Risky Conversations

Inverted assumptions and where to find them.

Co-Host :: Ahsan Deliri twitter: https://twitter.com/AhsanDeliri  

Co-Host :: Ember Sadat twitter: https://twitter.com/ember_sadat  

Special Guests:: Mike Driver twitter: https://twitter.com/mdvex22

Special Guests:: Paul Portesi twitter: https://twitter.com/PaulPortesi

Edited :: Ember Sadat twitter: https://twitter.com/ember_sadat  

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Pushing boundaries and solving complex problems, how to filter out the noise and look for the best signal.

Co-Host :: Ahsan Deliri twitter: https://twitter.com/AhsanDeliri

Co-Host :: Ember Sadat twitter: https://twitter.com/ember_sadat

Special Guests:: Niloofar Shadab twitter: https://twitter.com/nilooshaa

Edited :: Ember Sadat twitter: https://twitter.com/ember_sadat

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How do the banks try to stay within the laws? How do they balance the ethics required to be moral citizens operating under the pressures of maximizing profit? Luckily for us, there are people who specialize in this area. They are called compliance officers. It's the exciting world of money laundering, cryptocurrencies and everything with global politics tied to finance. 

Co-Host :: Ahsan Deliri twitter: https://twitter.com/AhsanDeliri

Co-Host :: Ember Sadat twitter: https://twitter.com/ember_sadat

Special Guests:: Thomas Messina twitter: https://twitter.com/VergilDen

Edited :: Ember Sadat twitter: https://twitter.com/ember_sadat

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"Fate leads the willing, the unwilling it drags" - the wise Seneca. Time burns all assumptions, how much space you have left to maneuver depends entirely on your value structure.

Find Velina's Work and recommended books below:  

1) https://medium.com/@vtchakarova;  

2) list with sources on Systems Theory and IR;  

3) Gilpin https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691086774/global-political-economy;  

4) Realpolitik https://foreignaffairs.com/reviews/capsule-review/2017-04-14/realpolitik-history;  

5) Geopolitics https://tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/2325548X.2013.785741;  

6) Zbig https://amazon.com/Grand-Chessboard-American-Geostrategic-Imperatives/dp/046509435X

Co-Host :: Ahsan Deliri twitter: https://twitter.com/AhsanDeliri

Co-Host :: Ember Sadat twitter: https://twitter.com/ember_sadat

Special Guests:: Velina Tchakarovatwitter: https://twitter.com/vtchakarova

Edited :: Ember Sadat twitter: https://twitter.com/ember_sadat

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Humor is the kernel expression of truth. This week on #RiskyConversations we are joined by Stefan Gasic the one and only hilarious Creator of Earth’s only financial(ish) cartoon strip!

Co-Host :: Ahsan Deliri twitter: https://twitter.com/AhsanDeliri

Co-Host :: Ember Sadat twitter: https://twitter.com/ember_sadat

Special Guests:: Stefan Gasic twitter: https://twitter.com/NonMeek

Edited :: Ember Sadat twitter: https://twitter.com/ember_sadat

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Check Out Stefans amazing art at https://gumroad.com/offshorecomic

Books Mentioned:

Dynamic Figure Drawing: A New Approach to Drawing the Moving Figure in Deep Space and Foreshortening Paperback – Aug 1 1996

by Burne Hogarth

https://www.amazon.ca/Dynamic-Figure-Drawing-Approach-Foreshortening/dp/0823015777/ref=sr_1_3?qid=1582998982&refinements=p_27%3ABurne+Hogarth&s=books&sr=1-3

How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life Hardcover – Oct 22 2013

by Scott Adams

https://www.amazon.ca/How-Fail-Almost-Everything-Still/dp/1591846919/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=scott+adams&qid=1582999221&s=books&sr=1-2

https://books.apple.com/ca/book/how-to-fail-at-almost-everything-and-still-win-big/id645980630

Incerto (Deluxe Edition): Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan, The Bed of Procrustes, Antifragile, Skin in the Game Hardcover – Jul 30 2019

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

https://www.amazon.ca/Incerto-Deluxe-Randomness-Procrustes-Antifragile/dp/198481981X/ref=sr_1_7?keywords=taleb&qid=1583000301&s=books&sr=1-7

https://books.apple.com/ca/book/incerto-4-book-bundle/id1067627442

Meet James Marsh, trader, and connoisseur of risk in the real world.

Books mentioned in Podcast:

Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era

by James M. McPherson (Author)

https://books.apple.com/ca/book/battle-cry-of-freedom/id838763945

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream

by Hunter S. Thompson (Author)

https://books.apple.com/ca/book/fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas/id420526835

The Guns of August: The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Classic About the Outbreak of World War I Mass Market

by Barbara W. Tuchman (Author)

https://books.apple.com/ca/book/the-guns-of-august/id419974327

The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914; Barbara W. Tuchman's Great War Series

by Barbara W. Tuchman (Author)

https://books.apple.com/ca/book/the-proud-tower/id455577255

The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable: With a new section: "On Robustness and Fragility"

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (Author)

https://books.apple.com/ca/book/the-black-swan-second-edition/id419951583

Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets Paperback

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (Author)

https://books.apple.com/ca/book/fooled-by-randomness/id419979120

Meet Jed Trott, modern-day man living out the example of Christ. Humanitarian at heart, funny on the fly, and knows a thing or two about the energy markets.

Co-Host :: Ahsan Deliri twitter: https://twitter.com/AhsanDeliri

Co-Host :: Ember Sadat twitter: https://twitter.com/ember_sadat

Special Guests:: Jed Trott twitter: https://twitter.com/Jed_Trott

Edited :: Ember Sadat twitter: https://twitter.com/ember_sadat

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Meet the brilliant Dr. Michael Bonner, Director of Policy to the Honourable Lisa MacLeod | Writer | Classicist | Historian of Iran and a brilliant orator of history. Join us as we learn about the Persian empire and its place in the world and history. 

Co-Host :: Ahsan Deliri twitter: https://twitter.com/AhsanDeliri

Co-Host :: Ember Sadat twitter: https://twitter.com/ember_sadat

Special Guests:: Dr. Michael Bonner twitter: https://twitter.com/DrMichaelBonner

Edited :: Ember Sadat twitter: https://twitter.com/ember_sadat

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Be on the lookout for Dr. Michael Bonner’s Upcoming new book ; The Last Empire of Iran