Podcasts about George Friedman

The similarities between Ukraine's attack on Russian bombers and the Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear sites have been noted. But the parallels don't stop there. The U.S. is involved in both conflicts and the script for each is flexible on a daily basis. The influence upon each is Donald J Trump. Geopolitical authority George Friedman opines on both wars, employing the theory of geopolitical cycles as explained in his book “The Storm Before the Calm”. And, finally, we see what you think in The Mailroom with Mrs Producer. File your comments and complaints at Leighton@newstalkzb.co.nz Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The U.S. decision to recuse itself from European security has created something of a crisis on the continent. America wants European countries to pick up their own defense spending and focus on their own region, following Vladimir Putin's 2022 invasion of Ukraine.  So what's the feeling in Europe about the risks countries there face from Russia? How are they navigating those threats? And do Americans and Europeans see them in the same way? Talking Geopolitics host Christian Smith was joined by Geopolitical Futures Chairman and Founder George Friedman and Antonia Colibasanu, GPF's Senior Analyst from on the ground in Romania to discuss. Visit http://www.geopoliticalfutures.com for world-class geopolitical analysis and discussion.

It's hard to find a region facing as much widespread turmoil as the Middle East, both historically and in the modern world. As Geopolitical Futures' contributing analyst Hilal Khashan predicts, the Middle East will continue to oscillate between established and rising regional powers, with more turbulent times ahead. Hilal joined George Friedman for our recent ClubGPF live discussion to focus on the Middle East, and to break down the US imperatives in the region, following Donald Trump's historic visit. To learn more about ClubGPF and join our next session, visit http://ow.ly/qHIP50JUPW2. Visit http://www.geopoliticalfutures.com for world-class geopolitical analysis and discussion.

“Europe is a crisis point, not the United States. The crisis point is that Europe has to come to terms with World War II,” says George Friedman, founder and chairman of Geopolitical Futures. In a conversation with Daniela Cambone, he explains that the post–World War II global system, where the U.S. played the role of geopolitical and economic anchor, is now over. “It's a very great system reset,” he explains. “It's a very great system reset. The financial community is obsessed with money, and that's quite understandable. But this nation is more than money, it's national security.”He also shifts focus to Europe, warning that if the continent fails to reconcile with its past and current geopolitical role, it could become a flashpoint for future conflict. “This is the place I'd watch for a war—Europe and Asia,” Friedman says, pointing to Europe's long history of internal wars among nation-states. Key Facts:America undergoes a necessary reinventionWhy is the massive reset necessary?Rising global tensions and instabilityWill the U.S. dollar remain dominant?Why central banks are stockpiling goldThe growing crisis in Europe

The US-Ukraine minerals deal is done but a Russia-Ukraine peace deal is seemingly out of reach. Now the US is looking to scale back its involvement in mediating an end to the conflict. So what's next for the war in Ukraine? In this episode, GPF Chairman George Friedman considers how the fighting might end, why Vladimir Putin might be running out of room, and why Eastern Europe is now the pivot point for European defense. Visit http://www.geopoliticalfutures.com for world-class geopolitical analysis and discussion.

George Friedman Predicts the Next 50 Years of Global Affairs and the Importance of Space Domination https://rumble.com/v6sgv39-george-friedman-predicts-the-next-50-years-of-global-affairs-and-the-import.html Tucker Carlson 1.06M followers Streamed on Apr 23, 189K News Unstable as things may feel, America isn't collapsing, says geopolitical forecaster George Friedman. It's merely going through a predictable and necessary reset. In ten years, we'll be fine. Jase Medical: Go to https://Jase.com and use code TUCKER at checkout for a discount #TuckerCarlson #DonaldTrump #USA #Israel #China #Russia #Ukraine #Gaza #war #SpaceX #ElonMusk #JeffBezos #news #politics #podcast Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 1:03 Where Will the US Be In 50 Years? 6:08 Spy Satellites and Space Strategy 9:41 The United States' Domination of Space 10:35 Is the Pentagon Lying About China's Technological Abilities? 11:09 Elon Musk's Role in Advancing Space Domination 15:28 The Government Has Lost All Common Sense 20:12 The Storm Before the Calm 25:58 The Fall of American Universities 30:21 Will There Be a War Between the US and China? 45:31 How Donald Trump Is Shifting the Country Forever 50:40 Is Global War on the Horizon? 57:33 The Negotiation Tactics of Trump 59:54 The Future of Israel, Iran, and the Middle East 1:11:40 How Powerful Are Our Intel Agencies? 1:19:03 Can You Fix Government Gradually?

The next great power is in the making. Could the United States make room for the likes of China or even Iran as the next superpower? As GPF Chairman George Friedman explained in our recent ClubGPF live discussion, a great power not only has to have a great military, it also has to have a high level of technology and a strong geopolitical position. To learn more about ClubGPF and join our next session, visit http://ow.ly/qHIP50JUPW2. Visit http://www.geopoliticalfutures.com for world-class geopolitical analysis and discussion.

Unstable as things may feel, America isn't collapsing, says geopolitical forecaster George Friedman. It's merely going through a predictable and necessary reset. In ten years, we'll be fine. George Friedman's website: http://geopoliticalfutures.com/ (00:00) Introduction (01:03) Where Will the US Be In 50 Years? (06:08) Spy Satellites and Space Strategy (10:35) Is the Pentagon Lying About China's Technological Abilities? (20:00) The Storm Before the Calm (28:58) The Fall of American Universities Paid partnerships with: ExpressVPN: Go to https://ExpressVPN.com/Tucker and find out how you can get 4 months of ExpressVPN free! MeriwetherFarms: Visit https://MeriwetherFarms.com/Tucker and use code TUCKER25 for 15% off your first order. Jase Medical: Go to https://Jase.com and use code TUCKER at checkout for a discount Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From the U.S., to Europe, China, the Middle East and Russia, relationships are being restructured due to changing geopolitical forces. As GPF Chairman George Friedman explained in our recent ClubGPF live discussion, we are now entering an age where America is taking on a pivotal role, and where economic warfare is the weapon of choice to maintain power. To learn more about ClubGPF and join our next session, visit http://ow.ly/qHIP50JUPW2.  Visit http://www.geopoliticalfutures.com for world-class geopolitical analysis and discussion.

01:00 I read in the FT that Trump is halfway to instituting a police state 02:00 FT: Trump is halfway to making America a police state, https://www.ft.com/content/4c4b0f14-3e85-4436-94de-204d3f518f3c 03:00 Will Trump revoke Harvard's tax exempt status? https://ncofnas.com/p/with-amy-wax-for-and-against-tds 08:00 George Friedman on How Geopolitics Drives Trump's Tariffs, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0YJSEMy0sc 16:00 Nathan Cofnas: With Amy Wax: For and against TDS, https://ncofnas.com/p/with-amy-wax-for-and-against-tds 25:00 No Trade Is Free: Changing Course, Taking on China, and Helping America's Workers, https://www.amazon.com/No-Trade-Free-Changing-Americas/dp/0063282135 45:00 What is the left and right? https://yourmoralleader.blogspot.com/2025/04/what-is-left-and-right.html 57:00 Michael joins to discuss right-wing TDS, https://x.com/Michaelmvlog 1:25:00 Josh Blackman: Remember When The Obama Administration Pressured Baker Hostetler To Drop Its Representation In House of Representatives v. Burwell?, https://reason.com/volokh/2025/03/13/remember-when-the-obama-administration-pressured-baker-hostetler-to-drop-its-representation-in-house-of-representatives-v-burwell/ 1:30:00 How Democrats use NGOs to accomplish the agenda they can't capture via politics, https://nypost.com/2025/04/14/opinion/how-democrats-used-ngos-to-end-run-voters-and-democracy/ 1:36:00 Big Law Seems To Be Winning The Narrative War Against MAGA, https://yourmoralleader.blogspot.com/2025/04/big-law-seems-to-be-winning-narrative.html 1:44:00 New Parents - SNL, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ryBqgkOw4U 1:45:00 Medication Ad - SNL, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ3jwffRn10 1:48:30 President Biden's Cognitive Issues in 2024: A CHARLIE ROSE Global Conversation with Chris Whipple, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQzy14CImqw 1:51:20 DTG: Back in the K-Hole, https://decoding-the-gurus.captivate.fm/episode/special-decoding-back-in-the-k-hole 2:01:30 Naomi Klein: It was Neoliberal Capitalism all along!, https://decoding-the-gurus.captivate.fm/episode/naomi-klein-it-was-neoliberal-capitalism-all-along 2:12:40 Give Trump credit for changing his mind, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wi-OS9rpYc

It has been a tumultuous couple of weeks since U.S. President Donald Trump announced his sweeping tariffs, pushing the world's two biggest economies, the United States and China, into an ever-escalating trade war. The radical shifts taken by the administration have us at GPF wondering, could this be one of the most consequential months for global economics in the 21st century? And are the tariffs meant to disrupt the global economic system of free trade that's been in place since WWII? In this episode of Talking Geopolitics, Geopolitical Futures Chairman George Friedman joins host Christian Smith to examine just how we got here and to predict how long the tit for tat will continue. Visit http://www.geopoliticalfutures.com for world-class geopolitical analysis and discussion.

In Episode 406 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with renowned geopolitical analyst and forecaster George Friedman about the pivotal institutional and socioeconomic cycles that shape historical events—and how their convergence is driving the economic and political crises of the 2020s. George and Demetri examine critical turning points in American history, including Andrew Jackson's abolition of the Second Bank of the United States (which financed westward expansion), the presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes (and the Long Depression), the consumer-driven growth wave following FDR's 1930s reforms, and the neoliberal era sparked by the Reagan Revolution. In the second hour, Friedman and Kofinas apply this framework to the era we are living in today, which according to George, is the first time in American history that both the 80-year institutional cycle and 50-year socioeconomic cycle are occurring concurrently. They discuss how (and why) so-called “woke ideology” and a sclerotic and ineffective bureaucracy are symptoms of the end of the institutional cycle and why the economic policies of this new era will lead to more capital investment and a revitalization of the American economy. Lastly, George provides listeners with a roadmap for geopolitical events in the 21st century that includes reconciliation with Putin's Russia, a new paradigm of peace in the middle east, and a long and challenging period of economic weakness in China that will consume the energies of the Chinese communist party and challenge the PRC's ability to assert itself on the global stage for at least the next several decades. Subscribe to our premium content—including our premium feed, episode transcripts, and Intelligence Reports—by visiting HiddenForces.io/subscribe. If you'd like to join the conversation and become a member of the Hidden Forces Genius community—with benefits like Q&A calls with guests, exclusive research and analysis, in-person events, and dinners—you can also sign up on our subscriber page at HiddenForces.io/subscribe. If you enjoyed today's episode of Hidden Forces, please support the show by: Subscribing on Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, Stitcher, SoundCloud, CastBox, or via our RSS Feed Writing us a review on Apple Podcasts & Spotify Joining our mailing list at https://hiddenforces.io/newsletter/ Producer & Host: Demetri Kofinas Editor & Engineer: Stylianos Nicolaou Subscribe and support the podcast at https://hiddenforces.io. Join the conversation on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter at @hiddenforcespod Follow Demetri on Twitter at @Kofinas Episode Recorded on 03/17/2025

George is back! Over half a million people caught my last interview with George shortly after the US and Russia began settlement discussions about Ukraine. Today he responds to the animated comments that followed, explaining why Russia cannot wage war in Europe, NATO's diminishing relevance, and how the flurry of activity at the White House compares to Roosevelt's first hundred days in office.

After Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy's Oval Office bust up, you might think the war in Ukraine is going rather well for Vladimir Putin. But, according to Geopolitical Futures Chairman George Friedman, the Russian president has already lost the war. Tune in to this new podcast from Geopolitical Futures as Friedman explains Russia's failure, why he thinks Trump is buttering up Putin, and what he thinks of the press conference heard round the world and the decision to pause U.S. military aid for Ukraine. Visit http://www.geopoliticalfutures.com for world-class geopolitical analysis and discussion.

04:00 Postjournalism and the death of newspapers. The media after Trump: manufacturing anger and polarization (2020), https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=159114 20:00 Christopher Caldwell On Trump And Europe, https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/christopher-caldwell-on-trump-and 24:00 NYP: Disaster in the Oval Office: Dems lead Zelensky, Ukraine off a cliff with pressure to reject mineral deal, https://nypost.com/2025/03/01/opinion/dems-lead-zelensky-ukraine-off-a-cliff-with-pressure-to-reject-mineral-deal/ 34:00 John Podhoretz on the Trump v Zelensky blowup, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKb6RW-xra0 37:00 Michael rejoins the show, https://x.com/real_machera 40:00 Michael's blog and his pro-Russian attitude, https://michaelmacherablog.com/ 42:00 Rush Limbaugh, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rush_Limbaugh 45:00 Howard Stern, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Stern 1:04:00 Zero Day, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_Day_(American_TV_series) 1:18:00 Running Point - Netflix sports comedy, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Running_Point 1:21:00 George Friedman: Trump, Putin and Changing Global Realities, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-knLXnai3Mk 1:28:00 Steve Sailer analyzes Trump's foreign policy, https://www.stevesailer.net/p/trump-speak-loudly-and-carry-a-smaller 1:44:00 Kip joins to wonder why I never married 1:51:00 How my dad protected me against kiddie fiddlers 1:53:30 When parents become friends with their adult children 2:20:00 People feel righteous 2:23:00 George Friedman on the Ukraine war 2:25:00 How gay were 1970s rock stars, https://www.stevesailer.net/p/how-gay-were-1970s-rock-stars 2:27:00 Kleptogamy, https://dragonflyissuesinevolution13.fandom.com/wiki/Sneaky_F*uckers 2:44:00 FT: How the Oscars went quiet on Trump: Apolitical is the new look in Hollywood as rows mar this year's Academy Awards and studios shrink from dissent, https://www.ft.com/content/80fcb377-8133-46b7-83ec-f83484944244 2:50:00 Video: Trump and Zelenskyy Heated Oval Office Exchange: Body Language Analysis, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0AIFIK8yKM 3:02:30 Baltimore Bridge Collapse | Full Documentary | NOVA | PBS, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aE7i201jc_A 3:05:00 Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Scott_Key_Bridge_collapse 3:09:00 Victor Davis Hanson on What Trump Thinks of Zelensky and Predicting Geopolitics, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LoQu2x-XZc 3:11:00 News: ‘It's all been scrapped': Women in wildland firefighting bootcamps canceled after DEI cuts, https://19thnews.org/2025/02/dei-women-wildland-firefighting-bootcamps-canceled/ 3:12:45 Axios: American college chaos, https://www.axios.com/2025/03/02/trump-universities-dei-research-funding 3:16:00 WSJ: BlackRock's ‘Woke' Era Is Over: Asset manager has exited climate groups and eliminated diversity targets as it tries to end ESG controversy, https://www.wsj.com/business/blackrocks-woke-era-is-over-ebdbd6e7?mod=hp_lead_pos10 3:25:00 Jeff Bezos Shakes Up The Washington Post, Media Collapse, and Reddit Is Pro-Terrorist, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lY6Vzd1mYDM 3:28:00 Why is Kara Swisher sounding insane? 3:39:30 Trump II says DEI is racist against white people 3:46:00 NYT: Trump Threats and Mexico's Crackdown Hit Mexican Cartel: Several cartel operatives said that for the first time in years, they genuinely feared arrest or death at the hands of the authorities. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/world/americas/mexico-cartel-fentanyl-trump-tariffs.html 3:52:00 Ukraine is the primary cause of its own suffering, https://www.ft.com/content/fcfbfc20-a1c7-4992-a2cd-83b688d349d0 4:07:00 How to Slash the Pentagon Budget | NonZero World feat. Julia Gledhill, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSTnJG_sF54 4:09:30 Believe beautiful young women who tell us how to reduce Pentagon spending 4:26:00 MAGA's working class base and Trump's new tech friends

The unforeseen arrangements between China and the Cook Islands have induced greater interest in South Pacific geopolitics than we can ever remember. How we deal with this surprise confrontation will be fascinating to observe. One thing is obvious; the Kiwi's “benign strategic environment” has had its feathers ruffled. In 2019 George Friedman published “The Storm Before The Calm”, which suggested the sort of events we are now experiencing. George Friedman guests on Podcast 273. And, as ever, we round up with The Mailroom with Mrs Producer. File your comments and complaints at Leighton@newstalkzb.co.nz Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One month into Donald Trump's second term, even those who closely followed his first time in office have struggled to keep up. Foreign policy shifts alone include tariffs, attacks on allies, and a proposed takeover in Gaza. Now, an apparent rapprochement with Russia has the potential to revolutionize US strategy. What is the US trying to achieve in its negotiations with Russia? And is this all just the new norm for a world without an anchor? Visit http://www.geopoliticalfutures.com for world-class geopolitical analysis and discussion.  

If you feel like the world order is being rearranged, you're right. George Friedman explains the geopolitical machinations behind Ukraine settlement talks and President Trump's plan to “redesign the world.”

In this week's episode of "Unusual Stories Podcast," we delve into George Friedman's "The Next 100 Years," a fascinating exploration of future predictions based on historical and current trends. We'll dissect how Friedman applies the law of constraint and the law of unintended consequences to forecast the evolving dynamics of culture, economy, and technology. As we navigate through his predictions, we discuss the potential exponential acceleration of change in the 21st century due to technological advancements and the cyclical nature of societal developments.Join us as we examine Friedman's intriguing forecasts, including specific geopolitical and technological shifts he anticipates, and explore strategic ways to prepare for an unpredictable future. This episode offers a comprehensive analysis of how past patterns can inform our understanding of what may lie ahead, providing insights into making informed decisions in a rapidly changing world.Tune in to "The Next 100 Years" on the "Unusual Stories Podcast" for a thought-provoking journey through the predictions that could shape our future, emphasizing the importance of historical context and the inevitability of change.I trust that this episode, will prove beneficial to you, your loved ones, and the broader world. As always, I will be sharing several thought-provoking concepts for you to ponder and apply in real-life scenarios in the upcoming days. For those feeling adventurous, there will also be a challenge awaiting your participation!All the love, all the power, all of the time!If you'd like to support the podcast, follow this link: https://linktr.ee/w.salskiLink to the book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Next-100-Years-Forecast-Century/dp/0767923057Links to Related Episodes: Thinking Fast and Slow (episode) - https://open.spotify.com/episode/6rZpUK2wEL6nOWHBr1fffo?si=7158c37fc4164170The Black Swan (episode) - https://open.spotify.com/episode/7lbJRNZoOecxR8eaIoQ878?si=822786fae5084025

The title of this podcast, The Storm Before the Calm, is taken from a book by George Friedman, founder of Geopolitical Futures. A good friend of mine gave me this book for Christmas. Initially, I balked at the title. I was not eager to read about “the storm” since we have been living in the eye of a hurricane since January 20, 2025, when Donald Trump took office. The last thing I wanted to do was read anything about Trump. I tackled The Storm, and it's a great book—very insightful. I love the long-view historical perspective. Yes, Trump is in the book, but he's not the storm. We're the storm.Today, we'll be talking history, economics and institutional and socioeconomic cycles.  Here are the Time Stamps | We Are the Storm  | 0:21 | Don't Worry. It's Just a Phase.  | 1:48 | Cycling Through US History  | 8:14 | The Rise of Feminism  | 11:45 | Backlash in the 21st Centruy  | 14:05 | Tired of the Trickle-Down  | 19:33 | Common Themes Throughout Our History  | 25:00:00Friedman writes that the US has two predictable cycles that date back to the "invention" of the country by the Founding Fathers: the 80-year institutional cycle and the 50-year socioeconomic cycle. Think of them like the tectonic plates shifting before an earthquake. At the end of each 50-year economic cycle, there is division and great upheaval in the country and "it's as if the country is tearing itself apart," Friedman writes. That's where we are today. I was surprised -- and somewhat dismayed but oddly relieved -- to find out that in this decade both of these cycles will shift. Two earthquakes. In 2020, Friedman said that 2025 would be a pivotal year. Well, here we are! The signals of a shift to a new socioeconomic cycle are: great discontent among the people, broken or obsolete economic systems, and a "failed president" at the end of the cycle. This president is elected during the social unrest and upheaval but uses old ideas and old models to solve current problems. Clinging to old models doesn't work and often makes the situation for the people worse. A classic example is President Herbert Hoover clinging to the old models and ignoring the plight of millions of hungry and impoverished Americans. The Great Depression got worse during his term.Hoover was the "failed president" at the end of that cycle and President Franklin Roosevelt was the first president in the new cycle. Roosevelt made sweeping changes to the federal government to tackle the Great Depression, to feed people and put them back to work, build infrastructure and fight fascism in World War II. President Lyndon Johnson built on the New Deal with the Great Society. The middle class and the union movement grew during this cycle. And the rich paid taxes. President Jimmy Carter was the "failed president" at the end of that cycle.We are in the waning years of the cycle that began with President Ronald Reagan. He infamously introduced us to "trickle-down" economics. The theory is that dramatically cutting taxes on the rich would lead to "trickle-down" wealth. Making the rich richer was somehow supposed to enrich the masses. We have been suffering under this failed model for decades. Thanks to 50 years of Reaganomics, the wealth gap in the US is wider than ever, the billionaires are becoming trillionaires, corporate welfare is running rampant while people are hungry, the middle class has shrunk, the cost of housing, automobiles and college has skyrocketed. The Trump/Musk regime is clinging to the failed model that got here -- tax cuts for the rich and deregulation. Is Trump the last "failed president" of the Trickle-Down Era?

In this episode of Welcome to Cloudlandia, Dan and I explore how organizations can balance productivity with employee well-being through structured breaks and strategic planning. Dan shares insights from Strategic Coach's approach of giving employees six weeks off after three months of work, using Calgary's changing weather as a metaphor for workplace adaptability.  Looking at the British Royal Navy's history, we discuss how its organizational structure relates to modern planning methods. Dean explains his 80/20 framework for yearly planning—using 80% for structured goals while keeping 20% open for unexpected opportunities, which helps teams stay focused while remaining flexible. The conversation turns to a long-term perspective through 25-year frameworks, examining how past achievements shape future goals. Dean shares a story about the Y2K panic to illustrate how technological changes influence our planning and adaptability. We conclude with practical applications of these concepts, from cross-training team members to implementing daily time management strategies. SHOW HIGHLIGHTS We discuss the adaptability of humans to different climates, using Calgary's Chinook weather patterns as an example, and emphasize the importance of taking breaks to prevent burnout, citing Strategic Coach's policy of providing six weeks off after three months. Dean and I explore the planning strategies inspired by the golden age of the British Royal Navy, advocating for a structured year with 80% planning and 20% spontaneity to embrace life's unpredictability. Dan reflects on using 25-year frameworks to evaluate past achievements and future aspirations, noting that he has accomplished more between ages 70 to 80 than from birth to 70. We delve into the importance of discernment and invention, highlighting these skills as crucial for problem-solving and expressing creativity in today's world. Dean talks about sports salaries, noting how they reflect economic trends, and discusses the financial structure of sports franchises, particularly in relation to player salaries and revenue. We touch on government efficiency and cost-cutting measures, discussing figures like Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, and the impact of Argentina's President Milley. The conversation shifts to global trends and AI's role in the future workforce, noting the significance of recognizing patterns and making informed predictions about future technological advancements. Dean and I emphasize the importance of weekly and daily time management strategies, suggesting that structured planning can enhance both personal and professional effectiveness. Dan shares his year-end practices, including reflecting on past years and planning for the new year, while also noting his personal preference for staying home during the holidays to relax and recharge. We humorously recount historical events like the Y2K panic and discuss how technological shifts have historically reshaped industries and societal norms. Links: WelcomeToCloudlandia.com StrategicCoach.com DeanJackson.com ListingAgentLifestyle.com TRANSCRIPT (AI transcript provided as supporting material and may contain errors) Dean: Mr Sullivan. Dan: Mr Jackson, I thought I'd just give you a minute or two to get settled in the throne. Dean: Oh, you see, there you go. I'm all settled, All settled and ready. Good, it's a little bit chilly here, but not you know, not yeah it's a little bit chilly here too. Dan: Yeah, it's a little bit chilly here too. It just shows you there's different kinds of little bits. Dean: Different levels. Choose your chilly. Yeah, that's so funny, are you? Dan: in Toronto. It just brings up a thought that there are people who live in climates where 40 degrees below zero is not such a bad day. Dean: Yeah. Dan: And there are people who live in temperatures where it's 120, and that's not a too uncomfortable day. Dean: Right. Dan: So that's 160 degrees variation. If nothing else, it proves that humans are quite adaptable. I think you're right. I think you're absolutely right. Dean: That's what that shows. I use that example a lot when talking about climate change. We're very adaptable. Dan: Oh yeah, yeah, there is a place in. I looked this up because in Western Canada I think in the Denver area too, they have a thing called a Chinook, and I've actually experienced it. I used to go to Calgary a lot for coach workshops and I'd always, if it was like February, I'd always have to pack two complete sets of clothes, because one day it was 20 degrees Fahrenheit in the morning and it was 75 degrees Fahrenheit in the evening, the morning, and it was 75 degrees Fahrenheit in the evening, and then it stayed. And then it stayed that way for about two days and then it went back to, back to 20. And uh, this happens about, I would say, in Calgary, you know Alberta. Uh, this would happen maybe three or four times during the winter mm-hmm yeah, so so so there? Dean: well, there you go, so are you. Are you done with workshops therefore? Dan: yeah, yeah of strategic coach does the whole office closed down from the 20th and 20th of well yeah 20th was our party, so that was friday night. So we have a big in toronto. We have a big christmas party. You know, we have 80 or 90 of our team members and they bring their other, whatever their other is and not all of them, but a lot of them do and now we're closed down until the 6th, uh, 6th of january. That's great. Yeah, you know what? Dean: a lot of people that's 17 days, that's that's 17 days yeah that's a very interesting thing. Dan: So you know, it's like um so completely shut down as there's nobody in the office nobody, you know there's people who check packages like, okay, yeah, and they live right around the corner from the office, so they just go in and you know they check and, um, you know, and if, um, but no phone calls are being taken, it's like uh company free days. Dean: Is that what it is? Dan: yeah, there. Dean: There's no phone calls being answered, no emails being attended to, anything like that. It's all just shut down. Dan: I'm going to take a guess and say yes. Dean: Right. That's great and that's kind of you know what. One of the things that I've often said about you and the organization is that you are actually like products of your environment. You actually do what you see. Dan: We're the product of our preaching. Dean: That's exactly right Organizationally and individually. Right Organizationally and individually. And when I tell people that new hires at Strategic Coach get six weeks of three days After three months. Dan: After three months. Yeah, yeah, yeah, they don't get any free days for the first three months, but you know, and they pass the test, you know they pass the test. Then in the first year year, they get six weeks, six weeks, yeah, and it's interesting, right? Dean: Nobody gets more. Right, everybody gets six weeks. Dan: Shannon Waller, who's been with us for 33 years. She gets her six weeks and everybody else gets their six weeks, and our logic for this is that we don't consider this compensation OK right, we do it for two reasons so that people don't burn out. You know they don't get, you know they they're not working, working, working, in that they start being ineffective, so they take a break. So they take a break and we give a one month grace period in January If you haven't taken your previous six weeks for the year before. You can take them during January, but you can't carry over. So there's no building up of three days over the years. Right, yeah, if you have, if you don't take them, you lose them. And but the other thing about it that really works one, they don't burn out. But number two, you can't take your free days in your particular role in the company, unless someone is trained to fill in with you so it actually it actually pushes cross training, you know. So in some roles it's three deep, you know they, yeah, there's three people who can do the role, and so you know you know, we've been at it for 35 years and it works yeah, oh, that's awesome dan I was curious about your you know. Dean: Do you have any kind of year end practices or anything that you do for you know, preparing for the new year, reflecting on the old year, do you do anything like that? Dan: I'd probably go through a bottle ofish whiskey a little bit quicker during that period that's the best I'm. I'm not saying that that's required, but sometimes exactly, just observation. Yeah, uh-huh you know, knowing you, like you know you right, yeah, yeah, not that it's noticeable you know I try to not make it noticeable. Uh, the other thing, the other thing about it is that we don't go away for the holidays. We we just stay put, because babs and I do a lot of traveling, especially now with our medical our medical journeys, uh and uh. I just like chilling, I just like to chill. I know, you know I I'm really into, um, uh, historical novels. Right now dealing with the british navy, the royal navy around 1800. So the golden age of sailing ships is just before steam power was, you know, was applied to ships. These are warships and and also before you know, they went over to metal. The boats started being steel rather than wood. And it's just the glory period. I mean, they were at the height of skill. I mean just the extraordinary teamwork it took to. You know just sailing, but then you know battles, war battles and everything Just extraordinary. This is cannons right, yeah. These were cannons, yeah, extraordinary, this is cannons, right? Yeah, these are cannons, yeah, and the big ones had 120 cannons on them, the big ships, right before the switchover, they just had this incredible firepower. And the Brits were best, the British were the best for pretty well 100, 150 years, and then it ended. It ended during the 1800s. Midway through the 1800s you started getting metal steam-powered ships and then it entirely changed. Yes, yeah, but back to your question Now. You know I do a lot of planning all the time. You know I do daily planning, weekly planning, quarterly planning. I call it projecting. I'm projecting more than planning. The schedule is pretty well set for me. I would say on the 1st of January, my next 365 days are 80% structured already. Dean: Yes. Dan: Yeah, and then you leave room for things that come up. You know, one of the things I really enjoy and I'm sure you do, dean is where I get invitations to do podcasts and we tell people you got to give us at least 30 days when you make a request before we can fill it in. But I've had about, I think during 2024, I think I had about 10. These weren't our scheduled podcasts with somebody these? Were. These were invitations, and yeah. I really enjoy that. Dean: Yeah, I do too, and that's kind of a I think you're. This is the first year, dan, that I've gone into the year, going into 2025, here with a 80% of my year locked, like you said. Like I know when my Breakthrough Blueprint events are, I know when my Zoom workshops are, I know when my member calls are, all of those things that kind of scaffolding is already in place right now. And that's the first. You know that's the first year that I've done that level of planning ahead all the way through. You know, going to London and Amsterdam in June and Australia in November and get it the whole thing, having it all already on the books, is a nice that's a nice thing, and now I'm I'm really getting into. I find this going into 2025 is kind of a special thing, because this is like a, you know, a 25 year. You know, I kind of like look at that as the beginning of a 25 year cycle. You know, I think there's something reflective about the turn of a century and 25 year, you know the quarters of a century kind of thing, because we talk about that 25-year time frame, do you? You're right now, though you are five years into a 25-year framework, right, in terms of your 75 to 100, was your 25? Yeah, my guess, my yeah, I didn't. Dan: I didn't do it on that basis I know I did it uh, uh. Um, I have done it that way before, but now it's I'm just uh 80 to 100, because 100 is an interesting number. Dean: Yes. Dan: And plus I have that tool called the best decade ever. Dean: Yeah. Dan: And so I'm really focused just on this. 80 to 90, 80 years old, and when I measured from 70 to 80, so this was about two years before it was two months before I got to my 80th birthday. I created this tool. And I just reflected back how much I'd gotten done. Dean: 70 to 80. Dan: And it occurred to me that it was greater than what I'd gotten done 70 to 80. Dean: Yeah, and it occurred to me that it was greater than what I had done from birth to 80. Dan: Birth to 70. Dean: Birth to 70. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Dan: So I had accomplished more in the last 10 years and I used two criteria creativity and productivity like coming up with making up more stuff. And then the other thing just getting lots of stuff done, and so I've got that going for 80 to 90. And it's very motivating. I find that a very motivating structure. I don't say I think about it every day, but I certainly think about it every week. Dean: That's what I was very curious about. I was thinking this morning about the because this period of time here, this two weeks here, last two weeks of the year, I'm really getting clear on, you know, the next 25 years. I like these frameworks. I think it's valuable to look back over the last 25 years and to look forward to the next 25 years. And you and I've had that conversation like literally we're talking about everything. That is, everything that's you know current and the most important things right now have weren't even really in the cards in 2000. You know, as we were coming into you, know, we all thought in 1999, there was a good chance that the world was going to blow up, right y2k. Dan: Everybody was uh some of us did. Dean: I love that but you know, it just goes to show. Dan: Yeah, I thought it was uh right yeah, there was this momentary industry called being a y2k consultant you know computer consultant and I thought it was a neat marketing trick. The only problem is you can only pull it off once every thousand years. Dean: Oh yeah. Dan: Yeah, but there was vast amount. I mean all the big consulting, you know, mckinsey and all those people. They were just raking in the money you know they were out there, All those people they were just raking in the money. Dean: You know they were out there. You know, I think probably the previous five years. Dan: It was probably a five year industry you know they probably started in 1995, and they said oh, you don't realize this, but somebody didn't give enough room to make the change. You know every computer system in the world is um, we forgot to program this in. They're all going to cease to. They're going to cease to operate on. Yeah and then. But all you had to do is watch new year's from australia and you knew that wasn't true, do? Dean: you know what? Uh, yeah, jesse, uh, jesse dejardin, who I believe you met one time, used to work with me, but he was the head of social for Australia, for Tourism Australia. Yeah, and when the world I don't know if you remember in 2012, the world was supposed to end, that was, uh, yeah, a big thing and uh so, that was that, wasn't that? Dan: uh, it was based on a stone tablet. Dean: That they found somewhere. South America, south America, yes, it was yes, peruvian it was uh, that's right, I think it was? Dan: I think it was the inca inca account yeah, yeah mayan or inca calendar. Dean: That's what it was, the mayan calendar. Dan: That's what it was ended in 2012. Yeah, and so jesse had the foresight it actually ended for them quite a bit earlier oh man, it's so funny. Yeah, you don't get much news from the mayan, no, no you say like when they created that mayan calendar. Dean: They had to end it sometime. Would you say something like that listen, that's enough, let's stop here, we don't even keep going forever. Dan: You know what I think the problem was? I think they ran out of stone I think you're probably right. Dean: They're like this is enough already. Dan: They got right to the edge of the stone and they said well, you know, jeez, let's go get another. Do you know how much work it is to get one of these stones? That? Oh yeah, chisel on yeah yeah. Dean: so jesse had the uh, jesse had the foresight that at midnight on Australia they're the first, yeah, to put the thing up. So once they made it past, they made a post that said all it said was we're okay. Dan: We're okay. Dean: You know, it was just so brilliant. You know we're okay. Dan: You know the the stuff that humans will make up to scare themselves oh man, I think that that's really along those lines. I just did a perplexity search this morning yeah and uh. For those who don't know what perplexity is, it's an a really a very congenial ai program and I put in um uh uh 10, um crucial periods of us history that were more politically polarized and violent than 2024. Dean: Okay. Dan: And you know, three seconds later I got the answer and there were 10. And very, very clearly, just from their little descriptions of what they were, they were clearly much more politically polarized and violent than they are right now. Yeah, the real period was, I mean the most. I mean Civil War was by far. Dean: Of course. Dan: Civil War, and. But the 1890s were just incredible. You had, you had a president. Garfield was assassinated in the 90s and then, right at 1991, mckinley was. So you had two presidents. There were judges assassinated, there were law officials, other politicians who were assassinated. There were riots where 200 people would die, you know, and everything like that. And you know, and you know, so nothing, I mean this guy, you know, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare gets shot on the street and everybody says, oh, you know, this is just the end. We're tipping over as a society. And I said nah nah, it's been worse tipping over as a society and I said nah, nah, there's been worse. Dean: Yeah, I think about uh. Dan: I mean you know you remember back uh in the 70s, I remember you know I mean in the 60s and 70s assassination attempts and playing yeah, well, they're hijacking. Yeah, there were three. You had the two Kennedys and Martin Luther King were assassinated within five years of each other. I remember the 60s as being much more tumultuous and violent. Yeah it seems like. Dean: I remember, as I was first coming aware of these things, and I remember, as I was first coming aware of these things, that you know remember when. And then Ronald Reagan, that was the last one, until Trump, that was the last actual attempt right, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Dan: You know one thing you got to say about Trump. Dean: Tell me. Dan: Lucky, he's very lucky. Dean: Yes, but in a good sense lucky, no, no, I mean that I think luck is very important. Dan: Luck is very important, you know but, he's lucky, and his opponents, you know. I mean he had Hillary and you know, that was good luck, and Joe turned out to be good luck. You know, Joe Biden turned out to be good luck. And then Kamala was. I mean, you couldn't order up one like that from Amazon and have it delivered to you? Oh man, yeah, I mean, yeah, that you know. And, uh, you know, I mean, you know, the news media were so, uh, bought in. You know that it was like, oh, this is going to be really close. This is, oh, you know, this is going to be razor thin. We may not know for days what the election is. And when Miami-Dade went to Trump, I said it's over. Miami-dade's been Democratic since, you know, since the 70s. You know, Miami-Dade. Dean: And. Dan: I said if Miami-Dade this is like the first thing in this is, like you know, when they start eight o'clock I think it was seven o'clock or eight o'clock. Dean: I'm not sure Eastern. Dan: And they said Miami-Dade has just gone to Trump and I said that's over, I went to bed at nine o'clock. I went to bed at nine o'clock oh man. That's so funny. Yeah, but that's the news media. You know they got, so bought into one side of the political spectrum that they, you know, they were, you know, and I think what Elon is introducing is a medium that's 50-50. You know, like they, they've done surveys of x. You know who, yes, seems to be. You know, it's like 50-50. It's 50 um republican, 50 democratic or 50 liberal, 50 conservative, whatever you know. Uh, you want to do about it, but I think he's pioneering a new news medium oh for sure. Dean: I mean. Well, we've seen, you know, if you look at over the last 25 years, that you know we've gone from nobody having a voice to everybody, everybody having a voice. And I mean it's absolutely true, right Like that's the, that's the biggest. I think that's the. I guess what Peter Diamandis would call democratization, right Of everything. As it became digitized, it's like there's nothing stopping, there's no cost, there's no cost. Dan: There's no cost. There's no cost and there's nothing stopping anybody from having a radio station or having a television station or, you know, magazine, like a newsletter, or any of that thing we've got. In all the ways, it's completely possible for every human to meet every other human. Here's a, here's a question. Uh, I have and uh, I I don't know how you would actually prove it. So it's uh just a question for pondering do you think that the um people were just as crazy before they had a voice as they are after having the voice, or is it having the voice that makes them crazy? Dean: I think it's having access to so many convincing dissenting or, uh, you know voices like I'm talking about the person who's the broadcaster you know they weren't a broadcaster 25 years because there wasn't a medium for doing. Definitely, uh, I think there's definitely a piling on, yeah, of it that I think that you know. If you think about your only access to crazy opinions and I say crazy with air quotes it is was somebody you know in, uh, in your local environment. It's like you remember even in toronto, remember, they had speakers corner. Uh, yeah, sydney tv had speakers corner where you could go and down on uh down on uh cane street queen street down on queen and john queen and John Queen and John Street. I lived about three plus. Dan: Yeah, you never paid any attention to them. I mean you, I just made sure I was on the other side of the street walking, so they wouldn't, try to engage me you know and uh and uh, yeah, so I. So having the capability uh has its own bad consequence, for for some people, yeah, I think so, because the um, you know, I mean you and I couldn't be crazy like this, like we're doing right now. Dean: We couldn't have been crazy like this 25 years ago, but we would have had to just do it together at table 10,. Just yeah, just talk, that's all it is we just let everybody else now hear it? Come listen in. Dan: I don't think we're crazy. I think we're the height of sanity. I think we're the height of sanity. Dean: I do too, Absolutely. Yeah, it's so, but I do. I definitely think that that's that's one of the things is that it's very it's much more difficult to discern. Discernment is a is a big. You need discernment in this, in this period more than ever probably do you have that in your working genius? Dan: do you have that in your working genius? Dean: yeah, that's my number one thing discernment. I think we're the same, yeah invention and discernment which which is first. Dan: Mine is invention and discernment. Dean: Okay, so mine is discernment and invention. And it's an interesting. Chad Jenkins has been asking this. He's been kind of exploring with people what he calls their perpetual question, like what's the constant question? That is kind of like the driving question of what you do. Dan: Do you know yours? Dean: I do. I think, in looking at it, mine is what should we do? Dan: I know, what mine is, what's yours? I wonder how far I can go. Dean: I wonder how far I can go. I like that. Dan: I've had that since I was 11 years old. Dean: Yeah, yeah, that's really. It's very interesting, right like I look at it. That, uh, you know, there were years ago, um, there was a guy, bob beal, who wrote a book called uh, stop setting goals if you'd rather solve problems or something. And so I think I'm, I am a problem solver. Simplifier, you know, as I learn all the layers about what I am, is that I'm able to I just think about, as my MO is to look at a situation and see, well, what do we need to do? Right, like, what's the outcome that we really want? Right, like, what's the what, what's the outcome that we really want, and then go into inventing the simplest, most direct path to effectively get that outcome and that's the driver of, of all of the uh things you know. so I'm always. I think the layer of I think it's a subtlety, but the layer of discernment before inventing, for me is that I limit the inventing to the as a simplifier, you know, and I think you as a, you know I'm an obstacle bypasser, a crusher, uh-huh, uh, no, I I just say, uh, what's the way around this? Dan: so I don't have to deal with it. Dean: Yeah, yes and uh, yeah and uh I can't tell you that you that that progression of is there any way I could get this without doing anything, followed by what's the least that I could do to get this. And then, ok, is there, and who's the person? Dan: who's the person that can do it? Now I tell you, I've already thought about that 10 times this morning. Dean: It's a constant. Dan: It's right there. It's right there. It's a companion. And I sit there and you know, for example, you get caught in a situation where you have to. You know you have to wait, you know like you have to wait and I asked myself is there any way I can solve this without doing nothing? And I said yes, you have to just be patient for 10 minutes. Ok, I'm patient for 10 minutes. You know, oh, right, yeah, yeah you know, yeah, I experienced that a lot at Pearson Airport. Oh, yeah, right, yeah, yeah. Dean: Right, yeah, yeah, for sure, there's a lot of travel shenanigans, but I think, when you really look at, I think just it's fascinating what shifting your, shifting your view by an hour can do in travel. Oh, yeah, yeah. Like, if your target is to arrive three hours, yeah, you start the process one hour earlier than you would normally. There's so much, so much room for margin, so much. Dan: Uh, it's so much more relaxing, you know yeah, it takes us anywhere from uh 40 minutes to an hour to get to Pearson from the beach. Dean: Yeah. Dan: And so we leave three hours before the flight time three hours. And we're there and actually the US going to the US. They have a nice on one side. They've got some really really great um seating arrangements, tables and everything and uh, I really like it. I like getting there and, yes, you know, we starbucks is there, I get a coffee and yeah, you know I sit there and I'll just, uh, you know, I'll read my novel or whatever, or you know I have my laptop so I can work on it. But my killer question in those situations is it's 1924, how long does this trip take me? That's the best right. Dean: Yeah, or if that's not good enough 1824. Right, exactly. Dan: Right, exactly yeah. Dean: I just think. I mean, it's such a, would you say, dan, like your orientation, are you spending the majority of your time? Where do you, where do you live mentally, like? How much time do you spend reflecting on or, you know, thinking about the past, thinking about the future and thinking about right now? Dan: well, I think about the past, uh, quite a bit from the standpoint of creating the tools, because I don't know if you've noticed the progression like over the year, almost every tool has you say well, what have you done up until now? you know, and then your top three things that you've done up until now. And then, looking ahead, you you always brainstorm. That's a Dean Jackson add-on that I've added to. All the tools is brainstorming. And then you pick the top three for the past up until the present. And then you brainstorm what could I do over the next 12 months? And then you pick the top three. But the past is only interesting to me in terms is there a value back there that I can apply right now to, uh, building a better future? Dean: you know, I don't. Dan: I don't think I have an ounce of nostalgia or sentimentality about the past you know, or yearning, you know you don't want. No, I get you know, especially especially now you know it's uh. The boomers are now in their 70s. And I have to tell you, Dean, there's nothing more depressing than a nostalgic baby boomer. Dean: Yeah, back in our day, You're right. Dan: Yeah, that's back in the day, back in your day, you were unconscious. Yeah right, yeah, right, yeah, and I really I noticed it happening because the first boomers started to be 65. So 46, 46 and 65 was the 2011. They started to, you know, they crossed the 65 year mark and I started noticing, starting yeah, oh boy, you know, I'm really spending a lot of time with the people I graduated from high school with and I said, oh yeah, that's interesting, why haven't you seen them for 40 years? Right, yeah, yeah, I went to a 25-year graduation reunion, yeah, so I graduated in 62, so that was 87. And I went back and we had clients here and I told people you know, I'm going back for a high school reunion. I got back and there was an event, a party, and they said, well, how was that? And I said nobody came. None of them came. And he says you had a reunion and nobody came. I said no, they sent a bunch of old people in their place. You know they were talking about retirement. I only got another 20 years to retirement. I said, gee, wow, wow, wow I can't believe that. I mean, if you haven't seen someone for 50 years, there was a reason. Dean: Yeah, absolutely. I just look at these. You know I graduated in 85. So 40 years this year that just seems impossible, dan, like I just I remember you know so clearly. I have such clarity of memory of every year of that you know the last 40 years, that you know the last 40 years, but you know it's. It's a very. What I've had to consciously do is kind of narrow my attention span to the this. What I'm working on is getting to more in the actionable present kind of thing. You know more in the actionable present kind of thing, you know, because I tend to, I mean looking forward. You know if you, it's funny we can see so clearly back 25 years, even 40 years. We've got such great recollection of it. But what we're not really that great at is projecting forward, of looking forward as to what's the next 25 years going to look like. Dan: Well, you couldn't have done it back then either? Dean: then either, and that's what I wondered. So you, I remember, uh, you know, 25 years ago we had we've talked about the um, you know the investment decisions of starbucks and berkshire hathaway and procter and gamble. Those were the three that I chose. But if on reflection now, looking back at them, I could have, because they were there. I could have chosen Apple and Google and Amazon. They would have been the, they would have been eclipsed, those three. Dan: Yeah, but you did all right. Dean: Yeah, absolutely no. No, here's the thing. Dan: The big thing isn't what you invested in, it's what you stayed invested in. Yes, it's moving around. That kills your investment. We have whole life insurance, which is insurance with cash value. It's been 30 years now and the average has been 7% per year for 30 years now and the average has been 7% per year for 30 years. Yeah, I mean, that's interest. I mean interest. So it's not a capital gain, it's just interest. Dean: I was just going to say, and you can access the money. Dan: It's like a bank. It's like your own personal bank. We have an agreement with one of the Canadian banks here that we can borrow up to 95% against the cash value, and the investment keeps on going you just took out a loan. It doesn't affect the investment. What's his name? Dean: Morgan H morgan household. Dan: He talks about that. Yeah, he said it's the movement that uh kills you. Yes, he says, just find something you know you know, government bonds are good over 25 years. I mean people say yeah but I could have gone 100. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. But you have to think about it. This way, you don't have to think about it. Right yeah that was the Toronto real estate. Toronto real estate, you know, geez yeah. Dean: Yeah, you're right, do you? Dan: know what the average price of a single detached is in GTA right now? I don't know. It's over a million dollars. Yeah, it's about 1.2, 1.4. That's a single detached, I'm not talking about a big place? No, no exactly. Dean: Just a three-bedroom, two-bed single-family home Too bad single family home. I remember when I was starting out in Georgetown the average price of that million dollar bungalow now is like a staple was a bungalow that was built in the 50s and 60s three bedroom, 1,200 square foot. Three bedroom brick bungalow uh, was on a 50-foot lot. Was uh a hundred and sixty five thousand dollars, yeah, and it was so funny, because now it's two uh, probably, uh, georgetown. Georgetown is a very desirable place, yes, and so, uh, when you look at the, I remember carol mcleod, who was in my office. She'd been in real estate for you know, 20, 20 years when, uh, when I joined the office and she remembers thinking when, the price of a prince charles bungalow there was a street called prince charles in, uh, georges, it was kind of like the staple of the uh, the like the consumer price index, bread basket kind of thing when a, uh, when a prince charles bungalow went for $100,000, she thought that was the end of the world. That that's like. This is unsustainable $100,000 for a house. Who's got that kind of money? How are people gonna be able to sustain this? I just think, man, that's so crazy, but you think about it. Do you remember when Dave Winfield got a million-dollar contract for baseball? Dan: Oh yeah. Dean: What an amazing thing. That was the million-dollar man. It's crazy. Now you know. Dan: Yeah, you know, it's really interesting If you take the salaries, let's say the Yankees right now the. Yankees, ok, and you know they're there. You know they have some huge, huge, huge contracts, you know, I think I'm trying to think of the biggest one. Dean: Well, aaron Judge, you know, is like three, three hundred and twenty million judge, you know is like three, 320 million, you know, and uh, but the guy in LA just you know, 700 million yeah, 760, 760 and Soto Soto with the mats. Dan: He just I think his is around 702 and uh and everything and people say this is just unsustainable. If you add up all the salaries of, you know, the yankees, their entire team, you know um, uh and, and average it out against what the market value of the yankees is. Yeah, you know, like this total salary. Dean: The average is exactly the same as it was 70 years ago and that's the thing people don't understand, that these salaries are based on collective bargaining and the basketball, for instance, half of the money goes to the players. So half of all the revenue from tickets and TV and media and merchandise, all of that stuff, half of the money that the organization makes, has to go to the players. And so on a basketball team they have maybe 12 players who are getting all of that money. Dan: You know, so that see the basketball players get I think it's 15, I think they have 15 now. 15, now 15 players. Dean: Yeah, yeah, yeah so you look at that and it's like, uh wow, now collectively they have to be within their, their salary cap or whatever is, yeah, 50, 50 percent of their revenue. But I mean it's kind of, uh, it's market value, right, it's all relative, yep yep, yep, yeah, and all the owners are billionaires. Dan: You know, they're. They mostly use it for a tax write-off, I mean that's yeah, yeah, yeah I have to tell you talk about tax write-off. About three blocks from us here in the beaches in Toronto, there's an Indian restaurant that's been there for about two years and every night we come by it on the way back from the office and I've never seen any customers. I've never once if I pass that restaurant and this is during business hours. I've never seen, I've never once if I pass that restaurant and this is during business hours yeah I've never. I've never seen it and I said I got a feeling there's some money laundering that's crazy. Dean: It's like I I look at the um, I'm trying right now, and this this next couple of weeks. One of the things I'm really gonna uh reflect on is kind of looking forward. I think about I did this with our realtors. I created an RIP for 2024. So RIP meaning reflection on what actually happened in the last year for you how many transactions, how much revenue, how much whatever came in. And then inflection, looking at what is it right now, where are you at and what trajectory is that on right? If you're looking, what are the things that you could make a change on? And then projecting projection into 2025. And I realized you know part. One of the things I said to the people is you can't same your way to different, that's, you can't save your way to different. I mean that's really if you're thinking that something different is going to happen. Something different has to take place. Dan: You can't crazy your way to normal either. Dean: Exactly. Dan: Yes, yeah, yeah, yeah, it's really. It's really. Yeah. I think you know that Morgan House book. We gave it out. We gave it out. I have to check on that. I put in a request for that. I don't know if it went out, you know, but he's just I. I told joe he should have him as a speaker at the national the annual event yeah, yeah, I think it'd be good. I mean because joe's really, really, really got to hustle now, because he uh really established a new standard for who he has. But yeah, I was just looking at an article this morning because it reminded me of who Joe had. He had Robert Kennedy and Jordan. Peterson and Tucker Carlson, tucker Carlson, yeah. Dean: And it was great. Dan: It was great. And then I was thinking about the role that elon musk is playing in the us government. There's no precedent for this in us history, that you have a person like that, who's just brought in with somebody else, vivek ramaswamy and uh, they're just given a department of government. Dean: A department of government oh, did I miss a vivek uh appointment. Was he appointed to something? Dan: no, he's, he's appointed with uh, with um with uh, elon, oh, I see, okay, yeah. Yeah, it's called the department of government efficiency right okay, uh, which may be a contradiction in terms, but anyway, but they're hiring people, but the people they hire don't get any salary. You have to volunteer, you have to volunteer to work. So you got to have, you got to be well funded to work there. You know you got to. I mean you got to be living off your own savings, your own investments, while you're there. You know you got to. I mean, you got to be living off your own savings your own investments while you're there. But I was thinking because we've been observers now for 13, actually just a year of President Milley in Argentina and he's cut government costs by 30% in one year. Dean: Wow, yeah there's interesting stuff. Dan: He eliminated or really cut 12 departments. Nine of the departments he just got rid of you know the one, you know they have departments like tuck you in safely at night, sort of that had about that, had about 5000 employees, you know, and you know, and send letters to your mom let her know you know that sort of department, but they were just creating employment, employment, employment where people didn't really have to work, and he got rid of seventy five thousand federal employees in a country of forty Forty six million. Forty six million, he got rid of seventy five thousand. Well, in the US, if they did equal proportions, we're about 350, so 46, that's about seven, seven, eight times. That would get rid of 550,000. I think it's doable, yeah. Dean: I mean that's fascinating and we don't get access to that right. You sought that out and you only came into contact with that because you're a frequent traveler to Argentina. Yeah, Argentina, and it feels better, yeah, and it feels better. Dan: We were noticing because we hadn't been there since March and we were there right at the end of November. We were there right at the end of Thanksgiving. We were actually American Thanksgiving. We were that week, we were down there and the place just feels better. You can just feel it there, there, and the place just feels better. You can just feel it. There is uh, you know, and uh, you know, and there's a real mood shift, you know, when people just feel that all this money is being, you know, confiscated and paid to people who aren't working. You know that yeah it doesn't feel good. Doesn't feel good, then there's Canada, then there's Canada. Dean: Right. Dan: Yes. Dean: It's great entertainment, I'll tell you. Well, you know it's funny. I don't know whether I mentioned last time, the guy from El Salvador, what he's done in since being elected. You're a young guy, I think he was elected at 35 or 37. And he's completely turned around the crime rate in El Salvador by being 100%. Dan: You just have a 50,000 convict prison. Well, that's exactly right, yeah, yeah. And that's the thing. Dean: It's like lock him up. That's the thing. Dan: He's like led, and they guard themselves. It's a self-guarding prison. Dean: Is that right? I didn't know that. No, no, I'm just kidding, I'm just playing on your theme. Dan: Right right, right'm just kidding, I'm just playing on your thing. Dean: Right, right, right, yeah, yeah. Well, that would be the combination, right, self-guarding. That would be the most efficient way to have the situation. Dan: Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah. Dean: But it is amazing what can happen when you have a focus on one particular thing. Dan: Well, you know what it is. I think partially and Peter Zion talks about this that, generally speaking, the way the world has been organized, during the 20th century the US really didn't pay much attention to South America, latin America at all, and never has you know the. United States never has, because they've been east and west, you know it's either Europe or it's Asia. But now that the US has decided that they're going to be very discerning about who gets to trade with them they're very discerning about who gets the benefit of US protection and everything else All of a sudden, the South Americans are getting their houses in order which they haven't been. It's been a century of mostly really bad government in Latin America. Now they're all getting things in order so that when the US looks south, they're front of the line. The only thing that the US really paid any attention to was Cuba Cuba's like a piece of meat. Dean: You can't yeah. Dan: The only thing that the US really paid any attention to was Cuba. Yes, right, cuba's like a piece of meat you can't get out of your teeth. For the United. States and your tongue is going crazy, trying to get that piece of meat out of you. It's just been sort of an annoying place, it's just been sort of an annoying place. Dean: Yeah, this is, I think when you look at you know Peter Zions stuff too. If you think about definitely the trend over the next 25 years is definitely more. Dan: I think it's trend lines are really almost eerily accurate. The one thing he doesn't understand, though, is US politics. I found that he doesn't have a clue about US politics. He's a Democrat. He told me he was a Democrat. I spent it. He came and spent a day at Genius, yes, and he said that he was a Democrat. He's an environmentalist, and you know, and you know, and. But he says but I can also do math, you know, he says I can do math so you can see what, which direction the numbers are going in. But he, I mean right up until a week before the election, he says Kamala is going to take it, Kamala is going to take it. You know and everything like that. So he didn't. He didn't have any real sense of the shifts that were going on voter shifts that were going on. I mean Trump went in and almost every county. There's 3,000 counties in the United States and he didn't go backwards in any of the counties, he went up in every county. Dean: Oh, wow, that's interesting so you didn't lose anything. Dan: That's really widespread. I mean, there isn't 3,001. There's just 3,000. Yeah, and he went up. It was just as it was. Like you know, it was like the tide came in. I think I've never seen in my lifetime, I've never really seen a shift of that proportion. And I wonder, you know, you look at over the new political establishment. Well, this isn't my thought George Friedman, who was Peter Zion's, because the political establishment in the United States, in other words, where the proportion of the votes are, is going to be working class. It won't be highly educated you know, professional people. For one thing, ai is really feeding. You know, if you have somebody's making $30,000 a year and somebody else is making $100,000 a year, which job would you like to eliminate to economize? Dean: Right, yeah, yeah, you look at the. That's one thing I think we, like I, look at when I am thinking about the next 25 years. I think about what are the like there's no way to predict. There was no way in 1999 to predict YouTube and Facebook and the things that are TikTok, you know, or AI, all of that impact right. But I think there. But, like I said, there was evidence that if you were, if you believe, guessing and betting, as you would say, you could see that the path that Amazon was on made sense and the path that Apple was on and the path that Google was on, all are ai for certain. Like that dna, all the like the things that are that we're learning about stem cells and genetics, and all of that kind of stuff. And Bitcoin, I guess, right, digital currency, crypto, you know everything. Just removing friction. Dan: Yeah, I think the whole blockchain makes sense. Yeah, yeah, you know. I mean I think the thing in the US dollar makes sense. Yeah, $1.44 yesterday. It's up 10 cents in the last eight weeks. Wow, yeah, I think when you were there in September it was $1.34, probably $1.34. Dean: Now it's $1.44. Oh, that's great yeah, yeah. Dan: And yeah, so yeah, I mean the ones that I mean. People say, well, bitcoin, you know Bitcoin is going to become the reserve currency. I said there's 21 million of them. It can't become the reserve currency. Dean: Right right. Dan: There is no currency that can replace the dollar. Dean: You know, it's just. Dan: And still have a livable planet. Dean: Mm-hmm, anyway, we've covered territory. Dan: We've covered territory today. Dean: We have Holy cow. It's already 1203. Dan: That's amazing. We covered a lot of territory. Dean: We really did. Dan: But the one thing that is predictable is the structure that you can put onto your schedule. That is predictable. Dean: You know, I have one. Dan: I have a thing I hadn't talked to you about this, but this is something I do is that when I start tomorrow, I look at next week, ok, and I just look at and and I just get a sense and then I'll put together some changes. I'd like Becca Miller she's my high beams into the future and she does all my scheduling and so I'll notice that some things can be rearranged, which if I got to next week I couldn't rearrange them. But I can rearrange them on Monday of this week for next week. Dean: But I I couldn't do it on. Dan: Monday of next for that week. So more and more this this year. Um, every uh Monday I'm going to look at the week uh, not this week, but the week ahead and make changes. I think, I bet there's uh, you know, like a five to 10% greater efficiency. That happens just by having that one habit. Dean: Yeah, dan, I'm really getting down to, I'm looking at and I do that same thing. But looking at this next, the 100 hours is really from. You know, hours is really from Monday morning at eight o'clock till Friday at noon is a hundred hours and that to me, is when everything that's the actionable period, and then really on a daily basis, getting it to this, the next 100 minutes is really that's where the real stuff takes place. So anyway, I always love the conversations. Dan: Yep, back to you next week. Yes, sir, have a great day. I'll talk to you soon. Dean: Bye, okay, bye.

Historically, nations did not conduct themselves without aligning with or getting their bearings in relation to a power system that drove the world; an anchor. This was the case, for example, in the world wars of the last century, and the Cold War. But as Chairman George Friedman explained in our recent ClubGPF live discussion, things have changed, and various nations are testing each other. To learn more about ClubGPF, including more free audio and video clips, visit http://ow.ly/qHIP50JUPW2.

From London to Warsaw, Paris to Kyiv, last week's election of Donald Trump for a second time in the U.S. has sent European leaders scrambling. With the expectation that Trump will reduce defense support for Ukraine and Europe more generally, tune in to this special podcast from Geopolitical Futures as Chairman and Founder George Friedman explains what Trump means for Europe and the post-war order. Visit http://www.geopoliticalfutures.com for world-class geopolitical analysis and discussion.

At GPF we have a distinct method for looking at the world, and every day we see this model play out in real time, like in the current conflicts in the Middle East. In this ClubGPF live discussion, Chairman George Friedman discusses the relationship between current conflicts and the dangers of non-state actors like Hezbollah and Hamas. To learn more about ClubGPF, including more free audio and video clips or to save your seat for our next live discussion, visit http://ow.ly/qHIP50JUPW2.

Estonia is gifted with the world's most efficient and balanced tax regime. Co-founder of the New Zealand Taxpayer's Union, Jordan Williams suggests our Prime Minister should look seriously at that system for New Zealand. It's easy to argue it is way better than what we have. We have a different perspective on the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, from Geopolitical Future's founder George Friedman. And we visit The Mailroom with Mrs Producer. File your comments and complaints at Leighton@newstalkzb.co.nz Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This special episode of Inside Jobs comes to you live from the IHAF Leadership Summit, held at the iconic Willis Tower in Chicago, IL. An executive-level event, this year's Summit includes keynotes from Marissa Eddings of 7-Eleven, Jennifer Martindale of the Chicago Cubs, Jorge Orozco-Cordero of Discover Financial Services, and Amy Spears and George Friedman of Highmark Health—all of whom offer an inside look at the organizational strategies and operating practices that enable their teams to deliver incomparable value to the businesses they support. ——This podcast is in partnership with the In-House Agency Forum and hosted by Robert Berkeley from EKCS.

The Storm Before the Calm: America's Discord, the Coming Crisis of the 2020s, and the Triumph Beyond by George Friedman. A great book that adds some historical context and perspective on the issues and turbulence of today. What cycles are we repeating? Why? What do the next 5, 10, or even 20 years look like? Brought to you by The Rug Rack and Home Decor: www.rugrack.com Brought to you by Eric Buchanan and Associates: www.buchanandisability.com Please consider leaving us a review on Apple and giving us a share to your friends! This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

From the war in Ukraine, instability in the Middle East, and the potential for conflict in the Pacific, the U.S. military is involved to a certain degree in a variety of operations. In this ClubGPF live discussion, Colonel Scott Leonard, Chief of Staff to the Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps (ret) joined GPF Chairman George Friedman to discuss global security challenges from a U.S. military perspective. To learn more about ClubGPF, including more free audio and video clips, visit http://ow.ly/qHIP50JUPW2.

#KREMLIN: Change without a change: George Friedman, @GPFutures. https://geopoliticalfutures.com/putins-peace-plan/ 1917 ALL SOVIET WORKERS UNION

#KREMLIN: Change without a change: George Friedman, @GPFutures. https://geopoliticalfutures.com/putins-peace-plan/ 1931 STALIN AND BERIA

PREVIEW:  #RUSSIA: Conversation with George Friedman of Geopolitical Futures regarding President Putin's recent visit to President Xi in Beijing. The discussion will focus on what Mr. Putin sought to gain from this meeting and whether he was able to obtain the necessary support to aid his ongoing war in Ukraine.  More details on the outcomes and implications of this high-level meeting between the Russian and Chinese leaders will be provided later. 1815 Moscow

Geopolitical and national security threats are constantly changing and evolving, sometimes it's hard to keep up. In this ClubGPF live discussion, Rear Admiral (ret) Douglas Fears, Former U.S. Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Advisor to the President joined GPF Chairman George Friedman to discuss a wide range of threats from cyber to denial of service, malign influences in social media and ballistic missile defense. To learn more about ClubGPF, including more free audio and video clips, visit http://ow.ly/qHIP50JUPW2. Visit http://www.geopoliticalfutures.com for world-class geopolitical analysis and discussion.

#Moon: The contest for the armed Lunar colonies. Guest: George Friedman, Geopolitical Futures @GPFutures https://geopoliticalfutures.com/geopolitics-and-the-moon/  1870

#HUNGARY: Orban under political scrutiny by Hungarian protesters. Guest: George Friedman, Geopolitical Futures @GPFutures https://geopoliticalfutures.com/the-hungarian-crisis/ 1956 Hungary

PREVIEW: #HUNGARY: Conversation with George Friedman of Geopolitical Futures re the long serving president of Hungary, Victor Orban, and how he has shaped his maverick presence in the EU, NATO, and the Ukraine war.  More later tonight. 1930 Budapest

Middle East expert Hilal Khashan wrote in his January 23rd piece titled ‘The Middle East as a Powder Keg' that resolving the region's issues will be on hold pending resolution of the conflict in Gaza. In a recent ClubGPF live discussion, Dr. Khashan was joined by GPF Chairman George Friedman to discuss current conditions, why Israel is reluctant to make any kind of deal, and what a Palestinian state could look like if one was created. For the full recording, and to join the next ClubGPF live discussion, visit www.geopoliticalfutures.com/clubgpf.

#RUSSIA: War starts and the America First Committee dissent.  George Friedman, @GPFutures https://geopoliticalfutures.com/the-american-dilemma-of-war/ 1885 Ohio River

#RUSSIA: The Putin lectures on Russian history: lessons learned. George Friedman, @GPFutures https://geopoliticalfutures.com/putins-perspective-on-the-russia-ukraine-war/ 1881 RUSSIAN EMPIRE, HANGING PEOPLE'S WILL

PREVIEW: #PUTIN: #POLAND: #BALTICS: From a conversation with Geopolitical Futures founder George Friedman re the Putin lengthy presentation to the American audience (as translated) during the Carlson interview -- and why, George Friedman observes, Putin mentioned Poland and the Baltics.  More later. 1920 Poland

#Ukraine: Why the rush of rumours of war?  George Friedman @GPFutures https://geopoliticalfutures.com/the-world-aflame/ 1968 Red Guards

PREVIEW:  From a longer conversation with George Friedman: The PRC talks of war to capture Taiwan  The US and allies represent ferocity.  Rumours of war mostly fade. @GPFutures 1945 George Patton

1/2: #Ukraine: Ending a war. George Friedman, @GPFutures. https://geopoliticalfutures.com/russia-ukraine-and-thinking-extreme-thoughts/ oming NYC912 USS Wyi

2/2: 1/2: #Ukraine: Ending a war. George Friedman, @GPFutures. https://geopoliticalfutures.com/russia-ukraine-and-thinking-extreme-thoughts/ 1945 Yalta

#Gaza: Intelligence Failure & What is to be done? George Friedman, @GPFutures https://geopoliticalfutures.com/thinking-about-intelligence/ 1867 Gaza

#Israel: Why now? George Friedman, @GPFutures https://geopoliticalfutures.com/the-hamas-israel-war/ 1911 Persia

##Newnewworldorder: Another cycle begins out of the solutions of the lsst cycle. George Friedman, @GPFutures https://geopoliticalfutures.com/the-world-begins-to-reorder-itself/ 1910 DAMASCUS

#Russia: Watch on the Southern Front. George Friedman, Geopolitical Futures @GPFutures https://geopoliticalfutures.com/russia-seals-its-southern-border/ 1890 Baku

PREVIEW: The decline of California, a brief history: . Victor Davis Hanson, Hoover See the Second Hour for the full analysis. 1922 LA CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR FIRST HOUR 9-915 #Ukraine: The war ends without victory or defeat. George Friedman, Geopolitical Futures @GPFutures https://geopoliticalfutures.com/the-war-is-over-but-no-one-knows-how-to-stop-fighting/ 915-930 #Russia: Watch on the Southern Front. George Friedman, Geopolitical Futures @GPFutures https://geopoliticalfutures.com/russia-seals-its-southern-border/ 930-945 #GOP: The already decided civil trial over by Christmas. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/10/trumps-civil-fraud-trial-explained/ 945-1000 #GOP:Polling the trials. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/10/trumps-civil-fraud-trial-explained/ SECOND HOUR 10-1015 #CA: The big ticket decline of 21st Century California, Victor Davis Hanson https://amgreatness.com/2023/10/02/california-the-great-destroyer/ 1015-1030 #Ukraine. The primary  error was the Little Green Men of 2014. Victor Davis Hanson, Hoover Institution. https://amgreatness.com/2023/09/28/the-ukrainian-gordian-knot/ 1030-1045 #France: #UK: Sunak retreat from COP 26 Net-Zero pledge. Simon Constable, Occitanie https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2023/10/04/tory-conference-live-rishi-sunak-speech-mordaunt-latest/ 1045-1100 #Russia: "Everything for the Front." Michael Bernstam, @HooverInst https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/everything-for-the-front-russia-allots-a-third-of-2024-spending-to-defence/ar-AA1hzHlF THIRD HOUR 1100-1115 #Ukraine: Black Sea Fleet fail.   Colonel Jeff McCausland , USA (retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/10/03/ukraine-russia-war-kyiv-zelensky-putin-nuclear-drills-live/ 1115-1130 #Ukraine:  The Allies hesitation grows.  Colonel Jeff McCausland , USA (retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol 1130-1145 ##NASA: Psyche fixed. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/psyche-engineers-discover-and-fix-a-major-thruster-problem-only-two-weeks-before-launch/ 1145-1200 #FAA: The regulators in space. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/psyche-engineers-discover-and-fix-a-major-thruster-problem-only-two-weeks-before-launch/ FOURTH HOUR 12-1215 #PRC: Dead Cat Bounce. Anne Stevenson-Yang, author of the upcoming new edition of China Alone: Return to Isolation, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill: https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/02/economy/china-pmi-travel-boom-golden-week-intl-hnk/index.html 1215-1230 #PRC: #Taiwan: Two Elves? Stephen Yates, chair of the America First Policy Institute's China Policy Initiative ,@GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/two-elves-scroll-china-military-releases-animation-taiwan-reunification-2023-10-02/ 1230-1245 #Canada:#India: The dispute deepens. Charles Burton, senior fellow at the Centre for Advancing Canada's Interests Abroad at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, on this https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-66991662 1245-100 am #PRC: #SaudiArabia:  Arms Race. Brandon Weichert, author of the just-released Biohacked: China's Race to Control Life, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://www.dw.com/en/us-china-tech-war-ai-sparks-first-battle-in-middle-east/a-66968886  

#Ukraine: The war ends without victory or defeat. George Friedman, Geopolitical Futures @GPFutures https://geopoliticalfutures.com/the-war-is-over-but-no-one-knows-how-to-stop-fighting/ 1870 Kyiv

Tonight: The show begins in  Washington and Moscow as both adversaries win their goals by stopping the other.  Russia stopped from dividing NATO in Central Europe; the US stoped from deploying NATO troops within 300 miles of Moscow.  From Manhattan for the Trump civil case to the prospect of many courtrooms in 2024 and the GOP potholes ahead.  From tattered California to the surrender of the Crimea in 2014.  From the Crimea with the retreat in defeat of the Black Sea Fleet, then moves to the question of arming Taiwan with nuclear weapons. 1920 Poland CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR FIRST HOUR 9-915 #Ukraine: The war ends without victory or defeat. George Friedman, Geopolitical Futures @GPFutures https://geopoliticalfutures.com/the-war-is-over-but-no-one-knows-how-to-stop-fighting/ 915-930 #Russia: Watch on the Southern Front. George Friedman, Geopolitical Futures @GPFutures https://geopoliticalfutures.com/russia-seals-its-southern-border/ 930-945 #GOP: The already decided civil trial over by Christmas. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/10/trumps-civil-fraud-trial-explained/ 945-1000 #GOP:Polling the trials. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/10/trumps-civil-fraud-trial-explained/ SECOND HOUR 10-1015 #CA: The big ticket decline of 21st Century California, Victor Davis Hanson https://amgreatness.com/2023/10/02/california-the-great-destroyer/ 1015-1030 #Ukraine. The primary  error was the Little Green Men of 2014. Victor Davis Hanson, Hoover Institution. https://amgreatness.com/2023/09/28/the-ukrainian-gordian-knot/ 1030-1045 #France: #UK: Sunak retreat from COP 26 Net-Zero pledge. Simon Constable, Occitanie https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2023/10/04/tory-conference-live-rishi-sunak-speech-mordaunt-latest/ 1045-1100 #Russia: "Everything for the Front." Michael Bernstam, @HooverInst https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/everything-for-the-front-russia-allots-a-third-of-2024-spending-to-defence/ar-AA1hzHlF THIRD HOUR 1100-1115 #Ukraine: Black Sea Fleet fail.   Colonel Jeff McCausland , USA (retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/10/03/ukraine-russia-war-kyiv-zelensky-putin-nuclear-drills-live/ 1115-1130 #Ukraine:  The Allies hesitation grows.  Colonel Jeff McCausland , USA (retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol 1130-1145 ##NASA: Psyche fixed. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/psyche-engineers-discover-and-fix-a-major-thruster-problem-only-two-weeks-before-launch/ 1145-1200 #FAA: The regulators in space. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/psyche-engineers-discover-and-fix-a-major-thruster-problem-only-two-weeks-before-launch/ FOURTH HOUR 12-1215 #PRC: Dead Cat Bounce. Anne Stevenson-Yang, author of the upcoming new edition of China Alone: Return to Isolation, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill: https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/02/economy/china-pmi-travel-boom-golden-week-intl-hnk/index.html 1215-1230 #PRC: #Taiwan: Two Elves? Stephen Yates, chair of the America First Policy Institute's China Policy Initiative ,@GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/two-elves-scroll-china-military-releases-animation-taiwan-reunification-2023-10-02/ 1230-1245 #Canada:#India: The dispute deepens. Charles Burton, senior fellow at the Centre for Advancing Canada's Interests Abroad at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, on this https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-66991662 1245-100 am #PRC: #SaudiArabia:  Arms Race. Brandon Weichert, author of the just-released Biohacked: China's Race to Control Life, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://www.dw.com/en/us-china-tech-war-ai-sparks-first-battle-in-middle-east/a-66968886