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#185 - Weekly Update: Why We Still Like Japan & Other contrarian takes
Season 1 Episode 185
Jacob and Rob are pressed for time, but they squeeze in a quick podcast between meetings to discuss the big news out of Japanese markets this week. T…
1 year, 11 months ago
#184 - Kevin Evans: The Largest Invisible Thing in the World
Season 1 Episode 184
Jacob welcomes Kevin Evans to discuss Indonesia – Kevin’s experience in the country over the last three decades, the recent elections and mysterious …
2 years ago
#183 - Weekly Update: What is a Doji (and Why Should I Care?)
Season 1 Episode 183
Jacob and Rob are back at it for a marathon episode featuring your favorite segment, microgeopolitics, and extended discussion about technical analys…
2 years ago
#182 - Gary Saul Morson: Russian Exceptionalism
Season 1 Episode 182
Professor Gary Saul Morson of Northwestern University joins the podcast to discuss his recent article in The New York Review of Books about “Russian …
2 years ago
#181 - Weekly Update: What If Trump Wins? (Tariff edition)
Season 1 Episode 181
Jacob is on the road, Rob is on vacation…and still they bring the analytical firepower to you each week! They do a little microgeopolitics on Eden Pr…
2 years ago
#180 - Matt Gertken: The "Black Swan" Scenarios
Season 1 Episode 180
Jacob welcomes Matt Gertken, Chief Geopolitical Strategist at BCA research, onto the show. They reflect on their careers at Stratfor before diving in…
2 years ago
Pleasant Prairies and A Middle East Update
Season 1 Episode 179
Jacob is in a spicy mood, coming to you live from Pleasant Prairie WI. He and Rob do another round of “microgeopolitics” on this part of Wisconsin be…
2 years ago
What’s in a name? (North Korea edition)
Season 1 Episode 178
Jacob welcomes Rodger back onto the podcast to talk about North Korea’s recent decision to call South Korea by its official name – as well as its aba…
2 years ago
The Horseradish Capital of the World
Season 1 Episode 177
Jacob hits the road and brings perspectives on geopolitics and markets from the point of view of Eau Claire WI, formerly Sawdust City, home of Bon Iv…
2 years ago
Making Astrology Respectable
Season 1 Episode 176
Jacob and Rob take a victory lap on higher-than-expected U.S. inflation. They tackle a listener-submitted question about where Chinese deflation migh…
2 years, 1 month ago