Agents of Innovation

Fergus Hodgson is publisher of the Impunity Observer, a geopolitical intelligence service focused on the rule of law and economic development at the nexus of Anglo and Latin America. He is also the founder of Econ Americas LLC, a financial consultancy devoted to alternative investments, stakeholder management, and jurisdictional arbitrage. He is the author of the new book, "The Latin America Red Pill: My Search for Freedom South of the Border."

He was born in Hamilton, New Zealand, to a Kiwi father and an Irish-Canadian mother from Calgary, Alberta. Fergus grew up on a sheep and cattle farm and moved to the United States on a rowing scholarship to study economics at Boston University. He is a triple citizen who resides in Fort Collins, Colorado, and has been an expat in seven countries. Given pride in his Anglo-Celtic heritage, he travels frequently to the British Isles.

Fergus was our guest on Episode 151 of the Agents of Innovation podcast.

You can also watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/r3FbV1RBnG4

You can follow him on X at: https://x.com/FergHodgson

You can also find out more about his new book, "The Latin America Red Pill" at: https://amzn.to/3OSxjDT

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Anisa Mirza is the founder and CEO of Litnerd, a K-8 reading and writing program. Litnerd creates original IP with their partner brands and turns them into books, media and learning curriculum, layered with an AI personalized tutor to help kids become authors and creators of IP and brand content. Their product format is a Social and Gamified - with a live weekly community meetup and monthly e-tournaments.

Anisa is also a 2x Y Combinator and venture-backed founder. She is also a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, and boootstrapped her first startup from 0 to 2.5Mill ARR (exited). As an immigrant to America, running a women and minority owned business, Anisa takes special pride in seeing the impact Litnerd has in producing superior learning outcomes for students.

Anisa was our guest on Episode 150 of the Agents of Innovation podcast.

You can also watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/r7sOLuk0-eA

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You can also find out more about Litnerd at: https://www.litnerd.com

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Ernest Scheyder is an award-winning journalist, author, and senior correspondent for Reuters. He specializes in distilling complex topics for a wide range of audiences, including and especially everyday consumers directly affected by regulatory, political, and industry transitions.

In 2024, he published the widely acclaimed book, "The War Below: Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives" (One Signal/Simon & Schuster), a human-focused narrative exploring the people that live on the energy transition’s front lines and an urgent guide to the rapidly growing critical minerals supply chain. The book was named a top pick by Fortune’s editors and earned plaudits from The Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, Marketplace, Barron’s, WBUR’s On Point, Science magazine, The Christian Science Monitor, BBC World, Kirkus (starred review) and many others. Energy historian Daniel Yergin declared the book “vividly captures the physical and political landscape over which the future is being fought.”

Ernest was our guest on Episode 149 of the Agents of Innovation podcast.

You can also watch the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ClJUJpwqGak

You can learn more about Ernest Scheyder and his book at: https://www.ernestscheyder.com

Ernest will have two appearances in Miami during the Miami Book Fair:

Saturday, November 23

Panelist, National Book Award Long List Top 10 List Recipient for Non-Fiction, Room 8301, moderated by Ruth Dickey

Sunday, November 24

1:00 PM in the AI Center

Find more details about the Miami Book Fair at: https://www.miamibookfair.com

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Joseph Yonke is a fine painter based in Brickell, Miami, Florida. He was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Penn State University. He grew up painting, inspired by his grandfather, who is also an artist. Today, at nearly 25 years old, Joe is a painter who is known for his neo-abstract expressionism. Joe is a successful full-time artist, who often works 100 hours a week.

Joe was our guest on Episode 148 of the Agents of Innovation podcast.

You can learn more about his work and find his art at: https://yonkeart.com. For special care, please let him know that you learned about his work on the Agents of Innovation podcast!

You can follow him on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/jryonke/

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James O'Keefe is the Director of the new full-length feature film, a documentary called "Line In The Sand." It is available to stream on the Tucker Carlson Network. Watch the film here: https://tuckercarlson.com/line-in-the-sand

James is also the founder & CEO of O'Keefe Media Group. Learn more here: https://okeefemediagroup.com/

James was our guest on Episode 147 of the Agents of Innovation podcast. You can also check out our previous podcat with James on Episode 111 of the Agents of Innovation podcast (filmed in January 2022).

You can connect with James on X @JamesOKeefeIII

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James T. Fishback is the co-founder and Chief Investment Officer of Azoria, a multi-asset investment firm. Prior to Azoria, he served as the Head of Macro at Greenlight Capital, a hedge fund founded by David M. Einhorn.

James was our guest on Episode 146 of the Agents of Innovation podcast.

You can connect with James on X @j_fishbackand also through his website: http://headofmacro.com

You can also watch this full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/jVU9E4LY9PA

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Evan Rally is the founder of Ride of Passage. Evan knows Thailand well - riding across the country 20k+ kilometers a year. When he’s not on two wheels, he’s an active participant in the Chiang Mai SEO community while building the Ride of Passage and It’s Better On The Road in to premier adventure travel companies.

Evan was our guest on Episode 145 of the Agents of Innovation podcast.

You can also watch this full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/MIV1-X7MhHU

You can connect with Evan on X @CaptainSidd and also through his website: https://www.rideofpassage.live/

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Francesco Voltarel was born to Italian parents when they were living in the United States. However, he lived his entire life in Italy. After he completed his school in Italy, he took a gap year before entering college. He took an opportunity to move to Miami, where he had family. He spent the next year working several jobs in the hospitality industry, and saved money.

Instead of returning to Italy, he enrolled at Miami Dade College, where he recently graduated as part of the class of 2024, earning a 4.0 GPA and graduating with the highest honors. While there, he interned at the Ideas Center at Miami Dade College, developing skills, experience, and connections. He also learned from mentors. He was recently accepted to Cornell University, where he will begin work towards his Bachelor's degree this fall. In the meantime he is working a full-time internship at City National Bank in Miami.

Francesco's story is a true American Dream story that is still in progress. Learn more about his journey here in episode 144 of the Agents of Innovation podcast.

You can also watch this episode on YouTube here:

https://youtu.be/h1bBMMgVnOA

You can connect with Francesco on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/francesco-voltarel/

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Vance is the founder & owner of My Latin Life. He was born and raised in Canada and holds dual Canadian and U.S. Citizenships as well as residences in a number of Latin American countries. He currently lives in a small city in Mexico.

Vance was our guest on Episode 143 of the Agents of Innovation podcast.

You can also watch this episode on YouTube here:

https://youtu.be/3zvV0Izs4X0

In this episode you can learn:

* What it’s like to work remotely from Latin America

* Why it’s important to get started as an entrepreneur at a younger age

* Why it’s important to have a solid remote income stream before you go and work and live from another country

* Why having skills with the computer will help you work remotely easier

* Some of the cultural differences between Latin America and the US

* How reading Tim Ferris’ The Four Hour Workweek inspired Vance to optimize his lifestyle

* How to make money and see the world

* Different ways to travel

* How to earn in dollars, spend in pesos and how to best take advantage of geo arbitrage

* How to obtain multiple residencies and citizenships

* Why health care in Latin America is better than the U.S. & Canada

-* How living in Latin America gives Bitcoin and crypto investors more freedom

You can connect with Vance at: https://mylatinlife.com/join/ and also follow My Latin Life on X: https://x.com/MyLatinLife

You can listen to Francisco Gonzalez as a guest on the My Latin Life podcast here:

https://youtu.be/r8ibX0XeHrU?si=QJzK_jOgRsrhjItn

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Gaby Vivas is the founder & owner of Global Spanish & Global Portuguese. Gaby is originally from Venezuela. She finished high school in France, where she lived for a year. She then emigrated from Venezuela to Colombia, from where she first invested in Bitcoin in 2017. Later, in 2019, she lived in Russia for a year. Just before the pandemic shut the world down, she returned to Colombia. That's where she met her boyfriend Jerz (Featured on episode #141) and from where founded and leads Global Spanish & Global Portuguese. These entities help connect instructors with those who are trying to learn Spanish and Portuguese, through an online language school that operates as a subscription service.

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Gaby was our guest on Episode 142 of the Agents of Innovation podcast. This podcast was recorded in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

You can also watch this episode on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/RSlu0k6VmnA

You can connect with Gaby on X @GabyVivasBTC and also through her websites: https://global-spanish.com and https://globalportuguese.co

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