Trapped in Hormuz: Total War or a New World Disorder? with Jeff Currie
Ultimately, the US faces a stark binary choice. Defeat Iran or retreat. And both have profound ramifications for the post-war Bretton-Woods order that has shipped modern economies and the commodity fl...
18 Aug 53min
Sand: The most important commodity in the modern world with Vince Beiser (Summer Repeat)
Sand has transformed modern civilization. It is the ubiquitous commodity; in our infrastructure, in our industry and even in our personal care products. Yet due to its characteristics, the supply cha...
11 Aug 46min
The Coming El Niño with Michael Ferrari
Today we discuss El Niño - the dramatic, periodic, shift in climate patterns, that depending on intensity and duration can have profound impacts on our world, economies, and the commodities sector. An...
4 Aug 53min
Real-Ekonomik: The Iran War's Longevity with Nick Kumleben
We return in a special episode to the Iranian-US war to discuss how "Real-Ekonomik" is shaping realpolitik. Nick Kumleben, Director at Greenmantle, the geopolitical risk and strategy consultancy, wher...
29 Jul 57min
Chip War: how semiconductors became the new oil with Chris Miller (summer repeat)
Semi-conductors, microchips, are the new oil - the scarce resource on which the modern world depends. Today, military, economic, and geopolitical power are built on a foundation of computer chips. Thi...
28 Jul 55min
The Price of Money with Edward Chancellor (Summer Repeat)
Today, we are talking interest rates. The rate of interest, or the price of money, has a profound impact on the energy and commodities sector, influencing the cost of carry, the price of assets and in...
21 Jul 1h 1min
Solar Flares and Coronal Mass Ejections with Edl Schamiloglu (Summer Repeat)
In this episode, we discuss geomagnetic storms, extreme electromagnetic events known as coronal mass ejections that would destroy every satellite around the planet, wipe out power grids and most if no...
14 Jul 42min
Whale Oil with Eric Jay Dolin (Summer Repeat)
In 1859, illumination throughout the major metropolises of the West was powered by whale oil. Whale oil was at the center of international trade (and trade disputes). Prices were at an all time high a...
7 Jul 48min
