John Christensen | How Offshore Finance Corrodes Culture, Politics & A Globalised World Curious Worldview podcast

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Youtube Episode - https://youtu.be/fXVZCUR_Row Curious Worldview Newsletter - https://curiousworldview.beehiiv.com/subscribe Tim Butcher Episode - https://open.spotify.com/episode/6QIQLYuwbA2cFLCzJc8TGl?si=nKU21dGrRX-Z-otWklpxgw King Leopold's Ghost Book - https://www.amazon.com.au/King-Leopolds-Ghost-Adam-Hochshild/dp/0618001905 From 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, it’s bigger than Texas, Alaska, California & Montana combined - the equator runs right through it’s middle and makes it the second largest rainforest on the globe - it’s impossibly rich in resources, and desperately poor in economics. In those 13 years of private ownership, Leopold oversaw potentially one of the most brutal regimes of extraction the world has ever known. The population was estimated to have halved in those 13 years, more than 10 million deaths. It was an exploit in mass slavery, mass death, bodily mutilation and mass extraction. Ivory and wild rubber were in high demand, and so under the guise of media manipulation and PR mastery, Leopold convinced the world that these goods were in fact being traded with, rather than extracted from, the Congo. The horror, however, could only be concealed for so long. A fella by the name of Ed Morell who worked for a shipping company in Liverpool noticed the bounty of ivory and rubber arriving from the Congo, with only men and arms making the journey back. His suspicion grew, he found accounts from missionaries and others who had been, and mounted a campaign to undermine the constant wall of propaganda Leopold had financed. In 1908, the Belgium state purchased the Congo off Leopold… where the country remained a colony of Belgium until 1960. And for a myriad of reasons, for which we address in the podcast, the Congo today is still on the back foot. Kinshasa, the capital city already has a bigger population than Paris, and is projected to be as much as 40,000,000 by 2050. The Congo today is among the most resource rich nations on earth, but among the least developed. It still attracts the same predation for extraction as it ever has, although all together less forceful and less violent The man I speak with on the podcast today wrote the definitive history of this period. His name is Adam Hochschild, he’s an author, journalist and historian and wrote in 1998, 'King Leopold's Ghost'. 00:00 Congo's Dark History & Adam Hochschild 03:03 Leopold's Brutal Regime 09:02 Modern Parallels of Exploitation 12:11 The Unique Case of King Leopold 14:58 The Mechanics of Control & Media Manipulation 20:45 Campaigning Against Atrocities: The Legacy of Morrell 34:22 Colonialism and Forced Labor: The Belgian Congo 36:16 The Rubber Boom and Its Consequences 38:09 Criticism Of The Book & Congolese Resistance 42:57 Nationalism and Colonialism: Morel's Perspective 44:48 The Impact of Colonialism on Modern Nations 47:17 Geography and Development: The Congo's Challenges 49:51 Natural Resources and Corruption 52:27 The Future of the Congo: A Grim Outlook 57:22 Serendipity (There was an technical difficulty right at the end of the conversation, which is why it cuts off) Consider leaving a review on whichever platform you're listening on! 🍻☕: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ryanhogg Follow me on Instagram – @ryanfhogg Follow me on Twitter - https://x.com/ryannfhogg…

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Axel Humlesjö | 'Money Laundering Is The Biggest Societal Issue Facing Europe' - It's Honey Traps, Kompromat & The Cancer Of Offshore Finance All The Way Down... 1:13:24

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Youtube - https://youtu.be/gQa204zHovU Curious Worldview Newsletter - https://curiousworldview.beehiiv.com/subscribe Axel Humlesjö is a Swedish journalist against which money laundering, the plumbing of offshore finance and the cancerous nature of dark money, continuously crash up against. Axel was a part of the team that uncovered systematic money laundering activities with Swedbank in the Baltics. Part of the team behind the series - The Shadow War - which exposed Russian espionage activities in the Nordics and led to the expulsion of five Russian spies from Sweden. Many other stories as well, but of course co-author of his debut book, The Honey Trap which explores Swedbank's involvement in one of the world's largest money laundering scandals and details this extensive operation for how the Russian security service uses sparrows and other means to honey trap and acquire kompromat on a broad slew of people. Honey traps were used directly to illicit compromising material to infiltrate Swedbank. This podcast goes into Axel’s views on the evolution of journalism in a globalised world, and the significant role that money plays in shaping political landscapes. He goes as far to say it is the single biggest societal issue facing Europe and how intertwined money laundering is with currying foreign influence. This was recorded in person in Stockholm with Axel last December, it was the last interview I recorded before I left the country. 00:00 - Axel Humlesjö 01:30 - Journalism in a Globalised World 06:23 - The Impact of Money Laundering on Democracy 13:28 - The Influence of Russian Oligarchs 15:48 - The Structural Damage of Under Money 25:38 - The Iceberg of Financial Corruption 41:53 - The Impact of Money Laundering on Society 48:58 - The Kompromat Strategy: Honey Traps and Coercion 01:07:01 - The Future of Investigative Journalism 🍻☕: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ryanhogg Follow me on Instagram – @ryanfhogg…

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Kerry Brown | It's Taiwan All The Way Down... 'The Greatest Geopolitical Question Of The 21st Century' 1:21:27

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Youtube - https://youtu.be/4MWFzPXQPY8 Curious Worldview Newsletter - https://curiousworldview.beehiiv.com/subscribe Taiwan 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 say the guest on todays podcast. A sinologist is a scholar and expert of China, its language, history, politics, and culture - and the theme today is top to bottom the myriad questions looming over one of the largest political issues for China… Taiwan. Kerry published a book last year called The Taiwan Story: How a Small Island Will Dictate the Global Future. It is marvelous, and my hope was to do as much justice to the various questions which Kerry approaches Taiwan with as possible in a brief podcast. The big questions being, the economy, given Taiwan’s semi conductor supremacy with its home grown TSMC, the perplexing idea that Xi would view Taiwanese reunification as the most significant achievement to his legacy, how a more fractured, less unified global order creates lots of wiggle room, Taiwan’s history, and that despite having 95% Han ethnicity, what is it about Taiwan which makes them a distinctly different culture to China, Kerrys feeling for the inevitability of an attempt at reunification and lots more between those cracks. 00:00 - Kerry Brown 01:20 - Big Opportunity For China 04:13 - Brief Taiwan History 07:33 - TSMC 24:09 - What China Thinks Of Taiwan 37:42 - Taiwanese Identity & Culture 50:14 - It’s All Xi 52:35 - Opinions Of Taiwan 58:30 - Kerry’s Life Work 1:06:00 - Kevin Rudd & Australia 1:16:30 - Indonesia & Serendipity 🍻☕: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ryanhogg Follow me on Instagram – @ryanfhogg…

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Robert Kaplan | Veteran Geopolitical Analyst On A World In Permanent Crisis 32:47

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Youtube - https://youtu.be/G6EIYURdSOA Curious Worldview Newsletter - https://curiousworldview.beehiiv.com/subscribe Robert 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 Cauldron, The Tragic Mind, and so on, I counted 18 books so far with his most recent being - Waste Land: A World In Permanent Crisis. I’ve listened to many of his books at this point, I found Revenge Of Geography a few years ago whilst preparing for my interviews with Tim Marshall . 00:00 - Robert D. Kaplan 00:54 - Deterioration Of The Rules Based Order 08:34 - Utopian Versus Tragic Leaders 14:32 - Geographies Role In Shaping Geopolitics 23:05 - Writing For History Or Influence? 25:13 - Australia 28:46 - A Position Robert Holds That Folds Against The Status Quo 🍻☕: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ryanhogg Follow me on Instagram – @ryanfhogg…

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Marcel Dirsus | Slipping Into Authoritarianism & How Tyrant's Fall 1:10:31

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Youtube - https://youtu.be/MntDK3kWRek Curious Worldview Newsletter - https://curiousworldview.beehiiv.com/subscribe The following is with german political scientist, former beer brewer in the Congo, and author of How Tyrants Fall - Marcel Dirsus Marcel interviewed coup leaders, dissidents and soldiers to write about the workings and malfunctions of tyrants. Because while the individual personas, eccentricities and reputations might make them all distinct from one another, there are more threads that draw disparate dictator's together than don’t. I think this excerpt from the book sums up the essence of Marcel’s work and as well, the themes in todays podcast. “The most powerful tyrants on earth are condemned to live their life in fear. They can make their enemies disappear with a snap of their fingers. They, their families, and their acolytes may control entire countries from the luxury of their palace, but they also have to spend their every waking hour plagued by the fear of losing everything. No matter how powerful they become, they cannot pay for or order that fear to disappear. If such tyrants make one wrong move, they will fall.” So the interview is about the workings of various tyrants around the world, both living and dead. I ask Marcel in the about applying a prisoners of geography lens to this topic, china and the case for dictators not being all bad all the time, marcel’s rogues gallery of tyrants and as well, Marcel offers a raw reflection of the potential future of authoritarianism in the USA particularly because of the astounding moves made so far under trump. This was recorded the day after the US inauguration. 00:00 - Marcel Dirsus 01:40 - Economist's Book Of The Year 03:55 - Serendipity & The Congo 11:35 - Prisoners Of Geography Lens 17:17 - Singapore A Dictatorship? 20:10 - China 27:50 - Saudi & MBS 30:43 - Marcel's Unconventional Idea's 34:15 - Geographical Concentration Of These Regimes 39:10 - Tipping Point (When Regimes Collapse) 49:10 - Rogues Gallery Of Tyrants 53:25 - The Leader Who's Coming Closest To Power 56:46 - Does Global Order Sustain Or Undermine These Regimes? 1:00:25 - Trump's Chances At Dictatorship 1:07:40 - Bullish & Bearish Country 🍻☕: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ryanhogg Follow me on Instagram – @ryanfhogg…

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Gregory Zuckerman | The Curious Case Of Jim Simons, The Medallion Fund & The Man Who Solved The Market 1:15:16

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Youtube - https://youtu.be/uPU6hJsvMcM Curious Worldview Newsletter - https://curiousworldview.beehiiv.com/subscribe Gregory Zuckerman is one of the Wall Street Journal GOATS and as well has authored plenty of wonderful books. He pulls back many of the hidden curtains of wall st. The big egos, the big enigmatic personalities, and naturally as well, the big brilliance behind these masters of the universe types. None for emblematic than Jim Simon’s, the central character of todays podcast. Theres a podcast called, Acquired, which did a fantastic episode of RenTech (if you want more), the boys over there also relied heavily on Greg’s work to put the episode together. 00:00 - Gregory Zuckerman 01:27 - Secrecy All The Way Down 06:27 - Acquired 08:02 - Obscure Datasets 15:07 - It Will Take Longer Than You Think 20:04 - Jim’s Eye For Talent 22:27 - Discoveries From Within RenTech 28:54 - Greg's Admiration For Jim & 50+ Year Olds Making It 35:27 - Nassim Taleb 39:01 - Consequences Of Size 41:47 - Acquired Podcast & Bob Mercer 44:07 - Politics Infecting Interpersonal Dynamics 46:07 - Super Quants Can’t Recreate RenTech 50:47 - Journalism As Sales 53:17 - How Does One Conduct A Good Interview? 57:37 - The Most Important Question About RenTech Noone Asks 59:13 - Decline Of Journalism 1:11:14 - The Role Of Serendipity In Greg’s Life 🍻☕: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ryanhogg Follow me on Instagram – @ryanfhogg…

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Bradley Hope | Blood & Oil... The Story of Mohammed bin Salman 1:21:35

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Youtube - https://youtu.be/EF-yONBmGa8 Bradley's #51 Curious Worldview Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/episode/4cHyTyId6UbBrBM1nbDt9q?si=faZKIDlQRGCH8iQW4k2uwQ Bradley's #51 Curious Worldview Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/se/podcast/51-bradley-hope-billion-dollar-whale-blood-oil-project/id1540424160?i=1000539362238&l=en-GB Whale Hunting Podcast (Highly Recommend) - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whale-hunting/id1718751733 Curious Worldview Newsletter - https://curiousworldview.beehiiv.com/subscribe Bradley Hope returns to the podcast. By far the highest production value I’ve ever done. We recorded this together in Bradley’s studio in London. It’s TV quality stuff so refer to youtube for this one . And the podcast was as much in 90 minutes that we could possibly do around his book, Blood and Oil. The co-author of which, Justin Scheck has also been a previous guests on this podcast . Blood and Oil is the story of MBS, Mohammed bin Salman, who is the crown prince and most powerful person in Saudi Arabia, he is as well, the singular vision responsible for most of the good but as well, most of the bad that Saudi Arabia has been responsible for since about 2017. Some of the things that stand out from this episode that I would encourage you to stay around for include… the Shiek Down, this brazen transference of power and wealth which MBS oversaw. Bradley’s take on the supposed sports-washing this region has been all over the news for, specifically here, referring to football and golf. The US/Saudi relationship NEOM And in between all of that a sense for MBS as told through the reporting and journalism of one of the best. 00:00 - Bradley Hope 02:30 - The Region - Oil, Religion, History 06:45 - Sovereign Wealth Funds 08:50 - Religious Divide Between Gulf Nations 010:41 - Saudi Arabia Young Country 13:40 - Understanding MBS 19:40 - The Shiek Down 27:35 - MBS & Risk 30:58 - MBZ - UAE 33:40 - Bradley’s Contrarian Take On Sportswashing 43:07 - Geopolitical Significance Of The Region 51:10 - Consultancies (McKinsey, etc) In Saudi 55:23 - NEOM 1:00:10 - Journalist Craft 1:05:15 - Has MBS Read Bradley’s Work & Does Bradley Still Love Journalism? 1:08:30 - Bradley Reflects On Changing Media Landscape 1:13:50 - Mecca & Medina 1:15:10 - Misunderstood Parts Of Saudi & Emirates 🍻☕: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ryanhogg Follow me on Instagram – @ryanfhogg…

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Christopher Marquis | Negative Externalities... How Corporations Privatise Their Upside By Socialising The Downside 1:19:14

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Youtube - https://youtu.be/TQVWUdFibC8 The Profiteers - https://www.amazon.com/Profiteers-Business-Privatizes-Profits-Socializes/dp/1541703529 Newsletter - https://curiousworldview.beehiiv.com/subscribe Christopher Marquis spent 10 years as a professor at the Harvard Business School, he’s also worked as a professor at Cornell, the Harvard Kennedy School and is currently a professor at the Judge Business School in Cambridge, where I was lucky enough to record this in person with him. It was quite a neat experience actually, after we did the interview, Christopher treated me to a lunch in one of the Cambrdige college halls where in proper Friday British fashion, a perfect Fish and Chips was served. Christopher has authored three books, but the subject of this interview was his latest… Profiteers, How Business Privatizes Profit and Socializes Cost. Some of you may have noticed a recurring question around ‘negative externalities’ in several of my interviews this year… particularly with Johan Norberg most recently. Well, Adam Lantz, who listens to this podcast reached out to me in response to the JOhan interview and said. If you really wanty to talk externalities, than you’ve got to talk to this guy. Johan Norberg Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/episode/4ujVUlq3BbhTDBhBFnaR5S?si=46b8333b866341da Johan Norberg Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/johan-norberg-does-capitalism-fail-to-price-in-negative/id1540424160?i=1000671395087 And so I wrote to Christopher immediately, read his book, booked the flight and was greeted with so much generosity and hospitality it was a bit of a pinch myself moment, because even though this podcast creates 0 dollars in revenue, it’s instead introducing me to a wealth of experience. This episode with Christopher is negative externalities all the way down… with specific attention to plastics, agriculture and clothing. 00:00 - Christopher Marquis 02:27 - The Externality Iceberg 07:57 - The Plastic Iceberg 14:47 - Can A Free Market Price These Negative Externalities? 26:04 - Agriculture Iceberg 41:07 - We Consume Via Our Means Not Our Morals 42:41 - Clothing Iceberg 52:33 - Egregious Cases Of Greenwashing 54:39 - Zoom & Netflix? Externality? 1:07:22 - The Jevons Paradox 1:08:43 - Just Speed Bumps On The Way To Prosperity? 1:12:35 - Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy, What Are The Right Questions? 1:16:57 - Serendipity In Christopher's Life 🍻☕: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ryanhogg Follow me on Instagram – @ryanfhogg…

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Zhala Bayramova | Azerbaijan Human Rights Lawyer Fighting To Free Her Father 1:15:22

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https://freegubad.com/ Zhala X - https://x.com/BayramovaZhala Zhala Bayramova is a human rights lawyer and child of political prisoner and human rights defender Dr. Gubad Ibadoghlu. I met Zhala recently at Bill Browders, Magnitsky Awards, where Zhala won youth activist of the year. Her legal status is that of a political refugee in Sweden, having been horrifically beaten during protests in Azerbaijan, a country she is afraid she will never be able to return to. Her father was repeatedly arrested for investigating corruption within the oil industry of Azerbaijan, until In the autumn of 2023 he decided to take the risk and visit his seriously ill mother in Baku, upon arrival, he was beaten by local police, as was his wife and Zhala’s mother. Then Gubad was arrested under trumped up charges of money laundering and subsequently thrown into pre-trial detention. His case was later postponed indefinitely, but he remains under house arrest and is being denied critical medical attention which in any other circumstance might save his lfie. Zhala, together with her brothers and mother, are leading a global campaign for his release. Zhala is an absolute force, and it is my privilege to have her as a guest on this podcast.…

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James Robinson | 'Why Nations Fail' - 2024 Nobel Prize Winner In Economics 1:04:40

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James Robinson is winning the Nobel Prize for Economics this year alongside his co-author Daron Acemoglu and fellow economist, Simon Johnson. This is obviously extremely exciting for him, but as well selfishly, rather exciting for me… because in episode 24, James Robinson was one of the first people I ever interviewed for this podcast. James co-wrote an outrageously successful book in 2012 called - ‘Why Nations Fail’ - which is the work for which James has won the Nobel Prize and as well, was the subject of this interview. Why Nations Fail introduces an extractive versus inclusive institutions framework that does an unreasonable amount of heavy lifting to explain the distributed economic prosperity between countries. And just fair warning, it is one of the first interviews I ever did, so it may feel quite a bit different to those more recently - but bare with me and endure my enthusiasm as James reveals where the catalyst for the inclusive/extractive framework comes from, a very hot take on corruption, James’s work as a developmental economist and a whole lot more. It’s also been a while since Ive made a general appeal for pumping that good juice. But if a Nobel Prize winner isn’t a reason why, then there aren't any left. The ability for me to get the guests I want, and grow the show as I ambition, is all downstream of how many followers on Apple and Spotify I have, but as well, how many reviews on Apple and Spotify I have. So I ask, hat in hand, to please bring that Christmas cheer and pump a 5 star review into whichever platform it is that you listen on.…

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Jack Weatherford | How Genghis Khan's Grandson (Kublai Khan) Further Expanded The Mongol Empire 1:55:38

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Jack Weatherford returns to the pod which marks a pretty sentimental moment for me ( links are at the bottom of this email, before the transcript snippet ). Jack’s first appearance was #19 of the podcast. To this day, it’s my favourite podcast I’ve ever recorded. These are links to the first appearance. Jack Weatherford #19 on Spotify Jack Weatherford #19 on Apple Jack Weatherford #19 on Youtube But four years ago, when I had just started this podcast, I had written to Jack telling how I was listening to the final chapters of his book while walking across sand dunes in Merghouza, (a desolate slice of the Sahara in south west Morocco). The chapter was making the case for how the plagues viral spread was downstream of the Mongols connectivity of the modern world. I wrote that I was keen to interview him for this podcast that I had just started. There were lots of rejection for a while in the first few years and I had no expectations he would even get back to me. But to my surprise he did, and it was an emphatic yes. We corresponded a bit over email, recorded a 4 hour discussion, of which 3 where published And it was as much a dedication to Mongolia as it was Genghis Khan and the Mongols. And I’ve waited in the years since to see him appear on Rogan, Fridman, Tim Ferriss or even a Dan Carlin addendum, since these are all blokes who have openly praised and spoken about Jack’s work many times. But so far, nothing, although it looks like one of them may correct this, which Jack may or may not give away at the end . But onto this episode today. Jack has just published his final instalment on the Mongols, his fourth book on the topic. It’s called Emperor Of The Seas and it’s about Genghis’s grandson, Kublai Khan, who expanded the Mongol territory beyond the dominion his grandfather conquered 50 years before him. Kublai folded into the Khan empire the fertile agricultural lands of south China, repurposed that fleet and the expertise along with and expanded the Khan empire beyond the oceans. Mongols sitting on horseback, atop goat skins, riding wooden ships. Jack Weatherford #190 Of The Curious Worldview Podcast on Youtube Emperor Of The Seas - Jack Weatherford…

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Nat Eliason | From Crypto To Copy: Exit Liquidity, Crypto Confidential & Writing Worthy Of Posterity 1:18:12

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Nat Eliason is an absolute legend. I’ve been subscribed to his newsletter, following his tweets, and listening to his interviews for what feels like years now. He’s a prolific online writer who recently published his debut book, a memoir of a crypto side quest he spiralled deep down into which is serves as revelatory for the sheer insanity that is crypto. It’s meme coins, making loads of money, losing it, secret discord servers, exit liquidity and all the rest that foreshadows the same stuff happening now. Crypto is back in the news, and therefore so is Nat’s book - Crypto Confidential - which is a must read if you want to get a sense for, or contribute to, the mania. However, writing is Nat’s circulatory system, so we ended up speaking half about books and half about crypto. When you check out the episode, navigate the timestamps if you wanna skip the writing stuff and go straight to crypto. Before I leave you with Nat, he’s got this tremendous call to action on his Substack that I wanted to share here… “Among my strongest life goals is to write something worthy of outliving me” Subscribe To The Curious Worldview Newsletter Nat Eliason Substack ---- 00:00 - Who Is Nat Eliason? 01:08 - Serendipitous Anecdote 02:58 - CRYPTO: Crypto Mania 12:23 - Writing 18:05 - AI Helping Writers (Great Metaphor) 24:48 - Great Story Telling Less Great Writing 34:08 - Taleb's Influence 41:08 - Book Publishing Market (VC Metaphor) 1:00:33 - CRYPTO: Crypto From All Sides. Crazy Stories. Current Market, Ideological? The Future. 🍻☕: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ryanhogg Follow me on Instagram – @ryanfhogg…

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Levison Wood | The Discipline To Take Big Risk: Life in Adventure, Serendipity, Writing & Photography 1:46:45

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Levison Wood is an author, journalist, tv star, photographer, film producer, script writer, fellow of the Royal Geographic Society and as well to top it all off… former Officer in the British Army’s Parachute Regiment. If you’ve never heard of Levison Wood, he’s written books that have taken us all across the world. He was propelled into fame with his debut 'Walking The Nile' back in 2015 which serendipitously parlayed into a documentary, and then the momentum took and he’s never looked back. Lev is for me the archetypal guest that I look for with this podcast. That delicate combination of writer and adventurer. The discipline to take a big risk, and then return with clean prose. I’d group this interview right alongside my high watermark for the show which was #169 with Jon Lee Anderson , #66 with Tim Butcher way back and any of the Tim Marshall appearances as well. Youtube - https://youtu.be/jP2HR443Pb0 Subscribe To The Curious Worldview Newsletter Levison Wood Website ---- 00:00 - Levison Wood 01:040 - Jocko Willink 04:25 - All Explorers Seem British? 06:08 - Luck & Serendipity 21:43 - The Surprise Success & Big Decade 33:00 - Rough Times For Lev 38:08 - Opportunity Cost: Family Vs Career 44:40 - Lev's Mount Rushmore Of GOAT Explorers 55:40 - Romanticising Indiana Jones & Thoughts On Graham Hancock 59:20 - Rory Stewart 1:02:23 - Great Current Explorers 1:10:30 - Lev Having An Incredible Decade 1:14:10 - Thinking About Risk 1:22:55 - Milling - Wild Hazing In Parachute Regiment 1:30:10 - How Has The Nature Of Travel Changed? 1:43:25 - What Great Expedition From History Would Lev Join? 🍻☕: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ryanhogg Follow me on Instagram – @ryanfhogg…

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David De Jong | Nazi Billionaires Addendum: Kuehne + Nagel 34:45

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David De Jong First Appearance On The Pod - Nazi Billionaires, #127 - Apple David De Jong First Appearance On The Pod - Nazi Billionaires, #127 - Spotify David De Jong is a Dutch historian and investigative journalist. Early in his career, he found himself in New York reporting for Bloomberg on hidden fortunes and the power of family offices all across the world - it was during this job he discovered a nondescript €18,000,000,000 German family office… David eventually pulled that thread all the way back to the upper echelons of the Nazi party This led him to move to Berlin and embark down a 4 year investigation into the dark and dusty vaults of Germanys corporate pst. What he uncovered was Nazi wealth that has endured to this day which has its tentacles wrapped around many companies that you and I consume or interact with on a daily basis. Today, we recorded a brief addendum to the story, David published in Vanity Fair recently a story of Kuehne + Nagel, one of the worlds largest freight forwarding companies, that is listed on the Swiss exchange, but a very German company indeed. The podcast is about the central role Kuehne + Nagel played in the Third Reich. The politics of memory in Germany and the son of Kuehne + Nagel founder, Klaus-Michael Kuehne who is germanys richest man, the largest shareholder of Kuehne + Nagel and until today, still denying the companies dark origins. Link To Nazi Billionaires Book Link To Vanity Fair Article…

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Patrick Watts | The US Election 59:32

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