
The Geopolitics & Power Podcast
This podcast presents select segments from the longer 'A Curious Worldview' show, focusing on geopolitics and power dynamics. The content is part of a larger project that includes a Substack newsletter, and full episodes are available on other platforms such as Spotify. The topics explored go beyond geopolitics, offering a broad perspective on world affairs.
Episodes

Eric Beecher| Media Moguls & Those Who Killed The News
The Men Who Killed The News (Book)My Substack (Subscribe)Podcast Starter PacksOffshore Finance/Kleptocracy & Money LaunderingGeopolitics/Economics/Economic DevelopmentExplorers & AdventurersInvestigative Journalists---Eric Beecher is a veteran journalist, editor and entrepreneur whose experienced first hand the dramatic evolution of the previous 40 years of media. From broadsheet’s to TV t

Phil Elwood | 'All The Worst Humans' Confessions of a Public Relations Operative
All The Worst Humans - Phil ElwoodMy Substack (Subscribe)Podcast Starter PacksOffshore Finance/Kleptocracy & Money LaunderingGeopolitics/Economics/Economic DevelopmentExplorers & AdventurersInvestigative Journalists“I deserved whatever the opposite of a Pulitzer is.”Phil Elwood is the author of All the Worst Humans, a confessional memoir from the dubious world of public relations.As a PR o

Nicolas Niarchos | Congo, Cobalt & China... The Elements Of Power
The Elements of Power - Nicolas NiarchosMy Substack (Subscribe)Previous guests on the podcast similar to this!Nicolas Niarchos First Appearance On The PodTim Butcher - Blood River (CLASSIC EP)Adam Hochschild - King Leopold's GhostJon Lee Anderson - New Yorker Staff Writer, A Life Of AdventurePodcast Starter PacksOffshore Finance/Kleptocracy & Money LaunderingGeopolitics/Economics/Economic

Jeremy Dicker | International Intrigue's 10 Geopolitical Predictions For 2026
International Intrigue - NewsletterMy Substack (Subscribe)Previous guests on the podcast similar to this!Robert Kaplan - A World In CrisisPodcast Starter PacksOffshore Finance/Kleptocracy & Money LaunderingGeopolitics/Economics/Economic DevelopmentExplorers & AdventurersInvestigative Journalists---Jeremy Dicker is a co-founder of International Intrigue, a daily geopolitics newsletter deliv

Vince Beiser | Copper Is The Wire Of Empire & We Don't Have Enough
Full Episode On Curious Worldview“In the next 25 years, the world will need more copper than in all of human history.”Amendment - I said 3.2 billion kg of copper in opening question, I should have said 320 million kg. In this episode, journalist and author Vince Beiser returns to the podcast to discuss his book Power Metal, a sobering look at the metals that make modern civilization possible — and

Chris Arnade | 'Walks The World'
Full Episode On Curious WorldviewSubscribe to Chris Arnade's Substack - https://walkingtheworld.substack.com/Who is Chris Arnade!He started as a physicist, earning a PHD from Johns Hopkins and then took to Wall St spending two decades on an elite trading desk at CitiGroup before disillusioning his well dressed allies to engage in the photography, walking and writing of the great and forgotten

Sam Roggeveen | 'The Echidna Strategy' - Australian Defence & Military
Full Episode With Sam Roggeveen On The Curious WorldviewSam Roggeveen - The Echidna StrategyCurious Worldview Newsletter - https://curiousworldview.beehiiv.com/subscribe-----Sam Roggeveen coined The 'Echidna Strategy' - which is an on the nose metaphor for thinking about Australian Defence policy. Echidna’s are a tiny, cute little animals native to Australia. They are essentially harmless

Pat McGee | Apple's Historic Transfer Of Technology, Expertise & Investment Into China
Full Episode On A Curious Worldview PodcastPat McGee - Apple in ChinaCurious Worldview Newsletter - https://curiousworldview.beehiiv.com/subscribe-----Each year, Apple sells more than 100 million unit's of it's various products, with some factories capable of producing up to 500,000 iPhones (alone) per day. This scale of quality and quantity is not replicated anywhere else in history. And

Warden Of The Isolation Unit At Sweden's Largest Maximum Security Prison
Full Episode - Curious Worldview PodcastArne Anderson, Three Tours In Afghanistan For The Swedish Military #46Swedens Elite Police Unit, Piketen #146Christopher Neijd Police Lieutenant in Södertälje & Southern Stockholm #165 -----Because of my old mate, Arne Andersson - I’ve been incredibly lucky to have gotten to know several of his old military buddies. There are those listed above...And the

Adam Hochschild | King Leopold's Ghost (Horror In The Congo)
Curious Worldview (Spotify)Curious Worldview (Apple)Tim Butcher Episode (Blood River Congo) - King Leopold's Ghost Book - https://www.amazon.com.au/King-Leopolds-Ghost-Adam-Hochshild/dp/0618001905From 1885, for 13 years, one man, King Leopold II, owned, as his personal property, one of the largest pieces of geography on earth. The Congo is four times larger than France, it’s bigger than India,

Axel Humlesjö | Honeytraps, Sparrows & Russian Money Laundering
Curious Worldview Podcast (Spotify) - https://open.spotify.com/episode/6vofLaGavfQEEGkkSmwlTi?si=0vc-V65-Qref_ZlZdj--tgCurious Worldview Podcast (Apple) - https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/axel-humlesj%C3%B6-money-laundering-is-the-biggest/id1540424160?i=1000700665617----Axel Humlesjö is a Swedish journalist against which money laundering, the plumbing of offshore finance and the cancerous nat

Philippe Gijsels | The New World Economy in 5 Trends
Curious Worldview Podcast (Spotify) - https://open.spotify.com/episode/4EQW5Ylr4lrqLUyj5V0oiA?si=xWxWWkbbTUqoDN5JeyRLtwCurious Worldview (Apple)Philippe Gijsels Book - https://www.amazon.com/World-Economy-Trends-superinflation-hyperinnovation/dp/9401409013-----The following is with Philippe Gijsels, the Chief Strategy Officer at BNP Paribas Fortis - he co-wrote a book last year called The New Worl

Marcel Dirsus | How Tyrant's Fall
Curious Worldview Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/episode/0Zs20Bl4ftN4XPHtxnVAVB?si=hJCvtqvMR-iFq-HLdYt7RgYoutube - https://youtu.be/MntDK3kWRekCurious Worldview Newsletter - https://curiousworldview.beehiiv.com/subscribeThe following is with German political scientist, former beer brewer in the Congo, and author of How Tyrants Fall - Marcel DirsusMarcel interviewed coup leaders, dissidents and

Robert D. Kaplan | Veteran Geopolitical Analyst On The Current Moment
Curious Worldview Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/episode/5FiugCTBQaobrZfhz3NDOR?si=c1soXluYQ4SJ6THNvxG7twYoutube - https://youtu.be/G6EIYURdSOACurious Worldview Newsletter - https://curiousworldview.beehiiv.com/subscribeRobert Kaplan has been sighted as one of the most influential geopolitical thinkers of the modern era. The Revenge Of Geography, Surrender or Starve, Balkan Ghosts, Asias Cauld

Kerry Brown | "The Greatest Geopolitical Question Of The 21st Century"
Curious Worlview Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/episode/26jGHMsGGMuBuBtbB2u2Gw?si=j3bKCO6jQi6ftj6jM3UwoQYoutube - https://youtu.be/4MWFzPXQPY8Curious Worldview Newsletter - https://curiousworldview.beehiiv.com/subscribeTaiwan is the greatest geopolitical question of the 21st century says Kerry Brown, sinologist, and former Diplomat to the British Embassy in Beijing. He is, I am thrilled to sa

Bradley Hope | The Story Of MBS & Saudi Arabia
Curious Worldview - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bradley-hope-blood-oil-the-story-of-mohammed-bin-salman/id1540424160?i=1000681834477
Youtube - https://youtu.be/EF-yONBmGa8Curious Worldview Newsletter - https://curiousworldview.beehiiv.com/subscribeBradley Hope returns to the podcast.Some of the things that stand out from this episode that I would encourage you to stay around for include

Bruce Ladebu | Rescuing Children From Slavery
The Curious Worldview Podcast SpotifyThe Curious Worldview Podcast Apple
Relating Interview's To Slavery On The Curious Worldview
Matthew Freidman -Human Trafficking
Lisa Kristine - Photographing Modern Slavery
Lisa Kristine Ted Talk
Follow me on Instagram – @ryanfhoggOut Of The Slave Fields - Bruce Ladebu (Book)The Children's Rescue Initiative (Donate)----At this very moment there are over

Ash Bhardwaj | Great Explorers, Cultural Differences & 'Why We Travel'
✍︎: The Curious Worldview Newsletter - the ultimate compliment to the podcast...Jon Lee AndersonCharlie WalkerFollow me on Instagram - @ryanfhoggWhy We Travel - Ash BhardwajAsh Bhardwaj is an author, journalist, film-maker and former british army who amongst his many expeditions has ventured the likes of journeying 8500km along the Russian European border. Retraced secret missions of WW2 through A

Samo Burja | Why Organisations Thrive & Fall - Wallenberg Family Of Sweden & Sulzberger Family Of NYT
🎙️: https://curiousworldview.buzzsprout.com/shareCurious Worldview Podcast - #175 w/Samo Burja On AppleCurious Worldview Podcast - #175 w/Samo Burja On SpotifyFollow me on Instagram - @ryanfhogg✍︎: The Curious Worldview Newsletter - the ultimate compliment to the podcast...Russ Roberts – Taleb & HitchensScott Patterson – Taleb & Chaos KingsMagnus Ranstorp – Terrorism & Political Violen

Michael Hilliard | Ghostwriting Geopolitics In Kazakhstan To Creating 'The Red Line Podcast'
🎙️: https://curiousworldview.buzzsprout.com/shareCurious Worldview Podcast - #172 w/ Michael Hilliard On AppleCurious Worldview Podcast - #172 w/ Michael Hilliard On SpotifyFollow me on Instagram - @ryanfhoggWatch on Youtube - https://youtu.be/ZzsFPOUzlHgMicheal Hilliard is a geopolitical analyst host and creator of 'The Red Line Podcast'… and! a fellow Aussie coming to us today from Australia’s g

Ernest Scheyder | Mining The Cobalt, Lithium, Copper & Rare Earths To Electrify The Economy
🎙️: https://curiousworldview.buzzsprout.com/shareCurious Worldview Podcast - #170 w/ Ernest Scheyder On AppleCurious Worldview Podcast - #170 w/ Ernest Scheyder On Spotifyhttps://atlasgeographica.com/ernest-scheyder/Ernest Scheyder runs directly towards the impossible trade-offs of mining in the ‘War Below’...The electrification of the economy is on the one hand very good. It means we can move awa

Patrick Watts | The End Of The American Empire
🎙️: https://curiousworldview.buzzsprout.com/shareCurious Worldview Podcast - #168 w/ Patrick Watts On AppleCurious Worldview Podcast - #168 w/ Patrick Watts On Spotify✍︎: https://curiousworldview.beehiiv.com/subscribehttps://atlasgeographica.com/patrick-watts/The following is with Patrick Watts who is one hell of an interesting fella, this was a really fun episode to record!The podcast is about th

Anna Sundberg | Wife Of A Jihadist... Radicalisation To Atheism In Extremist Islam
🎙️: https://curiousworldview.buzzsprout.com/shareCurious Worldview Podcast - #135 w/ Anna Sundberg On AppleCurious Worldview Podcast - #135 w/ Anna Sundberg On Spotify✍︎: https://curiousworldview.beehiiv.com/subscribeAnna Sundberg co-authored a book of memoirs titled ‘My Beloved Terrorist’.This book is an incredible and rare story of how a young woman from Halmstad, who is otherwise your ABBA ster

Magnus Ranstorp | Hamas, Hezbollah, ISIS, Anders Brevik, The IRA... An Encyclopaedia On Modern Terrorism & Political Violence
🎙️: https://curiousworldview.buzzsprout.com/shareCurious Worldview Podcast - #158 w/ Magnus Ranstorp On AppleCurious Worldview Podcast - #158 w/ Magnus Ranstorp On Spotify✍︎: https://curiousworldview.beehiiv.com/subscribeMagnus Ranstorp is a Swedish academic, hostage negotiator, teacher and author who has been researching and writing about terrorism for more than 30 years.He is an encyclopaedia on

Marlene Laruelle | Russian Demographics & Current State Of Ukraine War
🎙️: A Curious Worldview Podcast - https://curiousworldview.buzzsprout.com/1485736✍︎: https://curiousworldview.beehiiv.com/subscribeMarlene Laruelle is a Research Professor of International Affairs and Political Science at George Washington University in Washington DC. She is an expert on the culture and anthropology of Russia and many of the Stan central asian countries. She’s written 10 books on

Heidi Blake | The Great Cash-For-Carbon Hustle... It's Greenwashing All The Way Down
🎙️: A Curious Worldview Podcast - https://curiousworldview.buzzsprout.com/1485736✍︎: https://curiousworldview.beehiiv.com/subscribe🎙️: https://atlasgeographica.com/heidi-blake/New Yorker Article - Great Carbon-For-Cash HustleHeidi Blake is a writer at the New Yorker, author of two books, and recently wrote the most amazing magazine piece about the carbon offsetting market and some of the greenwash

Matthew Friedman | The Geography Of Human Trafficking & Slavery Today
🎙️: A Curious Worldview Podcast - https://curiousworldview.buzzsprout.com/1485736✍︎: https://curiousworldview.beehiiv.com/subscribe🎙️: https://atlasgeographica.com/matthew-friedman/This is a podcast about human trafficking and modern slavery.The guest is Matthew Friedman, and he is the CEO of the Mekong Club, which is an organisation that mobilises the private sector to take action against human t

David De Jong | Reporting On The Ground From Israel
✍︎: https://curiousworldview.beehiiv.com/subscribeDavid De Jong Twitter🎙️: A Curious Worldview Podcast - https://curiousworldview.buzzsprout.com/1485736The following is with David De Jong who is the Middle East Correspondent for the Dutch Newspaper, FD. He lives in Israel, and has been reporting from the ground since the early hours of October 7th.Some of you may recognise him from an earlier appe

Tim Butcher | Charles Taylor, Liberia, Sierre Leone & Voodoo Magic
✍︎: https://curiousworldview.beehiiv.com/subscribe🎙️: A Curious Worldview Podcast - https://curiousworldview.buzzsprout.com/1485736Tim Butcher returns to the podcast with another incredible journey through an African nation.The first time Tim appeared he spoke about his adventures through the Congo, weaving a story of an incredibly rich and beautiful country that is nonetheless un-developing. It r

Norman Ohler | Methamphetamines, Cocaine, The Nazi's & Hitler In WWII - Blitzed
✍︎: https://curiousworldview.beehiiv.com/subscribe🎙️: A Curious Worldview Podcast - https://curiousworldview.buzzsprout.com/1485736Norman Ohler is a German screenwriter, author and journalist.Norman is most widely known as the author of Blitzed, an incredible book that documents the role of Pervatin (methamphetamine) and drugs during Nazi Germany and WWII.In this podcast with Norman, you can expec

Mitchell Prothero | Cocaine, Guns, Narco States & Dirty Money In Europe
✍︎: https://curiousworldview.beehiiv.com/subscribe🎙️: A Curious Worldview Podcast - https://curiousworldview.buzzsprout.com/1485736Gateway By Project Brazen - Listen NowMitchell Prothero is a war correspondent and two time bureau chief in Iraq for both UPI and McClathcy Newspapper’s. He is a senior writer at VICE news, has written for Buzzfeed, and is now, the host of gateway, Project Brazen’s lat

Paddy Manning | The Unauthorised Biography Of Lachlan Murdoch - The Real Life 'Roman Roy'
✍︎: https://curiousworldview.beehiiv.com/subscribe🎙️: A Curious Worldview Podcast - https://curiousworldview.buzzsprout.com/1485736The following is with Paddy Manning an Australian journalist who has just published an unauthorised biography of Rupert Murdochs oldest son – Lachlan MurdochThis is such a good book. The story of the Murdochs is even better and more dramatic than succession would have

John Perkins | Chinese Economic Hitman, Geographical Determinism + John In Australia & Kazakstan
✍︎: https://curiousworldview.beehiiv.com/subscribe🎙️: A Curious Worldview Podcast - https://curiousworldview.buzzsprout.com/1485736The following is with John Perkins.This is John’s second appearance on the podcast, he has just published a new edition of the Confessions of an Economic Hitman, this time with a heavy emphasis on the role of China’s debt traps and chicanery among the belt and road ini

Miki Mistrati | Child Slavery Is Rife Throughout The Chocolate Supply Chain
🎙️: A Curious Worldview Podcast - https://curiousworldview.buzzsprout.com/1485736🎙️: https://atlasgeographica.com/miki-mistrati/The following is with Miki Mistrati – a Danish investigative journalist who has spent a career uncovering cases of child slavery and the child labour rife throughout the chocolate supply chain.He just released his new film on the matter titled ‘Chocolate Wars’ which is av

David de Jong | Nazi Billionaires
✍︎: https://curiousworldview.beehiiv.com/subscribe🎙️: A Curious Worldview Podcast - https://curiousworldview.buzzsprout.com/1485736The following is with David de Jong, a Dutch historian and investigative journalist.After growing up in Amsterdam during the 90s, David de Jong found himself on the billionaire’s desk in New York reporting for Bloomberg on the hidden fortunes power of family offices.Du

Bolor Lkhaajav | Mongolian Culture, Economy, Geopolitics & Genghis Khan
🎙️: A Curious Worldview Podcast - https://curiousworldview.buzzsprout.com/1485736🎙️: https://atlasgeographica.com/bolor-lkhaajav/Bolor Lkhaajav is a researcher specialising in Mongolia, Northeast Asia, East Asia, and the Americas.Her research interests cover foreign policy, security, governance, economy, and social issues. Bolor’s research and writing has been published by many amazing outlets and

Charlie Walker | Lessons From A Rite Of Passage Adventure
🎙️: A Curious Worldview Podcast - https://curiousworldview.buzzsprout.com/1485736🎙️: https://atlasgeographica.com/charlie-walker/Links To Charlie WalkerCharlie Walker WebsiteCharlie Walker InstagramAdventure Podcast LinkEpisodes Of The Curious Worldview Podcast Mentioned.Patrick Alley – Global WitnessMartin Schibbye – 438 DaysBradley Hope – Billion Dollar WhaleTim Butcher – A Journey Into Africas

Nicholas Niarchos | Cobalt Mining In Congo... The Heart Of Darkness
🎙️: A Curious Worldview Podcast - https://curiousworldview.buzzsprout.com/1485736🎙️: https://atlasgeographica.com/nicholas-niarchos/Nicholas Niarchos is journalist who has been published in The New Yorker, The Nation, TIME, The Guardian, The NY Times, Die Welt and many, many more.In a podcast that could have been separated into two distinct chapters you can expect to hear some of the following. Th

Nicky Woolf | Havana Syndrome & The Mystery Of Ailing Diplomats
THE SOUND w/ Project Brazen & Nicky Woolf- https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-sound-mystery-of-havana-syndrome/id1662594800🎙️: A Curious Worldview Podcast - https://curiousworldview.buzzsprout.com/1485736Nicky Woolf is the host and investigative journalist behind Project Brazens latest investigative podcasts series, a story, which much to the consistency of the Project Brazen tagline, i

Misha Zelinsky | Ukrainian War Correspondent, National Security Expert & Aussie Legend
🎙️: A Curious Worldview Podcast - MY PODCAST I WANT YOU TO SUBSCRIBE TO!! https://curiousworldview.buzzsprout.com/1485736🎙️: https://atlasgeographica.com/misha-zelinksy/🍻☕: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ryanhoggThe following is a conversation with Misha Zelinksy.Misha Zelisnky is a Fulbright scholar, national security expert and currently war correspondent for the Australian Financial Review.Newsl

Martin Schibbye | Cards Of Qatar & FIFA World Cup
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Martin Schibbye | 438 Days In Ethiopian Prison & Oil Funded Terrorism
A Curious Worldview Podcast - MY MAIN PODCAST!! https://curiousworldview.buzzsprout.com/1485736🎙️: https://atlasgeographica.com/martin-schibbye/🍻☕: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ryanhoggMartin Schibbye is one of Sweden’s most incredible investigative journalists, the founder of blankspot, and author of too many extraordinary stories to mention.Newsletter 📋 🔑 - https://atlasgeographica.com/subscrib

Nathan Lynch | How Australia Became The Worlds Filthiest Money Launderer & How It Is Eroding Australian Institutions
A Curious Worldview Podcast - Subscribe! https://curiousworldview.buzzsprout.com/1485736🎙️: https://atlasgeographica.com/nathan-lynch/🍻☕: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ryanhoggThe following is a conversation with Nathan Lynch about Australia, its economy, its culture and how both are being eroded by an abundance of dirty cash laundering throughout the Australian economy. Nathan Lynch is the author

John Perkins | Lessons From The Confessions Of An Economic Hitman
A Curious Worldview Podcast - Subscribe! https://curiousworldview.buzzsprout.com/1485736🎙️: https://atlasgeographica.com/john-perkins-confessions-of-an-economic-hitman/🍻☕: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ryanhoggThe following is a conversation with John Perkins, the author behind Confessions Of An Economic Hitman.As the former chief economist of the consultancy firm, Chas. T. Maine, John had an incr

My Experience On The Polish Border With Ukrainian Refugees
DC Report - https://www.dcreport.org/2022/03/13/inside-a-polish-refugee-center/Atlas Geographica Post - https://atlasgeographica.com/my-first-person-perspective-of-ukrainian-refugees/My experience in Poland in early March 2022, 5 days after Russia invaded Ukraine.🍻☕: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ryanhogg00:00 - Introduction04:00 - My Experience With Ukrainian Refugees

Nicholas Shaxson | The Cancerous Plumbing Of Financial Secrecy
🎙️: A Curious Worldview Podcast - Subscribe! https://curiousworldview.buzzsprout.com/1485736🎙️: https://atlasgeographica.com/nicholas-shaxson-treasure-islands/Nicholas Shaxson is a British author, activist, journalist, investigator, former guest on the podcast and most importantly, author of the wonderful book and subject of this podcast, Treasure Islands.Shaxson is one of the most influential pe

Angelica Oung | A Taiwanese Journalist’s Response To Nancy Pelosi
🎙️: A Curious Worldview Podcast - Subscribe! https://curiousworldview.buzzsprout.com/1485736✍️: https://atlasgeographica.com/angelica-oung-taiwan-nancy-pelosi/Angelica Oung | The Curious Worldview Podcast #99The following is a conversation with Angelica Oung on Taiwan & Nancy Pelosi. This is Angelica’s third appearance on this podcast.In This Podcast About Taiwan & Nancy Pelosi, You Can E

Paul Cleary | How To Beat The 'Resource Curse' - Lessons From Norway, Australia & Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund
🎙️: A Curious Worldview Podcast - Search, Subscribe 5-Stars! https://curiousworldview.buzzsprout.com/1485736✍️: https://atlasgeographica.com/paul-cleary/The following is a conversation with author and journalist, Paul Cleary.Paul has authored several books about natural resources and focuses on the differing methods by which governments have either capitalised or squandered their natural resource

Carlos Araque | The Global Power & Potential Of Geothermal Energy
🎙️: A Curious Worldview Podcast - Search, Subscribe 5-Stars! https://curiousworldview.buzzsprout.com/1485736✍️: 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 t

#UkraineRussiaWar - Alexander Kucherenko | Checking In From Eastern Ukraine
Alexander Kucherenko Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/p/Cd8Rbv4NfQ_/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=🎙️: Curious Worldview Podcast https://curiousworldview.buzzsprout.com/1485736 https://atlasgeographica.com/alexander-kucherenko-ukraine-war/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.I

#UkraineRussiaWar - Ghaidaa Hetou | How The War Affects The MENA Region
🎙️: A Curious Worldview Podcast - Search, Subscribe 5-Stars! https://curiousworldview.buzzsprout.com/1485736✍️: https://atlasgeographica.com/ghaidaa-hetou-russia-ukraine-war/This was recorded at 20:00 on the 16th of March, CET.Ghaidaa Hetou Ph.D. is the founder of iStrategic.Dr. Hetou guides the development and oversees the operational efficiency of iStrategic. She is a consultant and advisor on M

Oliver Bullough | Moneyland & The Cancer Of Kleptocracy
🎙️: A Curious Worldview Podcast - Search, Subscribe 5-Stars! https://curiousworldview.buzzsprout.com/1485736✍️ : https://atlasgeographica.com/oliver-bullough/The following is a conversation with Oliver Bullough, an amazing voice and author in the field of financial secrecy and kleptocracy.Oliver Bullough wrote a book back in 2018 called Moneyland and has another one coming this year called, Butler

Michael Smith #UkraineRussiaWar | Xi Jinping Territorial Ambitions For Taiwan In Response To Russia’s War
🎙️: A Curious Worldview Podcast - Search, Subscribe 5-Stars! https://curiousworldview.buzzsprout.com/1485736✍️: https://atlasgeographica.com/michael-smith-taiwan/This was recorded at 0800 on the 7th of March, CET.Michael Smith is the North Asian Correspondent for AFR. Michael was a guest on this podcast in #45 where he discussed his sudden evacuation from China and his book, The Last Correspondent

#UkraineRussia War - Alexander Kucherenko | A Ukrainian Perspective. Checking In From Poltava, Eastern Ukraine
🎙️: A Curious Worldview Podcast - Search, Subscribe 5-Stars! https://curiousworldview.buzzsprout.com/1485736✍️: https://atlasgeographica.com/alexander-kucherenko/This was recorded at 12:00 on the 3rd of March.Alexander Kucherenko is a Ukrainian located in Poltava, a large city in the east of Ukraine between Kyiv and Kharkiv. In this conversation, he speaks to me about his own and his family's expe

#UkraineRussiaWar - Tim Harcourt | The Asian Geopolitics Of Russian Energy & How It All Affects Australia
🎙️: A Curious Worldview Podcast - Search, Subscribe 5-Stars!✍️: https://atlasgeographica.com/tim-harcourt/This was recorded at 11:00 on the 2nd of March.Tim Harcourt is the new Industry Professor and Chief Economist at the Institute for Public Policy and Governance (IPPG) at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS).He published the Airpot Economist in 2008 and followed up with The Airport Economi

26/02 #UkraineRussiaWar - Michael Hilliard | Geopolitical Analyst & Conflict Journalist Explaining The War
🎙️: A Curious Worldview Podcast - Search, Subscribe 5-Stars! https://curiousworldview.buzzsprout.com/1485736✍️: https://atlasgeographica.com/michael-hilliard/This was recorded at 10:00 on the 26th of February.Michael Hilliard is the host of what is both Australia’s best and my personal favourite geopolitical podcast. The Red Line.Michael is a journalist reporting from countries including Iran, Rus

25/02 #UkraineRussiaWar - Jim Henry | Explaining SWIFT & Targeting Russian Oligarchs
🎙️: A Curious Worldview Podcast - Search, Subscribe 5-Stars!✍️: https://atlasgeographica.com/jim-henry-sanctions/This was recorded at 19:00 on the 25th of February.We spoke about SWIFT and expanded on the sanctions chat that started the day previous.Jim Henry is a godfather to the field of investigative journalism into financial secrecy, offshore finance, capital flight and kleptocracy. He publish

24/02 (Day Of Invasion) #UkraineRussiaWar – Jim Henry | The Efficacy Of Economic Sanctions & Russia’s Incredible Capital Flight
🎙️: A Curious Worldview Podcast - Search, Subscribe 5-Stars!✍️: https://atlasgeographica.com/jim-henry-russia-ukraine/This was recorded at 21:00 on Wednesday night, the 23rd of February. It was 8 hours after we stopped recording at 05:00 the next day that Russia invaded the Ukraine. Jim Henry is a godfather to the field of investigative journalism into financial secrecy, offshore finance, capital

Ryan Delany | It's Coffee All The Way Down, Coffee Economics, Coffee As A Commodity, The Supply Chain & The Ethics Of Coffee
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