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Settling Scores
Season 1 Episode 140
Cousin Marko is back at long last – he and Jacob discuss why U.S. elections are the most important thing in the world geopolitically and all the myri…
2 years, 9 months ago
The First Israeli-Palestinian War
Season 1 Episode 139
Jacob is in the middle of Mississippi without his fancy microphone, but that doesn’t stop him from recording a reaction to the Hamas attack on Israel…
2 years, 9 months ago
Opium War Lessons (For Fentanyl)
Season 1 Episode 138
Jacob and Rob are on the same continent for a change! They try to make sense of recent volatility in oil prices and take a victory lap on being ahead…
2 years, 9 months ago
Agriculture x Geopolitics (RealAgriculture Crosspost)
Season 1 Episode 137
Jacob Shapiro and Shaun Haney unpack the India-Canada diplomatic nightmare of the last few weeks and how the Ukraine/Russia war might end.
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2 years, 9 months ago
The Politics of Hope
Season 1 Episode 136
Jacob and Rob dive into some key macro developments – and why they confirm some of CI’s contrarian investment theses. From there, they discuss recent…
2 years, 9 months ago
Hope is the Last Thing that Dies
Season 1 Episode 135
Jacob welcomes Daniel Stelter to the podcast to begin his research process into the future of the German economy with a sober conversation with an ex…
2 years, 9 months ago
Why Should I Care About Nagorno-Karabakh?
Season 1 Episode 134
Jacob continues to fight through a cold to bring you the geopolitical content you know and love. His weekly chat with Rob starts off with Brazil – an…
2 years, 9 months ago
The Pitfalls of Green Energy Policies
Season 1 Episode 133
Jacob and Rob reunite to discuss developments in geopolitics and markets. They talk about environmental policies and their discontents, explore the h…
2 years, 9 months ago
50 Years Since Allende - An Update on Chile
Season 1 Episode 132
Jacob welcomes Dr. Robert Funk onto the podcast to discuss how Chile has changed over the last 50 years, and more importantly how it will change over…
2 years, 10 months ago
The Modern Geopolitics of Turkey
Season 1 Episode 131
Jacob welcomes Ryan Bohl back onto the podcast to discuss their respective deep-dive reports into Turkey’s geopolitics. They go back and forth about …
2 years, 10 months ago