Podcast Episodes
Back to Search
Comedian Simon Evans: PG Wodehouse and the Slippery Slope
Comedian Simon Evans joins me for a video interview in which we discuss the re-writing of Wodehouse and the nature of slippery slopes.
If you prefer t…
3 years, 2 months ago
Tyranny of the Midwits
The other night I did that thing on Substack: you follow one writer you like’s recommendations onto another’s and onto another’s and, before you know…
3 years, 3 months ago
The most important price in the world - what happens next?
Before getting started today, I just wanted to flag that Kisses on a Postcard won silver at the New York Festivals Radio Awards for best serialised p…
3 years, 3 months ago
Gold keeps on going up
The gold price printed its highest ever weekly close on Friday.
What do new highs usually lead to? Yup. More new highs.
Is it too late to buy gold? N…
3 years, 3 months ago
When the government stole 11 days
Today is April 6, the beginning of the new tax year In the UK. Odd that the UK tax year should begin on such an apparently random date as April 6, bu…
3 years, 3 months ago
The conflation of everything and the decline of intelligent conversation
I didn’t get involved in the Lineker wars, mainly because I had other stuff on, but the affair triggered a little moment of realisation in me. That i…
3 years, 3 months ago
Radical localisation and the perfect society
It’s my pleasure this week to once again interview Paul Kingsnorth, author of many books and the excellent Substack, the Abbey of Misrule.
This is tho…
3 years, 3 months ago
This contrarian indicator suggests we’re at the bottom of the mining cycle
I went to a mining conference on Monday - the Mining Journal Select London. As well as being on a panel, I wanted to catch up with the management of…
3 years, 3 months ago
Why Gold and Bitcoin Are Gaining Popularity as Bearer Assets Outside the Financial System
In your time bestriding the narrow world like a Colossus, you might have heard the term, “bearer asset” or “bearer instrument”.
That would be an asset…
3 years, 4 months ago
More on ChatGPT, the Future of AI and what it means for you
With the latest developments in AI, ChatGPT, Midjourney et al, we are experiencing something that, in terms of impact, will prove as big as the inter…
3 years, 4 months ago