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Bernie Madoff, Elizabeth Holmes... Sam Bankman-Fried?
Season 1 Episode 44
Jacob and Rob tackle the FTX/Sam Bankman-Fried debacle, before turning to China’s struggles (and whether Xi Jinping is up to them), as well as though…
3 years, 1 month ago
Predicting the Weather in 2023
Season 1 Episode 43
Jacob is joined by Daryl Ritchison, Director of the North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network at NDSU, to discuss how the weather will look in the wo…
3 years, 1 month ago
What you missed while the world obsessed over U.S. CPI.
Season 1 Episode 42
Rob and Jacob briefly address the weaker-than-expected inflation print before attending to developments you might have missed amidst all the U.S. inf…
3 years, 1 month ago
How Much Longer Can Russia Hold On?
Season 1 Episode 41
Marko Papic is back to talk about the markets, Russia's big fudge on oil (and war), and a little bit of everything else geopolitical! Stick around fo…
3 years, 2 months ago
Russian Weakness, U.S.-China Divergences, Turkey’s Risks, and Bullish Brazil
Season 1 Episode 40
After a 2-week hiatus due to COVID and travel, Rob and Jacob are back at it. They explore Russia’s brief exit from the Black Sea grain deal, discuss …
3 years, 2 months ago
Will Europe Survive the Winter?
Season 1 Episode 39
Jacob welcomes Dave Ripplinger on the podcast to discuss the problems Europe is facing this winter and the areas they agree and disagree. They also t…
3 years, 2 months ago
Stratfor: Musings on Autocracies, Democracies and Resilience
Season 1 Episode 38
This is a crossposted episode from the Rane Podcast Series with Stratfor!
Rodger Baker, executive director of the Stratfor Center for Applied Geopolit…
3 years, 2 months ago
Recording On The Road -- Mini Solo Episode From Dublin
Season 1 Episode 37
Jacob plugs in from Dublin, Ireland, where he is currently at a Barnett-Hall conference discussing the crazy year in geopolitics -- and where we can …
3 years, 2 months ago
Taking Stock
Season 1 Episode 36
Jacob and Rob take a step back from yet another crazy week in geopolitics and have a theoretical and wide-ranging conversation about the state of the…
3 years, 2 months ago
Making Sense of Iranian Unrest
Season 1 Episode 35
Abdolrasool Divsallar (Farzam, if you will) joins us again, after well over a year, to discuss the growing unrest in Iran. Farzam is a visiting profe…
3 years, 2 months ago