Curious Worldview

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The following is a conversation with Ben Burgis and this podcast is about the life of one of the most influential people on my life… Christopher Hitchens. 

Hitchens’s politics was enormously divisive, and his position as one of the most prominent new atheists was so controversial, but my interest in this great man actually lies elsewhere.

Because what makes Hitchens someone who is so fascinating to me, and makes him someone who had such an outsized impact on the way I think, the way I talk and even to a degree my values as well… is everything else about Hitch.

It is his attitude, his eclectic range of curiosities, his friendships, his writing, his erudition,  his anecdotes and his delivery. Hitchens was the greatest speaker I’ve ever seen, anywhere. The voice. The language. The emotion. The irony. Hitchens had the sort of timing comedians are envious of. He really must be one of the most charismatic and forceful speakers who ever lived.

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• 00:00 – Introduction.
• 04:34 – Speaking In Prose. Peter Hitchens & The Current Media Landscape.
• 30:14 – Burning The Candle At Both Ends.
• 35:14 – Audiobooks & How Much Money Do Authors Make?
• 46:37 – Hitchens Is More Than Just Iraq & Atheism.
• 1:01:26 – Hitchens Upbringing, Mother, Father, Oxford & Mortality.
• 1:43:05 – What Hitchens Would Think About: Ukraine, Trump, Brexit, Wokeism & Political Extremes.
• 2:07:44 – Hitchens Legacy.
• 2:11:24 – What Was The Joe Rogan Experience Like?
• 2:22:14 – Conversation Between Christopher Hitchens & Someone Else.
• 2:23:47 – Afterthoughts – Hitchens Quotes, Hitchens Proust Quiostionaire & Ambition For The Podcast.

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Articles I Have Written Regarding Christopher Hitchens.

• Mortality & Christopher Hitchens.
• Christopher Hitchens Proust Questionnaire.
• Myself Answering The Proust Questionnaire.
• Quotes Of Christopher Hitchens.

Links To Ben Burgis

• Ben Burgis Twitter
• Christopher Hitchens: What He Got Right, How He Went Wrong, and Why He Still Matters

🎙️: https://atlasgeographica.com/carlos-araque/

Carlos Araque, the Co-Founder and CEO of Quaise.

Quaise Energy are on a singular mission to dig deeper holes than we have ever dug before. Carlos is one of the best communicators of the promise, potential and limitations of geothermal energy in the world. Hands down.

Carlos is a physicist at heart. He hails from Colombia and holds both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in mechanical engineering from MIT. Carlos spent 14 years in oil and gas mastering the art of digging holes and extracting the earth’s nutrients before he launched, 4 years ago, the magnificent company we profile in this podcast, Quaise Energy. 

In This Podcast With Carlos Araque, You Can Expect To Hear About…

• A first-principles response comparing the per-unit cost of energy across all different sources.
• How transformational could a Quaise breakthrough be to the world?
• The bearish case for geothermal.
• + Elon Musk.

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• 00:00 – Introduction.
• 04:03 – Vaclav Smil Energy & Civilisation.
• 10:38 – Where Does The Earth’s Heat Come From?
• 14:09 – Understanding Different Energy Cost Per Unit.
• 25:52 – Quaise Business Model & The Engineering Problem They Are Solving.
• 35:43 – Legacy, JD Rokeffler & Potential For Geothermal Changing The World.
• 48:13 – The Total Addressable Market For Quaise.
• 55:19 – How Much Progress Has Quaise Made & What Makes Them So Innovative?
• 1:04:53 – How Geothermal Ubiquitousness Would Change Geopolitics.
• 1:10:00 – Daniel Yergin & The Bearish Case For Geothermal.
• 1:16:43 – What Is A Country You Are Bullish On?
• 1:19:19 – Conversation Between Any Two People Of History.
• 1:24:18 – Afterthoughts & Ambition For The Podcast.

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Related Episodes Of The Curious Worldview Podcast

• John Redfern | CEO of Eavor
• Magnus Brandberg | VC In Geothermal
• Patrick Hanson | The Power & Potential Of Geothermal Energy
• David Volts | Vox & Geothermal

Links To Carlos Araque

• Quaise Energy

🎙️: https://atlasgeographica.com/stephen-hicks-nietzsche-on-modernity/

This is Stephen Hick’s 4th appearance on the podcast and as well the 3rd and final episode in our series on the “Life & Philosophy Of Freidrich Nietzsche”. Episode 1 here, and episode 2 here.

Stephen hicks is a Professor of Philosophy at Rockford University, the Executive Director of the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship, and a Senior Scholar at The Atlas Society. Stephen Hicks has published 6 books, the one most relevant here is his brilliant Nietzsche and the Nazis.

Stephen also has a podcast titled – Open College. 

In This Podcast With Stephen Hicks On Nietzsche On Modernity, You Can Expect To Hear About…

• Nietzsche’s Productive Years In Turin & Descent Into Madness.
• Will To Power.
• Nietzsche On Modernity.
• What Is Stephen Hicks Great & Impossible?

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• 00:00 – Introduction.
• 02:00 – Nietzsche’s Heros & Final Productive Years.
• 18:15 – Will To Power.
• 40:25 – Nietzsche On Modernity.
• 1:03:35 – What Is Stephen Hicks Great & Impossible?
• 1:07:33 – Afterthoughts & Ambition For The Podcast.

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Related Episodes Of The Curious Worldview Podcast

• Stephen Hicks | Objectivism, Aesthetics & More.
• Stephen Hicks | The Early Life & Influences Of Nietzsche.
• Stephen Hicks | Zarathustra, Beyond Good & Evil & The Genealogy Of Morality.
• Nietzsche Slave Morality.
• Benjamin David | Nietzsche Top To Bottom On Nihilism
• Hiking With Nietzsche | John Kaag

Links To Stephen Hicks

• Nietzsche & The Nazi’s Audiobook
• Stephen Hicks Website & Books
• Open College Podcast

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The following is a conversation with John Redfern who is the CEO of Eavor Technology which is one of the most exciting businesses in one of the most exciting industries in the world right now.

John Redfern has an extensive resume. He’s been described as an expert investor, advisor and serial entrepreneur in the data analytics, oil service and energy tech verticals. John spent his career in executive roles at multiple international oil corporations as a Director at Hess in London, President of Accumap in Calgary and President of IHS Energy in Denver. John spent 13 years in China co-founding a series of start-ups and holds a degree in Engineering Physics from Queen’s University in Kingston, a Law degree from McGill University in Montreal, and an MBA degree from INSEAD in France.

It might sound like wild conjecture. But if you take John at his word, and as well recent guests on the podcast Magnus Brandberg and Patrick Hanson at theirs, the market potential for geothermal could be the most discounted opportunity in the world at the moment. And if that’s not wild enough for you, geothermal might also be the answer to carbon-free energy as well.

In This Podcast With John Redfern, You Can Expect To Hear About…

• What It Was Like Doing Business In China During The Greatest Economic Rise In History
• Eavor Technology & What Makes Them Different.
• Geothermal Top To Bottom. Its Limitations, Capital Raising, Digging Deeper & Universal Adoption Of Geothermal.

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• 00:00 – Introduction.
• 02:15 – What Is It Like Doing Business In China?
• 19:53 – Shenzen & Special Economic Zones
• 24:30 – Chinese Innovation & How The Country Has Changed.
• 29:15 – A Business Practice Of China You Don’t Like.
• 35:43 – The Transition To Geothermal Energy & Eavor Technology.
• 53:05 – How Is Eavor So Innovative?
• 1:04:51 – Quaise Energy, Galileo & The Non-Linearity Between Depth & Heat For Geothermal.
• 1:13:50 – VC In Geothermal & Eavor.
• 1:20:15 – The Problem Between Energy Generation & Energy Consumption.
• 1:25:40 – Explaining Eavor Tech By Example + Beauracratic Red Tape.
• 1:40:05 – Daniel Yergin & The Bearish Case For Geothermal.
• 1:47:09 – What Is A Country You Are Bullish On?
• 1:53:15 – Conversation Between Any Two People Of History?
• 1:58:54 – Afterthoughts & Ambition For The Podcast.

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On The Ukraine War From A Ukrainian Perspective. Alexander Kucherenko is a Ukrainian located in Poltava, a large city in the east of Ukraine between Kyiv and Kharkiv.

In this conversation, Alexander and I speak about how he smuggled his family out of Ukraine, what Alexander has learned about humanity in the last 100 days, as well as some of the heroic and some of the horrific stories from the Ukraine war so far.

In This Podcast With Alexander Kucherenko, You Can Expect To Hear About…

• Smuggling His Family Out Of Ukraine.
• What He’s Learned In The Last 100 Days.
• The Daily Anxiety Of War.
• Alexander’s Fundraising Initiative.
• & Lots More…

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• 00:00 – Introduction
• 02:19 – Smuggling His Family Out Of Ukraine.
• 13:29 – What Have You Learned About Humanity In The Last 100 Days?
• 17:06 – Hoodies For Goodies… Alexander’s Fundraising Campaign.
• 28:36 – Change In Labour Force & Cost Of Goods In Ukraine.
• 38:19 – The Daily Anxiety Of War + The Heroics & Horror Of The Eastern Occupation.
• 54:59 – What Makes Ukraine Exceptional? How Does This End With Oligarchs, Zelensky, War, etc?
• 1:37:12 – Afterthoughts.

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Episodes Of The Curious Worldview Podcast Similar To This!

• Alexander Kucherenko | Checking In From The Eastern Front
• Jim Henry Ukraine/Russia War #1
• Jim Henry Ukraine/Russia War #2
• Vijay Vaitheeswaran On Russia/European Gas
• Michael Hilliard Geopolitical Analysis Of The UkraineRussiaWar
• Tim Harcourt On Russian Economy & How It Affects Australia

Links To Alexander Kucherenko

Instagram – @oleksandrkucherenko

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The following is a conversation with Sean Kelly, the author of The Game, A Portrait Of Scott Morrison. 

Scott Morrison is the recently defeated, 30th Prime Minister of Australia. He was described in Sean’s book as someone with a core ideology of deep confusion. All Australians have their own idea about who Scott Morrison is, but for those of you reading who are not Australian, I will just say Morrison was someone known as the spin doctor. He was the leader of the liberal party which is the centre-right party in Australia and his reputation was one largely of inauthenticity in desperation to be seen as just a normal, regular Australian. 

Sean’s book was really fascinating for more than just the portrait of Morrison that it paints, but also for reflections on various modern parts of Australia’s culture. It is bloody interesting. Sean Kelly is an Australian journalist and a regular contributor to The Monthly. He was also a political adviser to Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard.

In This Podcast With Sean Kelly, You Can Expect To Hear About…

• Is Morrison A Bafoonish Machiavellian?
• How Politics Is Performative, Rather Than Authentic.
• Scott Morrison & Religion.
• Australia As The Lucky Country.

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• 00:00 – Introduction.
• 01:54 – A Bafoonish Machiavellian.
• 12:10 – Political Leaders With No Core Beliefs.
• 20:45 – ScoMo’s Curries, the Sharks & Inauthenticity.
• 33:41 – Biggest Grub In Federal Parliament.
• 37:47 – Morrison & Religious Faith.
• 43:44 – What Does It Mean ‘Australia The Lucky Country’.
• 53:56 – Has Scott Morrison Read Your Book?
• 58:12 – Most Bullish Country + Conversation Between Any Two People Of History.
• 1:00:56 – Afterthoughts & Ambition.

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Episodes Of The Curious Worldview Podcast Mentioned & Related.

• Alexander Lee | The Life & Philosophy Of Machiavelli
• Geoff Raby | Australia & China
• Michael Smith | Australia’s Last Foreign Correspondent In China

Links To Sean Kelly

• Sean Kelly Twitter
• The Game: A Portrait Of Scott Morrison.

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The following is a conversation with Magnus Brandberg, a founding partner of Gullspång Invest, a family office based in Sweden.

They are investing patient capital on a generational timeline, focusing on issues core to the transformation of society towards sustainability. Magnus has a background in renewable energy and cleantech with an MBA from Insead and a Ms.c from Uppsala.

I reached out to Magnus because of a fascinating company in his portfolio, a geothermal financing company called Base Load Capital operating out of Stockholm, with operations in Japan, Taiwan and Iceland. The podcast is neatly divided into three parts, each more fascinating than the last.

In This Podcast With Magnus Brandberg, You Can Expect To Hear About…

• The Dynamics Of Family Offices.
• Swedish Exceptionalism.
• The Potential Of Geothermal Energy.

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• 00:00 – Introduction.
• 02:24 – Dynamics Of The Family Office & Gullspång Invest.
• 35:24 – Swedish Exceptionalism.
• 56:39 – Geothermal Energy & Base Load Capital.
• 1:16:57 – Quaise Energy & Going Deep.
• 1:23:41 – Negative Signals For Geothermal.
• 1:33:24 – Political Risk For Running A Business In Taiwan.
• 1:35:33 – Country Most Bullish On?
• 1:39:15 – Conversation Between Any Two People Of History?
• 1:42:06 – Afterthoughts

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Episodes & Links Mentioned.

• Patrick Hanson | The Promise & Potential Of Geothermal Energy
• David Volts | The State Of Geothermal
• The Food Waste Manifesto
• Can Geothermal Answer The Renewables Question?

Links To Magnus Brandberg

• Linkedin
• Twitter

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The assassination of Olaf Palma shook Sweden to the core. This is the podcast with Thomas Pettersson journeying through the Olaf Palma case from top to bottom.

After 12 years of research that resulted in the book The Unlikely Murderer, journalist Thomas Pettersson brought the case to an end. His findings renewed the police investigation of suspect Stig Engström in 2017, and it led to the final judiciary closure in June 2020.

In This Podcast With Thomas Pettersson, You Can Expect To Hear About…

• Sweden's Culture.
• How The Police Botched The Case Again & Again.
• Skandiamannen.
• How The Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction.

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• 00:00 – Introduction.
• 04:18 – Context For Swedish Society & Olof Palme Without Bodyguards.
• 12:18 – Who Was Olof Palme? What Made Him So Controversial?
• 25:53 – Olof Palme’s Mates: Gandhi, Castro, Arafat & More.
• 32:16 – The Series Of Events That Led To Olof Palme’s Murder.
• 39:38 – Largest Police Investigation In History.
• 52:28 – Conspiracy Theories For Olof Palme’s Assassination.
• 1:03:23 – Skandiamannen.
• 1:32:23 – Thomas Pettersson.
• 1:42:23 – Status Of The Police Investigation.
• 1:46:18 – The Exact Series Of Events That Led To Olof Palme’s Assassination According To Thomas Pettersson.
• 1:55:18 – Motives Of The Assassin.
• 1:58:18 – What Does The Palme Family Think About Thomas Pettersson’s Theory?
• 2:04:18 – What Is Thomas Pettersson’s Most Fascinating Takeaway?
• 2:11:03 – How Olof Palme’s Death Affected Sweden’s Culture.
• 2:15:29 – Wrapping It Up.
• 2:16:29 – Afterthoughts.

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Episodes Of The Curious Worldview Podcast Mentioned.

• Chris Miller | Geopolitics Of The Semi-Conductor
• Tim Butcher | Journey Into The Heart Of The Congo
• Bjorn Persson | Anti Poacher Wildlife Photography

Links To Thomas Pettersson

• The Unlikely Murderer

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The following is a conversation with Patrick Hanson who is the Director of Sales and Marketing at JRG Energy Consultants.

Patrick has 15 years of marketing, brand management, communications, and sales enablement experience, with over 13 years specific to the geothermal industry. This includes 5 years working in Houston, TX with Scientific Drilling International where Patrick led all geothermal marketing and oversaw global geothermal business development strategy for an O&G dominant supplier.

Patrick has spent his career helping energy service companies redefine their brand and strengthen strategic customer relationships within the energy sector while positioning and promoting geothermal at every opportunity.

In This Podcast With Patrick Hanson, You Can Expect To Hear About…

• The Promise Of Geothermal Energy.
• VC Money In Geothermal.
• Low Hanging Potential Of Geothermal.
• Megawatts At Scale.

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• 00:00 – Introduction.
• 03:31 – The Promise Of Deep Geothermal Energy.
• 11:51 – Megawatts & Geothermal Scale Explained.
• 14:39 – Geothermal Compared To Other Renewables + The Pacific Rim Of Fire.
• 18:41 – Limitations Of The Geothermal Promise.
• 23:41 – The Most Exciting Companies In The Industry.
• 30:31 – VC In Geothermal.
• 43:01 – The Incentives Are Misaligned.
• 48:06 – The Geopolitical Impact Of Geothermal At Scale.
• 54:51 – Low Hanging Fruit In Geothermal.
• 1:06:57 – A Sceptical Take On Geothermal.
• 1:14:11 – Future Predictions For Geothermal.
• 1:34:16 – Country You Are Most Bullish On.
• 1:35:46 – Conversation Between Any Two People Of History.
• 1:38:13 – Afterthoughts & Ambition For The Podcast.

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Episodes Of The Curious Worldview Podcast Similar To This!

• David Volts | Renewables & Geothermal Energy
• Irina Slav | Sceptical Of Renewable Energy
• Tom Raftery | Very Bullish On Renewables Change

Links To Jim Henry

• Jim Henry Twitter
• Blood Bankers

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The following is a conversation with Jim Henry, on among other things, the Elon Musk twitter takeover.

Jim Henry is the author of Blood Bankers – an investigation into the capital flight of the developing world during the 80’s and 90’s. Jim’s book serves as a prequel to what has become the investigative industry of tax evasion.

In This Podcast With Jim Henry, You Can Expect To Hear About…

• Credit Suisse.
• Efficacy Of Russia Sanctions.
• Twitter & Elon Musk!

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• 00:00 – Introduction.
• 02:09 – Credit Suisse.
• 16:17 – The Efficacy Of Russia Sanctions So Far.
• 37:30 – Elon Musk & Twitter.
• 1:25:31 – Afterthoughts & Ambition For The Podcast.

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Episodes Of The Curious Worldview Podcast Similar To This!

• Jim Henry | Blood Bankers
• Jim Henry | Sanctions I
• Jim Henry | Sanctions II
• Nicholas Shaxson | Pandora Papers Explained
• Bradley Hope | Offshore Finance Red Pill
• Nassim Taleb & Edward Snowden Twitter War

Links To Jim Henry

• Jim Henry Twitter
• Blood Bankers

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