Today, Santiago & Josh interview Ron Dodson, CEO & Portfolio Manager of Dallas North Capital Partners, to discuss his personal journey from talented guitarist, to pilot, to hedge fund manager, as well as his thoughts on the 2024 election, pending financial crisis, and how the Trump team should handle corruption and conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East.

 

(1:08) Fiscal crises and the growing debt problem

(2:12) Political strategies to constrain presidencies

(3:52) Reflections on Biden’s presidency and relevance

(5:46) Nixon’s gold standard and EPA decisions revisited

(8:17) Can Trump replicate Nixon’s reforms?

(12:33) Eric Prince’s approach to cartels and national security

(13:01) Citizenship, loyalty, and national identity issues

(18:00) Signs of hope: J.D. Vance, federalism, and the Texas Rangers’ win

(21:09) Tucker Carlson’s authenticity and leadership

(27:42) Lessons from Gideon’s story and finding a good partner

(43:53) From guitarist to hedge fund manager: Dodson’s career shift

(50:23) Guitars, Van Halen, and Dodson’s musical influences

(57:04) Treasures and stories from Dodson’s personal space

(59:13) Favorite fiction and philosophical reads

(1:06:02) Key political readings: Carl Schmitt, Plato, and more

 

Ronald Dodson is CEO and Portfolio Manager of Dallas North Capital Partners, a private fund management firm. He also frequently writes on geopolitical developments and global risk. He has worked with the Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts. His interests include the Noahic Covenant gentile believers in the ancient world, continental theology and coaching soccer. He is a deacon in the PCA.

 

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https://americanreformer.org/author/ronald-dodson/

 

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(0:41) Viper: autonomous VTOL cruise missile

(3:00) Scaling from one Viper/day to thousands/month

(8:05) Balancing flexibility and automation in manufacturing

(12:35) How a former Boeing facility became the heart of Mach’s operations

(16:26) Additive manufacturing for rapid R&D

(22:23) Aerodynamic testing with trucks and subscale models

(25:10) Composite materials and flexible processes

(29:03) Why iterative production is crucial for the future of warfare

Part II - Sit-down Interview

(30:41) Ethan’s path: from making knives to making drones

(33:37) "A company is just a tool to achieve your goals."

(37:00) Scaling production is the game

(45:58) Learning to build on his Grandfather's farm

(56:43) “The stratosphere is the most important domain of the next century.”

(57:19) Mastering the finance of manufacturing

(1:01:31) Lessons from the UKR-RUS conflict

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Today, Santiago & Josh interview Nate Fischer, Founder & CEO of New Founding, Co-founder of American Reformer, and Co-founder of a $1Billion RE firm, to discuss the aftermath of the 2024 election and what it means for the future of conservatism, Americanism, the US economy, Christianity, and much more.

 

#NateFischer #Election #2024 #DonaldTrump #MAGA #Government #DC #Swamp #Bureaucracy #Innovation #Economics #Politics #Society #Culture #America

 

Nate Fischer is the Founder & CEO of New Founding, a cofounder of American Reformer, an investor and entrepreneur. He makes early-stage venture investments and is the principal of NF Macro, a multi-strategy investment firm. He previously co-founded Trustwork, an online platform for property maintenance services, and InvestRes, a $1.5B real estate investment company. He lives with his wife and four children in Dallas, Texas.

 

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Today, Santiago & Josh interview Sean McMeekin, Professor of European History and Culture and Author of Stalin's War, to discuss the origins of Communism, the influence and impact of Lenin and Stalin, World War II Revisionism, and applications to modern day US politics.

 

#SeanMcMeekin #Communism #WorldWarII #Stalin #Lenin #Election #War #Famine #Politics

 

Sean McMeekin teaches courses in modern European, Russian, Soviet, and post-Soviet history at Bard College. He has also taught at Koç University in Istanbul, Yale, Bilkent in Ankara, and NYU. He is the author of Stalin’s War (2021); The Russian Revolution (2017); The Ottoman Endgame: War, Revolution, and the Making of the Modern Middle East (2015, awarded the Arthur Goodzeit Book Prize); July 1914: Countdown to War (2013, reviewed on the cover of the New York Times Sunday Book Review); The Russian Origins of the First World War (2011, winner of the Norman B. Tomlinson Jr. Book Prize); The Berlin-Baghdad Express: The Ottoman Empire and Germany’s Bid for World Power (2010, winner of the Barbara Jelavich Book Prize); History’s Greatest Heist: The Looting of Russia by the Bolsheviks (2008); The Red Millionaire (2004); and numerous articles and essays. McMeekin also reviews books regularly for the Sunday Times, The Literary Review, American Historical Review, History Today, Journal of Modern History, Slavic Review, and Journal of Cold War Studies.

 

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Today, Santiago & Josh interview Darryl Cooper, Host of the Martyr Made Podcast and Co-Host of "The Unraveling with Jocko Willink," to discuss the what three events he would change in human history to put the world on a better path.

 

#DarrylCooper #West #War #Government #History #WorldWarI #Reformation

 

Darryl Cooper is Host of The Martyr Made Podcast, Co-host of The Unraveling w/ Jocko Willink, and considered "the most important popular historian working in the United States today" by Tucker Carlson.

 

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Today, Santiago & Josh interview Josh Manchester, former Officer in U.S. Marines and General Partner at Champion Hill Ventures, about his early investment in SpaceX, pending global catastrophes, AI, government regulation of industry, and new ventures on the horizon.

 

#JoshManchester #ChampionHill #Venture #Business #Industry #Space #AI #Defense #NationalSecurity

 

Josh Manchester founded Champion Hill Ventures in 2014 after six years at TrueBridge Capital Partners where he helped manage ~$2B. He was previously an officer in the US Marine Corps for six years with substantial operating experience in the Middle East. He graduated from Duke University.

 

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Today, Santiago & Josh interview Joe Rigney, Author of "Leadership & Emotional Sabotage," Fellow of Theology at New Saint Andrews College, and Associate Pastor at Christ Church. They talk history, politics, the dangers of unbridled passions, how mobs form, the dark side of empathy, how empathy is often selfish, roots of leadership, CS Lewis, Shakespeare, Caesar vs. Brutus, and how it all applies to our current political moment.

 

#JoeRigney #NewSaintAndrews #Empathy #Leadership #EmotionalSabotage #Truth #Faith #Caesar #History #Culture

 

Dr. Rigney is an Associate Pastor at Christ Church in Moscow, Idaho and serves as Fellow of Theology at New Saint Andrews College. He is the author of seven books: Live Like a Narnian: Christian Discipleship in Lewis’s Chronicles (Eyes & Pen, 2013); The Things of Earth: Treasuring God by Enjoying His Gifts (Crossway, 2015); Lewis on the Christian Life: Becoming Truly Human in the Presence of God (Crossway, 2018); Strangely Bright: Can You Love God and Enjoy This World? (Crossway, 2020); More Than a Battle: Experiencing Victory, Freedom, and Healing from Lust (B&H, 2021), Courage: How the Gospel Creates Christian Fortitude (Crossway, 2023), and Leadership and Emotional Sabotage (Canon Press, 2024). Previously, Dr. Rigney served as a professor and president of Bethlehem College & Seminary in Minneapolis, a pastor at Cities Church in St. Paul, and a teacher at Desiring God. Joe lives in Moscow, Idaho with his wife Jenny and three sons.

 

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Today, Santiago & Josh interview Douglas Wilson, Senior Minister of Christ Church in Moscow, Idaho, Host of the "Blog and Mablog" Podcast, and author of over 50 books including "Mere Christianity" and "Reformed is Not Enough" to discuss:

 

5:30 - Kamala Harris as a "sacrificial lamb."

7:50 - Betting markets as political indicators.

16:35 - Trump and pro-life evangelicals.

21:03 - The Fourth Turning

23:37 - "Democrats would rather control the wreckage"

26:32 - Tech vibe shift.

29:04 - "Is the Constitution dead?" Kind of.

33:43 - Were the founding fathers Enlightenment liberals?

45:25 - Post-war secularization and the rise of godless bureaucracy.

50:07 - The positive legacy of Colonialism

53:45 - Monarchy vs Bureaucracy

 

Douglas Wilson served in the submarine service of the U.S. Navy, then earned two B.A. degrees, one in Philosophy and one in Classical Studies, plus an M.A. in Philosophy; all three of his degrees were granted by the University of Idaho. He has been an Instructor at both the University of Idaho and Lewis & Clark State College, and is currently a Senior Fellow at New Saint Andrews College, where he has taught since its inception without compensation. He has served Christ Church, Moscow, as a pastor since 1977, and under his leadership it has founded New Saint Andrews College, Canon Press publishing house, the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches, and many mission churches around the US and internationally. He has authored almost eighty books for a dozen different publishing houses. He is happily married to Nancy, coming up on 50 years, and has three kids and seventeen grandkids.

 

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https://www.christkirk.com/

 

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Earlier in August, Santiago & Josh sat down with Darryl Cooper, host of the Martyr Made Podcast and Co-Host of "The Unraveling" with Jocko Willink to discuss the insanity of western elites, cultural, spiritual, and economic implications of mass migration, the weaponization of the media, marriage, family, religion and more.

 

Enjoy our longest episode to date! 

 

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Today, Santiago & Josh interview Packy McCormick, Founder of Not Boring and a16z Crypto advisor, to discuss Packy's early career and launch of the Not Boring newsletter, his favorite startups, some of the most exciting companies shaking up the defense and energy industries, and what the future holds for American Dynamism.

 

We cover: 

 

> The American Millennium

> Starting a newsletter during COVID

> Nuclear as a Civilization-level unlock

> Techno-industrials and the call of adventure

> "The crypto hype was good, actually"

> You'll eat fake meat (and like it)

 

 

Packy is the Founder of Not Boring, a weekly newsletter covering strategy and finance through the stories of companies big and small. After starting his career at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Packy spent six years as the NYC GM and VP, Experience at Breather.

 

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