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Roberto Esposito è l'autore, assieme a Massimo Cacciari, del libro “Kaos” pubblicato da il Mulino. Roberto Esposito è professore emerito della Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa. Questo libro contiene in realtà due saggi distinti, ma tenuti assieme dalla necessità di ragionare filosoficamente su disordine globale e ordini possibili. Il mito del globo è il titolo del testo del professor Massimo Cacciari, Geopolitica e metafisica è scritto dal professor Roberto Esposito che è anche il protagonista di questa intervista. Assieme a Roberto Esposito ripercorreremo la storia della geopolitica a cominciare da Henry Kissinger che ne è stato esponente di primissimo piano, per arrivare a scoprire la sua radice metafisica. L'autore ci guiderà fino alla geopolitica contemporanea, arrivando alla conclusione per cui soltanto il diritto e la geopolitica stessa, insieme, potranno condurci, dal disordine globale a altri ordini possibili.Periscritto è un podcast originale di Marzia Tomasin e prodotto da Atelier Cultura. www.ateliercultura.itLe musiche originali sono di Remo Anzovino.Sound design di Rossella Pivanti. Partner culturale: Palazzetti www.palazzetti.it Copyright © 2016 Marzia Tomasin
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Send us Fan MailThis episode is Part Two of a special series in partnership with Franciscan University of Steubenville. In Part One, I sat down with Dr. Stephen Hildebrand to discuss why authentic Catholic education matters. Today, we turn our attention to another essential aspect of the Christian life: encounter.Joining me is Brian Kissinger, Executive Director of Steubenville Conferences, for a conversation about those moments when Jesus Christ breaks into our lives and changes everything.For more than fifty years, the Steubenville Conferences have been helping young people and adults encounter the Lord through the sacraments, prayer, authentic community, and powerful preaching. We discuss the origins of the conferences, the vision of Fr. Michael Scanlon, TOR, and the lasting impact these conferences have had on countless lives.Brian also shares his own story of encountering Christ as a teenager at a Steubenville Youth Conference, and we explore why personal encounter with Jesus remains at the heart of the Christian life. Together, we reflect on the importance of expectant faith, authentic community, and creating space for God to work in our lives.Whether you are a parent, a young adult, or simply someone longing for a deeper relationship with Christ, this conversation is an invitation to remember that Jesus knows you personally, loves you deeply, and desires to encounter you right where you are.Steubenville Conferences:Steubenville ConferencesPower & Purpose Conference:Power & Purpose ConferenceFranciscan University of Steubenville:Franciscan University of SteubenvilleUse code GOTTABESAINTS25 for $25 off your registration to the Power & Purpose Conference.About Brian Kissinger:Brian Kissinger serves as the Executive Director of Steubenville Conferences. A longtime youth minister, speaker, and conference leader, Brian first encountered Christ in a profound way at a Steubenville Youth Conference as a teenager. Today, he helps lead one of the most impactful Catholic conference movements in the world, serving hundreds of thousands of young people, adults, clergy, and religious.Stay Connected:Instagram:Gotta Be Saints InstagramFacebook:Gotta Be Saints FacebookPodcast Website:Gotta Be SaintsSponsor:This episode is sponsored by Truthly.Truthly Support the show
“Objects in museums have to come from somewhere. The stories of how they came to be in those collections often involve laws being broken, unethical behaviour, and extreme violence.” — Matthew Campbell Imagine a gay Jeffrey Epstein who set up shop in Thailand. Only rather than peddling young girls, he traded in bodybuilders and priceless antiquities. That's the story of the British émigré Douglas Latchford, the subject of Matthew Campbell's new book The Man Who Stole the Gods. It's the true story of a man who was born in the last days of the British Raj, made his fortune in Bangkok, became the world's leading dealer of Khmer antiquities, and was indicted for criminal conspiracy in 2019. Campbell's tale is simultaneously a crime story, a history of Cambodia, and a parable about the relationship between Western wealth and the world's cultural heritage. The Khmer Empire, which dominated Southeast Asia from the ninth to the fifteenth centuries, produced one of the finest civilisations of the medieval world. Angkor in the twelfth century had 750,000 people — making it ten times the size of London. After the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime, every Khmer site in Cambodia was systematically looted. The pieces went to the Metropolitan Museum, to Christie's, to private American collectors. Latchford was the central conduit. The Jeffrey Epstein enabler. Like Epstein, Latchford got away with it for years. Unlike Epstein, he died a free man, even chalking up a 2020 New York Times obituary as a Khmer antiquities expert. Five Takeaways • Douglas Latchford: The British Jeffrey Epstein of Asian Art: Born in the last days of the British Raj, educated in the UK, Latchford made his fortune in Bangkok and became the world's leading dealer of Southeast Asian antiquities — selling pieces for millions of dollars to the Metropolitan Museum, Christie's, and wealthy American collectors. He presented himself as an expert and connoisseur. He gave to universities and lent to exhibitions. He received a glowing obituary in the New York Times in August 2020. The dark side: he was, Campbell shows, the central organiser of a decades-long criminal conspiracy to loot Cambodia's cultural heritage. He was indicted in 2019 but died before he could be extradited. • The Khmer Empire: 750,000 People When London Had 40,000: The Khmer Empire dominated Southeast Asia from the ninth to the fifteenth centuries, ruling directly or indirectly over what is now Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, and parts of Malaysia. Its capital, Angkor, had 750,000 people in the twelfth century — when London had 40,000 at the absolute outside. The Khmer built extraordinary temple cities — Angkor Wat is only the most famous — and produced remarkable stone and bronze sculpture. Every single Khmer site in Cambodia was systematically looted. The pieces all went somewhere. A great many came to the West. • The Vietnam War, Nixon, Kissinger, and the Conditions for Genocide: The Vietnam War is central to Campbell's story. The Ho Chi Minh Trail ran partly through Cambodia, making Cambodia of great interest to Nixon and Kissinger. Beginning in 1968, large-scale American bombing of Cambodia — ostensibly aimed at destroying a supposed communist headquarters that, Campbell notes, never actually existed — helped destabilise the country and created the conditions in which the Khmer Rouge could emerge. The Khmer Rouge ideology: Pol Pot believed civilisation needed not to be reformed but erased. A blank slate. Rebuild from zero. • The Museum World's Complicity: The Sackler Parallel: The Metropolitan Museum of Art features prominently in Campbell's account. Objects in museums have to come from somewhere — the works in the Met did not originate in New York. How they came to be in those collections often involved laws being broken, unethical behaviour, and extreme violence. Campbell draws a parallel with Patrick Radden Keefe's account of the Sacklers: the more investigative journalists look at the wealthy donors and private collectors associated with major cultural institutions, the more troubling the stories that emerge. The museum world has a serious provenance problem. • The Happy Ending: Repatriation and the National Museum in Phnom Penh: Latchford was indicted in 2019 for criminal conspiracy. He died in 2020, in a monastery in Northern Thailand, before he could be extradited. He never went to trial. But the recovery effort — a remarkable collaboration between Cambodia and the US Department of Justice — tracked down hundreds of stolen objects through meticulous detective work. The pieces have been returned to Cambodia. The National Museum in Phnom Penh now has so many repatriated objects that it is running out of room and may need to build a new wing. As Campbell says: that's a good problem to have. About the Guest Matthew Campbell is an award-winning investigative journalist at Bloomberg Businessweek. He is the author of The Man Who Stole the Gods: A True Story of War, Obsession, and a Global Art Conspiracy (Portfolio/Penguin Random House, June 2, 2026) and co-author, with Kit Chellel, of Dead in the Water (a Book of the Year in The Economist, Financial Times, and The Times; called a ‘masterpiece' by the New York Times). A 2025 Jonathan Logan Family Foundation Fellow at New America, Campbell has reported from more than 25 countries. He lives in Singapore. References: • The Man Who Stole the Gods: A True Story of War, Obsession, and a Global Art Conspiracy by Matthew Campbell (Portfolio/Penguin Random House, June 2, 2026). • Dead in the Water by Matthew Campbell and Kit Chellel (2022) — the preceding book, referenced at the opening. • Patrick Radden Keefe, Empire of Pain — referenced as a parallel account of museum world complicity. • The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York — a central institution in the Latchford network. • Cambodia's National Museum, Phnom Penh — the destination of the repatriated objects. About Keen On America Nobody asks more awkward questions than the Anglo-American writer and filmmaker Andrew Keen. In Keen On America, Andrew brings his pointed Transatlantic wit to making sense of the United States — hosting daily interviews about the history and future of this now venerable Republic. With nearly 2,900 episodes since the...
Thirty-seven years ago today, the Chinese Communist Party violently crushed freedom demonstrations in Beijing's Tiananmen Square and other cities across China. Grave insult was added to the murderous injury inflicted when the U.S. government made clear that such repression would not be allowed to interfere with business as usual between the two countries. The message was personally conveyed to that epic crime's perpetrators by President George H.W. Bush's National Security Advisor, Brent Scowcroft – a longtime protégé of former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who blazed the path for “engagement” with the CCP. In practice, as author Peter Schweizer has devastatingly documented in his latest best-seller, Invisible Coup, Kissinger, Scowcroft, and former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson spawned the practice of profiting immensely by selling out our country to China at the expense of Americans' economic wellbeing and national security. That must end.
The summit in Beijing produced a "constructive strategic stability" framework and a warming of tone between the two presidents. But heads of state can announce a multi-year horizon; somebody else has to operationalize it. Does the United States have the people — the linguists, the regional experts, the long-haul institution-builders — to do that work?This week, I chatted with two Texans answering that question from very different directions. David Firestein is the inaugural president and CEO of the George H.W. Bush Foundation for U.S.-China Relations in Houston. A career State Department officer who served four administrations and spent five years in Beijing, he's one of the few Americans concurrently affiliated with both a Republican and a Democratic presidential legacy institution. Eddie Conger is a retired Marine major and the founder and superintendent of International Leadership of Texas (IL Texas) — a public charter network of 26 campuses serving 26,000 K-12 students and now the largest K-12 Chinese language program in the country. In January, IL Texas became the first-ever K-12 recipient of the Bush China Foundation's George H.W. Bush Award for Educational Excellence in U.S.-China Relations, joining past honorees including Jimmy Carter and Henry Kissinger.The conversation tackles what David calls the Texas paradox: the same state that just forced its cities to dissolve their sister-city ties with China, that pioneered the closure of Confucius Institutes, and that has restricted Chinese land purchases is also where the country's deepest K-12 Mandarin pipeline is taking root — and where the most institutionally Texan China foundation has chosen to plant its flag. David and Eddie talk through engagement honestly (no straw-man Jeffersonian-democracy fantasies), the erroneous strategic assumptions undergirding U.S. China policy, what real national-language capacity would look like operationally, what they each saw in the Trump–Xi summit, and what 5,000 IL Texas graduates are already doing in the world.05:40 — Eddie's path: Marine infantryman to fifth-grade math teacher to the country's largest K-12 Mandarin program09:12 — David on when the Nixon-through-Obama engagement consensus broke (fall 2017) and how the lexicon shifted13:30 — Engagement honestly defined: what its architects actually believed vs. the Jeffersonian-democracy straw man18:30 — The Texas paradox: HB 128, sister cities, Confucius Institutes — and the country's biggest Mandarin program in the same state31:26 — Texas business, Tim Dunn, faith, and the gap between political rhetoric and where Texans actually are41:54 — The Defense Department safety/security story: when one Chinese word ate an entire bilateral agreement46:16 — David's six (or seven) erroneous strategic assumptions: China doesn't want to be us, and it has benefited more than anyone from the current order52:28 — What real national-language capacity would actually look like: NSLI, WALARA, and why the pipeline still runs through one Marine major in Texas01:06:07 — Reading the Beijing summit: the warmth, the "constructive strategic stability" framing, and whether Trump's Taiwan call could blow it all up01:17:10 — Where 5,000 IL Texas graduates are now — White House interns, service academies, doctors, entrepreneurs, and one high-schooler who pulled a stranger out of the surfPaying it ForwardEddie: Carlos Carrasco; Emily, who is heading to Taiwan this fall on a one-year high-school program; and another student bound for the University of Texas at Austin who will be sent to South Korea for a semester as a freshman — a rarity at UT. And he closes with Miles, a high-school senior and Marine scholarship recipient who, just weeks ago at a national competition in Florida, heard someone screaming for help in the ocean, called for a boogie board, and swam out to save a drowning swimmer while a crowd of adults stood on the beach. "Others before self," as Eddie puts it — the IL Texas mission statement made flesh.David:Frank Zhou, who just graduated from Harvard and chaired the Harvard College China Forum; Selina Gong, a recent graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School involved in its annual China conference; and Dean Dai, a recent graduate of Columbia's SIPA who has been deeply involved in many of the most significant student-run China conferences in the country — and who, as it turns out, was one of the organizers of the University of Chicago U.S.-China Economy and Business Summit where Kaiser spoke earlier this month.Recommendations:Eddie: John Pomfret, The Beautiful Country and the Middle Kingdom: America and China, 1776 to the Present (Henry Holt, 2016)David: Stephen Roach, Accidental Conflict: America, China, and the Clash of False Narratives (Yale, 2022)Kaiser: David Grann, The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder (Doubleday, 2023)Also mentioned: Stephen R. 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Keith welcomes back Rich Dad author Robert Kiyosaki to discuss why debt, inflation, and financial education are critical in today's economy. Robert challenges traditional advice like "save money and pay off your house," explaining how understanding good debt and owning real assets can accelerate wealth while inflation quietly punishes savers. They explore how family background and early beliefs shape our money mindset, and why questioning conventional wisdom is essential. The conversation ultimately stresses that financial education only matters if you take action and intentionally position yourself for turbulent times instead of fearing them. 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And with Father's Day this month, it's apropos to talk about Rich Dad. It's been said that the objective of parenting is to turn a liability into an asset. The book Rich Dad Poor Dad has now sold over 40 million copies, and it's been translated into 51 languages. One strong thesis in the book: well, there are a few of them: the rich don't work for money, savers are losers, and your house is not an asset. I think any regular listener here to the GRE podcast is already initiated on this. Savers or losers, because inflation debases your prosperity, and your house is not an asset, because it takes money out of your pocket every month. An asset puts money in your pocket every month instead. And I can see Robert now as he's preparing to take the mic with me here, he's got a blown up visual of his cash flow board game behind him, and then in front of him he's got a few books, including two books that he co-authored with Donald Trump, but this is before Trump was ever a political candidate, so it was before all that, and we're certainly not here to talk politics today. A central theme of the Rich Dad world is that the path for your significant financial betterment is rather than cutting your expenses, increase your income. This is the root action behind the mantra: don't live below your means, grow your means, but see, living below your means is easier. That's the easy thing to do. It's even myopic, say move into a lesser housing situation, or cut out going on vacations. Growing your means takes some education, like how to start a business, or how to own real estate. See, when you deposit money into a bank, all of a sudden that bank has a problem, they owe you interest on it, it's an expense for them. So the bank's job is now to lend your money out to somebody else and make a higher interest rate on it than. Lower interest rate that they're paying you on your deposit. All right. Well, then one direction to focus your education is to start acting like a bank yourself. How do you practically do that? How do you be the bank? Well, just like the bank, you can borrow real estate at a 7% mortgage rate. Now you've got the problem, you've got a monthly mortgage payment you need to make, so you need to beat 7% How are you going to do that? You better get it right. Well, with tax deductions, you might really be paying five to 6% Meanwhile, the real estate that you've carefully identified and invested in with your borrowed capital can earn multiples more without taking high risk, and actually that five to 6% effective cost of capital that you've got is zero, because that monthly payment is all outsourced to your tenants anyway, and what made all this possible for you? Debt made it possible, and now you're acting like the bank, and banks often have the tallest skyscrapers in your city for a reason, because they make money on those spreads all over the place, and now you're doing the same thing. This is an example of growing your means. The bank will hand you 500k to buy a new home or rental property, not for stocks. They won't do that for crypto, not for your 401k not for a business idea that popped into your head at 3am Only real estate, the same institutions, banks that manage your savings and study every asset class, and are very conservative, and have armies and armies of analysts. They will only lend you a half million dollars for one thing: real estate. For a few years, I was a writer for the Rich Dad Advisors blog when that was a thing. Robert and I were most recently together publicly last year when we both served as faculty members on the Terrific Real Estate Guys Investor Summit at Sea in the Caribbean. Let's talk to Robert. Keith Weinhold 7:18 I'd like to welcome back to the show for his fifth appearance here on the GRE podcast. Well, just the number one selling personal finance author of all time. He wrote Rich Dad Poor Dad in 1997 and has ruled the Rich Dad world ever since. It's a warm get worse education. Welcome back to Robert Kiyosaki. Robert Kiyosaki 7:38 Thank you, Keith. You know, nobody's more surprised about the success of Rich Dad Poor Dad than me, because it was turned down by every publisher in New York. It was like Simon and Schuster and all these guys, and they said, Why are you turning it down? They said, You don't know what you're talking about. It was consensus about the five editors of different book companies was what you're saying doesn't make sense, that's how strange it was back 1997 and now it's the number one in the world. Keith Weinhold 8:10 This is often how it is when something strikes someone differently, like the Star Wars movies had difficulty getting traction because it was so unusual, and fortunately, Robert, today the consensus among readers has seen that, oh my gosh, Rich Dad Poor Dad changed my thinking more than anything else. The contrarian thinker, Robert Kiyosaki 8:34 you know, strike Rich Dad, Poor Dad. My poor dad was academic, you know, PhD, yeah. So he'd be the kind of guy that says your book makes no sense, whereas my rich dad never went to school because his father died when he was 13 and he had to take over the family business. So much of a young person's life is predicated upon their parents or where the family or the culture you come from, and I've been studying more of that, like let's say I was raised in Alabama, I'd have a southern accent but because of the environment it presents it upon you, as the same as money, if a child is born into a poor family, or in my case an academic family, the value systems are all different. My family, and it's still true today. Got to go to school, get a job, and get a pension with the government. That's their whole belief system, and they're so proud of this. Is my brothers and uncles, and all that. They're so proud when their child has what's called a GS, and a government service pension, that's the whole idea on finance, get that pension, job security, Keith Weinhold 9:49 yeah, Speaker 1 9:49 nothing wrong with it, nothing wrong with it, but a lot of times we can't hear something because of what's been compressed into us by our culture, our. Family, so my, you know, my poor dad was always, you have to get your PhD, or what? God got a PhD. So my brothers and sisters, their kids are all getting their PhDs. It's fascinating. It's fascinating. Keith Weinhold 10:14 Yeah, when your poor dad tells you you need to get your PhD, and you're asking for what? Maybe the answer was for him. So our parents, yes, they're often our first teachers. Speaker 2 10:25 It's just values, very different values. And the more I kind of study it, I don't think I'm a good student of it, but there's this thing called a paradigm matrix, and a paradigm matrix is what is like a cookie cutter, so like father, like son, you know, like mother, like daughter, so much of our lives are transferred by our parents and our schools and things like this, and so that's why Rich Dad Poor Dad, for some people it works, but when it first came out, 1997 as you said, it was strange. I said, you know, the savers were losers, and today everybody knows inflation is going to the roof. I said, your house is not an asset. I got hammered for that one. Keith Weinhold 11:11 Right. Speaker 1 11:11 Rich don't work for money. Those are my three rich dad rules. Rich don't work for money, savers are losers, and your house is not an asset. I built Rich Dad Poor Dad around those three rules. I didn't follow my poor dad, those were his guiding lights. You know, you have to have job security, and you have to have a government pension, and my house is my biggest asset. And so you can't hear the person because you already have that paradigm magic, or that cookie cutter inside of you. This is my value system in my family. If I didn't get my PhD, I was stupid. I never got one. But anyway, you know, Keith Weinhold 11:50 just because you believe something for a long time doesn't make it true, Speaker 1 11:55 correct? And what's happening? Because I wrote Rich Dad Poor Dad, because I could see this economic times coming, 1971 named Nixon took the dollar off the gold standard, and I knew at that time we're going to have hyperinflation, so that it hasn't hit us quite yet. 1971 was august 15. Nixon's taking the dollar off the gold standard, and you watch what's going to happen next few years. We're going to have hyperinflation that we've never seen before, and it's gonna make the poor and middle class poorer. The rich will get richer, but poor and middle class will get poorer. Tragically, Keith Weinhold 12:30 that is such an appropriate time to bring this up, Robert, because a lot of people are drawing parallels between the 1970s two waves of inflation during that decade, and what's going on today. I mean, there is so much fuel now that could ignite higher inflation. You've got the cumulative effects of the Iran war and the energy shocks and bottled up supply chains. And Robert, I don't know if you've heard it yet, but you and I's mutual friend, Dr. Chris Martinson, yeah, peak prosperity, there, Chris Martinson, he recently said that he would not be surprised to see 18 to 20% annual inflation in the next two to three years. That's exactly what he said. Speaker 2 13:12 Yeah, but it's good for those who have assets, right? You see what, when things inflate, you know, like chickens and eggs and milk go up, but so do assets go up, most of them, like gold and silver, will go up, but the purchasing of the dollar will come down. Inflation is a tax, that's all it is. Keith Weinhold 13:33 So much potential for inflation there, and a lot of this really ties in with debt, about how debtors can be enriched inflation. I think about the cantillion effect, meaning that in inflationary times those closest to the money printer win, and that usually tends to be governments, large banks, corporations with easy credit scores, but a lot of people don't realize that we can benefit from that too is everyday investors that use leverage prudent debt, Speaker 1 14:05 right, and tell you, in effect, is basically what interest rate can you get, and how easy is money for you, and I use debt, I'm 1,000,000,002 in debt, and that scares the crap out of most people, but I use debt to get rich, and most people use debt to get poor, and again, that's family, what your education says. So, a lot has to do with early childhood development, and all that stuff. The more I study it, it really goes back to before a child was like 15. The cookie cutter has been cut. Keith Weinhold 14:36 Yes, it goes back to not always having to believe everything that you think. Speaker 2 14:40 We all have access to education. I have my cash flow game here. I teach people how to use debt, and Dave Ramsey says don't use debt. Well, he's a smart man too, Dave. I like him a lot, and most people should listen to Dave Ramsey, but if you're going to use debt, you'd better take some education, so. To go 1,000,000,002 in debt, man, you better know something. People aren't living paycheck to paycheck, they're living credit card to credit card now, and getting wiped out. I hate to laugh, but it's so obvious. You go, because they have no financial education, and that's why my book was turned down by all those academics in New York City, the publishers say, you don't know what you're talking about. How can I say your house is not an asset? How can I say savers are losers? How can I say the rich don't work for money? And that's what Don't Rich Dad Poor Dad on. And now it's been an international best seller, number one in the world for like 25 years. Keith Weinhold 15:39 Yeah, well, it's so interesting that you bring up Dave Ramsey here, Robert. He often gets his followers to make a debt-free scream when they're debt free, and you know what I think, Robert, for those that scream that they're debt free, what they're doing is they're postponing screaming that they're job free or job optional, they could have been prudently leveraging dollars for profit, instead, like you and I do. Speaker 2 16:06 Well, let me just say, Dave Ramsey's advice is good for most people. I'm saying, if you're going to learn to use debt, you know, if all you want is a job and a pension, you don't have to study that much. The biggest mistake I think ever made was at 401 k. It's going to wipe out boomer generation. It's going to.. that's the memos. I wrote this book. Here's who stole my pension, and that's when it's going to nail the boomers. They're finished, because their pensions are going to get stolen. They're four 1k IRAs. They're finished, but they do.. they listen. No, they go, they send their kids to school to get their MBA and get a, get a 401 k. Keith Weinhold 16:46 Well, I kind of think when you have education around debt, you sort of understand this difference between productive debt and what I'll call ego debt. So, can you talk to us more about what kinds of debt make people rich today and what kinds of debt can quietly destroy them. Speaker 2 17:02 Well, they should read Rich Dad Poor Dad. Really, I'm serious. That's all it is about, really, is I use debt to get rich, and Dave Ramsey's advice is good for those who don't want to study. So, if you're a PhD in microbiology, and you're a doctor, Dave Ramsey's advice is good for you, because you have no financial education, it's not between your right ear and your left ear. So, I had to study debt, that's the difference. It's what we study. Keith Weinhold 17:29 And for those that are uninitiated on this, what we're talking about here is, if you've got, say, 200k to invest in real estate, and real estate's going to go up 5% a year. Okay, if you pay all cash, you only have a 5% gain on your 200k but if you get an 800k loan and now you invest in a million dollars worth of real estate, you have that entire million dollars going up 5% not just 200k and you have the tenants servicing the 800k in debt for you. This is really the path to wealth through debt, which is counterintuitive. Speaker 1 18:02 You don't just get into debt. I mean, you really got to understand debt, and real estate doesn't always go up. It's about to crash again, and I like crashes. Don't get me wrong, I love crashes, because a crash in a stock market, bond market, real estate market is something going on sale, so like if Walmart had a sale, every poor person would run in there, but when the real estate market has a sale, all the poor people run away. I like crashes, that's when you get rich, one's coming big time, big time. Keith Weinhold 18:33 Well, I want to learn more about that, because residential real estate in our lifetimes has only fallen significantly one time, that was in 2008 and circumstances are so different today. Today, you have responsible lending, and you don't have this oversupply that you had in 2008 So, tell us more about a potential real estate crash that's going to interest a lot of people. Speaker 1 18:53 Well, real estate crashes, because the currency crashes. It's really the problem with the world today, and this is the whole world, is America is now what, the biggest debtor nation in world history. Keith Weinhold 19:05 Yeah, Speaker 1 19:05 39 trillion or something like that. And Japan is a bunch of idiots on Japanese, I can say that they save money. Why would you save money when Japan was the biggest money printer of all times? That'd be like somebody you know, sticking water in your gas tank. Why would you go and fill up with water? But that's what the Japanese were doing. They're saving money. It makes no sense. I mean, I just.. I'm just a different person, you know. I just didn't go to school like my family did. I mean, I have a college education and all that, but I studied different things after school. I studied debt, I studied real estate, and that's the big difference. So, I'm 1,000,000,002 in debt. So, in 2008 when the market crashed, you know, I borrowed 30 million bucks and leveled it up with 1,000,000,002 in debt. Keith Weinhold 19:52 Good timing Speaker 1 19:53 should not do what I do, but I studied it since 1974 It's debt that's not. Right now today we have oil going up. My college degree is in oil. I'm an oil tanker driver. I drove oil tankers with Standard Oil. I'm making fortunes today as the price of oil goes up, so you know, more Netanyahu and Trump bomb Iran, terrible as it is. I'm getting richer, so you don't have to be poor, but you're poor because that gap between your left ear and your right ear is empty, you know. You've been taught inflation's bad. Well, inflation is good if you're holding oil or gold or silver or some real estate. Anyway, most people have no financial education. That's why I created the cash flow board game, so you can have fun learning how to be rich. If you don't want to learn to be rich, then go to school and get your PhD. Keith Weinhold 20:47 Sometimes, when people don't understand how real estate debt benefits them, one way I've helped people understand Robert is that, say, you have a loan balance of 112k on a piece of real estate today, that feels really small. It almost feels like something that you can pay off with what you have in your savings account, but if you go back 30 years, when the median home price is 140k 80% debt on that would have been 112k So here, 30 years later, with your 30 year fixed rate loan, you still just have that 112k in debt, while the median home price is over 400k and that's even if you hadn't made a principal payment at all, so it's really a way to visualize how inflation starts shrinking the real weight of our debt over time. Speaker 1 21:31 My advice is I would study debt, so I take real estate courses, I'm always studying, I'm studying constantly, because the markets are changing so quickly. The biggest problem today started in 1971 when Nixon took the dollar off the gold standard. So, we're the biggest detonation in world history. I think we're going into a depression right now. So, depression plus AI coming along is going to wipe out jobs. I'm going to get richer. What are you going to do? So, I'm already planning for the future, the people that get rich can see the future. So, when you say, well, you know, back in 2008 it only crashed for a little while. Then, okay, so what? And history has proven in 1971 Nixon took the dollar off the gold standard. Every nation has collapsed. Who did that? The Chinese did it, the Romans did it, the Greeks did it, Germans did it. They print money, and so that's the real issue. It's not debt, but it's also the economic macro problems that keep going into the world. The dollar is coming down, and I'm afraid that we're going into a global depression. I hope I'm wrong, like Grant Cardone, and I have fights all the time about it, you know, because he's a big proponent of that. Real estate always goes up, it doesn't always go up, Keith Weinhold 22:47 right? Speaker 1 22:47 It doesn't always go up. The stock market doesn't always go up. The bond market's crashing. Everybody says, "Oh, bonds are safe. The bond market's in the biggest bubble in world history. We're going into a depression. So, what are you going to do about it? I'm afraid America is going to crash because we've taken on Iran, and Iran's a powerful, powerful force out there. I'm not in favor of it, but everybody who's messed with Iran has got kicked. So just note that as this look at history, you can see the future, but you have to be careful in the issue you follow. So, 1971 I was on an aircraft carrier in Vietnam, and my rich dad wrote me a letter. I was a marine helicopter pilot, went down three times. Rich Dad wrote me lessons. Nixon took the dollar off the gold standard, watch out, and immediately I started buying gold. So, I started buying gold at $50 an ounce to today is what, four or 5000 Keith Weinhold 23:43 Yeah, Speaker 1 23:44 the trouble with gold is you pay high taxes on it, constant taxes too. Good luck to learn, Keith. I study constantly. Keith Weinhold 23:52 You're listening to Get Rich Education. 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It's a straightforward approach built on real assets, not speculation. In full disclosure, I'm an investor myself. What I like is that their team walks you through how it all works, so you can decide if it aligns with your portfolio and income goals. Every investment carries risk, and nothing is guaranteed, but with a track record of consistent on-time investor payouts, they built real credibility. Go to freedomfamilyinvestments.com to book a clarity call or text family to 66866 that's family 266866 This Jim Rickards 25:31 is Author Jim Rickards. Listen to Get Rich Education with Keith Weinhold, and don't quit your daydream. Keith Weinhold 25:47 Welcome back to Get Rich Education. I'm your host, Keith Weinholt. We're talking with the top-selling personal finance author of all time, Robert Kiyosaki. Speaker 1 25:55 Just study history. History will see this, you'll see the future. So, this is my good friend here, McDonald. You know why he wants you to get rich, and it's this one man, one message. Keith Weinhold 26:06 Robert's holding up a book now. Speaker 1 26:08 You've got to get educated on money, but most people won't, so they got a 401 k, and they live debt free. Good advice. Will it protect them? No, it won't protect them from a, you know, if you lose your job, AI takes it away, or is a massive crash, but we've never been in this much debt before to you. Black generation is screwed, boomers and boomers are screwed, because we're the first generation with a four 1k that was 1974 1974 also Kissinger went to Saudi Arabia to sign the dollar up back by oil, and today my buddy here, Trump is bombing the crap out of Iran. I'm not saying it's good or bad, but the price of oil is going through the roof now. Everybody's complaining about it because of inflation, so chicken and eggs go up in price, you know. Diesel delivers chicken and eggs all over the world. I'm getting richer because I own oil wells, you see. You don't have to be poor, but you better question what they put between your left ear and your right ear. What did Mommy and Daddy tell you? Go to school, get a job, get a job with a government service. My daughter's a GS, she's got a master's from Washington State University losers, Keith Weinhold 27:24 this untethering of the dollar from gold in 1971 that meant that there is no sovereign currency in the world today that's still tied to gold, allowing for more money printing and enriching over time debtors like you and I, but Robert, we think about how debtors are profiting, and you spoke earlier about how oftentimes your parents put all of these values inside you. How do you emotionally tolerate having a lot of debt yourself? You talked about having $1.2 billion in debt. How do you emotionally deal with that? Speaker 1 28:00 I study, I take courses. I'm constantly in seminars studying debt. I don't study a 401 ks or bonds, that's for losers. But this is the biggest point, Keith. You got to find out. My rich had always said to me, says there's a billion ways to financial heaven. So, there's what, 8 billion people on planet earth, and 1 billion of the eight may make it to financial heaven, but there's 7 billion to financial hell, and the difference is what's between your left ear and your right ear, and that's why you may choose what you learn carefully, cash flow game, study it, have fun, practice, play, learn, but if you don't want to learn, then follow Dave Ramsey's advice. That's much better. It's better for you, really. I'm serious. And get your PhD and get a 401 k and get wiped out when you lose your job. It's up to you. Keith Weinhold 28:54 Yeah, I mean, the debt-free mindset probably is better for most people, but I think you shouldn't aspire to want to be like most people. Most people are overweight, and they have a busted relationship, and they don't have enough money at the end of the month. So we're really not aspiring to be mediocre here, and that can mean taking on prudent debt. You wrote something in a book one time, I don't think it was Rich Dad Poor Dad, it was one of your later books. This is so simple, but I found it to be so profound and life-changing for me. And that is simply being wealthy is a choice Speaker 1 29:28 that doesn't, what you want, it's your choice, but you better know what your choices are. What did Mommy and Daddy say to you? But also, were they doing in front of you? Keith Weinhold 29:39 Right, Speaker 1 29:40 were they cleaning for job security or were they buying coil wells? Like, I own Bitcoin, but they'll recommend it now. I study it. I don't really understand it that well. I have 5049 Bitcoin, not much, but as inflation goes up, my Bitcoin goes up. Also, have in theory. I'm old. I don't understand tech that well, but I buy it to learn it, to practice, to study it. Am I an expert at Bitcoin? No. So I just keep studying, that's all I'm saying. I have a choice how to put between this year and that year. That's your choice today. Keith Weinhold 30:18 Well, that's really interesting, Robert, because some people say that you should only invest in something that you understand well, others say that you're only going to understand something well if you invest a little in it first and have a stake. Well, is there any last thought that you have, Robert, as we wind up, anything at all that a listener should know today? Speaker 1 30:39 No, I mean, I just said it, that's it. Choose what you put between your left brain and right ear, and what do you do? What do you do in your spare time? Like studying, you can ask the people around me. I'm constantly studying, you know, because I like to win. I'm very concerned, Keith. We're going into the biggest depression in history. So, what happens when you lose your job and you can't put food on the table, that's gonna create another problem. So, I'm a big pessimist, but I'm ready for it. I have a lot of guns, so the, I call it the 5g's Okay, you have to have gold, food, I mean ground, gasoline, and guns, that's preparing for the future, the 5g will be gold, gas, ground, food, guns. Keith Weinhold 31:27 Well, Robert, you gave us a lot to think about there, including some actionable things. It's been great having you back on the show. Speaker 1 31:32 Okay. Well, thank you. Keep up the good work. Keith Weinhold 31:40 I believe Robert feels that a calming economic depression would be linked to the longer term calamity about the dollar being de-pegged from gold for about 55 years now. His 1.2 billion in debt is largely, if not completely, good debt. You can learn more about Robert and the Rich Dad world@richdad.com and he and I talked more off air. As much as he stresses financial education, he emphasizes taking action after you've learned; otherwise, you really haven't gained much of anything. But the rat race is so busy that some people don't have time to care about this stuff. In fact, the difference between financial education and financial courage is action taking. That's the difference. Now, in my view, it seems that some feel like financial betterment means cutting your expenses so much that you reduce your standard of living even over the long term, and doing that for the long term, you might do some of that in the short term, earlier in your investing career, because you need some capital formation, but to me, before long, financial betterment should give you the ability to make your life better. I mean, really don't buy the boat or RV just because it's a depreciating asset. Well, you don't want to do that wastefully if you can't afford it, but if you can learn how to afford it, consider borrowing for it, investing it at a higher interest rate than the RV loan, and profiting while you enjoy the RV, some people don't even think something like that is possible. Well, that's the sort of thing financial education can do. Genuine financial betterment means that you can take the trip, it means that you can buy the boat, because what's worse, owning a depreciating asset or living a depreciating life. Big thanks to Robert Kiyosaki. Keith Weinhold 33:47 Today, we've got a lot of great upcoming shows here on the Get Rich Education podcast. Next week, The Mad Scientist of Multifamily, Neil Bower, will be here. It's going to be a charged conversation on the state and the future of the residential real estate market. Also, I've been compiling my top 12 dirty dozen due diligence questions that are going to help you avoid mistakes when you buy a piece of income property, like for example, How do you be sure that a build to rent community isn't overbuilt with supply, and why you should always get a property inspection, even on a new construction property that's coming in future weeks, and if you're a new listener and still learning about how to prudently use debt to build wealth, you're in luck. Just eight weeks ago, on episode 600 it's an episode where it's just me talking to you, called Debt is the American dream. Be sure to check out that show until next week. I'm your host, Keith Weinhold. In In the Spirit of Rich Dad, don't quit your daydream. Speaker 3 34:52 Nothing on this show should be considered specific personal or professional advice. Please consult an appropriate tax, legal, real estate, financial, or business. Professional for individualized advice. Opinions of guests are their own. Information is not guaranteed. All investment strategies have the potential for profit or loss. The host is operating on behalf of Get Rich Education LLC exclusively. Keith Weinhold 35:18 The preceding program was brought to you by Your Home for Wealth Building, Get Rich education.com
In his first encyclical, Pope Leo XIV addressed the prospects of AI, warning against the enduring perils of Babel. Does he have a good alternative, or just an array of managerial, transnational solutions? This week, the guys consider the first American pontiff's doctrinal approach to AI and what it means for America. Meanwhile, Marco Rubio's star rises to Kissinger-esque heights as he takes on the dual position of national security advisor and secretary of state amid the Iran War. Who might succeed Trump on the 2028 ticket—Rubio or Vance?Recommended:Magnifica Humanitas, by Pope Leo XIVCan Anyone Stop JD Vance in 2028?The Rediscovery of America, edited by Edward J. Erler and Ken Masugi This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit claremontinstitute.substack.com/subscribe
Xi Jinping invoked the Thucydides Trap in his meeting with Trump, and host Matt Trump has thoughts. Lots of them. In this episode, Matt traces the concept from its single-line origin in ancient Greek history through its revival by Harvard academic Graham Allison in 2012, where it became a sophisticated-sounding argument for American defeatism and Chinese inevitability. The problem? Allison's history is shoddy, his Athens and Sparta example ignores the Persian Empire pulling the strings behind the scenes, and he happens to be a Henry Kissinger protege tied directly to the City of London financial order. Matt also riffs on Bitcoin Pizza Day, the deep state law firm Sullivan and Cromwell getting caught submitting AI-hallucinated court documents, and the broader British imperial framework that Trump is currently working to dismantle.
Ghost and Colonel Towner Watkins deliver a sweeping two-host examination of Henry Kissinger, the man at the center of nearly every major globalist operation of the twentieth century. From his OSS Ritchie Boy origins and his CIA-funded Harvard institute to his dual role as national security adviser and secretary of state, Kissinger operated as the connective tissue between the Rockefellers, the Fabian Society, and the deep state apparatus. Ghost and the Colonel trace his fingerprints on the Chilean coup, the petrodollar deal, the Nixon-China opening, Operation Cyclone and the birth of Al Qaeda, the Iran-Iraq war arms sales, and the Khashoggi-Epstein money laundering network. They also connect Kissinger to the founding of the World Economic Forum, the Trilateral Commission, and the Pilgrim Society, the institutions now being dismantled by the Trump administration. A dense, interconnected deep dive into the architect of the rules-based international order.
Ghost opens episode 108 with Tulsi Gabbard's resignation as DNI, her husband's rare bone cancer diagnosis, and a deep look at her military background in psychological operations that makes her one of the most uniquely positioned figures in the Trump administration. Ghost then maps out the Iran peace deal taking shape: Trump's Truth Social post quoting Iran's president saying they are not seeking nuclear weapons, Mark Levin and Ted Cruz in full panic, and Rob Malley confirming Israel refuses to stop attacking Lebanon as part of any deal. Saudi Arabia repeats its firm red line: no normalization without a Palestinian state, no matter what Zionist media claims. Netanyahu responds to Trump's peace push by launching Operation Arrows of Fury into Lebanon's Beqaa Valley, and Ghost maps Israel's advancing yellow line toward Beirut. Israel's economy shrank 3.3% in Q1 2026, and a former Netanyahu ally publicly calls for a military coup. Raul Castro is indicted by the Miami DOJ, a former US attorney is charged for stealing Mar-a-Lago documents, Trump meets Xi in China on Kissinger's Grand Triangle framework, and the US slashes NATO contributions. Ghost closes with a full breakdown of the geopolitical chess theory: why Trump keeps his enemies playing the game instead of flipping the table.
Jake Sullivan, former U.S. national security adviser under President Joe Biden, Kissinger professor of the practice of statecraft and world order at the Harvard Kennedy School, and co-host of The Long Game podcast, joins School of War to discuss geopolitics through the lens of today's Democratic Party. Where do Democrats stand on China, Israel, Iran, and the war in Ukraine? 02:29 - China summit recap 04:03 - President Trump's goals in China 05:44 - Taiwan threat level 08:50 - Democratic Party position on China 14:16 - Avoiding war with China 16:39 - Nature of competition with China 18:39 - Role of AI in power struggle 23:44 - Critique of Trump's Iran policy 27:17 - Democratic Party position on Iran 32:30 - Iran's nuclear program 35:25 - Democratic Party position on Israel 45:15 - Russia-Ukraine conflict 51:12 - Democratic Party restraint policies 52:56 - Weapon systems assistance for Ukraine Follow along on Instagram, X @schoolofwarpod, and YouTube @SchoolofWarPodcast Find more at The Free Press. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Muriel Spark wrote it in months while Nixon was still in office. Fifty-two years later, Melanie and Ed test whether the joke still lands. Spark's 90-page novella, subtitled "A Modern Morality Tale," relocates Watergate to a Benedictine convent in Cheshire. The newly elected Abbess Alexandra has bugged the grounds, rigged her election, and reads Yeats and Milton over dinner while her sisters eat dog food. Her working theory is that the world wants a myth and facts don't matter. A stolen thimble doubles as the Watergate burglary; Sister Gertrude, the Kissinger figure, phones in advice from Peru while negotiating between cannibals and vegetarians. Melanie carries Alexandra's strategy forward into 2026 without much trouble; Ed flags the tonal divergence — Spark's abbess is composed and unbothered, where Nixon was paranoid and raving at portraits. The honest verdict is mixed: dry, esoteric, of its time. Glenda Jackson played Alexandra in Michael Lindsay-Hogg's 1977 film adaptation Nasty Habits. Related episodes: - Black Narcissus (1947) — https://whothehellarewe.libsyn.com/website/10th-anniversary - Lilies of the Field (1963) — https://whothehellarewe.libsyn.com/website/lilies-of-the-field Full discussion notes and the WTHAW catalog: https://melanieanded.substack.com Who the Hell Are We? is hosted by novelists Melanie Benjamin and Edward Kelsey Moore. New episodes roughly monthly.
Is Donald Trump mad? Or is a practitioner of the Madman Theory — and therefore not mad at all? James D. Boys, author of U.S. Grand Strategy and the Madman Theory: From Nixon to Trump, argues that the Madman Theory is not madness, but the performance of madness: a tactic by which a sane leader feigns irrationality to make an adversary believe there is even a one percent chance of overwhelming, disproportionate force. In this new Conflicted Conversation, Boys explains: What the Madman Theory means Donald Trump, unpredictability and Trump Derangement Syndrome Nuclear strategy, Eisenhower, and Cold War brinkmanship Barry Goldwater, the Cuban Missile Crisis and the politics of nuclear fear Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger and the Madman Theory in Vietnam Trump's use of Madman tactics against North Korea, Iran, NATO and trade partners Whether Trump's second-term grand strategy is chaos, coercion or calculated geopolitical pressure Follow James on X: https://x.com/jamesdboys Join the Conflicted Community here: https://conflicted.supportingcast.fm *** DONATE to Thomas's fundraising campaign! *** *** WATCH the campaign's documentary film! *** Find us on X: https://twitter.com/MHconflicted And Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MHconflicted And Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/conflictedpod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Conflicted is a Message Heard production. Executive Producers: Jake Warren & Max Warren. This episode was produced and edited by Thomas Small. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
For fifty years, the U.S. dollar ruled the world. Oil was priced in dollars. Global trade flowed through dollars. Entire economies depended on the American financial system. But according to an explosive new geopolitical analysis, that era may be entering its final chapter.This two-part investigative documentary uncovers the hidden economic war now unfolding between the United States and China — a battle centered not on missiles or armies, but on critical minerals, rare earth elements, artificial intelligence, semiconductors, banking infrastructure, and the future of global money itself.How did China quietly gain control over the industrial foundations of the modern world? Why does Beijing now dominate the processing of the rare earth minerals required for AI systems, electric vehicles, F-35 fighter jets, satellites, missile systems, and the global semiconductor industry? And why are U.S. officials suddenly warning that “economic security IS national security”?This documentary follows the trail from Nixon and Kissinger's 1970s petrodollar strategy to Belt and Road expansion, BRICS de-dollarization efforts, China's growing control over strategic supply chains, and Washington's dramatic new push for a critical minerals alliance. From the Panama Canal to Venezuela, from Project Vault to rare earth export restrictions, the story reveals how governments around the world are rapidly reorganizing around strategic resources and industrial power.At the center of the documentary is a terrifying possibility: that the world may be entering the early stages of a new monetary order — one no longer built solely around oil, but around minerals. Lithium. Copper. Silver. Rare earths. Semiconductors. The materials underneath artificial intelligence, defense systems, energy infrastructure, and the future global economy itself.As supply chains fracture and geopolitical tensions rise, the age of globalization may be ending. In its place, a new era is emerging — one defined by economic warfare, industrial nationalism, strategic chokepoints, and competing global blocs racing to control the technologies and resources that will shape the next century.This is not just a story about economics. It is a story about power. Who controls the future. Who controls the industrial systems underneath modern civilization. And whether the U.S. dollar can survive the most serious geopolitical challenge it has faced in generations.The old system is still standing. But beneath the surface… a new world order may already be under construction.
The major turning points in Iran's nuclear program were not the JCPOA or the latest wars, but the Shah's defiance of Henry Kissinger and the Iran-Iraq War, says Dr. Sina Azodi, Assistant Professor of Middle East Politics at George Washington University and author of Iran and the Bomb: The United States, Iran and the Nuclear Question.
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This episode marks the 50th anniversary of Operation Condor's assassination program, codenamed "Teseo" (Theseus). Condor was the coordinated campaign of state-sponsored terror carried out by U.S.-backed military dictatorships in South America during the 1970s and early 1980s. Our guest is Peter Kornbluh, director of the Cuba and Chile documentation projects at the National Security Archive, who has spent decades uncovering declassified documents and accounts about this dark chapter. Kornbluh explains that Operation Condor was a transnational collaboration among the secret police forces of Southern Cone military regimes to share intelligence, track, kidnap, and assassinate their political opponents across borders and even around the world. The operation was formally established in November 1975, with Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet's secret police chief Manuel Contreras serving as the principal organizer. A particularly sinister component was Project Teseo, the assassination program established at a second meeting in Santiago in May 1976. Kornbluh describes declassified documents revealing the bureaucratic nature of this killing apparatus: monthly dues, membership fees, and detailed protocols for locating targets, carrying out assassinations, and escaping afterward. The most notorious Condor operation occurred on September 21, 1976, when a car bomb killed Orlando Letelier, Chile's former foreign minister under Salvador Allende, and his colleague Ronni Karpen Moffitt in Washington, D.C.'s Sheridan Circle—the worst act of foreign terrorism in Washington until September 11, 2001. Kornbluh details the complicated U.S. role in these events. The CIA helped create and train intelligence services like Chile's DINA. However, agency officials grew concerned about Condor's blowback potential. Nonetheless, Ford administration officials, particularly Henry Kissinger, pulled back diplomatic efforts that might have prevented the Letelier-Moffitt attack. The conversation traces how accountability eventually came—partially. The Carter administration's response was "demonstrably weak," undermined by bureaucracies protecting their relationships with Southern Cone security forces. Under Reagan, Pinochet initially served as an ally in Central American counterinsurgency, though some distancing came later. Kornbluh reflects on how this history was uncovered through FOIA requests, congressional investigations, and special declassifications ordered under Clinton and later Obama. The Teseo documents only emerged in 2018—more than forty years after the program's creation. The episode concludes with sobering parallels to today: Daniel Ortega's regime sending assassins to kill opponents, Venezuelan agents murdering a military officer in Chile, and the current U.S. administration's killings on the high seas. Kornbluh expresses hope that those committing current human rights atrocities will eventually face accountability, just as Contreras spent his final years in prison and Pinochet faced arrest in London and Santiago.
Ghost and Jordan Sather team up to trace the most consequential dynasty in American history: the Rockefellers. From John D. Rockefeller's oil monopoly and JPMorgan's steel consolidation to the invention of the holding company by the law firm that later became the CIA, the dots connect in ways that still reverberate in 2026. Jordan breaks down how the Rockefellers engineered the modern pharmaceutical industrial complex through the Flexner Report, dismantling natural medicine in favor of petroleum-based drugs. Ghost adds how the same family funded the standardized education system, ran a reverse-psychology psyop to create the Federal Reserve, planted Henry Kissinger at Harvard, and ultimately gave birth to the World Economic Forum and the Trilateral Commission. A two-host deep dive into the blueprint of the system Trump is currently dismantling.
The Peter Boyles Show - May 9, 2026 Hour 2: Hour 2 turns into a long-form conversation between Peter Boyles, retired Major General Tru Eyre, and former Vietnam POW Orson Swindle. Swindle walks through flying combat missions in Vietnam, being shot down near the end of his tour, and spending nearly seven years inside North Vietnamese prison camps, including the Hanoi Hilton. The hour mixes war stories, fighter pilot culture, POW survival tactics, and reflections on the men he served alongside. Swindle also talks about communicating through tap codes, surviving torture, meeting figures like Henry Kissinger and Ronald Reagan after returning home, and the lasting bond between POWs. Boyles mostly lets the stories breathe, giving the whole hour the feel of sitting at the table listening to veterans swap unforgettable memories.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Para entender a disputa entre Estados Unidos e China é preciso recuar até 1776. Essa é a tese de Pedro Costa Jr., editor de Geopolítica e Relações Internacionais do jornal GGN, doutor em Ciência Política pela Universidade de São Paulo e autor do recém-lançado Estados Unidos versus China, a luta pelo poder global, publicado pela Editora Escuta. Neste episódio, produzido em parceria com o Observatório Político dos Estados Unidos, Tatiana Teixeira, editora-chefe do OPEU, e Yasmin Reis, pesquisadora do OPEU e doutoranda em Relações Internacionais pelo Programa Interinstitucional Santiago Dantas, recebem Pedro para uma conversa que articula teoria do poder global, história de longa duração e conjuntura contemporânea. A entrevista atravessa o encontro secreto entre Henry Kissinger e Zhou Enlai em 1971, a histórica visita de Nixon a Mao Tse Tung em 1972, o trauma do Vietnã, a reforma e abertura conduzida por Deng Xiaoping, a entrada da China na Organização Mundial do Comércio em 2001, o pivô fracassado de Barack Obama para a Ásia e o consenso bipartidário em Washington em torno da contenção global da China. Pedro discute por que Washington despertou tarde demais para o que Giovanni Arrighi chamou de transferência da fábrica e do cofre do mundo do Atlântico para o Pacífico e o que a aliança sem limites entre China e Rússia, firmada vinte dias antes da invasão da Ucrânia, sinaliza sobre o fim da velha ordem mundial liberal. Aperte o play. Quer apoiar o Chutando a Escada? Acesse chutandoaescada.com.br/apoio Mande um café usando nossa chave PIX: perguntas@chutandoaescada.com.br Comentários, críticas, sugestões? Escreva pra gente em perguntas@chutandoaescada.com.br Participaram deste episódio: Tatiana Teixeira (OPEU), Yasmin Reis (OPEU; PPGRI Santiago Dantas), Pedro Costa Jr. (GGN; USP). Capa do episódio: FT Escute também no Spotify, no YouTube ou Apple Podcasts. Citados no episódio ANDERSON, Perry. “Balanço do neoliberalismo”. In: SADER, Emir; GENTILI, Pablo (orgs.). Pós-neoliberalismo: as políticas sociais e o Estado democrático. Rio de Janeiro: Paz e Terra, 1995. ARRIGHI, Giovanni. O longo século XX: dinheiro, poder e as origens do nosso tempo. Rio de Janeiro: Contraponto, 1996. ARRIGHI, Giovanni. Adam Smith em Pequim: origens e fundamentos do século XXI. São Paulo: Boitempo, 2008. ARRIGHI, Giovanni; SILVER, Beverly J. Caos e governabilidade no moderno sistema mundial. Rio de Janeiro: Contraponto, 2001. COSTA JR., Pedro. Estados Unidos versus China: a luta pelo poder global. São Paulo: Editora Escuta, 2025. FUKUYAMA, Francis. O fim da história e o último homem. Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, 1992. HOBSBAWM, Eric. Era dos extremos: o breve século XX (1914-1991). São Paulo: Companhia das Letras, 1995. KAGAN, Robert. The World America Made. New York: Knopf, 2012. KISSINGER, Henry. Sobre a China. Rio de Janeiro: Objetiva, 2011. VELASCO E CRUZ, Sebastião C. Os Estados Unidos no desconcerto do mundo. São Paulo: Editora Unesp, 2010. WALLERSTEIN, Immanuel. O declínio do poder americano. Rio de Janeiro: Contraponto, 2004. Capítulos: 00:00 Introdução e apresentação do convidado 02:30 Por que os anos 1970 são o ponto nevrálgico da relação sino-americana 09:00 De fábrica a cérebro do mundo, a transferência geoeconômica para o Pacífico 17:00 A viagem secreta de Kissinger e o jantar com Mao Tse Tung 27:00 O atropelo diplomático, o tempo milenar do império do meio 40:00 A janela perdida, por que os Estados Unidos não pararam a China em 1989 55:00 O consenso bipartidário em Washington pela contenção da China 1:01:00 A aliança sem limites entre Pequim e Moscou e o fim da velha ordem liberal The post EUA x China: A luta pelo poder global appeared first on Chutando a Escada.
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Subscribe now for early access, ad-free listening, and bonus content! Shortly after taking office in 1969, President Richard Nixon believed he might intimidate, through military threats, the Soviet Union and North Vietnam into making concessions at the peace table. In Nixon's words, it was "Madman theory." It didn't work. Today, President Trump has tried to bluster and bluff his way to victory over Iran, even threatening to wipe out Iranian civilization. Now the president hopes a naval blockade will force Tehran into surrendering the Strait of Hormuz and its nuclear ambitions. Historian Carolyn Eisenberg is our guest. Historian Carolyn Eisenberg teaches at Hofstra University. She is an expert on the Vietnam War and the author of Fire and Rain: Nixon, Kissinger, and the Wars in Southeast Asia.
Le groupe Bilderberg est dit « sulfureux » d'abord parce qu'il réunit, chaque année, une partie de l'élite occidentale dans un cadre extrêmement fermé. Créé en 1954 à l'hôtel de Bilderberg, aux Pays-Bas, il naît dans le contexte de la guerre froide. Son objectif initial est de renforcer le dialogue entre l'Europe de l'Ouest et l'Amérique du Nord, afin d'éviter les divisions au sein du bloc occidental face à l'Union soviétique. Aujourd'hui encore, il se présente comme un simple forum de discussion informel.Son fonctionnement alimente la méfiance. Chaque année, entre 120 et 150 participants sont invités : chefs d'État ou de gouvernement, ministres, dirigeants de grandes entreprises, banquiers, responsables militaires, intellectuels ou patrons de la tech. Parmi les participants connus, on trouve par exemple Henry Kissinger, figure historique et fidèle du groupe, Bill Clinton avant son élection à la présidence américaine, Emmanuel Macron avant de devenir président, Angela Merkel, Mark Rutte, ou encore des dirigeants d'entreprises comme Eric Schmidt (ex-Google) ou Peter Thiel. Ces invitations individuelles, souvent faites à des personnalités en ascension, nourrissent l'idée d'un réseau d'influence puissant.Les réunions se tiennent à huis clos, sans presse. Elles suivent la règle de Chatham House : les idées peuvent être reprises, mais sans citer les auteurs. Le groupe publie une liste des participants et des thèmes abordés — géopolitique, économie mondiale, intelligence artificielle, sécurité — mais aucun compte rendu détaillé, aucune décision officielle, aucun vote.C'est précisément cette opacité qui alimente son image sulfureuse. Officiellement, le groupe ne décide de rien. Mais il met en relation des individus qui, eux, ont du pouvoir. Pour ses défenseurs, cette confidentialité permet des échanges francs et utiles. Pour ses critiques, elle pose un problème démocratique : voir des responsables politiques discuter librement avec des acteurs économiques majeurs, loin de tout regard public, interroge sur la transparence et les éventuels conflits d'intérêts.Enfin, cette discrétion a favorisé l'émergence de nombreuses théories du complot, qui lui prêtent un rôle de « gouvernement mondial ». Ces interprétations sont largement exagérées. Mais elles prospèrent sur un fait réel : le groupe Bilderberg est un lieu où se croisent des personnes parmi les plus influentes du monde, dans un cadre confidentiel. En réalité, ce n'est pas une société secrète qui dirige le monde, mais plutôt un club d'influence discret — et c'est précisément cette discrétion qui le rend, aux yeux de beaucoup, profondément suspect. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.
Yasmina Asrarguis est une ancienne diplomate et doctorante spécialiste du Moyen-Orient, autrice de "Le mirage de la paix". C'est également une personne que je connais depuis un moment et je suis son travail de près.Son livre est construit sur des archives diplomatiques inédites, des conversations téléphoniques entre présidents, et des années d'enquête sur les coulisses de ce conflit que tout le monde commente et que presque personne ne comprend vraiment.Il est rare que je reçoive quelqu'un qui cumule à la fois l'expérience du terrain diplomatique, la rigueur académique et la capacité à tout remettre dans un récit qui tient. Avec Yasmina, on s'est connus avant qu'elle sorte ce bouquin, et je savais que cette conversation allait être différente. Elle est jeune, femme, maghrébine, et elle parle d'un sujet que la diplomatie a toujours réservé aux hommes d'un certain âge. C'est déjà en soi quelque chose.Dans cet épisode, nous parlons des deux grandes forces qui rendent la paix impossible aujourd'hui : les idéologues messianiques (des deux côtés) et les acteurs opportunistes qui font de la géopolitique comme on fait des affaires. J'ai questionné Yasmina sur pourquoi le 7 octobre était en réalité une réponse à un accord de paix qui était sur le point d'être signé, sur ce que Kissinger avait vraiment compris que personne n'a retenu, sur l'enrichissement personnel de Trump comme boussole de sa politique étrangère, et sur ce qui, malgré tout, lui donne envie du futur dans cette région.Citations marquantes"Tant qu'on aura des idéologues d'une part, et des acteurs fortement opportunistes qui ont le pouvoir dans certaines capitales, il sera extrêmement compliqué de voir advenir une paix civilisationnelle.""Le 7 octobre, c'est véritablement le conseil du Hamas qui se réunit pour une réunion d'urgence et qui dit : il nous faut agir extrêmement vite pour empêcher la reconnaissance.""Le business peut générer de la dépendance. Mais pas de la confiance. Ce ne sont pas les mêmes acteurs.""On est passé d'une Amérique où il y avait cette idée de rêve américain. Aujourd'hui, c'est juste le rêve de Trump.""Ce que l'on voit à savoir la guerre, le sang, la revanche — ce n'est pas le lot commun du Moyen-Orient. C'est aussi une région de beauté infinie, d'une jeunesse pleine de rêves."Grandes idées discutées1. Idéologues vs opportunistes : le cocktail qui rend la paix impossible (~0:05:35 – 0:09:44) D'un côté les messianismes (évangélique américain, religieux israélien, islamiste arabe). De l'autre, une "business diplomacy" trumpiste qui traite la région comme un marché. Ces deux logiques s'excluent mutuellement — et aucune ne pense aux populations. Tant que ce duo est aux commandes, la paix n'est pas un horizon réel.2. La paix par la prospérité, puis la paix par la force — deux échecs annoncés (~0:09:57 – 0:13:00) Trump a d'abord testé la "paix par la prospérité" (accords d'Abraham). Après le 7 octobre, il est passé à la "paix par la force" (guerres en Iran). Aucune des deux n'intègre les populations civiles. C'est une géopolitique de businessmen qui ignorent que la paix se construit avec les gens, pas autour d'eux.3. Le 7 octobre comme réponse directe à la normalisation saoudienne (~1:04:00 – 1:07:38) Ce que j'ignorais et que Yasmina documente dans son livre : le Hamas a lancé les attaques du 7 octobre en réaction directe à la normalisation imminente entre Israël et l'Arabie Saoudite. MBS était apparu sur Fox News pour dire que la reconnaissance était prochaine. Le Hamas ne pouvait pas atteindre les dirigeants, alors il a frappé la population civile pour créer une surréaction qui rendrait la normalisation impossible. Deux ans après, ça a marché.4. Trump, l'enrichissement personnel comme boussole géopolitique (~0:48:15 – 0:55:54) Ce n'est pas une thèse complotiste — c'est documenté. Avant chaque déplacement dans la région, c'est le fils de Trump qui signe les contrats. Des achats de drones et d'hydrocarbures dans le premier cercle présidentiel quelques jours avant la guerre en Iran. Un avion présidentiel offert par le Qatar. Une rivière à 40 km de Doha. Yasmina le dit avec des chiffres, pas des opinions.5. La confiance ne se bâtit pas avec des contrats, mais avec de l'éducation et de la culture (~1:09:09 – 1:13:35) L'exemple franco-allemand est là : personne en 1945 n'aurait parié sur cette réconciliation. Ce qui a marché, ce n'est pas le business. C'est Erasmus, l'apprentissage des langues, la codépendance culturelle. C'est ça que le Moyen-Orient n'a pas encore eu le droit d'expérimenter.6. Hamas et gouvernance par la peur — le paradoxe des sondages (~0:56:41 – 1:01:02) Un chiffre contre-intuitif : l'adhésion au Hamas est plus forte dans les territoires gouvernés par l'Autorité palestinienne que dans ceux gouvernés par le Hamas lui-même. Les populations qui vivent sous le régime connaissent la réalité. Celles qui n'y sont pas ont encore le fantasme. Même mécanique qu'en Iran.7. La jeunesse comme seule vraie variable d'espoir (~1:17:49 – 1:21:48) Pas le business. Pas les PDG. La jeunesse — diplomates de 30 ans, entrepreneurs locaux, femmes qui prennent la parole. Une région qui est aussi de beauté et de rêves, pas seulement de destruction. C'est la seule chose qui donne envie du futur à Yasmina. Et après cette conversation, à moi aussi.Questions posées dans l'interviewC'est quoi, selon toi, les dynamiques dans le Moyen-Orient que la majorité des gens ne comprennent pas ?Quand ils parlent de paix, dans aucun des cas ils envisagent les humains qui sont sur place — tu confirmes ?Est-ce que le gouvernement Netanyahou est symétrique à l'Iran dans sa logique messianique ?Y a-t-il vraiment une scission profonde dans la société israélienne, ou c'est du bruit médiatique ?Pourquoi un certain nombre de personnes de confession juive ne sont pas nécessairement sionistes ?Est-ce juste de dire que l'État d'Israël est né de l'antisémitisme européen ?Quel a été le rôle de la guerre froide dans la région, et comment Kissinger a tout changé ?Comment le Hamas a réussi à prendre autant de pouvoir en Palestine ?Y a-t-il une volonté réelle d'une solution à deux États, côté Netanyahou, côté Hamas, côté Hezbollah ?Qu'est-ce qui te donne envie du futur dans cette région, malgré tout ce qu'on vient de dire ?Références citéesLivresLe mirage de la paix — Yasmina Asraragiz (son propre livre, fil rouge de l'entretien)Accords et documents historiquesDéclaration Balfour (document britannique autorisant la création d'un État israélien) — ~0:31:46Accords d'Oslo (Israël / Autorité palestinienne, Rabin / Arafat) — ~1:02:49Accords de Camp David (Israël / Égypte, Sadat / Begin) — ~1:03:30Accords d'Abraham (normalisation entre Israël et pays arabes) — ~0:10:30Personnalités historiquesThéodore Herzl (fondateur du sionisme) — ~0:28:09Henry Kissinger (diplomatie navette, guerre de Yom Kippour) — ~0:37:27 et ~0:39:52Anwar Sadat (assassiné après Camp David) — ~1:03:36Yitzhak Rabin (assassiné après Oslo) — ~1:02:49Golda Meir — ~0:40:19Ben Gurion — ~0:29:00Personnalités contemporainesCharlie Kirk (messianisme évangélique US) — ~0:05:35Donald Trump et Jared Kushner — ~0:46:00 / ~0:48:15Steve Witkoff (envoyé spécial US au Moyen-Orient) — ~0:07:00Mohamed Ben Salman (MBS) — ~1:04:30Itamar Ben Gvir et Bezalel Smotrich (extrême droite israélienne) — ~0:26:00Netanyahou — multiple occurrencesReza Pahlavi (cité comme potentiel successeur du régime iranien) — ~0:13:00ÉvénementsGuerre de Yom Kippour (1973) — ~0:38:00Guerre des Six Jours — ~0:39:52Guerre civile libanaise / guerres israélo-libanaises — ~0:19:507 octobre 2023 — ~1:04:00Embargo pétrolier arabe de 1973 — ~0:38:30Crise du canal de Suez — ~0:43:10Afghanistan / Al-Qaïda / talibans (financement CIA) — ~0:43:29InstitutionsONU / Conseil de sécurité — ~0:14:07FINUL (force de l'ONU au Liban) — ~0:20:30Congrès américain — ~1:05:00Timestamps clés (optimisés YouTube)00:00 — Introduction Gregory présente le podcast et pose la question fondatrice : peut-on encore se réjouir du futur ?00:34 — Qui est Yasmina ? Ancienne diplomate, doctorante, autrice du Mirage de la paix. Gregory souligne la rareté : une femme jeune, maghrébine, qui parle de géopolitique avec une expertise rare.02:00 — Pourquoi si peu de femmes dans l'analyse géopolitique ? Yasmina explique le coût psychique de ce domaine et comment les femmes s'auto-excluent d'un sujet porté historiquement par des hommes.05:35 — Les deux forces qui bloquent la paix Idéologues messianiques (US, Israël, monde arabe) d'un côté. Business diplomacy opportuniste de l'autre. Aucun ne pense aux populations.09:57 — Paix par la prospérité vs paix par la force Les deux doctrines Trump expliquées. Pourquoi aucune ne peut produire une vraie paix durable.14:07 — Israël et Iran : guerre existentielle Les deux camps croient jouer leur survie. Quand vous êtes en mode existentiel, le droit international ne compte plus.27:41 — Origines du sionisme et débat interne Herzl, les rabbins anti-sionistes, la gauche soviétique : l'histoire du sionisme que personne ne raconte vraiment.31:46 — L'État d'Israël est-il né de l'antisémitisme européen ? La déclaration Balfour, ses motivations réelles, les Juifs instrumentalisés. Yasmina répond avec les archives.37:27 — Kissinger et le pivot américain vers le Moyen-Orient Guerre de Yom Kippour, embargo pétrolier, naissance de la diplomatie navette. Le moment où les US ont compris l'enjeu.48:15 — Trump : enrichissement personnel comme boussole géopolitique Chiffres, contrats, famille, avion qatari. Yasmina documente ce qui est souvent dit mais rarement démontré.56:41 — Comment le Hamas a pris Gaza Gouvernance par la peur, assassinats politiques, et le paradoxe des sondages : l'adhésion au Hamas est plus forte là où il ne gouverne pas.1:04:00 — Le 7 octobre comme réponse à la normalisation saoudienne La révélation centrale du livre. Le Hamas a frappé pour empêcher un accord de paix imminent entre Israël et l'Arabie Saoudite.1:09:09 — Ce qu'il faudrait vraiment pour une paix Moins d'idéologues, moins de business. Plus d'éducation, de culture, de codépendance humaine. L'exemple franco-allemand.1:14:52 — Le rôle du Maroc et des pays du Maghreb La relation Maroc-Israël analysée : démographie partagée, coopération sécuritaire, projets culturels. Un cas à part dans la région.1:17:49 — Ce qui donne envie du futur : la jeunesse Des diplomates de 30 ans, une jeunesse qui rêve, un Moyen-Orient de beauté que la guerre cache. La seule vraie variable d'espoir.1:21:54 — VLAN final Claquer la porte au messianisme. L'ouvrir à la jeunesse moyenne-orientale et aux défenseurs de la paix. Suggestion d'autres épisodes à écouter : #321 (partie 1) Israël-Palestine : Comprendre et décrypter le conflit avec Vincent Lemire (https://audmns.com/FvEjGWR) #312 Les défis géopolitiques d'un monde hors de contrôle avec Thomas Gomart (https://audmns.com/jscnrns) #345 L'occident ne comprends plus le monde avec Pierre Haski (partie 1) (https://audmns.com/yGmnzUq)Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.
Yasmina Asrarguis est une ancienne diplomate et doctorante spécialiste du Moyen-Orient, autrice de "Le mirage de la paix". C'est également une personne que je connais depuis un moment et je suis son travail de près.Son livre est construit sur des archives diplomatiques inédites, des conversations téléphoniques entre présidents, et des années d'enquête sur les coulisses de ce conflit que tout le monde commente et que presque personne ne comprend vraiment.Il est rare que je reçoive quelqu'un qui cumule à la fois l'expérience du terrain diplomatique, la rigueur académique et la capacité à tout remettre dans un récit qui tient. Avec Yasmina, on s'est connus avant qu'elle sorte ce bouquin, et je savais que cette conversation allait être différente. Elle est jeune, femme, maghrébine, et elle parle d'un sujet que la diplomatie a toujours réservé aux hommes d'un certain âge. C'est déjà en soi quelque chose.Dans cet épisode, nous parlons des deux grandes forces qui rendent la paix impossible aujourd'hui : les idéologues messianiques (des deux côtés) et les acteurs opportunistes qui font de la géopolitique comme on fait des affaires. J'ai questionné Yasmina sur pourquoi le 7 octobre était en réalité une réponse à un accord de paix qui était sur le point d'être signé, sur ce que Kissinger avait vraiment compris que personne n'a retenu, sur l'enrichissement personnel de Trump comme boussole de sa politique étrangère, et sur ce qui, malgré tout, lui donne envie du futur dans cette région.Citations marquantes"Tant qu'on aura des idéologues d'une part, et des acteurs fortement opportunistes qui ont le pouvoir dans certaines capitales, il sera extrêmement compliqué de voir advenir une paix civilisationnelle.""Le 7 octobre, c'est véritablement le conseil du Hamas qui se réunit pour une réunion d'urgence et qui dit : il nous faut agir extrêmement vite pour empêcher la reconnaissance.""Le business peut générer de la dépendance. Mais pas de la confiance. Ce ne sont pas les mêmes acteurs.""On est passé d'une Amérique où il y avait cette idée de rêve américain. Aujourd'hui, c'est juste le rêve de Trump.""Ce que l'on voit à savoir la guerre, le sang, la revanche — ce n'est pas le lot commun du Moyen-Orient. C'est aussi une région de beauté infinie, d'une jeunesse pleine de rêves."Grandes idées discutées1. Idéologues vs opportunistes : le cocktail qui rend la paix impossible (~0:05:35 – 0:09:44) D'un côté les messianismes (évangélique américain, religieux israélien, islamiste arabe). De l'autre, une "business diplomacy" trumpiste qui traite la région comme un marché. Ces deux logiques s'excluent mutuellement — et aucune ne pense aux populations. Tant que ce duo est aux commandes, la paix n'est pas un horizon réel.2. La paix par la prospérité, puis la paix par la force — deux échecs annoncés (~0:09:57 – 0:13:00) Trump a d'abord testé la "paix par la prospérité" (accords d'Abraham). Après le 7 octobre, il est passé à la "paix par la force" (guerres en Iran). Aucune des deux n'intègre les populations civiles. C'est une géopolitique de businessmen qui ignorent que la paix se construit avec les gens, pas autour d'eux.3. Le 7 octobre comme réponse directe à la normalisation saoudienne (~1:04:00 – 1:07:38) Ce que j'ignorais et que Yasmina documente dans son livre : le Hamas a lancé les attaques du 7 octobre en réaction directe à la normalisation imminente entre Israël et l'Arabie Saoudite. MBS était apparu sur Fox News pour dire que la reconnaissance était prochaine. Le Hamas ne pouvait pas atteindre les dirigeants, alors il a frappé la population civile pour créer une surréaction qui rendrait la normalisation impossible. Deux ans après, ça a marché.4. Trump, l'enrichissement personnel comme boussole géopolitique (~0:48:15 – 0:55:54) Ce n'est pas une thèse complotiste — c'est documenté. Avant chaque déplacement dans la région, c'est le fils de Trump qui signe les contrats. Des achats de drones et d'hydrocarbures dans le premier cercle présidentiel quelques jours avant la guerre en Iran. Un avion présidentiel offert par le Qatar. Une rivière à 40 km de Doha. Yasmina le dit avec des chiffres, pas des opinions.5. La confiance ne se bâtit pas avec des contrats, mais avec de l'éducation et de la culture (~1:09:09 – 1:13:35) L'exemple franco-allemand est là : personne en 1945 n'aurait parié sur cette réconciliation. Ce qui a marché, ce n'est pas le business. C'est Erasmus, l'apprentissage des langues, la codépendance culturelle. C'est ça que le Moyen-Orient n'a pas encore eu le droit d'expérimenter.6. Hamas et gouvernance par la peur — le paradoxe des sondages (~0:56:41 – 1:01:02) Un chiffre contre-intuitif : l'adhésion au Hamas est plus forte dans les territoires gouvernés par l'Autorité palestinienne que dans ceux gouvernés par le Hamas lui-même. Les populations qui vivent sous le régime connaissent la réalité. Celles qui n'y sont pas ont encore le fantasme. Même mécanique qu'en Iran.7. La jeunesse comme seule vraie variable d'espoir (~1:17:49 – 1:21:48) Pas le business. Pas les PDG. La jeunesse — diplomates de 30 ans, entrepreneurs locaux, femmes qui prennent la parole. Une région qui est aussi de beauté et de rêves, pas seulement de destruction. C'est la seule chose qui donne envie du futur à Yasmina. Et après cette conversation, à moi aussi.Questions posées dans l'interviewC'est quoi, selon toi, les dynamiques dans le Moyen-Orient que la majorité des gens ne comprennent pas ?Quand ils parlent de paix, dans aucun des cas ils envisagent les humains qui sont sur place — tu confirmes ?Est-ce que le gouvernement Netanyahou est symétrique à l'Iran dans sa logique messianique ?Y a-t-il vraiment une scission profonde dans la société israélienne, ou c'est du bruit médiatique ?Pourquoi un certain nombre de personnes de confession juive ne sont pas nécessairement sionistes ?Est-ce juste de dire que l'État d'Israël est né de l'antisémitisme européen ?Quel a été le rôle de la guerre froide dans la région, et comment Kissinger a tout changé ?Comment le Hamas a réussi à prendre autant de pouvoir en Palestine ?Y a-t-il une volonté réelle d'une solution à deux États, côté Netanyahou, côté Hamas, côté Hezbollah ?Qu'est-ce qui te donne envie du futur dans cette région, malgré tout ce qu'on vient de dire ?Références citéesLivresLe mirage de la paix — Yasmina Asraragiz (son propre livre, fil rouge de l'entretien)Accords et documents historiquesDéclaration Balfour (document britannique autorisant la création d'un État israélien) — ~0:31:46Accords d'Oslo (Israël / Autorité palestinienne, Rabin / Arafat) — ~1:02:49Accords de Camp David (Israël / Égypte, Sadat / Begin) — ~1:03:30Accords d'Abraham (normalisation entre Israël et pays arabes) — ~0:10:30Personnalités historiquesThéodore Herzl (fondateur du sionisme) — ~0:28:09Henry Kissinger (diplomatie navette, guerre de Yom Kippour) — ~0:37:27 et ~0:39:52Anwar Sadat (assassiné après Camp David) — ~1:03:36Yitzhak Rabin (assassiné après Oslo) — ~1:02:49Golda Meir — ~0:40:19Ben Gurion — ~0:29:00Personnalités contemporainesCharlie Kirk (messianisme évangélique US) — ~0:05:35Donald Trump et Jared Kushner — ~0:46:00 / ~0:48:15Steve Witkoff (envoyé spécial US au Moyen-Orient) — ~0:07:00Mohamed Ben Salman (MBS) — ~1:04:30Itamar Ben Gvir et Bezalel Smotrich (extrême droite israélienne) — ~0:26:00Netanyahou — multiple occurrencesReza Pahlavi (cité comme potentiel successeur du régime iranien) — ~0:13:00ÉvénementsGuerre de Yom Kippour (1973) — ~0:38:00Guerre des Six Jours — ~0:39:52Guerre civile libanaise / guerres israélo-libanaises — ~0:19:507 octobre 2023 — ~1:04:00Embargo pétrolier arabe de 1973 — ~0:38:30Crise du canal de Suez — ~0:43:10Afghanistan / Al-Qaïda / talibans (financement CIA) — ~0:43:29InstitutionsONU / Conseil de sécurité — ~0:14:07FINUL (force de l'ONU au Liban) — ~0:20:30Congrès américain — ~1:05:00Timestamps clés (optimisés YouTube)00:00 — Introduction Gregory présente le podcast et pose la question fondatrice : peut-on encore se réjouir du futur ?00:34 — Qui est Yasmina ? Ancienne diplomate, doctorante, autrice du Mirage de la paix. Gregory souligne la rareté : une femme jeune, maghrébine, qui parle de géopolitique avec une expertise rare.02:00 — Pourquoi si peu de femmes dans l'analyse géopolitique ? Yasmina explique le coût psychique de ce domaine et comment les femmes s'auto-excluent d'un sujet porté historiquement par des hommes.05:35 — Les deux forces qui bloquent la paix Idéologues messianiques (US, Israël, monde arabe) d'un côté. Business diplomacy opportuniste de l'autre. Aucun ne pense aux populations.09:57 — Paix par la prospérité vs paix par la force Les deux doctrines Trump expliquées. Pourquoi aucune ne peut produire une vraie paix durable.14:07 — Israël et Iran : guerre existentielle Les deux camps croient jouer leur survie. Quand vous êtes en mode existentiel, le droit international ne compte plus.27:41 — Origines du sionisme et débat interne Herzl, les rabbins anti-sionistes, la gauche soviétique : l'histoire du sionisme que personne ne raconte vraiment.31:46 — L'État d'Israël est-il né de l'antisémitisme européen ? La déclaration Balfour, ses motivations réelles, les Juifs instrumentalisés. Yasmina répond avec les archives.37:27 — Kissinger et le pivot américain vers le Moyen-Orient Guerre de Yom Kippour, embargo pétrolier, naissance de la diplomatie navette. Le moment où les US ont compris l'enjeu.48:15 — Trump : enrichissement personnel comme boussole géopolitique Chiffres, contrats, famille, avion qatari. Yasmina documente ce qui est souvent dit mais rarement démontré.56:41 — Comment le Hamas a pris Gaza Gouvernance par la peur, assassinats politiques, et le paradoxe des sondages : l'adhésion au Hamas est plus forte là où il ne gouverne pas.1:04:00 — Le 7 octobre comme réponse à la normalisation saoudienne La révélation centrale du livre. Le Hamas a frappé pour empêcher un accord de paix imminent entre Israël et l'Arabie Saoudite.1:09:09 — Ce qu'il faudrait vraiment pour une paix Moins d'idéologues, moins de business. Plus d'éducation, de culture, de codépendance humaine. L'exemple franco-allemand.1:14:52 — Le rôle du Maroc et des pays du Maghreb La relation Maroc-Israël analysée : démographie partagée, coopération sécuritaire, projets culturels. Un cas à part dans la région.1:17:49 — Ce qui donne envie du futur : la jeunesse Des diplomates de 30 ans, une jeunesse qui rêve, un Moyen-Orient de beauté que la guerre cache. La seule vraie variable d'espoir.1:21:54 — VLAN final Claquer la porte au messianisme. L'ouvrir à la jeunesse moyenne-orientale et aux défenseurs de la paix.Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.
In this wide-ranging conversation, researcher and author Jacob Nordangård joins Alex Sachon to unpack how technocracy is emerging as the dominant underlying trend behind the major geopolitical events taking place today — from the Iran War, to the energy crisis, to the rise of technocracy, to forced mass migration, to the revelation of the long-hidden UFO mystery. Drawing on his books Temple of Solomon, Rockefeller: Controlling the Game, and The Global Coup d'etat, Jacob traces how elite networks have been orchestrating these crises for decades — and where it's all heading.Jacob's books & website: https://jacobnordangard.seJacob's Substack: https://drjacobnordangard.substack.com/Alex's website: https://www.alexsachon.com/Table of Contents0:00 Introduction & Background1:08 Iran War & Third Temple4:39 Temple of Solomon Book & Occult Networks9:40 Transhumanism & Elite Networks12:43 Armageddon Archetype Across Ideologies14:28 Energy Crisis & Geopolitical Restructuring16:40 Global Technates & New World Order18:51 Multipolar World & Technocratic Branches25:03 Forced Immigration & Surveillance State35:29 Eugenics, Depopulation & mRNA41:06 Climate Change & Rockefeller Origins45:11 Rockefellers vs. Rothschilds49:47 UFO Phenomenon & Hidden Technology58:44 Closing & Guest ResourcesTopics covered: Iran War, Third Temple, Zionism, Bible prophecy, Theosophy, transhumanism, Club of Rome, Club of Budapest, Ervin Laszlo, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, technocracy, multipolar world order, BRICS, Technates, COVID lockstep, forced migration, biometric surveillance, eugenics, mRNA, climate change origins, Kissinger, Rothschilds, UFO disclosure, Tesla, ether physics, global government
On this episode of Reaganism, Roger sits down with Wess Mitchell to discuss Wess' new book "Great Power Diplomacy," which explores the role of diplomacy in strategic statecraft throughout history. Mitchell explains the "simultaneity problem," where the U.S. faces multiple adversaries but lacks the military capacity to address them all simultaneously was the initial inspiration for the book. He argues that diplomacy, rather than military might, has historically been used by great powers to manage time and build coalitions. The discussion covers historical examples, including the Peloponnesian War and British diplomacy before World War II, highlighting the importance of allies and the pitfalls of appeasement. They also examine the strategic diplomacy of Nixon, Kissinger, and Reagan, emphasizing the balance between military strength and diplomatic engagement. The conversation concludes with reflections on the limitations and potential of diplomacy in achieving national objectives.
Summary: Josh Blackman Josh Blackman previews his analysis of a 2026 OLC opinion declaring the Presidential Records Act unconstitutional, discussing how Watergate-era legal precedents regarding executive documents now influence modern criminal proceedings against former presidents.1972 KISSINGER, NIXON, HAIG.
Henry Kissinger, former US Secretary of State and National Security Advisor under Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford about his book Leadership. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Say what you will, but he's got a killer Sign of the Crossover dribble. It'll break your ankles and then miraculously heal them. This episode, we discuss the First Pope to Become a Harlem Globetrotter! And some other honorary Globetrotters too! Plus, the MouthGarf Report, and another rousing game of I See What You Did There.Sources:https://thefactbase.com/pope-john-paul-ii-was-named-an-honorary-harlem-globetrotter-in-2000/https://historyandmystery.org/interesting-history/two-popes-have-been-named-honorary-members-of-the-harlem-globetrotters/https://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=82029&page=1https://www.ncronline.org/news/vatican/iowan-behind-globetrotters-meeting-pope-says-event-was-unforgettablePlease give us a 5 star rating on Apple Podcasts! Want to ask us a question? Talk to us! Email debutbuddies@gmail.comListen to the archives of Kelly and Chelsea's awesome horror movie podcast, Never Show the Monster.Get some sci-fi from Spaceboy Books.Get down with Michael J. O'Connor and the Cold Family and check out his new compilation The Best of the Bad Years 2005 - 2025Next time: First Philip K. Dick Adaptation
From 1933 to 2015, the Rockefeller family developed, owned, and occupied 19 buildings across 22 acres in midtown Manhattan known as Rockefeller Center. The many tentacles of the Rockefeller Standard Oil octopus were housed in the General Electric building inside the family office known as Room 5600. The United Nations was conceptualized inside Room 5600, alongside the IMF, World Bank, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and even the Trilateral Commission. David Rockefeller and Henry Kissinger formulated their scheme for the depopulation of the Third World from this office, and the plan to open China was concocted inside the vast 56th-floor office that housed the most dangerous American family in the nation's 250-year history.—Video ChannelsWatch the video version of Macroaggressions:Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/Macroaggressions YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MacroaggressionsPodcastBrighteon: https://www.brighteon.com/channels/macroaggressions/—MACRO & Charlie Robinson LinksHypocrazy Audiobook: https://amzn.to/4aogwmsThe Octopus of Global Control Audiobook: https://amzn.to/3xu0rMmWebsite: www.Macroaggressions.ioMerch Store: https://macroaggressions.dashery.com/ Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/macroaggressionspodcast—Activist Post FamilySign up for the Activist Post Newsletter: https://activistpost.kit.com/emailsActivist Post: www.ActivistPost.comNatural Blaze: www.NaturalBlaze.com —Support Our SponsorsGround Luxe Grounding Mats: https://GroundLuxe.com/MACROReplace Your Mortgage: www.WipeOutYourMortgageNow.comC60 Power: https://go.ShopC60.com/PBGRT/KMKS9/ | Promo Code: MACROChemical Free Body: https://ChemicalFreeBody.com/macro/ | Promo Code: MACROWise Wolf Gold & Silver: https://Macroaggressions.Gold/ | (800) 426-1836LegalShield: www.DontGetPushedAround.comEMP Shield: www.EMPShield.com | Promo Code: MACROChristian Yordanov's Health Program: www.LiveLongerFormula.com/macroAbove Phone: https://AbovePhone.com/macro/Van Man: https://VanMan.shop/?ref=MACRO | Promo Code: MACROThe Dollar Vigilante: https://DollarVigilante.spiffy.co/a/O3wCWenlXN/4471Nesa's Hemp: www.NesasHemp.com | Promo Code: MACROAugason Farms: https://AugasonFarms.com/MACRO—
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“His ultimate failure is not simply losing. It's his failure to stop Trumpism from being such a dominant force in America.” — Julian ZelizerOn this Easter Sunday, can we resurrect Joe Biden's reputation? Perhaps not — according to Julian Zelizer, the Princeton historian and editor of The Presidency of Joseph R. Biden, a collection of essays about the historical significance of the Biden Presidency.Zelizer argues that Biden's legislative record was more robust than most Americans remember — climate investments, semiconductor plants, diversity integrated into government programmes. Rather than policy, the problem was the politics. Biden didn't build a coalition that would last long enough for his ambitious programmes to mature. He is the last of an era: a New Deal Democrat who believed in big government, that the Republicans could be brought back to the centre, that politics could still work the way it used to. Joe Biden promised to save the soul of America from the Charlottesville moment. Instead, his administration was bookended by a President who saw “good people” on both sides of the Charlottesville neo-Nazi violence.Zelizer makes an unusual comparison: Biden as Barry Goldwater. Goldwater lost catastrophically in 1964. Decades later, his anti-New Deal ideas colonised the modern Republican Party. Zelizer suggests that Biden's domestic agenda — affordability, industrial policy, bringing jobs home — may follow the same trajectory. Victory on the heels of defeat. A resurrection of sorts. Maybe not such a tragedy after all. Five Takeaways• Biden May Be the Last New Deal President: He is a product of mid-twentieth-century Democratic politics — big government, big federal programs, the belief that Washington can help middle-class Americans. His formative period was the era of LBJ and the Great Society. The next round of Democrats will not make his mistakes. The style of politics he represents may be over.• His Legislative Record Was More Robust Than Anyone Remembers: Climate investments, semiconductor plants, diversity integrated into government programs, jobs brought back to the United States. The problem wasn't that the programmes were broken. The problem was political: he didn't build a coalition that would last long enough for them to mature. Even the New Deal wasn't up and running within a year.• He Promised to Save the Soul of America. He Couldn't: Biden's candidacy was a response to the neo-Nazi rally in Charlottesville. His promise was that Trumpism would not be at the centre of American power. His ultimate failure is not simply losing. It's that his administration is followed by a much more radical Trump Two that undoes everything he put on the books and goes further.• Biden as Barry Goldwater: Goldwater lost by one of the worst margins on record in 1964. Decades later, his ideas were at the core of the modern Republican Party. Zelizer argues Biden's domestic agenda — affordability, industrial policy, semiconductor investment — may follow the same trajectory. The ideas may outlast the man.• Bookended by Trump: There is no way to talk about Biden without talking about Trump. His candidacy was about what he was not going to allow to define America. The fact that he is followed by a more radical and destructive second Trump administration will always be at the centre of the conversation. Trump is the defining voice of this entire period. About the GuestJulian Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. He is the author of Burning Down the House: Newt Gingrich and the Rise of the New Republican Party and editor of the presidential assessment series including volumes on Bush, Obama, Trump, and Biden.References:• The Presidency of Joseph R. Biden: A First Historical Assessment edited by Julian Zelizer — the book under discussion.• Episode 2859: Stop, Don't Do That — Peter Edelman on Bobby Kennedy. The progressive populism Biden couldn't resurrect.About Keen On AmericaNobody asks more awkward questions than the Anglo-American writer and filmmaker Andrew Keen. In Keen On America, Andrew brings his pointed Transatlantic wit to making sense of the United States — hosting daily interviews about the history and future of this now venerable Republic. With nearly 2,800 episodes since the show launched on TechCrunch in 2010, Keen On America is the most prolific intellectual interview show in the history of podcasting.WebsiteSubstackYouTubeApple PodcastsSpotify Chapters:(00:31) - Introduction: Easter Sunday and the resurrection of Joseph R. Biden (02:21) - Zhou Enlai and Kissinger: is it too early to tell? (04:34) - The historians were eager to participate (06:16) - A traditional president analysed in a traditional format (07:20) - Divided We Stand: Newt Gingrich and the pathetic quality of the Democrats (09:48) - Gramsci's interregnum: frozen between the past and the future (11:35) - The soul of America: Biden's promise and ultimate failure (14:18) - An unlikely person: plagiarism, alliances with segregationists, and luck (16:04) - Lincoln's widow at the theatre: why did anyone fancy this guy? (18:54) - No ideological coherence: the compromise candidate (21:13) - The CHIPS Act looked great on paper (23:38) - Who was running the show? (25:30) - The debate: clearly at best out to lunch (28:26) - Biden as Barry Goldwater: ideas that outlast the man (30:38) - Kamala Harris and backward momentum for female candidates (34:38) - Foreign policy: the irony of his supposed strength (38:25) - The Hoover comparison: the end of a chapter in American history
Author and editor Tom Wells opens his 600-page book titled "The Kissinger Tapes" this way: "Henry Kissinger is one of the most polarizing figures in recent American history…He is hailed by many as a master in the art of diplomacy and realpolitik…" Tom Wells, who has a PhD in sociology from the University of California at Berkeley also writes this: "[M]any critics consider his diplomacy overhyped and some condemn him for committing war crimes…" Mr. Wells' book is subtitled "Inside His Secretly Recorded Phone Conversations." These recordings cover the years 1969 through August of 1974, the end of the Nixon presidency. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Author and editor Tom Wells opens his 600-page book titled "The Kissinger Tapes" this way: "Henry Kissinger is one of the most polarizing figures in recent American history…He is hailed by many as a master in the art of diplomacy and realpolitik…" Tom Wells, who has a PhD in sociology from the University of California at Berkeley also writes this: "[M]any critics consider his diplomacy overhyped and some condemn him for committing war crimes…" Mr. Wells' book is subtitled "Inside His Secretly Recorded Phone Conversations." These recordings cover the years 1969 through August of 1974, the end of the Nixon presidency. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Shane Parrish is the founder of Farnam Street and one of the world's most respected voices on decision-making and clear thinking.In this episode we re-visit with Shane, he introduces the concept of positioning — the small daily choices that put you on easy mode or hard mode before a single big decision is made. He breaks down the four defaults that hijack your thinking (emotion, ego, social pressure, and inertia), explains why fear of success holds people back just as much as fear of failure, and shares the Kissinger test that reveals whether you're truly doing your best work.If you're tired of making life harder than it needs to be, this one's for you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
A richly detailed collection of transcripts of Henry Kissinger's secretly recorded phone conversations from his time in the Nixon administration that touch on every important issue of Kissinger's day and provide a sweeping view of his era.Henry Kissinger is unquestionably one of the most consequential foreign policy makers in American history. A remarkably influential academic during his long tenure at Harvard, Kissinger became Richard Nixon's National Security Advisor in 1969 and Secretary of State in 1973.Like Nixon, Kissinger left a trail of secretly recorded evidence in his wake. Kissinger began taping in 1969, two years before Nixon did in 1971, and he continued taping for over three years after Nixon's recording system was dismantled in 1973. In The Kissinger Tapes: Inside His Secretly Recorded Phone Conversations" (Oxford UP, 2026), Tom Wells draws on his expertise in the Nixon era to provide carefully selected, edited, and annotated transcripts of Kissinger's phone conversations, which chronologically highlight the most momentous crises and controversies of the era. They not only provide context and many revelations on Kissinger's role in numerous events but also throw his personality, character, and checkered record into sharp relief.The conversations cover a wide range of issues, including the Vietnam War, the India-Pakistan conflict, the opening to China, the Middle East, the Greek coup in Cyprus, the Nixon administration's illegal wiretapping, and the Watergate scandal. The transcripts reveal Kissinger's opinions and attitudes on important policy matters and his complex relationship with President Nixon, as well as the many battles he fought with other administration officials and his subtle manipulations of well-known journalists.A richly detailed collection of Kissinger's transcripts and commentary, this book provides a novel window into the Nixon administration and offers a genuinely unique perspective on one of the most important figures in modern American history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
A richly detailed collection of transcripts of Henry Kissinger's secretly recorded phone conversations from his time in the Nixon administration that touch on every important issue of Kissinger's day and provide a sweeping view of his era.Henry Kissinger is unquestionably one of the most consequential foreign policy makers in American history. A remarkably influential academic during his long tenure at Harvard, Kissinger became Richard Nixon's National Security Advisor in 1969 and Secretary of State in 1973.Like Nixon, Kissinger left a trail of secretly recorded evidence in his wake. Kissinger began taping in 1969, two years before Nixon did in 1971, and he continued taping for over three years after Nixon's recording system was dismantled in 1973. In The Kissinger Tapes: Inside His Secretly Recorded Phone Conversations" (Oxford UP, 2026), Tom Wells draws on his expertise in the Nixon era to provide carefully selected, edited, and annotated transcripts of Kissinger's phone conversations, which chronologically highlight the most momentous crises and controversies of the era. They not only provide context and many revelations on Kissinger's role in numerous events but also throw his personality, character, and checkered record into sharp relief.The conversations cover a wide range of issues, including the Vietnam War, the India-Pakistan conflict, the opening to China, the Middle East, the Greek coup in Cyprus, the Nixon administration's illegal wiretapping, and the Watergate scandal. The transcripts reveal Kissinger's opinions and attitudes on important policy matters and his complex relationship with President Nixon, as well as the many battles he fought with other administration officials and his subtle manipulations of well-known journalists.A richly detailed collection of Kissinger's transcripts and commentary, this book provides a novel window into the Nixon administration and offers a genuinely unique perspective on one of the most important figures in modern American history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history
A richly detailed collection of transcripts of Henry Kissinger's secretly recorded phone conversations from his time in the Nixon administration that touch on every important issue of Kissinger's day and provide a sweeping view of his era.Henry Kissinger is unquestionably one of the most consequential foreign policy makers in American history. A remarkably influential academic during his long tenure at Harvard, Kissinger became Richard Nixon's National Security Advisor in 1969 and Secretary of State in 1973.Like Nixon, Kissinger left a trail of secretly recorded evidence in his wake. Kissinger began taping in 1969, two years before Nixon did in 1971, and he continued taping for over three years after Nixon's recording system was dismantled in 1973. In The Kissinger Tapes: Inside His Secretly Recorded Phone Conversations" (Oxford UP, 2026), Tom Wells draws on his expertise in the Nixon era to provide carefully selected, edited, and annotated transcripts of Kissinger's phone conversations, which chronologically highlight the most momentous crises and controversies of the era. They not only provide context and many revelations on Kissinger's role in numerous events but also throw his personality, character, and checkered record into sharp relief.The conversations cover a wide range of issues, including the Vietnam War, the India-Pakistan conflict, the opening to China, the Middle East, the Greek coup in Cyprus, the Nixon administration's illegal wiretapping, and the Watergate scandal. The transcripts reveal Kissinger's opinions and attitudes on important policy matters and his complex relationship with President Nixon, as well as the many battles he fought with other administration officials and his subtle manipulations of well-known journalists.A richly detailed collection of Kissinger's transcripts and commentary, this book provides a novel window into the Nixon administration and offers a genuinely unique perspective on one of the most important figures in modern American history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/political-science
In today's episode we talk to Craig Mundie, formerly the Chief Technical Officer at Microsoft and a leading advocate for responsible development of artificial intelligence. He joins Kevin Coldiron to discuss his book, Genesis: Artificial Intelligence, Hope, and the Human Spirit co-authored with Eric Schmidt and Henry Kissinger. Mundie believes the timeline for AI's impact on the economy is extremely compressed, with dramatic breakthroughs in energy and work happening in the next few years. We also discuss the long-term implications of AI-generated knowledge and solutions that will likely be beyond our understanding. What questions should we ask and what preparations should we make - both individually and collectively as citizens - to prepare this future?-----50 YEARS OF TREND FOLLOWING BOOK AND BEHIND-THE-SCENES VIDEO FOR ACCREDITED INVESTORS - CLICK HERE-----Follow Niels on Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube or via the TTU website.IT's TRUE ? – most CIO's read 50+ books each year – get your FREE copy of the Ultimate Guide to the Best Investment Books ever written here.And you can get a free copy of my latest book “Ten Reasons to Add Trend Following to Your Portfolio” here.Learn more about the Trend Barometer here.Send your questions to info@toptradersunplugged.comAnd please share this episode with a like-minded friend and leave an honest Rating & Review on iTunes or Spotify so more people can discover the podcast.Follow Kevin on SubStack & read his Book.Follow Craig on LinkedIn and read his book.Episode TimeStamps: 00:06 - AI as a collaborator and the end of traditional human evolution01:41 - Introduction to the Ideas Lab series and Craig Mundie03:48 - How the book Genesis came together09:52 - AI vs human learning and the rise of machine polymaths17:40 - When machines discover things humans cannot understand20:36 - The future of the scientific method in an AI-driven world25:48 - From tools to a new species: redefining our relationship with AI27:24 - Why AI adoption may outpace institutions and society33:26 - Energy, infrastructure, and global competition in AI40:55 - Wealth, labor, and the economic impact of abundant intelligence50:51 - Alignment, control, and the limits of human oversight58:25 - The ultimate question: do humans evolve or merge with AICopyright © 2025 – CMC AG – All Rights Reserved----PLUS: Whenever you're ready... here are 3 ways I can help you in your investment Journey:1. eBooks that cover key topics that you need to know about In my eBooks, I put together some key discoveries and things I have learnt during the more than 3 decades I have worked in the Trend Following industry, which I hope you will find useful. Click Here2. Daily Trend Barometer and Market Score One of the things I'm really proud of, is the fact that I have managed to published the Trend Barometer and Market Score each day for more than a decade...as these tools are really good at describing the environment for trend following managers as well as giving insights into the general positioning of a trend following strategy! Click Here3. Other Resources that can help youAnd if you are hungry for more useful resources from the trend following world...check out some precious resources that I have found over the years to be really valuable. Click HerePrivacy PolicyDisclaimer
5. Richard Nixon secretly sabotaged the 1968 peace talks via Henry Kissinger and Anna Chennault to ensure his election victory. This political interference delayed peace by four years, resulting in 28,000 more American deaths. Once in office, Nixon faced the 1969 Battle of Hamburger Hill, a "meaningless" engagement where paratroopers suffered heavy casualties to take a ridge immediately abandoned. The public outcry over these fruitless "search and destroy" tactics crippled Nixon's "secret plan" for increased coercion, as American public opinion would no longer tolerate high casualty rates for fleeting tactical gains. (5)
Justin's new name is Bruss, Henry Kissinger busts in the ocean, and by the end we learn Captain Morgan is real, Max Trollbot has a daughter, and the token budget is real bad. Get an extra episode every week only at https://www.patreon.com/greatnight!
Justin's new name is Bruss, Henry Kissinger busts in the ocean, and by the end we learn Captain Morgan is real, Max Trollbot has a daughter, and the token budget is real bad. Get an extra episode every week only at https://www.patreon.com/greatnight!
Names in Epstein Files include victims, victimizers, whistleblowers, andself-appointed self-anointed global leaders who control our information. Is itany wonder we have yet to see the complete files? Besides, seeing thewhole list would be akin to drinking from a firehose- too much to digest atonce.We have much to learn and even more to discern before fullcomprehension of Epstein Files is possible. Those who are ready for thetruth find it is already out there. I have been bringing it to light for over 35years, and am certainly not the only one doing so.While clean members of government seek to expose and stop child sextrafficking by pulling the Epstein thread to unravel the whole dark tapestryof this globalist agenda, numerous survivors are already sharing theirexperience and naming names. Yet if survivors do not heal from withinthemselves and open neuron pathways in their brain by writing out memoryand deprogramming the program first, they are still triggerable, suggestible,and susceptible to being led to distract from true perpeTraitors. So beaware, discern, and research everything.Following is my partial list of roots of corruption, detailed in TRANCEFormation of America, that directly blossomed into Epstein island:Secretary of State Madeline Albright set the groundwork for Epstein Islandthrough her Organization of American States office in St. Thomas US VirginIslands.Hillary Clinton, who names Madeline Albright among her mentors,established child sex trafficking/harvesting ops in Haiti that expanded toEpstein island.Bill Clinton's infamous CIA cocaine and heroin ops funded his and Hillary'schild trafficking/harvesting for adrenochrome and genetic clone creationssince 1970s that I know of, which expanded to Epstein island.Senator Byrd, my owner in MK Ultra mind control since I was 13 years old,manipulated US Appropriations along with J.D. Jay Rockefeller amongother globalists for decades to usher in slave society agenda of whichEpstein was part.George Bush Sr. was an inhumane proponent of the pedophile agenda formind control purposes, depopulation, and global annihilation.Gerald Ford covered up the Kennedy Assassination so global perpeTraitorscould take control of US. Ford's cabinet included Nelson Rockefeller,Henry Kissinger (first depopulation agenda together-research) GeorgeBush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld (who first poisoned our food withaspartame) and Jack Valente head of the Motion Picture Association ofAmerica who first shamed anyone questioning repetitive media narrative as“conspiracy theorist”.Saudi Arabian King FahdUS Attorney General Dick Thormburgh and Bill BarrEducation Secretary and Drug Czar Bill Benett and his attorney brotherBob BennettCIA Director Bill CaseyJimmy Swaggart and Pastor Billy Roy MooreJimmy BuffetHustler magazine Pornographer Larry Flynt who ran MK Ultra slavesthrough the State Department (both Madeline Albright and Hillary Clintonwere Secretaries of State affiliated with him)Mexican Presidents dela Madrid and Calros Salinas de Gortari.Canadian Prime Ministers Pierre Trudeau and Brian Mulroony.Michigan Governor George Romney.Michigan Congressman Guy VanderJagtSue Carper of Norwegian Caribbean LinesHaitian Presidents Papa Doc and Baby Doc DuvleierLt. Col. Michael Aquino, Jesuits, CIA, Vatican,Jesuit General Cedras of the Dominican RepublicCardinal Law of infamous Catholic Child Abuse ScandalAnd everyone who has covered it up all these years!Read the Full Transcript at www.trance-formation.com
Chelsea and guest Minor League TV host Rachele Friedland take a deep dive into “Real Housewives of New York” star Dorinda Medley's memoir “Make It Nice,” but first they take a detour to share a few thoughts on season 4 of “The Traitors.” Then, they trace Dorinda's path from a buyer at Macy's to marrying into extreme wealth, her life in London society (including making a sweater for Princess Diana), a Met Gala dress drama, and her fish-themed wedding. Plus: a wild run across the DRINGO squares, from psychic moments to a cameo by one of the biggest DRINGOS of them all… Henry Kissinger. A content warning: This episode contains discussions of sensitive topics, including disordered eating. Take care while listening and find helpful resources here. Follow Chelsea: Instagram @chelseadevantez Join the cookie community: Become a member of the Patreon Thank you to our sponsors: Quince - Go to quince.com/glamorous for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Thrive Causemetics - Get 20% off your first order at thrivecausemetics.com/glamorous Ritual - Save 40% on your first month at ritual.com/glamorous. Libro.fm - Click here to get 2 audiobooks for the price of 1 with your first month of membership using code TRASH. Show Notes: Dringo! Card Erika Jayne Memoir Episode Where to find our guest: Rachele Friedland Minor League TV Podcast Rachele's TikTok Rachele's Instagram Minor League TV on TikTok Minor League TV on Instagram Minor League TV on YouTube *** Glamorous Trash is all about going high and low at the same time— Glam and Trash. We recap and book club celebrity memoirs, deconstruct pop culture, and sometimes, we cry! If you've ever referenced Mariah Carey in therapy... then this is the podcast for you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices