This is the very first episode of my new podcast "Hammer-Time."

It is still work in progress, so please bear with me as it develops and send me any ideas, comments, and suggestions you might have. This is a new endeavour, and I hope that many of you will join me on this journey to create a podcast that is both informative and entertaining.

This is the audio version of a Twitter Space done with Albert Marko and Elbridge Colby on the current state of Geopolitics.

Frank Furedi is a sociologist and social commentator. He is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Kent in Canterbury.

His most recent book is “The Road to Ukraine: How the West Lost its Way.”

Since the late 1990s, Frank has been widely cited about his views on why Western societies find it so difficult to engage with risk and uncertainty. He has published widely about controversies relating to issues such as health, parenting children, food and new technology. His book Invitation To Terror; Expanding the Empire of the Unknown (2007) explores the way in which the threat of terrorism has become amplified through the ascendancy of precautionary thinking. It develops the arguments contained in two previous books, Culture of Fear (2002) and Paranoid Parenting (2001). Both of these works investigate the interaction between risk consciousness and perceptions of fear, trust relations and social capital in contemporary society.

Frank has also written extensively about issues to do with education and cultural life. His book, Wasted: Why Education Is Not Educating (2009) deals with the influence of the erosion of adult authority on schooling. On Tolerance (2011) offers a restatement of the importance of this concept for an open society. Authority: A Sociological History (2013) examines how the modern world has become far more comfortable with questioning authority than with affirming it.

Jeff Snider is one of the foremost experts on the global monetary system, specifically the eurodollar money system, and all aspects of its misunderstood inner workings and how they impact global markets, commerce, and economy. His podcast - Eurodollar University - aims to educate the public on the evolution and nature, and nuances of the eurodollar system and true monetary principles. He is a regular contributor to Real Clear Markets and a columnist for the Epoch Times, and is active on Twitter as well as He has been a guest on countless programs including MacroVoices, and Real Vision for his insights into the Eurodollar system, LIBOR, and repo/securities lending markets., etc.

Make sure to follow him on Twitter at @JeffSnider_AIP and check out Eurodollar University ( https://www.eurodollar.university/) and the accompanying YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrXNkk4IESnqU-8GMad2vyA

In late September I had the great opportunity to talk to Camille Asmar on his beautifully made podcast! I highly recommend to subscribe to it here:  https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAntidote...

In today’s episode of the “1020 Podcast” Ralph speaks with the smartest chicken there is: Behind the Green Chicken hides the outstanding team of Doomberg – a group of experts on everything economics and energy.

They started writing Doomberg in May of 2021 to highlight the fundamentals missing from many economic and policy decisions, and it quickly grew to be one of the most widely read finance newsletters on Substack (https://doomberg.substack.com/about). They also have a fantastic Twitter account that is always full of information about what is going on in the global economy. You can find them @DoombergT.

Their substack is written with wit&passion without ever being silly and the content is borne out of the team’s deep experience in heavy industry, private equity, and the hard sciences.

Today Ralph is not the interviewer but the interviewed on "The Missing Piece."

Make sure to check out their YouTube channel as well: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcn9R6zigqqIGeqrM4kr-0A/featured

As an international news podcaster and journalist for 13 years, Will is determined to bring the latest news to our views. Will Li, the creator, and the host of the podcast, invites academic guests, experts from international relations,  unique authors across the continents to join the show. No matter where you are, this program will give you firsthand information regarding the affairs around the world. - The Missing Piece - We Dig Deeper in News.

Daniel Idfresne is a seventeen-year-old born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. He has experience on the Public Forum Debate team and is currently a member of the Philosophy Club at Brooklyn Technical High School. Tune in to the Daniel Idfresne Show, where he makes philosophical connections to political and cultural occurrences today.