolutionary Paris
23:33 — Cook's morality: firearms, even-handed punishment, what Cook couldn't see about Tahitian property that Forster could
31:09 — Science aboard an imperial expedition; the real treasure Forster brought home: all humans are one species
36:53 — The wunderkind: a working botanist at ten, translating Russian history into English at twelve
40:00 — The breadfruit deduction: seedless trees to a correct theory of Polynesian migration
43:43 — Forster and religion: what he actually understood of the Māori cosmos, the Rosicrucian years, the Bible as "oriental fantasy"
48:27 — Do modern explorers exist? Polymaths, the deep ocean, E.O. Wilson
56:37 — The resurrected question: witness any conversation in history → Forster and Humboldt in a carriage through revolutionary France
57:58 — Serendipity...
Ed Cowan is an Australian test cricketer, investor, podcaster and author.
He’s one of those people whose name I jotted down 6 years ago when I started the show earmarked as a ‘dream guest’.
He played in a golden era of Australian cricket and did so at a time when I was obsessed with the sport myself (I had delusions about being a test cricketer) and therefore like the music of your youth those cricketers you grew up with leave a certain impression. I've since been a long time listener of his 'Scaling Up' podcast series and tune in weekly for the ABC Cricket Podcast where he is a co-host.
Ed has an occasionally controversial, but always influential voice on the Australian cricketing landscape.
It's an absolute pleasure to have recorded this with him.
He had 32 test innings for Australia across 18 matches, scored one test hundred and over 1000 runs in total.
You’ll find a link to both his book and his podcast here.
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It’s an enormous pleasure to have spoken with Ed, we discussed...
- How Ed always kept a foot in multiple worlds, even though it came at a cost.
- The transition out of professional sport and why so many athletes struggle with it.
- His mentor Peter Roebuck
- Mental health in cricket and how the culture has shifted.
- His Test career: the debut hundred, the weight of expectation, homework-gate, and his illness that coincided with the Ashes and the end of his international career.
- Ed’s views on IPL money, BBL privitisation and governance.
- The business of cricket: how he'd restructure Cricket Australia, player pay, and bringing patient, evergreen capital into the Big Bash.
- And, as always, the role serendipity has played in his life, to which, as an opening batsman, he had the perfect answer.
Timestamps...
00:00 — Realising a cricket career was possible
02:17 — Under-19s in Sri Lanka, surrounded by future Test players
07:38 — The transition myth: why it's a decade, not twelve months
14:08 — Do athletes have too much free time?
17:03 — Travel, brooding, and the Matthew Talbot shelter that shifted his perspective
27:02 — The Cricinfo depression piece
33:31 — NSW's logjam of talent and the fresh start in Tasmania
36:30 — Called up to Australia; the left-handed-opener mystery
39:36 — Peter Roebuck: discipline, mangoes, and the debut century dedicated to him
44:43 — The 18 innings: expectation, emotional regulation, homework-gate
50:42 — The Ashes, falling ill, and his final Test
54:00 — Resentment, selection, and "perception is reality"
55:12 — Death of a Gentleman, the IPL, and cricket's governance crisis
1:00:23 — Ambitions in cricket; the ABC podcast as a public service
1:08:08 — Privatising the Big Bash and bringing in patient capital
1:13:55 — Serendipity, Gideon Haig, and "I was an opening batsman"
Some choice snippets from the conversation.
On transition out of sport
"A lot of sportspeople think transition is your last twelve months of playing and your first twelve months of the real world. That's only a tiny speck of what it actually looks like. You come out of sport and you're at the bottom of the next mountain — you've got the tools to climb it, but that's another journey in and of itself."
On identity
"One of the thresholds is: do you still think of yourself as a cricketer? It's not part of my identity anymore at all. Some people say, 'You're the guy who used to play cricket.' Yeah, that was me. But that takes a while."
On the perspective that pulled him out of a funk (volunteering at the Matthew Talbot shelter)
"Here I was brooding over nicking one to second slip the day before. And here are guys who hadn't made any bad choices — they were just out of luck."
On the chip on his shoulder
"You think I'm not training hard enough? I'll beat you in the beep test. You think I'm not preparing properly? I'll get a hundred on the weekend."
On why cricket breeds brooders
"The output's objective. There's nothing subjective about getting a twenty-ball duck. And the time lag from error to atonement is long — it can be two days, and you're doing nothing.""The key to good mental health in cricket is celebrating your teammates' success. That's rarer than you'd think."
On the fresh start in Tasmania
"The joy of a fresh start is you can be whoever you want to be the moment you walk in the door. There's no judgment about what school you went to. You're judged from day one only."
On luck (the serendipity close)
"Two more centimetres of Morne Morkel's size-fourteen boot behind the line, and I'm out for forty-eight. No one remembers Ed Cowan, Test century.""The harder you work, the luckier you get. Luck can come and find you — but it's up to each individual to make that lucky moment count."
On the business of cricket
"Our best players probably don't get paid enough, and our worst players get paid too much.""An IPL owner's incentive is not to grow the Big Bash. It's to pillage the Big Bash so the IPL gets stronger."
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Tim Marshall is back for a fourth time. We've now done a show for every book: Prisoners of Geography, The Power of Geography and The Future of Geography. Now the book that started a whole genre has turned 10 years, and Tim has gone back and rewritten the entire thing.
So the question writes itself: how do you update a guide to how geography explains the world when the geography itself hasn't moved? Tim's answer is that we remain prisoners of it but the case is nuanced, he is quick to deny geographic determinism.
In this episode we go region by region, the Strait of Hormuz and pipelines through Oman's mountains, China's escape from its "Malacca Dilemma," Europe's reckoning as America pivots to Asia. The surprise thread is Venezuela, which Tim argues is about Cuba, semiconductors and squeezing China out of Latin America far more than oil. From there: the global populist wave, and his sharpest reframing of the hour arguing that multi-ethnicity was never the problem; badly-done multiculturalism is.
We close on the Indo-Pacific as the new centre of the world, on Taiwan and on what it all means for little old Australia — AUKUS, Pine Gap, and Tim's blunt verdict that we matter more to American strategy than even the UK.
If this is your first geography episode, start where it began with Tim's very first appearance back in 2021 — or sit it alongside Robert Kaplan on a world in permanent crisis, Sam Roggeveen on the Echidna Strategy, and Robyn Davidson, whom I quote here on Modi's India. The 10th anniversary edition of Prisoners of Geography is out now.
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Four years ago, almost to the day of recording, Oliver Bullough was a guest on this show for the first time to discuss his concept of 'Moneyland'.This borderless virtual country where the wealthy go to keep their wealth beyond the reach of any government, any tax office, any voter. Between then and now, I've maintained interest on this thread. Nicholas Shaxson discussed on the pod the cancerous plumbing of the offshore world in Treasure Islands. John Christensen showed how that plumbing quietly corrodes culture and politics. Bill Browder shows where the abstraction becomes violence. Nathan Lynch showed how Australia is every bit as dirty as anywhere else, and Matt Friedman, just a few weeks ago, put a number on the human end of it: $236 billion a year in illicit profit from modern slavery.
Oliver's latest book is Everybody Loves Our Dollars: How Money Laundering Won. His argument is bleak, precise, and very hard to wave away. We have spent decades and roughly $200 billion a year building an anti-money-laundering fortress, and by the best available estimates the share of the world economy being laundered hasn't moved since the 1990s.
We get into why governments have failed so completely at this one. We follow the money where it actually goes: not just through banks, but through cash (central banks printing $100 bills faster than they can build factories), through crypto and stablecoins, and through the oldest trick of all — value hidden inside shipments of used cars, watches, oil, grain, the way the Medici did it in Florence. We talk about the scam compounds of Southeast Asia, where trafficked people are tortured into defrauding pensioners on the other side of the world, and how that horror connects — directly, traceably — to the very top of global power, through Tether, Cantor Fitzgerald, and a US Commerce Secretary's family.
And underneath all of it, the real subject: the relationship between money and power, and what happens to democracy when the two become the same thing. Oliver's "offshore bandits" — elites who loot their own countries while living and banking somewhere else, feeling none of the consequences — are a darker upgrade on Mancur Olson's stationary bandit. It's a Moneyland story, and it's spreading.
There are lighter turns too — Wright Patman, the forgotten Texan congressman who fathered anti-money-laundering law; Peter Pomerantsev and the propaganda war; Bill Browder before he was Bill Browder; and an unexpectedly lyrical detour to the walnut forests and white mountains of Kyrgyzstan.
Oliver Bullough...
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This podcast has returned to modern slavery three times now. Lisa Kristine showed us its face through her photography. Bruce Ladebu described what it actually takes to pull children out. And Matthew Friedman, in Episode 76, gave us the architecture: thirty-five years working across Nepal, Bangladesh, Thailand, the UN, and eventually the Mekong Club.
That first episode opened with the story of an 11-year-old Nepalese girl in a Mumbai brothel who ran across the room, wrapped herself around Matt, and begged him to save her. He couldn't, that day. He came back with police and she was gone.
This second conversation picks up in a deglobalising world. The USAID cuts have gutted sixty years of global anti-trafficking infrastructure. The $400 million available to address modern slavery has been halved. HIV clinics, maternal health programs, girls' education initiatives are all gone. And as Matt makes clear, the line from those cuts to a new trafficking victim is not abstract. It runs through hospitals, through debt, through desperation.
This episode also goes somewhere I'm afraid I didn't communicate that well, the points of cultural judgement and critique. There's a story of a sixteen-year-old Bangladeshi girl, rescued after two weeks in a brothel, who was turned away at her own front door by a father who loved her because the shame she carried would make her siblings unmarriageable. That story sits at the centre of the hardest question in this conversation: when the cultural machinery enabling trafficking runs this deep, what can the outside world actually do about it? It's a delicate subject, I regret not treating it as such.
$238 billion modern slavery generates annually flows through the same offshore plumbing this podcast has covered with Oliver Bullough and John Christensen. Matt explains how banks are already tracking it and how the Mekong Club is working with Interpol, crypto companies, and social media platforms to find it and cut it off.
It's a pleasure to welcome Matt Friedman back to the podcast.
Resources
Walk Free Foundation's Global Slavery Index - https://www.globalslaveryindex.org/
U.S. Department of State Trafficking in Persons Report - https://www.state.gov/trafficking-in-persons-report/
Makon Club - Anti-Human Trafficking Organization - https://makonclub.org/
USAID Human Trafficking Programs - https://www.usaid.gov/what-we-do/gender-equality-and-womens-empowerment/human-trafficking
Interpol Human Trafficking Unit - https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Operations/Operation-Scorpion
Chapters
00:00 The Impact of Deglobalization on Modern Slavery
02:50 Statistics and Resources in the Fight Against Modern Slavery
05:54 Consequences of USAID Cuts on Global Health and Safety
08:38 Understanding Human Trafficking and Legal Responses
11:40 Cultural Attitudes and Enforcement Challenges
14:12 The Role of Vulnerability in Exploitation
17:23 Identifying the Most Egregious Examples of Modern Slavery
20:02 Cultural Change and the Role of Awareness
23:22 Internal vs. External Approaches to Addressing Modern Slavery
33:12 The Impact of Fiction on Awareness
36:24 Taking Responsibility: Individual Actions Against Human Trafficking
38:27 Creating Compelling Content: The Role of Film in Activism
40:47 Cultural Sensitivity in Addressing Trafficking
43:28 The Urgency of Addressing Human Trafficking
50:08 Financial Institutions and Their Role in Combatting Trafficking
57:47 The Power of Business in Addressing Human Trafficking
59:52 Finding Hope: The Starfish Parable
Joshua Bandoch is the Head of Policy at the Illinois Policy Institute and the debut author of 'How to Get What You Want'.
It's persuasion and communication all the way down. Josh's argues that almost everything most of us were taught about how to win an argument is wrong and now the neuroscience proves it.
Aristotle, it turns out, had this figured out 2,400 years ago. Kant, the great rationalist of the Enlightenment, did not. We feel first and reason second, and any attempt to persuade that ignores that simple fact is doomed before it starts.
Across the conversation we move from the Greeks to Adam Smith, from the Communist Manifesto as a piece of technical propaganda to what makes Steve Jobs, JFK, and Ronald Reagan so memorable as communicators. We talk about the difference between persuasion and manipulation, why authenticity is the most underrated tool in the kit, whether emotional intelligence can really be learned, and what Josh would tell the next Republican candidate trying to thread the needle between MAGA and the traditional conservative base.
It's a wide-ranging episode, and one I throughly enjoyed recording. I'm thrilled to welcome to the podcast, Joshua Bandoch.
Link's To Joshua Bandoch
- Joshua Bandoch Website
- How To Get What You Want (Book)
Timestamps.
00:00 Aristotle, Adam Smith, and the 2,400-year science of persuasion
07:18 Persuasion vs. manipulation — the three biggest misconceptions
12:26 Authenticity, politicians, and why we lose trust
16:45 The neuroscience: we feel first, then reason
18:37 Negativity bias and the power of being FOR something
24:43 The logic tsunami and the limits of pure reason
33:02 Body language, tone, and the 7% rule
41:25 Emotional intelligence, moral foundations, and what's universal
56:54 Storytelling, aesthetics, and the masterclass of practice
01:08:24 Reputation, the long game, and the deathbed test
01:23:17 Sales, Chris Voss, and advice for the next Republican
01:34:01 History's great persuaders, and serendipity
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Tony Abbott served as Australia's 28th Prime Minister from 2013 to 2015. He is a Rhodes Scholar and among the most polarising and consequential figures in modern Australian political history.
Rather than writing a series of memoirs detailing the turbulent years before, during and after his leadership of Australia, he instead, wanted to re-introduce a pride for Australia's history which he is afraid 'the black armband view of history' has erased.
Tony makes the case that Australians have far more to be proud of than ashamed.
His book is called 'Australia: A History' and tells the story of a not so long ago Australia. The evolution of Australia post 1788. Tony's speculated origins for Australia's egalitarianism. How settlers and convicts ending up working together to create the institutions that endure through till today. And all the meanwhile, not ignoring the devastating consequences the English expansion into Australia had to the indigenous Australian's who were here as long as 60,000 years before.
This interview would be good to listen to alongside my interview with Robyn Davidson. They aren't two different idea's of history, but rather two differently sympathetic perspectives on an Australia both have travelled widely and thoughtfully.
Link's To Tony Abbott
- Australia: A History
This is a summary of what was covered in the interview today.
- [00:00] — The Black Armband view of history? Abbott defines the term and stakes out his "glass half full" position on Australian history.
- [01:50] — Ryan pushes back: did Abbott downplay frontier conflict?
- [03:59] — The Myall Creek Massacre, the legal scandal of the first acquittal, the fury it sparked, and the eventual hanging of seven perpetrators.
- [06:03] — How short Australian post-1788 history actually is.
- [08:35] — Peter Thiel's stagnation thesis
- [12:08] — What evidence does Abbott see of Australians being ashamed of their history?
- [15:09] — Ryan offers a different read: most Australians are curious about history, not ashamed of it.
- [18:43] — Why isn't Australian history dramatised more on screen?
- [20:19] — Finding Nemo point: great fiction drives engagement more than philanthropy or think tanks.
[21:04] — Mark Twain visited Australia and described Sydney as "an English city with American energy." Abbott loves the line. - [24:47] — The convict origins of Australian egalitarianism.
- [27:26] — What made the early governors enforce the rule of law rather than create their own tyranny?
- [31:56] — Overrated / Underrated (Tyler Cowen's question).
- [35:05] — Indonesia. Why don't we have deeper cultural ties with a neighbour of 300 million?
- [39:13] — Serendipity vs. Providence.
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Link's To Eric Jorgenson
- ejorgenson.com (personal website)
- scribemedia.com (company)
- elonmuskbook.org (book)
Eric Jorgenson, author of the Naval Almanac and the Book of Elon, and CEO of Scribe Media joins me to discuss what makes Elon Musk the most consequential entrepreneur alive.
We dig into Elon's purpose-driven risk-taking, his philosophy of attacking bottlenecks, and why the people who make the biggest dents often pay the steepest personal price. Eric also reflects on his own journey from curating Naval's wisdom at 24 to defining an entirely new genre of book and what it means to do one thing so well the world notices.
Timestamps
03:53 – "A Million Musks" — what Eric actually means by it
04:42 – Can you be a world-changer and still be a good family man?
07:22 – The canonical 2008 Elon risk-taking story
12:47 – Rolling the winnings: Zip2 → PayPal → Tesla/SpaceX
Elon's pattern of compounding risk.
16:19 – Elon's talent attraction formula
18:20 – Has Elon's politics hurt his ability to hire?
19:44 – Elon's first principles communication style
21:23 – How much does Elon recognise his own luck?
26:09 – Vertical integration and the supply chain philosophy
32:36 – How Elon has influenced a new generation of hardware entrepreneurs
36:37 – ASML / Martin van der Brink — the supply chain counterpoint
38:25 – Could Elon disrupt chip manufacturing?
39:50 – Mark Andreessen on founder-led management
41:15 – How Eric got Elon's blessing to publish
42:32 – The almanac format and defining a genre
44:03 – Scribe Media: the business model and Eric's role as CEO
48:30 – What did Vance and Isaacson miss that makes room for the Book of Elon?
52:11 – Naval's foreword: the reaction and what it meant
53:13 – How the Naval Almanac changed Eric's life
56:03 – Eric's worldview in the Book of Elon
1:00:04 – What would Eric still ask Elon?
1:01:08 – "Don't aspire to glory, aspire to work" — what does Eric aspire to now?
1:03:21 – The serendipity question
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Will Marshall is the CEO and Co-Founder of Planet.
Planet own and operate a fleet of (200+) satellites which image daily, the entire world.
Planet’s ultimate ambition is to achieve a queryable earth.
The way you might ask Google what the population of Australia is, you’d be able to ask Planet any conceivable question you might have about the surface of the world. The way Google would refer to the Australian Bureau of Statistics for an answer to the countries population, Planet will refer your query to their data, millions and millions of indexed images of the planet’s surface to present you an answer.
The applications of this are huge.
Take economic intelligence as an example… all types of queries that could summon early indicators of movements that aren’t already priced in.
- For instance, as an early prediction of retail sales you could ask; How many cars are in Walmart parking lots across America right now? Or even, over the past 3 months, what’s the daily average number been?
- Which Chinese ports are seeing more or less traffic than they usually might since the 2026 Iran war began?
And then there’s uses for climate and the environment.
- I could ask, at what rate is a specific glacier retreating? Measure this season’s melt against each other year to date.
- Monitoring and acting upon overfishing in protected zones.
- Or as I ask Will in the interview, could Planet’s data be more accurate at early predictions regarding where an Australian bushfire season might be worst hit
You can imagine the applications for agriculture but as well, naturally, Planet’s data is also crucial for defence.
- Will comment’s on Planet’s data indicating very early the Russian buildup of activity closing in on a Ukraine border.
- And I caught Will just day’s after the 2026 war with Iran, a conflict where Planet’s data is also in use.
Will Marshall an incredible entrepreneur, but as you’ll see in the interview, he also has extensive interests beyond just those of his business.
Marshall’s PHD advisor was Sir Roger Penrose. He worked at NASA. He was on the team that discovered large quantities of water ice on the moon. He co-invented a space debris collision avoidance method using ground-based lasers. Will has lived in communal housing for 20 years. He’s a Brit abroad in America and is now the CEO of a company not only ambitioning for all the queryable stuff mentioned above, but as well is now partnered with both Google and Nvidia to explore the potential for data centres in space.
It’s a enormous pleasure to welcome to Will Marshall to the podcast.
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- Rampart
- The Chairman's Lounge
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Who is Joe Aston?
For my Australian audience, you'll likely know him from his debut book The Chairman's Lounge, a forensic and damning account of Qantas. But for anyone international, put simply, Joe is among Australia's most consequential journalists.
He took over the Australian Financial Review's Rear Window column at just 28, and across a twelve-year tenure transformed it into the most anticipated daily column in Australian business and politics.
His former editor called it journalism "like never before seen in Australia and arguably the world."
Joe's reporting contributed to the downfall of the CPA Australia CEO and board, the resignation of Rio Tinto's chairman, Alan Joyce's early exit from Qantas, and a long list of uncomfortable reckoning in between.
In and amongst the many themes that this podcast covers, the most consistent among them has been journalism and good journalists.
And I say that because I think I caught Joe at an interesting juncture in his life. In the last twelve months Joe’s gone independent. Leaving the security of the AFR to launch his own media company, Rampart.
The work is the same. Breaking the stories from business and politics that his readers have come to expect, but the model is new, and it puts Joe in unfamiliar territory as an entrepreneur which I think is another example of how media business models are being re-cast, and indicative of the direction the best talent is heading towards.
We recorded this about ten months into the Rampart journey. We cover his influences, his early years in PR, his personal battles, Rampart and throughout it all, what Joe judges to be, good journalism.
Timestamps with Joe Aston
00:00 Introduction To Joe
02:06 Joe’s Influences
08:01 Alcoholism
14:54 From The Rear Window To Rampart
33:59 Journalistic Courage and Ethical Boundaries
44:04 Lessons from PR and Corporate Life
54:49 Goals for Rampart and Future Media Innovation
01:08:06 Serendipity
- War & Wheat - Dennis Voznesenski
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Dennis Voznesenski is an Australian analyst who has spent his career deep in the world of global agriculture. He is the author of 'War & Wheat'.
In this conversation, Dennis explains how geopolitical forces, from trade wars to energy policy, ripple through agricultural markets in ways that are difficult to predict but impossible to ignore.
We discuss the unique position of Australian farmers, who compete on the global stage without the subsidies that prop up producers in the US, Europe, and beyond. The unbelievable masses of production. The efficiency of it. How the America's are basically where it all comes from. We get into why farmers are increasingly investing in on-farm storage as a strategic response to volatile markets, how infrastructure gaps in developing regions are holding back enormous agricultural potential, and the tension between the push for greater productivity and the long-term sustainability of the land itself.
Dennis also walks us through how historical events provide essential context for understanding where agricultural markets are heading today, and helps explain the current moment through the lens of agriculture.
Timstamps.
00:00 The Global Landscape of Agriculture
12:11 Insights from the Agricultural Industry
24:38 The Role of Technology and Innovation
31:22 The Impact of Global Events on Agriculture
52:56 Future Prospects and Opportunities
- Jeff Farrell 'Cocaine Diaries'
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When Irish journalist Jeff Farrell arrived in Venezuela during the Chávez years as a Latin American correspondent, he couldn't have chanced a more serendipitous encounter that lead to one of the most harrowing stories he'd ever tell. That encounter was with the Irish drug mule, Paul Keeney, and his story that followed became the bestselling book, 'Cocaine Diaries', which pulls back the curtain on the nightmarish reality of Venezuela's prison system: the corruption, the violence, the abuse and the absurdity.
Jeff discusses the extraordinary risks facing foreign correspondents trying to report from Venezuela today, where journalists are turned back at the airport and armed civilian militias called 'colectivos' who patrol the streets. We discuss his forthcoming novel 'Last Call of Caracas', which he's been writing for eight years and life imitated art a bit early in this case because by sheer coincidence, the novel ruptures to a scene of the US attacking Venezuela
Throughout it all, Jeff reflects on a country he clearly loves but can no longer safely visit—and holds onto hope that one day, when the regime falls and the diaspora returns, he might get to write something positive about Venezuela for a change.
Timestamps
00:00 Jeff Farrell & The Story
03:00 The Risks of Reporting from Venezuela
06:13 The Challenges of Foreign Correspondence
09:03 Life Under a Regime of Fear
11:59 The Complexities of Venezuelan Society
14:57 The Impact of Corruption and Socialism
18:12 The Beauty and Paradox of Venezuela
21:06 The Geography and Demographics of Venezuela
24:04 The Journey of a Foreign Correspondent
27:07 The Serendipitous Encounter with Paul Keeney
44:27 A Journey into the Venezuelan Prison System
51:47 Serendipity and the Book Deal
54:07 Paul Keeney's Life and Struggles
01:00:22 The Harsh Realities of Venezuelan Prisons
01:08:14 Escape from Venezuela
01:13:54 The Aftermath of the Book and Future Plans
01:18:04 Reflections on Journalism and Human Experience
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Jeremy Dicker is a co-founder of International Intrigue, a daily geopolitics newsletter delivered to over 150,000 inboxes worldwide.
Before entrepreneurship, Jeremy spent 14 years as an Australian diplomat, with postings in both Latin and North America, Peru, Mexico and LA specifically.
International Intrigue was born during London lockdown when Jeremy and his co-founders (fellow former diplomats) jumped on the new media of newsletter’s nascent industry and decided to write to make geopolitics accessible, witty, and funny
Jeremey boasts that the writers from ‘The Diplomat’ read the newsletter which is a huge flex given just how good that TV show is.
Jeremy and his team published a 25 predictions for 2026 article just a few weeks ago and that’s exactly what we go through on todays episode.
Timestamps
00:00 - Jeremy & International Intrigue
01:01 - Taiwan & Global Disorder
11:35 - Prediction 1: Europe's Reliance on the US
21:09 - Prediction 2: Cryptocurrency's Mainstream Adoption
28:22 - Prediction 3: Nuclear Energy and Tech Giants
33:13 - Prediction 4:AI and the Bubble Debate
39:59 - Prediction 5: Russia Ukraine
42:44 - Prediction 6: The Pink Tide: Shifts in Latin American Politics
58:24 Prediction 7: Climate Change
01:08:32 - Diplomacy and National Interests: Balancing Values and Policies
01:09:03 - Prediction 8: BRICS vs Quad
01:15:12 - US Foreign Policy and Global Dynamics
01:19:11 - Diplomatic Challenges Under Trump
01:26:12 - Prediction 9: The Future of the UN and Global Governance
01:30:02 - Prediction 10: China's Technological Ascendancy
01:34:53 - Australia's Role in Global Affairs
- The Elements of Power - Nicolas Niarchos
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In this episode, New Yorker journalist Nicolas Niarchos discusses the supply chains behind the clean energy transition from child miners and Chinese-owned mega-mines to the coming global scramble for critical minerals.
I’ve been eagerly anticipating his new book, and I reckon it is tailor made for this podcast. It’s the history of cobalt it’s extraction and it’s applications and shows how a single mineral has reshaped geopolitics, powered the rise of China’s technological superiority, and further locked millions of Congolese into one of the most brutal extraction economies on earth.
This is a story that begins with King Leopold the second the original plunder of the Congo but then runs through Cold War dictatorships and kleptocracy, and ends with Apple, Tesla, BYD, and the race to dominate the future of energy.
It’s Nic’s second appearance on this podcast on a similar subject, therefore we avoided to go-over all the same ground as last time. The first episode was about his New Yorker piece on artisanal mining in the Congo, his arrest in the Congo and the foundations for his worldview in covering this issue.
Today we go into his new book. Inside the mines of Katanga, inside the rise of China’s battery empire, inside the corruption that still governs Congo’s political system, and inside the coming resource wars that will define the next half-century.
- Eighty percent of the world’s cobalt now comes from the Congo.
- Most of it is controlled by Chinese companies.
- As much as 20% of it is still dug out of the ground by hand.
- Kinshasa, Congo’s capital, is expected to have 40,000,000 people by 2050.
And the world is about to need more of what’s beneath their feet than ever before.
On The Trail Of Genghis Khan - Tim Cope (Book)
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Tim Cope underwent a three year journey traversing the entire Eurasian steppe, starting in Karakorum, the old Mongolian capital, westwards through Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine and finally Hungary until he reached the Danube river.
The journey took him three years to complete and 4 horses. He picked up a dog along the way, and his journey saw him robbed, threatened, welcomed and exposed to murderous heat and cold.
I first wrote to Tim 4 years ago… so we’ve maintained a very spotty correspondence in anticipation for today.
Tim Cope is is an Australian adventurer, author, filmmaker, photographer, expedition guide - a fluent Russian speaker - a bloody good writer and someone generous enough to offer me their time and invite me into their home here in rural Victoria.
Timestamps.
00:00 - Tim Cope
02:50 - The Magic Of The Steppe
10:10 - Tim's Coma & Writing
13:15 - Tim's Backstory
24:50 - On The Trail Of Genghis Khan
33:01 - The Eurasian Steppe
37:41 - The Decline Of Nomadic Cultures
46:27 - Entering Into Kazakhstan & Finding A Dog
1:02:55 - Tim's Growing Reputation On The Steppe
1:10:50 - Alcoholism On The Steppe
1:19:12 - Abandoned Goldmine For The Winter
1:38:45 - Prostitution
1:50:00 - Tim's Father Passing Away
2:05:46 - Hungary
2:12:30 - The Problem Of Fitting Back In
2:24:50 - Success & Book Publishing
2:31:00 - How Mongolia Has Changed
2:44:10 - Tim's Evolving Thoughts On Both Russia & Ukraine
The Men Who Killed The News (Book)
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Eric Beecher is a veteran journalist, editor and entrepreneur whose experienced first hand the dramatic evolution of the previous 40 years of media.
From broadsheet’s to TV to the internet to facebook, podcasts, now AI. Eric has been across all these, both an employee and employer as the business models were repeatedly shaken and recast.
And he asks, what is the cumulative damage when owners of journalism place profits and power over civic responsibility and decency.
That book is called, ‘The Men Who Killed The News’ and series a history of media moguldom, the perennial story of power and influence chipping away ever so gradually, the role good journalism esteems in helping us make sense of the world. It’s not nostalgia for the good old days, but rather an attempt to understand how we got here, and whether there is anything that can be done about it.
Eric was formerly the youngest editor at the Sydney Morning Herald before being recruited by Murdoch himself to run at the time, his latest media acquisition, before resigning sighting ethical differences.
Eric runs today alongside his colleagues, Crikey, The Mandarin and SmartCompany. Eric is a major architect of modern Australian independent media, and it is my pleasure to welcome him to the podcast.
Gareth Gore | Unveiling The Conspiracy Of Opus Dei (his first appearance)
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This is Gareth’s second appearance on the podcast.
It is the political fallout from everything covered in our first episode where he told the story for how he serendipitously uncovered Opus Dei’s hidden power and financial manipulation while investigating the ruins of the Spanish bank, Banco Popular.
It began as a routine story but evolved into the discovery of a global network of manipulation, coercive recruitment, psychological abuse, and enormous financial flows routed through myriad opaque foundations. Gareth spoke about how Opus Dei maintains a polished, benign public image, but secretly operates an inner core of numeraries—members bound by vows of obedience, chastity, and poverty—who are tightly controlled, isolated, and monitored.
It’s systematic practices include corporal mortification, constant surveillance, abuse, both emotional and physical and the exploitation of vulnerable young women tantamount to human trafficking. Opus Dei used Banco Popular as a piggy bank for decades, funnelling money through shell foundations and offshore channels to fund their impressive global expansion.
This is a Direct quote from Gareth’s first appearance… “This is an organisation that seeks to re-Christianize of the entire world… Opus Dei is informed by a warped, distorted, conservative, radical reading of the Bible. It embeds itself in key institutions, especially in the United States. and Despite its Vatican legitimacy, Opus Dei uses secrecy and corporate structures to evade accountability.
A probe into Gideon Haigh's worldview, someone I've anticipated interviewing ever since this podcast began.
Some highlights from the podcast.
- On cricket: “Cricket marches backwards into the future — always haunted by its past.”
- On Warne: “He had perfect superficiality and the gift of putting everyone at ease.”
- On journalism: “Legacy media has become mindlessly negative. If they can’t own it, they destroy it.”
- On new media: “It’s amazingly empowering to write something and press publish — no intermediaries, no gatekeepers.”
- On India: “India has become the gravitational centre of world cricket — a nation full of gods, and some of them play cricket.”
- On memory:“Memory is a slippery thing — journalists are constantly trying to pin it down, trusting it when it suits us, interrogating it when it doesn’t.”
Gideon is a veteran journalist, author and the most eclectic cricket writer alive today. He has prolific output. He’s published more than 50 books and thousands of articles scoping a gamut of topics. Work, bureaucracy, the office, Australian crime, banks, business, scandals, cricket, cricket history, cricket politics, media, journalism, biography, memoir, and too many more to rattle off.
Check out the video of this one (Spotify or Youtube). The decor is a very on the nose projection for Gideon's aforementioned interests. Lining opposite walls are two imposing floor to ceiling bookshelves eyeing each down for Gideons attention. Behind him a shrine to cricket and across from him a shrine to the rest.
Gideon is also the co-host, alongside Peter Lalor, the wonderful Substack and podcast - Cricket Et Al.
If you like Cricket than you’ll love Cricket Et Al.
... a few quotes from Gideon in the interview to leave you with.
- "I've always thought journalism was a great vehicle for curiosity"
- “Contemporaneous documentation — that which was created at the time — is the closest thing we have to truth.”
- “Part of the romance of archives is finding them — going to see the thing that no one else has looked at.”
- “We are too easily satisfied with low-hanging fruit. I believe strongly in delayed gratification.”
- “An inquest is like a lightning flash — it illuminates everything in its surroundings for a moment before vanishing.”
- “If the record spoke for itself, it wouldn’t need interpretation.”
- “A good historian has humility. They know they can’t tell the whole thing, but they do their best.”
- “It’s not imagination that’s rare, it’s perseverance.”
- “I’m interested in delighting readers, not just informing them.”
- “The minute I stop getting better, I’ll stop doing it.”
- “Journalism should be a vehicle for curiosity, not defensiveness.”
- “I’ve always thought the best journalism comes from knowing who really pulls the strings.”
- “The site, the Substack — it’s a hungry beast. It requires constant replenishment.”
- “I’m not just writing to be read. I’m writing to find out what I think.”
- “I dislike the term ‘non-fiction’ — defining something by what it’s not.”
- “Legacy media is in long-term decline. They can’t own new ideas — so they’d rather destroy them.”
- “The barriers to entry have never been lower. The barriers to making a living have never been higher.”
- “Cricket is a game that marches backward into the future — every feat echoes those that came before.”
- “Test cricket is romantic love; T20 is carnal love.”
I've anticipated this interview for 6 years.
Robyn Davidson has lived one of the most mythologised lives in Australian memory.
She famously and unintentionally burst onto the scene with Tracks in 1988, which was a 2,700km camel trek across the Simpson desert. She'd never intended to write a book or document anything of it's kind from the journey, but was desperate for some money to gather supplies for the impending trip. She figured $1000 would do, and serendipitously met the National Geographic photographer who put her on the map whilst cleaning windows as a part time gig in Alice Springs.
He said that if she wrote to National Geographic telling them about the journey, then she might get what she needed.
They paid her $4,000 which Robyn comments 'was a fortune', and from there, the rest is history.
Robyn has since lived between India, London and Australia but travelled most elsewhere on the map. She was with Salman Rushdie while he wrote the 'Satanic Verses', has published a series of books and articles documenting the lives of nomads, lived an 'aristocratic life' with her partner Narendra Singh Bhati in the high Himalayas and most recently published an autobiography titled 'Unfinished Woman'. Robyn say's to me that 'memoir is the slipperiest genre'.
I have waited 6 years to do this interview with Robyn. She has a dream guest of mine since before the podcast began. We recorded earlier this year in rural Victoria.
The interview is Robyn's life. What led up to tracks, and what happened after.
Robyn reflects on her lifelong resistance to labels. Not a “writer,” not a “traveller,” not a “feminist icon,” but simply, as she says, “a person.” We speak about memoir, the slipperiness of memory “in retrospect, memory is imagination”.
She speaks candidly about solitude, beauty, and depression, her family, fame, about the distortion of the famous photographs “Rick made me look like a Vogue model, that wasn’t me”, and her uneasy relationship with literary celebrity in London alongside Doris Lessing, Salman Rushdie, Christopher Hitchens, Martin Amis and more.
“Whenever you write in the first person, you are necessarily creating a character — a doppelgänger. She is me, but she’s not quite me.”“The truth is, memory is imagination.”“I worship the phrase ‘I don’t know.’ If you don’t have ‘I don’t know,’ you can’t learn anything.”“If you have a firm identity, you’re trapped in it.”
In this podcast you can expect the following discussion.
The Performed Self & Identity
- “Whenever you use the first-person pronoun, you are necessarily creating a character.”
The Narrative Fallacy
- “We invent neat, linear, emotionally satisfying stories to explain what happened… but the world is messy, chaotic and driven by chance.”
Freedom, Nomadism & Refusal to Be Fixed
- Freedom and movement — literal and intellectual — define her resistance to labels like “travel writer” or “author.”
Chance, Fate & Serendipity
- “On the tiniest turning point you can head off in a billion directions.”
Depression, Nihilism & Meaning
- “It’s a terrible pain that hovers somewhere between the physical body and the mental body.”
- “To learn how to deal with a profoundly nihilistic view and to counter that view — that’s been the most formative moment of my life.”
Beauty, Objectification & Subjecthood
- “If that journey was about anything, it was about being the subject of my own life, not an object.”
Feminism, Rebellion & the 1968 Generation
- The spirit of the late-’60s counterculture — radical freedom, equality, and experimentation — shaped her worldview.
Authenticity vs. Fame
- “What I was interested in was knowledge and whether people were genuine or
“I deserved whatever the opposite of a Pulitzer is.”
Phil Elwood isthe author of All the Worst Humans, a confessional memoir from the dubious world of public relations.
As a PR operative. He helped Qatar win the 2022 World Cup. He spun the release of the Lockerbie bomber into a “positive headline.” Had the Gaddafi family, the Assad regime and plenty more among his clients.
Phil speaks with humility and incredible clarity about what he learned from that world. The moral grey zones, the craft behind the spin, and how media manipulation really works in practice.
It’s a rare, honest window into an industry that prefers the shadows.
- How propaganda and PR actually get executed behind closed doors
- The mechanics of “first ink,” astroturfing, and reputation laundering
- The moral compromises behind Qatar’s 2022 World Cup bid
- Sportswashing, Liv Golf, and the new global game of influence
- Whether the media is more easily manipulated than ever?
- Whether AI and independent creators can break the old PR machinery
00:00 — Who is Phil Elwood?
04:57 — Lockerbie bomber: how he manufactured “positive press” for Libya.
11:14 — “Opposite of a Pulitzer” treating the news like a solvable game.
12:30 — What a PR operative really does; “infect a newsroom.”
18:28 — First Ink masterclass: Antigua vs USA
27:44 — Qatar 2022: going negative on the US bid
40:15 — Is Sportswashing PR? Is it all bad?
49:57 — “Buy the printing press”: oligarch media ownership.
55:01 — News collapse, AI replacing reporters, and why that’s dangerous.
57:21 — Andrew Callaghan. Do gatekeepers still matter?
01:05:53 — “Digital fentanyl”; treat content as a public-health issue.
01:10:27 — Rebranding Zuckerberg; persona as PR product.
01:22:44 — Bots: PR firms pitching bot farms
01:34:30 — Practical playbook & media-literacy plus a nice close.
“In the next 25 years, the world will need more copper than in all of human history.”
Amendment - I said 3.2 billion kg of copper in opening question, I should have said 320 million kg.
In this episode, journalist and author Vince Beiser returns to the podcast to discuss his book Power Metal, a sobering look at the metals that make modern civilization possible — and the extraordinary cost of extracting them.
We cover the story of copper — the wire of empire. Beiser reveals why humanity will need more copper in the next 25 years than we’ve used in all of history, and how that quest is reshaping geopolitics, the environment, and our very ideas of progress. From Chile’s drought-stricken Atacama mines to the e-waste yards of Lagos, Nigeria, we follow the real people and places behind our “clean-energy” future — and the dirty truths that power it.
We also unpack the rise of deep-sea mining, the billionaires behind it, and the tensions between state power, corporate ambition, and the planet’s limits. Along the way we meet Robert Friedland, Gerard Barron, Dan Gertler, and a cast of characters who prove that the world still runs on digging — and that the future will too.
If you liked The World in a Grain or stories about how our material world shapes our moral one, this conversation will hit home.
Topics: Resource wars, clean-tech paradox, deep-sea mining, copper shortage, China’s industrial strategy, EV economics, and how to reduce demand without going backwards.
Guest: Vince Beiser - author of Power Metal and The World in a Grain
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Timestamps.
00:00 – Intro: Vince Beiser & Power Metal
02:00 – Chile’s Copper Boom & the Atacama Water Crisis
07:00 – Congo’s Cobalt, U.S. Retreat, and Copper Geography
10:00 – The No-Free-Lunch of the Green Transition
12:30 – Lagos E-Waste Recyclers & the Hidden Cost of Recycling
19:10 – Deep-Sea Mining and the Billionaires Behind It
23:00 – The UN vs Trump: Who Owns the Ocean Floor?
33:00 – Robert Friedland, Steve Jobs & Congo’s Mining Empire
41:00 – Corruption, Crony Capitalism & Dan Gertler
47:00 – Commodity Volatility and State Intervention
52:00 – China’s Industrial Patience vs Western Myopia
55:00 – Rethinking Cars, Cities & Demand Reduction
58:00 – The Future of Resources — and Civilization Itself
Theoretical physicist and bestselling author Lawrence Krauss (A Universe from Nothing, The Known Unknowns) explores the biggest questions we can ask:
How did the universe begin? Why is there something rather than nothing? What is consciousness? And what will remain when every star has burned out?
Krauss moves seamlessly from the hard science of the Big Bang and dark energy to existential philosophy, arguing that our cosmic insignificance is precisely what makes life meaningful.
Along the way he shares personal stories—mentorship from Nobel laureates, serendipitous discoveries, his friendship with Christopher Hitchens—and explains how curiosity and rigorous science drive human progress.
🪐 What We Cover
- 0:00 Intro & Lawrence Krauss’s background
- 1:40 Why cosmic insignificance makes life precious
- 5:45 Serendipity, creativity & the joy of discovery
- 13:00 Australia stories & reflections on public science
- 16:20 Science as culture & the power of the scientific method
- 24:30 Evidence for the Big Bang and the age of the universe (~13.8B years)
- 29:15 How astronomers measure cosmic acceleration & dark energy
- 36:00 The universe’s fate: heat death, black holes & ultimate nothingness
- 40:45 Consciousness and the mystery of self-aware stardust
- 44:40 Memories of Christopher Hitchens and Hitch’s final quip
💡 Key Ideas & Quotes
- “We make our own meaning. The universe doesn’t care—and that’s liberating.”
- “Science is not just results; it’s the process of questioning and testing.”
- “Rare things happen all the time in a big, old universe.”
- Christopher Hitchens on existence: “Why is there something rather than nothing? Just wait... it won’t be for long.”
📚 A Selection Of Books by Lawrence Krauss
- A Universe from Nothing
- The Known Unknowns
- The Physics of Star Trek
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Who is Chris Arnade!
He started as a physicist, earning a PHD from Johns Hopkins and then took to Wall St spending two decades on an elite trading desk at CitiGroup before disillusioning his well dressed allies to engage in the photography, walking and writing of the great and forgotten cities of this world.
He is a best selling author, but as well… a best subscribed substacker!
'Chris Arnade Walks The World' is the publications name…
And in it, Chris lives up to the title.
Japan, Europe, China, Australia, The Faroe Islands, Canada, the expansive US of A, Turkey, Korea, Indonesia even Uzbekistan (which gets a special mention in this podcast). Cities within all of these great nations and many more, Chris has trod and documented.
His format is slow and empathetic. Chris will embark on several 20-30km journeys at his location, take photos and then report on his walk.
I can’t remember how long I’ve been subscribed, although it feels like years, but the other day I woke up to an email which detailed Chris’s initial impressions of Sydney! I replied to the email right away, and just a few hours later was guiding him along the Malabar to Bondi trail. Steve and I - guiding Chris from the area I grew up to the most iconic beach in Australia.
That was a special serendipity which came out of no-where and furthermore, led to this podcast today...
- 00:00 Introduction to Chris Arnade — physicist, Wall Street trader, turned global walker/writer.
- 02:00 First impressions of Sydney — “child of LA and London,” with beaches, pubs, suburbs, and good living.
Sydney Observations
- 03:40 Sydney’s trains: efficient, sprawling, but designed to avoid beaches.
- 06:00 Sydney friendliness vs. UK cynicism — “Australians are like puppy dogs, eager to please.”
- 09:30 Suburbs as “democratized manors,” good life for the average person, housing affordability issues.
- 13:00 Housing supply constraints, coastline beauty, and why Sydney isn’t as bad as people think.
Walking & Method
- 16:30 From physics & Wall Street to walking: walks as stress relief, learning, meditation.
- 20:30 Spreadsheet brain → toy models → refining worldview through walking.
- 22:30 Cities that defied expectations: Tashkent & Jakarta.
Global Perspectives
- 25:30 Africa’s challenges: Nigeria & Dakar as examples of dysfunction despite resources.
- 29:00 Australia’s weak ties with Indonesia, lack of Indonesians in Sydney, food culture, overlapping economic models.
- 33:30 Chinese-Indonesian business dominance — parallels to Jews, Lebanese, minorities elsewhere.
- 36:00 High-trust vs. low-trust societies: Japan as the archetype.
Culture & Writing
- 41:30 Why he avoids fame, prefers anonymity, but respects subscribers deeply.
- 44:00 Pressure to deliver as a Substack writer — treating it like a job.
- 47:00 Writing inspiration, uninspired cities (Bangkok), and the challenges of always producing.
- 53:00 Strong opinions drive traffic
Dignity & Underclass
- 55:00 “Dignity” project in the US — underclass and addiction.
Personal Life
- 56:20 Family and frugality
- 58:50 Why he doesn’t read other travel writers
Philosophy & Serendipity
- 01:04:50 Serendipity? “I don’t believe in coincidence.”
- 01:07:00 Country he’s most bullish on
- 01:09:00 Next destinations
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I joined the Australian economist Nicholas Gruen recently in his Melbourne home to host his first 'long-form' podcast (although I'm not sure at what hour it goes from short to long)
At the core of Gruen's worldview is the “un-seriousness” he levels at Australian politics, the media landscape, institutions and in a word... bureaucracies.
From his creation of the HALE Index to his decades inside Australia’s public institutions, Nicholas continuously challenges orthodox thinking.
The podcast covers the (in my opinion) radical yet (Nicholas's opinion) ancient idea of citizens’ juries as a second pillar of representation, the reasons bold policy rarely survives bureaucratic reality, and how lessons from the Toyota production system could help governments actually listen to people at the bottom of the hierarchy.
Along the way, Gruen takes us from Australia’s superannuation system to pokies, from the mental health crisis to the subtle erosion of public-spiritedness inside organisations.
To be specific, these are all the topics covered in this chat.
- The HALE Index of Well-being – Why GDP misses the mark, how HALE works, and what it reveals about Australia’s progress.
- Measuring What Matters – The limits of subjective well-being metrics, correlations between indicators, and why faux indexes mislead policymakers.
- Indigenous Policy Contradictions – The tension between material “gap closing” and self-determination, and why policy rarely confronts it.
- Citizens’ Juries & Political Reform – Introducing random selection into governance and how it could act as a check on elected officials.
- Goodhart’s Law in Action – How turning measures into targets corrupts them, and the problem of gaming metrics in education and beyond.
- Internal vs External Goods – Alasdair MacIntyre’s framework and its relevance to public service, corporate culture, and motivation.
- Institutional Stagnation – Why promising initiatives stall, and how bottom-up programs could scale without being crushed by bureaucracy.
- Toyota Production System Lessons – Building respect for frontline workers into systems and how it transforms performance.
- Australia’s Superannuation System – Strengths, inefficiencies, unfair taxation, and misaligned regulation of self-managed super funds.
- Compulsory Voting & Preferential Systems – How they shape Australia’s political centre and guard against extreme populism.
- Universities Today – The shift from idea-driven discourse to metric-chasing careerism, especially in economics.
- Trade-offs vs Synergies – Why economics often overemphasises trade-offs, and examples of where quality and cost improve together.
Timestamps
00:00 Introduction to Nicholas Gruen
05:41 The Limitations of GDP as a Measure
11:08 Inequality and Its Impact on Well-being
16:45 The Role of Metrics in Policy Making
22:10 The Importance of Community Engagement
41:48 Connecting Education to the Real World
47:24 Learning from Toyota's Success
56:52 The Flaws in Superannuation System
01:02:55 Reforming Auditing Practices
01:11:39 The Shift in University Education
01:20:59 Divergent Perspectives in Economics
01:32:49 Rethinking Representation in Democracy
01:48:25 The Role of Elite Consensus in Political Change
02:07:58 Understanding Domestic Violence in Indigenous Communities
02:21:55 The Role of New Media in Political Discourse
02:26:38 The Impact of Gambling on Australian Society
02:36:08 The Nature of Optimism and Serendipity in Life
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Quaise are on the other side of the most exciting week in their companies short history. They use millimeter wave energy from a gyrotron to vaporise rock and create boreholes for accessing deep geothermal energy, offering an alternative to costly traditional drilling methods for accessing those critically hot depths.
It is an extremely ambitious, exciting and unique ambition - and Quaise have now proven their technology is applicable outside of theoretical and controlled lab conditions. They have successfully dug to a depth of 100m with their technology at a sight just outside of Austin, Texas - and therefore, move one step closer to realising their goal for adding electrons at scale to the grid.
Matt Houde is the Co-Founder of Quaise. This is the second time he's joined me on the podcast. In this interview today we discussed the success of Texas, the business model of Quaise, serendipity in innovation, politics and finance for Quaise and plenty more in between…
Sam Roggeveen - The Echidna Strategy
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Sam Roggeveen coined The 'Echidna Strategy' - which is an on the nose metaphor for thinking about Australian Defence policy.
Echidna’s are a tiny, cute little animals native to Australia. They are essentially harmless, they only eat ants and termites but despite their size and vulnerability, they have evolved this incredible defensive system. Their bodies are covered in long, spiky thorns thereby making them immune to pretty much all types of attacks that might come from animals higher in the food chain.
So in a nutshell, Sam wants Australia to be more like echidna’s, a threat to nobody, but disastrous to anybody that should attack them.
In the podcast we discussed Australian defense policy in a changing global landscape. How Australia can become a self-reliant power, the implications of China's military rise, and the evolving role of the United States in the region.
Sam shares his thoughts on the importance of ambition in leadership, the potential for an Australian-Indonesian alliance, and the strategic mistakes of AUKUS.
Sam worked as an intelligence analyst at Australia's Office of National Assessments before he joined the Lowy institute where he now serves as the Director of the International Security Program, where he leads Australia's defence strategy, US foreign policy and Chinas military development.
The opening few minutes of this are not the best audio, but after that it kicks into studio quality. This was recorded in person in Canberra, it is my pleasure to welcome Sam Roggeveen to the podcast…
Pat McGee - Apple in China
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Each year, Apple sells more than 100 million unit's of it's various products, with some factories capable of producing up to 500,000 iPhones (alone) per day.
This scale of quality and quantity is not replicated anywhere else in history. And it's all down to the special and unique relationship between one of the world's largest hardware companies, Apple and the worlds largest manufacturer, China.
Pat McGee wrote the book on this... 'Apple in China', and joins me for a discussion which explores the intricate relationship between Apple and China's manufacturing landscape. Tim Cook's pivotal role, the challenges of relying on China for production, and the unique conditions that have allowed China to dominate the manufacturing sector. Pat reflects on the geopolitical implications of Apple's strategy and the serendipitous nature of his writing process, culminating in a discussion about the future of industrial statecraft and the lessons learned from Apple's experience.
00:00: Pat McGee
02:52: Tim Cook's Role in Apple's Success in China
06:00: Apple's Reliance on China and Its Vulnerabilities
12:12: The Scale of Apple's Manufacturing and Its Implications
18:12: Foxcon & Terry Gou
24:03: China's Manufacturing Strategy and Apple's Role
29:59: China's Ambitions and Apple's Unintentional Consequences
39:50: The Journey of Writing The Book
44:05: Leaning Into Serendipity
51:31: The Impact of Apple's Industrial Strategy
58:59: Geopolitical Implications of China's Manufacturing
01:08:02: Doing Jon Stewart!
Uncomfortable Conversations Podcast
Uncomfortable Conversations Substack
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Josh Szeps is a broadcaster, political commentator, and in my opinion, Australia's best interviewer.
He has, afterall, conducted thousands of them… and from many different pulpits. Whether it’s podcasting, Huffpost live, or radio, Josh has interviewed everyone from the biggest celebrities in the world, to academics, to geopolitics, to culture wars, comedy, economics and all the rest in between - it’s incredible how flexible Josh is and how well he can extemporaneously talk about or ask the right questions of, seemingly any topic.
He’s also someone who has been doing this for decades, and seen from the front row the two most significant disruptions to media over that time. I wanted to get something evergreen on Josh’s worldview and evolving timeline of a career…
Josh Szeps is the creator and host of one of my favourite podcasts, ‘Uncomfortable conversations’, and author of a substack by the same name.
00:00 - Who Is Josh Szeps
05:16 - Navigating Career Paths: Serendipity and Ambition
18:08 - Finding Aliveness: Reflections on Career and Life
22:34 - The Journey to New York: Opportunities and Challenges
33:19 - The Journey to HuffPost Live
37:39 - Memorable Interviews and Guests
39:20 - Preparation for Interviews
42:21 - The Importance of Collaboration
49:12 - Norm MacDonald & Joe Rogan
58:41 - The Joy of Media Engagement
01:00:02 - Navigating Life Changes and Career Transitions
01:10:50 - Alan Jones
01:11:52 - The Influence of Podcasting
01:12:35 - Living in Australia vs. the US
01:15:09 - The Future of Independent Media
01:21:40 - Innovating in Media Formats
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Arne Anderson, Three Tours In Afghanistan For The Swedish Military #46
Swedens Elite Police Unit, Piketen #146
Christopher Neijd Police Lieutenant in Södertälje & Southern Stockholm #165
Because of my old mate, Arne Andersson - I’ve been incredibly lucky to have gotten to know several of his old military buddies. There are those listed above...
And then there is my guest for this episode today, courtesy to the serendipity proximate to Arne…
Peter, whose full name will remain redacted - is the head of the isolation ward at Kumla prison, which is the largest maximum security prison in Sweden. We recorded this about 6 months ago, so I am very late to publish, but I hope you’ll agree that the contents are evergreen. Not tied down to any particular time and news, and therefore as useful now as it would have been then as it will be in 5 years time.
Pete and I sat down together to record this one in Stockholm last late Autumn, it’s as many ins and outs of the prison system that I could think to ask Peter. This is an exhaustive list, but it includes inmate demographics, the impact of overpopulation, the complexities of rehabilitation, the psychological effects of prison on both inmates and staff. the crucial differences between the Swedish prison system other countries, and how it’s portrayed in the media, particularly regarding sentencing and the rehabilitation processes. the challenges of institutionalisation, the dynamics of inmate behaviour. Leadership and de-escalation techniques in managing inmate interactions, as well as the influence of gangs and ethnic divides within the prison system. Informal power dynamics among inmates, the prevalence of violence, self-harm, and the challenges faced by prison officers. The changing attitudes of younger inmates towards authority, the psychological impact of incarceration, and the ongoing issues of contraband and drug addiction. The discussion also touches on the responsibility of prison staff to understand and support inmates, the metrics used to evaluate prison conditions, and the societal perceptions of crime and punishment.
In between all that there is as well Peter’s good humour and the natural tangents much of that may draw you down…
00:00 - Who Is Peter & Intro
03:02 Demographics and Overpopulation in Kumla Prison
05:51 Crime Types and Inmate Behaviour
09:00 Rehabilitation and Sentencing in Sweden
11:59 Isolation Units and Mental Health
14:48 Challenges of Overpopulation and Violence
18:05 Administrative Costs and Efficiency
20:56 Psychological Impact of Isolation
23:53 Interactions with Inmates
27:04 Handling Manipulation and Trust
30:00 Sympathy for Inmates and Their Stories
32:48 Mental Health and Rehabilitation Challenges
35:56 Conclusion and Reflections on the Prison System
45:09 The Nature of Work in Prison
51:49 Rehabilitation vs. Punishment in Nordic Prisons
56:08 Institutionalization and Its Effects
01:01:22 De-escalation Techniques in High-Stress Environments
01:08:15 Leadership in Correctional Facilities
01:16:55 Gang Dynamics in Swedish Prisons
01:26:13 Understanding Power Dynamics in Prisons
01:29:07 The Reality of Violence in Prisons
01:31:34 Addressing Self-Harm and Mental Health Issues
01:34:19 The Challenge of Knowing Inmates
01:36:34 Evaluating Prison Metrics and Crime Hierarchies
01:38:52 Religious Practices and Beliefs in Prisons
01:41:01 Changing Dyn
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Colin Thubron (Link's to all books)
Colin Thubron is one of the greatest living travel writers.
He started with the Mirror To Damascus in 1967 and with more than half a century and 18 travel books later published his journey along the Amur River just a few years ago. He’s a contemporary of Theroux, Chatwin, early Dalrymple and inspiration for the newer generation of his genre, the likes of Rory Stewart, Levison Wood and many, many more. Colin has been a dream guest of mine for many years.
This interview travelled a line across the map of his career. Colin reflects on his many experiences in Russia and China, the impact of historical events like the Cultural Revolution, the collapse of the Soviet Union - and the broader evolution of travel writing throughout the years. He gets into the effects of globalisation on cultural identities and how it’s effected his experience over the decades. Colin observes the complexities of nationalism and patriotism, and as well discusses the role religion in his life, the nature of belief, and the rationality behind it all. Colin then comments on mortality and his legacy which leads to a discussion on how travel can serve as a coping mechanism for grief. Plus, together we also touch on the choices and more difficult trade offs surrounding parenthood and career, his aspirations for future literary projects, and the influence of serendipity behind it all.
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00:00 - Colin Thubron
02:29 - Reflections on Travel Writing
07:15 - Evolving Perspectives on Russia
10:36 - Cultural Observations in China
15:02 - The Impact of Travel on Identity
22:09 - The Evolution of Travel Writing
32:47 - Brexit and Nationalism: A Personal Reflection
39:55 - The Imprint of Home
46:10 - Religion
50:12 - The Impact of Travel on Grief
56:03 - Influences and Inspirations in Writing
01:03:28 - Serendipity
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Philippe Gijsels Book - https://www.amazon.com/World-Economy-Trends-superinflation-hyperinnovation/dp/9401409013
The following is with Philippe Gijsels, the Chief Strategy Officer at BNP Paribas Fortis - he co-wrote a book last year called The New World Economy in 5 Trends - which within, reveals much of the new map we now inhabit, especially in light of the perplexing chaos of spearheaded by America’s sloppy leadership in the last weeks.
Philippe is an erudite bookophile and a banker, a combination that seems not uncommon among the best investors. He and I have been speaking since last year in anticipation of recording this podcast today. I hope you enjoy it.
I wanted to get the interview into the meat of the book as quickly as possible, therefore, took more liberties with editing than I usually do and have excised a part of the podcast to the end of the discussion. The excised component was an explanation and brief discussion on the idea of Reflexivity.
As always, you can navigate through the rest of the show through the timestamps.
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00:00 - Philippe Gijsels
02:54 - Understanding the Fourth Turning
11:38 - Serendipity in Innovation
14:40 - Interest Rates & Tolkien
20:52 - The Impact of Inflation on Individuals
26:49 - Wealth Inequality
39:38 - The Shift to Multi-Globalisation
47:55 - The Future of Work and AI
56:23 - Europe's Role in a Multi-Globalised World
01:12:19 - The Commodities Bull Market
01:14:47 - Demographics and Economic Implications
01:20:46 - Serendipity
01:27:02 - Reflexivity in Economics and Markets
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King Leopold's Ghost Book - https://www.amazon.com.au/King-Leopolds-Ghost-Adam-Hochshild/dp/0618001905
From 1885, for 13 years, one man, King Leopold II, owned, as his personal property, one of the largest pieces of geography on earth. The Congo is four times larger than France, it’s bigger than India, it’s bigger than Texas, Alaska, California & Montana combined - the equator runs right through it’s middle and makes it the second largest rainforest on the globe - it’s impossibly rich in resources, and desperately poor in economics. In those 13 years of private ownership, Leopold oversaw potentially one of the most brutal regimes of extraction the world has ever known. The population was estimated to have halved in those 13 years, more than 10 million deaths. It was an exploit in mass slavery, mass death, bodily mutilation and mass extraction. Ivory and wild rubber were in high demand, and so under the guise of media manipulation and PR mastery, Leopold convinced the world that these goods were in fact being traded with, rather than extracted from, the Congo.
The horror, however, could only be concealed for so long. A fella by the name of Ed Morell who worked for a shipping company in Liverpool noticed the bounty of ivory and rubber arriving from the Congo, with only men and arms making the journey back. His suspicion grew, he found accounts from missionaries and others who had been, and mounted a campaign to undermine the constant wall of propaganda Leopold had financed.
In 1908, the Belgium state purchased the Congo off Leopold… where the country remained a colony of Belgium until 1960.
And for a myriad of reasons, for which we address in the podcast, the Congo today is still on the back foot. Kinshasa, the capital city already has a bigger population than Paris, and is projected to be as much as 40,000,000 by 2050. The Congo today is among the most resource rich nations on earth, but among the least developed. It still attracts the same predation for extraction as it ever has, although all together less forceful and less violent
The man I speak with on the podcast today wrote the definitive history of this period. His name is Adam Hochschild, he’s an author, journalist and historian and wrote in 1998, 'King Leopold's Ghost'.
00:00 Congo's Dark History & Adam Hochschild
03:03 Leopold's Brutal Regime
09:02 Modern Parallels of Exploitation
12:11 The Unique Case of King Leopold
14:58 The Mechanics of Control & Media Manipulation
20:45 Campaigning Against Atrocities: The Legacy of Morrell
34:22 Colonialism and Forced Labor: The Belgian Congo
36:16 The Rubber Boom and Its Consequences
38:09 Criticism Of The Book & Congolese Resistance
42:57 Nationalism and Colonialism: Morel's Perspective
44:48 The Impact of Colonialism on Modern Nations
47:17 Geography and Development: The Congo's Challenges
49:51 Natural Resources and Corruption
52:27 The Future of the Congo: A Grim Outlook
57:22 Serendipity
(There was an technical difficulty right at the end of the conversation, which is why it cuts off)
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Axel Humlesjö is a Swedish journalist against which money laundering, the plumbing of offshore finance and the cancerous nature of dark money, continuously crash up against.
Axel was a part of the team that uncovered systematic money laundering activities with Swedbank in the Baltics. Part of the team behind the series - The Shadow War - which exposed Russian espionage activities in the Nordics and led to the expulsion of five Russian spies from Sweden. Many other stories as well, but of course co-author of his debut book, The Honey Trap which explores Swedbank's involvement in one of the world's largest money laundering scandals and details this extensive operation for how the Russian security service uses sparrows and other means to honey trap and acquire kompromat on a broad slew of people. Honey traps were used directly to illicit compromising material to infiltrate Swedbank.
This podcast goes into Axel’s views on the evolution of journalism in a globalised world, and the significant role that money plays in shaping political landscapes. He goes as far to say it is the single biggest societal issue facing Europe and how intertwined money laundering is with currying foreign influence.
This was recorded in person in Stockholm with Axel last December, it was the last interview I recorded before I left the country.
00:00 - Axel Humlesjö
01:30 - Journalism in a Globalised World
06:23 - The Impact of Money Laundering on Democracy
13:28 - The Influence of Russian Oligarchs
15:48 - The Structural Damage of Under Money
25:38 - The Iceberg of Financial Corruption
41:53 - The Impact of Money Laundering on Society
48:58 - The Kompromat Strategy: Honey Traps and Coercion
01:07:01 - The Future of Investigative Journalism
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Taiwan is the greatest geopolitical question of the 21st century says Kerry Brown, sinologist, and former Diplomat to the British Embassy in Beijing.
He is, I am thrilled to say the guest on todays podcast. A sinologist is a scholar and expert of China, its language, history, politics, and culture - and the theme today is top to bottom the myriad questions looming over one of the largest political issues for China… Taiwan.
Kerry published a book last year called The Taiwan Story: How a Small Island Will Dictate the Global Future. It is marvelous, and my hope was to do as much justice to the various questions which Kerry approaches Taiwan with as possible in a brief podcast.
The big questions being, the economy, given Taiwan’s semi conductor supremacy with its home grown TSMC, the perplexing idea that Xi would view Taiwanese reunification as the most significant achievement to his legacy, how a more fractured, less unified global order creates lots of wiggle room, Taiwan’s history, and that despite having 95% Han ethnicity, what is it about Taiwan which makes them a distinctly different culture to China, Kerrys feeling for the inevitability of an attempt at reunification and lots more between those cracks.
00:00 - Kerry Brown
01:20 - Big Opportunity For China
04:13 - Brief Taiwan History
07:33 - TSMC
24:09 - What China Thinks Of Taiwan
37:42 - Taiwanese Identity & Culture
50:14 - It’s All Xi
52:35 - Opinions Of Taiwan
58:30 - Kerry’s Life Work
1:06:00 - Kevin Rudd & Australia
1:16:30 - Indonesia & Serendipity
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Robert Kaplan has been sighted as one of the most influential geopolitical thinkers of the modern era. The Revenge Of Geography, Surrender or Starve, Balkan Ghosts, Asias Cauldron, The Tragic Mind, and so on, I counted 18 books so far with his most recent being - Waste Land: A World In Permanent Crisis.
I’ve listened to many of his books at this point, I found Revenge Of Geography a few years ago whilst preparing for my interviews with Tim Marshall.
00:00 - Robert D. Kaplan
00:54 - Deterioration Of The Rules Based Order
08:34 - Utopian Versus Tragic Leaders
14:32 - Geographies Role In Shaping Geopolitics
23:05 - Writing For History Or Influence?
25:13 - Australia
28:46 - A Position Robert Holds That Folds Against The Status Quo
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The following is with german political scientist, former beer brewer in the Congo, and author of How Tyrants Fall - Marcel Dirsus
Marcel interviewed coup leaders, dissidents and soldiers to write about the workings and malfunctions of tyrants. Because while the individual personas, eccentricities and reputations might make them all distinct from one another, there are more threads that draw disparate dictator's together than don’t.
I think this excerpt from the book sums up the essence of Marcel’s work and as well, the themes in todays podcast.
“The most powerful tyrants on earth are condemned to live their life in fear. They can make their enemies disappear with a snap of their fingers. They, their families, and their acolytes may control entire countries from the luxury of their palace, but they also have to spend their every waking hour plagued by the fear of losing everything. No matter how powerful they become, they cannot pay for or order that fear to disappear. If such tyrants make one wrong move, they will fall.”
So the interview is about the workings of various tyrants around the world, both living and dead.
I ask Marcel in the about applying a prisoners of geography lens to this topic, china and the case for dictators not being all bad all the time, marcel’s rogues gallery of tyrants and as well, Marcel offers a raw reflection of the potential future of authoritarianism in the USA particularly because of the astounding moves made so far under trump. This was recorded the day after the US inauguration.
00:00 - Marcel Dirsus
01:40 - Economist's Book Of The Year
03:55 - Serendipity & The Congo
11:35 - Prisoners Of Geography Lens
17:17 - Singapore A Dictatorship?
20:10 - China
27:50 - Saudi & MBS
30:43 - Marcel's Unconventional Idea's
34:15 - Geographical Concentration Of These Regimes
39:10 - Tipping Point (When Regimes Collapse)
49:10 - Rogues Gallery Of Tyrants
53:25 - The Leader Who's Coming Closest To Power
56:46 - Does Global Order Sustain Or Undermine These Regimes?
1:00:25 - Trump's Chances At Dictatorship
1:07:40 - Bullish & Bearish Country
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Gregory Zuckerman is one of the Wall Street Journal GOATS and as well has authored plenty of wonderful books. He pulls back many of the hidden curtains of wall st. The big egos, the big enigmatic personalities, and naturally as well, the big brilliance behind these masters of the universe types. None for emblematic than Jim Simon’s, the central character of todays podcast.
Theres a podcast called, Acquired, which did a fantastic episode of RenTech (if you want more), the boys over there also relied heavily on Greg’s work to put the episode together.
00:00 - Gregory Zuckerman
01:27 - Secrecy All The Way Down
06:27 - Acquired
08:02 - Obscure Datasets
15:07 - It Will Take Longer Than You Think
20:04 - Jim’s Eye For Talent
22:27 - Discoveries From Within RenTech
28:54 - Greg's Admiration For Jim & 50+ Year Olds Making It
35:27 - Nassim Taleb
39:01 - Consequences Of Size
41:47 - Acquired Podcast & Bob Mercer
44:07 - Politics Infecting Interpersonal Dynamics
46:07 - Super Quants Can’t Recreate RenTech
50:47 - Journalism As Sales
53:17 - How Does One Conduct A Good Interview?
57:37 - The Most Important Question About RenTech Noone Asks
59:13 - Decline Of Journalism
1:11:14 - The Role Of Serendipity In Greg’s Life
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Bradley Hope returns to the podcast.
By far the highest production value I’ve ever done. We recorded this together in Bradley’s studio in London. It’s TV quality stuff so refer to youtube for this one.
And the podcast was as much in 90 minutes that we could possibly do around his book, Blood and Oil.
The co-author of which, Justin Scheck has also been a previous guests on this podcast.
Blood and Oil is the story of MBS, Mohammed bin Salman, who is the crown prince and most powerful person in Saudi Arabia, he is as well, the singular vision responsible for most of the good but as well, most of the bad that Saudi Arabia has been responsible for since about 2017.
Some of the things that stand out from this episode that I would encourage you to stay around for include…
- the Shiek Down, this brazen transference of power and wealth which MBS oversaw.
- Bradley’s take on the supposed sports-washing this region has been all over the news for, specifically here, referring to football and golf.
- The US/Saudi relationship
- NEOM
- And in between all of that a sense for MBS as told through the reporting and journalism of one of the best.
00:00 - Bradley Hope
02:30 - The Region - Oil, Religion, History
06:45 - Sovereign Wealth Funds
08:50 - Religious Divide Between Gulf Nations
010:41 - Saudi Arabia Young Country
13:40 - Understanding MBS
19:40 - The Shiek Down
27:35 - MBS & Risk
30:58 - MBZ - UAE
33:40 - Bradley’s Contrarian Take On Sportswashing
43:07 - Geopolitical Significance Of The Region
51:10 - Consultancies (McKinsey, etc) In Saudi
55:23 - NEOM
1:00:10 - Journalist Craft
1:05:15 - Has MBS Read Bradley’s Work & Does Bradley Still Love Journalism?
1:08:30 - Bradley Reflects On Changing Media Landscape
1:13:50 - Mecca & Medina
1:15:10 - Misunderstood Parts Of Saudi & Emirates
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Christopher Marquis spent 10 years as a professor at the Harvard Business School, he’s also worked as a professor at Cornell, the Harvard Kennedy School and is currently a professor at the Judge Business School in Cambridge, where I was lucky enough to record this in person with him.
It was quite a neat experience actually, after we did the interview, Christopher treated me to a lunch in one of the Cambrdige college halls where in proper Friday British fashion, a perfect Fish and Chips was served.
Christopher has authored three books, but the subject of this interview was his latest… Profiteers, How Business Privatizes Profit and Socializes Cost.
Some of you may have noticed a recurring question around ‘negative externalities’ in several of my interviews this year… particularly with Johan Norberg most recently. Well, Adam Lantz, who listens to this podcast reached out to me in response to the JOhan interview and said. If you really wanty to talk externalities, than you’ve got to talk to this guy.
Johan Norberg Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/episode/4ujVUlq3BbhTDBhBFnaR5S?si=46b8333b866341da
Johan Norberg Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/johan-norberg-does-capitalism-fail-to-price-in-negative/id1540424160?i=1000671395087
And so I wrote to Christopher immediately, read his book, booked the flight and was greeted with so much generosity and hospitality it was a bit of a pinch myself moment, because even though this podcast creates 0 dollars in revenue, it’s instead introducing me to a wealth of experience.
This episode with Christopher is negative externalities all the way down… with specific attention to plastics, agriculture and clothing.
00:00 - Christopher Marquis
02:27 - The Externality Iceberg
07:57 - The Plastic Iceberg
14:47 - Can A Free Market Price These Negative Externalities?
26:04 - Agriculture Iceberg
41:07 - We Consume Via Our Means Not Our Morals
42:41 - Clothing Iceberg
52:33 - Egregious Cases Of Greenwashing
54:39 - Zoom & Netflix? Externality?
1:07:22 - The Jevons Paradox
1:08:43 - Just Speed Bumps On The Way To Prosperity?
1:12:35 - Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy, What Are The Right Questions?
1:16:57 - Serendipity In Christopher's Life
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Zhala X - https://x.com/BayramovaZhala
Zhala Bayramova is a human rights lawyer and child of political prisoner and human rights defender Dr. Gubad Ibadoghlu.
I met Zhala recently at Bill Browders, Magnitsky Awards, where Zhala won youth activist of the year.
Her legal status is that of a political refugee in Sweden, having been horrifically beaten during protests in Azerbaijan, a country she is afraid she will never be able to return to.
Her father was repeatedly arrested for investigating corruption within the oil industry of Azerbaijan, until In the autumn of 2023 he decided to take the risk and visit his seriously ill mother in Baku, upon arrival, he was beaten by local police, as was his wife and Zhala’s mother. Then Gubad was arrested under trumped up charges of money laundering and subsequently thrown into pre-trial detention. His case was later postponed indefinitely, but he remains under house arrest and is being denied critical medical attention which in any other circumstance might save his lfie. Zhala, together with her brothers and mother, are leading a global campaign for his release.
Zhala is an absolute force, and it is my privilege to have her as a guest on this podcast.
James Robinson is winning the Nobel Prize for Economics this year alongside his co-author Daron Acemoglu and fellow economist, Simon Johnson.
This is obviously extremely exciting for him, but as well selfishly, rather exciting for me… because in episode 24, James Robinson was one of the first people I ever interviewed for this podcast.
James co-wrote an outrageously successful book in 2012 called - ‘Why Nations Fail’ - which is the work for which James has won the Nobel Prize and as well, was the subject of this interview.
Why Nations Fail introduces an extractive versus inclusive institutions framework that does an unreasonable amount of heavy lifting to explain the distributed economic prosperity between countries.
And just fair warning, it is one of the first interviews I ever did, so it may feel quite a bit different to those more recently - but bare with me and endure my enthusiasm as James reveals where the catalyst for the inclusive/extractive framework comes from, a very hot take on corruption, James’s work as a developmental economist and a whole lot more.
It’s also been a while since Ive made a general appeal for pumping that good juice. But if a Nobel Prize winner isn’t a reason why, then there aren't any left. The ability for me to get the guests I want, and grow the show as I ambition, is all downstream of how many followers on Apple and Spotify I have, but as well, how many reviews on Apple and Spotify I have. So I ask, hat in hand, to please bring that Christmas cheer and pump a 5 star review into whichever platform it is that you listen on.
Jack Weatherford returns to the pod which marks a pretty sentimental moment for me (links are at the bottom of this email, before the transcript snippet).
Jack’s first appearance was #19 of the podcast. To this day, it’s my favourite podcast I’ve ever recorded. These are links to the first appearance.
Jack Weatherford #19 on Spotify
Jack Weatherford #19 on Apple
Jack Weatherford #19 on Youtube
But four years ago, when I had just started this podcast, I had written to Jack telling how I was listening to the final chapters of his book while walking across sand dunes in Merghouza, (a desolate slice of the Sahara in south west Morocco). The chapter was making the case for how the plagues viral spread was downstream of the Mongols connectivity of the modern world.
I wrote that I was keen to interview him for this podcast that I had just started.
There were lots of rejection for a while in the first few years and I had no expectations he would even get back to me. But to my surprise he did, and it was an emphatic yes.
We corresponded a bit over email, recorded a 4 hour discussion, of which 3 where published And it was as much a dedication to Mongolia as it was Genghis Khan and the Mongols.
And I’ve waited in the years since to see him appear on Rogan, Fridman, Tim Ferriss or even a Dan Carlin addendum, since these are all blokes who have openly praised and spoken about Jack’s work many times.
But so far, nothing, although it looks like one of them may correct this, which Jack may or may not give away at the end.
But onto this episode today.
Jack has just published his final instalment on the Mongols, his fourth book on the topic. It’s called Emperor Of The Seas and it’s about Genghis’s grandson, Kublai Khan, who expanded the Mongol territory beyond the dominion his grandfather conquered 50 years before him. Kublai folded into the Khan empire the fertile agricultural lands of south China, repurposed that fleet and the expertise along with and expanded the Khan empire beyond the oceans. Mongols sitting on horseback, atop goat skins, riding wooden ships.
Jack Weatherford #190 Of The Curious Worldview Podcast on Youtube
Emperor Of The Seas - Jack Weatherford
Nat Eliason is an absolute legend.
I’ve been subscribed to his newsletter, following his tweets, and listening to his interviews for what feels like years now.
He’s a prolific online writer who recently published his debut book, a memoir of a crypto side quest he spiralled deep down into which is serves as revelatory for the sheer insanity that is crypto. It’s meme coins, making loads of money, losing it, secret discord servers, exit liquidity and all the rest that foreshadows the same stuff happening now.
Crypto is back in the news, and therefore so is Nat’s book - Crypto Confidential - which is a must read if you want to get a sense for, or contribute to, the mania.
However, writing is Nat’s circulatory system, so we ended up speaking half about books and half about crypto. When you check out the episode, navigate the timestamps if you wanna skip the writing stuff and go straight to crypto.
Before I leave you with Nat, he’s got this tremendous call to action on his Substack that I wanted to share here…
“Among my strongest life goals is to write something worthy of outliving me”
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Nat Eliason Substack
00:00 - Who Is Nat Eliason?
01:08 - Serendipitous Anecdote
02:58 - CRYPTO: Crypto Mania
12:23 - Writing
18:05 - AI Helping Writers (Great Metaphor)
24:48 - Great Story Telling Less Great Writing
34:08 - Taleb's Influence
41:08 - Book Publishing Market (VC Metaphor)
1:00:33 - CRYPTO: Crypto From All Sides. Crazy Stories. Current Market, Ideological? The Future.
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Levison Wood is an author, journalist, tv star, photographer, film producer, script writer, fellow of the Royal Geographic Society and as well to top it all off… former Officer in the British Army’s Parachute Regiment.
If you’ve never heard of Levison Wood, he’s written books that have taken us all across the world. He was propelled into fame with his debut 'Walking The Nile' back in 2015 which serendipitously parlayed into a documentary, and then the momentum took and he’s never looked back.
Lev is for me the archetypal guest that I look for with this podcast. That delicate combination of writer and adventurer. The discipline to take a big risk, and then return with clean prose.
I’d group this interview right alongside my high watermark for the show which was #169 with Jon Lee Anderson, #66 with Tim Butcher way back and any of the Tim Marshall appearances as well.
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00:00 - Levison Wood
01:040 - Jocko Willink
04:25 - All Explorers Seem British?
06:08 - Luck & Serendipity
21:43 - The Surprise Success & Big Decade
33:00 - Rough Times For Lev
38:08 - Opportunity Cost: Family Vs Career
44:40 - Lev's Mount Rushmore Of GOAT Explorers
55:40 - Romanticising Indiana Jones & Thoughts On Graham Hancock
59:20 - Rory Stewart
1:02:23 - Great Current Explorers
1:10:30 - Lev Having An Incredible Decade
1:14:10 - Thinking About Risk
1:22:55 - Milling - Wild Hazing In Parachute Regiment
1:30:10 - How Has The Nature Of Travel Changed?
1:43:25 - What Great Expedition From History Would Lev Join?
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David De Jong First Appearance On The Pod - Nazi Billionaires, #127 - Apple
David De Jong First Appearance On The Pod - Nazi Billionaires, #127 - Spotify
David De Jong is a Dutch historian and investigative journalist.
Early in his career, he found himself in New York reporting for Bloomberg on hidden fortunes and the power of family offices all across the world - it was during this job he discovered a nondescript €18,000,000,000 German family office…
David eventually pulled that thread all the way back to the upper echelons of the Nazi party
This led him to move to Berlin and embark down a 4 year investigation into the dark and dusty vaults of Germanys corporate pst.
What he uncovered was Nazi wealth that has endured to this day which has its tentacles wrapped around many companies that you and I consume or interact with on a daily basis.
Today, we recorded a brief addendum to the story, David published in Vanity Fair recently a story of Kuehne + Nagel, one of the worlds largest freight forwarding companies, that is listed on the Swiss exchange, but a very German company indeed.
The podcast is about the central role Kuehne + Nagel played in the Third Reich. The politics of memory in Germany and the son of Kuehne + Nagel founder, Klaus-Michael Kuehne who is germanys richest man, the largest shareholder of Kuehne + Nagel and until today, still denying the companies dark origins.
Link To Nazi Billionaires Book
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The following is with Patrick Watts who is one hell of an interesting fella and in this podcast we discuss the various outcomes and implications of the 2024 US election contra Trump & Harris.
The End Of The American Empire – UK Amazon
The End Of The American Empire – US Amazon
Stephanie Baker is a journalist whose been writing between the intersection of business and politics for almost 30 years with Bloomberg.
Stephanie's just published her first book and it is just amazing and the consequence of covering these topics for a lifetime. The network, the knowledge, the weird language of sanctions of financial opacity.
It’s a book about the global economic war with Russia post Ukrainian invasion. The fallout of the sanctions, why it has and hasn’t crippled the Russian economy as intended, and everything in and around Russian capital flight, Russian sanctions and the global economic war underwriting Russia's physical threat.
We start with Stephanies experience covering Russia from Moscow in the 90s, her stumbling across a murder scene and then between that and the book, Stephanie working as Christopher Hitchens fact checker at The Nation, the details behind putting a book like this together then the details about western businesses who withdrew substantial Russian operations, the oil markets chicanery to skirt sanctions, Oligarchs, Minigarchs, Euroclear and frozen Russian capital, what the sanctions did where they've been effective and where they haven’t and a whole lot more.
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Opus Dei are a predatory catholic cult that started in Spain in the early 20th century and grew and grew over the years into a global organisation that set out with the singular vision to re-christianise the entire world.
Gareth Gore stumbled into this story when researching and writing the collapse of one of Spains largest financial institutions, Banco Popular, which turns out was the bottomless kitty financing Opus Dei’s international ambitions. It’s a story of money laundering, fraud and financial opacity that made possible the scale of one of if not the most influential and pernicious and influential catholic organisations int he world. But it’s not just a benign organisation that creates a welcoming community for catholics the world over, it is an organisation which has been accused of 100’s if not thousands of incidents of human trafficking, sexual abuse and drug abuse and are attempting to influence their worldview through the rewriting of legal systems. A worldview that reflects the most conservative and man made fundamentalist interpretations of the bible.
This book by Gareth Gore is an immense achievement that proves an otherwise held conspiracy, of financial fraud at the scale of hundreds of millions of dollars, political corruption and a secret society exerting their influence on the halls of power that you and I are subject to.
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00:00 - What Is Opus Dei?
02:30 - How Did This Story Get On Gareth's Radar?
09:30 - What Is Opus Dei In Gareth's Words
24:47 - Josemaria Escriva... The Founder Of Opus Dei
33:40 - 1000's Of Victims Of Human Trafficking, Sexual Abuse & Drug Abuse.
46:15 - The Structure Of Opus
59:05 - Banco Popular
1:16:10 - Secret Societies
1:18:10 - Peter Thiel & Michael Sugrue
1:22:35 - Counter Messaging Campaign From Opus Dei
1:27:00 - How Co-Operative Were Opus Dei?
1:31:10 - Physical Threats?
1:32:30 - Have We Seen The Height Of Opus?
1:37:25 - Changing Media Landscape Over Next 25 Years?
1:42:12 - Serendipity In Gareth's Life
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Johan Norberg is a prolific author and academic, he’s one of the most notable members of the Cato Institute and as well someone who has recently bronzed in the blinding spotlight of both Javier Milei and Elon Musk.
Johan is a staunch defender of globalisation and author of‘ The Capitalist Manifesto’ which was boosted into the stratosphere earlier this year with an overwhelming endorsement by Elon Musk when he wrote that the book is an excellent explanation of why capitalism is not just successful, but morally right.
00:00 - Johan Norberg
01:35 - Johan's Worldview Influences
09:07 - Johan's Rand-ian Fictional Tale
10:35 - Johan Know Being A Role Model To Others
14:35 - The Elon Musk Effect
19:05 - Serendipity
24:05 - Will AI Destroy The Labour Market?
41:50 - Capitalism Failure To Price In Negative Externality
1:02:45 - Globalisation Homogenising Culture
1:15:40 - Anxious Generation
1:23:55 - Nassim Taleb Influence
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Just how cancerous and pernicious to culture, politics and a globalised world is offshore finance and financial opacity?
Few if any people in the world are better suited to answer this question than John Christensen, who co-founded the Tax Justice Network and is a prolific author, journalist and documentary producer, probably best known for producing ‘the spiders web’ which millions and millions of views later looks into the weird and devastating influence of the City Of London (of which we expand deeply in the podcast)
I recorded this in person with John earlier this year and props to Jim Henry, who was an early guest on this pod who introduced us. This is by far the most in depth podcast interview John Christensen has ever participated in.
This is an extensive interview which flows up the sides, but never spills out of the river which is the downstream and disastrous effects of offshore finance. There is lots of attention paid to the UK, the lawyers, tax havens, culture, real estate, kleptocrats, foreign aid and a hell of a lot more as well.
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- Matthew Freidman -Human Trafficking
- Lisa Kristine - Photographing Modern Slavery
- Lisa Kristine Ted Talk
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Out Of The Slave Fields - Bruce Ladebu (Book)
The Children's Rescue Initiative (Donate)
At this very moment there are over 40,000,000 people around the world trapped in slavery. This is a number larger than at any point before in history… and perniciously, a figure that grows everyday.
Millions among them are children. And then millions of those are living in the most devastating conditions imaginable.
Bruce Ladebu runs an initiative called Children's Rescue where he and his team identify and then extract those very children living in the most destitute environments.
To date, the Children's Rescue initiative have rescued over 2,400 children.
Share this podcast with someone. The better informed we are about this reality, at the very least, the more discerning we can be in our consumption that feeds this industry.
- 00:00 – The Problem Of Modern Slavery
- 04:09 - How Bruce Got Into This Line Of Work
- 06:12 - 40,000,000 Slaves
- 12:40 - Slavery Growing As An Industry
- 23:43 - How Someone Ends Up A Slave
- 30:55 - Bruce's Team & Children's Rescue Initiative
- 34:22 - The Extraction Process
- 38:50 - Bruce's Trauma From Exposure To This
- 42:35 - De-Escelate Communication With Slave Owners
- 46:21 - Poisoned
- 48:25 - Camera More Powerful Than The Gun
- 50:30 - Work At The Institutional Level
- 53:47 - Amsterdam
- 55:20 - How Trauma Effects Different Children
- 1:02:15 - Slavery In The Everyday Things We Consume
- 1:06:07 - How Well Known Is Modern Slavery?
- 1:18:15 - The Sound Of Freedom
- 1:10:21 - Country Bruce Wants To Add To His Operations
- 1:11:05 - Final Words From Bruce (Affecting Starfish Metaphor)
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Never Split The Difference Book Review (Things To Know If You Do Sales)
Curious Things Mentioned During The Episode
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- Sam Leith – It’s Rhetoric All The Way Down
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Never Split The Difference deserves its place as one of the best selling negotiation books of all time.
It’s co-authored by the brilliant writer Tahl Raz, who turned Chris Voss’s life and lessons into the most readable and actionable prescription for good communication.
I’m stoked today to get to feature Chris Voss on this podcast, the force behind ‘Never Split The Difference’ which is a series of highest stakes negotiations broken down into their parts for examination. Chris was the FBI’s lead negotiator.
Hostage negotiation in Haiti? Terrorism in the Philippines? Egos, money and conflicting interests in a boardroom? Even walking a bank robber from the ledge. What are the phrases and psychology Chris uses in his communication to get the outcome he wants? And where could it be relevant to you?
The podcast here touches on Nassim Taleb and Khaneman’s influence on Chris’s worldview. The line between manipulation and persuasion, serendipity, traits of good communicators and a hell of a lot more.
- 00:00 – Who Is Chris Voss
- 03:05 - When Chris First Paid Attention To How People Communicate
- 12:05 - Nassim Taleb & Communication Over Time
- 22:20 - Serendipity In Chris's Life
- 29:39 - Never Split The Difference & How Chris Unlocked A New Style Of Negotiation
- 36:05 - Khaneman & Tvesky's Influence On Chris
- 43:20 - Gut Instinct
- 48:20 - Line Between Manipulation & Persuasion
- 50:05 - Consistent Traits In Good Communicators
- 56:05 - Oprah Is The GOAT
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I am stoked to welcome back one of the most out there and interesting writers, thinkers and speakers, Rory Sutherland.
He founded the behavioural science team at the Ogilvy group, he is one of Europe’s most powerful advertising executives and author many many books and articles, his most recent book, Alchemy, coming highly recommended and is a treatise on how great marketing ideas are built around the profoundly irrational… Rory appeared once before on this podcast in episode 115.
And today, for his second appearance I was lucky enough to do this with Rory in person, I got the train out of London to Rory’s hometown and we settled up in the courtyard of a beautiful little cafe in the sun. And so, you get the ambience of birds and wind to frame the conversation.
There are no timestamps on this podcast today, because with Rory’s erudition there is unseen flow from one thought to another that makes a narrow subject timestamp non suitable, rather, consume this one in full, we open with Salman Rushdie and his days as a copywriter to Rory reflecting on his recent notoriety, a powerful insight that the best marketing is in fact fat tailed, behind the scenes of his Rick Rubin interview all the way to me asking Rory whether he’s ever done a floaty.
Other episode of the podcast that suit this episode...
- Rory Sutherland – First Appearance #115
- Scott Patterson – Chaos Kings
- Nassim Taleb & Incerto Podcast
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- Brian Klaas – Fluke & Randomness
- Russ Roberts – EconTalk
- Luca Dellanna – Ergodicity All The Way Down
- Scott Patterson – Chaos Kings
- Nassim Taleb & Incerto Podcast
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Everything Is Predictable – Tom Chivers
Tom Chivers is a prolific science writer whose written for Buzzfeed, The Telegraph, Unherd, published books, written for loads of other publications as well and now writes for Semafor’s daily flagship email (something I read everyday)… but here Tom is today to discuss his book about Bayes called… EVERYTHING IS PREDICTABLE: How Bayes’ Remarkable Theorem Explains the World and, the lead is not buried in this case, it is a book about Bayes Throerom which to put it simply… is an equation to calculate probability.
Now, my Talebian listeners will recognise a contradiction to our worldview in the title here… everything is predictable? how often has Taleb’s quotes, how can we predict a future of infinite possibilities based off a finite experience of the past appeared on this podcast? We get into Chivers differences with that Talebian worldview, but as well, there is top to bottom what is Bayes theorem, why does it matter, the role of this theorem at the foundation of all of these LLM’s and therefore much of AI. a neat little anecdote of Chivers family member, Sir John Maynard Keynes and plenty more as well!
- 00:00 – Who Is Tom Chivers
- 01:34 – Great Great Uncle John Maynard Keynes
- 08:44 – What’s The Point Of Bayes?
- 19:14 – What Is Bayes Theorem?
- 39:34 – Disagreeing With Nassim Taleb
- 52:24 – Counterintuitive Aspects Of Bayes
- 56:28 – Bayes & LLM’s & AI
- 1:15:12 – Serendipity In Tom’s Life
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Why We Travel - Ash Bhardwaj
Ash Bhardwaj is an author, journalist, film-maker and former british army who amongst his many expeditions has ventured the likes of journeying 8500km along the Russian European border. Retraced secret missions of WW2 through Albania. Walked 800km through India and The Himalayas, meeting the Dalai Lama on the way. Walked 1100km through Uganda and Sudan with Levison Wood which included the first summer crossing of the Bayuda Desert. Trekked the Mt Everest Base Camp with wounded soldiers. Worked on earthquake recovery in the Philippines. Trekked through the Jebel of Dhofar in the footsteps of the SAS, and really he’s done a hell of a lot more as well.
He recently published his first book titled Why We Travel, and in discussion of his life and worldview I was privileged to have gotten to sit down with him in his home in London to record this very episode - there is a video available on youtube if you are keen.
Ash really is my dream style of guest. He is a wonderful speaker, incredibly open and curious and has achieved many of the types of things, I wish to one day emulate. I am very grateful to have gotten to spend this time with him.
00:00 - Who Is Ash Bhardwaj
03:55 - Great Explorers From History
15:13 - Differences Between Australian & New Zealand Culture
35:57 - Adventure & Travel
43:44 - Ash's Most Consequential Journalism & Ukraine
54:08 - Why We Travel
59:53 - What Makes Great Travel Writing?
1:13:43 - Publishing Market For Travel Books & Why We Travel
1:29:36 - What Eat Pray Love & Cultural Phenomenon Did For Travel + (New Unexplored Paradise?)
1:39:43 - Is The World Becoming More Dangerous?
1:42:43 - Changing Demographics Of Travel & Getting Deep Into Why We Travel
1:59:50 - Country Ash Is Bullish On
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This is an interview with Victor Haghani who is among many other things… the Co-Founder of LTCM (long term capital management), the Founder of Elm Wealth and the author of Missing Billionaires.
In this interview we focused on Victor himself... his experiences at Solomon in the 80s and a brush with Bill Browder (who by the way was recently knighted), comments on Jim Simons and Nassim Taleb, an incredible moment of serendipity that would have changed his life forever and ultimately an exploration of Victor's worldview...
- 00:00 – Who Is Victor Haghani
- 01:40 - 1997 Nobel Prize & Stockholm
- 07:47 - Solomon Brothers & Bill Browder Anecdote
- 16:15 - 10 Year Sabbatical
- 24:42 - Jim Simons
- 30:49 - Missing Billionaires & Ergodicity
- 52:40 - Baggage We Are Carrying Around From Our Evolutionary Past
- 1:00:40 - Nassim Taleb
- 1:04:40 - Potentially A Confrontational Question
- 1:11:40 - Michael Burry Index Bubble Theory
- 1:18:26 - An Incredible Moment Of Serendipity & Why Victor's Bullish On UK
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- Russ Roberts – Taleb & Hitchens
- Scott Patterson – Taleb & Chaos Kings
- Magnus Ranstorp – Terrorism & Political Violence
- James Robinson – Why Nations Fail
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Samo Burja founded Bismarck Analysis, of which Bismarck Brief has spun off, which is a consulting and research firm that investigates the political and institutional landscape of society.
I’ve listened to and read hundreds of hours of Samo Burja. He’s prolific both in writing and talking, and applies an academic analysis to express his interests. His interests are those which overlap with mine, and as such, should as well overlap with yours since you have selected this podcast.
He’s been on my list of dream guests ever since this podcast began, and so it was a huge thrill to get a chance to finally record something with him.
- 00:00 – Who Is Samo Burja
- 01:47 – Central Thread Of Samo’s Work – Why Groups Thrive & Fail
- 16:57 – 80/20 Principle In Organisations & New York Times Family Ownership
- 22:17 – Solving For Nepotism
- 25:53 – The Wallenberg Family of Sweden
- 47:13 – Nassim Taleb Informed Your Worldview & Others
- 51:17 – The Role Of Serendipity & Country You’re Bullish On
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- Jos Benschop – SVP Science ASML - Episode #56
- Chris Miller – Chip War - Episode #81
- ASML Bloody Good Business
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ASML is certainly among the most critical businesses to the modern economy. They make the machines that make the microchips which makes modernity go round.
You’ve likely heard of TSMC, the Taiwanese behemoth at the centre of Chinese geopolitics and how these are in fact the guys that make these amazing microchips. That is true! But they make them on ASML machines, and that’s the critical point to take home. The insane complexity of ASML’s EUV machine is impossible to fully appreciate. Jos Benschop, ASMLS senior vice president of Technology he makes the claim that ASML’s EUV machine is the most complex machine ever made by man.
When words are overused they lose their meaning, but truly ASML’s EUV machine is by definition, unbelievable.
The CTO Martin Van De Brink has recently retired from ASML – and his cultural legacy really forms the narrative for Marc’s Book – with plenty of fun anecdotes.
Marc Hijink is the guest on this episode, he is a Dutch journalist and tech reporter for Handelsblad and recently went down a three year journey with unparalleled access to ASML and produced a wonderful history of this phenomenal company.
- 00:00 – Who Is Marc Hijink & ASML
- 02:38 – Writing ‘Focus’ A Dream Project
- 07:38 – ASML Origins & Culture
- 17:23 – Culture & Martin Van De Brink
- 24:35 – The Geopolitics Of ASML
- 26:58 – Complexity Of The EUV Machine & ASML’s Appetite For Risk
- 44:55 – What About The Software? + Recruitment Against Meta, Google, OpenAI
- 50:13 – Growing At 800 Employees A Month
- 55:28 – Fragility Of ASML’s Client Base
- 57:17 – Focus
- 58:38 – Serendipity In ASML & Marc’s Life
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Sam Leith is the literary editor for the oldest surviving weekly magazine in the world, an organisation which started publication in 1828 which means… the magazine for which he is the literary editor of, The Spectator, are on the doorstep of a famous double century in just 4 years time!
While also contributing a monthly column on gaming, over the course of 30 years Sam has written 100’s of book reviews, authored multiple books himself, but as well, Sam hosts one of my favourite podcasts titled ‘Book Club’ where… in a similar fashion to this very show but with much better execution, Sam talks with interesting authors about their books.
Sam’s also got a new book, scheduled for release later this year and available for per order – The Haunted Wood: A History of Childhood Reading – and although we don’t discuss it in this podcast, if you like the way Sam talks and thinks then you might be keen on checking this one out as well.
But in this podcast we non exclusively discussed Sam’s 5th book – You Talkin’ to Me? Which is a book on Rhetoric from Aristotle to Obama…
And so as you can imagine, I brought up Christopher Hitchens immediately as a reference for good rhetoric but in the podcast you can also expect a break down of Ethos Pathos Logos, what makes some of the great speakers great, and references to Obama, Churchill, Martin Luther King and more for what made specific things they said stick so deeply.
- 00:00 – Who Is Sam Leith
- 01:43 – Who Are The Best Communicators Alive Right Now?
- 07:23 – Sam’s Great Theory on US Presidents (Rhetoric v Anti-Rhetoric) + Obama V Trump
- 20:04 – Good Speech… Writing or Delivery?
- 26:03 – Christopher Hitchens (+ a bit of Peter)
- 37:45 – How Media Is Consumed & How Media Changes (Introducing Socrates)
- 1:03:23 – Ethos Pathos Logos
- 1:20:23 – Story & Rhetoric (Martin Luther King)
- 1:26:58 – Best Of Churchill
- 1:28:53 – Speeches Lost To History
- 1:30:25 – Podcasting & Rhetoric
- 1:39:46 – Visit One Speech In History
- 1:44:24 – Serendipity & Country You’re Bullish On
Curious Things Mentioned During The Episode
- Matthew Dicks – Storyworthy
- Ben Burgis – Christopher Hitchens
- Ethos Pathos Logos
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Micheal Hilliard is a geopolitical analyst host and creator of 'The Red Line Podcast'… and! a fellow Aussie coming to us today from Australia’s glorious West coast capital, Perth.
Micheal and his team with the 'Red Line' take a deep fortnightly dive into a eclectic mix of narrow geopolitical topics … everything from the second hand market for nuclear weapons to the growth of Chinese private military groups...
And so therefore, and needless to say, the 'Red Line' is brilliant and if you have anything geopolitical populating your new episodes feed you'd be smart to too add the red line to your subscriptions.
This is michael’s second appearance on the pod… in his first appearance he hinted a time in his life when he was living in Kazakstan ghostwriting geopolitical analysis and this tidbit has been on my mind ever since.
Therefore this pod we do Michael Hilliard…
Touring as a bass player in a rock n roll bandTid bits on TurkmenistanTop to bottom the world of geopolitics ghostwritingIndonesia from Australia’s perspectiveSerendipity… and much more
- 00:00 – Who Is Michael Hilliard
- 03:15 – Michael's Early Story (Touring As A Base Player)
- 17:05 – Turning Geopolitical
- 19:15 – Turkmenistan Is Worse Than North Korea
- 29:31 – Transitioning From Rock n Roll To Journalism
- 32:35 – Geopolitical Ghostwriting (Top To Bottom)
- 47:05 – 'The Red Line Podcast'
- 1:00:32 – Indonesia's Geopolitics
- 1:16:06 – Who Are The Journalist's You Most Admire
- 1:19:59 - The Business Of The Red Line
- 1:23:55 - Podcasting Landscape In Australia
- 1:30:45 – Final 3 Questions… Serendipity, Fictional Character, Country Bullish On
Curious Things Mentioned During The Episode
- Geopolitics Starter Pack
- Michael Hilliard First Appearance
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170 - Ernest Scheyder runs directly towards the impossible trade-offs of mining in the ‘War Below’...
The electrification of the economy is on the one hand very good. It means we can move away from consuming the carbon rich oil into our atmosphere… but it also means that we are going to need way more other stuff from the under the ground than we currently even know about. It will require mining 100’s of more sacred sites and 100’s of more beautiful vistas.
Copper, lithium, cobalt and literally 100’s of other rare earths are all necessary components of batteries, electric cars, trucks, boats, even leaf-blowers… and this for a scale for 8 billion, soon to be 9 billion people…
If a sacred religious sight is built atop enough copper to secure your domestic supply… should you mine it?
If thousands of tonnes of lithium is built under a unique flower, almost certain to go extinct if you extract… should you do it?
And if you decide to play by environmental rules while everyone doesn’t… are you doing what’s right in the short term at the cost of whats best in the long?
These questions consume the book, and as well, this conversation.
So here is a veteran energy journalist for Rueters, and author of the War Below… Ernest Scheyder.
War Below – Ernest Scheyder
- 00:00 – Understanding Ernest Scheyder’s ‘War Below’
- 02:54 – Daniel Yergin & Geothermal Energy
- 05:21 – It’s Trade-Off’s All The Way Down (Mining, Policy Hypocrisy)
- 28:08 – Ernest’s Hesitation To Offer His Opinion
- 36:10 – Waste, Death & Bi-Products Of Mining
- 54:19 – Greenwashing & Child Labour
- 1:06:16 – Appreciation For The Miners
- 1:08:58 – Economic Protectionism
- 1:11:18 – Robert Friedland
- 1:12:36 – Final 3 Questions… Serendipity, Fictional Character, Country Bullish On
Curious Things Mentioned During The Episode
- Geothermal Starter Pack
- Erik Townsend – Energy Transition
- Investigative Journalist Starter Pack
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169 - I once responded to a question in a grant application that the people I admired most were great adventurers, great writers and great journalists… the kicker naturally being, that the best was a combination of all three!
Well, in Jon Lee Anderson we have an exemplar for all three of those labels.
Listens past 10 minutes and you will see the adventurer, listen to the details of how he put together Che’s biography and you will understand the journalist but then to top it all off, read anything Jon Lee’s written and you will understand the great writer.
This was a mighty moment for the podcast. I managed to hide my nerves behind a facade of professionalism… but Jon and I ended up spending more than 4 hours together as we inhabited a closed, cold, empty drinkers club on a January London morning.
Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker Staff Writer
Che: A Revolutionary Life
- 00:00 – Who Is Jon Lee Anderson
- 02:20 – On The Same Stage Julian Assange Launched Wikileaks.
- 05:50 – 13 Year Old Runaway Vagabond In East Africa.
- 22:15 – Is Risk Necessary For It To Be An Adventure?
- 26:03 – Discovering A Part Of The World For The First Time.
- 32:44 – Serendipity & Jon Lee On Religion & Evil.
- 40:20 – First Bi-Line At The Lima Times.
- 47:37 – Jon Lee Reflects On His Upbringing & How He Thinks About Being A Father.
- 53:54 – Che Guevara.
- 1:24:00 – There’s No More Revolutionaries, Only Narcos…
- 1:32:45 – Haiti.
- 1:35:48 – What Does Jon Lee Admire Most & Least About Che Guevara?
- 1:45:48 – What Doors Do The New Yorker Open?
- 1:46:47 – Christopher Hitchens.
- 1:51:50 – Next Generation Of Journalists & Media Landscape They Inherit.
- 1:58:07 – Jon Lee Anderson Autobiography.
- 2:00:24 – Country Jon Lee Is Bullish On.
Curious Things Mentioned During The Episode
- Journalist Starter Pack – All Journalists Who Have Appeared On The Podcast
- Explorers Starter Pack – All Explorers Who Have Appeared On The Podcast
- David Grann – Lost City Of Z, New Yorker
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168 - The following is with Patrick Watts who is one hell of an interesting fella, this was a really fun episode to record!
The podcast is about the themes from his debut book, The End Of The American Empire.
The End Of The American Empire – UK Amazon
The End Of The American Empire – US Amazon
It’s just come out in US and UK markets, so don’t hesitate a second to go and get it. Amazon link is in the description… this is a self published book from Patrick, so my hope is that the curious worldview audience will really make a difference in moving the needle here.
- 00:00 – Who Is Patrick Watts
- 01:23 – US Politics (Biden, Culture & Trump)
- 11:23 – Theory Of Rhetoric
- 13:49 – Patrick Watts… Self Confessed Americanophile
- 17:54 – Distinction Between An Empire & State
- 21:33 – Behind The Scenes Self Publishing
- 47:58 – John Perkins & Confessions Of An Economic Hitman
- 54:25 – Why Empires Have Fallen Throughout History
- 1:16:49 – 50% Of Pregnancies In The US Are Unplanned
- 1:19:13 – US Is The Most Mediciated Citizenry On Earth
- 1:20:13 – What Does A Collapse Of The American Empire Look Like?
- 1:33:30 – Serendipity In Patrick’s Life
- 1:45:35 – Favourite Fictional Character & Country Particularly Bullish On
Curious Things Mentioned During The Episode
- Geopolitics Starter Pack
- John Perkins & Confessions Of An Economic Hitman
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167 - Bill Browder is back for his #2 appearance on the pod!
This was recorded in his London offices, and builds upon the themes from our first conversation.
Bill discusses the very real threat of assassination by both Putin and China. He lays out his Rouges Gallery of both nations and individuals and offers what is a rather desolate and grim picture of the Russian culture and economy.
Bill Browder is the author of Red Notice & Freezing Order.
Red Notice is one of my favourite autobiographies. It is an incredible story from how Bill went from the descendent of one of America’s most famous communists to becoming one of the most famous capitalists in Russia. At Hermitage Capital’s peak (Bill’s investment firm) he was the largest source of Western Capital in Post-Soviet Russia… his experiences around the voucher system alone make the book a must read. Or podcast a must listen ;)
- 00:00 - Safety & Threat Of Assassination
- 08:00 - Long Term Impact On Russian Culture
- 17:22 - Current State Of The Russian Economy?
- 21:46 - The Global Magnitzky Act
- 26:46 - Bill Browder's Rouges Gallery & Anti Rouges Gallery
- 34:44 - Bill's Public Profile
- 38:24 - What Is The Function Of Hermitage Capital
- 40:18 - Bills Son & Entrepreneurship
- 45:29 - Country Bill Is Most Bullish On
Curious Things Mentioned During The Episode
- Jim Henry – Blood Bankers
- Desmond Shum - Red Roulette
- John Perkins – Confessions Of An Economic Hitman
- Nic Shaxson – The Tools Of The Offshore Accountant
- Bradley Hope – Jho Low & 1MDB Financial Fraud
- Nathan Lynch – Money Laundering In Australia
- Oliver Bullough – Moneyland
- Podcast Starter Pack – Offshore Finance
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166 - Brian Klaas is an associate professor in global politics at University College London, author of several books, host of a really good podcast, creator of a huge substack and someone who has created a life for himself for which I wish to emulate many parts…
We recorded this in person!… Brian and I sat down together in his Winchester kitchen and spoke about randomness, chance, Nassim Taleb, Flukes and why all these things are worth thinking about…
If you like Taleb, then Brian’s new book, Fluke which just came out… is right up your alley. Brian’s research is wonderful.
- 00:00 – Who Is Brian Klaas?
- 01:00 – Life Can Be Understood Backwards, But It Must Be Lived Forwards.
- 11:55 – Does Brian Feel Like He Has More Or Less Agency?
- 20:51 – Taleb’s Blindfold Metaphor & The Problems Of Prediction.
- 35:20 – How Nassim Taleb Effected Brian’s Worldview.
- 44:55 – Why Experimentation Is Wise.
- 50:55 – Why The Minority Rule Is Relevant To Politics.
- 53:20 – Extremistan V Mediocristan
- 1:03:00 – The Idea Of Lock-In.
- 1:07:30 – Serendipity In Brian’s Life & The Media Landscape In The Next 20 Years.
- 1:22:00 – Brian’s Favourite Authors.
- 1:24:30 – An Ode To Madagascar & Explanation OF Geographical Determinism.
Curious Things Mentioned During The Episode
- Scott Patterson – Chaos Kings
- Russ Roberts – Reflecting on 15 Years Of EconTalk
- Luca Dellana – Ergodicity
- Me Being Interviewed For The Profile On Nassim Taleb
- Nassim Taleb Incerto Podcast
- Nassim Taleb Incerto Book Reviews
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165 - Christopher Neijd is a police lieutenant for Southern Stockholm, he’s been in the force for more than 14 years, and is a close mates of Rhino who was episode #146 as a member of Sweden’s SWAT force, called Piketen.
This is an interview about Christopher's experiences on the police force, how Sweden has or hasn’t changed over time, a microscope on the events of the Easter Riots of 2022 plus plenty more of course…
- 00:00 - Who Is Cristopher Neijd
- 01:05 - Early Life & Formative Experiences
- 21:45 - Why People Want To Join Police & What Policing Is Like These Days
- 31:25 - Shootings In Stockholm
- 41:21 - 2022 Easter Riots
- 1:05:45 - How Crime Has Gotten More Violent In Sweden
- 1:21:05 - Why Being Police Is A Great Job
Curious Things Mentioned During The Episode
- 46: Arne Andersson | Three Tours In Afghanistan Through The Eyes Of The Swedish Military
- 146: The Life & Lessons Of An Elite Swedish 'Piketen' Police Officer
- 113: Diamant Salihu | Gang Violence, Drugs, Immigration & Integration In Sweden
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Originally uploaded July 2021, episode #31 of the pod! Today, over 130 episodes later, I am re-uploading this ep to bring it the top of the feed!
Mike’s story is full of twists, turns, tragedies and inspiration.
He was adopted at just a few months old from a lovely Swedish woman and shortly after moved to Stockholm. Mike, alongside his brother (also Aboriginal and adopted in Brisbane) then grew up in Sweden coming through Swedish schools and the entire Swedish system.
Mike has now returned to Australia. Brisbane specifically and now works as a social worker after going through his journey in the social system supporting young indigenous people of Australia.
This chat meant a lot to me. Big Mike is a legend. I hope you enjoy it the same. Spread it far and wide and leave positive reviews.
- 00:00 - New Year's Message
- 01:30 – Introduction
- 03:05 – Mike’s Journey Begins
- 16:35 – Mike Being Taken From His Mother
- 25:59 – Adoption & Life In The Foster Home
- 42:25 – Horrible Anecdote About Macquarie
- 48:05 – On Being The Only Black Boy Around
- 1:03:05 – Mike’s Troubles With Alcohol & The Law
- 1:08:05 – Mike Returning To Australia
- 1:31:05 – Mike Ask’s Me What I Am Doing In Sweden
- 1:34:25 – What Big Mike Is Up To Now
- 1:51:45 – What Is Something Sweden Can Use From Australia & Vice Versa?
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The podcast's year in review!
Check out stats of the podcast, reflection on best. episodes of the year, dreams and ambitions for the future.
Pump the good juice! And see you next year mate ;)
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162 - Elizabeth Kolbert writes about science, and the environment. She is staff writer at the New Yorker and now, the second pulitzer prize winning journalist to have joined this podcast.
Elizabeth was awarded the pulitzer prize for her 2015 book, the Sixth Extinction, which makes the case for how humans are driving straight off the cliff to earths 6th mass extinction event.
In this chat with Elizabeth today, we covered the major themes from her pulitzer prize winning book such as the sensitivity of the oceans and how CO2 messes with it. The unreal scale of it all. Understanding 440 million years. Climate change, climate skeptics, then we did a bit about Elizabeth Kolbert, journalism and the rest.
- 00:00 – Who Is Elizabeth Kolbert?
- 01:39 – Mass Extinction Events
- 06:29 – Communicating The Scale Of 440,000,000 Years
- 09:53 – The Importance Of Our Oceans
- 16:49 – Are Humans All To Blame For Climate Change?
- 21:36 – Making Sense Of Climate Scepticism
- 26:59 – Ed Conway’s Material World
- 34:39 – Elizabeth’s Most Significant Experience Researching The Book (The Great Barrier Reef)
- 36:39 – Nihilism In The Face Of Climate Change.
- 39:24 – Rapid Fire Final Questions.
- 45:35 – Serendipity & Country To Be Bullish On.
Curious Things Mentioned During The Episode
- Walt Bogdanich (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
- The Sixth Extinction – Elizabeth Kolbert
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161 - Lisa Kristine is an adventurer, humanitarian & fine art photographer.
She’s taken some of the most devastating but as well beautiful photos you are ever likely to see.
She recorded an incredibly moving a TED talk about her work photographing modern slavery. It’s an absolute must view. Her work has been featured all over the globe, she sells internationally, she’s completely independents, she’s a superstar photographer.
This episode is best consumed alongside Matthew Friedman. Together these two episodes reveal the shocking reality of modern day slavery. There are more people right now who are slaves than ever has been in our species history… and barely anyone knows it.
But this isn’t a podcast to depress you, rather I hope through Lisa this podcast will be something that instead fills you with energy.
- 00:00 – Who Is Lisa Kristine?
- 10:00 – Taking Consequential Photos.
- 15:50 – On The Frontlines Of Modern Day Slavery.
- 34:40 – Religion & Spirituality.
- 39:56 – The Art Of Photography.
- 43:10 – How To Live A Photographers Life?
- 49:12 – Best Country For Photography, Sebastiao Salgado & Editing.
- 56:14 – Serendipity & Bullish Country.
Curious Things Mentioned During The Episode
- Matthew Friedman – Human Trafficking & Modern Slavery
- Zeke Faux – Pig Butchering
- Lisa TED talk
- Lisa’s Website
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160 - Marlene Laruelle is a Research Professor of International Affairs and Political Science at George Washington University in Washington DC.
She is an expert on the culture and anthropology of Russia and many of the Stan central asian countries. She’s written 10 books on these subjects and was just the most incredible guest to have had on the show.
The podcast starts in Kyrgyzstan and then moves onto religion and what Marlene thinks is a global wave of de-secularisation… we then move up into Murmansk and the frozen tundra cities of Siberia’s north to then Marlene’s thoughts on Russian demographics and finally she lays out the current state of affairs in the Russian-Ukraine war.
- 00:00 – Who Is Marlene Laruelle?
- 01:33 - Kyrgyzstan & Countries That Punch Above Their Weight.
- 04:59 - Religion & Global Wave Of De-Secularisation.
- 18:08 - Murmansk & Russian Arctic Cities.
- 21:35 - Russian Demographics.
- 29:23 - Bullish & Bearish Case For Russia.
- 34:05 - Russia-Ukraine War... Where Are We Now?
- 41:14 - Serendipity In Marlene's Life.
- 44:30 - Country Marlene Is Particularly Bullish On.
Curious Things Mentioned During The Episode
- https://marlene-laruelle.com/
- https://www.illiberalism.org/
- https://therussiaprogram.org/
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159 - How do I introduce Oscar Cabello, other than to say, he is a great Paraguayan…
Oscar is the former ambassador for Paraguay to Austria, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovenia ,Greece, Italy, Spain, Morocco and Andorra. He was both the Chairman and Vice Chairman, for the UN Commission on Crime, and he is now, the current member of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.
Oscar Cabello had never done a podcast before, and therefore it is my immense honour that I got to be his first time.
The plan was to talk a bit about Paraguay and then a lot about his career and worldview when it comes to diplomacy, but we never quite got past Paraguay.
Such is his love for this country.
- 00:00 – Who Is Óscar Cabello?
- 02:21 – How Oscar Became A Diplomat.
- 13:56 – Living In The Vatican & Meeting The Pope.
- 22:48 – Does Oscar Believe In God?
- 25:21 – What Does A Diplomat Do?
- 35:51 – An Introduction To Paraguay.
- 45:34 – Three Alliance War & History Of Immigration In Paraguay.
- 1:09:51 – Paraguay Today.
- 1:16:26 – Eduardo Galleano & Politics
- 1:29:01 – Ranch Life In Paraguay & Poverty.
- 1.35.21 – What Makes Paraguay Special?
Curious Things Mentioned During The Episode
- Oscar Cabello Credentials
- Open Veins Of Latin America
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158 - Magnus Ranstorp is a Swedish academic, hostage negotiator, teacher and author who has been researching and writing about terrorism for more than 30 years.
He is an encyclopaedia on modern terrorism and political violence. He was also the first author to seriously map out the Lebanese Hezbollah and its connection to Iran, Syria and international terrorism.
And so, the insights and experience Magnus brings to the current moment are extremely valuable.
- 00:00 – Introduction
- 04:22 – How Has The Nature Of Terrorism Changed Over Time?
- 24:22 – October 7th & HAMAS
- 30:52 – HAMAS Financing & Terror Financing
- 52:36 – Israel – Palestine
- 1:09:41 – Biggest Terror Plots That Were Foiled
- 1:18:56 – Sweden Caught In Fundamentalist Islam Crosshairs
- 1:29:31 – HAMAS Gaining In Popularity Throughout The World
- 1:36:47 – Magnus Takes Us On A Tour Of Gaza
- 1:43:41 – Magnus Reflects On His Memoirs
- 1:52:41 – Anders Brevik & Difference Between Political & Religious Radicalisation
- 2:23:09 – Islam & Violence?
- 2:26:41 – Philosophical Differences Between Islam & West
- 2:51:11 – How Much Are Swedes To Blame For The Parallel Societies?
- 3:01:10 – Most Effective Propaganda Magnus Ever Saw
- 3:11:55 – Serendipity In Magnus’s Life
Curious Things Mentioned During The Episode
- Magnus Ranstorp Memoirs
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157 - Matt Breen is host of the Explorers Podcast, which focuses on the great explorers and adventurers of history.
I think I’m right in asserting that this is unlike you will have heard Matt before. He hasn’t done a dedicated long form podcast elsewhere, and so this exploration into the history of the show and how his worldview has been shaped by the explorers he studies is all new material.
And so we go behind the scenes of The Explorers Podcast, the early days, how it started, the podcast growth, the business of content, to even the possibility of one of matt’s stories going to Hollywood.
We then lean into some of the Explorers Matt loves and take a couple tangents in that direction to then finally rounding out with the traditional question on serendipity.
- 00:00 – Introduction
- 01:37 – The Elon Musk Tweet
- 07:37 – Matt’s Journey Into Podcasting
- 15:57 – Process Of Creating An Explorers Episode & Storytelling
- 30:07 – How Long Before You Started Gaining Momentum?
- 34:35 – The Business & Economics Behind The Show
- 43:07 – Hollywood Taking On Explorers Podcast
- 49:43 – Matt Loves Australia
- 1:02:57 – Which Explorers Does Matt Love Most?
- 1:08:58 – Blind Traveller James Holman & Histories Great Forgotten Explorers
- 1:22:38 – What Would Be The Most Fascinating Time Period To Be An Explorer In?
- 1:29:22 – Is There Any More Room For Exploration?
- 1:37:14 – Conversation Between Any Two People Of History Dead Or Alive
- 1:49:22 – The Role Of Serendipity In Matt Breen’s Life
Curious Things Mentioned During The Episode
- Bryan Bashin – James Holman The Blind Traveller
- Charlie Walker – One Of The Great Modern Adventurers
- Scott Rank – The Great Explorers Of History
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New Yorker Article - Great Carbon-For-Cash Hustle
156 - Heidi Blake is a writer at the New Yorker, author of two books, and recently wrote the most amazing magazine piece about the carbon offsetting market and some of the greenwashing schemes at its core.
In this podcast we cover top to bottom Heidi’s story in the New Yorker, details about the characters involved, greenwashing, offshore finance, south pole, and the huge potential but also gaping flaws of carbon offsetting.
- 00:00 – Introduction
- 01:10 – Carbon Trading Schemes & How Incentives Lead To Greenwashing
- 10:12 – South Pole & Heuberger (Business At The Core Of The Story)
- 23:57 – What Is The Global South?
- 25:37 – Kariba Project (Archetypal Story For How This Works)
- 30:10 – How Much Corporate Dollar Is Spent On These Schemes?
- 35:10 – There May To Much Complexity To Ever Overcome?
Curious Things Mentioned During The Episode
- Duncan Mavin – Lex Greensill Scandal
- Oliver Bullough – Moneyland
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Number Go Up - Zeke Faux
155 - The general consensus for Zeke’s book is that is that it’s the better half of Michael Lewis’s ‘Going Infinite’.
‘Number Go Up’ documents, first hand, from the Bahamas to Cambodia to El Salvador to the halls of power of US, the wild mania of crypto and the insanely eclectic, deranged and interesting characters that colour in those lines.
Zeke opens up unlike he has for a podcast before.
His answer to the role of serendipity in his life at the end is beautiful, his reflections of what is required for good journalism is amazing, and his documentation of crypto’s wild ride and its consequences is perfect.
There is plenty for everyone is this.
- 00:00 – Introduction
- 01:47 – Has ‘Number Go Up’ Been Overshadowed? & Why Zeke Always Dreamed Of Doing An Adventurous Non-Fiction Book
- 09:17 – Why Crypto Is A Goldmine Of Content
- 23:28 – Tether
- 31:12 – Listing Crypto’s Damages
- 41:48 – Pig Butchering (Horrible Stuff Also Mentioned In Matthew Freidman Episiode)
- 53:37 – SBF Exclusive + How Crypto Enables The Scale Of These Scams
- 1:02:55 – Offshore Finance & Crypto
- 1:14:33 – How Collapsed Is Crypto?
- 1:19:47 – a16z Rug Pulling Everyone?
- 1:27:47 – Zeke’s Relationship With Michael Lewis
- 1:35:10 – Comparing Bubble Mania’s Over History
- 1:37:17 – Trying To Extract Every Possible Thing From The Interview With SBF
- 1:47:59 – How Journalists Get The Best Stories + How The Book Has Changed Zeke’s Career
- 1:53:41 – Hindenburg Research
- 1:57:57 – Serendipity In Zeke’s Life & Discussing David Grann
- 2:11:57 – County Zeke Is Bullish On & Conversation Between Any Two People Of History
Curious Things Mentioned During The Episode
- Scott Patterson
- Bradley Hope
- Matthew Friedman (Pig Butchering)
- David Grann
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154 - The following is with David De Jong who is the Middle East Correspondent for the Dutch Newspaper, FD. He lives in Israel, and has been reporting from the ground since the early hours of October 7th.
Some of you may recognise him from an earlier appearance he made on this podcast, talking about his book Nazi Billionaires, but for this episode we exclusively talk about David’s first hand experience over the last 2 and a half weeks, which includes the horror of being among the first reporters on the ground to some of the sites hit worst from October 7th through to disinformation and how to think about the media coverage of this conflict so far.
00:00 – Introduction
01:09 – Recalling The First Few Days First Hand Experience
18:24 – Sentiment Changes Among Israelis
28:38 – ‘It’s Getting Harder For Jewish & Arab Israeli’s To Live Together’
34:00 – How Do You Get Reliable Reporting From Gaza?
36:48 – Social Stigma Among Israelis
40:54 – Dissecting The Media Coverage
Curious Things Mentioned During The Episode
- David De Jong Twitter
- Curious Worldview Newsletter
- David De Jong Nazi Billionaires
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153 - Lex Greensill's Pyramid Of Lies by Duncan Mavin.
What if I told that you that Credit Suisse, one of finances most foundational banks was helped brought to it’s knees by a charismatic bogan playing posh from Bundaberg…
This podcast is about a fella called Lex Greensill… who, among many other things, roped the likes of (Brexit instigator) David Cameron, current prime minister Rishi Sunak to even Vision Fund, Uber and WeWork investor, Masoyoshi Son into his sprawling supply chain finance scandal.
The full story of how Lex talked and awkwarded his way into the central halls of power is immense, and the guest on todays podcast, the incredible investigative journalist, Duncan Mavin, wrote a book documenting all of this called, pyramid of lies
- 00:00 - Introduction
- 02:02 - Lex As A Bloke & How He Became Who He Is
- 15:20 - Could The End Have Justified The Means?
- 22:02 - Separating The Legitimacy From The Fraud
- 32:12 - Similarities & Differences Between Lex & Adam Nueman Of WeWork
- 36:32 - My Soft Spot For Lex & The Role In David Cameron In All Of This
- 46:32 - People Risking Their Reputations + Where Is The Due Diligence?
- 52:47 - Cancer Of Offshore Finance
- 1:06:27 - Greensill's Role In The Collapse Of Credit Suisse
- 1:10:43 - Who Were The Victims Of Greensill Capital?
- 1:12:08 - Duncan's Direct Message To Lex
- 1:14:22 - How Often Does An Anonomys Tip Get The Ball Rollling?
- 1:17:20 - Do We Live In An Age Of Unprecedented Fraud?
- 1:19:54 - Serendipity, Bullish Country & Conversation Between Any Two People Of History
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Curious Things Mentioned During The Episode
- Investigative Journalism Starter Pack
- Offshore Finance Starter Pack
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152 - This is a podcast about human trafficking and modern slavery.
The guest is Matthew Friedman, and he is the CEO of the Mekong Club, which is an organisation that mobilises the private sector to take action against human trafficking and modern slavery.
In this conversation, Matthew reveals unsettling story after unsettling story of human trafficking, modern slavery and scams. And in and among it all, he explains how it could be possible that today there are more slaves than has ever been before.
Time Stamps For Matthew Friedman
- 00:00 - Introduction
- 01:32 - Horrific Story From Nepal/India
- 05:25 - UN Versus NGO's Versus Private Sector
- 11:19 - There Is More Slavery Today Than There Ever Has Been
- 15:40 - What Does Matthew Do To Stop Resentment?
- 20:25 - How Are Slavery Statistics Collected?
- 22:30 - How Does Rising Middle Class In Developing Economies Affect These Numbers?
- 28:50 - Pig Butchering & Harmcore
- 38:56 - Coming Face To Face With The Criminals
- 46:50 - The Role Of Offshore Finance & Money Laundering
- 52:40 - The Geography Of All Of This
- 1:00:10 - Red Light District In Amsterdam & 'Taken' & Jeffrey Epstein
- 1:11:30 - Africa
- 1:14:20 - China & Specific Example Of Manufacturers Exploiting Slavery & Greenwashing
- 1:29:30 - Role Of Serendipity In Matthew Friedman's Life & Bullish Country & Conversation Between 2 People
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Curious Things Mentioned During The Episode
- Investigative Journalism Starter Pack
- Martin Schibbye - Cards Of Qatar
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The following is with the debut Italian on this podcast, the one and only Luca Dellana.
Luca is the extremely successful author of 9 books, and he writes these alongside his day job, as an independent consultant advising businesses across the world at the intersection of risk and behavioural psychology
This makes him the best communicator of the subject of todays conversation, which funnily enough is the very same title of most recent book... Ergodicity.
Time Stamps For Luca Dellana
- 00:00 – Introduction
- 01:23 – What Is Ergodicity?
- 05:53 - Why Does Ergodicity Matter?
- 15:23 - Fat Tails & Power Laws
- 22:43 - Consultants & Skin In The Game
- 29:50 - Ole Peters & Ergodicity In Insurance
- 39:58 - The Perfect Example To Explain Ergodicity + My Attempt At Applying Ergodicity To Cricket
- 48:31 - Behavioural Change Is Non Ergodic
- 51:35 - Kelly Criterion In Nature + Survivorship Bias & Lindy
- 1:07:58 - The Influence Of Nassim Taleb
- 1:16:03 - Serendipity & Ergodicity
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Curious Things Mentioned During The Episode
- Russ Roberts #150
- Scott Patterson – Chaos Kings
- Nassim Taleb & Incerto Podcast
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Russ Roberts ladies and gentlemen.
One of the true OG’s of podcasting and in fact so OG, that Russ is one of the mediums earliest adopters, Russ has been at this racket for nearly 20 years now since he debuted EconTalk in 2006.
And although economics is literally in the title, the show expands well beyond the narrow domain of theoretical economics – it is much broader and has transformed over the years into one of the most authentic reflections of a hosts shifting curiosities.
And with guests the likes of Milton Friedman, Thomas Pikety, Christopher Hitchens, Michael Lewis and even the great and elusive Nassim Taleb, you can see why EconTalk is one of the most appraised shows out there.
Time Stamps For Russ Roberts
- 00:00 – Introduction
- 02:23 – Christopher Hitchens
- 07:32 – Good Communication Versus Good Talking… (Podcasting?)
- 29:53 – Do Certain Cultures Create More Good Communicators Than Others?
- 35:46 – Nassim Taleb All The Way Down
- 59:08 – I Run A Theory By Russ + Russ Reflecting On EconTalk
- 1:12:03 – The Role That Serendipity Has Played In Russ’s Life
- 1:17:23 – Country Russ Is Particularly Bullish On
- 1:22:51 – Conversation Between Any Two People Of History
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Curious Things Mentioned During The Episode
- Christopher Hitchens Mortality
- Ben Burgis – Life Of Christopher Hitchens
- Scott Patterson – Chaos Kings
- Nassim Taleb & Incerto Podcast
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After climbing the peak of China's Elite, Desmond Shum had to flee his country of birth out of fear of being disappeared.
He was on the inside of the political apparatus along with his former wife, a multi billionaire who would later go on to be disappeared, and together, but in the years before they built their empire of the backs of being cosy with the most powerful elites right up the tippy top of the CCP mountains-cape.
These relationships coupled with an incredible ambition and nouse for business led Desmond to multiple business deals that were not only extremely lucrative, but also interesting as a case study into the tide lifting all boats phenomenon that was a booming china ins the early 2000’s.
- 00:00 – Introduction
- 05:13 - Dealing With Abuse & The Chinese Caste System
- 16:39 - Status, Vanity, Social Awareness & How Desmond Used It To His Advantage
- 31:13 - Navigating China's Politics & Attention To Detail
- 37:19 - Corruption & Guanxi
- 49:13 - Desmond's Lifestyle When He Was At The Top
- 53:48 - Dynastic Wealth & Desmond's Relationship With Whitney & His Son
- 58:58 - Whitney's Disappearance
- 1:04:13 - Whitney's Elite Guanxi
- 1:12:18 - Desmonds Biggest Deals & The Tide That Lifts All Boats
- 1:26:13 - Whitney's Disappearance
- 1:29:28 - How Rich Chinese Hide Their Money
- 1:38:03 - Does Desmond Still Feared Being Disappeared?
- 1:39:23 - Fallout After Publishing Book & Discussing Jack Ma
- 1:45:43 - China's Future
- 1:47:23 - 'I Signed My Life Away When I Decided To Publish The Book'
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Curious Things Mentioned During The Episode
- Geoff Raby
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Scott Patterson writes for the WSJ and is author of The Quants, DarkPools and Chaos Kings.
Anyone who has listened to this podcast for a while will be familiar with my affinity for Nassim Taleb and know just how influential he has been on shaping my worldview…
Just a few of the characters profiled in this book include Bill Ackman, who runs the famous Pershing Square hedge fund, and made one of the greatest trades in recorded history at the beginning of Covid, Nassim Taleb and Mark Spitznagel who together have made billions via their unusual hedge fund, Universa and as well, Didier Sornet, a fascinatingly interesting french mathematician and academic who believes opposite to Taleb, that Black Swans can be predicted.
In this podcast with Scott Patterson, you can expect to hear about the core of the chaos kings worldview, a lot about Nassim Taleb, serendipity and as well anecdotes for days that give you a deep insight into Scott as both a journalist and author.
- 00:00 – Introduction
- 02:30 – How The Chaos Kings Have Effected Scott’s Worldview
- 10:10 – Taleb’s Hedge Fund Antifragile Trading Strategy
- 12:40 – Scott’s Introduction To Taleb & Spitznagel
- 21:50 – What Principles Enabled Taleb & Spitznagel To Endure Loss Day After Day
- 28:55 – Why Do These Masters Of Risk Expose Themselves To Such Physical Risk
- 34:15 – The Core Of The Chaos Kings Worldview
- 47:47 – Taleb Or Sornet?
- 48:06 – Nassim Taleb Biography?
- 48:23 – Chamath Palihapatya
- 49:36 – How Does A Journalist Optimise For Tail Risk + Extremistan Explained For Authors
- 54:29 – How Will Scott Teach His Son To Optimise For Serendipity
- 55:55 – What Country Is Scott Bullish On
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Curious Things Mentioned During The Episode
- Nassim Taleb & Incerto Podcast
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Tim Butcher returns to the podcast with another incredible journey through an African nation.
The first time Tim appeared he spoke about his adventures through the Congo, weaving a story of an incredibly rich and beautiful country that is nonetheless un-developing.
It remains easily one of my favourite episodes I’ve ever had the privilege to record.
Tim, this time around takes us through his month long journey through Liberia and Sierre Leone. He wrote a book about it called Chasing The Devil, and as the title alludes, a big part of the journey was trying to come to terms with the voodoo, black magic and devil worship that he encounters along the way.
Much like his Congo trip, Tim again is journeying in the footsteps of a great writer who had gone before him. In the case of Liberia it is the famous author and journalists, Graham Greene.
- 00:00 – Introduction
- 02:10 – What Is Good Writing & What Is Good Speaking?
- 34:13 – Graham Greene & Liberia
- 54:10 – Charles Taylor & The Devil Worship Of West Africa
- 1:16:58 – The Journey Through Liberia
- 1:37:45 – Geographical Determinism
- 1:51:27 – The Kleptocracy Of Liberia & Africa More Broadly
- 2:11:54 – Country You Are Most Bullish On
- 2:17:31 – Cricket Chat
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Curious Things Mentioned During The Episode
- Tim Marshall
- Tim Butcher – Blood River Through The Congo
- James Robinson – Why Nations Fail
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The fella who features here has been working with different divisions of Swedish law enforcement for over 20 years and this includes over 10 years with Piketen - Sweden’s equivalent of SWAT.
Piketen says their work is ‘particularly dangerous and complex situations’ and this includes hostage situations, high risk search warrants, etc. Only 8% of people manage to complete the various psychological and physical tests that are required to make it into Piketen and it was on one of his first jobs with this division that the guest on this episode was involved in an incident that will remain with him for the rest of his life.
This is a deeply personal podcast going from his beginning to now, the full journey of a fella from northern Sweden who wanted to be policeman ever since he he could understand what it meant.
Now, I would love to give a bit of a broader context on the current issues around law enforcement that are being discussed in Sweden, but I am afraid I would not do it justice at all, so let’s leave it at if you are Swedish, I am sure you’re already informed, and if you aren't, than many of the issues are likely mirrored in your own country.
Lower trust in police, more scepticism, lower wages, less applicants, lower standards, more mistakes, harsher critics, negative media attention, and more and more and more context which paints policing overall in a negative light… which in my opinion is a losing strategy because even though everyone of us might have our own example of bad police, imagine if they weren't around, or on average, just as unskilled and as undisciplined as the rest of us.
That's a grim picture. Everything is as nice as it is, because there are people who enforce the law.
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The following is with friend of the show and one of the most popular guests from this podcasts history.
This is his third appearance – he is the king of geography writing, he is the great and powerful Tim Marshall.
This interview covers everything from Tim on what makes good writing, the success of prisoners of geography, a prisoners of geography observation of Sweden, the long term effects of immigration in Europe, and of course… the future of geography… space all the way down.
- 00:00 – Introduction
- 01:35 – Tim Riding On A Tank With Tim Butcher
- 03:33 – Why Writing For TV Is A Good Discipline
- 06:25 – The Enormous Success Of Prisoners Of Geography
- 10:18 – Sweden Through A Prisoners Of Geography Lens
- 30:32 – The Geography Of Space All The Way Down
- 45:05 – The Privatisation Of Space
- 53:35 – A Prediction For Space For 2050
- 59:25 – Indonesia – A Country Tim Marshall Is Bullish On
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Curious Things Mentioned During The Episode
- Tim Marshall Prisoners Of Geography
- Tim Marshall Power Of Geography
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The following is with Ed Conway, who has written one of the most intensely curious books, it is called Material World and looks at some of these raw ingredients that have shaped the world we live in.
Namely, these materials are sand, salt, copper, oil, iron and lithium.
Nothing will give you a greater appreciation for globalisation and the wondrous efficiency of global trade than this book will. It is kind of a miracle that things cost as cheaply as they do, and are as ubiquitous as they are.
Time Stamps For Ed Conway
- 00:00 – Introduction
- 01:40 – Appreciation For Globalisation?
- 19:25 – ASML, Sand & Microchips
- 43:12 – Waste, Oil, Demographics & Recycling
- 1:02:00 – I Bring Up A Bizarre Anecdote
- 1:07:15 – Gina Reinhardt, Robert Friedland (crazy Steve Jobs anecdote) & Copper
- 1:25:40 – Serendipity
- 1:31:54 – Country You Are Bullish On
- 1:32:15 – Conversation Between Two People Of History
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Curious Things Mentioned During The Episode
- Jos Benschop
- Vince Beiser
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This was first published in early 2021 on this podcast.
Chris Williamson is the host of the Modern Wisdom podcast, one of Europe's and quite frankly - the worlds - fastest growing and most exciting podcasts for the inquisitive mind.
Chris has created something, in Modern Wisdom, that I quietly emulate and admire from afar. The prospect of getting the opportunity to speak with whoever you want around the world who interests you most is the absolute final motivation for why I started this podcast. Chris recently had on JBP Jordan Peterson, which marked for him this high watermark and realisation of this absolute motivation.
We spoke about much. Stereotypes, being pigeonholed, stifling ones potential, imposter syndrome and not enough about cricket.
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Norman Ohler is a German screenwriter, author and journalist.
Norman is most widely known as the author of Blitzed, an incredible book that documents the role of Pervatin (methamphetamine) and drugs during Nazi Germany and WWII.
In this podcast with Norman, you can expect to hear about…
- The moment of serendipity that lead to writing blitzed in the first place.
- A bit about the crazy debauchery of Berlin pre WWII.
- A brief history on drug synthesis including heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine and even Aspirin.
- The prevalence of meth in the nazi army and as well Hitlers codependency on his doctor.
- Norman addresses some of the criticism of the book.
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- as well he speaks about what the overall lesson is he hopes people take away from reading the book.
Time Stamps For Norman Ohler
- 00:00 – Introduction
- 03:30 – Wim Wenders & Normans Eclectic Nature
- 11:58 – The Moment Of Serendipity That Lead To Blitzed
- 17:37 – Criticism Of The Book
- 19:35 – History Of Debauchery In Berlin, Methamphetamines & Hypocrisy Of Nazi Puritans
- 34:52 – Bayer Developed Heroin, Merk Developed Cocaine & Germans Invented Most Drugs
- 43:10 – Methamphetamines In The Nazi Army + Hitler & His Codependency With Morel
- 1:09:00 – What Lesson Does Norman Ohler Want People To Read From The Book?
- 1:15:02 – Surprised By The Success Of The Book?
- 1:18:12 – Serendipity & Conversation Between Any Two People Of History
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Curious Things Mentioned During The Episode
- David De Jong
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Gateway By Project Brazen - Listen Now
Mitchell Prothero is a war correspondent and two time bureau chief in Iraq for both UPI and McClathcy Newspapper’s. He is a senior writer at VICE news, has written for Buzzfeed, and is now, the host of gateway, Project Brazen’s latest series which is guns, cocaine and dirty money in Europe.
This is truly one of the most fascinating and important stories happening in northern Europe at the moment. As Europe as a continent is set too, apparently, overtake the USA as the gross largest consumer of cocaine in the world. And along with the increase in consumption comes the requisite increase in violence, corruption, money laundering and other criminal networks that the scale and money behind cocaine enables.
Time Stamps For Mitchell Prothero
- 00:00 – Introduction
- 01:54 – From Covering ISIS To Cocaine
- 05:49 – Anecdotes With Christopher Hitchens
- 12:05 – Deep Diving Into The Cocaine Wars Of Europe – Mafia, Violence & Narco States?
- 36:59 – The Role Of Globalisation In All Of This + The Question Of Legalisation
- 1:00:34 – The Stigma Around Cocaine
- 1:08:08 – More On Cocaine In Europe + Who Are The Keyser Söze’s?
- 1:29:12 – Who Is Mitchell Prothero & What Is This Project (Where To Find Him)
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Curious Things Mentioned During The Episode
- Bradley Hope
- Nicky Woolf
- Christopher Turner
- Justin Scheck
- Gateway By Project Brazen
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The following podcast is with Kevin Kelly.
He’s an eclectic fella with a broad array of experiences and interests, but most notably, he is the co-founder of Wired magazine, an og futurist, the photographer behind vanishing Asia, author of many many books… but most importantly to me, he wrote of one of the most viral blog posts of all time, ‘1000 true fans’.
Plus, he just published Excellent Advice For Living – a wonderful book of aphorisms.
Kevin Kelly has done at this stage probably 100’s of podcasts, I feel like I’ve listened to most of them, but while I cannot confirm this to be 100% true, I think this podcast can exist as evergreen material Kevin has not spoken publicly about before.
We go top to bottom the role of serendipity in Kevins life. I ask him point blank what Tim Ferriss has done for him. Kevin opens up and then digs deep on the importance of communication and I even get Kevin to react to a Norm Macdonald quote at the end.
- 00:00 – Introduction
- 01:37 – Serendipity In Kevins Life & Travel Experiences
- 24:52 – ‘Be A Good Ancestor’ – Kevin Kelly
- 28:15 – What’s It Like Being Famous In China?
- 34:02 – What Has Tim Ferriss Done For You?
- 42:32 – Kevins Favourite Aphorism From The Book
- 46:32 – Kevins Advice On Elite Communication + Behind The Scenes On The Podcast Tour
- 57:22 – Kevin Reacting To A Norm Macdonald Quote + Reflecting On Mortality
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Curious Things Mentioned During The Episode
- Unsolicited Advice From Kevin Kelly
- Nassim Taleb
- Bed Of Procrustes
- Tim Ferriss
- Thomas Erikson On Communication
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The following is with one of the great living narrative non fiction writers, David Grann.
David is a staff writer at the New Yorker and author of one of my favourite stories of all time… the incredible life and adventures of Percy Fawcett and the Lost City Of Z.
David has of course, many other credits to his name, not least of which is authoring Killers Of The Flower Moon, which is a violent and horrifically true story from Americas wild west that has actually been turned into a movie featuring Leonardo DiCaprio & Martin Scorcese to be released this summer.
David Grann has also authored the unbelievably rich and incredible story from the 1700s called The Wager, this story is confirmation of the project brazen tagline, that sometimes the truth really is stranger than fiction.
- 00:00 – Introduction
- 02:14 – David’s Mum’s Influence On Him Becoming A Writer
- 07:22 – Introducing David To Nassim Taleb’s Black Swan & Publishing + David’s Experiences In Mexico
- 14:30 – Narrative Building + Sheer Body Of Research
- 27:02 – The Wager
- 43:14 – Sheer Body Of Research
- 52:16 – Working With Leonardo DiCaprio & Martin Scorcese
- 56:31 – The Role Of Serendipity In David’s Life
- 1:02:19 – Conversation Between Any Two People Of History + Great Stories Not Being Told
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Curious Things Mentioned During The Episode
- Bradley Hope
- Walt Bogdanich
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The following is with Paddy Manning an Australian journalist who has just published an unauthorised biography of Rupert Murdochs oldest son – Lachlan Murdoch
This is such a good book. The story of the Murdochs is even better and more dramatic than succession would have you believe. The drama of the deals, the personalities, the extravagances of wealth, the politics. The Murdoch empire is one of the most fascinating group of companies ever assembled and…. the subject of this podcast Lachlan Murdoch – is supposedly set to inherit it all.
- 00:00 – Introduction
- 01:52 – Paddy Mannings Opinion Of Lachlan Murdoch As A Bloke
- 26:24 – Lachlan Murdoch The Billionaire
- 36:11 – Lachlan’s Love Affair With Australia
- 40:02 – A Sense Of The Absurd Luxury (Succession)
- 49:57 – Roman Roy Is Based Off Lachlan Murdoch & What Succession Has Gotten Right
- 56:25 – What Has The Reaction Been To The Book In Lachlan Murdoch Circles + Serendipity
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Curious Things Mentioned During The Episode
- Paul Cleary
- Dick Smith
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The following is with Alan Krell - who is one of the pioneers of deep sea, saturation diving - which from the outside, feels just like one of the most high stakes professions you've ever heard of.
We are talking about risk and danger that few lines of work would ever expose you to, and as you hear in this interview, those risks and dangers take their toll.
We try to tell a linear story of Alan's career in deep sea diving, but as well, address the dangers, the near death experiences, the lifestyle, the people, the corruption and everything else that goes with it.
- 00:00 - Introduction
- 02:35 - Nigerian Oil Rigs In The 90s
- 19:20 - Paul Cleary & The Risks Of Diving
- 26:56 - Explaining The Bell & The Unbelievable Living Conditions Of Saturation Diving
- 54:09 - Alan’s Journey Into Diving
- 1:3:11 - Timeline & Crazy Diving Story's
- 1:22:00 - Life & Death & PTSD
- 1:53:35 - 10% Of Everyone Died
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Curious Things Mentioned During The Episode
- Paul Cleary
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Sophie Gray recently published this profile - https://thespectator.com/topic/nassim-nicholas-taleb-anti-confidence-man-bitcoin-ftx/ - of Nassim Taleb in the spectator.
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Are you into Nassim Taleb, Skin In The Game, Antifragile, The Black Swan? I run a Nassim Taleb podcast covering all the wonderful ideas found in the 5 part Incerto series.
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Anna Sundberg co-authored a book of memoirs titled ‘My Beloved Terrorist’.
This book is an incredible and rare story of how a young woman from Halmstad, who is otherwise your ABBA stereotype of a blonde swede with blue eyes, became radicalised in Islam and ultimately married the jihadist terrorist leader, Said Arif, who was captured by the Syrian secret police and had included in his network, the likes of Osama Bin Laden.
Its been hard for me to put into words exactly how I feel about this episode, but one thing for sure is how incredible of a woman Anna Sundberg is.
This is the first time she’s ever told this story in english and following the central timeline of her experiences she answers questions about why Islam was even compelling at all the first place, secular Sweden, how steeply and quickly one can become radicalised, a day in the life of a jihadist wife, living in Chechnya, Syria, Berlin, being an extremist muslim in all these places and Sweden, re-entry into Sweden, De-Radicalisation, culture and more.
- 00:00 – Introduction
- 01:42 – Formative Experiences & Sweden Back In The Day
- 10:42 – Becoming Radicalised
- 22:47 – Feelings Of Regret & Wanting To Escape
- 25:59 – Back To The Timeline & Extremely Conservative Islam
- 1:00:38 – Taking A Break
- 1:01:01 – Discovering Your Husband Was A Terrorist
- 1:11:07 – Day In The Life Of A Jihadist Wife – Leading Up To 9/11 – Moving To Syria
- 1:53:57 – Leaving Islam, Back In Sweden – Losing Faith
- 2:14:26 – Re-Entry Into Sweden & De-Radicalisation
- 2:40:25 – Discussing Swedish Culture & Whether Anyone Can Become Radicalised
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Curious Things Mentioned During The Episode
- Diamant Salihu
- Martin Schibbye
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The following is with the man behind surrounded by idiots, surrounded by narcissist, surrounded by psychopaths, bad bosses, setbacks, and even… vampires.
He is one Sweden’s most successful and influential authors of all time. He is the incredibly interesting, and secret Stephen King o’phile – Thomas Erikson.
For interviews with Thomas in English, this is certainly unlike you have ever heard him before.
He leans into his thoughts about Jordan Peterson, he talks about antidepressants in Sweden, opens up on his worldview when it comes to finding meaning and happiness, he tells the incredible publishing story for surrounded by idiots, goes deep into Stephen King and even rounds on the interview by assigning a personality colour to various famous people from history Elon Musk to Jesus.
- 00:00 – Introduction
- 02:37 – The Incredible Publishing Story For Surrounded By Idiots & How Selling Millions Of Books Changes You
- 27:07 – Serendipity From The Network
- 34:57 – Antidepressants In Sweden, Meaning & Happiness
- 47:18 – Jordan Peterson
- 1:00:35 – Great Communicators, Great Writers & How To Communicate With People
- 1:39:24 – Giving Elon Musk, Jesus & More A Personality Colour (DISC)
- 1:58:22 – Conversation Between Any Two People Of History
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Curious Things Mentioned During The Episode
- Diamant Salihu
- Martin Schibbye
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Podcasters podcasting about podcasts.
The following is with the infectiously optimistic and potential future hall of fame podcaster, Danny Miranda.
On this episode you can expect to hear Danny open up on his dreams in a way, I suspect you’ve not heard him do so before.
Specifically I am referring to an interaction around the middle of the episode where Danny gets vulnerable and shares just how wild his daydreams get when it comes to thinking about his trajectory and his future.
In and around that as well, topics spoken about include a digestion of what it takes to be a good communicator including who Danny considers be communication goats. Podcasting about podcasts, Danny game plans a Jocko Willink interview and then there is of course more as well.
- 00:00 – Introduction
- 01:15 – An Personal Anecdote From My Life Of Danny’s Influence
- 03:08 – Is Danny Blowing Up? (Tip If You Want To Work With Your Favourite Creator)
- 10:30 – Becoming A Better Communicator
- 25:31 – David Perrel Interview & Danny’s Intense Confidence
- 31:05 – Getting Personal… How Big Are Danny’s Dreams?
- 39:15 – Danny Miranda Show & Getting Guests
- 47:52 – Deep Research For Interviews & Game-Planning A Jocko Interview
- 53:45 – Larry Kings Most Famous Interview
- 56:16 – Social Media Advice & If If Danny Could Pick Any Two Guests In The Next Week
- 59:51 – What Musicians Make You Feel The Most?
- 1:00:50 – Conversation Between Any Two People Of History
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Curious Things Mentioned During The Episode
- Danny Miranda Episode #69
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Sophie Gray recently published this profile - https://thespectator.com/topic/nassim-nicholas-taleb-anti-confidence-man-bitcoin-ftx/ - of Nassim Taleb in the spectator.
This podcast is about the process of interviewing Taleb and putting together this piece.
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When I started this podcast I made a list of 20 or so names that were titled ‘Dream Guests’.
On this list included names the likes of Salman Rushdie, Ricky Ponting, Chael Sonnen, Robert Friedland, Anne McEvoy, Alain de Button, Mads Mikelson, Jared Diamond… the names of people I deeply admire who are as well, whale-level type guests.
And among these many names on the list was the person who is the guest on this episode… the host of Macrovoices, the great Erik Townsend.
Erik Townsend has dipped his toe into several disparate worlds. He made millions as a software entrepreneur in the 90s, retired onto a yacht in his 30s, has lived all over the world, even managed a hedge fund, and has since built one of the strongest media platforms in finance – Macrovoices.
In the following conversation, the topics that we spoke about include the following…
- Erik’s Formative Experiences
- The Why & How Behind Erik’s Energy Transition Documentary
- Why Peter Zeihan & Nassim Taleb Have Yet To Appear On Macrovoices
- Behind The Scenes Of Macrovoices
- USD Reserve Currency & Serendipity
- 00:00 – Introduction
- 02:22 – Early Life & Formative Experiences
- 16:48 – Something Obvious To Erik That Isn’t Obvious To Anyone Else
- 20:57 – Putting Together Erik’s Energy Documentary (+ Nuclear Bull Case)
- 54:12 – Geothermal Energy
- 1:02:16 – Why Hasn’t Peter Zeihan Been On Macrovoices?
- 1:05:42 – Macrovoices Was Created As A Stealth Marketing Strategy To Promote The Hedge Fund
- 1:16:40 – Dream Guests For Macrovoices (Nassim Taleb)
- 1:20:10 – Significance Of The USD Being The Worlds Reserve Currency
- 1:32:22 – Ethics Of Tax Evasion & Offshore Finance
- 1:42:15 – The Role Of Serendipity In Erik’s Life
- 1:51:37 – Country You Are Most Bullish On
- 2:00:22 – Conversation Between Any Two People Of History
- 2:02:22 – Message Of Admiration To Erik
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Curious Things Mentioned During The Episode
- Geothermal Energy Starter Pack
- Offshore Finance & Financial Secrecy Starter Pack
- Economics & Economic Development Starter Pack
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The following is with Nikolas Badminton, the chief futurist at one of the oldest futurist consultancies in the world, futurist.com.
In the conversation, Nikolas broaches topics such as…
- Determining Signal From Noise
- Nassim Taleb
- The Problem Of Water Scarcity
- A Pessimistic Future?
- The Role Of Serendipity & More!
- 00:00 – Introduction
- 01:11 – Nikolas Worldview
- 23:30 – Signals
- 29:11 – Why Is The Future Pessimistic?
- 51:11 – Qualifying Signal From Noise
- 58:11 – The Problem Of Water Scarcity
- 1:07:47 – Serendipity In Nikolas’s Life
- 1:12:22 – Country Nikolas Is Bullish On
- 1:13:25 – Conversation Between Any Two People Of History
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Curious Things Mentioned During The Episode
- Geothermal Energy Starter Pack
- Food Waste Manifesto
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The following is with John Perkins.
This is John’s second appearance on the podcast, he has just published a new edition of the Confessions of an Economic Hitman, this time with a heavy emphasis on the role of China’s debt traps and chicanery among the belt and road initiative.
To hear more about John, what is an economic hitman and the key experiences that inform John’s worldview, be sure to check out his first appearance on the show.
- 00:00 – Introduction
- 01:16 – The 4 Pillars Of The Chinese Economic Hitman
- 11:23 – An Example Of The Chinese Economic Hitman At Play
- 17:24 – John In Kazakstan + The Belt & Road Initiative
- 25:40 – John In Australia & Thoughts On Geographical Determinism
- 38:57 – Sergey Glazyev & USD As The Worlds Currency
- 41:16 – China’s EHM In The Congo
- 46:58 – Serendipity In John’s Life
- 53:23 – How Shamanic Experiences Have Influenced John’s Worldview
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Curious Things Mentioned During The Episode
- John Perkins – Confessions Of An Economic Hitman
- Jim Henry – Blood Bankers
- Offshore Finance & Financial Secrecy Starter Pack
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The following is with Miki Mistrati – a Danish investigative journalist who has spent a career uncovering cases of child slavery and the child labour rife throughout the chocolate supply chain.
He just released his new film on the matter titled ‘Chocolate Wars’ which is available on Amazon Prime.
Something horrific at the core of chocolate is just how easily and reliably Miki uncovered horrific stories of child theft and child labour upon every visit he made to Africa’s west coast.
- 00:00 – Introduction
- 03:05 – The Chocolate Supply Chain In Reverse
- 11:41 – Consistency In Dirty Supply Chains
- 18:29 – The Most Egregious Actor In The Chocolate Supply Chain
- 24:29 – Why It’s So Hard To Regulate The Chocolate Industry?
- 36:16 – Corruption & How The Industry Has Changed
- 45:43 – Dangers Of Reporting Child Slave Labour
- 54:42 – Horrific Child Slavery Stories & The BS Of Fair Trade
- 1:07:13 – Tonys Chocoloney
- 1:10:20 – Problem Of Disappearing Children
- 1:14:07 – Naming & Shaming The Explicit Brands
- 1:23:57 – Swiss Significance
- 1:26:50 – Greenwashing Everywhere
- 1:31:08 – What Would Miki Do With 10,000,000,000 Euros
- 1:32:05 – Similarities With Other Commodity Supply Chains
- 1:35:40 – Country You Are Bullish On & Conversation Between Any Two People Of History
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Curious Things Mentioned During The Episode
- Ryan Delaney – Coffee Supply Chain
- Investigative Journalism Starter Pack
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The following is with David de Jong, a Dutch historian and investigative journalist.
After growing up in Amsterdam during the 90s, David de Jong found himself on the billionaire’s desk in New York reporting for Bloomberg on the hidden fortunes power of family offices.
During his time at Bloomberg, David made a discovery that led him to move to Berlin and embark on a 4 year investigation into the dark and dusty vaults of Germany’s corporate past.
What David uncovered was nazi billionaires and wealth that has endured to this day.
- 00:00 – Introduction
- 01:50 – The Dutch, Nazi Occupation & Growing Up In Amsterdam
- 16:16 – The Billionaires Desk At Bloomberg
- 24:50 – Family Offices & How Offshore Finance Is Involved
- 35:50 – Nazi Billionaires
- 42:43 – Slave Labour In The Concentration Camps
- 47:43 – The Nazi Billionaire Heirs
- 51:22 – Sheer Amount Of Work & Research + Reactions To The Book
- 1:03:55 – Magda Friedlander
- 1:04:48 – The Whitewashing Of History
- 1:11:23 – Israel & The Middle East Desk
- 1:15:01- Serendipity
- 1:16:35 – Country You Are Bullish On
- 1:21:30 – Conversation Between Any Two People Of History
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Curious Things Mentioned During The Episode
- Nicholas Shaxson – The Offshore Accountant
- Bradley Hope – 1MDB Financial Scandals
- Financial Secrecy Starter Pack
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The following is a conversation with Matthew Houde.
Matthew is the co-founder of a business that is developing a new drilling technology that could allow the world to access the deep geothermal heat beneath our feet. This is best consumed alongside the episode with Carlos Araque, Matthew’s co-founder at Quaise energy.
The subject of geothermal energy is deeply interesting to me. I think it could well be one of the most important disruptive innovations of this generation and it is precisely companies like Quaise who could be the winners from this disruption.
- 00:00 – Introduction
- 01:24 – Quaise Start-Up Story
- 08:24 – Geothermal Versus Solar & Wind
- 15:46 – Why Geothermal Matters
- 23:50 – Who Is Carlos Araque + Stories In Raising Money
- 31:48 – Quaise Technology (Part 1)
- 34:45 – 2nd, 3rd, 4th Order Consequences Of Success
- 44:13 – Quaise Technology (Part 2)
- 1:06:14 – Problems With The US Grid
- 1:12:09 – Quaise Timeline
- 1:16:28 – Geothermal In The Media & Thoughts Of The Competition
- 1:26:02 – Country Mattew Houde Is Bullish On
- 1:28:58 – Conversation Between Any Two People Of History
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Curious Things Mentioned During The Episode
- Carlos Araque – Co-Founder Of Quaise Energy
- John Redfern – CEO of Eavor
- Alexander Richter – CEO Of ThinkGeoEnergy
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Bolor Lkhaajav is a researcher specialising in Mongolia, Northeast Asia, East Asia, and the Americas.
Her research interests cover foreign policy, security, governance, economy, and social issues. Bolor’s research and writing has been published by many amazing outlets and she is a researcher and writer for the diplomat.
- 00:00 – Introduction.
- 01:40 – Kind Words From Jack Weatherford & Genghis Khan
- 06:34 – Mongolia In Bolor’s Words (Mongolian Scorecard)
- 32:41 – Horses, Beauty & Mongolian Culture
- 43:56 – Modernity For Mongolia
- 54:45 – Alcoholism
- 1:08:05 – The Role Of Men & Woman
- 1:20:44 – Immigration, Demographics & The Future
- 1:29:10 – China
- 1:40:10 – Bolor Lkhaajav Book
- 1:41:40 – Country Bolor Is Bullish On
- 1:44:42 – Conversation Between Any Two People
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Curious Things Mentioned During The Episode
- Jack Weatherford – Genghis Khan & The Making Of The Modern World
- Charlie Walker – Adventures Through Mongolia & Across The World
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Ami Vitale is one of the worlds great photographers.
She has lived in mud huts, war zones, battled malaria, donned a panda suit, was with the last living northern white rhino as he passed and has reported with intimacy from communities all over the world.
She is a Nikon ambassador, National Geographic photographer and just one of the coolest people I have ever gotten a chance to speak with on this podcast.
In this podcast, Ami busts the old myth of national geographic photographers, she Confirms the risk and romance of journalistic adventure, but as well tampers my projections with a heartfelt dose of realism.
- 00:00 - Introduction.
- 01:37 - Why Skin In The Game Is Everything.
- 06:52 - How To Make It As A Professional Photographer.
- 18:10 - Adventure, Thrill & Romance.
- 24:52 - Benefit Of Being A Woman In A Conflict Zone.
- 32:27 - Risk.
- 40:38 - Me Embarrassing Myself.
- 47:33 - Rapid Fire Questions.
- 49:28 - Serendipity, Country You Are Bullish On & Conversations Between Any Two People.
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Important Things Mentioned.
- Bjorn Persson - Swedish Wildlife Photographer
- Marsel Van Oosten - One Of The Worlds Greatest Photographers
- Photography Starter Pack
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David Liu is Taiwan’s unofficial ambassador to Sweden.
He’s lived in Sweden for 11 years and is writing a book which explains the Swedish culture and mentality in a way through which the Taiwanese people and audience can relate. He is a cultural bridge between these two magnificent cultures and countries.
- 000:00 – Introduction.
- 02:11 – Where Did It All Being? An Introduction To Taiwan.
- 08:11 – Integrating Into Sweden & Belonging.
- 17:16 – Talking Taiwan Top To Bottom.
- 43:37 – More On David’s Story & Making A Taiwan/Sweden Comparison.
- 56:13 – Swedish Startup Community, Culture & Norrsken.
- 1:16:35 – Sweden Is A Country Of Paradoxes + Impact Startups.
- 1:29:22 – Country You Are Bullish On + Conversation Between Any Two People Of History.
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Episodes Of The Curious Worldview Podcast Mentioned.
- Angelica Oung – Taiwan Top To Bottom.
- Magnus Brandberg – Swedish Exceptionalism.
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Nicholas Niarchos is journalist who has been published in The New Yorker, The Nation, TIME, The Guardian, The NY Times, Die Welt and many, many more.
In a podcast that could have been separated into two distinct chapters you can expect to hear some of the following.
- The Congo in Nicholas’s words
- A brief history of kleptocracy and the plundering of Congos natural resources
- An explanation of Cobalt
- What its like meeting Alec Baldwin
- Getting arrested in the Congo
- And more…
- 00:00 – Introduction.
- 01:41 – Introducing The Congo & A History Of Kleptocracy.
- 19:43 – Robert Freidland.
- 21:59 – What Is The Current State Of The Congo?
- 32:01 – What Is Cobalt? Where Is It From? The Problem Of Greenwashing.
- 47:01 – Nicholas Niarchos New Yorker Article & Freelance Mining In The Congo.
- 57:51 – Child Labour & Abuse.
- 1:04:26 – Nicholas Writing A Book & New Yorker Status.
- 1:14:58 – Nicholas’s Journey. Freelance Journalism. Advice For Me.
- 1:25:13 – Meeting Alec Baldwin.
- 1:27:49 – Serendipity & Being Arrested In The Congo.
- 1:34:14 – Country Nicholas Niarchos Is Bullish On.
- 1:35:41 – Conversation Between Any Two People Of History.
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THE SOUND w/ Project Brazen & Nicky Woolf- https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-sound-mystery-of-havana-syndrome/id1662594800
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Nicky Woolf is the host and investigative journalist behind Project Brazens latest investigative podcasts series, a story, which much to the consistency of the Project Brazen tagline, is one where again we are reminded the the truth is indeed stranger than fiction.
The podcast is about Havana Syndrome, what we expect from this series and Nicky Woolf even drops a few of the salacious, geopolitical and gossipy details about the story.
We then speak about what it takes putting together an audio production like this, Nicky Woolf's life in journalism, we nerd out on podcasting, audiobooks and as well, speak about the media landscape.
Topics Within The Curious Worldview Podcast Mentioned.
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- Bradley Hope - Project Brazen
- Investigative Journalism Starter Pack
- 00:00 - Introduction
- 02:12 - What Is Havana Syndrome?
- 06:16 - The Power Of Suggestion
- 16:41 - Setting The Scene For Us... An Introduction To Havana Syndrome
- 19:52 - The Geopolitical Angles
- 28:37 - Theories For Havana Syndrome
- 36:52 - How Scary Is The Underworld Of Experimental Weaponry?
- 40:59 - How Can Sound Physically Impair You?
- 46:06 - Bring It All Together, The Future Of The Story & Working With Project Brazen
- 54:08 - Changing Journalistic Landscape
- 1:10:04 - Podcasting & Audio
- 1:32:20 - Investigations Not Being Given Oxygen & Australian Journalism
- 1:45:43 - Hero's, Christopher Hitchens & Anthony Bourdain
- 1:58:56 - What Is A Country Nicky Is Bullish On?
- 2:11:45 - Conversation Between Any Two People Of History
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Ha-Joon Chang is a developmental economist who has been named among the worlds top 20 thinkers.
He has served as a consultant to the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the European Investment Bank, Oxfam and the United Nations. Ha-Joon Chang is the author of many books, the most notable of which are
- 23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism.
- Kicking Away The Ladder.
- Bad Samaritans.
- The Economics Users Guide.
- & his highly anticipated new book, Edible Economics.
Episodes Of The Curious Worldview Podcast Mentioned.
- James Robinson – Why Nations Fail
- Tim Butcher – Africa’s Broken Heart
- Geoff Raby – Chinese Economic Development.
- Economics Starter Pack
- 00:00 – Introduction.
- 01:37 – There Is No Such Thing As A Free Market.
- 14:32 – Which Country Has The Best Economic System?
- 22:35 – Why Does Ha-Joon Chang Love Scandinavia?
- 36:28 – How We Misunderstand Inflation.
- 41:07 – Did The Washing Machine Change The World More Than The Internet?
- 47:05 – Ching Ju Yung (GOAT Korean Entrepreneur) & South Korean Culture.
- 58:43 – Working For Oxfam & World Bank.
- 1:04:33 – Is Foreign Aid Good or Bad?
- 1:10:01 – Country Ha-Joon Chang Is Bullish On.
- 1:11:37 – Conversation Between Any Two People Of History.
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Charlie Walker has… rode his bike through a winter Tibeten plateau. Rafted the hippopotamus dwelling backcountry of the Congo. Cycled his way through India, China, Iran, Africa, Kazakstan. Walked the length of Mongolia. Completed a 8000km triathlon from the Russian Urals all the way down through to Turkey. In Papua New Guinea, he stumbled upon some of the most remote tribes in the world. He walked two months down frozen Siberian rivers camping at -50 degrees. And to top it all off! Charlie Walker sat across from the baldest man in podcasting – the GOAT, Joe Rogan.
This podcast explores the adventures teased above, but as well the contents of his two books; Through Sand & Snow and On Roads That Echo.
Links To Charlie Walker
- Charlie Walker Website
- Charlie Walker Instagram
Episodes Of The Curious Worldview Podcast Mentioned.
- Patrick Alley – Global Witness
- Martin Schibbye – 438 Days
- Bradley Hope – Billion Dollar Whale
- Tim Butcher – A Journey Into Africas Broken Heart
- Harley Rustad – Disappearance Of Justin Alexander
- Bryan Bashin – The Adventures Of James Holman
- Dick Smith – A Legendary Australian Adventurer
- The Adventure Podcasts Starter Pack
Adventure Podcast Link
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- 00:00 – Introduction.
- 01:56 – Hiding From Guinea Rebel Terrorists.
- 10:11 – Why Did Charlie Decide To Do This In The First Plae?
- 16:23 – Romania Confrontation.
- 22:35 – Serendipity & Human Kindness.
- 28:18 – Cycling The Tibetan Plateau In Winter (Unbelievable Story)
- 40:11 – Podcasts & Audio Books While Travelling.
- 44:10 – Dealing With The Impossible Cold.
- 45:52 – Mongolia & Alcoholism On The Steppe.
- 53:31 – How Charlie Thinks About Risk & Rolling The Dice.
- 57:55 – The Democratic Republic Of The Congo.
- 1:02:39 – How Does Charlie Relate To People?
- 1:14:07 – The Economics Of Charlies Life.
- 1:16:11 – Me Wasting Everyones Time.
- 1:18:26 – Explorers & Adventurers Charlie Admires.
- 1:21:13 – How Does Charlie Want To Be Remembered?
- 1:22:29 – Country Charlie Is Bullish On.
- 1:23:28 – Conversation Between Any Two People Of History.
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🎙️:https://atlasgeographica.com/mikael-syding/
Mikael Syding is one of the most interesting people I’ve ever had the opportunity to speak with on this podcast.
In 2010, his hedge fund, Futuris, won European hedge fund of the decade. Mikael is an extremely popular voice in the Swedish investment community and as erudite and eclectic in his interests as they come.
In addition to popularising the Italian word for effortless mastery, sprezzatura, Mikael also writes regularly about markets, philosophy, psychedelics, his own personal story, science, sleep, psychology and just about all the interesting type of stuff that the audience of a Curious Worldview are primmed at attention for.
This chat covers a spectrum of topic including…
- Mikael Syding’s Formative Years
- Patrick Bateman As A Role Model
- Consciousness & Psychedelics
- Short Positions (Elon Musk & Tesla)
- Nassim Taleb & Risk
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- More & More As Well
Links To Mikael Syding
- Mikael Syding Website
- Mikael Syding Twitter
Episodes Of The Curious Worldview Podcast Mentioned.
- Nassim Taleb & Incerto Podcast
- Ludvig Sunström – Breaking Out Of Homeostasis
- Carl Jung Series
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- 00:00 – Introduction.
- 02:15 – Formative Years, Experiences & The Influence Of Patrick Bateman.
- 16:45 – Left Brain Right Brain Divide & Emotional Depth.
- 39:45 – ‘I Had Zero Empathy’
- 45:26 – Antidepressants & Modernity.
- 1:02:55 – Mikael Syding On Risk & Antiloop.
- 1:15:05 – Coincidence Of Opposites.
- 1:32:25 – Famous Short Sellers & Mikael’s Favourite Short Positions.
- 1:43:10 – ‘Elon Musk Is A Conman’… Tesla & Twitter.
- 2:03:26 – How Investing Expands Your Curiosities, The Information Edge In Investing, Due-diligence & 80/20.
- 2:25:58 – Pippa Malmgren & Signals.
- 2:37:59 – Mikael Syding’s Theory Of Consciousness.
- 3:16:32 – The Role Of Serendipity In Mikael’s Life.
- 3:20:57 – Advice To Young People (Lex Fridman).
- 3:25:52 – Country Mikael Syding Is Bullish On.
- 3:28:49 – Swedish Exceptionalism.
- 3:33:05 – Conversation Between Any Two People Of History.
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Patrick Alley is a cofounder of an organisation called Global Witness which weeds out abuses of corruption, the environment and human rights across the world. Patrick recently wrote a book documenting these experiences and it all starts with the illegal timber trade in South-East Asia funding the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia and making possible all the horror and violence of the Cambodian communists.
In this chat Patrick Alley mentions…
- Founders Story Of Global Witness
- Illegal Timber Trading
- Very Bad People
- Economics Of Global Witness
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- Much More As Well…
Links To Patrick Alley
- Global Witness
- Very Bad People
Episodes Of The Curious Worldview Podcast Mentioned.
- Martin Schibbye – Sweden’s Greatest Investigative Journalist
- Bradley Hope – 1MDB & Project Brazen.
- Jim Henry – Offshore Finance Investigative Journalist
- Nicholas Shaxson – The World Of Offshore Finance
- Oliver Bullough – Moneyland & Endless Kleptocracy
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- 00:00 – Introduction.
- 01:36 – Global Witness Founding Story Bringing Down Cambodian Communists.
- 12:42 – Why Is There Corruption?
- 15:50 – Illegal Timber Trading & Deforestation.
- 22:36 – Financial Secrecy & Offshore Finance.
- 26:42 – What Made Global Witness So Good At Investigations.
- 35:46 – Benny Steinmetz, Dan Gertler, Imelda Marcos.
- 56:13 – Blood Diamonds.
- 1:05:53 – What Is The Key To Generating Media Interest?
- 1:11:29 – Economics Of Global Witness & George Soros.
- 1:21:58 – Is The World Getting Better? Which Issue Is Most Cancerous?
- 1:25:56 – Serendipity In Patrick Alley’s Life.
- 1:27:06 – Country Patrick Is Bullish On.
- 1:28:56 – Conversation Between Any Two People Of History.
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The following is a conversation with Walt Bogdanich, an investigative journalist for the New York Times, author of many books, and 3x recipient of the Pulitzer Prize.
Walt Bogdanich co-authored a book titled ‘When McKinsey Comes To Town’ which documents 14 different examples of McKinsey poisoning, muddying and consulting the waters of big industry, big government and even bigger money.
In this chat there is a lot of talk about...
- McKinsey In Saudi Arabia
- McKinsey & Perdue Pharma
- McKinsey's Absurd Conflicts Of Interest
- Investigative Journalism
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- Much More As Well...
Links To Walt Bogdanich
- When McKinsey Comes To Town
Episodes Of The Curious Worldview Podcast Mentioned.
- Martin Schibbye - Sweden's Greatest Investigative Journalist
- Dan McDougall - Legendary Investigative Journalist.
- Bradley Hope - 1MDB & Project Brazen.
- Jim Henry - Offshore Finance Investigative Journalist
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- 00:00 – Introduction
- 01:40 – 3x Pulitzer Prize Wins
- 04:58 – McKinsey Are More Secretive Than The CIA
- 13:27 – Nassim Taleb, Consultants & Skin In The Game
- 19:52 – Exclusive Access To McKinsey Client List & Perdue Pharma Opioid Crisis
- 34:52 – McKinsey In Saudi Arabia
- 44:33 – Archetypal Example Of Filthy McKinsey
- 48:07 – Pulitzer Prize Story & Hard Truth About Investigative Journalism
- 56:39 – The Necessity For Supply Chain Investigations (Cocaine/Batteries) & Advice For Aspiring Investigative Journalists
- 1:00:00 – Walt’s Investigative Journalists Hero’s + A Great Story Not Being Told.
- 1:05:32 – The Role Of Serendipity In Walt’s Life.
- 1:08:10 – A Country Walt Is Bullish On.
- 1:09:49 – Conversation Between Any Two People Of History.
- 1:11:28 – Afterthoughts & Ambition For The Podcast.
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The following is a conversation with Rory Sutherland.
He founded the behavioural science team within the Ogilvy group and is one of Europe’s most powerful advertising executives.
To get a sense for his thinking and his incredibly interesting worldview he wrote a book called Alchemy, that argues great marketing ideas are often built around a core that is profoundly irrational.
This podcast touches on the themes of Alchemy but interestingly, Rory has applied them to different domains than those he covered in the book meaning.. this is totally new.
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00:00 – Introduction.
01:23 – How Nassim Taleb Has Influenced Rory Sutherland’s Worldview.
32:28 – C Elegans Worm Analogy & Covid.
41:38 – Banality In Social Media.
47:07 – What Is Taleb Like As A Bloke? + Interesting Questions About Social Engineering.
58:23 – System Design Complimenting Marketing & Advertising.
1:04:33 – Why It’s Important To Believe In Alchemy (Complexity) + Thinking About Nepotism.
1:14:40 – Signalling.
1:21:35 – Serendipity In Rory’s Life.
1:24:55 – Country Rory Sutherland Is Bullish On.
1:28:23 – Conversation Between Any Two People Of History.
1:31:00 – Afterthoughts & Ambitions For The Podcast.
Links To Rory Sutherland
- Rory Sutherland Twitter
- Alchemy
Episodes Of The Curious Worldview Podcast Mentioned.
- Nassim Taleb & Incerto Podcast
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The following is a conversation with Misha Zelinksy.
Misha Zelisnky is a Fulbright scholar, national security expert and currently war correspondent for the Australian Financial Review.
In this chat Misha speaks about some of the follwing…
- What Its Like Living In Ukraine.
- Travelling Throughout A Warzone.
- Meeting Sean Penn & The Klitschko Brothers.
- Doing A Profile Of Zelenskey.
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- Much More As Well…
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- 00:00 – Introduction
- 01:36 – Interviewing A Man As He Steps On A Train For War.
- 05:58 – Tension/Feeling In Ukraine Leading Up To & After The Invasion.
- 17:55 – Ukrainian Morale & Napoleon Quote.
- 20:00 – Ukraine/Taiwan Parallel.
- 25:34 – People Becoming Uninterested In The War.
- 32:26 – Feeling Thinned Out & The Emotional Toll.
- 41:09 – A Day In The Life In Lviv.
- 49:01 – Russian Spies.
- 55:28 – Zelinsky Zelenskey
- 58:16 – Meeting Sean Penn & Klitschko Brothers.
- 1:00:28 – How Has Misha’s Life Changed From This + Political Ambition.
- 1:05:28 – Country You Are Bullish On?
- 1:07:06 – Conversation Between Any Two People Of History.
- 1:08:32 – Afterthoughts & Ambition For The Podcast.
Links To Misha Zelinksy
- Diplomates – Misha Geopolitical Podcast
- Misha Zelinsky Twitter
Episodes Of The Curious Worldview Podcast Mentioned.
- Micheal Hilliard – Explaining The Ukraine/Russia War
- Oleksander Kucherenko – Ukrainian Checking In From Poltova
- Angelica Oung – Taiwanese Journalist
- Geopolitics Podcast Starter Pack
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The following is a conversation with Diamant Salihu.
In 2021, Diamant Salihu published a book called ‘Until Everyone Dies’. This is a book about gang violence and crime in Sweden.
This is a conversation about gangs, drugs, violence in Sweden, Swedes, Swedish culture, immigration, integration and how it came to be that Sweden exists with totally parallel societies.
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- 00:00 – Introduction
- 01:20 – Sommar i P1
- 06:48 – Gang Violence In Sweden
- 14:22 – Immigration In Sweden
- 25:49 – How Much Does Diamant Blame Swedish Culture?
- 32:00 – Archetypal Story Of The Swedish Immigration Problem
- 35:40 – Most Gun Deaths Ever In Sweden
- 53:38 – ‘Until Everyone Dies’
- 1:01:09 – Everyone Talks About Drug Supply, But Why Does Noone Speak About Drug Demand?
- 1:13:01 – The Success Of The Book & Becoming A Crime Reporter
- 1:18:32 – Serendipity In Diamants Life
- 1:20:36 – A Country You Are Particularly Bullish On
- 1:24:02 – Podcast Between Any Two People Of History
Links To Diamant Salihu
- Diamant Salihu Book
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Martin Schibbye is one of Sweden’s most incredible investigative journalists, the founder of blankspot, and author of too many extraordinary stories to mention.
This podcast with Martin breaks down into three distinct chapters…
- Chapter One – Cards Of Qatar (FIFA World Cup 2022)
- Chapter Two – 438 Days & Ethiopian Prison
- Chapter Three – Martin & The Economics Of Freelance Journalism
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- 00:00 – Introduction
- CH1
- 03:11 – Cards Of Qatar (Migrant Deaths – FIFA World Cup 2022)
- 24:42 – Doha & The FIFA World Cup
- 1:01:00 – 7,000 Deaths?
- 1:11:32 – Freelance Economics & How Long Have You Been Working On This Story?
- 1:22:22 – Goals For Cards Of Qatar
- CH2
- 1:30:00 – 438 Days
- 1:43:57 – Physical & Psychological Abuse In Captivity
- 1:48:57 – Carl Bildt & Lundin Energy
- 1:56:20 – Prison Life & A Kafka-esque Show Trial
- 2:12:42 – Martin’s Ability To Empathise
- 2:17:57 – Risk & More On Prison Life
- 2:41:12 – How Did This Experience Change Martin?
- CH3
- 2:49:50 – Martin’s Upbringing
- 3:03:22 – The Economics Of Freelance Journalism
- 3:14:02 – Journalists/Adventurers Martin Admires
- 3:17:17 – Advice For Aspiring Journalists
- 3:19:07 – Country You Are Bullish On & Conversation Between Any Two People Of History
Episodes Of The Curious Worldview Podcast Mentioned.
- Tim Butcher – Blood River
- Dan McDougall – International Journalism
- Podcast Starter Pack – Offshore Finance
- Podcast Starter Pack – Explorers & Adventurers
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The following is a conversation with the CEO and Founder of the Hermitage Fund, Bill Browder. The Hermitage Fund was at one time, the largest source of western capital in Russia and in 1997 the best performing fund in the world.
Bill is also one of the sharpest thorns in the Russian oligarch's side. He lobbied for a law that authorises the U.S. government to sanction foreign government officials worldwide who are deemed to be human rights offenders and freeze their assets, this was named the Magntizky Act after his former lawyer Sergei Magnitzky who was tortured and murdered in a Russian prison.
Bill Browder is the author of both Red Notice, and Freezing Order... which are the catalyst for this chat.
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- 00:00 – Introduction.
- 01:52 – Perestroika & The Voucher System In Post-Soviet Russia.
- 11:41 – How The Russian Oligarchs Were Formed.
- 17:55 – Bill’s Experience In Murmansk.
- 25:03 – Hermitage Capital, Solomon Brothers & Being A Dirty Capitalist.
- 35:49 – The Role Of Serendipity In Bill’s Life.
- 41:20 – Freezing Order, Money Laundering & Offshore Finance
- 49:34 – London & Money Laundering.
- 52:52 – If Bill Was 25 Today, Where Would He Go & What Would He Do?
Episodes Of The Curious Worldview Podcast Mentioned.
- Jim Henry – Blood Bankers
- John Perkins – Confessions Of An Economic Hitman
- Nic Shaxson – The Tools Of The Offshore Accountant
- Bradley Hope – Jho Low & 1MDB Financial Fraud
- Nathan Lynch – Money Laundering In Australia
- Oliver Bullough – Moneyland
- Podcast Starter Pack – Offshore Finance
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The following is a conversation with Alexander Richter.
Alexander Richter is the founder of ThinkGeoEnergy, which is the geothermal industries largest source of industry news. Alexander Richter is also the director of the international geothermal association and overall, one of the geothermal industries most important voices.
Together, in this podcast, Alex and I cover his lightbulb moment, where he discovered the potential of geothermal energy, the promise of geothermal energy and district heating worldwide. We also speak about how Germany is turning to geothermal energy in response to their energy independence debates, Eavor digging more than 15 km deep, whether the current hype for geothermal energy is more frothy than it is, reality and so much more.
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Time Stamps With Alexander Richter
- 00:00 – Introduction.
- 01:33 - Iceland.
- 04:18 - Investment Banking & Geothermal.
- 08:20 - The Lightbulb Moment.
- 22:33 - The Potential Of Geothermal In Germany.
- 32:06 - Why Has The Potential Of Geothermal Not Been Realised?
- 38:50 - Eavor Digging Deep In Germany + The Relationship Between Depth & Heat.
- 46:50 - Is Geothermal Frothy At The Moment & Does Geothermal Have A Marketing Problem?
- 1:08:04 - The Most Exciting Companies In The Geothermal Space?
- 1:17:26 - A Country Alex Is Bullish On.
- 1:19:29 - A Conversation Between Any Two People Of History.
Episodes Of The Curious Worldview Podcast Mentioned.
- Carlos Araque - Quaise Energy, CEO
- John Redfern - Eavor Technology, CEO
- Magnus Brandberg - Baseload Capital & Geothermal VC
- Patrick Hanson - The Potential Of Geothermal
- Geothermal Starter Pack
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The following is a conversation and podcast with a Kiwi of note, the host of the ‘Hello Future Me’ youtube channel… Tim Hickson.
Tim is a writer, worldbuilder, video essayist, bread connoisseur, and person who talks about The Last Airbender probably a little too much. Tim is also an immensely successful self published author. He has an extensive bookshelf of stories ahead of him yet to be realised, but so far has published to tremendous success, two volumes on Writing and Worldbuilding.
In This Podcast With Tim Hickson, You Can Expect To Learn About…
The Light Hearted To The Less So.
John Green & Moments Of Serendipity.
Storybuilding & Worldbuilding.
Religion, Mental Health, Lord Of The Rings… & More.
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Time Stamps With Tim Hickson
- 00:00 – Introduction.
- 02:10 – On The Journey.
- 11:52 – How Do You Explain The Popularity Of The Book?
- 20:19 – Are The Classics Just Survivorship Bias?
- 22:57 – Feeling Self Conscious About Self Publishing.
- 27:25 – Business Ideas.
- 34:20 – John Green & Big Moments Of Serendipity.
- 40:50 – Where Did Your Fascination For Stories Come From?
- 44:50 – Religion.
- 50:20 – Something People Don’t Understand About Tim?
- 56:59 – Mental Health.
- 01:16:05 – Tim’s Take On The Heroes Journey & Jungian Archetypes.
- 01:29:13 – Tim On Productivity.
- 01:41:19 – What Do Great Storytellers Share In Common?
- 01:45:27 – Are The Eagles Deus Ex Machina (& Other LOTR Questions)?
- 1:51:36 – What Fictional Place Are You Most Sentimentally Attached To?
- 1:52:15 – What Is A Moment You Cannot Believe You Were A Part Of?
- 1:56:55 – What Is A Country You Are Particularly Bullish On?
- 02:00:50 – A Conversation Between Any Two People Of History.
- 02:03:17 – Afterthoughts & Ambition For The Podcast.
Episodes Of The Curious Worldview Podcast Mentioned.
- Matthew Dicks – The GOAT Of Storytelling.
- Angus Fletcher – Inventions From Literature & Alternative Take On The Heroes Journey.
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The following is a conversation with Alec Renehan and Bryce Leske, who together host Australia’s number one finance and investing podcast, Equity mates.
These two fellas and equity mates has been very influential to me. I have learned pretty everything I know about investing through them, but as well, they are the Equity Mates are influential to me because they are just a couple of regular guys who have absolutely knocked this podcasting game out of the park.
Alec and Ren were mates at uni, decided to give this podcasting thing a try in 2017, and then now 5 years later, they employ several people, operate multiple shows, have raised money, are just about the most valuable media to Australian retail investors, are about to host and disrupt the financial events space with their very own, Finfest, and ultimately, have managed to turn a passion project and hobby into a lifestyle and career. (A bit too much projection from myself here…)
This podcast with Alec and Ren is hopefully not as you’ve heard them before…
In This Podcast, You Can Expect To Learn About…
- The Equity Mates Podcasting Journey.
- The Future Potential Of Podcasting.
- Two Of Their Favourite Companies.
- Idea’s For Other Shows & More…
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Time Stamps With The Equity Mates
- 00:00 – Introduction.
- 03:26 – Ren The Numbers Guy & Bryce The Dreamer?
- 07:56 – Non-Financial Shows… Equity Grapes?
- 15:26 – Monetising Your Passions.
- 17:11 – What Was The Feeling When Equity Mates Made It? + Monetising Equity Mates.
- 26:31 – Podcast Discoverability.
- 29:41 – How Long Did 1,000 Downloads Take?
- 32:53 – Taking Equity Mates Abroad.
- 41:06 – What Is The Best & Worst Business Move Equity Mates Has Made?
- 44:27 – Who Communicates Markets Best?
- 47:53 – How Markets Encourage You To Explore Your Curiosities.
- 53:06 – Moments Of Serendipity.
- 1:00:00 – Alec & Ren Elevator Pitch A Company They Are Interested In.
- 1:03:19 – What Is A Country The Equity Mates Are Bullish On?
- 1:07:38 – Conversation Between Any Two People Of History.
- 1:09:10 – Afterthoughts & Ambition For The Podcast.
Salman was attacked by Hadi Matar and charged with stabbing Salman Rushdie on a lecture stage in western New York.
Salman has lived under the threat of death and attack ever since 1989 when the Iranian supreme leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwah and a €3,000,000 bounty. The fatwah was issued because Salman wrote a novel called 'The Satanic Verses' which had a passage that satirised the Quran. All of this is because of that little offense, and offense that should have rolled of the backs of those offended.
Salman writes in his memoirs of the fatwah, titled Joseph Anton, his life, his career, who he is, his controversies, and as well of course, what it is like to live in captivity.
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The following is a conversation with Nathan Lynch about Australia, its economy, its culture and how both are being eroded by an abundance of dirty cash laundering throughout the Australian economy.
Nathan Lynch is the author of 'The Lucky Laundry: How the Aussie Economy Got Hooked on the World's Dirtiest Cash' - Nathan also leads a team of experts who provide breaking news, deep analysis and practical guidance in the global financial services sector. He manages Thomson Reuters' award-winning Regulatory Intelligence team across the Asia-Pacific region.
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Time Stamps With John Perkins
- 00:00 – Introduction.
- 01:27: The Wire, Lester Freamon Quote.
- 05:22 - Chinese Capital Flight & How It Distorts Australian Property.
- 31:25 - Doomsday Outlook For Australia Economy & Culture.
- 48:25 - The Cancer Of Lobbyism.
- 58:14 - Drugs & A Changing Australian Culture.
- 1:14:51 - Money Laundering In Sport.
- 1:21:09 - Devils Advocate For Australian Property.
- 1:28:02 - Nathan's Favourite Character From The Book.
- 1:32:17 - The Criminal Sources Of Illicit Funds.
- 1:37:02 - Back To Australian Culture.
- 1:40:47 - The Red Pill Of Offshore Finance.
- 1:48:21 - How Does Nathan Stay So Optimistic In The Face Of So Much Corruption?
- 1:57:12 - Serendipity.
- 2:01:47 - Country Nathan Is Bullish On.
- 2:09:04 - Conversation Between Any Two People Of History.
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The following is a conversation with Chris Sparks, one of the OG’s of online poker. Chris has been ranked in the top 20 online cash players in the world, and is now, in addition to many other things, the founder of Forcing Function, which teaches elite poker frameworks to investors and executives in meaningful companies.
Chris is also the host of the Forcing Function Hour Podcast which explores the frameworks he teaches at Forcing Function with an eclectic mix of different high performers.
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Time Stamps With John Perkins
- 00:00 – Introduction.
- 01:45 – Craziest & Degenerate Side Betting Chris Has Seen?
- 25:10 – Thinking Probabilisticly.
- 43:00 – Nassim Taleb.
- 54:10 – Poker’s Black Friday Explained.
- 1:02:21 – Chinese Proverbs & Serendipity.
- 1:12:14 – Has Poker Overoptimisation Driven Away Poker’s Great Personalities?
- 1:16:13 – Dynamics Of The Private Game & Private Games In Austin.
- 1:24:12 – Conversation Between Any Two People Of History.
- 1:27:45 – Afterthoughts & Ambition For The Podcast.
Links To Chris Sparks
● Performance Assessment: https://www.forcingfunction.com/assessment
● Peak Performance Workbook http://www.experimentwithoutlimits.com
● Forcing Function Hour Podcast: http://www.forcingfunctionhour.com
● Group Coaching Program: https://www.teamperformancetraining.com
● Review Workshop: https://www.reviewandrevision.com
● Media Appearances: https://www.forcingfunction.com/appearances
● Articles: https://www.forcingfunction.com/articles
● Twitter: https://twitter.com/SparksRemarks
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The following is a conversation with John Perkins, the author behind Confessions Of An Economic Hitman.
As the former chief economist of the consultancy firm, Chas. T. Maine, John had an incredible career flying into and then out of a myriad of developing countries facilitating huge debt trap projects in the likes of Indonesia, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, and more.
Therefore, in the vein of kleptocracy, capital flight and corrupt institutions, this podcast is a slice of the worldview of the author of Confessions Of An Economic Hitman, John Perkins.
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Time Stamps With John Perkins
- 00:00 – Introduction.
- 01:58 – What Is An Economic Hitman?
- 09:56 – The Economic Hitman In Indonesia.
- 13:50 – The Role Of The CIA Jackals.
- 22:52 – The Economic Hitman In Saudi Arabia.
- 30:56 – What Is Debt Trap Diplomacy (Sri Lanka, Brazil, Ecuador & Rafael Correa)
- 44:18 – Financial Secrecy & Offshore Finance.
- 49:48 – Looking Back On Everything.
- 55:31 – How Do You Explain The Commercial Success Of Confessions Of An Economic Hitman?
- 1:00:13 – Who Are Todays Economic Hitmen?
- 1:05:23 – My Message To John.
- 1:06:52 – A Moment In Your Life You Can’t Believe You Were A Part Of.
Links To John Perkins
- John Perkins Website
- John Perkins Books
DC Report - https://www.dcreport.org/2022/03/13/inside-a-polish-refugee-center/
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My experience in Poland in early March 2022, 5 days after Russia invaded Ukraine.
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00:00 - Introduction
04:00 - My Experience With Ukrainian Refugees
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The following is a conversation with one of the great adventurers of Australia’s history. Dick Smith.
Dick is also consequentially one of Australia’s greatest entrepreneurs, aviators, cultural figures, the 1986 Australia of the year, and interestingly as well, a multiple world aviation record holder.
Dick founded and then sold two extremely successful companies that are woven into Australia’s culture.
- Dick Smith Electronics
- Australian Geographic Magazine
Dick recently published an autobiography titled ‘My Adventurous Life’ which was the catalyst for this conversation.
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Time Stamps With Dick Smith
- 00:00 – Introduction.
- 03:19 – Serendipity In Dicks Life.
- 05:54 – Risk Taing & Nassim Taleb.
- 25:25 – Dick Reflecting On How Australia Has Changed In His Life.
- 33:55 – Mateship & Modern Business Environment.
- 41:09 – Dick On Religion & How Travel Effected His Worldview.
- 47:00 – Overpopulation.
- 1:00:52 – Climate Change & Nuclear Power.
- 1:07:49 – Dick On The Future.
- 1:10:38 – Current Business Opportunities + Ingenious Measure To Reduce Tax Evasion.
- 1:13:32 – Does Life Go Fast?
- 1:15:59 – Country Most Bullish On + Conversation Between Any Two People Of History.
- 1:18:03 – Afterthoughts & Ambition For The Podcast.
Links To Dick Smith
- My Adventurous Life – Dick Smith Autobiography
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The following is a conversation with Christopher Turner, a 25-year veteran of America’s Central Intelligence Agency.
During these 25 years, Turner completed sensitive assignments in the Far East, South Asia, and Europe and those locations are intentionally vague for reasons you will discover during the conversation. Notably, Turner is a recipient of the Intelligence Star, which is a rare commendation for valour under fire, but more on that in the conversation.
Christopher also has a very interesting pre-CIA career as well, he served as an anthropologist in a largely untouched, hidden away civilisation tribe in the Philippines.
Since retiring from the CIA, Turner has penned several books, including, the non-fiction historical, CASSIA Spy Ring and the upcoming fictional spy novel, The Locksmith Of Salzburg.
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Time Stamps With Christopher Turner
- 00:00 – Introduction.
- 02:16 – How Did Living With A Filipino Tribe Inform Your Future Work As A Spy?
- 16:50 – Horrific Imelda Marcos Story.
- 25:24 – Serendipity In Turner’s Life.
- 34:39 – CIA Recruitment & Predicting The Future.
- 45:53 – Christopher Turner On Putin.
- 49:46 – The Value Of Discernment.
- 52:56 – Training For Espionage.
- 1:04:21 – Where Did Turner Serve His 25 Years?
- 1:12:06 – What Is Cover (My Favourite Part)
- 1:40:06 – The Art Of Persuasion (My Second Favourite Part)
- 2:08:41 – Communication Is The Most Important Transferable Skill.
- 2:12:46 – Exotic & High Stakes (Intelligence Star).
- 2:28:51 – Ethics Of CIA, Conspiracy & Religious Fundamentalism.
- 2:46:24 – America Is The Best Country In The World.
- 2:53:16 – Country You Are Bullish On & Conversation Between Any Two People Of History.
- 2:56:23 – Afterthoughts & Ambition For The Podcast.
Links To Christopher Turner
- Turner's Books
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Who better to celebrate the 100th episode of The Curious Worldview Podcast than Stephen Hicks.
This audio thing only became a podcast after Stephen agreed to sit down with me back in the trailing months of 2020. That was episode 3 - and now, 97 episodes and 2 years later, here we are.
This podcast is a linear tour of Nietzsche's life and work guided by the philosopher, professor, and author of Nietzsche and the Nazis, Stephen Hicks.
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Time Stamps With Stephen Hicks On Nietzsche
- 00:00 – Introduction.
- 02:27 – Nietzsche’s Early Days & Context For The 19th Century.
- 14:35 – Timeline & The Influence Of Schopenhauer
- 21:00 – Timeline & Introducing The Birth Of Tragedy.
- 32:03 – Nietzsche As A Vagabond & His Time As An Academic.
- 37:14 – Switzerland & Embracing Suffering.
- 47:01 – Thus Spoke Zarathustra
- 01:25:53 – Connecting Zarathustra, Jung & Joseph Campbell.
- 01:39:49 – Timeline & Nietzsche’s Most Productive, Beyond Good & Evil, The Genealogy Of Morality & Slave Morality.
- 02:05:42 – Nietzsche’s Heros & Final Productive Years In Turin.
- 02:22:21 – Will To Power.
- 02:44:15 – Nietzsche On Modernity.
- 03:07:15 – What Is Stephen Hicks Great & Impossible?
Episodes Of The Curious Worldview Podcast Mentioned.
- Stephen Hicks | Aesthetics & Postmodernism - Nietzsche Early Life - Nietzsche Core Work - Nietzsche Final Years.
- John Kaag | Hiking With Nietzsche
- Benjamin David | Nietzsche & Nihilism
Links To Stephen Hicks
- Nietzsche & The Nazi’s Audiobook
- Stephen Hicks Website & Books
- Open College Podcast
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Angelica Oung | The Curious Worldview Podcast #99
The following is a conversation with Angelica Oung on Taiwan & Nancy Pelosi. This is Angelica’s third appearance on this podcast.
In This Podcast About Taiwan & Nancy Pelosi, You Can Expect To Hear About…
- Why Did Pelosi Do This?
- What Is The Taiwanese Response?
- How Does This Change The Invasion Calculus?
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Episodes Of The Curious Worldview Podcast Mentioned.
- Will China Usurp The USA?
- Angelica Oung | TSCM
- Angelica Oung | The Glories Of Taiwan
Links To Angelica Oung
- Taiwan Offshore Wind Unredacted
- Tapeiology
- Angelica Oung Twitter
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The following is a conversation with Matthew Dicks. This is his second appearance on the podcast.
Matthew Dicks first appeared on episode #44. Tune into that episode to hear some original stories from Matt and as well hear him explain the playbook for how to tell a good story.
Matthew has won more Moth championships than anyone else. The Moth championship is like the world cup of storytelling.
In This Podcast With Matthew Dicks, You Can Expect To Hear About…
- Someday Is Today.
- Advice For Hosting A Memorable Wedding.
- Productivity Gurus & The Productivity Space.
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- A Bit Of Nassim Taleb.
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- 00:00 – Introduction.
- 01:11 – Top To Bottom Wedding Advice.
- 20:57 – Is Communication The Most Important Skill?
- 39:13 – Nassim Taleb & Serendipity.
- 47:04 – Productivity & Toxic Gurus.
- 1:04:06 – Matthew Dicks Relationship With Ali Abdaal.
- 1:09:17 – Memoirs/Biographies + Matthews Darkest Moment.
- 1:22:44 – Country Matthew Is Bullish On & Conversation Between Any Two People Of History.
- 1:25:00 – Ambition For The Podcast.
Episodes Of The Curious Worldview Podcast Mentioned.
- Matthew Dicks | Storyworthy
- Christian Busch | Serendipity.
Links To Matthew Dicks
- Someday Is Today
- Storyworthy
- Matthew Dicks Twitter
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The following is a conversation with author and journalist, Paul Cleary.
Paul has authored several books about natural resources and focuses on the differing methods by which governments have either capitalised or squandered their natural resource windfall.
This is a podcast about Norway’s success, Australia’s failure, and the overall issue of balancing and playing off private and public interests when it comes to a nation’s natural resources.
In This Podcast With Paul Cleary, You Can Expect To Hear About…
- An Explanation Top To Bottom Dutch Disease/Paradox Of Plenty/Resource Curse.
- Norway, Culture Comparison Between Australia & Norway & The Wealth Fund.
- North Sea Divers.
- How Australia Mishandled Its Natural Resources.
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- My Favourite Part, How Paul Responds To A Conversation Between Any Two People Of History.
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- 00:00 – Introduction.
- 04:04 – Bill Finnegan & Famous Journalists.
- 05:54 – Paradox Of Plenty & Dutch Disease.
- 24:31 – Comparing Norwegian & Australian Culture.
- 27:07 – Trillion Dollar Baby & Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund.
- 48:43 – North Sea Divers.
- 50:32 – Australia & East Timor.
- 1:00:34 – How Australia Managed Its Natural Resources.
- 1:17:48 – Ethics Of Resource Extraction.
- 1:22:12 – Country Paul Is Bullish On.
- 1:23:16 – Conversation Between Any Two People Of History.
- 1:24:48 – Ambition For The Podcast.
Episodes Of The Curious Worldview Podcast Mentioned.
- Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund Explained
Links To Paul Cleary
- Paul Cleary – Trillion Dollar Baby
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Nicholas Shaxson is a British author, activist, journalist, investigator, former guest on the podcast and most importantly, author of the wonderful book and subject of this podcast, Treasure Islands.
Shaxson is one of the most influential people to have blown the lid off the cancerous influence tax havens and offshore finance have upon the world.
Treasure Islands is for me the least opaque explanation for the plumbing and consequences of the world of offshore finance.
I think Treasure Islands is so significant because for me it explained the foundational knowledge of everything that informs Jim Henry’s Blood Bankers, Bradley Hopes Billion Dollar Whale, Oliver Bullough’s Moneyland and as well, upcoming guests, John Perkins and Bill Browder.
In This Podcast With Nicholas Shaxson, You Can Expect To Hear About…
- A Real World Example For Why Your Grocery Shopping Is Likely Robbing The Developing World.
- The Tools & Slimy Tricks Of The Offshore Accountant.
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- More On Globalisation, The Cancer Of It All & If There Is Any Way Out.
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- 00:00 – Introduction.
- 04:21 – A Real Life Example Of UK – Ecuadorian Bannana’s & The Detriments Of Tax Avoidance.
- 22:04 – The Tools Of The Slimy Offshore Accountant – Trusts, Shells, Bearer Bonds, Secrecy & Opacity.
- 43:21 – Why Financial Secrecy & Offshore Are A Cancer On The World.
- 50:55 – Is This All Consequence Of Globalisation?
- 58:14 – Calling Out Real World Companies & Crypto’s Role In All Of This.
- 1:09:07 – Afterthoughts & Ambition For This Podcast.
Episodes Of The Curious Worldview Podcast Mentioned.
- Jim Henry – Blood Bankers
- Bradley Hope – Billion Dollar Whale
- Nicholas Shaxson – Pandora Papers
- Oliver Bullough – Moneyland
Links To Nicholas Shaxson
- Nicholas Shaxson Twitter
- Treasure Islands
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The following is a conversation with Ben Burgis and this podcast is about the life of one of the most influential people on my life… Christopher Hitchens.
Hitchens’s politics was enormously divisive, and his position as one of the most prominent new atheists was so controversial, but my interest in this great man actually lies elsewhere.
Because what makes Hitchens someone who is so fascinating to me, and makes him someone who had such an outsized impact on the way I think, the way I talk and even to a degree my values as well… is everything else about Hitch.
It is his attitude, his eclectic range of curiosities, his friendships, his writing, his erudition, his anecdotes and his delivery. Hitchens was the greatest speaker I’ve ever seen, anywhere. The voice. The language. The emotion. The irony. Hitchens had the sort of timing comedians are envious of. He really must be one of the most charismatic and forceful speakers who ever lived.
In This Podcast With Ben Burgis, You Can Expect To Hear About…
- Burning The Candle At Both Ends
- Hitchens Was More Than Iraq & Religion
- Peter Hitchens, His Mother & His Father.
- What Hitchens Would Make Of The Big Political Issues Of Our Day.
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- 00:00 – Introduction.
- 04:34 – Speaking In Prose. Peter Hitchens & The Current Media Landscape.
- 30:14 – Burning The Candle At Both Ends.
- 35:14 – Audiobooks & How Much Money Do Authors Make?
- 46:37 – Hitchens Is More Than Just Iraq & Atheism.
- 1:01:26 – Hitchens Upbringing, Mother, Father, Oxford & Mortality.
- 1:43:05 – What Hitchens Would Think About: Ukraine, Trump, Brexit, Wokeism & Political Extremes.
- 2:07:44 – Hitchens Legacy.
- 2:11:24 – What Was The Joe Rogan Experience Like?
- 2:22:14 – Conversation Between Christopher Hitchens & Someone Else.
- 2:23:47 – Afterthoughts – Hitchens Quotes, Hitchens Proust Quiostionaire & Ambition For The Podcast.
Articles I Have Written Regarding Christopher Hitchens.
- Mortality & Christopher Hitchens.
- Christopher Hitchens Proust Questionnaire.
- Myself Answering The Proust Questionnaire.
- Quotes Of Christopher Hitchens.
Links To Ben Burgis
- Ben Burgis Twitter
- Christopher Hitchens: What He Got Right, How He Went Wrong, and Why He Still Matters
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Carlos Araque, the Co-Founder and CEO of Quaise.
Quaise Energy are on a singular mission to dig deeper holes than we have ever dug before. Carlos is one of the best communicators of the promise, potential and limitations of geothermal energy in the world. Hands down.
Carlos is a physicist at heart. He hails from Colombia and holds both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in mechanical engineering from MIT. Carlos spent 14 years in oil and gas mastering the art of digging holes and extracting the earth’s nutrients before he launched, 4 years ago, the magnificent company we profile in this podcast, Quaise Energy.
In This Podcast With Carlos Araque, You Can Expect To Hear About…
- A first-principles response comparing the per-unit cost of energy across all different sources.
- How transformational could a Quaise breakthrough be to the world?
- The bearish case for geothermal.
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- Elon Musk.
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- 00:00 – Introduction.
- 04:03 – Vaclav Smil Energy & Civilisation.
- 10:38 – Where Does The Earth’s Heat Come From?
- 14:09 – Understanding Different Energy Cost Per Unit.
- 25:52 – Quaise Business Model & The Engineering Problem They Are Solving.
- 35:43 – Legacy, JD Rokeffler & Potential For Geothermal Changing The World.
- 48:13 – The Total Addressable Market For Quaise.
- 55:19 – How Much Progress Has Quaise Made & What Makes Them So Innovative?
- 1:04:53 – How Geothermal Ubiquitousness Would Change Geopolitics.
- 1:10:00 – Daniel Yergin & The Bearish Case For Geothermal.
- 1:16:43 – What Is A Country You Are Bullish On?
- 1:19:19 – Conversation Between Any Two People Of History.
- 1:24:18 – Afterthoughts & Ambition For The Podcast.
Related Episodes Of The Curious Worldview Podcast
- John Redfern | CEO of Eavor
- Magnus Brandberg | VC In Geothermal
- Patrick Hanson | The Power & Potential Of Geothermal Energy
- David Volts | Vox & Geothermal
Links To Carlos Araque
- Quaise Energy
🎙️: https://atlasgeographica.com/stephen-hicks-nietzsche-on-modernity/
This is Stephen Hick’s 4th appearance on the podcast and as well the 3rd and final episode in our series on the “Life & Philosophy Of Freidrich Nietzsche”. Episode 1 here, and episode 2 here.
Stephen hicks is a Professor of Philosophy at Rockford University, the Executive Director of the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship, and a Senior Scholar at The Atlas Society. Stephen Hicks has published 6 books, the one most relevant here is his brilliant Nietzsche and the Nazis.
Stephen also has a podcast titled – Open College.
In This Podcast With Stephen Hicks On Nietzsche On Modernity, You Can Expect To Hear About…
- Nietzsche’s Productive Years In Turin & Descent Into Madness.
- Will To Power.
- Nietzsche On Modernity.
- What Is Stephen Hicks Great & Impossible?
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- 00:00 – Introduction.
- 02:00 – Nietzsche’s Heros & Final Productive Years.
- 18:15 – Will To Power.
- 40:25 – Nietzsche On Modernity.
- 1:03:35 – What Is Stephen Hicks Great & Impossible?
- 1:07:33 – Afterthoughts & Ambition For The Podcast.
Related Episodes Of The Curious Worldview Podcast
- Stephen Hicks | Objectivism, Aesthetics & More.
- Stephen Hicks | The Early Life & Influences Of Nietzsche.
- Stephen Hicks | Zarathustra, Beyond Good & Evil & The Genealogy Of Morality.
- Nietzsche Slave Morality.
- Benjamin David | Nietzsche Top To Bottom On Nihilism
- Hiking With Nietzsche | John Kaag
Links To Stephen Hicks
- Nietzsche & The Nazi’s Audiobook
- Stephen Hicks Website & Books
- Open College Podcast
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The following is a conversation with John Redfern who is the CEO of Eavor Technology which is one of the most exciting businesses in one of the most exciting industries in the world right now.
John Redfern has an extensive resume. He’s been described as an expert investor, advisor and serial entrepreneur in the data analytics, oil service and energy tech verticals. John spent his career in executive roles at multiple international oil corporations as a Director at Hess in London, President of Accumap in Calgary and President of IHS Energy in Denver. John spent 13 years in China co-founding a series of start-ups and holds a degree in Engineering Physics from Queen’s University in Kingston, a Law degree from McGill University in Montreal, and an MBA degree from INSEAD in France.
It might sound like wild conjecture. But if you take John at his word, and as well recent guests on the podcast Magnus Brandberg and Patrick Hanson at theirs, the market potential for geothermal could be the most discounted opportunity in the world at the moment. And if that’s not wild enough for you, geothermal might also be the answer to carbon-free energy as well.
In This Podcast With John Redfern, You Can Expect To Hear About…
- What It Was Like Doing Business In China During The Greatest Economic Rise In History
- Eavor Technology & What Makes Them Different.
- Geothermal Top To Bottom. Its Limitations, Capital Raising, Digging Deeper & Universal Adoption Of Geothermal.
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- 00:00 – Introduction.
- 02:15 – What Is It Like Doing Business In China?
- 19:53 – Shenzen & Special Economic Zones
- 24:30 – Chinese Innovation & How The Country Has Changed.
- 29:15 – A Business Practice Of China You Don’t Like.
- 35:43 – The Transition To Geothermal Energy & Eavor Technology.
- 53:05 – How Is Eavor So Innovative?
- 1:04:51 – Quaise Energy, Galileo & The Non-Linearity Between Depth & Heat For Geothermal.
- 1:13:50 – VC In Geothermal & Eavor.
- 1:20:15 – The Problem Between Energy Generation & Energy Consumption.
- 1:25:40 – Explaining Eavor Tech By Example + Beauracratic Red Tape.
- 1:40:05 – Daniel Yergin & The Bearish Case For Geothermal.
- 1:47:09 – What Is A Country You Are Bullish On?
- 1:53:15 – Conversation Between Any Two People Of History?
- 1:58:54 – Afterthoughts & Ambition For The Podcast.
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On The Ukraine War From A Ukrainian Perspective. Alexander Kucherenko is a Ukrainian located in Poltava, a large city in the east of Ukraine between Kyiv and Kharkiv.
In this conversation, Alexander and I speak about how he smuggled his family out of Ukraine, what Alexander has learned about humanity in the last 100 days, as well as some of the heroic and some of the horrific stories from the Ukraine war so far.
In This Podcast With Alexander Kucherenko, You Can Expect To Hear About…
- Smuggling His Family Out Of Ukraine.
- What He’s Learned In The Last 100 Days.
- The Daily Anxiety Of War.
- Alexander’s Fundraising Initiative.
- & Lots More…
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- 00:00 – Introduction
- 02:19 – Smuggling His Family Out Of Ukraine.
- 13:29 – What Have You Learned About Humanity In The Last 100 Days?
- 17:06 – Hoodies For Goodies… Alexander’s Fundraising Campaign.
- 28:36 – Change In Labour Force & Cost Of Goods In Ukraine.
- 38:19 – The Daily Anxiety Of War + The Heroics & Horror Of The Eastern Occupation.
- 54:59 – What Makes Ukraine Exceptional? How Does This End With Oligarchs, Zelensky, War, etc?
- 1:37:12 – Afterthoughts.
Episodes Of The Curious Worldview Podcast Similar To This!
- Alexander Kucherenko | Checking In From The Eastern Front
- Jim Henry Ukraine/Russia War #1
- Jim Henry Ukraine/Russia War #2
- Vijay Vaitheeswaran On Russia/European Gas
- Michael Hilliard Geopolitical Analysis Of The UkraineRussiaWar
- Tim Harcourt On Russian Economy & How It Affects Australia
Links To Alexander Kucherenko
Instagram – @oleksandrkucherenko
Are you into Nassim Taleb, Skin In The Game, Antifragile, The Black Swan? I run a Nassim Taleb podcast covering all the wonderful ideas found in the 5 part Incerto series.
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The following is a conversation with Sean Kelly, the author of The Game, A Portrait Of Scott Morrison.
Scott Morrison is the recently defeated, 30th Prime Minister of Australia. He was described in Sean’s book as someone with a core ideology of deep confusion. All Australians have their own idea about who Scott Morrison is, but for those of you reading who are not Australian, I will just say Morrison was someone known as the spin doctor. He was the leader of the liberal party which is the centre-right party in Australia and his reputation was one largely of inauthenticity in desperation to be seen as just a normal, regular Australian.
Sean’s book was really fascinating for more than just the portrait of Morrison that it paints, but also for reflections on various modern parts of Australia’s culture. It is bloody interesting. Sean Kelly is an Australian journalist and a regular contributor to The Monthly. He was also a political adviser to Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard.
In This Podcast With Sean Kelly, You Can Expect To Hear About…
- Is Morrison A Bafoonish Machiavellian?
- How Politics Is Performative, Rather Than Authentic.
- Scott Morrison & Religion.
- Australia As The Lucky Country.
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- 00:00 – Introduction.
- 01:54 – A Bafoonish Machiavellian.
- 12:10 – Political Leaders With No Core Beliefs.
- 20:45 – ScoMo’s Curries, the Sharks & Inauthenticity.
- 33:41 – Biggest Grub In Federal Parliament.
- 37:47 – Morrison & Religious Faith.
- 43:44 – What Does It Mean ‘Australia The Lucky Country’.
- 53:56 – Has Scott Morrison Read Your Book?
- 58:12 – Most Bullish Country + Conversation Between Any Two People Of History.
- 1:00:56 – Afterthoughts & Ambition.
Episodes Of The Curious Worldview Podcast Mentioned & Related.
- Alexander Lee | The Life & Philosophy Of Machiavelli
- Geoff Raby | Australia & China
- Michael Smith | Australia’s Last Foreign Correspondent In China
Links To Sean Kelly
- Sean Kelly Twitter
- The Game: A Portrait Of Scott Morrison.
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The following is a conversation with Magnus Brandberg, a founding partner of Gullspång Invest, a family office based in Sweden.
They are investing patient capital on a generational timeline, focusing on issues core to the transformation of society towards sustainability. Magnus has a background in renewable energy and cleantech with an MBA from Insead and a Ms.c from Uppsala.
I reached out to Magnus because of a fascinating company in his portfolio, a geothermal financing company called Base Load Capital operating out of Stockholm, with operations in Japan, Taiwan and Iceland. The podcast is neatly divided into three parts, each more fascinating than the last.
In This Podcast With Magnus Brandberg, You Can Expect To Hear About…
- The Dynamics Of Family Offices.
- Swedish Exceptionalism.
- The Potential Of Geothermal Energy.
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- 00:00 – Introduction.
- 02:24 – Dynamics Of The Family Office & Gullspång Invest.
- 35:24 – Swedish Exceptionalism.
- 56:39 – Geothermal Energy & Base Load Capital.
- 1:16:57 – Quaise Energy & Going Deep.
- 1:23:41 – Negative Signals For Geothermal.
- 1:33:24 – Political Risk For Running A Business In Taiwan.
- 1:35:33 – Country Most Bullish On?
- 1:39:15 – Conversation Between Any Two People Of History?
- 1:42:06 – Afterthoughts
Episodes & Links Mentioned.
- Patrick Hanson | The Promise & Potential Of Geothermal Energy
- David Volts | The State Of Geothermal
- The Food Waste Manifesto
- Can Geothermal Answer The Renewables Question?
Links To Magnus Brandberg
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The assassination of Olaf Palma shook Sweden to the core. This is the podcast with Thomas Pettersson journeying through the Olaf Palma case from top to bottom.
After 12 years of research that resulted in the book The Unlikely Murderer, journalist Thomas Pettersson brought the case to an end. His findings renewed the police investigation of suspect Stig Engström in 2017, and it led to the final judiciary closure in June 2020.
In This Podcast With Thomas Pettersson, You Can Expect To Hear About…
- Sweden's Culture.
- How The Police Botched The Case Again & Again.
- Skandiamannen.
- How The Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction.
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- 00:00 – Introduction.
- 04:18 – Context For Swedish Society & Olof Palme Without Bodyguards.
- 12:18 – Who Was Olof Palme? What Made Him So Controversial?
- 25:53 – Olof Palme’s Mates: Gandhi, Castro, Arafat & More.
- 32:16 – The Series Of Events That Led To Olof Palme’s Murder.
- 39:38 – Largest Police Investigation In History.
- 52:28 – Conspiracy Theories For Olof Palme’s Assassination.
- 1:03:23 – Skandiamannen.
- 1:32:23 – Thomas Pettersson.
- 1:42:23 – Status Of The Police Investigation.
- 1:46:18 – The Exact Series Of Events That Led To Olof Palme’s Assassination According To Thomas Pettersson.
- 1:55:18 – Motives Of The Assassin.
- 1:58:18 – What Does The Palme Family Think About Thomas Pettersson’s Theory?
- 2:04:18 – What Is Thomas Pettersson’s Most Fascinating Takeaway?
- 2:11:03 – How Olof Palme’s Death Affected Sweden’s Culture.
- 2:15:29 – Wrapping It Up.
- 2:16:29 – Afterthoughts.
Episodes Of The Curious Worldview Podcast Mentioned.
- Chris Miller | Geopolitics Of The Semi-Conductor
- Tim Butcher | Journey Into The Heart Of The Congo
- Bjorn Persson | Anti Poacher Wildlife Photography
Links To Thomas Pettersson
- The Unlikely Murderer
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The following is a conversation with Patrick Hanson who is the Director of Sales and Marketing at JRG Energy Consultants.
Patrick has 15 years of marketing, brand management, communications, and sales enablement experience, with over 13 years specific to the geothermal industry. This includes 5 years working in Houston, TX with Scientific Drilling International where Patrick led all geothermal marketing and oversaw global geothermal business development strategy for an O&G dominant supplier.
Patrick has spent his career helping energy service companies redefine their brand and strengthen strategic customer relationships within the energy sector while positioning and promoting geothermal at every opportunity.
In This Podcast With Patrick Hanson, You Can Expect To Hear About…
- The Promise Of Geothermal Energy.
- VC Money In Geothermal.
- Low Hanging Potential Of Geothermal.
- Megawatts At Scale.
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- 00:00 – Introduction.
- 03:31 – The Promise Of Deep Geothermal Energy.
- 11:51 – Megawatts & Geothermal Scale Explained.
- 14:39 – Geothermal Compared To Other Renewables + The Pacific Rim Of Fire.
- 18:41 – Limitations Of The Geothermal Promise.
- 23:41 – The Most Exciting Companies In The Industry.
- 30:31 – VC In Geothermal.
- 43:01 – The Incentives Are Misaligned.
- 48:06 – The Geopolitical Impact Of Geothermal At Scale.
- 54:51 – Low Hanging Fruit In Geothermal.
- 1:06:57 – A Sceptical Take On Geothermal.
- 1:14:11 – Future Predictions For Geothermal.
- 1:34:16 – Country You Are Most Bullish On.
- 1:35:46 – Conversation Between Any Two People Of History.
- 1:38:13 – Afterthoughts & Ambition For The Podcast.
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- Jim Henry Twitter
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The following is a conversation with Jim Henry, on among other things, the Elon Musk twitter takeover.
Jim Henry is the author of Blood Bankers – an investigation into the capital flight of the developing world during the 80’s and 90’s. Jim’s book serves as a prequel to what has become the investigative industry of tax evasion.
In This Podcast With Jim Henry, You Can Expect To Hear About…
- Credit Suisse.
- Efficacy Of Russia Sanctions.
- Twitter & Elon Musk!
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- 00:00 – Introduction.
- 02:09 – Credit Suisse.
- 16:17 – The Efficacy Of Russia Sanctions So Far.
- 37:30 – Elon Musk & Twitter.
- 1:25:31 – Afterthoughts & Ambition For The Podcast.
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- Jim Henry Twitter
- Blood Bankers
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The following is a conversation with Harley Rustad, the author of Lost In The Valley Of Death.
A story about the life and disappearance of Justin Alexander, a wonderfully inspiring traveller who shocked everyone in the know when he went missing in the Indian Himalayas in 2016.
Justin’s disappearance is shrouded in mystery, corruption and misfortune and in the end, it looks like Justin rolled the dice just one too many times.
In This Podcast With Harley Rustad, You Can Expect To Hear About…
- Justin Alexander As A Bloke.
- Gurus & The Spiritual Nature Of India.
- Sadhus.
- India Syndrome.
- Appearing With Chris Ryan & Rolf Potts.
- The Meta Theme Of Adventure.
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- 00:00 – Introduction
- 02:47 – What Type Of A Bloke Was Justin Alexander?
- 22:00 – India As A Spiritual Destination.
- 39:49 – Gurus & The Spiritual Characters Of India.
- 55:47 – Justin’s Search For Spirituality & His Relationship With A Sadhu.
- 1:07:09 – The Value Of Trust In Travel.
- 1:13:32 – Justin Goes Missing & The Sadhu Returns.
- 1:20:01 – Disappearances In The Parvati Valley & India Syndrome.
- 1:35:52 – Appearing On The Chris Ryan & Rolf Potts Podcast.
- 1:39:44 – A Moment You Can’t Believe You Were A Part Of.
- 1:42:17 – A Country You A Bullish On?
- 1:44:47 – Conversation Between Any Two People Of History.
- 1:51:11 – Afterthoughts & Ambition For The Podcast.
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- Harley’s Website
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The following is a conversation with Prashant Kidambi.
Prashant is an Associate Professor in Colonial Urban History, at the University of Leicester. His work is largely on the history of British imperialism and the geographical expression that we today know as India.
It is in this interest that Prashant overlapped another great interest of his, cricket, that he published the book Cricket Country which also doubles as the subject of this podcast here.
Cricket country is the story of the first all Indian cricket team.
Today cricket is completely synonymous with India, and for good reason. It is truly the only sport in a country of more than a billion people, and the fanaticism with which Indian cricket fans celebrate their sport, rivals anything you get out of Spanish football fans, EPL die-hards or even central coast NRL tragics.
My hope is to more on this subject, particularly with cricket in the subcontinent, so if anyone has ideas, please do reach out.
In This Podcast With Prashant Kidambi, You Can Expect To Hear About…
- India’s Caste System
- The Role Cricket Plays In Defining The Indian Culture
- Cricket A Modern Expression Of Indian Hyper Nationalism
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- More & More & More…
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- 00:00 – Introduction
- 03:48 – The Role Of Cricket In Defining A Culture.
- 10:22 – Lowest Rung In India’s Cast System.
- 15:44 – Technical Interruption.
- 16:34 – India As A Geographic Expression.
- 20:33 – Brief History From East India Company To Indian Independence.
- 26:18 – Does Today’s Indian Cricket Team Still Represent Indian Society?
- 32:18 – Does India Celebrate The Underdog?
- 42:03 – How Important Is Sport In Forming A Cultural Identity?
- 49:18 – Cricket As An Expression Of Raucous Hyper Nationalism.
- 1:02:13 – Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka?
- 1:06:48 – Does Cricket Transcend Class In India?
- 1:11:28 – Different Styles Of Cricket.
- 1:15:42 – What Else Did England Leave Behind?
- 1:17:28 – Country You Are Most Bullish On.
- 1:19:08 – Conversation Between Any Two People.
- 1:22:24 – Afterthoughts & Ambition For The Podcast.
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- Tim Butcher | Blood River & The Congo
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- Cricket Country
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🎙️: https://atlasgeographica.com/bryan-bashin/
Bryan Bashin is the guest on this episode of the podcast.
Bryan Bashin is The CEO of Lighthouse, an organisation in San Fransisco that empowers the blind. The subject of the chat is, among other things, James Holman, one of the greatest travellers in history.
James Holman overrepresents as an exemplary figure for everything that is possible to you when you are blind. For these reasons, Bryan Bashin, who is himself blind, finds him a tremendously inspiring figure, and therefore the perfect person to speak with about his wonderful life.
In This Podcast With Bryan Bashin, You Can Expect To Hear About…
- James Holman, The Blind Traveller.
- Bryans’s Own Experience Going Blind.
- The Best Thing About Being Blind.
- Enablement Vs. Disablement.
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- More & More…
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- 00:00 – Introduction
- 03:22 – James Holman in Bryan’s Words.
- 15:57 – How Blind People See.
- 20:22 – One Of My Favourite Lines Of All Time.
- 27:07 – Holman’s Ability To Listen & His Impression On Women.
- 33:32 – Holman’s Experience Of Australia.
- 37:48 – Bryan’s Favourite Anecdote From Holman’s Life.
- 41:24 – What Is The Greatest Advantage Of Being Blind?
- 44:27 – Bryan’s Personal Story.
- 55:22 – Modern Day Blind Adventurers & What Is The Lighthouse Foundation?
- 1:05:44 – How Modern Civil Planning Inhibits Life For The Blind.
- 1:09:01 – Me Getting A Little Bit Out There.
- 1:12:52 – How To Be A Better Communicator.
- 1:14:12 – A Moment You Can’t Believe You Were A Part Of.
- 1:18:02 – Conversation Between Any Two People Of History.
- 1:21:29 – Afterthoughts & Ambition For The Podcast.
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- Lighthouse Foundation
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🎙️: https://atlasgeographica.com/ken-pucker/
The following is a conversation with Ken Pucker.
Ken is an Advisory Director to Berkshire Partners, and currently teaches Sustainability at the Boston University Questrom School of Business. In addition to this, and among many other things as well, Ken also formally served as Chief Operating Officer of Timberland.
This conversation is broken down into two distinctly defined chapters. The first being ESG and the second being Ken’s viral article on the myth of sustainable fashion.
In This Podcast With Ken Pucker, You Can Expect To Hear About…
- Complexity To Pricing In Externalities.
- What Is ESG & Why Is It Changing Capitalism.
- The Irony Of Sustainable Fashion
- & More & More…
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- 00:00 – Introduction
- 01:26 – ESG Top To Bottom
- 23:56 – Complexity Of Pricing In Externalities
- 33:43 – Planet Labs
- 37:01 – The Irony Of Sustainable Fashion
- 42:43 – Hard Truths Of The Fashion Supply Chain
- 55:31 – Shocking Statistics About Recycling
- 1:00:27 – Second Hand Shopping?
- 1:07:27 – Country Ken Is Bullish On
- 1:09:03 – Conversation Between Any Two People Of History
- 1:11:08 – Afterthoughts & Ambition For The Podcast
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🎙️: https://atlasgeographica.com/chris-miller/
The following is a conversation with Chris Miller.
Chris Miller is the Assistant Professor of International History at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, a Jeane Kirkpatrick Visiting Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and Eurasia Director at the Foreign Policy Research Institute.
In This Podcast With Chris Miller, You Can Expect To Hear About…
- An Explanation For The Complexity.
- Fragility In The Supply Chain.
- Moores Law.
- The Geopolitics Of The Micro-Chip.
- And Much, Much More.
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- 00:00 – Introduction
- 03:11 – Russia Achieved Everything Physics Except The Microchip. Why?
- 12:45 – Chris On Writing A Book On The History Of The Semi-Conductor.
- 15:01 – An Appreciation For The Complexity Of A Semi-Conductor.
- 19:11 – The Limitations Of Moore’s Law.
- 21:51 – The Brilliance Of ASML & What Goes Into Making A Computer Chip.
- 33:22 – Different Types Of Their Chips & Their Applications.
- 37:51 – Where Are The Chips Produced?
- 43:05 – Why Are TSMC So Far Ahead Of The Rest?
- 49:56 – The Geopolitics Of The Semi-Conductor.
- 59:15 – The Fragility Of Global Dependence On Semi-Conductors & The Future Of Chip Tech.
- 1:05:41 – Is There A Shortage Of High-Grade Silicon?
- 1:08:01 – A Moment In Your Life You Cannot Believe You Were A Part Of?
- 1:09:59 – Country You Are Most Bullish On?
- 1:12:31 – Conversation Between Any Two People Of History?
- 1:13:28 – Afterthoughts & Ambition For The Podcast.
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- Chris Miller Website
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🎙️: https://atlasgeographica.com/angelica-oung-the-glories-of-taiwan/
The following is a conversation with Angelica Oung.
Angelica is a Taiwanese journalist living in Tapei and easily one of the best Twitter accounts out there.
In This Podcast With Angelica Oung, You Can Expect To Hear About…
- Top To Bottom Angelica Oung On Off-Shore Wind.
- Celebrating The Glories Of Taiwan.
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- 00:00 – Introduction
- 01:21 – Taiwan’s Expert On Off-Shore Wind.
- 10:26 – The Bullish Case For Carbon.
- 19:21 – The Geopolitics Of Wind.
- 29:21 – China & Taiwan.
- 35:51 – Taiwan’s Culture & History.
- 49:38 – Japanese Influence On Taiwan.
- 53:16 – Taiwan Everyday Attitudes & Social Dynamics.
- 1:10:21 – Taiwan As An Expat Destination.
- 1:22:01- Dating In Taiwan.
- 1:25:26 – Conversation Between Any Two People.
- 1:27:56 – Afterthoughts & Ambition For The Podcast.
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- Angelica Oung | TSMC & China
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🎙️: https://atlasgeographica.com/ghaidaa-hetou-russia-ukraine-war/
This was recorded at 20:00 on the 16th of March, CET.
Ghaidaa Hetou Ph.D. is the founder of iStrategic.
Dr. Hetou guides the development and oversees the operational efficiency of iStrategic. She is a consultant and advisor on Middle East and North Africa affairs, specializing in political risk analysis, foreign policy, political economy, geopolitics, and business strategies. Dr. Hetou also writes a weekly Op-Ed in Forbes Middle East.
In this podcast, we spoke about how the #RussiaUkraineWar is affecting the MENA region (Middle East North Africa).
In This Podcast With Ghaidaa Hetou, You Can Expect To Hear About…
- Wheat Insecurity Throughout The MENA Region.
- Attitudes Of War From The MENA Region.
- Why So Many From The MENA Region Are Joining The Fight In Europe.
Timestamps With Ghaidaa Hetou
- 00:00 – Introduction
- 01:28 -Consequences For The War In The MENA Region.
- 08:00 – Explaining The Chechnyan Angle.
- 10:58 – Oil & What Is The GCC?
- 13:43 – Back To The MENA Wheat Fragility.
- 21:58 – Water Insecurity.
- 27:17 – What Makes Wheat So Special? Are There No Alternatives?
- 32:22 – The Question Of Rebel Groups & Private Militia From The MENA Region.
- 41:44 – How Are People Thinking About This Conflict In The MENA Region?
- 48:28 – The Global Importance Of Oil.
- 52:48 – How Ghaidaa Sees This All Playing Out For The MENA Region.
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- Tim Harcourt On Russian Economy & How It Affects Australia
- Alexander Kucherenko | A Ukrainian Perspective
- Ghaidaa Hetou | China’s Belt & Road Initiative
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- i-Strategic
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The following is a conversation with Oliver Bullough, an amazing voice and author in the field of financial secrecy and kleptocracy.
Oliver Bullough wrote a book back in 2018 called Moneyland and has another one coming this year called, Butler To The World.
Oliver’s books follow the themes of kleptocracy, financial secrecy, offshore finance and the myriad cancers upon the world that these pathways allow.
In This Chat, Oliver Bullough Answers 3 Questions
- What Is Moneyland?
- What Is The Archetypal Example Of Moneyland?
- Is There Any Way Out Of Moneyland?
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- 00:00 – Introduction.
- 03:57 – What Is Moneyland?
- 24:08 – An Archetypal Example Of Moneyland.
- 34:25 – How Does Moneyland Enable The Scale Of Criminal Organisations & Is There Any Way Out?
- 46:47 – Afterthoughts & Ambition For The Podcast.
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- Oliver Bullough Twitter
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🎙️: https://atlasgeographica.com/michael-smith-taiwan/
This was recorded at 0800 on the 7th of March, CET.
Michael Smith is the North Asian Correspondent for AFR. Michael was a guest on this podcast in #45 where he discussed his sudden evacuation from China and his book, The Last Correspondent.
Michael Smith has been keeping a really close eye on how China, the CCP and Xi Jinping have all been reacting to what is going on in Ukraine. The big question on everybody’s lips is… how does this affect China’s territorial ambition for Taiwan?
In This Podcast With Michael Smith, We Speak About…
- Territorial Ambitions For Taiwan.
- China’s Military.
- Similarities Between Putin & Xi Jinping.
Timestamps With Michael Smith
- 00:00 – Introduction
- 00:59 – How Are Territorial Ambitions For Taiwan Affected By The War?
- 06:29 – How Much Does Xi Jinping Know?
- 11:29 – How Has The Taiwan Calculation Changed?
- 16:39 – Nuts & Bolts, What Is Taiwan Worth To China?
- 19:09 – Tapei Solidarity With Ukraine Aggression Towards China?
- 21:59 – Timeline Of Xi Reaction.
- 28:14 – Similarities Between Putin & Xi Jinping.
- 37:18 – A Sense For China’s Military.
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- Alexander Kucherenko | A Ukrainian Perspective
- Michael Smith | The Last Correspondent
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- AFR Articles
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🎙️: https://atlasgeographica.com/alexander-kucherenko/
This was recorded at 12:00 on the 3rd of March.
Alexander Kucherenko is a Ukrainian located in Poltava, a large city in the east of Ukraine between Kyiv and Kharkiv.
In this conversation, he speaks to me about his own and his family's experience so far in this conflict, and the overall resolve of the Ukrainian people. This conversation becomes very real at points.
In This Podcast With Alexander Kucherenko, We Speak About...
- Alexander's First Person Perspective
- Zelenskyy
- The Ukrainian Resolve.
- Self Defense & Civil Defense.
- Russian Military Morale.
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- More.
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Timestamps With Alexander Kucherenko
- 00:00 - Introduction
- 01:46 - How Are You Going?
- 02:31 - What Was The Mood Pre-Invasion & What Was Your Reaction?
- 09:00 - Reacting To Air Sirens.
- 12:50 - How Is Alexander & The Ukrainians Getting Information?
- 20:18 - Ukraine Militarising Their Numerous Software Developers.
- 23:00 - Was Alexander Surprised By The Ukrainian Defense & Resolve?
- 31:23 - Zelenskyy.
- 35:40 - How Do You Feel? How Overwhelming Is It All?
- 41:00 - Russian Army Morale.
- 49:40 - Would You Pick Up A Gun?
- 53:43 - How Surreal Does Everything Feel? The Beauty & Horror Of War.
- 1:05:30 - Have You Considered Leaving The Country?
- 1:11:00 - How Are You Thinking About The Next Few Days?
- 1:12:11 - What Can We Do?
- 1:16:30 - Afterthoughts.
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Links To Alexander Kucherenko
Instagram - @oleksandrkucherenko
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🎙️: https://atlasgeographica.com/tim-harcourt/
This was recorded at 11:00 on the 2nd of March.
Tim Harcourt is the new Industry Professor and Chief Economist at the Institute for Public Policy and Governance (IPPG) at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS).
He published the Airpot Economist in 2008 and followed up with The Airport Economist Flies Again in 2021.
Since Thursday the 24/02, Tim has written much about the war from the angle of Russia's economy, economic sanctions and how Australia's economy might be affected.
In This Podcast With Tim Harcourt, We Speak About...
- Why The Russian Economy Matters.
- Unintended Consequences Of Sanctions.
- Where Australia Fits Into This.
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- 00:00 – Introduction
- 01:40 – Why The Russian Economy Actually Matters.
- 13:22 – Why Did The Swiss Break Neutrality?
- 18:10 – Are The Sanctions More Severe Than Putin Thought? + 2nd Order Consequences.
- 25:27 – How Is Australia Affected By All Of This?
- 30:12 – How Does China Fit Into All Of This?
- 32:42 – Where Do Nukes Fit Into All Of This?
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- Tim Harcourt Twitter
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This was recorded at 10:00 on the 26th of February.
Michael Hilliard is the host of what is both Australia’s best and my personal favourite geopolitical podcast. The Red Line.
Michael is a journalist reporting from countries including Iran, Russia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, and also has extensive experience operating throughout central Asia and former Soviet States. He works with sources from the White House to the Taliban and also serves on various committees and councils for the Australian Government.
In This Podcast, We Speak About…
- How Michael Hilliard Is Making Sense Of All This.
- Putin’s Motivations.
- NATO, Top To Bottom.
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- Ominous Speculation Of The Future.
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- 00:00 – Introduction
- 00:56 – How Is Michael Making Sense Of All This?
- 02:36 – Putin’s Motivations, Ukraine Resistance & Russian Moral.
- 12:03 – Michael’s Experience In Central Asia Informing This Moment.
- 19:14 – The Russian & Putin Apologist Argument + Explaining NATO Top To Bottom.
- 29:17 – Ominous Speculation of The Future.
- 39:21 – Closing Thoughts.
Episodes Of The Curious Worldview Podcast Similar To This!
- Jim Henry Ukrinae/Russia War #1
- Jim Henry Ukraine/Russia War #2
- Vijay Vaitheeswaran
Links To Michael Hilliard
- Michael Hilliard Twitter
- The Red Line Podcast
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This was recorded at 19:00 on the 25th of February.
We spoke about SWIFT and expanded on the sanctions chat that started the day previous.
Jim Henry is a godfather to the field of investigative journalism into financial secrecy, offshore finance, capital flight and kleptocracy. He published Blood Bankers in 2003 which exposed 100s of corrupt, kleptocratic infrastructure projects across the developing world which we covered in #49 of this podcast.
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- 00:00 – Update On The Sanctions
- 08:29 – Can It Be That Private Incentives Are Getting In The Way Here?
- 11:00 – Explaining Swift & It’s Implications For Russia.
- 21:01 – Turning Attention To Oligarchs + Commenting On Russian Apologists.
- 35:12 – Closing Thoughts.
Episodes Of The Curious Worldview Podcast Similar To This!
- Jim Henry Ukrinae/Russia War #1
- Jim Henry Blood Bankers
- Nicholas Shaxson
- Bradley Hope
- Vijay Vaitheeswaran
Links To Jim Henry
- Jim Henry Twitter
- Blood Bankers
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This was recorded at 21:00 on Wednesday night, the 23rd of February. It was 8 hours after we stopped recording at 05:00 the next day that Russia invaded the Ukraine.
Jim Henry is a godfather to the field of investigative journalism into financial secrecy, offshore finance, capital flight and kleptocracy. He published Blood Bankers in 2003 which exposed 100s of corrupt, kleptocratic infrastructure projects across the developing world which we covered in #49 of this podcast.
In this Podcast, you can expect to hear about the following and more…
- Russia’s Domestic Problems.
- Russia’s Lousy Economy.
- The Efficacy Of Sanctions.
- War In Europe?
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00:00 – Introduction.
01:14 – 23/02 @ 21:00 – What Is The Situation Now?
04:16 – What Is Putin’s Domestic Problem?
11:14 – What Are The Sanctions Exactly & Russia’s Lousy Economy.
27:15 – How Effective Are Sanctions At The End Of The Day?
32:45 – This All Feels A Bit Unhinged.
37:42 – What Does Jim Make Of All The War Rhetoric?
43:06 – Closing Thoughts.
51:19 – Afterthoughts.
Episodes Of The Curious Worldview Podcast Similar To This!
- Jim Henry
- Nicholas Shaxson
- Bradley Hope
- Vijay Vaitheeswaran
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- Jim Henry Twitter
- Blood Bankers
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The following is a conversation with JJ Ramberg, who has a resume and list of achievements too long to keep this introduction timely.
The highlights include hosting MSNBC’s ‘Your Business‘ for over a decade, being awarded one of Inc Magazines 100 Female Founders and also being the founder of the podcasting app, Goodpods, which was listed as one of Fast Companies most innovative companies.
In this Podcast, you can expect to hear about the following and more…
- What Is Goodpods?
- Why There Is A Gap In The Market For Goodpods?
- Some Of JJ’s Favourite Shows.
- And More & More As Well…
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- 00:00 – Introduction.
- 01:24 – Working On Micro Finance In Uganda.
- 06:59 – What Is Goodpods?
- 17:54 – How Does JJ See Podcasts Evolving?
- 28:50 – Shortcoming Of The Podcasting Industry.
- 31:29 – JJ’s Favourite Show & Innovation To The Podcasting Industry.
- 37:51 – Moment You Cannot Believe You Were A Part Of As Well Conversation Between Any Two People Of History.
- 45:11 – Afterthoughts & My Ambition For The Podcast
Links To JJ Ramberg
- JJ Ramberg Twitter
- Goodpods
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Thomas Werner is a teacher, consultant, artist, lecturer, author and former gallery owner in New York and an overall forceful figure in the international art community.
He published ‘The Fashion Image’ in 2018, and is anticipating the release of his latest book on the business of fine art photography.
This podcast is separated into two distinct parts, the first hour, Thomas’s experience in both Russia and China with the meta-theme on artistic expression between cultures. And then the second hour is the business side of things, everything from artificial scarcity to galleries to commerciality and more!
You can expect to hear in this podcast about the following and more…
- Working As An American In Both China & Russia.
- What The International Photography Market Looks Like?
- The Necessity Of A Gallery.
- E-Commerce & NFT’s.
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- 00:00 – Introduction.
- 03:40 – Tom In His Own Words.
- 10:05 – We Are In An Era Of Great Generalists In Creativity.
- 18:31 – Thomas Experience In Russia.
- 36:30 – Thomas Experience In China.
- 41:44 – Art Censorship In Russia & China.
- 52:41 – Primary Commercial Centres For The Global Photography Market.
- 58:18 – Peter Lik.
- 1:01:39 – The Commerical Side Of Photography.
- 1:08:56 – Why You Need A Gallery.
- 1:11:21 – Is Advertising A Dirty Word?
- 1:14:19 – How Do Different Types Of Photography Sell?
- 1:20:47 – Peter Thiel’s 0-1 Idea In Art.
- 1:27:46 – How Can Fine Art Photography Adapt To E-Commerce & NFT’s.
- 1:37:08 – Artificial Scarcity.
- 1:50:56 – David Yarrow’s Commercial Success.
- 1:58:23 – The Difference Between Something Beautiful & Something That Can Sell.
- 2:04:19 – Tips On Approaching A Gallery.
- 2:16:26 – A Moment You Can Believe You Were A Part Of.
- 2:17:46 – Witness A Conversation Between Any Two People.
- 2:18:46 – Afterthoughts & Ambition For The Podcast.
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The following is a conversation with the host of the Danny Miranda podcast, the man himself… Danny Miranda.
Danny is someone I have admired from afar ever since the beginning of the pandemic. He, much like me, was inspired by the likes of Tim Ferriss, Joe Rogan, Chris Williamson and others by the podcasting medium.
Danny is prolific with this content, turning out over 3 episodes a week with over 202 episodes published and ready to go.
You can expect to hear in this podcast about the following and more…
- The Promise Of NFT’s.
- NFT Practical Examples.
- Winners & Losers Of NFT’s.
- What Makes A Good Podcast?
- Danny's Favourite Podcasts.
- Tips For Podcasters.
- & More, More + More.
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- 00:00 – Introduction.
- 02:47 – NFT Hype.
- 11:40 – How Are The Big Winners In NFT’s So Far?
- 14:57 – How Danny Sees NFT’s Influencing Society.
- 23:42 – Bored Ape Yacht Club.
- 28:04 – The Future Of Crypto & Demographics Of NFT’s.
- 34:30 – Practical Example Of NFT’s.
- 44:44 – NFT’s In The Physical Space.
- 51:02 – Podcasting – Quesiton on Niche? General Reflections Of The Danny Miranda Show.
- 59:25 – Advice On Getting Guests.
- 1:09:26 – Danny’s Favourite Podcasts + A Reflection On Podcasting In General.
- 1:22:33 – A Moment In Your Life Looking Back On You Can’t Believe You Were A Part Of?
- 1:25:35 – Country Danny Is Bullish On.
- 1:30:45 – Conversation Between Any Two People Of History.
- 1:34:28 – Afterthoughts & My Ambition For The Podcast.
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Ryan Delany is the guest, and he runs the Coffee Trading Academy.
Ryan is a veteran of the US military and after serving as a dedicated marksman in Afghanistan in the early 2000s, he then went on the be educated at Harvard under the GI bill and it was here where he discovered his love and passion for coffee.
Ryan Delany is a coffee trader and educator and as we speak about in the chat, you’ll hear how there is a clear diction between trading a commodity and growing or mining a commodity.
This distinction informs much of his worldview and makes for an extremely realistic, informed and objective take on coffee.
You can expect to hear in this podcast about the following and more…
- The Geography Of Coffee.
- How The Environment Effects The Coffee Market.
- The Legiticamny Of Rainforest Alliance, UTZ, Fair Trade, etc.
- The Stupifying Efficiency Of The Whole Supply Chain.
- China/US As The Next Superpower>
- & More, More + More.
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- 00:00 – Introduction.
- 02:24 – What Is A Coffee Guy?
- 09:44 – The Geography Of Coffee.
- 24:54 – The Coffee Consumer & The Coffee Commodity.
- 38:04 – How Climate Change Effects Rainforest Alliance, UTZ, Fair Trade, etc.
- 54:09 – Labour Rates & Issues From The Trade.
- 1:17:54 – The Unbelievable Efficiency Of The Coffee Market.
- 1:29:24 – Exciting & Closing Facts On The Coffee Industry.
- 1:34:24 – A Geopolitical Side Bar On The China/US Superpower Question (The Thucydides Trap).
- 1:46:44 – Conversation Between Any Two People Of History.
- 1:48:48 – Afterthoughts & Ambition For The Podcast.
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Spencer Roberts is the guest on this episode of the podcast. Follow him on Twitter here.
Spencer Roberts is an ecologist, engineer, and science writer who often operates under the pseudonym… unpopular science.
Spencer holds two degrees from the University of Colorado Boulder in both Ecology & Evolution as well as Atmospheric & Ocean Science.
He has written for Wired, Current Affairs, The Ecologist and more where he routinely scrutinizes the animal agriculture and seafood industries.
You can expect to hear in this podcast about the following and more…
- Some Of The Horrors Of Fish Farming/Aquaculture
- The Role Of Antibiotics In Agriculture
- The Agricultural Red Pill
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- More, More, And More
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- 00:00 – Introduction.
- 01:19 – The Dominant Narrative In Aquaculture & Greenwashing.
- 08:54 – Explaining The Horror Of Fish Farming.
- 20:14 – The Current State Of The Oceans.
- 25:59 – Antibiotics & Soy In Agriculture.
- 36:59 – How Farmed Fishing Effects Your Health.
- 41:59 – Seaspiracy.
- 44:24 – Nassim Taleb & Popular Science Communication.
- 57:06 – The Agricultural Red Pill
- 1:08:06 – Monoculture, Capitalism & More Issues In Agriculture.
- 1:14:14 – A Moment In Your Life You Cannot Believe You Were A Part Of.
- 1:20:09 – Country You Are Most Bullish On.
- 1:23:14 – Conversation Between Any Two People Of History.
- 1:24:34 – Afterthoughts & Ambition For The Podcast.
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The following is a conversation with Tim Butcher, author, adventurer, international journalist.
Tim served as a journalist for over 20 years with The Daily Telegraph newspaper in the United Kingdom, holding a series of positions including lead writer, war correspondent, African Bureau Chief, and serving as the Middle East Correspondent.
Tim Butcher travelled overland the great, powerful, consuming and hostile, lungs of the Earth which is the territory we know as the Democratic Republic of the Congo. And what makes this one of the great adventures is that at the time he did, and likely since as well, it had been over 100 years since someone had successfully completed the journey.
You can expect to hear in this podcast about the following and more…
- The Risks Of The Congo
- The Beauty Of The Congo
- Tim Explaining Why Progress Is Inverted In The Congo (This Is The Most Important Part)
- Corruption & Kleptocracy Of The Congo
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- A Window Into Tim’s Latest Work
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- 00:00 – Introduction.
- 06:37 – What Makes Traveling The Congo So Exceptionally Difficult.
- 11:41 – The Risks Of Traveling Through The Congo.
- 35:21 – Why The Congo Is So Beautiful & The Unbelievability Of The Congo.
- 45:01 – Tim’s Motivation For Going To The Congo.
- 47:57 – Tim Explaining How Progress In The Congo Is Inverted.
- 1:08:21 – The Corruption, Kleptocracy & Crony Capitalism In The Congo.
- 1:13:47 – Why Nations Fail, Corruption & Giant Infrastructure Projects.
- 1:26:52 – Amazing Anecdote Regarding Health, Corruption & Covid.
- 1:29:28 – Classic Despotic African Corruption & Cliché Yachtlife.
- 1:31:50 – The Illusion Of Normalcy & What Makes A Nation.
- 1:46:46 – On Special Economic Zones In Africa.
- 2:01:36 – A Country You Are Most Bullish On.
- 2:04:06 – Afterthoughts & Ambition For The Podcast
Tim Butcher Links
- Tim Butcher’s Website
- Blood River
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Vijay Vaitheeswaran on why energy is at the heart of the Russian/Ukrainian flare-up.
Vijay Vaitheeswaran has led a life of journalism. He is the Global Climate & Energy Innovation Editor at the Economist, the man who opened the Economist’s first regional bureau in Latin America, The the Chairman of the Economist’s Innovation Summit, a multiple times author, and has served on the Economist’s editorial staff since 1992.
In this conversation, Vijay explains from the back to the front the multiple energy variables at play in the ongoing Ukraine/Russia standoff. It is an education in the moment and furthermore an interesting snapshot of Europe’s current geopolitical calculation.
In this podcast, you should expect to hear the following…
- Why Energy Is At The Heart Of This Moment With Russia & Ukraine.
- The Potency Of Putin’s Energy Threat.
- Why This Is Even Happening In The First Place?
- Plus What Do We Make Of The War Rhetoric?
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- 00:00 – Introduction.
- 01:23 – Why Energy Is At The Heart Of What Is Happening Between Russia/Ukraine.
- 11:44 – How Potent Is Putin’s Energy Threat?
- 14:31 – But Why Is This Happening At All In The First Place?
- 20:53 – What About all The War & Invasion Rhetoric?
- 28:06 – What Are The Consequences Of All This?
- 33:48 – Rounding Out The Chat.
- 34:21 – Afterthoughts & My Ambition For The Podcast.
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Article Attached To This Podcast!🎙️: https://atlasgeographica.com/marsel-van-oosten/
This podcast is with Marsel Van Oosten, a Dutch, master photographer.
Marsel is responsible for taking some of the best wildlife photos of all time, and this is not just my opinion. On a list of the 100 greatest wildlife photos ever taken, Marsel occupies as close to an objective measure you can find in art, several rungs on that list.
Marsel has been the recipient of many photography prizes, most notably he has been awarded Wildlife Photographer of the year, Travel Photographer of the year, and as well, the International Nature Photographer of the year. In addition to all of this, Marsel also works as a contributor with National Geographic.
You can expect to hear in this podcast about the following and more…
- What Works & What Doesn’t Work When Making A Good Photo.
- Behind The Scenes On Iconic Shots.
- The Economics Of Photography.
- ISO Specific Breakdown (for all my fellow amateur photographers listening).
- The Influence Of Social Media On Photography
- China In Africa
- And Of Course More, More & More As Well.
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- 00:00 – Introduction
- 03:52 – Witnessing The Death Of A Baby Elephant
- 09:52 – Is There Any Thrill In The Danger?
- 13:50 – Are There Any Animals You Are On A First Name Basis With?
- 15:37 – Was It The Inspiring Dutch Countryside?
- 17:02 – The Journey To Becoming A Professional.
- 23:32 – What Works & What Doesn’t Work When It Comes To Taking An Effecting Photo?
- 43:22 – The Social Media Influence On Photography.
- 54:19 – Marsel Van Oosten On Post Production & Editing.
- 1:00:42 – Behind The Scenes On Some Iconic Shots.
- 1:08:37 – 1600 ISO (Golden Couple).
- 1:13:16 – On Distance In Photography.
- 1:17:27 – The Piegraph Of Photography.
- 1:29:37 – Artificial Scarcity & Economics In Photography.
- 1:53:40 – South Africa (Switching Gears).
- 2:05:02 – Marsel’s Outlook For Africa & China’s Influence On The Continent.
- 2:17:32 – Where Is Left & Undiscovered To Take A Beautiful Photo?
- 2:21:32 – The Skinny On Kangaroos.
- 2:25:47 – The Most Serendipitous Outcome Of Being A Notable Photographer.
- 2:33:17 – A Moment In Your Life That You Can’t Believe You Were A Part Of.
- 2:43:40 – Does Marsel Have A Favourite Photo?
- 2:47:32 – Conversation Between Any Two People Of History.
- 2:48:56 – Afterthoughts & Ambition For The Podcast.
Marsel Van Oosten Links
- Squiver – Marsel’s Website
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Article Attached To This Podcast!🎙️: https://atlasgeographica.com/leonard-mlodinow/
Leonard Mlodinow is a multi-time bestselling author and writer of one of my favourite books, A Drunkards Walk. Leonard has just released his newest book, Emotional, which is the subject of today's discussion.
Leonard was born in 1954 to parents who were both Holocaust survivors, which is relevant to say since his parent’s stories inform much of the autobiographical sections of this book, Emotional. Leonard has been a writer in Hollywood, written for Star Trek operated as a corporate executive and been a multiple times best selling author.
And all of this goes without mentioning what is the backbone of his career. Leonard Mlodinow is a world-class theoretical physicist. He is among the finest scientific writers in the world able to capture the language of the universe for general consumption.
He was mates with Richard Feynman, he’s worked with Steven Spielberg and he was trusted with the memoirs of Stephen Hawking. Leonard’s led several lives.
You can expect to hear in this podcast about the following and more…
- Emotional Intelligence.
- The Unbelievable Story Of A Soviet Who Potentially Saved The World.
- Leonard’s Writing Process.
- Plus A Whole Lot More As Well.
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- 00:00 – Introduction.
- 04:08 – Head Transplants.
- 09:28 – Star Trek, Hollywood & Thoughts On Memoirs.
- 18:26 – How Emotion Affects Our Behaviour & How Petrov Saved The World.
- 31:24 – Mike Tyson & How One Can Induce Determination.
- 37:33 – On Emotional Intelligence.
- 53:26 – On Leonard’s Writing Prep & Filing Away Thousands Of Anecdotes & Scientific Studies.
- 1:09:08 – A Moment In Leonards Life That Looking Back On, He Can’t Believe He Was A Part Of.
- 1:13:18 – Country You Are Most Bullish On?
- 1:14:18 – A Conversation Between Any Two People?
- 1:15:48 – Afterthoughts & My Ambition For The Podcast.
Leonard Mlodinow Links
- Leonard’s Website
- Emotional
- Drunkard’s Walk
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Bjorn Persson joined me in my kitchen in Stockholm recently. We recorded this towards the beginning of December 2021.
Bjorn Persson is a Swedish Wildlife photographer. He is the author of two books, The Real Owners Of The Planet and what is now my favourite photography book, Beauty Will Save The World.
You can expect to hear in this podcast about the following and more…
- Anti-Poaching & The Problems Of Endangered Species In Africa.
- The Economics Of Fine-Art Photography & The Business Of Photography.
- Some Amazing Anecdotes & Experiences From Bjorn In The Field (Including Snow Leopards, Silverback Gorillas, Lions, Elephants, The Rest)
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- 00:00 - Introduction.
- 03:51 - How Photography Became A Part Of Bjorn's Life.
- 12:06 - Do You Think You've Taken Your Best Photo?
- 14:06 - Bjorn On His Work In Anti-Poaching As Well As The Ivory Trade.
- 27:08 - How Different Animal Prints Sell + Understanding Wildlife Threats In Africa.
- 39:27 - Distinction Between Fine-Art & Documentary + Meeting Goodall & Attenborough.
- 47:16 - Taking Photos Of Silverback Ape.
- 54:23 - Some Of The Mechanics Of Wildlife Photography + The Pie Chart Of A Photographer.
- 1:19:31 - Photographers Bjorn Looks Up Too.
- 1:23:58 - The Economics Of Photography.
- 1:43:05 - Danger & Travel.
- 1:52:51 - Economics Of Publishing & Printing.
- 2:00:35 - What Photo Would You Take Right Now If You Had No Limitations?
- 2:05:21 - A Moment In Your Life That You Can't Believe You Were A Part Of.
- 2:11:41 - Does Bjorn Have A Favourite Photo?
- 2:12:41 - Smart Savannahs.
- 2:22:16 - What Country Are You Most Bullish On?
- 2:27:21 - Afterthoughts
Bjorn Persson Links
- Bjorn's Website
- Smart Savannahs
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Bill is an actor and singer and has worked extensively with the Royal Shakespeare Company, on the West End, on the TV and extensively on the radio. Bill has recorded over 40 classic novels for Naxos AudioBooks and has also cornered the market for recording the English translations of French classics.
Bill was such a pleasure to speak with and this episode exists as an extra special moment for me.
You can expect to hear in this podcast about the following and more…
- Discussing The Count Of Monte Cristo & Alexandre Dumas Father.
- Bill’s Definitive Masterclass On Voice Acting.
- Much Of Bills Life & Personal Philosophy.
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- 00:00 – Introduction.
- 03:15 – What’s The Link Between The Classics, Brits & The French?
- 11:55 – What Makes A Classic?
- 18:53 – The First Epic Poem Of France.
- 23:19 – The Role Of Serendipity In Bills Life.
- 32:15 – The Count Of Monte Cristo + Alexandre Dumas Father’s Amazing Story.
- 47:21 – Bills Horrific Injury On Set.
- 51:04 – A Masterclass On Voice Acting
- 57:20 – The Voice Difference Between A Good & A Bad Character.
- 59:45 – Keeping Track Of Multiple Characters & The Mechanics Of Audio Recording.
- 1:07:45 – Consistency Of Voice, Consistency Of Cadence.
- 1:23:52 – The Gear Used For Recording & Keeping The Files Organised.
- 1:38:34 – Does Bill Have A List Of Great Books He Would Like To Narrate?
- 1:41:50 – Is Shakespeare Still Relevant?
- 1:51:02 – Bill As An Honorary Citizen Of Austin, Texas.
- 1:55:13 – Conversation Between Any Two People Of History?
- 2:03:20 – Closing The Conversation With Bill Reading His Own Original Poetry.
- 2:07:14 – Afterthoughts & Ambition For The Podcast.
Bill Homewood Links
- Bill's Website.
- Bill's Original Poetry.
- Bill's List Of Narrations.
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Article Attached To This Podcast!🎙️: https://atlasgeographica.com/whatifalthist-rudyard-lynch/
He is the creator of the youtube channel, Whatifalthist which is a 300,000+ subscriber YouTube channel that explores everything alternative history, geopolitics and history as it's been recorded.
Rudyard Lynch is just a sponge of history. He is so passionate and endlessly fascinated by everything that has come before us. Whether it is ancient China or 20th century West Africa, or seemingly anything and everything in between. Rudyard Lynch has somewhere between a peripheral to a deep knowledge of it as a historical event.
You can expect to hear in this podcast about the following and more...
- Adventurers & Explorers Of Ancient History.
- BC. China.
- Demographics & Negative Birth Rates.
- Hyperbolic Questions From History.
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- More, More & More, Refer To Timestamps.
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Whatifalthist Channel
- Whatifalthist Youtube
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- 00:00 - Introduction.
- 02:15 - Qin Shi Huang: The Father Of China
- 10:50 - Ancient Adventurers & Explorers
- 18:40 - The Mandate Of Heaven & The CCP
- 26:20 - Bad Demographics & Implications For Negative Birth Rates
- 34:13 - Talking About Climate Change
- 44:01 - Does Rudyard Feel Accountable Yet?
- 47:15 - What Is The Most Serendipitous Thing That Has Come From Your Platform?
- 49:39 - A Fascinating Country That Is Largely Forgotten.
- 51:41 - Histories Greatest Ruler?
- 52:08 - Histories Most Misunderstood Figure?
- 54:05 - Histories Most Important Figure?
- 55:22 - Histories Most Fascinating Civilisation?
- 56:40 - Histories Best Warriors?
- 58:08 - Rudyard's Favourite Historical Character.
- 59:15 - Country You Are Most Bullish On?
- 01:02:06 - Afterthoughts & Ambition For The Podcast.
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Article Attached To This Podcast!🎙️: https://atlasgeographica.com/stephen-hicks-nietzsche-zarathustra/
Stephen Hicks returns to the podcast and delivers us one of the best pieces of content on the internet covering Friedrich Nietzsche. This is part two of three of Nietzsche's life.
Friedrich Nietzsche is one of the greatest and sharpest philosophers of all time. Nietzsche's ideas, Nietzsche's quotes and Nietzsche's philosophy has proven to be truly Lindy as it has permeates again and again through the culture. In this podcast, I trace the timeline of Nietzsche's life while Stephen Hicks provides all the context and explanation of Nietzsche's philosophy as it develops along the timeline.
You can expect to hear in this podcast with Jordan Schneider about the following and more…
- Understanding Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Allegory For Becoming Who You Are)
- Beyond Good & Evil.
- The Genealogy Of Morality & The Master/Slave Morality.
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Links To Stephen Hick's Work
- Nietzsche & The Nazi's Audiobook
- Stephen Hicks Website & Books
- Open College Podcast
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- 00:00 - Introduction.
- 03:52 - Explaining Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Allegory For Becoming Who You Are)
- 29:52 - Connecting Zarathustra, Jung & Joseph Campbell.
- 44:10 - Back To The Timeline, Nietzsche's Most Productive Time Of His Life, BeyondGood & Evil, The Geneology Of Morality & Slave Morality.
- 01:09:25 - Afterthoughts & Ambition For The Podcast
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Article Attached To This Podcast!🎙️: https://atlasgeographica.com/jordan-schneider/
Jordan Schneider is the host of the ChinaTalk Podcast & Newsletter, as well as the guest on this episode of the podcast!
ChinaTalk is one of the most terrific sources of news and analysis if you are interested in the world of Chinese tech, which is one of deep fascination to both me and Jordan.
Jordan Schneider is also currently the senior analyst at the Rhodium group where he focuses on tech in China, its rise, relations and all those various and related applications.
You can expect to hear in this podcast with Jordan Schneider about the following and more…
- The Minoosha On Podcasting, Lessons From Interviewing 100’s Of People.
- Jordans Experience At Bridgewater, One Of The Most Famous Hedge Funds In The World.
- Jordan Explaining What The Communism In CCP Means.
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- More & More As Well.
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Jordan Schneider Work
ChinaTalk Substack
ChinaTalk Podcast
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- 00:00 – Introduction.
- 04:53 – Is There Anything To The Correlation Between Podcasters And Speechwriters.
- 15:03 – What Is It Like Working At Bridgwater + Radical Honesty Policy.
- 25:00 – The Decision From Jordan To Turn His Attention Away From Wall St And Towards China.
- 28:35 – Explaining China Beyond The Commonly Understood Caricature
- 33:02 – Regional Variation In China.
- 38:02 – Is China Communistic The Way We Think It Is?
- 50:39 – What Is The Big Question Jordan Is Thinking About When It Comes To China?
- 55:30 – What Country Are You Most Bullish On?
- 56:32 – Conversation Between Any Two People Of History
- 57:24 – Afterthought
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Article Attached To This Podcast!🎙️: https://atlasgeographica.com/peter-pomerantsev/
Peter Pomerantsev is a British journalist, author, TV producer and among many other things, a Visiting Senior Fellow at the Institute of Global Affairs at the London School of Economics.
I reached out to speak with Peter because of his brilliant book and the subject of this podcast, ‘This Is Not Propaganda’. The chat was a terrific blast for me. Peter brought tremendous enthusiasm to the conversation and as well he managed to show off his broad erudition in the explanation of politics and propaganda.
You can expect to hear in this podcast with Peter Pomerantsev about the following and more…
- Why Identity Issues Are At The Root Of Populism.
- The Distinction Between The Facts & The Narrative.
- Why Peter Doesn’t Rate Churchill As A Good Writer.
- Why Good Propaganda Hinges Solely On One's Ability To Collect Data.
- Plus more and more and more…
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- 00:00 – Introduction To Peter Pomerantsev.
- 02:53 – I Am Fluent In Russian.
- 04:28 – Australian Archetypal Example Of The Divided World.
- 13:18 – Good Propaganda Is About How Good Your Data Is.
- 16:03 – The Role Of Identity & It’s Link To Populism.
- 42:53 – Craziness For No Reason Is Fun, But Ends Up Wiping Everything Out.
- 46:35 – The Minority Rule, Nassim Taleb.
- 49:58 – Why Impartiality Is Fraudulent & All That Remains Is Being More Genuine.
- 57:50 – Mexico & AMLO.
- 1:01:03 – The Distinction Between Facts & Narrative.
- 1:16:20 – What’s Happening In Belarus?
- 1:22:08 – Question From Peter’s Biggest Fan… My Mother In Law.
- 1:27:40 – Why Peter Hates This Famous Churchill Quote.
- 1:33:29 – Discussing Sweden.
- 1:36:23 – How Is The Medium Of Propaganda Going To Change Going Forward?
- 1:41:21 – What Country Is Peter Most Bullish On?
- 1:48:09 – Conversation Between Any Two People Of History.
- 1:49:51 – My Afterthoughts.
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Jos Benschop received his MSc (cum laude) and PhD in Physics from Twente University. In 1984, he started his career at Philips Research where he worked on the introduction of the Compact Disc Rewritable – the CD for those playing along at home. He joined ASML in 1997 as the program manager of “Next-Generation Lithography”, initiating ASML’s early research programs on ion-beam lithography, e-beam lithography and extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography.
Jos is ASML’s Senior Vice President Technology and oversees research and system engineering. He has published more than 30 papers and has over 20 patents to his name.
You can expect to hear in this podcast with Jos Benschop about the following and more…
- An Explanation Of Exponential Growth
- Jos Benschop On Moores Law
- Why Going To Work At Facebook Or Instagram Is A Complete Waste Of Talent
- Difficulties Of Complexity
- Why The EUV Machine Is The Most Complicated In History
- More more and more.
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- 00:00 – Introduction
- 04:54 – What Are ASML?
- 09:50 – A Brief Intro To Semiconductors
- 10:56 – Introducing Moore’s Law
- 15:56 – Introducing Jos Benschop
- 17:13 – How Integral To Society Is The Semiconductor?
- 23:06 – Who Are ASML’s Major Competitors?
- 24:04 – Explaining How Semiconductors Are Made
- 31:03 – Distinguishing Between The Jargon Of IC/Microchip/Semiconductor
- 33:02 – Jos On Moore’s Law
- 38:13 – Explaining Exponential & How It Relates To Moore’s Law?
- 49:28 – What Type Of Tech Will These Chips Enable?
- 53:13 – Jos On The Importance Of Software Within ASML
- 59:49 – The Geopolitics Of Semiconductors
- 1:06:54 – Is The EUV Machine The Most Complicated Machine Ever Made By Humans?
- 1:10:27 – Of Any Two People, Who Would You Witness A Conversation Between?
- 1:11:27 – Afterthoughts & My Message To The Listener
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Scott Rank is the guest on this episode of the podcast and of course, a historian of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey.
Scott Rank is an author, entrepreneur, academic, and podcaster. He is the author of twelve books. In addition to all of this, and as well many of the topics of this chat. Scott currently hosts the show History Unplugged, which has over 10 million downloads and is one of the most celebrated history podcasts on the internet.
You can expect to hear in this podcast with Scott Rank about the following and more…
- First/Third – The Geopolitics Of Turkey & What It Is Like To Live There?
- Second/Third – The Personal Brand, The Shifting Media Economy & The Power Of Distribution.
- Third/Third – (My Favourite) Scott Answers Fun, Hyperbolic Questions From History.
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- 00:00 – Introduction.
- 06:33 – Why Did You Decide To Envelop Your Life In Turkey?
- 09:48 – Why Does Scott See Journalism As A Dead End + New Media Business Models.
- 15:57 – Scott Introducing Us To Turkey & Explaining It’s Geopolitical Significance.
- 30:44 – Personal Branding & Being Rid Of The Middle Men In Distribution.
- 50:10 – Who Is One Explorer That Didn’t Make The Cut On Your List Of GOAT?
- 53:13 – Are There Still Great Adventures To Be Had?
- 58:22 – Do We Know About Some Ancient Explorer Who Wasn’t Asian, Arabic Or European?
Scott Rank Hyperbolic Questions Of History
- 1:02:17 – Who Is Histories Greatest Ruler?
- 1:03:10 – Who Is Histories Most Misunderstood Figure?
- 1:04:15 – Who Is Histories Most Important Figure?
- 1:04:47 – What Is Histories Most Fascinating Civilisation?
- 1:08:14 – Where Is The Greatest Place & Time To Have Ever Lived In History?
- 1:10:26 – Of All The Leaders Of History, Who Would Win In A Fight?
- 1:12:28 – What Country Are You Most Bullish On?
- 1:13:15 – Conversation Between Any Two People Of History
- 1:15:15 – Afterthoughts.
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Article Attached To This Podcast 🎙️: https://atlasgeographica.com/lachlan-mcgrath-cyber-security/
Lachlan McGrath is the Senior Strategy Consultant for CyberCX and the Curious Worldview Podcast's official cyber security expert.
Cyber Security forces us to make considerations such as the following.
- Why deploy an expensive and costly army when you could rather just cripple your enemy via wifi and anonymity?
- Why spend billions on soldiers to destabilise a nation when you could rather just meddle anonymously in their elections?
- Why risk your life trying to rob a bank, when you could rather and with significantly less risk just inject a line of malware code and achieve the same end goal?
- How does the geopolitics of power change when traditional geography, manpower and distance become obsolete?
You can expect to hear in this podcast with Lachlan About Cyber Security the following and more...
- Why Cyber Security Threats Must Be Treated As Seriously As If They Were Physical.
- Lachlan Going Through All The Key Jargon.
- The Geopolitics Of Cyber Security.
- The Realities Of Cyber Warfare.
- More, more, more and more.
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00:00 - Introduction.
04:39 - How We Should Stop Thinking About Threats As Only Physical.
11:44 - Lachlan Describing His Experience In Both The Public & Private Sector.
18:09 - Defining Some Of The Key Jargon In Cyber Security.
31:07 - Implications Of The Mass Movement To The Cloud.
35:56 - Using Real World Metaphors To Understand Cyber.
41:06 - Why Is The NHS Vulnerable To Attack?
43:36 - The Sophistication Difference Between The Offense & Defense.
54:41 - A Diplomatic Lachlan.
58:01 - The Geopolitics Of Cyber Security?
1:11:41 - What About The Ethics Of Cyber?
1:18:26 - Cyber Warfare.
1:40:23 - Cryptocurrency Regulation.
1:54:05 - Country You Are Most Bullish On?
1:56:42 - Conversation Between Any Two People?
1:57:54 - Afterthoughts.
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Article Attached To This Podcast 🎙️: https://atlasgeographica.com/john-kaag-nietzsche/
John Kaag and his magnificent book, Hiking With Nietzsche, is the subject of this episode of the podcast.
The book is a decompression on two journeys, separated by 15 years. John journeyed to Sils Maria - this beautiful mountainous village in Switzerland where Nietzsche published, what some would claim as his masterpiece, a fictional title - Thus Spoke Zarathustra - which is, of course, an allegory on becoming who you are.
In this podcast with John Kaag On Hiking With Nietzsche, you can expect to hear about some of the following. …
- How philosophers romanticise to the point of worship, walking.
Nietzsche being misinterpreted later in life.
The impossible trade-off between fostering a family and pursuing the individual path.
Nietzsche's commentary on killing ones own father - metaphorically of course.
And finally - nothing to serious, just how John responds to being asked what his life purpose is
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00:00 - Introduction.
04:43 - Is There A Mysticism To Sils Maria?
15:38 - John's Experience Intentionally Fasting Himself Into Deleriousnousness.
25:38 - Did Nietzsche Ever Intentionally Harm Himself?
27:19 - The Problem Of Taking Nietzsche Literally.
33:43 - Great Philosophers & Their Devotion To Walking.
38:58 - The Impossible Trade Between Family & Becoming Who You Are.
56:59 - Nietzsche's Call To Kill Your Father.
1:05:23 - How Does One Become Who They Are?
1:08:57 - What Is John Kaags Great & Impossible?
1:10:23 - Conversation Between Any Two People Of History.
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Article Attached To This Podcast 🎙️: https://atlasgeographica.com/dan-paech/
Dan Peach is the guest on this episode of the podcast and co-owner of the Stockholm based start-up, 100 Point Challenge.
Dan is a mate of mine who I met a couple of years ago when I was selling a booking software for tour operators in Europe. Dan owns the business that was at the time companies first Swedish client. I have since moved to Stockholm and Dan has become one of my closest friends here.
I wanted to interview Dan because he has such an interesting story about moving from Perth over to Sweden. He is a business owner and perennial entrepreneur and he currently owns and runs a business that pulled off one of the best pivots I have ever heard during the Covid-19 pandemic. It is stuff worthwhile of a Harvard business case study.
You can expect to hear in the podcast with Dan Paech about the following and more…
- Dan’s story and motivation for coming to Sweden of all places.
- Starting and running a business in Sweden.
- A bit of Perth history and what its like to grow up there.
- Plus you guys will hear about more and more as well, please refer to the timestamps to navigate through the chat.
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00:00 - Introduction.
03:58 - Starting In Perth, Childhood & The Mining Boom
18:18 - Moving To Sydney, Covid-19 & Health Economics
27:18 - Journeying Onto Latin America
35:18 - Onto London & Asking The Question - What Do I Want To Do?
42:18 - Dan Giving An Explanation For The Backwards Housing Market In Sweden
47:48 - Dan's Story Of Entrepreneurship Through Sweden
58:38 - What Did Dan Learn Through His Various Failures?
1:02:48 - The Heroic Pivot
1:10:08 - What Is Sweden Like To Run A Business?
1:16:53 - Reflecting On How The Path Could Have Been Different
1:22:08 - Plans To Return To Australia
1:26:45 - What Country Are You Most Bullish On?
1:30:38 - Conversation Between Any Two People
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Article Attached To This Podcast 🎙️: https://atlasgeographica.com/bradley-hope-project-brazen/
Bradley Hope is the co-founder of Project Brazen, a media company that is producing books, podcasts, and even tv shows and movies based off the stranger than fiction real-life stories composed in a narrative journalism style. Bradley Hope is also the co-author of the book, Billion Dollar Whale - the 1MDB scandal and exposing of Jho Low as well as Blood & Oil, the story so far of MBS - Mohammed Bin Salman.
You can expect to hear in the podcast with Bradley some of the following and more
- Great examples of narrative journalism.
- MBS’s foreshadowing with a boyhood addiction to playing age of empires.
- Why celebrities are just people for hire.
- Bradley giving us the pandora papers red pill.
- Why he is fascinated by the middle east.
- And more and more and more.
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00:00 - Introduction.
04:21- Explaining Narrative Journalism... Definition and Examples.
13:36 - Bradley's Favourite Piece Of Narrative Journalism.
16:36 - What Some Great Stories Of Narrative Journalism You Are Working On?
26:01 - How's The Economics Of Project Brazen Work?
29:46 - Pandora Papers & Celebrities Are People For Hire.
35:13 - Bradley Giving Us A Dose Of Offshore Finance Red Pill.
43:20 - Pegasus Spy Software & Investigative Journalists Remaining Encrypted.
50:02 - How Special Is The Middle East To You + Bradley Romanticising Travel & Adventure.
59:15 - Where Are The Best Stories Coming From?
1:01:38 - Reflecting On The Current State Of Lebanon.
1:04:16 - Which Country Are You Most Bullish On
1:10:00 - A Conversation Between Any Two People Of History?
1:12:00 - Afterthoughts.
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Nicholas Shaxson is a British author, journalist and investigator. He is best known for his investigative books Poisoned Wells and Treasure Islands, both extensive investigations into the corrupt and horrific world of tax evasion, financial secrecy and the rest.
Nicholas Shaxson has worked as a part-time writer and researcher for the Tax Justice Network, an expert-led lobbying group that includes members such as Jim Henry, a former guest on the podcast, and they focus on the harmful impacts of tax avoidance, tax competition and tax havens.
In this podcast, Nicholas Shaxson and I discussed exclusively the Pandora Papers and nothing further beyond delving into his bread and butter - financial havens.
We have scheduled a date for the future to record on the podcast about everything else. But for now... The Pandora Papers Explained.
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Jim Henry is the author of Blood Bankers a classic investigative tale of following the money.
Jim is a Harvard educated economist and lawyer, one of the famous Nader Raiders, a former chief economist at McKinsey & Co, an investigative journalist, author and as you can imagine much more as well. He is a founding member of TJN, the Tax Justice Network and one of the leading voices on curtailing tax evasion and the proliferation of offshore activity.
He is currently the founder and managing director of the Sag Harbour Group, a consultancy for technology organisations.
In this podcast with Jim Henry & Blood Bankers, you can expect to learn...
- How Jim discovered Nixon offshore money
- The early history of tax havens
- Operating as chief economist at McKinsey during so much of the development crisis
- His thoughts on confessions of an economic hitman
- an example of the archetypal debt elephant - which is a hydro dam in brazil, whose damage is borderline unfathomable
- Implications of the underground economy
- Debt trap diplomacy
- Much, much more...
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00:00 - Introduction
08:04 - Jim's Early Years
15:56 - Thinking About The Underground Economy
26:02 - Nixon Offshore Money
34:11 - Following The Money & Emphasising McKinsey & Co
45:26 - The Archetypal Economic Hitman Story & Jim's Thoughts On Confessions Of An Economic Hitman
52:15 - The Philippines & The Marcos Debacle
57:56 - Death On Hermila Marcos's Hands
1:02:56 - Why Does Money Continue To Flow Into A Corrupt Regime?
1:09:25 - Defining Capital Flight & More On The Nuts & Bolds On The Money
1:23:14 - What Are The Incentives For The World Bank/IMF?
1:27:56 - A Question From Nicholas Shaxson - Poisoned Scrambled Eggs & Dangers In Investigation.
1:40:26 - Reflecting On Leaving The Corporate Life Behind To Write A Book
1:48:26 - Narrowing In On Brazil, The Archetypal Debt Elephant
2:06:21 - Mexico & Implications Of The Underground Economy
2:21:16 - Is Demand A Stronger Force Than Supply When It Comes To The Drug Trade?2:27:56 - How Offshore Allows The Scale Of Criminal Organisations
2:34:20 - Chinese Debt Trap Diplomacy
2:38:00 - What Does Jim Think About Foreign Aid?
2:44:50 - What About The Ethics Of Tax Evasion?
2:56:10 - Jim On Russia
3:06:00 - What Country Is Jim Bullish On?
3:08:50 - Conversation Between Any Two People Of History?
3:11:38 - Afterthoughts
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The narrative of MBS is relatively straightforward – a monarch who has seen his country thrive of oil wealth, looks into the future and see a world where both fossil fuels and social inequality are a thing of the past. MBS being the visionary with the deep pockets exacts his wealth and influence to make a change transitioning Saudi Arabia from a state that relies on oil to one that relies on solar and other renewables.
So the narrative is simple, but it is the details that are complex. With the monarchy growing at an exponential rate – yes, exponential family growth – the limitations of Saudi geography, the complexity of international influence, the role of social media and the pressures of trying to maintain balance and order, the easily understood vision of MBS is met by hundreds of divergent paths he can barely hang on to.
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In this podcast, you can expect to learn…
- A brief history of Saudi Arabia.
- How MBS spends his billions.
- A bit about the implications of Kashoggi.
- What MBS true skills and qualities are.
- The role of McKinsey, BCG and the rest in Saudi Arabia.
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- much, much more.
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00:00 – Introduction
04:34 – How Much Did You Think About The Narrative Journalism Style & Co-Authorship For The Book?
11:29 – Exciting & Ongoing White Collar Crime Investigations
14:08 – Introducing Saudi Arabia Beyond The Caricature
23:21 – The Unusual Labour Force Of Saudi Arabia
31:48 – Is MBS’s Cultural Reformation BS?
43:09 – Is MBS admiration for Alexander The Great & Machiavelli Ominous?
58:54 – Egregious Saudi Prince Spending
1:04:39 – Using Neon To Explain MBS Ambition
1:13:39 – How Saudi Aramco Is Much More Than Just An Oil Company
1:16:09 – MBS Ongoing Disatsifaction With Management Consultants + Celebrity Influence
1:28:39 – Is MBS A Figure For Good?
1:31:34 – Which Country Are You Most Bullish On?
1:32:25 – A Conversation Between Any Two People Of History
1:34:00 – My Afterthougts
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Life can be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.
How can we predict a future of infinite possibilities based on a finite experience of the past?
An unpredictable future is both exciting as well as daunting however an altogether inescapable fact. There is too much beyond our control for predictability. And so you can choose to either continue to ride down the river of randomness, being pulled back and forth according to the current, or you can instead invite serendipity into your life and introduce an infinite amount of divergent paths - the paths will still be entirely random and largely unpredictable, but they will at least increase the likelihood of bliss and also return some agency to your direction.
Along the lines of Taleb's fooled by randomness metaphor - we all cross the busy street every day - and although some fools will occasionally make it to the other side, blindfolded to the world while others who meticulously path their way will still be wiped out - noticing the serendipity, noticing the infinite potential of divergent paths, at least this returns to you the liberty of control and hopefully, if your lucky, an exposure to serendipity that can change your life precisely the way you dreamt it would.
There is much to this podcast, in it, you can expect to learn about...
- Frederick Hayek on Serendipity
- The opportunity cost of always optimising for Serendipity
- An international look at how different cultures experience randomness
- Some Nassim Taleb of course
- And then finally I ask Christian for some advice (you will see, forcing a type of serendipity)
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00:00 - Introduction
04:54 - Distinction Between Randomness & Serendipity
09:14 - Hayek On Serendipity
16:44 - Great Anecdotes Of Serendipity From History
17:44 - The Opportunity Cost Of Always Optimising For Serendipity
24:49 - How Serendipity Is Understood Across Different Cultures
35:24 - On Cultivating Serendipity
39:54 - Introducing Nassim Taleb, The Birthday Paradox & Exponential Functions
49:06 - Optimising Serendipity For A Hypothetical Person
59:00 - Afterthoughts
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Arne Andersson was one of the first people I met when I arrived in Sweden.
In this podcast, Arne and I speak about his experiences growing up in Sweden, whether conscription is good or bad and as well his extensive experience in Afghanistan.
Arne spent three different tours in this nation and has a unique insight into the disaster that has befallen the nation since.
There is much to this podcast, in it, you can expect to learn about…
- Arne’s early experiences + getting stabbed.
- Arne’s experiences with the Swedish Military in Afghanistan over three tours.
- The significance of Jiu Jitsu in his life.
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- 00:00 – Introduction
- 02:35 – The Early Path
- 12:30 – Conscription In The Swedish Military
- 18:10 – Arne Get’s Stabbed + More On The Timeline
- 25:45 – Is It Swedish Patriotism Or Did You Just Want To Be A Soldier?
- 32:45 – First Tour In Afghanistan + The Issues Of This Country
- 39:50 – Why Did $2 Trillion Fail?
- 45:40 – Arne Giving His Rundown Of Afghanistan
- 48:40 – Why The Finnish Were The Best Soldiers
- 53:20 – What Was The Purpose Of Interacting With The Locals
- 57:00 – Speaking Among The Troops Over The Conspiracy Of Iraq
- 1:01:40 – Did Arne Ever Engage In Combat?
- 1:18:50 – Quoting Jocko
- 1:20:30 – Sweden’s Supposed Neutrality
- 1:24:00 – The Maginot Line
- 1:30:08 – Restrepo
- 1:32:50 – What Did $300,000,000 A Day Buy?
- 1:37:40 – Private Militia
- 1:44:50 – The Role Jiu Jitsu Plays In Arne’s Life
- 1:48:00 – How Is Jocko Received In The Military Community?
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Michael Smith is the China correspondent for the AFR – Australia’s Financial Review.
Just a tick over a year ago, he was met at midnight with a thud on the door from China’s secret police. This triggered a diplomatic storm which abruptly ended Michael Smith’s stint as one of Australia’s last foreign correspondents in China. After five days under consular protection, Smith was evacuated from a very different China to the country he first visited 23 years earlier.
There is much to this podcast, in it you can expect to learn about…
- Why Australia’s relationship with China has deteriorated so badly.
- Insight’s into the ‘fog’ of China’s economy.
- A wedding straight out of Crazy Rich Asians.
- A propaganda tour of the Xinjiang province.
- And much, much more…
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00:00 – Introduction
05:40 – “China Get’s Harder To Understand The Longer You Live There”
11:39 – Untrustworthy Chinese Data & Differences In Accounting
18:10 – Home Ownership In China & Potential Economic Collapse
22:55 – Chinese Shadow Banking Sector
25:56 – Chinese Demographic Problems & Anti Immigration Segment
33:26 – Explaining China’s Disappearing Millionaires & The Importance Of Hard Work In China
43:26 – The Significance Of Chinese SEZ (Special Economic Zones)
46:16 – Xi Jinping Turning ‘Bad’
56:50 – Michaels Propaganda Tour Through Xinjiang & The Uyghur Humanitarian Catastrophe
1:03:49 – Michael’s Experiences With Geoff Raby
1:05:15 – Why Michael Was Expelled From China & Australia/China Worsening Relations
1:19:20 – Michael’s Thoughts On Taiwan & Hong Kong
1:33:04 – Wild Trip in North Korea & The Crazy Rich Asian Wedding
1:43:50 – How Do You Think About China Now?
1:45:17 – What Country Are You Most Bullish On?
1:46:37 – What Two People Of History Would You Witness A Conversation Between?
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Matthew Dicks is the author of ‘Storyworthy’ and 50-time Moth Storyslam champion and 6-time grand champion.
He wears many hats, all of them in education. A teacher, an author, a performer and a writer. Matthew Dicks book, ‘Storyworthy‘ had an emotional effect on me and furthermore, it was a significant inspiration to producing more work in public. The writing, the podcast, the youtube. Even though Storyworthy is not directly a motivating book, it nonetheless had this effect on me.
From this podcast, you should expect to hear the following…
- The beautiful consequences of becoming a better storyteller.
- How this work will help you be a better family man.
- An original story read by Matthew Dicks.
- The key ingredients for telling great stories.
- I finish reading a story of my own inspired by Matthew’s book.
- Why Jurassic Park isn’t about dinosaurs.
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00:00 - Introduction
03:47 - The Lord Of Sealand + Having Dicks As A Last Name
08:39 - Is Matthew A Naturally Good Storyteller?
17:12 - Difference Between An Auditory & Visual Learner
19:44 - How Much Of The Material In 'Storyworthy' Is Original?
22:36 - The Difference Between Telling A Story On Stage & Among Friends
26:59 - Matt's Wild Life & Him Telling An Original Story
39:09 - Dissecting The Previous Story & Finding 5 Second Moments
50:59 - The Significance Of Homework For Life
1:01:59 - Why Jurassic Park Is Not About Dinosaurs
1:10:19 - Is There A GOAT Story? + The Problem With Movies These Days
1:21:28 - What Country Are You Most Bullish On?
1:23:19 - If You Could Witness A Conversation Between Any Two People
1:26:00 - Me Telling A Story Written Inspired By 'Storyworthy'
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Benjamin David is, among other things, an expert on the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche.
In response to my recent interview with Stephen Hicks, Benjamin reached out and wanted to double down and expand on much of what we covered there. Together, Benjamin takes my superficial understanding of nihilism and other big Nietzsche ideas and really opens them up.
In this podcast, you can expect to learn...
- Deep, deep, deep into Nihlism.
- Misinterpretations of Nietzsche.
- Left versus right interpretations of Nietzsche.
- A little bit on Nietzsches Master/Slave morality.
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00:00 - Introduction
03:49 - What Did Nietzsche Mean By 'Nihilism'?
18:58 - Making The Caveat For The Will To Power
31:39 - Trying To Better Understand Nihilism
38:45 - Plato & His Forms
45:39 - Misinterpretations Of Nietzsche
1:02:32 - The Idea Of Completing Nihilism
1:22:00 - Left & Right Interpretations Of Nietzsche + General Overview Of His Legacy (Jordan Peterson
1:31:29 - Master/Slave Morality
2:02:29 - What Is Nietzsche's Legacy Now?
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Alexander Lee is a biographer of Niccolo Machiavelli with the recently published title – ‘The Life & Times of Niccolo Machiavelli.
Alexander is a specialist in the cultural and political history of the Renaissance in Italy making him the perfect person to document the life, influence, legacy and more of this amazing political thinker.
- How Machiavelli would have responded to Covid-19.
- Why Machiavelli was much more of a ‘lad’ than you would have thought.
- How we should interpret the Prince.
- Vagabdoning and Travel in the late middle ages + much, much more.
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00:00 – Introduction
04:48 – Why Add To The 1000’s Of Existing Biographies?
08:52 – The Context Of The Late 15th Century
17:07 – Me Completely Screwing Up The Timeline Of The Prince
22:24 – The Correct Understanding Of The Prince
35:47 – How Much Is Machiavelli’s Legacy Misrepresented?
44:02 – Machiavelli Fiction + Some Of His Sexual Exploits (Not For The Faint Hearted)
50:12 – How Did Machiavelli’s Erudition Inform His Writing?
53:05 – Is There A Comparison To Be Made Between Nietzsche’s Ubermensch & The Prince?
1:03:03 – Travel & Vagabonding During The Middle Ages
1:14:08 – Where Do You See Machiavellianism Today?
1:21:47 – Who Is A Real Life Figure That Best Embodies Machiavelli?
1:25:27 – If You Could Witness A Conversation Between Any Two People Of History?
1:26:51 – Why Machiavelli? & What Are You Doing Now?
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Chris Martinez is the founder of DUDE Agency as well as the author of 'Never Wear Pants Again'.
He is a man born in Los Angeles, son of a Mexican father and a Taiwanese mother. His story is one of struggle and pain - but out of it comes a hardened man creating so much in the world. He runs his Digital Agency out of Tijuana, Mexico and just published a sociological look into the changing world of business.
Chris is en route to return to the podcast soon to speak exclusively about his new book. In this podcast, we speak more generally about the US & Mexico.
In this podcast, you can expect to hear about...
- What it was like growing up among the gangs of LA.
- Why Mexican taxes are fucked.
- The lazy filter that Hollywood propagandises Mexico with.
- Some things that could turn the Mexican economy around.
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00:00 – Introduction
02:31 – Chris’s Story
38:13 – Cultural Differences Between America & Mexico
42:24 – More Cultural Differences
51:52 – The Low Self-Esteem Of Mexico
59:41 – To Massive ‘What If’s’ About Mexico
1:13:11 – Immigration Process Into The US
1:17:51 – Doing ‘Shitty’ Jobs
1:23:51 – Maternity Love Theory
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Peter Murimi is a documentary film maker.
He has been heavily involved in some of the social issues that affect Kenya, most notably LGBTQ and mental health. I first heard about Peter during a BBC interview where he documented his coverage of a 'Baby Snatching' catastrophe that was being enabled by specific hospitals.
In this podcast, you can expect to hear about...
- The 'Baby Snatching' story that Peter and his colleagues broke.
- Depression & Suicide in Kenya.
- Why Kenya is known as the 'Silicon Savannah'.
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00:00 - Introduction
01:42 - Introduction To Peter
08:02 - A Bit About Kenya
16:52 - Is There An English Hangover In Kenya?
19:27 - Opportunities In The Developing World
21:32 - Baby Snatching
37:47 - Suicide In Kenya
47:35 - Kenya The 'Silicon Savanah'
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Alex Soojung-Kim Pang is, among other things, the founder of Strategy and Rest. Strategy and Rest is a consultancy firm devoted to helping companies and individuals harness the power of rest to shorten our workdays while staying focused and productive.
These themes are published as a series of books. ‘Shorter’, which makes the case for the 4-day workweek and ‘Rest’, the book which initially caught me onto Alex and makes the case for why rest is the key to improved productivity, rather than the accepted thesis of the opposite.
In this podcast, you can expect to learn…
- The entrepreneurial case for a 4-day workweek.
- Why we should all prioritise rest… and what rest actually constitutes (spoilers, its not TV)
- A neurological explanation of sleep
- much, much more…
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- 00:00 – Introduction
- 02:06 – Harvard Business Review V. The Atlantic
- 11:23 – The Thesis For Rest
- 16:29 – Some Of The NeuroScience On Sleep
- 27:51 – People Are Starting To Think Differently About Sleep
- 33:46 – Historical Anecdotes From History
- 41:11 – How About The Difference Between Knowledge Workers & Traditional Labour
- 47:41 – The Thesis For Shorter
- 51:56 – The Slow Releasing Poison Of Beauracracy + Slack Verus Email
- 54:30 – Examples Of Companies Adopting 4-Day Work Week
- 1:04:41 – A Scandanivain Anecdote
- 1:19:56 – The 4-Day Week
- 1:23:11 – Country You Are Most Bullish On?
- 1:24:46 – What Two People Would You Witness A Conversation Between?
Links To Alex Soojung-Kim Pang Work
- Everything Is Found Here! Consultancy, Books & More
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Geoffrey Cain is an award-winning foreign correspondent, author, technologist, and scholar of East and Central Asia.
Geoffrey's most recent book, the 'Perfect Police State' documents the truly overwhelming dystopian reality of 2021 China and the Uyghur humanitarian catastrophe which is currently unfolding in Xinjiang Province.
In this conversation with Geoffrey, you can expect to learn about…
- The historical clash between the Han Chinese and Uyghur Muslim ethnic monitory.
- The prevailing surveillance state over time.
- How close to an attempt at genocide the ongoing Uyghur subjugation is.
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- 00:00 – Introduction
- 04:32 – Themes Of The Book + Authority Of The Research
- 10:32 – How Horrific Is The Current Situation?
- 17:22 – A Brief History of The Conflict Between The Uyghur & Han Chinese
- 28:22 – Terrorism Between The Han & The Uyghur
- 32:47 – Anti-Uyghur Propaganda
- 37:05 – Doubling Down On The Propaganda
- 43:55 – Documenting A Progressively Worsening Surveillance State Over Time
- 51:26 – What Is The Real Han Interest’s Here?
- 56:22 – What Is The Current Situation?
- 1:15:43 – Why is This Catastrophe Not Better Documented?
- 1:27:08 – Where Does The BRI (Belt & Road Initiative) Fit Into This?
- 1:32:32 – China’s Dwindling Soft Power
- 1:37:32 – The Surveillance State Everywhere
- 1:44:02 – Is Geoffrey Under Threat For Publishing This?
- 1:49:22 – A Bit About Geoff
Links To Geoffrey Cain's Work
- Geoffrey Cain's Website
- The Perfect Police State
- Samsung Rising
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Geoff Raby is the former Australian Ambassador to China and also of the few true outsiders privies to the insider of China’s institutions.
Before Geoff was the Ambassador to China he was head of the Chinese Embassies Economic Division on behalf of Australia’s Department Of Foreign Affairs & Trade. Geoffs role as Australia’s Ambassador to China ended in 2011, but Geoff has since remained in Beijing and operates his consultancy firm, Geoff Raby & Associates. Geoff was tremendously generous with his time and offered us a brilliant insight into the ongoing geopolitical relations between both Australia & China, a commentary on China’s ongoing humanitarian catastrophe, SEZ & more.
In this interview, you can expect to learn about…
- Romanticising China back in the 80’s.
- Australia & China’s shifting relationship over the years.
- Security & Geoff’s idea of a dystopian future.
- The humanitarian catastrophe with the Uighurs.
- More, more and more.
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- 00:00 - Introduction
- 04:01 - Chit Chat
- 05:37 - How Has Your Idea Of China Changed Over The Years?
- 09:31 - Romatisicing The Early Days As A Diplomat In China?
- 14:11 - How Has Australia's Relationship With China Changed?
- 19:36 - Underlying Incentives For BRI (Belt & Road Initiative)
- 22:32 - What Do You Think Made Bob Hawke So Succesful In China?
- 27:51 - Geoff Experience With SEZ (Special Economic Zones) Of China.
- 35:31 - China Managing Their Middle Income Trap.
- 41:01 - How Do You Manage The Competing Interests Of What You Think Is Right Versus The Australian Politics Of The Day.
- 43:29 - Geoff Operating As Australia's Ambassador To China.
- 46:21 - Australian Soft Power.
- 54:13 - What Would You Have Had Scott Morrison Do?
- 55:41 - Australia's Dystopian Future.
- 1:06:12 - An Australian Foreign Policy Based In Realism.
- 1:10:33 - Security In The South China Sea.
- 1:16:26 - Geoff Addressing The Uigher Humanitarian Disaster In China.
- 1:27:51 - How Much Is Hong Kong Foreshadowing For Taiwan?
- 1:31:51 - What Country Are You Most Bullish On?
- 1:32:29 - What Two People Would You Witness A Conversation Between?
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Angelica Oung brands herself as Taiwan's #1 neo-liberal shill.
She is a Taiwanese/American and currently operating as a business and technology journalist out of Taiwan. Read her substack here and follow her on Twitter here. We covered many exciting things in this conversation, episode #35 on the 'Curious Worldview Podcast'.
You can expect to learn about...
- The complexity of the Taiwan/China relationship.
- The amazing world of TCMS & Semiconductors.
- What a neoliberal shill is.
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00:00 - Introduction
04:38 - What Is A Neo-Liberal Shill?
09:48 - How Do You Fit Into Taiwan?
13:48 - Key Differences Between Taiwanese & Chinese Institutions.
20:52 - Expanding On Angelica's Singapore Comment.
22:48 - Is It Frustrating That China Is Always Taiwan's #1 Variable.
32:16 - How Ominous Is The Threat Of China?
35:50 - How Has Taiwan Changed Over The Years?
38:41 - Speaking About The Semiconductor Market?
49:23 - Trade Between Taiwan & China.
58:38 - How Strong Do You Feel The Military Threat In China?
1:03:18 - On China Destroying Their International Reputation.
1:08:08 - We Must Speak Again.
1:08:58 - What Is It Like Operating As A Journalist In Taiwan?
Links To Angelica's Work Here
Substack
Twitter
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Friedrich Nietzsche is one of the greatest and sharpest philosophers of all time. Nietzsche's ideas, Nietzsche's quotes and Nietzsche's philosophy has proven to be truly Lindy as it is permeated again and again through the culture. In this podcast, I trace the timeline of Nietzsche's life while Stephen Hicks provides all the context and explanation of Nietzsche's philosophy as it develops throughout his life.
Together, we traced Nietzsche's timeline up until the big inflection point, just as Nietzsche has published Thus Spoke Zarathustra.
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00:00 - Introduction.
03:00 - The Early Day's For Nietzsche.
05:00 - Explaining The Context Of The 19th Century.
15:38 - Back To The Timeline & The Influence Of Schopenhauer.
21:58 - Back To The Timeline & Introducing The Birth Of Tragedy.
33:14 - Nietzsche As A Vagabond & His Time As An Academic.
36:40 - Brief Commentary On Nietzsche's Character.
38:50 - Switzerland & Embracing Suffering.
48:00 - Thus Spoke Zarathustra.
53:00 - How The Ubermensch Is Misrepresented.
Links To Stephen Hicks Work
Nietzsche & The Nazi's Audiobook
Stephen Hicks Website & Books
Open College Podcast
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Big Mike Salbro is one of the last people forcibly taken from their mother’s arms as a member of the stolen generation.
Mike’s story is full of twists, turns, tragedies and inspiration. He was adopted at just a few months old from a lovely Swedish woman and shortly after moved to Stockholm. Mike, alongside his brother (also Aboriginal and adopted in Brisbane) then grew up in Sweden coming through Swedish schools and the entire Swedish system.
Mike has now returned to Australia. Brisbane specifically and now works as a social worker after going through his journey in the social system supporting young indigenous people of Australia.
This chat meant a lot to me. Big Mike is a legend. I hope you enjoy it the same. Spread it far and wide and leave positive reviews.
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- 00:00 – Introduction
- 01:35 – Mike’s Speaking Swedish
- 04:40 – Mike’s Journey Begins
- 07:59 – Mike’s Birth – The Last Of The Stolen Generation
- 15:05 – Mike Being Taken From His Mother
- 25:59 – Adoption & Life In The Foster Home
- 29:54 – Mike’s Swedish Mother
- 37:35 – Mike’s Swedish Childhood
- 41:55 – Horrible Anecdote About Macquarie
- 46:35 – On Being The Only Black Boy Around
- 53:00 – When Big Mike Found Out He Was Aboriginal
- 1:01:35 – Mike’s Troubles With Alcohol & The Law
- 1:06:35 – Mike Returning To Australia
- 1:16:35 – On Mike Meeting His Birth Mother
- 1:19:35 – Mike Returning To Sherberg
- 1:29:35 – Mike Ask’s Me What I Am Doing In Sweden
- 1:32:55 – What Big Mike Is Up To Now
- 1:48:15 – What Do You Miss Most From Sweden?
- 1:50:15 – What Is Something Sweden Can Use From Australia & Vice Versa?
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Both Preston & Aleksa work for the Special Economic Zone consultancy firm, The Adrianople Group, of which Preston is a co-founder. We covered so much in this chat – most notably, what are special economic zones? I wrote an article explaining, in brief, an introduction to these phenomena of globalisation and multinational trade, but it is in this conversation I had with Preston & Aleksa that the true depth of Special Economic Zones starts to be realised.
Over 60% of the world's trade runs through a Special Economic Zone and these are spaces whose regulations fall outside of the state's regulations within the country they are housed. So you can immediately see a story of tax evasion and exploitation. But this is to quick and un-nuanced a look at things, it turns out Special Economic Zones (like many things) are subject to both the good and the bad, and things of such complexity are worth thinking about.
My favourite part of the chart was all of it! But that doesn’t help you point out highlights. So in short I would say the following three subjects make up the best parts of the conversation.
- The Philosophy Of Special Economic Zones
- China & It’s History With Special Economic Zones
- Defining Special Economic Zones Through Real-Life Examples
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- 00:00 – Introduction
- 08:11 – Defining & Understanding Special Economic Zones (SEZ)
- 14:15 – Examples Of Special Economic Zones.
- 27:30 – If It Can Work In An SEZ, Why Can’t It Work Nation Wide?
- 38:00 – Explaining What Alex & Preston Do With SEZ’s.
- 43:45 – A Terrific Example For How An SEZ Might Come Into Business.
- 46:50 – The Fascinating History Of SEZ’s In China.
- 55:26 – Explaining China’s Middle Income Trap.
- 57:53 – A Fascinating Explanation Of Chinese Communism – The Mandate Of Heaven.
- 1:00:35 – China’s Belt & Road Initiative Wrapped Into SEZ’s.
- 1:13:53 – An Explanation Of Debt Trap Diplomacy.
- 1:16:50 – Specific SEZ Chat On China’s BRI.
- 1:24:41 – The Good & The Bad Matrix For Special Economic Zones.
- 1:29:49 – Onto The Philosophy Of SEZ’s
- 1:47:50 – What Country Are You Most Bullish On Looking Into The Future?
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Tim Marshall returns to the podcast!
To continue along with the international theme and enormous popularity of ‘Prisoners Of Geography‘, Tim Marshall recently published the natural follow-on to this wonderfully geopolitical lens through which to measure the world… ‘The Power Of Geography‘.
It is the themes within this freshly minted book those which Tim and I discuss in this interview. Tim comments on everything from Australia to China to the UK to MBS to Saudi Arabia and even to space. Tim even comments on an accusation often made against him that he is taking a geographical determinist’s view of the world – making for a very interesting consideration for what are the actual building blocks of the world we currently inhabit.
Tim doesn’t disappoint with his broad geopolitical erudition.
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- 00:00 – Introduction
- 06:54 – Donald Bradman (Greatest Cricketer Of All Time)
- 10:43 – UK & Australia Pissing Off Their Main Trading Partners
- 14:24 – On Geographical Determinism
- 21:44 – The Time I Tried Exporting Kangaroo Meat To China
- 23:56 – Ethiopia & Egypt – The Ultimate Example Of The Power Of Geography
- 33:17 – MBS – Mohammad Bin Salman – A Figure For Good?
- 44:03 – Tim Marshall On Space – The Expanding Frontier
- 53:20 – My Ruminations On The Power Of Geography
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David Roberts is, among many other interesting things, THE energy writer on substack @ volts.
He wrote a terrific article a while back on the Vox publication documenting Geothermal Energy. As you know – Geothermal Energy – is very close to my heart and in addition to my article ‘The Promise Of Geothermal Energy‘ this chat with David works to support my understanding of the real potential this clean energy proposes.
David now writes on substack under volts.wtf – The Volts Substack – and this is the place to read about clean energy online. The depth is fantastic and the breadth of understanding is impressive.
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- 00:00 – Introduction
- 01:38 – A Bit About Dave
- 05:48 – The Link Between Philosophy & Climate Change
- 08:08 – David’s Problem With Academic Philosophy
- 12:08 – David’s Philosophical Worldview
- 19:38 – What Technologies & Innovations Are You Most Excited In The Public Sector?
- 28:36 – Everything Geothermal
- 47:29 – Country You Are Most Bullish On.
- 48:52 – Witness A Conversation Between Any Two People Of History.
- 53:00 – David’s 10 Year Political Forecast.
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Thomas Kanze is the CEO and Founder of Nomadific. One of the worlds most informative and helpful websites for digital nomads everywhere.
He, himself is a digital nomad and has had an extensive experience living throughout many in the world. He currently lives in Puerto Viejo – Costa Rica with his wife and children and has created a co-working space in this otherwise untapped slice of the Central American jungle. His hope is to make Puerto Viejo a hub for digital nomads.
Thomas and I spoke about many things but most interestingly I believe was the insights Thomas had into the trends of the Digital Nomadic movement. How Covid accelerated, how people are making money, where people are going and more inquisition along these lines.
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Time Stamps For Interview With Thomas Kanze Of Nomadific
00:00 – Introduction
02:44 – How Did Your Upbringing Inform Your Worldview?
05:12 – Getting Ripped Off By Internet Guru’s.
07:00 – The Romanticisation Of The Digital Nomad Lifestyle.
13:47 – My Opinion On The Opportunities For Making Money Online.
18:02 – Global Digital Nomad Statistics & Trends
31:17 – How Much Are Digital Nomads Earning?
35:34 – Taiwan As The Ultimate Destination For The Digital Nomad?
40:03 – Would I Go To China?
47:52 – What Thomas See’s As The Biggest Opportunity Right Now In The Digital Nomad Space.
50:16 – What Country Are You Most Bullish On Looking Into The Future?
56:23 – Conversation Between Any Two People Of History + (About Thomas With The Bad Audio)
Links To Thomas Kanze
- Nomadific
- Thomas Kanze
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Chris Lovett is the author of the wonderfully written and freshly printed book - 'The Discovery Of Less'.
Chris joined me on 'A Curious Worldview' for an interview about the journey he went through in writing the book. It starts in London and then proceeds to tell a tale that is so relatable to so many of us. The story of getting stuck into something you didn't intend. That feeling you are not living according to your instinctual path. That feeling like you are not taking on the adventures your younger self wished your older self would be brave enough to take.
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- Chris's Website
- The Discovery Of Less
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The Interview With Angus Fletcher 🎙️: https://atlasgeographica.com/angus-fletcher-wonderworks/
Angus Fletcher joined me on 'A Curious Worldview' recently. He is, among many other things, the author of the wonderfully insightful book - Wonderworks: 25 Powerful Inventions In The History Of Literature.
Angus has been involved in a 'rouge literary' group known as project narrative for some time and as consequence now and then throughout his career has been involved in the writing and editing of both popular and unpopular Hollywood scripts. Angus is a trained neuroscientist and it is from this perspective he approaches his understanding of literature.
What Angus has done is uncover inventions of literature that until now have only been understood on an instinctual level. Angus has measured what certain styles and techniques of literature do to the brain. How empathy is trained through literature. Why apologies are effective. Things along these lines. It's brilliant.
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The Interview With Chris Williamson🎙️: https://atlasgeographica.com/chris-williamson-interview/
Chris Williamson is the host of the Modern Wisdom podcast, one of Europe's and quite frankly - the worlds - fastest growing and most exciting podcasts for the inquisitive mind.
Chris has created something, in Modern Wisdom, that I quietly emulate and admire from afar. The prospect of getting the opportunity to speak with whoever you want around the world who interests you most is the absolute final motivation for why I started this podcast. Chris recently had on JBP Jordan Peterson, which marked for him this high watermark and realisation of this absolute motivation.
We spoke about much. Stereotypes, being pigeonholed, stifling ones potential, imposter syndrome and not enough about cricket.
Subscribe to the podcast fellas! I hope you enjoy Chris Williamson.
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- Chris's Website
- Chris's Youtube Channel
- Chris's Twitter
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Whatifalthist - Rudyard Lynch - Youtube's Biggest Geopolitics & Alt History Channel - An Interview With The Creator Of Whatifalthist About Youtube, Geopolitics, History & More!
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Link To Rudyard's Channel - Whatifalthist
- Whatifalthist
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Article On The Interview With James Robinson🎙️: https://atlasgeographica.com/james-robinson-interview/
James Robinson is a British economist and political scientist. He studies what makes countries different by focusing on the underlying economic and political institutions that lead some to prosperity and others to conflict. He most famously co-authored the international best selling book, Why Nations Fail.
He has conducted research in many countries around the world including Botswana, Chile, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti, the Philippines, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Colombia and I am sure many more as well.
The coolest and most insightful takeaway from 'Why Nations Fail' is the long explanation that distinguishes between inclusive and extractive institutions. This dynamic explains ultimately 'Why Nations Fail' and Why Nations Succeed. The book is strongly endorsed by Jared Diamond - which was the initial reason why I picked it up, but once you get into it it is the historical anecdotes that keep you around.
I could have spoken to James for hours, for me the most fascinating topic is how and why nations differ - so you can imagine, this chat meant specifically a lot to me.
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Link's To Books & Articles Mentioned
- Why Nations Fail
- Africa's Latent Assets
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Article For This Podcast: https://atlasgeographica.com/ghaidaa-hetou/
Ghaidaa Hetou Ph.D. is the founder of iStrategic.
Dr. Hetou guides the development and oversees the operational efficiency of iStrategic. She is a consultant and advisor on Middle East and North Africa affairs, specializing in political risk analysis, foreign policy, political economy, geopolitics, and business strategies. Dr. Hetou also writes a weekly Op-Ed in Forbes Middle East.
I was fascinated by the depth of her insights and could have spoken with her for hours on this topic. For me the most exciting moment of the podcast comes towards the end with the discussion of China's Belt & Road Initiative.
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Links To Ghaidaa's Work.
- Ghaidaa Is The Founder & CEO Of iStrategic, A Political Risk firm of the MENA region.
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Article For This Podcast: https://atlasgeographica.com/dan-mcdougall-interview/
Dan McDougall is a Film Director, Writer and British Foreign Correspondent of the Year - the UK equivalent of a Pulitzer Prize, an award for which he has been nominated for three times.
To date, Dan has won four Amnesty International Awards for Human Rights Reporting. Dan has done all this alongside an extraordinary but also harrowing career of writing and reporting from all corners of our wonderful globe.
The issues he covered were as diverse as child rape in South Africa, LGBT persecution in Syria, the plight of Europe’s Roma population, Zimbabwe’s deadly trade in Blood Diamonds, African migration across the Med into Europe, the uncovering illegal sweatshops in India, the opium trade in Afghanistan, sexual violence in Congo, child labour in the cotton fields of the Nile Valley, and much, much more.
Dan is a charming Scotsman, a Glaswegian to be precise, and is truly one of the great international journalists of our lifetime.
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Links To Dan's Work.
- Miran Media
- Dan's Guardian Profile
- Dan's work and collectively his many stories is distributed across many different publications.
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Article On This Podcast - https://atlasgeographica.com/eco-curious-conversations/
I was recently joined in discussion by an old friend of mine in Katherine Kearney alongside her partner in podcasting crime, Sarah Monroy. Together, they host the Eco-Curious Conversations podcast.
The Eco-Curious Conversations podcast explores both from a theoretical and practical perspective everything climate change and how and an individual might be able to contribute their difference to the cause.
When we sat down together a couple of weeks ago, it was exactly those topics we discussed.
- How do you avoid nihilism in the face of climate exchange?
- How taxing is agriculture on the environment?
- And more!
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Paul Dillon is the founder, director and head honcho at DARTA. DARTA stands for Drug and Alcohol Research and Training Australia. He is an expert on drug and alcohol use in Australia.
I wanted to speak with Paul about cocaine in Australia. Drugs and alcohol are not something I really have any opinions on but cocaine is a whole nutha' thing. Cocaine in Australia is a trend that smacked me repeatedly back and forth in the face when I went home recently and it has since then occupied a gnawing space at the back of my mind.
Paul offered a measured analysis of the state of things and our conversation made a big impression on me changing the way I think about the issue.
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Time Stamps
- 00:00 - Introduction.
- 01:15 - About DARTA & Paul Dillon.
- 02:50 - How Covid Impacted Drug Use & Supply In Australia.
- 12:54 - What Is The Most Consumed Drug In Australia?
- 16:52 - Australia's Shifting Attitude Towards Cocaine.
- 24:24 - Cocaine's Swelling Popularity Internationally.
- 30:40 - Cocaine Is Soaked In Blood.
- 36:35 - Let's Talk About Alcohol.
- 39:35 - Would You Legalise Drugs?
- 44:00 - Netherlands Have Not Legalised Marijuana.
- 47:15 - Australia's Culture & Drug Use.
- 52:00 - The Alcohol-Free Beer Trend In Sweden.
- 56:15 - What Do You Think Addiction Is?
- 1:02:30 - A Conversation Between Any Two People Of History.
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Article On The Interview: https://atlasgeographica.com/jack-weatherford-genghis-khan/
Jack Weatherford is an American author and academic who has positioned the relevancy and importance of Genghis Khan front and centre of Western consciousness and pop culture.
Jack is the recipient of the 'Order Of The Polar Star' which is Mongolia's highest national honour for foreigners. He is the author of many brilliant books, the most notable of which is half the subject of today's conversation - Genghis Khan & The Making Of The Modern World.
My conversation with Jack Weatherford can be broken down into three sections.
A Bit About Jack, Mongolian Culture, Economy & Politics.
A Bit About Genghis Khan & How He Shaped The Modern World.
A Bit About Genghis Khan & A Bit About Mongolia - How Do They Influence One Another?
Ultimately I am extraordinarily humbled by this opportunity I had with Jack Weatherford. He was generous with his time and also with his candidness. He is an inspiration to me and also I imagine anyone else out there with a lofty ambition to write something that genuinely leaves its mark.
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Time Stamps
00:00 - Introduction
03:18 - Why Did You Go To Mongolia At The Collapse Of The USSR?
05:32 - How Did Your Experiences Travelling The Silk Road Inform Your Understanding Of Genghis Khan?
11:25 - How Do You Pronounce Genghis Khan?
12:11 - How Were You Received As An American In The Former Soviet Union In The 90's?
17:40 - What Else Contributed With You Falling In Love With Mongolia?
23:55 - What Are Mongolian Crime Rates?
26:14 - Does A Nomadic Culture Create Trust?
31:00 - More On The Great Jewel Of Mongolia Being Its Culture.
34:39 - Are The Mongols A Proud Culture?
42:50 - How Did You Manage To Learn Mongolian?
47:22 - How Do You See Mongolia Overcome Their Bad Economic Hand?
54:37 - How Did They Secure The Ger?
56:58 - What Does Jack Make Of China's Attempted 'Cultural Genocide' Of Mongolian Culture In Inner Mongolia?
1:06:51 - A Broad Macro Take On China's Ongoing Relationship With Mongolia.
1:14:33 - The Anti-Mongol Propaganda That Has Carried On Through The Centuries Since Genghis Khan - Starting With Voltaire...
1:33:05 - Comparing Genghis Khan With Other 'Great Men' Of History.
1:38:00 - Genghis Khan & Meritocracy.
1:45:05 - How Good Where The Mongols On Horseback? How Good Of Warrios Were They?
1:52:08 - Revisionist History: Did The Mongols Decimation Of 13th Century Islamic World Change The Course Of Relgious Influence In History?
1:57:39 - What Cultural Themes From Genghis Khan's 13th Century Exist Through To Today's Current Day Mongolia?
2:05:08 - What Is One Example Of A Good Thing The USSR Did For Mongolia?
2:07:15 - More On The Cultural Themes From Genghis Khan To Today: Environmental Worship?
2:16:45 - Cultural Themes Carried From Genghis To Today: An Abhorence For Speaking Of Sickness & Death.
2:29:30 - Jack Weatherford's Great Analogy For Genghis Khan That Puts Into Perspective His Exceptionalism.
2:37:37 - A Message Of Inspiration
2:45:30 - A Reflection On Genghis Khan's Surging Popularity.
2:49:40 - Jack Weatherford On The World Not Having A Vision
3:04:00 - What Are You Writing Now?
3:06:00 - What Country Are you Most Bullish On & What Are The Two People You Wish You Could Witness A Conversation Between?
Links To Jack's Books
Genghis Khan & The Making Of The Modern World - amazon.com/gp/product/B000FCK206/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0
Links To The Rest Of Jack's Books Found Here - https://atlasgeographica.com/jack-weatherford-genghis-khan/
Read This As An Article Instead! 🎙️- https://atlasgeographica.com/irina-slav/
Irina Slav is a freelance writer for many organisations and an expert on oil, energy, geopolitics and more.
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Time Stamps
00:00 - Introduction
03:05 - Do We Still Need The Oil Exploration Business?
08:54 - What Are The Oil Byproducts?
13:58 - Irina's Worldview
34:35 - How Does The Renewable Transition Effect Geopolitics?
44:36 - What Country Are You Most Bullish On?
48:06 - Conversation Between Any Two People Of History.
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Vince Beiser joined me on the podcast recently. He is the author of The World In A Grain: The Story Of Sand.
Sand is the most important solid substance on Earth. It is not an exaggeration to assert that without it we don't have our modern civilisation.
Sand is the building block of modernity. It is the foundational input for cement, glass and even silicon, the stuff that builds our computer chips. Without sand, we cannot construct the awesome buildings that we do. We would not have the wonderful aesthetics and functionality of glass that we have. And we would, one could argue most importantly, not even be able to produce the semi-conductors which are so integral to our computers and therefore modern civilisation.
"Sand is to cities, what flour is to bread" Vince Beiser, author of the book - The World In A Grain: The Story Of Sand.
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00:00 - Introduction.
01:20 - How A Murder Drew Vince To Write A Book About Sand.
06:21 - How Sand Is The Most Important Substance On Earth.
08:54 - Different Gradations Of Sand.
12:06 - Does Sand Limitations Stifle The Promise Of Solar?
17:01 - Explaining How Sand Mining Decimates The Environment.
21:06 - Examples Of Where Sand Mining Has Caused Environmental Damage.
31:05 - Vince's Experience In One Of China's Largest Ghost Cities.
35:07 - How Much Sand Is There In The World?
38:20 - Do You Have Any Insight Into Why Spruce Pine Are So Secretive?
40:15 - What About Sand Is Vince Most Passionate About?
43:12 - A Quick Word On What The World Would Look Like If We Never Invented Concrete.
48:13 - The Role Of Sand In Fracking.
52:35 - The Geopolitics Of Sand In The South-China Sea.
58:24 - What Country Are You Most Bullish On?
59:11 - Which Two People, Dead Or Alive, Would You Like To Witness A Conversation Between?
Links To Vince Beiser's Work
Vince Beiser Website - vincebeiser.com
The World In A Grain: The Story Of Sand & How It Transformed Civilisation - https://www.amazon.com/World-Grain-Story-Transformed-Civilization/dp/0399576428
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Tom Raftery is the Global VP, Futurist, and Innovation Evangelist for SAP, an inspirational keynote speaker and global influencer on how digitization and innovation are creatively disrupting our world.
I first heard Tom feature on Smarter Markets with Erik Townsend and was blown away by his optimistic worldview. True to his Irish roots, he communicated a narrative with charisma that is so often bumbled and fluffed around by his scientific comrades.
Renewable energy has a lot of bad PR working against it. There is certainly merit to being sceptical in the face of change, but since we know that our current energy consumption is destroying the planet why is the green message so hard to swallow?
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00:00 - What Is A Futurist?
03:20 - Information Consumption
05:16 - Tom's Renewable Energy Worldview
22:30 - If Renewables Are Already More Efficient, Why Are They Not Cheaper?
33:54 - What Do You Estimate Is Most Unlikely To Transpire According To Your Worldview?
39:20 - What Is The Most Exciting Innovation You See?
44:07 - What Country Are You Most Bullish On?
Links To Tom Raftery's Work
Tom Raftery Website - https://tomraftery.com/
Climate 21 - https://tomraftery.com/podcasts/
Digital Supply Chain Podcast - https://tomraftery.com/podcasts/
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James has returned!
James P Dowling third go around we spoke exclusively about the Internet Guru, the Fallacy of Self Help and some of the interesting tangents this line of questioning takes one down.
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00:00 - Market Forces V. Peer-Reviewed
09:50 - Instincts Mate
17:20 - They're Not All Bad
24.10 - Is James P Dowling A Guru?
30:40 - How Do You Manage The Critics?
39:37 - Superficial Behaviour Changes Are Not The Answer
44:05 - Personal Myth Guide
52:50 - James Meta Public Development
54:00 - Track Your Guru Worship Over Time
58:53 - Nature V. Nurture
1:07:00 - Joseph Campbell Closing Statement
Links To Jung To Live By
Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzxP4O0AtAXDVMaqcqCVkGQ
Website - https://www.jungtoliveby.com/
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Noel Bagwell is a man of many hats. He is the president of ExecutiveLP and the host of the Profit From Legal Podcast.
This podcast was a touch different to the usual, where instead of a free-wheeling discussion about Noel and his interests I instead ask him 4 very targeted and specific questions. I am really happy with how the episode turned out and hope you enjoy it as well.
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Tim Marshall is the author of many books and many articles.
He spent almost 30 years as a foreign journalist including holding the post as the diplomatic and foreign affairs editor for Sky News.
He is the author of the international bestseller 'Prisoners Of Geography' which is the subject of the conversation we had on the podcast. Tim is a fascinating bloke with endless insight into the happenings around the world.
The conversation was wide-ranging including all the following topics.
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00:00 - Introduction
02:50 - Did You Romanticise The Foreign Journalist When You Were A Boy?
06:07 - Getting Into Foreign Journalism Back In The Day
09:19 - What Are The Downsides To Foreign Journalism?
15:39 - Explaining The Wonderful Complexity Of The Arctic.
29:12 - What Would Your Australian Chapter Say?
39:05 - Discussing Taiwan & Therefore Inevitably, China...
44:23 - The Changing China Narrative.
57:08 - What Two People Would You Witness A Conversation Between Dead Or Alive?
57:56 - What Country Are You Most Bullish On?
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Vestergaard is the most amazing company you've never heard of.
Vestergaard.com
Michael Joos is the CEO of Vestergaard which is one of the worlds most important and innovative companies. Our conversation was wide-ranging but yielded three distinct chapters.
- A Brief History Of Vestergaard
- Vestergaard & Conscious Capitalism
- Future Opportunities For Vestergaard
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00:00 - Introduction.
02:13 - Vestergaard Impact.
12:15 - 800,000,000 Malaria Nets.
13:53 - Vestergaard Pivoting From Clothes To Malaria.
23:13 - How Does Vestergaard Generate Revenue?
30:22 - Is Vestergaard A Conscious Capitalism Company?
43:02 - Huge Opportunities In Africa.
46:09 - 5 Factors For Agricultural Success.
51:06 - Protectionist Subsidies Killing African Demand.
54:00 - Financing For Future Vestergaard Projects.
56:20 - Complexities Of African Geography & Specific Countries.
1:02:00 - Back To The Food Trading Platform.
1:06:55 - Does Foreign Aid Cause More Harm Than Good?
1:10:30 - Back To Geographical Complexities In Africa
1:14:30 - Are There Any Other Big Opportunities In Your Purview?
1:18:25 - Greenwashing & Dishonest Supply Chains + Is Fair Trade Good?
1:24:45 - Explain The Vestergaard Digital Health Venture?
1:32:27 - Appreciation.
1:32:58 - Would You Eliminate The Mosquito?
1:34:39 - Any Two People You Could Witness A Conversation Between?
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This episode is an interview with Colin Wright of many fames including serial author, speaker and creative producer.
We spoke about highlights from his travels, the upsides and downsides of the digital nomad surge, we touched on minimalism and then ended the chat with a bit of geopolitics.
Colin Wright is the author of dozens of books and all of his work is found here at Colin.io
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00:00 - Introduction
02:37 - Hello Colin!
03:41 - Travel That Changed You The Most - Calcutta
16:30 - Making Money Online In The Early Days
19:38 - Let's Talk About Digital Nomads
23:33 - Downsides To The Digital Nomadic Lifestyle
32:00 - Big Changes To Digital Nomads Last 10-15 Years
41:00 - What Are Great Unknown Digital Nomad Destinations?
47:30 - A Transition Into Minimalism
54:57 - The Taiwan Question?
58:39 - If You Could Witness A Conversation Between Any 2 People Of History
1:01:27 - What Country Are You Most Bullish On? + Geopolitics Of The Arctic
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Alex Marcon returns after his earlier interview (2020) explaining his Covid-19 portfolio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkzL9BxQ9sI
🎙️ Listen to this on youtube as well: https://youtu.be/RzQ6MOoor6g
Alex has some really interesting insights into just what the hell is going on at the moment. He does not get too distracted by the news and is rather just compounding his knowledge and money every day in the financial markets.
Alex has some great thoughts about China and also helps me understand better what infinite stimulus means for USA, the world and how it will cause the gradual but nonetheless inevitable shift of geopolitical power.
Twitter @alexmarcon9
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00:00 - Introduction
04:26 - China!
11:39 - Chinese Malinvestment
17:48 - Corrupt Accounting
30:36 - US Funds Military Through Debt
34:36 - Shifting Geopolitical Power
40:56 - Did Covid-19 Help Or Hinder China?
50:51 - China/Nicaraguan Canal
58:38 - Australia & China
1:03:45 - Infinite Stimulus
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James P Dowling is back!
He is the co-creator of all the wonderful Jungian content over at Jung To Live By. James and I spoke exclusively about both complexes and the shadow in this conversation. He is as erudite as ever and we really could have gone on longer.
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Jung To Live By: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzxP4O0AtAXDVMaqcqCVkGQ
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The Shadow Integration Manual: https://www.jungtoliveby.com/
02:13 - What Is A Complex?
09:38 - The Difference Between A Good & Bad Complex?
11:58 - Shyness Is A Complex.
17:48 - Dealing With Your Anxieties & Complexes.
22:28 - Mother & Father Complexes.
30:58 - On JBP 12 More Rules.
34:48 - On Killing The Father.
39:48 - DIY Psychological Work.
55:56 - Let's Talk About The Shadow!
1:05:43 - Dangers Of The Shadow.
1:13:58 - Shadow Projection.
1:18:48 - Identifying Your Own Projections.
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Nima Koucheki was one of the first guys making it big in poker in the online scene back in 2000.
Nima travelled the world with his friends (some of the biggest names in poker at the time) to Vegas, Amsterdam and more to play poker and play crazy and wild side games betting.
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00:00 - Introduction.
01:18 - How It All Started.
05:30 - How'd You Get Involved.
08:40 - Absurd Side Bets.
16:00 - Fear Of Committing Money.
18:02 - Bent - Famous Pro.
21:55 - What It Takes To Be Massive.
24:20 - How Poker Has Changed.
32:40 - Stu Ungar Collapsed Septum.
40:00 - Gus Hansen.
52:00 - Sports Betting.
1:01:30 - How Poker Tracker Ruined Online Poker.
1:04:14 - Winning Big.
1:11:00 - Nima's Father.
1:13:13 - The Terrorist.
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Alex Hickman is the man behind everything Project Sovereign. We speak about suicide, taking responsibility, ayahuasca, antidepressants, woowoo, religion, gurus, Taleb and more!
He is a fascinating bloke with such a curious worldview. He was generous enough to give me a couple hours of his time, like subscribe 5 starts to the podcast!
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Victor Lu is another overachiever coming onto the show.
He is writing algorithms for the financial markets, into generalism, self-developmental so much more.
Victor was in New York, I was in Stockholm. LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, 5 STARS!!
Kevin Blog - https://victorwlu.com/
Timestamps.
00:00 - Introduction
02:38 - Why New York?
03:38 - Difference Between US & France?
05:18 - What Type Of Machine Learning Are You Working On?
09:04 - What Is Fixed Income?
09:50 - Jargon In Finance.
10:50 - Nassim Taleb
15:00 - Decision Tree & Serendipity.
19:32 - Leaving Tech Out Of Your Life.
22:42 - You Are A Dichotomy Of A Person.
24:30 - Our Disagreement About Steve Jobs.
27:55 - Generalist V. Specialist.
36:20 - Ultralearning.
42:50 - Learning In The Wild.
43:56 - How Is Your Mandarin & What Do You Think About China?
48:52 - My Take On The Chinese Economy After Covid.
51:05 - My Prediction On Taiwan.
52:25 - Victor On Self Development.
54:50 - Tall Poppy Syndrome.
57:40 - The Secret Of Happiness.
1:01:20 - Do You Invest?
1:02:45 - Michael Burry Predictions.
1:07:05 - Us Talking About Gurus.
1:15:20 - The Beauty Of Audio.
1:17:35 - Nueralink & Inequity.
1:20:15 - Military & Monarchic Rule & Nietzsche.
1:28:40 - What Two People In History Would You Have Most Liked To Witness A Conversation?
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Ludvig Sunstrom is the co-host of Sweden's biggest business podcast, author of Breaking Out Of Homeostasis and widely read erudite on a whole manner of topics.
We sat down together in Stockholm recently for this chat. LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, 5 STARS!!
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James P Dowling is the co-creator of all the wonderful Jungian content over at Jung To Live By. He is and has done many things and is currently journeying down the path of the Depth Psychologist.
Jung To Live By - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzxP4O0AtAXDVMaqcqCVkGQ
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Stephen Hicks is a professor of philosophy at Rockford University, author of many books and overall exceptionally deep thinking, kind and erudite man.
His book, Explaining Postmodernism (https://amzn.to/2Gt7dHD) has gained in relevance over the last few years, Hicks was quite early in predicting the social significance Postmodernism would have upon the world.
Plus, Hicks is an expert on Nietzsche and his book 'Nietzsche and the Nazis' (https://amzn.to/3ik6CFF) does a terrific job at analysing that fascinating time stamp of history.
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Davis Cutter works at the top of one of the most influential companies within Tourism. This is one of the first interviews I ever recorded, so please forgive the early audio and stay around for the value Davis brings forth in this episode.
Especially the story about being the only white man among millions on an unexpected Indian pilgrimage.
His experiences professionally and personally make for some entertaining listening and valuable life lessons.
Key takeaway: Davis speaking about the 'Last Lecture' and how influential that has been on his life.
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Jono Tan has lived all over the world. Grew up in Oman and now lives in Sydney. He operates one of the most wholesome Instagram accounts in the world and is on track for legacy content creation.
Jono recently fought and defeated the powerful grip of death in the craziest surfing accident you will ever hear.
This interview touches upon.
- The importance of diverse experiences.
- The importance of struggle.
- Seeking your individuality.
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