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Japan: Lost in Translation Part Two
Season 2025 Episode 65
We all love a boom story, until it turns into a 40‑year hangover. In 1995, Japan’s nominal GDP hit its high‑water mark. It took until the 2020s to get back there. Debt has exploded to 250% of GDP. Th…
Published on 1 month ago
Japan: From Feudal Isolation to Economic Superpower
Season 2025 Episode 64
This week marks 80 years since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and we’re taking a deep dive into Japan’s extraordinary economic story. In part one of our two-part series, we explore ho…
Published on 1 month ago
Generation Rent: How Housing Costs Are Exporting Ireland's Future
Season 2025 Episode 63
This week we talk to Matthew Ruddy, a young Dublin entrepreneur who did everything right - built his first business at 17, worked alongside the lads at Dogpatch Labs. Except he's now living in Brisba…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
Did Europe Just Surrender to Trump?
Season 2025 Episode 62
Not so fast! We unpack the surprise EU-US trade deal that has everyone shouting sellout but we see it differently. In this episode, we take a deeper look at what really went down in the Trump-trigger…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
When the West Woke Up: How Yugoslavia Fell Apart
Season 2025 Episode 61
This week, we take you back to the final years of Yugoslavia, a country that exploded into one of the bloodiest wars Europe has seen since WWII. We trace how ethnic tensions, decades of suppressed ri…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Why Ireland Must Rethink Its Economic Future; Fast
Season 2025 Episode 60
In this week’s episode, we dive headfirst into the economic storm clouds gathering over Ireland, and the urgent need to act before we get soaked. We explore how U.S. tariffs, Trumpian MAGA economics,…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
The Ghosts of Yugoslavia: Borders, Bankers & Balkan Ghosts
Season 2025 Episode 59
In this episode, we dive headfirst into one of Europe’s most brutal and under-discussed chapters: the collapse of Yugoslavia. Live from Croatia, where the scars of that war still linger, and where, 3…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Can We Cope With This Level of Immigration?
Season 2025 Episode 58
This week on the podcast, we take on the two biggest issues shaping our future: immigration and housing. We begin with the looming threat of U.S. tariffs, which could hit by August 1st. A 30% levy wo…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Who Wants to Live Forever? The Economics of Immortality, Tech Bros & Tír na nÓg
Season 2025 Episode 57
This week, we start with Oasis and end in Silicon Valley, via Tír na nÓg. We’re talking about the economics of not dying, and how tech billionaires are pouring billions into that dream. From Oasis be…
Published on 2 months ago
Trieste and the City of the Future
Season 2025 Episode 56
Trieste is a city that’s belonged to everyone, and no one. This week, we go walking through a place that’s been Austrian, Italian, Yugoslav, and, at one point, technically run by the United Nations. …
Published on 2 months ago