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#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, 4 months 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, 4 months 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, 4 months 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, 4 months 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, 4 months ago
Extrapolating Doom
Season 1 Episode 175
Rob is busy trying to get French citizenship, so favorite-guest Chase Taylor from Pinecone Macro joins the podcast to talk U.S. macro, oil and natura…
2 years, 5 months ago
Dams and the Rio Grande
Season 1 Episode 174
Caroline Eaton Tracey joins the podcast to offer a thoughtful perspective on the Rio Grande River based on her recent article in The New York Review …
2 years, 5 months ago
Confusion
Season 1 Episode 173
Better late than never! Jacob was on the road this week so instead of recording on Thursday they had to record on Friday. The theme of the episode mi…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Blood of the Martyrs
Season 1 Episode 172
Jacob welcomes Farzam back onto the podcast – and they have a great deal to discuss, not least of which is the death of three U.S. soldiers in a dron…
2 years, 5 months ago
What's Happening (Right Now) With the Weather?
Season 1 Episode 171
Jacob welcomes weather expert Daryl Ritchison back on the podcast to discuss his 2023 hits and misses, his 2024 outlook, and to dive deep into questi…
2 years, 5 months ago