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The Shrimp Among Whales
Season 1 Episode 308
South Korea stands at the crossroads of global power - caught between China, the United States, Japan, and its unpredictable neighbor to the north. Jacob Shapiro and Professor Jeffrey Robertson unpac…
Published on 12 hours ago
The Rightist International
Season 1 Episode 307
When U.S. aircraft carriers appear off Venezuela’s coast, it’s not just saber-rattling - it’s a mirror held up to a century of empire. Jacob and LatAm analyst Elohim Monard dissect what’s really driv…
Published on 3 days, 12 hours ago
Sovereignty vs. Swipe Fees
Season 1 Episode 306
When a Brazilian payment system threatens U.S. credit-card profits, it exposes a deeper fracture in the global economy: sovereignty versus rent-seeking, innovation versus control. Jacob and Rob trace…
Published on 1 week ago
A Wild New Era of Japanese Politics
Season 1 Episode 305
Japan rewired its politics: a power shift, a woman at the helm, and a minority government forced to bargain for every vote. What follows when high approval collides with hard math - aging demographic…
Published on 1 week, 3 days ago
Leverage on Leverage on Leverage
Season 1 Episode 304
Gold prices are soaring, private equity is unraveling, and data centers have become the next speculative frontier. Beneath all of it lies a simple question: what happens when faith in liquidity, stab…
Published on 3 weeks, 3 days ago
The Government Is Coming For Your [insert asset here]
Season 1 Episode 303
What if money could make you freer instead of more dependent? Matt McClintock joins the pod to dive into Bitcoin’s evolution from digital experiment to geopolitical force - a technology challenging g…
Published on 3 weeks, 6 days ago
Techno-Feudal Estates
Season 1 Episode 302
Jacob Shapiro is joined by Matt Pines, Executive Director of the Bitcoin Policy Institute, to discuss the accelerating convergence of Bitcoin, AI, geopolitics, and energy. Pines argues that technolog…
Published on 1 month ago
Alone in the Insane Asylum
Season 1 Episode 301
Jacob Shapiro reconnects with Chase Taylor (of Pinecone Macro) for a wide-ranging conversation on U.S. competitiveness. The two dig into why electricity costs, labor shortages, and weak industrial po…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
Youth Against Government
Season 1 Episode 300
Jacob steps away from his usual roster of experts to bring listeners a first-person account from Kathmandu. Law student and human rights scholar Prasansha Rimal reflects on Nepal’s fragile democracy,…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
“Bitcoin is a Miracle”
Season 1 Episode 299
Jacob and Rob reunite after a long break, tracing the threads between a dizzying run of global events and markets that seem strangely calm. Jacob frames the conversation with parallels to the 1920s, …
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago