Podcast Episodes

The Chuck Norris Premium (US invades Venezuela)

Season 1 Episode 37

Welcome to another normal week in geopolitics - on your left, you'll see the Trump administration (allegedly) flying into Caracas at 1am and walking …

3 months, 2 weeks ago

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The (Geopolitical) Movies That Made Us

Season 1 Episode 36

Geopolitics isn’t just policy memos and grim men in bad suits... it’s explosions, bad decisions, and unintended consequences (preferably set to a gre…

3 months, 3 weeks ago

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Forecast 2026

Season 1 Episode 35

Welcome to the future. In 2026, we're pretty convinced that the global map will get some major rewrites. Our '26 bingo card has the potential collaps…

4 months ago

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Cocaine Cowboys

Season 1 Episode 34

Look, the world is decoupling, and everyone is making their bet. Mexico just threw their chips on the table with 50% tariffs, effectively divorcing C…

4 months ago

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Do Better

Season 1 Episode 33

The global discourse has hit a new low: political commentators are creating content out of a YouTube moron’s mean-spirited quest for clicks. Nick Fue…

4 months, 1 week ago

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Ctrl, Alt, Del

Season 1 Episode 32

Let's talk about the National Security Strategy! American policy is entering its “choose-your-own-adventure” era, where fiscal dreams meet bond-marke…

4 months, 2 weeks ago

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Comrades and Fuehrers

Season 1 Episode 31

Rising political extremes, shifting alliances, and competing visions of global order collide as leaders improvise their way through economic anxiety …

4 months, 4 weeks ago

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Starting Five: US Presidents

Season 1 Episode 30

Jacob and Marko finally caved to the mob on X and did what everyone (one guy who asked nicely) keeps yelling at them to do - rank the top five geopol…

5 months ago

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Communist Reagan

Season 1 Episode 29

Power tilts, voter moods, and economic pressures collide as shifting swing-state margins, rising price levels, and clashing visions of populism redef…

5 months, 1 week ago

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Reverse Nixon

Season 1 Episode 28

Sanctions, alliances, and power balances are shifting faster than markets can price them. Marko Papic and Jacob Shapiro look at the U.S. Treasury’s c…

5 months, 4 weeks ago

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