Podcast Episodes

In Full Promo Mode

NB Sundays, as ever, are for thought pieces, lately all about gold as my book on that subject is about to come out. Midweek remains for markets

We are now into launch week, so lots to promote: Secret…

Published on 15 hours ago

Henry VIII: The King Who Robbed a Nation

NB I will put out my thoughts on the Comstock Inc (LODE.NYSE) earnings call in my mid-week commentary. A reminder: Sundays are for thought pieces, currently around gold as my book on that subject is …

Published on 1 week ago

The Largest Movement of Wealth in History

NB To help you visualise: a tonne of gold would be about the size of a beachball, albeit one you couldn’t lift, or a medium-sized suitcase. If it were a cube, it would have sides just under 15 inches…

Published on 2 weeks ago

Game Over for Bitcoin Treasury Companies?

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.theflyingfrisby.com

The UK Financial Conduct Authority has announced that it is loosening its anti-bitcoin stance. From October 8th re…

Published on 2 weeks, 4 days ago

Trust Me, I’m Stalin

“They will never see their gold again, just as they do not see their own ears.”Josef Stalin

Gold’s strength is that its value exists in and of itself. It’s nobody else’s liability. Unlike money in the…

Published on 3 weeks ago

The Sweetness of Doing Nothing: Another Year of Lazy Gains

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.theflyingfrisby.com

The idea behind Dolce Far Niente was to create a portfolio of low-risk investments for today’s market conditions, …

Published on 3 weeks, 3 days ago

The Secret’s Out: My New Book on Gold Is (Almost) Here

I’m delighted to announce my new book, The Secret History of Gold - Myth, Money, Politics and Power, published by Penguin Life.

It tells the epic tale of humanity’s oldest and most treasured currency…

Published on 3 weeks, 5 days ago

The Shadowbanning of Bitcoin

This week I was listening to Merryn Talks Money.

My old boss and great friend, Merryn Somerset Webb, was discussing portfolio allocation - which assets should make up the 40 in a 60:40 bond-to-equit…

Published on 4 weeks ago

You Would Be the Chancellor Who Sold Britain’s Bitcoin

(I am sending this week’s commentary early this week due to travel)

Dear Chancellor,

Me again.

I am the author of Bitcoin: The Future of Money? (2014), generally agreed to the first book on bitcoin from…

Published on 1 month ago

Bitcoin Can Make Your Rich But Gold Might Save you

At Freedom Fest 2025 last month, I joined a very sensible panel - grown up people saying intelligent things - in a gold vs bitcoin debate, from which I came way thinking, “Oh, that was quite good”.

I…

Published on 1 month ago