Author, former UK diplomat and owner of Conflicts Forum Alastair Crooke returns to the podcast to discuss his recent articles on the religious and cultural imperatives surrounding Israel's response to the October 7th attack by Hamas. Crooke's analysis, I believe, is essential in picking up some of the nuances of the conflict while also highlighting why there no easy answers here.Show Notes:Crooke at SCFNetanyahu’s Shape-shifting ‘Endgame’ – It Is No Ploy, but a Reversion to Earlier Zionist StrategyThe Tragic Self-Destruction of an Enraged Israel

Episode #169 - Alastair Crooke and the Existential Crises in the Middle East

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Bitcoin Enthusiast and Entrepreneur Dave Bradley joins me for a lively discussion about Bitcoin's place in the societal upheaval events were going through from the short, mediam, and long term perspective.  Dave Bradley on Twitter Bitcoin Rodeo in Calgary (promo code: Goats)

Episode #174 - Dave Bradley and Solving the Cobra Effect with Bitcoin

Wall St. veteran and co-host of the Future's Edge podcast with Jim Iuorio Bobby Iaccino joins me for a hour to discuss our paths to maintaininng our independence and retain our control over what comes out of our pie holes.Show Notes:Future's Edge Podcast With Tom Luongo

Episode #173 - Bobby Iaccino and the Independence Game

Vince (VBL) Lanci joins me again to discuss some interesting parallels and crucial differences between gold miners and bitcoin miners.  Vince shares his thoughts about the real world of how the banks insert themselves into any trade they can to make their vig and why what they've done with gold miners in the past is not the prologue for bitcoin miners in the future.Show Notes:Caitlin Long Interview on The Bitcoin LayerVBL's goldfix (with coupon)Episode #166 - Vince and Plumbing the Depths of the Fed's "Pivot"

Episode #172 - Vince Lanci and How Banks Value Bitcoin Mining

Author Richard Poe returns to the podcast after too long a hiatus to help give us an historical accounting of the influence of British trade and foreign policy on the evolution of the United States and how it has led us to the moment we are in today. Show Notes:Richard Poe SubstackHow the British Created Communism (and blamed it on the Jews)GGnG Episode #146 Richard Poe 

Episode #171 - Richard Poe and Why All Roads Really Do Lead to London

Brent "Dollar Milkshake" Johnson (though I know he hates that term) comes back to the cast to update our conversation from last year. Brent and i take a good hard look at the state of global dollar liquidity, the state of our bond markets and who is most vulnerable to a stronger dollar over the next two years.Show Notes:Episode #152 Brent Johnson and Why the Dollar Has a Long Road AheadSantiago Capital

Episode #169 - Alastair Crooke and the Existential Crises in the Middle East

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