The Legality of Trump’s Tariffs and U.S. Trade Power
As the Supreme Court takes up one of the most consequential trade cases in decades, former Biden administration official and Yale-trained lawyer Peter Harrell joins Jacob L. for a real-time breakdown ...
6 Nov 202551min
The Shrimp Among Whales
South Korea stands at the crossroads of global power - caught between China, the United States, Japan, and its unpredictable neighbor to the north. Jacob Shapiro and Professor Jeffrey Robertson unpack...
3 Nov 202551min
The Rightist International
When U.S. aircraft carriers appear off Venezuela’s coast, it’s not just saber-rattling - it’s a mirror held up to a century of empire. Jacob and LatAm analyst Elohim Monard dissect what’s really drivi...
31 Okt 20251h 6min
Sovereignty vs. Swipe Fees
When a Brazilian payment system threatens U.S. credit-card profits, it exposes a deeper fracture in the global economy: sovereignty versus rent-seeking, innovation versus control. Jacob and Rob trace ...
27 Okt 20251h
A Wild New Era of Japanese Politics
Japan rewired its politics: a power shift, a woman at the helm, and a minority government forced to bargain for every vote. What follows when high approval collides with hard math - aging demographics...
24 Okt 202557min
Leverage on Leverage on Leverage
Gold prices are soaring, private equity is unraveling, and data centers have become the next speculative frontier. Beneath all of it lies a simple question: what happens when faith in liquidity, stabi...
10 Okt 20251h
The Government Is Coming For Your [insert asset here]
What if money could make you freer instead of more dependent? Matt McClintock joins the pod to dive into Bitcoin’s evolution from digital experiment to geopolitical force - a technology challenging go...
7 Okt 20251h 1min
Techno-Feudal Estates
Jacob Shapiro is joined by Matt Pines, Executive Director of the Bitcoin Policy Institute, to discuss the accelerating convergence of Bitcoin, AI, geopolitics, and energy. Pines argues that technologi...
30 Sep 20251h 3min
