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Scott Rank is the guest on this episode of the podcast and of course, a historian of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey.

Scott Rank is an author, entrepreneur, academic, and podcaster. He is the author of twelve books. In addition to all of this, and as well many of the topics of this chat. Scott currently hosts the show History Unplugged, which has over 10 million downloads and is one of the most celebrated history podcasts on the internet.

You can expect to hear in this podcast with Scott Rank about the following and more…

• First/Third – The Geopolitics Of Turkey & What It Is Like To Live There?
• Second/Third – The Personal Brand, The Shifting Media Economy & The Power Of Distribution.
• Third/Third – (My Favourite) Scott Answers Fun, Hyperbolic Questions From History.

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• 00:00 – Introduction.
• 06:33 – Why Did You Decide To Envelop Your Life In Turkey?
• 09:48 – Why Does Scott See Journalism As A Dead End + New Media Business Models.
• 15:57 – Scott Introducing Us To Turkey & Explaining It’s Geopolitical Significance.
• 30:44 – Personal Branding & Being Rid Of The Middle Men In Distribution.
• 50:10 – Who Is One Explorer That Didn’t Make The Cut On Your List Of GOAT?
• 53:13 – Are There Still Great Adventures To Be Had?
• 58:22 – Do We Know About Some Ancient Explorer Who Wasn’t Asian, Arabic Or European?

Scott Rank Hyperbolic Questions Of History

• 1:02:17 – Who Is Histories Greatest Ruler?
• 1:03:10 – Who Is Histories Most Misunderstood Figure?
• 1:04:15 – Who Is Histories Most Important Figure?
• 1:04:47 – What Is Histories Most Fascinating Civilisation?
• 1:08:14 – Where Is The Greatest Place & Time To Have Ever Lived In History?
• 1:10:26 – Of All The Leaders Of History, Who Would Win In A Fight?
• 1:12:28 – What Country Are You Most Bullish On?
• 1:13:15 – Conversation Between Any Two People Of History
• 1:15:15 – Afterthoughts.

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Lachlan McGrath is the Senior Strategy Consultant for CyberCX and the Curious Worldview Podcast's official cyber security expert.

Cyber Security forces us to make considerations such as the following. 

• Why deploy an expensive and costly army when you could rather just cripple your enemy via wifi and anonymity?
• Why spend billions on soldiers to destabilise a nation when you could rather just meddle anonymously in their elections?
• Why risk your life trying to rob a bank, when you could rather and with significantly less risk just inject a line of malware code and achieve the same end goal?
• How does the geopolitics of power change when traditional geography, manpower and distance become obsolete?

You can expect to hear in this podcast with Lachlan About Cyber Security the following and more...

• Why Cyber Security Threats Must Be Treated As Seriously As If They Were Physical.
• Lachlan Going Through All The Key Jargon.
• The Geopolitics Of Cyber Security.
• The Realities Of Cyber Warfare.
• More, more, more and more.

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00:00 - Introduction.
04:39 - How We Should Stop Thinking About Threats As Only Physical.
11:44 - Lachlan Describing His Experience In Both The Public & Private Sector.
18:09 - Defining Some Of The Key Jargon In Cyber Security.
31:07 - Implications Of The Mass Movement To The Cloud.
35:56 - Using Real World Metaphors To Understand Cyber.
41:06 - Why Is The NHS Vulnerable To Attack?
43:36 - The Sophistication Difference Between The Offense & Defense.
54:41 - A Diplomatic Lachlan.
58:01 - The Geopolitics Of Cyber Security?
1:11:41 - What About The Ethics Of Cyber?
1:18:26 - Cyber Warfare.
1:40:23 - Cryptocurrency Regulation.
1:54:05 - Country You Are Most Bullish On?
1:56:42 - Conversation Between Any Two People?
1:57:54 - Afterthoughts.
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Article Attached To This Podcast 🎙️: https://atlasgeographica.com/john-kaag-nietzsche/

John Kaag and his magnificent book, Hiking With Nietzsche, is the subject of this episode of the podcast.

The book is a decompression on two journeys, separated by 15 years. John journeyed to Sils Maria - this beautiful mountainous village in Switzerland where Nietzsche published, what some would claim as his masterpiece, a fictional title - Thus Spoke Zarathustra - which is, of course, an allegory on becoming who you are. 

In this podcast with John Kaag On Hiking With Nietzsche, you can expect to hear about some of the following. …

• How philosophers romanticise to the point of worship, walking.
  Nietzsche being misinterpreted later in life.
  The impossible trade-off between fostering a family and pursuing the individual path.
  Nietzsche's commentary on killing ones own father - metaphorically of course.
  And finally - nothing to serious, just how John responds to being asked what his life purpose is

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00:00 - Introduction.
04:43 - Is There A Mysticism To Sils Maria?
15:38 - John's Experience Intentionally Fasting Himself Into Deleriousnousness.
25:38 - Did Nietzsche Ever Intentionally Harm Himself?
27:19 - The Problem Of Taking Nietzsche Literally.
33:43 - Great Philosophers & Their Devotion To Walking.
38:58 - The Impossible Trade Between Family & Becoming Who You Are.
56:59 - Nietzsche's Call To Kill Your Father.
1:05:23 - How Does One Become Who They Are?
1:08:57 - What Is John Kaags Great & Impossible?
1:10:23 - Conversation Between Any Two People Of History.
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Article Attached To This Podcast 🎙️: https://atlasgeographica.com/dan-paech/

Dan Peach is the guest on this episode of the podcast and co-owner of the Stockholm based start-up, 100 Point Challenge.

Dan is a mate of mine who I met a couple of years ago when I was selling a booking software for tour operators in Europe. Dan owns the business that was at the time companies first Swedish client. I have since moved to Stockholm and Dan has become one of my closest friends here.

I wanted to interview Dan because he has such an interesting story about moving from Perth over to Sweden. He is a business owner and perennial entrepreneur and he currently owns and runs a business that pulled off one of the best pivots I have ever heard during the Covid-19 pandemic. It is stuff worthwhile of a Harvard business case study.

You can expect to hear in the podcast with Dan Paech about the following and more…

• Dan’s story and motivation for coming to Sweden of all places.
• Starting and running a business in Sweden.
• A bit of Perth history and what its like to grow up there.
• Plus you guys will hear about more and more as well, please refer to the timestamps to navigate through the chat.

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00:00 - Introduction.
03:58 - Starting In Perth, Childhood & The Mining Boom
18:18 - Moving To Sydney, Covid-19 & Health Economics
27:18 - Journeying Onto Latin America
35:18 - Onto London & Asking The Question - What Do I Want To Do?
42:18 - Dan Giving An Explanation For The Backwards Housing Market In Sweden
47:48 - Dan's Story Of Entrepreneurship Through Sweden
58:38 - What Did Dan Learn Through His Various Failures?
1:02:48 - The Heroic Pivot
1:10:08 - What Is Sweden Like To Run A Business?
1:16:53 - Reflecting On How The Path Could Have Been Different
1:22:08 - Plans To Return To Australia
1:26:45 - What Country Are You Most Bullish On?
1:30:38 - Conversation Between Any Two People
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Bradley Hope is the co-founder of Project Brazen, a media company that is producing books, podcasts, and even tv shows and movies based off the stranger than fiction real-life stories composed in a narrative journalism style. Bradley Hope is also the co-author of the book, Billion Dollar Whale - the 1MDB scandal and exposing of Jho Low as well as Blood & Oil, the story so far of MBS - Mohammed Bin Salman.

You can expect to hear in the podcast with Bradley some of the following and more

• Great examples of narrative journalism.
• MBS’s foreshadowing with a boyhood addiction to playing age of empires.
• Why celebrities are just people for hire.
• Bradley giving us the pandora papers red pill.
• Why he is fascinated by the middle east.
• And more and more and more.

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00:00 - Introduction.
04:21- Explaining Narrative Journalism... Definition and Examples.
13:36 - Bradley's Favourite Piece Of Narrative Journalism.
16:36 - What Some Great Stories Of Narrative Journalism You Are Working On?
26:01 - How's The Economics Of Project Brazen Work?
29:46 - Pandora Papers & Celebrities Are People For Hire.
35:13 - Bradley Giving Us A Dose Of Offshore Finance Red Pill.
43:20 - Pegasus Spy Software & Investigative Journalists Remaining Encrypted.
50:02 - How Special Is The Middle East To You + Bradley Romanticising Travel & Adventure.
59:15 - Where Are The Best Stories Coming From?
1:01:38 - Reflecting On The Current State Of Lebanon.
1:04:16 - Which Country Are You Most Bullish On
1:10:00 - A Conversation Between Any Two People Of History?
1:12:00 - Afterthoughts.
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Article Attached To This Podcast 🎙️: https://atlasgeographica.com/nicholas-shaxson-pandora-papers/

Nicholas Shaxson is a British author, journalist and investigator. He is best known for his investigative books Poisoned Wells and Treasure Islands, both extensive investigations into the corrupt and horrific world of tax evasion, financial secrecy and the rest.

Nicholas Shaxson has worked as a part-time writer and researcher for the Tax Justice Network, an expert-led lobbying group that includes members such as Jim Henry, a former guest on the podcast, and they focus on the harmful impacts of tax avoidance, tax competition and tax havens.

In this podcast, Nicholas Shaxson and I discussed exclusively the Pandora Papers and nothing further beyond delving into his bread and butter - financial havens.

We have scheduled a date for the future to record on the podcast about everything else. But for now... The Pandora Papers Explained.

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Article Attached To This Podcast 🎙️: https://atlasgeographica.com/jim-henry-blood-bankers/

Jim Henry is the author of Blood Bankers a classic investigative tale of following the money.

Jim is a Harvard educated economist and lawyer, one of the famous Nader Raiders, a former chief economist at McKinsey & Co, an investigative journalist, author and as you can imagine much more as well. He is a founding member of TJN, the Tax Justice Network and one of the leading voices on curtailing tax evasion and the proliferation of offshore activity. 

He is currently the founder and managing director of the  Sag Harbour Group, a consultancy for technology organisations. 

In this podcast with Jim Henry & Blood Bankers, you can expect to learn...

• How Jim discovered Nixon offshore money
• The early history of tax havens
• Operating as chief economist at McKinsey during so much of the development crisis
• His thoughts on confessions of an economic hitman
• an example of the archetypal debt elephant - which is a hydro dam in brazil, whose damage is borderline unfathomable  
• Implications of the underground economy
• Debt trap diplomacy
• Much, much more...

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00:00 - Introduction
08:04 - Jim's Early Years
15:56 - Thinking About The Underground Economy
26:02 - Nixon Offshore Money
34:11 - Following The Money & Emphasising McKinsey & Co
45:26 - The Archetypal Economic Hitman Story & Jim's Thoughts On Confessions Of An Economic Hitman
52:15 - The Philippines & The Marcos Debacle
57:56 - Death On Hermila Marcos's Hands
1:02:56 - Why Does Money Continue To Flow Into A Corrupt Regime?
1:09:25 - Defining Capital Flight & More On The Nuts & Bolds On The Money
1:23:14 - What Are The Incentives For The World Bank/IMF?
1:27:56 - A Question From Nicholas Shaxson - Poisoned Scrambled Eggs & Dangers In Investigation.
1:40:26 - Reflecting On Leaving The Corporate Life Behind To Write A Book
1:48:26 - Narrowing In On Brazil, The Archetypal Debt Elephant
2:06:21 - Mexico & Implications Of The Underground Economy
2:21:16 - Is Demand A Stronger Force Than Supply When It Comes To The Drug Trade?2:27:56 - How Offshore Allows The Scale Of Criminal Organisations
2:34:20 - Chinese Debt Trap Diplomacy
2:38:00 - What Does Jim Think About Foreign Aid?
2:44:50 - What About The Ethics Of Tax Evasion?
2:56:10 - Jim On Russia
3:06:00 - What Country Is Jim Bullish On?
3:08:50 - Conversation Between Any Two People Of History?
3:11:38 - Afterthoughts
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• A brief history of Saudi Arabia.
• How MBS spends his billions.
• A bit about the implications of Kashoggi.
• What MBS true skills and qualities are.
• The role of McKinsey, BCG and the rest in Saudi Arabia.
• + much, much more.

Article Attached To This Podcast Here 🎙️: https://atlasgeographica.com/christian-busch-serendipity/

Life can be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.

How can we predict a future of infinite possibilities based on a finite experience of the past? 

An unpredictable future is both exciting as well as daunting however an altogether inescapable fact. There is too much beyond our control for predictability. And so you can choose to either continue to ride down the river of randomness, being pulled back and forth according to the current, or you can instead invite serendipity into your life and introduce an infinite amount of divergent paths - the paths will still be entirely random and largely unpredictable, but they will at least increase the likelihood of bliss and also return some agency to your direction.

Along the lines of Taleb's fooled by randomness metaphor - we all cross the busy street every day - and although some fools will occasionally make it to the other side, blindfolded to the world while others who meticulously path their way will still be wiped out - noticing the serendipity, noticing the infinite potential of divergent paths, at least this returns to you the liberty of control and hopefully, if your lucky, an exposure to serendipity that can change your life precisely the way you dreamt it would.

There is much to this podcast, in it, you can expect to learn about...

• Frederick Hayek on Serendipity
• The opportunity cost of always optimising for Serendipity
• An international look at how different cultures experience randomness
• Some Nassim Taleb of course
• And then finally I ask Christian for some advice (you will see, forcing a type of serendipity)

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00:00 - Introduction
04:54 - Distinction Between Randomness & Serendipity
09:14 - Hayek On Serendipity
16:44 - Great Anecdotes Of Serendipity From History
17:44 - The Opportunity Cost Of Always Optimising For Serendipity
24:49 - How Serendipity Is Understood Across Different Cultures
35:24 - On Cultivating Serendipity
39:54 - Introducing Nassim Taleb, The Birthday Paradox & Exponential Functions
49:06 - Optimising Serendipity For A Hypothetical Person
59:00 - Afterthoughts

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Arne Andersson was one of the first people I met when I arrived in Sweden.

In this podcast, Arne and I speak about his experiences growing up in Sweden, whether conscription is good or bad and as well his extensive experience in Afghanistan.

Arne spent three different tours in this nation and has a unique insight into the disaster that has befallen the nation since.

There is much to this podcast, in it, you can expect to learn about…

• Arne’s early experiences + getting stabbed.
• Arne’s experiences with the Swedish Military in Afghanistan over three tours.
• The significance of Jiu Jitsu in his life.

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• 00:00 – Introduction
• 02:35 – The Early Path
• 12:30 – Conscription In The Swedish Military
• 18:10 – Arne Get’s Stabbed + More On The Timeline
• 25:45 – Is It Swedish Patriotism Or Did You Just Want To Be A Soldier?
• 32:45 – First Tour In Afghanistan + The Issues Of This Country
• 39:50 – Why Did $2 Trillion Fail?
• 45:40 – Arne Giving His Rundown Of Afghanistan
• 48:40 – Why The Finnish Were The Best Soldiers
• 53:20 – What Was The Purpose Of Interacting With The Locals
• 57:00 – Speaking Among The Troops Over The Conspiracy Of Iraq
• 1:01:40 – Did Arne Ever Engage In Combat?
• 1:18:50 – Quoting Jocko
• 1:20:30 – Sweden’s Supposed Neutrality
• 1:24:00 – The Maginot Line
• 1:30:08 – Restrepo
• 1:32:50 – What Did $300,000,000 A Day Buy?
• 1:37:40 – Private Militia
• 1:44:50 – The Role Jiu Jitsu Plays In Arne’s Life
• 1:48:00 – How Is Jocko Received In The Military Community?

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