The Sixth Bureau Episode 6: Nothing Is Holy
In Episode 6 of The Sixth Bureau, a series from The Big Take, with spy Xu Yanjun in prison, the US government pursues some of his collaborators. Plus, host Jordan Robertson gets an unexpected call whi...
20 Mar 35min
Reopening the Straight of Hormuz Is Going to Take Awhile
Has Iran laid mines across the Strait of Hormuz? With attacks on gas and oil facilities across the Middle East sending energy prices soaring, a key to restoring global oil supplies is ensuring the Str...
19 Mar 14min
The Iran War Is the Fed's Worst Nightmare
The Federal Open Market Committee announced this afternoon that it would hold interest rates steady. The decision comes in spite of spiking oil prices and new market uncertainty driven by the Iran War...
18 Mar 17min
Asia Is Bearing the Brunt of the Iran War Energy Crisis
From soaring fuel prices in Pakistan to a shortage of cooking gas in India, Asia is bearing the brunt of the energy crunch sparked by the Iran War. On today’s Big Take Asia podcast we look at how war ...
17 Mar 18min
Will Russia Be the Biggest Winner of the Iran War?
As the war in Iran draws in more countries, it’s had unlikely benefits for one of Iran’s key allies: Russia. President Trump has eased some sanctions on Russian oil in his efforts to alleviate the oil...
16 Mar 16min
Weekend Listen: The Rise and Fall of an Alleged Scam Boss
By any account, Chen Zhi's ascent was meteoric. At a young age he founded a real estate company in Cambodia, which quickly became the sprawling Prince Group conglomerate. But beneath this legitimate f...
15 Mar 19min
Your Streaming Subscription Could Be the Next Trade Battlefield
From online banking and social media to digital ads and AI subscriptions, digital services are the fastest-growing segment of global trade. Unlike physical exports, they’ve been subject to little regu...
13 Mar 17min
Iran War Spotlights the Pentagon’s AI Strategy
In the first 24 hours of US attacks on Iran, the scale of firepower more than doubled that of the US’ initial assault on Iraq in 2003 — an expansion made possible by the Pentagon’s embrace of AI. Just...
12 Mar 19min
