Former Diplomat and Owner of Conflicts Forum Alistair Crooke joins me again to discuss what's basically wrong with international relations at this point.  From the maximization of psychopathology to the countervailing forces of populism Alistair and I try to make sense of what has become a mad, mad, mad world hurtling towards an unthinkable clash of nations in the nuclear age.Show Notes:https://strategic-culture.org/contributors/alastair-crooke/They Rule Over Dysfunctional Ruins, but They Rulehttps://strategic-culture.org/news/2022/10/31/they-rule-over-dysfunctional-ruin-but-they-rule/Follow me on Twitter at TFL1728The blog: http://www.tomluongo.me

Episode #120 - Alastair Crooke and the Dysfunctionality of Nations

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Trader, market analyst, and writer Vince Lanci of VBL's Goldfix joins the show again to give us his perspective on what's happening surrounding the European Central Bank's move to cut interest rates recently.  From the Christine Lagare's neck scarves to Janet Yellen's bowl cut we skewer everyone as we decode the epic, international move to rig global debt markets in the face of Jerome Powell simply telling everyone to "Shut the Fscking door."Show Notes:VBL's GoldfixVince on Twitter/X

Episode #179 - Vince Lanci and Janet Yellen's Mushroom Headed Policy

Oil Analyst Ben Kelleran of Kontrarian Korner joins me for a talk about where the value proposition is in the oil space, given the open hostility from the Biden administration as well as the European Union.  Ben and I go through investment strategies for different styles of investors based on their risk tolerance and needs.  Show Notes:Kontrarian Korner SubstackBen on Twitter/X

Episode #178 - Ben Kelleran and the Conflicting Currents in Offshore Oil

Cornell Professor and raconteur Dave Collum joins me again for a Rogen-esque 2.5 hours covering all of our obsessions in a nearly futile bid to stave off the worst effects of the demoralization campaign we are all living through to rob us of our humanity and allow the worst people in the world (TFP!) to retain power.Show Notes: Dave on Twitter/X 

Episode #177 - Dave Collum and Staving Off Global Demoralization

Host of the Coin Stories podcast and Bitcoin advocate Natalie Brunell joins me for a lively hour long discussion about bitcoin and the role of it in reasserting the sound money impulse back into our financial system.  Show Notes:Natalie:YouTube InstagramWebsite: Talking Bitcoin

Episode #176 - Natalie Brunell and the Fed's Bitcoin Problem

Journalist and Alberta Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation Kris Sims joins me to discuss the seen and unseen effects of Canada's latest iteration of Davos' carbon tax and the broader implications for the US and Canada in setting us up for a better future.  Show Notes:Kris on XCanadian Taxpayers Federation

Episode #120 - Alastair Crooke and the Dysfunctionality of Nations

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